[Japan]
Hijacking is an act which intervenes towards the process of delivering the finished product or expected result. This act is mostly seen being done through the use of web or throughout the underworld connection. This time however, what Calamity just proposed was an act of intervening a summoning process which would transfer them to a place far distant than their own.
For an entity of her class hijacking a summoning process is nothing but a child's play, after all the initiator of such process are non-other than humans who are ranked as a lower being than the gods themselves, and gods themselves are lower beings than the entity. Take note that the reason one is called an entity, is because such a person was out of the control of common sense, thus they ranked higher than gods.
Unfortunately no matter what anyone says, Calamity's proposal was much more plausible way of traversing the long distance of Kaido's traces to them without exhausting themselves in the process. The only downside are its pitstops in numerous worlds.
"Hijacking maybe plausible if you want to conserve your strength when traversing long distance planet... Since our science still has no capability to utilize nuclear energy as a fuel to travel between spaces using wormhole, reference to numerous space movies.... this is the only choice we have to actually get to where Kaido's traces are" commented by Endou
"He's right! space manipulation is one of the 5 major attribute that are hard to control alongside destruction, transmigration, time, and soul... just by wielding one of the five is already a burden, much more using it... unless your a higher being than the dimension of our reality, then easily manipulating this five major attribute are all but impossible" added by Aileen
"Alright! we got our ways, but how can make sure that we wont lose our way throughout the process?, after all traveling through space continuously may result to us missing our own steps, thus getting lost" asked by Argos
"... I think i can do something about that, i can make a type of tracking beacon in a form of a wrist watch in order to keep track of your whereabouts, however i can only track you so much as long your not out of my range" answered by Endou
"And how far is that?" asked by Homura completely intervening between the conversation
"... Somewhere around what the current progress in science can reach" said by Endou sheepishly
Hearing his words, all of the people who learned about the current update on space exploration through the web couldn't help but gave a sigh of dejection as such distance wouldn't still be able to keep track on the traversing group. After all based on what Calamity said, Kaido himself was way far out of the galaxy and unto another one.
Thus without further ado, Endou's idea was immediately shut down even before he managed to implement it. With that they spent the rest of the earlier morning discussing such topic to the point that they will have no choice but to leave beacons from their different pitstop world through the use of their own unique mana signature. As long as they keep track on their unique mana signature, they then wouldn't get lost on their travel.
After finishing that part, they then begun discussing about who will go with Calamity and who will stay. This time since the discussion held an even greater importance, none of the guys were able to resist on hearing them out, due to that Rebecca, Ingrid, and Melfina submitted their absent slip towards their superior through mail in order to take absence for such important discussion.
Since they were deliberating on who will go, Melfina herself also wanted to come but was immediately shut down due to her guarding assignment. Even Sui wanted to come, but since there is un known danger to this operation, she was then forcefully held back by Ingrid herself.
Naturally there were also the former rebel group who wanted to travel on a different world as experience, but since they were not having a picnic this operation, their notion were also shut down. Due to that Aileen, Argos, Fengris, and Belial (Ingrid's compromise) were then chosen to be the guys to travel with Calamity for this tracking operation. With all four strong people going, troubles in their way would naturally be nothing towards them.
However Since Belial was back in the Demon continent on Ingrid's world, Aileen would need to fetch him first and explain the situation before they could go. Throughout their preparation, the rest of the guys then begun to prepare the group for any contingencies along the way, As for Sui, she just pouted on the side after being held back for this operation.
Soon after Belial then finally arrived with Aileen as he already got informed of this situation, in fact he still couldn't believe Kaido's luck of being ejected away. But since this was an opportunity to see the other plains, he naturally couldn't let this opportunity pass by him.
With everyone gathered, Calamity then begun expanding her mana to the farthest reaches of it and begun scanning any signs of summoning happening that coincides to the direction where she found Kaido's trace. As she begun to gather mana towards her, the space surrounding them also begun to distort as the whole world itself shook in fear of her presence. After all the moment she used her powers, her concealment then finally broke apart as she revealed her existence to the whole world.
In that short span numerous accidents and events happened through the world. The magnetic field of the world were going crazy, storm clouds kept appearing and disappearing above the pacific ocean, numerous quakes simultaneously happening all around the world, multiple volcanoes begun showing signs of erupting, Ice starting to envelope the dessert, sand begun to appear in the arctic areas, plants started to grow in size, whirlpool begun appearing at the Atlantic, birds begun to loose their way in the air, and etc. all the apocalyptic signs begun to appear just by Calamity revealing her presence.
Such phenomenon really put justice to her name.
Soon after she then found the summoning phenomenon which coincides to her target direction as she then transported everyone with just a snap of her finger. But the moment she left, all the events and phenomenon around the world also begun to cease to exist at her own absence to their world.
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Light illuminated the whole area, tall pillars similar to Greek architecture can be found rotated around the room in order to support its roof. Ten magicians encircling the summoning circle can be found currently chanting a spell which distort space around the target center area. About 30 knight soldiers are guarding around the room in order to provide its security, and a group of five people are huddled at the entrance of the room wearing garbs and fancy clothing symbolizing status.
