"Man.", Ruffus said while jumping on the ground again and agains to avoid the spells targeting him.
This was lasting more than he imagined. The chase began after he finished his breakfast on the cafeteria. On the beginning was easy to shake them off and run a while for a safe location but then the people from other Districts arrived.
"What did you do, Archer?", the boy was on the run. "Maybe was better to do exercises like him as well.", he was almost out of breath.
"Stop and tell us where the hell the boy and girl are.", one fire mage student said while casting another firebolt that hit the sand boy on the shoulder.
"Oh no.", Ruffus said falling on the ground at a bad position. He could not keep running. "I didn't want to dad but they don't let me choice."
Before the school enrolment.
"Listen well, my son."
"Yes, father.", was Ruffus.
"Our family can inject Mutation through our special magical circuit. This will increase your Mutation by various levels but can only be made once a decade. So only use on two occasions. When you have enough to improve or when extremely needed."
Now on actual time. Ruffus started to use his Mutation through his magical circuits.
[Ruffus Efreet]
[1st Year Student]
[Strength: 14]
[Agility: 19]
[Stamina: 13]
[Power: 50]
[Magic: 42]
[Mutantion points: 36->182]
"I can fight back now.", he said and a bunch of sand raised him to the air. "I'll not stop till I found you, Archer."
Ruffus was finally fighting back instead of protecting himself. The moment the sand hit you it would push you to the ground and crystalize. He was fast and accurate. A few on the enemies were a lot more keen and were using the others as shields while finding a cover. He noticed but this wasn't his matter.
His guard was down when he noticed that some of them started to cast a ritual spell. Ritual spells are normally more powerful than a normal one as the magic provided come from more than one mage. This one was a fireball of three casters but it wasn't tottally come to life as he fastly grasp it with his sand engulfing the fire.
"YOU ARE PATHETIC.", he said while the sand was locking the rest of his enemies on the ground as well. He was a little angry because he wanted to enhance his powers by the end of the year and not now.
"You're a little troublemake, aren't ya?", it was miss Z looking him from below.
"I'm sorry?", he said as he was only protecting himself from the attacks.
"Don't worry I'm only looking for the main instigator of all of this. Where is Archer Wright?"
"I don't know.", he replied and started to descend with his sand.
"Don't you?", she was in doubt and waited for a little. "Yeah, you don't.", she turned her back to him.
"What was that?", he was in confusion.
"She used magic to get information on you.", mister J said descending together with the boy. "Whoa. Calm down or we both will fall."
"How did you?", the boy couldn't see how the man climbed up there.
"Magic.", he replied. "She uses divination magic and disrupted a timeline to interrogate you. So you don't have the information she needed."
"How this works?", they arrived on the ground.
"I know only a little about it.", the teacher said. "But is enough to annoy her.", he smiled and left.
"YOU.", another voice was directed to Ruffus.
"What is it this time?", he turned and Aureos was approaching him full angry.
"WHERE IS THAT BOY?"
"I don't know.", he looked the senior limping. "What happened to your leg?", a stare was enough to make the boy shut up.
"That was Z and J?", the boy nodded a yes. "So you don't have the information.", he fastly left the location where Ruffus was.
"What did you do, Archer? Even the best student on the whole School is after you."
While this on the infirmary.
"He needs rest all the day.", the nurse said.
"This isn't good.", Ursula said. "We can't be here for too much time."
"Why?", the older man said.
"There is a raid going on after him and her.", she pointed Aurora.
"A RAID?", the man was crazy over the information. "Who did this to his arm?"
"Himself.", Aurora said. "It was a counter from his own attack."
"So you are all here.", mister J said.
"How?", the 1st year girl asked.
"Woof."
"Where this man came from?", the fairy asked.
"Calm down. I'm on your side for now but she isn't.", he pointed at the door and Z open it.
"YOU.", she said while looking at J smiling. "Get out."
"You used me as I expected but this was on my calculations.", he started to pull a card from a deck.
"No.", she started to use her divination but then fifty two possible futures appeared before her. "I hate you.", she said while both vanished on the thin air.
"I know.", he smiled with a Queen of Clubs on the hand.
They appeared on a great and vast grass field with a few trees. The place was gorgeous and the sun was bright. The weather was nice to relax and study but the people there weren't on this mood at all.
"You are preventing me from doing my job.", she said.
"Which one? Assassin or teacher?", he asked.
"Dumb question.", she said snoring. "Which one pay more of course."
"I figured.", he smiled.
"From everyone on the South he had to send you?", she asked.
"Natural enemies. That's why.", he put the card on the deck and shuffled it. "You need to know the person and exchange a few words with them to calibrate your divination. You can predict where they are as well but they need to be awaken to work too."
"You made me go there.", she said and he smiled while doing a gratitude bow as an actor on a play. "But you didn't know which card was being pulled. So how things work so well with this kind of trick?", she was talking about his random magic.
"I have another tricks as well but this is the only one that can take you on.", he said. "Divination and super speed is too powerful of a combination."
"As I planned a long time ago.", she replied.
She was fast and in one leap was striking him with her sword. While this he was pulling another card from his deck. A shining blade formed on his hand and stopped her attack on the last second.
"I hate this.", she said again and they started exchanging sword blows. "You can only delay my encounter."
"I know.", he smiled. "It's my only goal.", J knew the potential on Archer and this could surprise her as he saw Aureos hurt.
"Pathetic.", she was faster and it was only getting started as more time was passing by she was speeding up without stop.
"Time's up.", he said and a cloud burst between them. "Don't worry we can go to other place now.", as the fog was dissipating they were on the beach and in his hands a Queen of Hearts.
"I hate this deck.", she started looking for it but wasn't on his hands. "Where did it go?"
"I left on the previous pocket dimension.", he looked sorry but was only teasing her.
"Do you really think that you can stop me?", she read the future. "What card is that on your back pocket?"
"You can't tell?", he smiled as she felt cornered. "I'll only pull it if you want to fight."
"You were always playing with me? THIS WHOLE TIME?", she asked and he smiled at her.
While this on infirmary.
"We have little time till they come back.", the nurse said to them. "Here.", he passed a medkit to them. "Leave and rest at least two hours before fighting again. All of you.", he looked at the group as a whole.
"Thank you, teacher.", Ursula said and left the place carrying the boy on her back.
"Hey.", Ruffus approached and saw the boy passed out on the girl's back. "I won't ask what is happening but I think the better place to me is near you."
"If you are willing to help just come with us.", the tiger girl said.
"What you guys did to Aureos? He was upset.", the sand boy asked.
"He was partially defeated.", the second year said. "But even my main attack only incapacitated him."
"You are from the East?", he looked at her uniform and she nodded. "You dealt damage to the best student on the whole campus. THIS IS AMAZING."
"I dealt damage but not enough.", she said. "He is up again as you are saying."
"Yeah but he is limping around.", Ruffus said.
"Oh that wasn't me. That was his doing.", she pointed at Archer with her head.
"WHAT?"
"Woof."