A/N So the 13k words was the original length of the 4-5 chapters I covered in this chapter and we all know how much Turtle me likes his detailed explanations in the novel, Also cutting out a lot of the useless exposition because you have read the novel except, for that one guy who is reading this without reading the novel You Know Who You Are.
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ELIJAH KNIGHT'S POV:
Holy crap...
What the hell is going on?
the disciplinary committee room door swung open and a second later I was dragged off by what seemed to be a ghost then I was chased by the remaining D.C officers,
"Elijah hurry up I don't want to drag you the whole way!" I heard Alexander yell at me who tuned out to be the ghost dragging me. quickly getting up I followed the sound of the explosion.
This looked more like a purposeful act of terrorism.
Who would do this? Why would someone do this? What was going on?
"Damn! It's them again," I overheard Theodore say as if he'd predicted this.
The 'them' that Theodore was talking about were the radical group of racists in our school who had now turned terrorists.
Al had told me of this upcoming event and to be ready, realizing this was what was going on I readied myself to fight at any moment my body and senses sharpening from my training in Alacrya.
Alexander Shard pov:
There was a thick cloud of smoke rising from the area near the center of the campus from the area of the tri-union-hall
Behind me, I could hear Claire click her tongue as she continued to mutter a string of curses under her breath. No doubt my influence on her over time.
'Zeph stick with Claire, We don't know when or if her core will act up.' I spoke mentally.
'Dad, you forget I know everything about this attack and upcoming war remember?'
'Yes I do, I don't want Claire to lose her mana core so that's why I'm trusting you with her as a backup if I'm not there." I reiterated.
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Half of the recently-constructed building was up in flames while the other half was crumbling down, collapsing beneath its own weight. There were students evacuating out of the building while some capable staff members and professors nearby were already going into the building to look for those stranded or stuck.
Claire ordered Doradrea to alert the rest of the professors and staff. When she ordered Feyrith and me to help the mages who were already there to put out the fire before it brought down the whole building.
With a flick of my wrist, I blasted the hall with a thick fog of water vapor snuffing out the flames immediately.
"Everyone, step aside!" From behind, a couple of professors were rushing toward us, wands already unsheathed.
"Problems solved I put out the fire already," I said flatly pointing at the now frost-covered building.
"so it seems, I shall still go inside to look for other students Alexander." he quipped back before walking inside.
looking towards the edge of the building I spotted a group of students hastily making their way out of the scene. I thought nothing of it at first until I got a glimpse of the student within the group-it was Charles Ravenpoop.
Even from this distance, I could tell he was nervously darting his eyes around as he made his escape from the scene. When his eyes met mine, he quickly whipped his head around and quickened his pace.
Before I had the chance to do something, Theodore, who had been helping an injured student, spotted him as well, and without even a word, augmented his body before furiously dashing towards Charles.
"Someone help-!" Charles shrieked. Before getting cut off by my sound barrier. expectedly, the group surrounding him did nothing to aid Charles, as he was easily grabbed and picked up by the collar, almost choking; instead, they acted frightened and confused.
I began humming the sound magic-infused hymn that I used in Phantoms shroud drastically increasing its range as I faded from the vision of the other as I walked up next to Theo. (it's Savathuns song for those wondering)-Author
"We need to ask you a couple of questions. If you would so kindly cut the crap and come with us," growled Theodore as he dragged the flailing Charles.
However, before Theodore had the chance to do anything else, a voice interrupted us.
"What's the meaning of this?!" Professor Malkinheim barked as he blocked Theodore's path.
Professor Malkinheim was of a scrawny build, with his main features being a balding head and a beak-like nose. You could tell the professor was rather conscious of his lack of hair by how he combed back the hairs growing on his side to try and cover up the bald spot on the crown of his head.
Professor Malkinheim wouldn't physically be able to hold someone as thickly built as Theodore down, but he had his needle-thin wand pointed directly at Theodore.
"I should be asking you the same thing, Professor!" Theodore snarled back as Charles, who was helplessly lying on the floor, wearing a pleading look on his face.
