"We… we finally reached…!"
Finally reaching the end of the stairway, Persia gave a happy shout.
I don't really feel touched or anything of any sort. After all, this is only the beginning.
Persia then controlled her ball of light into the basement, where it lit up the entire basement.
Naturally, she wants to enter the basement…
"… Don't go any further, Persia."
…and was stopped by Kuroyuki, where Kuroyuki grabbed the back of her collar.
"Eh— what's wrong…?" Persia murmured. "Didn't you destroy most of the traps…?"
"It's better to be safer," Kronos said. "We never know when would those traps kill you before you knew it— now step aside, please."
When I realised, Kronos stepped into the basement and stood there, blocking our way.
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"Warning. Body Temperature: 37.8°C. BP: 160/100. Heart rate: 120bpm. Activating cool down system…"After Persia pushed me down for about five seconds— not knowing what was happening, Rumelia started muttering words with her robot-like tone."…unable to activate cool down system. Activation failure…" Rumelia muttered."W-What's wrong with Rumelia…?"Persia, who was on top of me— couldn't seem to believe her eyes.I was told that Rumelia is a cyborg, so I don't find this to be creepy."Warning. Body Temperature: 38.1°C. BP: 165/105. Heart rate: 128bpm." Rumelia muttered."Crap, did I bust her…?" I murmured."Eh…?"Which, I grabbed Persia on her armpits and lifted her aside so I could get up to approach Rumelia."Oi&he
The moment I saw what happened to Blaze, I immediately ran to him.Blaze was kneeling on the ground with an immense pain.It could be clearly seen that both of his left and right hands had fractures on the radius and ulna.Blood was spilling from his skin. It was completely mangled.This idiot…! He attempted to pull that sword…!His bones weren’t strong enough to sustain the sudden weight by the gravity magic— that's why it snaps.I was worried.Incredibly worried.But at least… unlike six years ago, there’s help—"Man… Didn't I tell you not to touch that sword…?" August murmured coldly to Blaze.And instead of approaching Blaze— August takes his distance, seeming to avoid him.Actually, not only August— none of them attempted to help Blaze, including Kuroyuki.What's going on…!?"A-Arghhhhh…!!!"When Blaze attempted to stand with his own two feet, he gurgled in pain."Don't move! Take a deep breath, Blaze!"I squatted down when I reached him."Don't be in such a panic, Luc," August s
…It ain't budging the slightest.By the way, for some reason— this sheathed Black Sword was half stabbed into the platform. I thought I could take remove the sword alone without its sheath, yet it was utterly stuck along with the scabbard.I then realized that the sheath was designed to be taken just like a one-handed sword— which, I placed my left hand on the sheath, and my right hand remained on the hilt.…Looks like I really need to muster the necessary strength to overcome 200 times the gravity.Let's just hope this doesn't put a cramp on my muscles…"(Mmmmph…!)"C-CRIK…"It's moving, Luc— come on, you can do it!"I heard August's cheering.But— I can't go anymore further than this…! What the heck is it made off…!? It's s
The first two pillars nearest to the entrance visibly cracked right in front of my eyes. "That's enough!" Kronos yelled to August. "The basement will collapse if this goes on!" I immediately ran to Kronos, who was repairing the stone pillar. "Kronos! Can't you open up a hole out of this…!?" I asked. "I already did." He told me while nudging his glasses. "The ground, the ceiling, the walls— they were all blocked by that black wall. I can't alter any earth materials that I've never seen or studied before, and I still can't activate my magic." "…So we were trapped?" Like a box. “…What… is that…?” Kuroyuki murmured. Tracing her voice— I find a silhouette of a person climbing out from the hole. What on earth is that… Even dad’s encyclopaedias had no records of such an eerie thing.