To be precise the 5 people in the room are the royal family of the castle consisting of 1 king, 1 queen, 2 prince, and 1 princess who is the youngest among them.
The moment the huge magic circle begun showing signs of events, the head magician in the group quickly backed away the royal family as he quickly alerted everyone in the room.
"The summoning is success! something is coming! everyone! get ready!"
Following the heed of his words, everyone in the room became alerted as they showed their stern expression and seriousness in order to give out the vibe of the direness of the situation.
Soon after a huge group of people were then transported inside the magic circle consisting of about 53 people in total coming from unknown to the locals of this fantasy world. Just by looking at the transported groups clothes, their clothes are quite similar to each other symbolizing that everyone is wearing a uniform in the same organization or place they are situated at.
To be exact the group of magicians actually summoned a group of 50 students and 3 teachers in their world.
Once the summoning had ended, vivid confusion can be seen on everyone's faces as they each of their own begun approaching the person closest to them in order to assess their situation. After all being brought to an unknown place in a single snap, could be deemed an act of kidnapping, especially since they just don't know and understand just what happened to them.
At that some of them quickly spoke out.
"Where are we? who are you people?"
Seeing the different aesthetic of the armed surrounding them which is similar to a medieval knight, the teachers quickly gathered up the students with an intent to protect them from harm. After all there are only three adults in the area protecting the children and one of them is a female teacher, thus the danger of the situation is quite high.
In response to the summoned group wariness, the King then stepped up among the crowd in order to explain the situation to the summoned group about their world.
"Welcome heroes! You have been summoned into this world under my orders! I know many of you are con fused and afraid of this strange occurrence, but our world is in danger from being enveloped by darkness due to the activities of our world's demon king... so i stand here before you great heroes in order to ask for your help in quelling the darkness invading our land"
Hearing the kings words, even more confusion was plastered on some people's faces, while other begun understanding the lot and the scenario after having experienced such situation in either game, shows, and entertainment. On top of that, the two prince of the kingdom also stepped up which caught the attention of all the girls in the group, and the sole young princess also showed up which attracted the majority of the guys in the group.
Plus if anyone is attracted to a mature figure, the queen also step up in order to attract some of the guys who have such taste. With everyone in the royal family having quite an attractive face, it was natural that the summoned group to be atrract6ed to such people to the point that they slightly let down their guard. In other words the appearance of the royalty who is regarded as someone who posses such amount of beauty, is a type of honey trap in order to coerce the summoned group to do their own bidding.
No matter what world, such tactic is often used in order to get the heroes and heroines under their grasp.
Just like insects attracted to the light, the atmosphere in the whole group slowly muddled down as the appearance of such people caused all of them to somewhat calm themselves from this situation. Following that stunning attack, the king proceeded to explain the situation of other areas in order to incite the sympathy in the group of summoned people and bud their own sense of justice to save the world.
Soon after aside from the adults who stayed calm and clear headed, the students on the other hand were quickly swayed by the kings words as they got encouraged from the supporting expressions from the said royalty who are keeping a close eyes to them.
Once the majority got swayed, a lot of the boys then approached the princess while the group of girls begun surrounding the prince of the kingdom like a celebrity that they have encountered on the street. After that a group of magicians then entered the room in order to assess the class of each summoned individual and find among them the person who has the class of the hero and the saintess.
Soon after among the variations of classes the hero and the saintess were found. Apparently the hero was the most popular and athletic guy in their class group and the saintess was the Madonna and most beautiful girl in their class, naturally following the trope.
Once the hero and the saintess were found, they were naturally held in an even higher regard as the two prince automatically approached the saintess and the princess quickly locking her arms around the hero. Even thought the said people had an ulterior motive hidden in their action, none of them suspect a thing as this trope was quite natural to be found in modern entertainment.
The hero get the princess and the saintess get the prince. Naturally some were jealous, but since they have inferior classes than the two, they wouldn't be able to do a thin g at all.
In that moment when the magicians of the kingdom finished checking the class of the last adult belonging to the summoned group, they then screamed in shock as they realized some additional people hiding behind the said summoned group. Apparently such people were Aileen, Argos, Fengris, and Belial who just hijacked the summoning.
As for Calamity, she simply entered the world in her ethereal form since such world doesn't have enough strength to handle her presence for a long time. Nevertheless she was with them in spirit.
Once the group of magicians screamed out in shock, everyone in the room including the summoned group then turned their heads in order to look behind them and saw people who held quite a beauty rivaling the royal family. In fact their appearance and aura was just otherworldly (literally)
Just by their presence alone, the atmosphere in the room quickly changed as even the two prince and the princess were attracted to the group of four people. the two prince are attracted to Aileen's beauty and demeanor, while the princess are attracted to the three guys around Aileen.
If such people of status are attracted to them, such effect was much more apparent to the summoned group who's attention was easily swept to the other side.