"I wasn't aware that the prestigious disciplinary committee officers were mere thugs that would try to drag an innocent student away," Professor Malkinheim reprimanded as his wand remained fixed on Theodore.
Grabbing his wand I snapped it in my hand appearing with a mist blowing around me.
"Shut the fuck up bald spot, This doesn't concern you." I spat with venom in my words making him fall on his ass.
"Alexander I get where you're coming from but that's no way to address a Professor, we are the ones who should be handling these matters. "The voice came from another professor who'd helped aid the wounded students; she got in between Professor Malkinheim and me, trying to quell the tension.
"Are you Elder Virion of the Elves?" I asked dead serious.
"No, why-"
"Then shut the fuck up you overused wench, He's the only one that has the right to make me give a rat's ass about anything." I flipped her off before grabbing Ravenpor by the throat and dragging him off.
"You ought to be exiled for speaking like that around the prince!" One student spat at me.
"Oh? Hahahaha!! You poor fool! Do you think that Blaine glayder can do shit to me? Curtis, can you believe this dumbass?" I howled trying to hold back my laughter.
"He isn't the brightest ill say that much, also kid, Alexander, and Arthur were attacked by 3 of our guards when they were 9 and they broke one's spine, one's neck, and the last one's leg.
It would be wise to not piss them off," Curtis informed the poor ignorant fuck.
Dragging Ravenpor back to the Disciplinary room I tied him to a chair with ice to bind him, Theo and Elijah followed me into the room as the rest waited outside after I stated that they would not want to see this.
"Wheres the hideout now Ravenpor?" I let my pressure our full force on him, Theo crumpled to his knees from being near while Elijah winced.
"EEEGHHH PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!" he managed to shriek which through my pressure was impressive.
"Tell me what I want to know and I won't, but if you don't tell me... Well, let's just say sound magic is rather painful if applied correctly." I smiled sadistically remembering the torture techniques Aya had taught me without Virions knowledge.
"It's too late! The plan is underway-!" Ravenpor yelped but just at that moment, a black spike shot out of his mana core and heart.
"WHAT THE FUCK!?" Theodore yelled jumping back looking at the fresh corpse.
"ELIJAH GET OUT THERE AND TRACK DOWN TESS SHE SHOULD BE BY THE GATES!!" I yelled the severity of the situation visible, as he kicked the door off its hinges and ran down the halls.
"Al!! What the hell is going on?!" Claire grabbed my shoulder, with a worried look on her face.
"The school is under attack, get ready for a firefight."
"WHAT!?" they yelled in unison.
TESSIA ERALITH'S POV:
"Whew." It was getting harder and harder to keep a straight face in front of Arthur. If I'd stayed and talked to him any longer, I felt like my face was going to burn like a candle.
My body felt out of sync because of my mana core; It affected my body as if somebody tilted the world just slightly enough to throw me off-balance, but I didn't tell Arthur this since he'd just get overly worried, my beast Will wasn't trying to take me over or anything but my core was disrupted from just how powerful it was.
After closing my eyes for what seemed like a couple of seconds, I was already close to the school gate.
"Thank you!" I said to the driver.
He gave me a friendly nod in reply, tipping his hat, before driving back toward Lilia's house.
Right after stepping through the barrier and entering the gate, the atmosphere seemed to have changed drastically. My body tensed immediately as if signaling my brain that there was danger nearby.
"Hoho! You're here...ALONE? Pfft! This is going to be easier than I thought! Yes, it is!"
The throaty voice surprised me. I immediately whipped my head toward the source of the voice.
"Lucas? Lucas Wykes?" I gaped.
It surely was Lucas, but something was off... well, a lot of him was off. His skin was gray, first off, and the way his body spasmed randomly made him look more like a rabid monster than a student.
I wanted to move, but I couldn't. The pressure and bloodlust he was giving off didn't allow me to. All my body could do in response was shiver.