I told Blaze and August to gather at Kronos's group— where he's repairing the second stone pillar (from the entrance) at our left. "You alright— August?" I asked. "Are you in any condition to fight…?" "Huff… Huff… Uh… Yeah… I'm okay…" August's face was drained white, and he looks exhausted. Looks like that moment of fear dried out his will completely. "Kronos, just concentrate on your stuff," I said to Kronos. "Kuroyuki is holding them back, so this will be a quick strategic meeting." "You seemed like you had some sort of idea in your mind," Persia said to me with a serious look. "Indeed. In a group of three… I want you guys to take turns supporting me to destroy those things." "…Our copies, you meant…?" August murmured. "Kuroyuki is maintaining the wall right now. If we let one of those things enter our territory… we could gang up on it." "But how are you going to defeat those things?" Persia asked. "Aside from their weapons… our attacks would go through them." "I could dest
When I turned behind and looked— I was genuinely surprised by the sight of it.A visible crack— spreading left and right across Kuroyuki's ice wall could be seen.Behind it, was flooded with countless silhouettes. They were sticking onto her ice wall. It seems they were trying to break the wall by pushing it with their mass instead of breaking it.For some reason, Kuroyuki seems to be in pain when she tried to restore the crack with her power. It seems she's almost at her limit to maintain that wall.But if she opens up a small hole now to let them pass through, that will be the breaking point of the entire wall, and it would still collapse.Kronos is at the 4th pillar on the left, right next to us."I got this," Rumelia said to us.Which, thin threads of silver strings sprout up from the floor— sticking to t
"This is— Nngh…!"It seems Kronos realized what those are. He immediately summons another wall at my side, protecting us from the incoming bullets barrage.The silver threads protecting us from the puppet silhouettes are no more because of the black spears and bullets.The fortunate thing is, the puppet silhouettes are gone for good as well."Kuroyuki…!"After confirming that Kronos's thick wall is enough to shield us, Persia quickly turned, squatted down while looking at Kuroyuki with a worried expression."…I… I'm okay now…" Kuroyuki told me, with her face looking pale. "…Go help them.""Don't talk nonsense!" Persia scolded Kuroyuki. "The worst two elemental recoils are ice and fire! There's no way you are okay…!""H-Huff…"
'Counter cladding'!BAM— THUNK!"Gahack…!?"'Counter Cladding' is the moment of attack in response to the opponent's attack by receiving a blow. This is just a purely physical attack, unlike 'Offensive Cladding', which could affect even their phasing body.Receiving the blow, I thrust her head simultaneously with the sheathed Black Sword. It broke the black ice helm on her, causing her to stagger from the surprise attack.…It's not enough.But that's okay— I've reached my goal.THUNK!At that moment, an ice spear went through her head.I immediately relaxed as soon as I witnessed how she crumbled and turned to ashes.The pain and damage she caused to me made me kneel.… It's the first time I'd accept Kuroyuki's
After Persia and I rode the subway station towards the centre of the Central District, I immediately got off the train and was currently…“Blerghhhh……………………”…puking my soul out in the men’s washroom.Ugh, I feel like crap.I can’t believe I had motion sickness.Come to think of it, this was my first time riding a train. It was unexpected because I was fine despite riding a shaking helicopter under such crude weather.So… a train motion sickness it is.I still had to ride it one more time when we went back… ugh…… just thinking about it gives me the chills.‘I bought the pills’ Persia sent me a message.‘U can come out now’Rinsing my mouth and throat with water, I sloppily exited the washroom with a fatigued look.“Here, water,” Persia said as she gave me a bottle of water.“…Thanks, Persia……”“I also bought the pills you wanted.”Saying that, Persia handed over the entire tablets of Antihistamines.Antihistamines… I might feel drowsy, dizzy, and decreased mental alertness from the si
Hot.…So hot.The weather's so hot.It's been a while since I last felt summer heat.Since I met Kuroyuki Shiroha, my concept regarding heat seems to disappear.Okay… it looks like I got here a little early. I might as well ask Mr Waals Junior regarding to 'that'.Activating my screen, I looked for Reus Waals's contact with my authorisation and contacted him through the IKAssembly.'Morning, Reus Waals' I texted.'This is Lucifer Nightwalker von Nightmare, the special student''I have a favour to ask of you'
Nowadays, there aren't many who mastered all three keys. Those who mastered them are called the triplex magicians, which were rare to find in this era."Yes, I'm one. And…?" Lefiya answered without being proud, or rather, she was unconcerned about it."Oh, nothing," I replied. "I was merely curious about it.""…That sounds like the lines of a person who will ask me a favour later," Lefiya said to me with a stern look."Why, indeed," I answered blandly. "How did you know?""…From experience." When Lefiya made that remark, her stern, cold expression remained."Sounds like a bad one," I said."…It is." She answered coldly.Whatever happened in her past looked like she'd been through a lot."Oh, that's right— Lefiya, do you have any plans later?" I asked. 