In that moment Argos walked over towards the head magician in the room, totally towering over him in terms of height and begun asking questions.
"Hey! can you use that spatial spell again?"
But before the head magician could answer, the knights on the side quickly intervened between them as they each held their swords on their waist.
"Back away! How dare you just walk up to the head magician!"
"Do other worlder's have no manners at all?"
"Who do you think your casually talking to?"
At those words, Argos simply eyed back the knights blocking his way, as he tilted his head to the side in confusion and asked.
"Do i really have to learn who that guy is before i can ask a question? what kind of common sense are you people lacking?"
Hearing his tone of voice and the choice of huis words, the knights blocking his path trembled in rage as Belial and the others simply chuckled in delight. Aside from those reactions, the huge group of students and teachers were confused on who these people are while admiring their beauty, while on the other hand the royalty in the room were simply shocked on how this small group simply ignored an important figure and simply walked over another guy despite their introduction.
For the first time in their life, the royal family felt somewhat awkward as this small group of people held the head magician a greater importance then him. However such a situation cannot go on. Thus taking in a deep breath, the king then spoke loudly for everyone to hear.
"Oh brave heroes from the other world, just what do you need for the use of spatial magic? based on how you guys are asking about the spell, it seems like your intrigue at such type of magic composition"
Upon hearing the kings words, everyone then once more focused back on the royalty, completely receiving numerous types of expressions. However Aileen together with her small group simply furrowed their brows while also feeling somewhat uncomfortable.
"I would really appreciate if you could drop the brave hero thing... being a hero is really not our forte" grumbled by Argos
"What?!?!" asked by the king in shock
"Well luckily Kaido isn't here to hear that, or else he would really flip everything over" added by Aileen
"Who?!?!?!"
"Indeed! Imagine hearing someone calling him a hero despite all the destruction he had brought... hahaha that would be hilarious" laughed by Fengris
"Who are you guys talking about?!?!?!"
"Well you have it Oh! great majesty! apparently its kind of awkward to call us heroes due to our deeds and track record" reminded by Belial
"!!!!"
Apparently this was quite true. Belial is an archdemon, Aileen is a vampire queen, Fengris is a cursed fenrir, and Argos is a calamity dragon. Just based on what type of creature they are, the title hero is somewhat awkward, especially their kill count is much greater than save count. Plus they aren't exactly good people too.
Thus even thought the king ahs no idea on what they meant, he simply nodded accordingly as he accepted their suggestion. On the other hand that only applies to such small group of four, the rest of the summoned group wearing the same uniform can still be called the group of heroes.
After clearing that up, Argos then asked once more.
"So can you guys use it again or not?
In that moment the queen then in turn answered.
"We could if you can give us time to prepare, in fact we could even send you guys back after defeating the demon king lurking in the darkness"
"Well putting the demon king aside, how long does this preparation need?"
At Argos question, the queen then hesitated to answer for a moment, before she revealed this fact.
"... About a year"
the moment the answer was given, a small commotion arose from the summoned group of students, while Aileen bit her nail as she pondered about the situation.\
"We cant wait for that long... Is there another way?"
At that question coming from her, the head magician then answered.
"We don't! but i think the world tree at the elven forest on the east could answer that question, but even if you head there now, they just wouldn't let you in without any permission or combat capability... the world is a state of war, thus they cant afford non-combatant to simply enter their territory due to the fact that a spy may infiltrate their kingdom using this method"
"That's why i suggest for you guys to receive training in this kingdom and prepare yourself in facing the enemy, we can guarantee that in three months time, you will be strong enough to join the battlefield" said by the King
Even though they learned that such a long time was needed to cast such a type of spell which disappointed them, they on the other hand received an information a plausible clue or a way for them to use such method. If they depart now, they then can assure that they would be able to reach the elven kingdom within the day. Thus without further ado, they simply smiled back.
"As much as we like that offer, I'm sorry to say but we just don't have that much time on our hands" said by Aileen
"What?!?!"
"Indeed! It looks like this is where we part ways" added by Belial as he added an elegant bow
"What are you..."
Without a moments delay, Fengris punched a hole through the summoning hall using his brute strength which surprised everyone present. After all based on common sense, such newly summoned group shouldn't have been to do that at all, in order for them to blast a hole on the wall using pure strength, it would need them to undertake an intense training regime and classes for mana control. However such group was able to do it at first glance, which was quite unexpecting.
"I'm sorry to say, we have no plans on playing hero"
The moment Fengris said those words, Argos walked out of the summoning hall as he transformed his body back into his dragon form and let everyone to ride on board his back, with his flight speed, he would be able to reach the elven kingdom sooner than later.
Naturally his transformation surprised everyone causing screams to erupt, the royal family also couldn't believe that they had actually summoned a dragon amidst the crowd of humans. At this point they begun to wonder if another creature were hiding within the summoned group. But before they could fully process what is happening, Argos then took flight as he zoomed in the air at great speed heading towards the elven kingdom.
Due to his sudden exit, not one of them couldn't even utter a single word.