"Hehe... I can't believe you're here alone, no I can't! It's nice seeing you again, Princess! As beautiful as ever, yes you are!" Lucas approached me with jagged steps.
This wasn't Lucas anymore... The feeling I got from him was more of a deranged mana beast than his usual egotistical self.
Seeing the expression on my face, his face tilted as he revealed a toothy grin. "Why don't you play with me until Arthur gets here?"
ARTHUR LEYWIN'S POV:
Tess leaving for school left me with a rather uneasy feeling, but, needless to say, we still enjoyed the night. The Helstea Manor was in a festive mood, with barrels of liquor brought up from the cellar by Vincent himself. Lilia's father was getting the most enjoyment out of this, along with my father, who were both in an inebriated state before I even got home. It turned out that the Twin Horns had made a detour on their series of expeditions in the Beast Glades to visit us during the Aurora Constellate. It meant a lot to my parents just being able to see their old comrades again and share a drink or two as a toast to old times and embarrassing memories.
*RIIIINNNNGG, RIIINNNG!!**
A sound transmission scroll rang out suddenly, picking it up I opened the scroll.
"ARTHUR GET HERE NOW THERE'S A MASSIVE HORDE OF MANA BEASTS !!" Al's voice boomed through the scroll prompting everyone to sober up instantly and run out the door to xyrus as the ground shattered under all of our augmented foot falls booming like gunshots.
ELIJAH KNIGHT'S POV:
"FUCK!!" I bellowed, At the gate, I massive traces Tess's plant and wind magic and Luca's fire as the entire ground was singed black. Tess lost the fight and was taken somewhere but Clearly not without a fight judging by the pale and sickly severed arm and blood on the ground.
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"Get down!" I roared as I conjured an earthen wall between the mana beasts and the other students behind me.
"ATTENTION RENOWNED STUDENTS OF XYRUS ACADEMY!" a rather familiar high-pitched grating voice echoed throughout the campus. "AS YOU MAY ALL BE AWARE, YOUR INSTITUTION IS CURRENTLY UNDER ATTACK BY MY LITTLE PETS. NO NEED TO FEAR FOR I AM BOTH JUST AND MERCIFUL!" The voice belonging to Draneeve taunted us as he said this because there was a dwarven student in the jaws of a discolored black-fanged wolf, a B-class mana beast.
Even as I conjured up a rock spear underneath the belly of the black-fanged wolf, it still had the time to take the student's life before collapsing. Gnashing my teeth, I looked away from the dimming gaze of the dwarf that pleaded with his eyes before passing away. If I didn't have Alacryan scythe training, I would've thrown up as the student's insides spilled from the fatal wound caused by the mana beast.
Instead, I calmed myself, using a brief meditation technique that I had learned from my training that steadied the flow from my mana core before scouting for any other students to save.
"HUMAN STUDENTS, AS LONG AS YOU RAISE BOTH YOUR HANDS AND SWEAR YOUR ALLEGIANCE TO ME, THE MANA BEASTS WILL NOT ATTACK YOU! ELVES AND DWARVES, DO NOT STRUGGLE AND ALLOW MY PETS TO DESTROY YOUR MANA CORE AND YOU WILL BE FREE TO LEAVE!" The voice let out a deranged laugh that sent a shiver down my spine of pure rage. as he was enjoying the carnage that was going on in this school that had been so peaceful just hours before.
As Al said was going to happen, the once clear barrier formation that kept any intruders, including mana beasts, from entering the campus had already turned into a translucent red cage, making the sky look like it was dipped in blood, keeping anyone or anything from leaving.
I could see pillars of smoke from different buildings of the academy where fights were happening. From time to time, I locked eyes with some of the Disciplinary Committee members as they were fighting off several mana beasts, acknowledging each other since we had no time to brief each other on the situation elsewhere.
There were obviously traitors in the academy because some of the professors were now being held off by other professors while cloaked figures, as well as the mana beasts, were taking care of the students.