Magic, or magic spells is a supernatural power to bend the laws of nature. It could be cast by converting the source, which is mana, and performing either one of the 'three keys', which are the catalyst for it.Before talking about the 'three keys', let's talk about mana.To begin with, what is mana?It's a form of energy that could be converted into magic spells— but only by performing either one of the 'three keys' could convert mana into magic.Mana was stored inside your body— the mana core. Like how unique it was in everybody's Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), fingerprints, and even their genetic and cultural traits, everyone was born with a different mana capacity, density and wavelength from each other; there may be similarities, but not the same. Just the mana capacity itself is rather distinct when you compare human's mana capacity (the lowest) with the elves (one of the highest).
Lefiya continues to apologise with her head lowered."… It's no use to blame her about that now," I said. "For now… let's just focus on these."Telling him that, I look at the items on the desk.A silver semi-auto pistol with a magazine of a capacity of 20 bullets.19 9×18mm Ultra bullets.A strand of scarlet hair.Video: Lefiya's bullied scene with video quality of 4k, 120 FPSPicture 1: Lefiya's blood stain on the grassPicture 2: Damaged tree trunk and bullet holePicture 3: Damaged grass and soil and bullet hole"Looks like the only thing useful is probably the fingerprints on the gun and that one strand of hair…" I said."No, don't you give me that." Principal retorted with his eyes squinted at me, seemingly annoyed. "You al
CLAP."Alright then, let's get down to business, shall we?"With a clap, Principal invited us to sit in front of his desk as he casually sat on his seat.BAM!!!He immediately slammed his fist down on the table when we sat."WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU, LEFIYA RIOS CHALLIA!? HOW MANY TIMES HAD I WARNED YOU NOT TO STICK YOURSELF INTO TROUBLE!!?" Principal yelled with bloodcurdling anger.…It made a dent at the table.It surprised Lefiya so much that her hair turned mauve purple, but not me— I'm already used to it. It's his common pattern to slam onto something when he's angry."Wait, so it's like, she's gone missing before too?" I asked."No, no, that's not it." Principal corrected me. "It's just that every single trouble she involves herself in is putting this country into greatttttt danger.""I-I-I-I-I'm sorry……" Lefiya hurriedly apologises by bowing her head several times."What do you mean…… putting this country into greattttttt danger?" I asked.Principal heaved a short sigh afterwards
It was said that elves are the most prideful among all races, even more so than dragons.They are a race specialising in the use of magic in which every one of them had an extraordinary amount of mana that stood at the top of all races.They had a similar appearance to humans except for their long ears. It was also said that every one of them is beautiful, and perhaps such is the cause of their arrogance.That said, the worst ones are the light elves living in Alfheim, which is one of the countries in the World Tree Yggdrasil Republic, surrounding the world tree Yggdrasil.That said, there are also dark elves, sea elves, snow elves, and forest elves.Among these five elves races, forest elves— said to be one with the forest, were in charge of the World Tree, Yggdrasil.Because the fairies were said to live within Yggdrasil.Fairies
I hurriedly head back to the Second Year Faculty.…Has it been five minutes already…? Let's hope those people haven't fled the scene.When I got back to the central courtyard, no one was there anymore.The bullets, bullet shells, glove and flip knife, were gone. Even if I scanned the whole area for metal detection, none of them showed up.What's left was the bullet hole left at the tree trunk and the ground, and this stain on the grass is probably Lefiya's blood.Annoyed by not having any solid evidence, I heaved a long sigh.It was when I realized a strand of scarlet hair stuck on my shirt and the pistol the girl used was in my pocket.…Better capture some images about these first.The only solid evidence I had now were only this strand of scarlet hair and the fingerprints on this pistol.
Because I was standing behind her, she couldn't see who I was.As for her companions— they recognized my face, and were stunned in shock.Six of them wore a black masks covering their faces. They had gloves, and they even wore coloured contact lenses to hide their eye colour.… That's awfully well prepared. They aren't those Second Year C-Class students listed in the check-in records, are they?"That's my line." I retorted while gently twisting her arm."Ahhh…!?"The girl was forced to let go of her knife because of the pain.Still grabbing her arm, I removed her hood; it revealed her beautiful, long scarlet hair.It doesn't seem like a wig, but I can't really tell whether it is a wig or not. Nevertheless, not one of the seven students that I memorized earlier has this kind of hairstyle or hair col