"What..? Repeat what you just said." A man in a blue medieval military uniform said, not believing what he just heard.
"C-Commander. A girl and boy who seems to be around 12 years old are defeating every monster they see..." One of the knights reported, repeating what he just said.
"How is that possible? Are you sure they're only 12 years old?" The Commander asked, in a serious tone.
"I've gone through the files and found that the girl is 13 years old. We don't know anything about the boy." The knight stated.
"...I'll go see for myself. You better not be lying to me." The Commander looked at the knight.
The Commander's gaze was menacing.
"O-Of course not, Commander. I would never lie."
"Lead the way." The Commander stood up from his seat, walking towards the door.
"Yes, Commander!"
...
"What is this?" The Commander was shocked.
On the floor, there were dead monster bodies everywhere.
"To think two kids did all this..." The Commander sighed.
"Tell everyone to protect the people. Don't fight these monsters. Only fight them if you have to. We don't want even more casualties. If what you said was true, we'll leave this job to them. After this, find the two kids you saw who defeated all these monsters." The Commander demanded.
"Yes, Commander!"
Meanwhile, Rem was killing every monster she sensed nearby using her martial arts and shadow magic. With Cynric's help, killing these monsters was easier for Rem. In about 20 minutes, Rem had already killed hundreds of monsters. The size of the monster didn't matter since every monster Rem encountered would all die. Roy helped Rem by using his own magic to defeat the monsters. Roy was unfamiliar with being in his human form but he still managed to kill over 50 monsters. Every few minutes around 10 to 30 monsters would come out from the portal. There were a few portals in the city so, in total, there would be over 1,000 monsters.
'Why are there so many monsters???' Rem wondered.
'Although this is nothing for me, I can't protect everyone in this city. I'm just one person after all... I'll keep this up for a few hours. If these monsters are coming from the portals endlessly, this would become a huge problem.' Rem thought, continuing to kill monsters.
「Master... I suggest for you to take a rest. It hasn't been long since you've been poisoned by the serpent. Plus, you just evolved. Please don't overwork yourself.」
'I'm fine. Thanks for worrying about me. I'm not planning on keeping this up forever. After a few more hours, I'll enter the portals and destroy them if the monsters keep coming out of them.'
「I know Master is a very powerful being but everyone needs some kind of rest.」
'Yes, understand. Don't worry. I'll only be keeping this up for a few more hours. It's not like I'll die or anything unless someone or something more powerful than me fights with me. By the way... When I'm using this blade, do you get tired or hurt?'
「I'm not tired or hurt. This dagger is pretty durable. I'm trapped in this blade and can't get out... If this dagger breaks completely, I'll probably get harmed. I'm not too sure.」
'I see... I'll be more careful then. 003, do you know how or why Cynric is a soul that's trapped inside a weapon?'
{No, I cannot tell you that.}
'...Alright. I guess that can't be helped.' Rem sighed.
"Roy, you can rest if you want."
"No... I want to help you, Master. My stamina is quite high. I promise I won't be a bother." Roy said.
"Alright. Do as you please. Is it alright for you to call me by my name? I don't want you to get harmed so after all this is over, I want you to enter Starim Academy and meet my friends. If you call me Master, it would be awkward and weird."
"I will do as you say."
"You also don't have to be so polite with me. You're still a kid, you know?"
"Okay." Roy nodded.
...
A few hours passed just like that. Rem had lost track of how many monsters she killed. The monsters had decreased drastically. However, there were still monsters coming from the portals. Although there were still monsters coming from the portals, only around 30 monsters would come out of each portal every thirty minutes. The city wasn't as chaotic as before. Right now, Rem is in front of one of the portals. When she touched the portal, the portal wouldn't let her enter. No matter what Rem did, she couldn't seem to enter any of the portals in the city.
'How odd... Usually, people can enter any portal the moment they interact with one. How come this time, I can't enter? Is it just me or..?' Rem decided to let this matter go and go see how Karina and the others are doing.
She didn't find the need to enter the portal anymore. Not many monsters come out of the portals compared to before. Rem couldn't enter the portal. What else could she do?
"Oh, Remie! You're here!" Karina was in front of a few injured people.
Everyone who was slightly hurt was brought to Starim Academy while others who were severely hurt were brought to the church. Every student who has the ability to heal people stayed at Starim Academy to help out. Karina was one of the students who could heal. Although Karina was a better attacker, she still has the ability to heal herself and other people due to her being a half-elf. Her healing abilities weren't great because she wasn't fully an elf but she could heal. So far, only wind, water, and light element users can heal others. Even if you are wind, water, or light element user, not everyone who has that element can heal. It differs for everyone.
"Are you hurt?" Karina asked, worried.
"As you can see, I'm fine. I don't have any injuries." Rem said.
"Where are the others?" Rem asked.
"Oh... Yukino has a very good healing ability so she was brought to the church. Yukio wanted to go with Yukino but he wasn't allowed to. He ended up being part of the rescue team with Kaito." Karina explained.
"Are you hurt?"
"No, I'm not. I'm just a little tired..."
Karina covered her mouth as she yawned.
"You should go rest. Don't overuse your magic. If you do, you'll probably collapse. We don't want that to happen, do we?"
"You're right... Thanks, Remie. I'll go back to the dorms then. Wake me up after an hour, okay? I can't go slacking off while the others are helping out..."
"Don't worry about anything and go rest already."
"Okay... You should go rest too..."
"I will. Later."
"Mhm..." Karina knew Rem wasn't going to rest anytime soon but she was too tired to argue back.
She walked towards her dorm room.
「Master! Please go rest now.」
'I need to pick up the weapons I ordered.'
「But-」
'I'll go rest after I get things done.'
「Alright...」