All of the Traitors, mana beasts, and Draneeve's Cloaked minions were all impaled on my black spikes, Now was not the time to hold back but I only used my Vritra Arts on Draneeve's men as it was the only effective way I had to deal with them.
I trudged on through the campus quad where bodies laid limp and pools of blood formed around them. Just as I was about to follow after a cloaked figure into one of the alchemy labs, a throaty growl caught my attention enough to avoid a thorned growler's Pounce.
Sidestepping it I Swung my Warhammer into its chest, The growler's ribcage and other bones were launched out the back of it shredding its organs killing it instantly.
"You holding up well?" Curtis came around the corner riding on Grawder.
"Yea Claire and Al's training prepared us for this." I sighed ripping my war hammer from the Growler's corpse.
"It's almost like he prepared for this."
"he did, he prepares for war as a rule of thumb." I quipped back slamming a growler through a wall with my hammer.
"Al is a crazy guy but at least he's good in a fight."
"Where is he?"
"Last I saw he was in the cafeteria tearing them to shreds along with the adventures that were hiding here for security for some reason."
"Haha, looks like his plan from 4 years ago paid off!" I chuckled skewering A wolf to the wall while Curtis decapitated another.
"Thanks for the save earlier from that troll, Curtis."
"No problem," he said, nodding back.
Suddenly I felt the large acumination of mana that signaled that Al was nearby, I grabbed Curtis and pulled him back.
"What are you do-?"
"Watch," I said coldly.
Three seconds later the sky red sky was tainted to a swirling black, flashing with lightning, as a white arrow sailed into the sky before the blackened clouds rained down a monster's amount of thunder before we heard the dying throes of around 500 mana beasts at minimum.
"WHAT THE HELL!!" Curtis bellowed looking at the devastation Al caused with a single arrow using [Stormcallers Wrath] as he called the spell.
"That's Al's specialty Storm magic, It's specialized for wide area damage." I whistled sensing the mana concentration in the air drop noticeably.
Suddenly, a sound that could only have been amplified with mana boomed like thunder. I couldn't even hear myself scream as both Curtis and I reeled in pain. The ear-numbing ring from the watchtower's bell didn't reverberate in my chest. I felt it in my feet as the whole earth shook from it.
As the ear-splitting sound of the bell tower faded into a dull ring, the owner of the same grating voice, who was most likely the cause of all this, cleared his throat before speaking.
"AHEM! TESTING... AH AH... PERFECT!" The sound was coming from the bell tower near the center of campus. "STUDENTS AND FACULTY MEMBERS OF XYRUS ACADEMY-I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO JOIN US FOR THE FINAL CEREMONY. I ADVISE EVERY ONE OF YOU TO MAKE YOUR WAY TOWARDS THE BELL TOWER, AS THIS IS SOMETHING YOU GUYS WON'T WANT TO MISS! DON'T WORRY, MY LITTLE PETS WON'T BITE ANYMORE~ I PROMISE."
Curtis and I gave a quick glance and nod at each other. "Get on, quick!" From atop his world lion, Grawder, Curtis beckoned with his left arm stretched out.
Grawder let out a dissatisfied grunt, but otherwise kept to himself as I hopped onto his back behind Curtis, and we immediately headed towards the bell tower.
As we got closer to the bell tower, I could see flashes of spells going off in the vicinity. "What do you think is going on?" Curtis asked. I couldn't see his face, but from just his voice I could imagine the sort of anxious expression he had on his frustratingly handsome face.
"Some of the students and professors are firing spells at the bell tower," I commented with the obvious, not knowing what else to say.
"It looks like there's some sort of barrier surrounding the bell tower," Curtis pointed out as a translucent wall flickered after receiving a spell cast by a professor.
It wasn't long until we came into full view of what was happening for the 'main event.' There was a large stone platform that hadn't been there before, most likely erected by magic. The once flawless marble floor around the bell tower, which marked the center of the academy, was cracked and splintered with pools of wet crimson blood. Various species of corrupted mana beasts had gathered around the platform, waiting patiently, almost robotically, ignoring the frightened students just outside the barrier.
From the people in the crowd, I could see a bunch of the weaker students along with Theodore and Claire who had Zeph on her shoulder.
"WELL, IT SEEMS THAT EVERYONE ALIVE HAS MADE IT TO THE GRAND FINALE OF TODAY'S SHOW! I THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING!" The high-pitched tenor had a piercing quality that made everyone turn their attention back towards the bell tower.
He appeared... as if manifesting out of the shadows. The source of the jarring voice sounded like rusted nails scraping against a chalkboard. He wore the same gaudy red robe, decorated with an unreasonable amount of jewelry, as usual, Draneeve
At the sight of the bold figure, the murmuring of everyone ceased, creating a rather eerie atmosphere. Deafening silence descended upon the crowd as all eyes fell on the mysterious masked man, depicting both curiosity and fear of what he would do next.
Drip. Drip. Drip. The sound of small droplets splashing on the ground echoed through the entire space, further adding to the uneasy suspense.
"Pfft..." The man's shoulders bobbed up and down as he tried to contain his laughter.
"PUAHAHAHAHAHA!" His manic laughter, unaided by mana, echoed throughout the area, somehow drowning out everyone else's voices.
It was then that the masked man tossed the object he was holding behind his back onto the floor.
With a dull thud, the spherical object rolled into view close enough for the people in the front to see.
I didn't want to look again, but my eyes were itching to look back at the decapitated head. When I saw it again, I recognized the dwarf Doradrea, but hair covered some of her face as a pool of blood expanded from underneath with only the bone of her spine jutting out...it was so white.
As his disturbing laughter continued, his whole body shaking in delight, a booming howl caught everyone's attention.
"NOOOOOOO! DORADREA!" I spotted Theodore as he roared, charging furiously towards the masked man. He knocked aside the students that weren't quick enough to get out of his one-man stampede.
"DORADREA!" Theodore screamed, his voice cracking as he hammered his fists against the translucent barrier.
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
I placed a hand on his shoulder pulling him away from the barrier. "I'll kill him myself, you not strong enough to fight him. Zephyr Get Al here NOW!" I spoke with my pressure exuding out of me, Zeph gave me a nod and I could feel Al getting closer but he was still a ways off.
As I laid my hand on the barrier Gathering mana to melt through it with soulfire, Draneeve grandly waved his arm like some conductor, the frozen mana beasts stirred and sat up straight as a line of hooded figures, covered in robes, came out from the bell tower, each dragging with them a student.
It was when I saw her that my mind came to a stop.
Being dragged by her hair, her face battered and bruised while her clothes torn and messy... was Tessia.
"To those who stand in front of me today, congratulations on being the ones chosen to be honored pawns of the new ruler of this continent. Lukiyah, step forth and show them a glimpse of the newfound powers you have been bestowed."
The figure that had been holding onto Tess by her hair stepped forth, dragging her with him
His eyes seemed to be laughing as he continued to stare at me.
Slowly, the edge of his lips curved up as he tugged Tessia up by her hair, just enough so her neck was next to his face.
His mocking gaze never left mine as Lucas ran his tongue slowly...gratingly up her neck to her ear, only to stop and wink at me.
Any sort of inhibition controlling my rage disappeared at that instant, leaving me with just enough sanity to curse out.
"LUCAS, DRANREEVE, YOU SONS OF BITCHS! HOW DARE YOU!" My vision reddened as my mind began to Burn In Anger.
With a wave of my hand, my soulfire burned through the barrier like butter.
I could make out the surprised expression on Lucas' face, but the expression on Draneeve's face was far more unexpected. His expression paled, twisting and contorting in a way that I could only make out to be fear. He held his hands out in a placating manner as if trying to calm me down. At that moment, the dozens of mana beasts all sprung out to attack me, but it was futile. At the flick of my wrist, the black spikes shot from the ground, skewering the discolored mana beasts' mid-jump.
I grabbed onto the edges of the barrier where my hands had burned through and tore them apart as the barrier shattered like glass.
The earth mana bent to my will transforming into gravity as it ripped Dranreeve from his place And landed in front of me.
"R-Retainer N-Nico??" Dranreeve shook in fear.
My hand shot out crushing his throat in my hand, His screams were music to my ears as he clawed at my arms only for them to heal up immediately. with a mana-coated hand, I Shattered his mana core with a much to the Sternum rupturing his lungs with his bone fragments. Alacryans used mana cores to store mana and not to manipulate it but shattering it or ripping it out rendered them unable to use their runes.
Suddenly, a sharp pain that seared into me like a burning blade made my body go rigid. I don't know how I knew this, but it felt like my body was reaching its limits. I slammed Dranreeves dead body on the ground a spider web of cracks spreading out from the remains of the puddle that was his head.
No. Not yet. I knew I couldn't control my body, but at this point, I desperately wanted my body to at least kill Lucas like it was begging to do.
My body began staggering, each step seeming to slowly become more unsteady.
Almost...
My body put up its hand and a black spike shot out towards Lucas. The spike that looked to be at least an arm's length couldn't kill Lucas like I had hoped, but its speed was fast enough to the point where Lucas couldn't completely dodge the projectile.
Lucas tumbled back from the force of the blow and I could barely make out the black spike sticking out of his right shoulder.
Just one more...
My vision dimmed and my body stilled; I seemed to be losing consciousness. and before my consciousness completely faded into the darkness, I thought I saw him. I may have just been hallucinating, but I thought I saw my friends.
I thought I saw Arthur and Alexander, but that may have just been my wishful thinking.
CLAIRE BLADEHEART'S POV:
Humility. Loyalty. Resoluteness. Courage.
These were the words instilled in me even before I understood what they meant. These were the four qualities that were necessary in order to have a heart as sharp as a sword. This was the creed of the Bladeheart family.
But I just stood there.
Simply watching as Elijah fearlessly slaughtered, a figure so powerful that in my current state from my beast will I thought only Alexander Could beat.
I had never deemed him as anything more than Al's silly friend. He had given me the impression of being easy-going, almost ditzy at times, but not at this moment. After he had cursed aloud at Lucas, his demeanor shifted into someone unrecognizable.
As if Elijah's enraged cry had released his soul, Elijah's body seemed almost lifeless as his shoulders slumped and his head hunched forward.
The spell he had used then was unusual, almost unnatural, but it was when he placed his palm on the surface of the barrier-when black flame magic began coiling around his hand, melting the transparent barrier like it was butter-that a cold chill ran down my spine. but for some reason, it felt oddly familiar.
Like I had often felt it a bit when Al was wounded or sore he gave off a faint trace of it.
Looking back up, I fixed my eyes on Elijah. He swayed as he walked, almost staggering like he wasn't really in control of himself. Anyone that tried and opposed him was almost instantly pierced by a black spike. The speed at which each spell was cast shouldn't have been possible. They couldn't even be called spells, but more of an automatic defense mechanism.
I had never heard of something like this before, much less seen it with my own eyes-magic that was so unnatural... sinister... evil, A second after Dranreeve was slammed into the ground dead Elijah fell down unconscious.
"Students, clear away!" An arcane professor led a small group of professors now shattered Barrier. The students absentmindedly shuffled out of the way. While many were too discouraged to want to join them on their crusade, the image of Doradrea's severed head burnt in their minds, some students still gathered the courage to try and join them.
Clive was one of them. I spotted him rushing towards the professors, his hands already wielding his bow and arrow but the professor in the back stopped him from going with them.
Was being courageous akin to dying a fool's death? Was that what the Bladeheart creed wanted from me? Was Al's training for nothing? No, He trained Me so I could fight and hold my own!
I shot up from the ground putting my hand On my rapier I tried to draw my sword only for it not to budge from its sheath. Looking down I saw Zephyr's Tail wrapped around the guard holding my sword in.
"Zeph let me fight, Please..." I pleaded the Horned white Lizzard, He motioned as if sighing and then let me draw my sword before transforming into his full size of a large Ice lizard with an ice-tipped tail.
I could see the arcane professor, whose class I took last semester, in the lead. Behind him was the spell formations professor who taught underclassmen. There was one professor that I couldn't recognize following a few steps behind with a crooked wooden staff. Then joined Professor Glory. She caught my eye and gave me a firm, solemn nod before taking out a second sword from her dimension ring.
The look she gave me then sent chills down my spine. It was a look that I had never actually seen before, but one that my instincts knew-it was the look of someone accepting her death.
I Wasn't going to die here, If I die it's In Alexanders Arms as an old woman! I cursed internally wrapping my sword in lightning.
I turned my attention back to Lucas the four professors rushed through the hole in the barrier when a pillar of fire, as thick as one of the support beams in the academy hall's main entrance, shot up in front of them.
Lucas was still recovering, his face still lined with pain as he looked at the four professors. The desperate expression on his face was now gone, though, as he walked confidently towards the professors, conjuring another pillar of flame using his other hand.
"Lucas! How dare a student of this academy be involved in such acts of terrorism?" Professor Glory roared as she imbued mana into both of her swords. The rest of the professors also held up their weapons, the arcane professor already muttering a spell.
A manic grin spread on his face as he started cackling, sounding more like a rabid animal than a man. "How dare I? You think you guys are anywhere near the level I am now at? How dare you speak to me as if you are my equal! You are merely bugs that need to be squashed!" As he spoke, the mana around him began swirling even faster, veins appearing on Lucas's one remaining thin, gray arm.
Thus the fight began. as I watched my professors get tossed around. The spells Lucas used weren't special, but the amount of mana he exhibited and the control he had over them was truly terrifying. Lucas was easily casting six spells. He was surrounded by a flaming sphere that shielded him from any of the professors' magic as four offensive spells had already knocked out the spell formations professor.
I dashed towards him weaving in-between his fireballs depriving the air around the spells of Oxygen As Al did fighting fire mages, I was nowhere near being able to snuff them out but I shrunk them a good deal.
I gathered all the oxygen I could on my rapier And fired the wind bullet into the gap in his flame shell he was using to see. his fire shell burst in an explosion from my wind bullet exploding in his barrier.
"AGGHHHH!!!!" A shrill scream Tore out of Luca's singed body barely covered by his burned clothing.
"DIE YOU WHORE!" I felt a wave of heat on my right side, Turning to see a two-meter Blazing knight's sword mere Inches away from my face, Before I could react In a Wall of white Scales Appeared In front of me with a flash.
Looking Up I saw A towering Wall of White scales that shone Like pearls, Its body the length of the clocktower if not greater, The unmistakable figure of a winged beast that every adventurer-every person-had once hoped to catch a glimpse of.
It was a dragon And A colossal one at that.
It was nothing remotely close to anything from the drawings my mother had shown me in books to scare me as a child. No, this dragon made those look cute in comparison.
With two horns protruding from the back of its sharp head and iridescent eyes that could freeze even a veteran adventurer, it was a manifestation of both sovereignty and ferocity. These Dragons Scales were snow white.
"Dad will be here soon just stay back mama." The dragon Spoke with A warbled snarl that was clearly sound magic.
Suddenly a burning sensation ran through my leg as my legs fell from underneath me suddenly not able to hold my weight. I fell to the ground Convulsing for a second before I realized I had just been hit with a lightning bolt from Lucas. Before the next came The dragon Wrapped its body around me like a coiled snake guarding its eggs.
Just as I felt everything fading, I heard it-a blood-curdling Scream pierced through the heavens.
It was a deep, rumbling thunder that shook the ground dripping with a primordial Rage and bloodlust, Looking up I saw the black Clouds Swirling around the white-haired man, The lightning flowing into him like a lightning rod.
"LUCAS!" The Man's Scream exploded Shattering the windows and Cracking the foundations of the building.
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