"I didn't expect that we would gather so soon..." - Ryutaro said as he looked around at his companions.
"It's not like we could refuse" - replied a girl sarcastically - "Rika-san summoned us because Cloud-kun returned to the capital and with bad news."
"I know, I even hypothesize that everything goes to shit when Strife is around" - added a boy while the others laughed lightly.
"I hope you have the courage to tell it to his face" - said a girl with a joking tone.
"Don't even think about it, I don't want to die" - replied the boy as the other heroes laughed again.
Ryutaro smiled when he saw these interactions between his companions, only to let out a sigh when he remembered that his former leader and best friend, was unaccounted for.
"By the way, how dangerous will this mission be?" - A long-haired boy asked.
"No idea, but if we face the demon king's army, then things will be potentially deadly" - replied a girl fearfully.
"Calm down, Strife is on our side, and I don't think he will use us as sacrificial parts" - said Ryutaro while looking at his companions seriously.
"You're right, Strife may be someone cold and who doesn't talk much, but he's not a despicable bastard who would betray us" - nodded a boy seriously.
"You're right, Strife may be someone cold and who doesn't talk much, but he's not a despicable bastard who would betray us" - nodded a boy seriously.
"It's good that you hold him in such high esteem" - said Rika while walking to the group of heroes - "And don't worry, Cloud won't use you as a sacrifice, and even if that situation were to happen, I wouldn't let you die so easily"
"That's good to hear, that calms me down a bit, Rika Taichou" - said a boy while the others nodded, after all, they trusted Rika, the girl who had saved their asses so many times that they had lost count.
"Ok, let's go meet Cloud" - said Rika as the group of heroes advanced towards the entrance of the capital.
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"What the hell are you doing!" - exclaimed one of the guards as he saw how Cloud was using his magic to be able to change the shape of the surroundings.
The blond ignored the guard, which infuriated him, though he quickly fell silent when he noticed cold eyes watching his every move - ". . ."
"I want you to prepare a message to ask for military support" - Cloud said neutrally - "That message has to be ready to go out the moment I give the signal."
The guard nodded weakly because he could feel Cloud's aura getting heavier and heavier, to the point that the guard could tell for sure that the boy in front of him was much stronger and more dangerous than the captain of the royal guard.
Cloud nodded silently as he continued to make traps to impede the enemy army's movements.
"This is a good time to be able to test the power of my elemental traps" - Cloud muttered as he placed some strange plates of different colors in some parts of the area.
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[Elemental Mine (Fire)]
Contact bomb that possesses a powerful explosive power.
Effect: Creates a 15 meter range explosion of fire elemental power, causing massive damage. Blast range increases if used with [Wind Elemental Mine].
Durability: 1/1
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[Elemental Mine (Electro)]
Contact bomb that possesses a powerful paralyzing power.
Effect: Creates an electric current that affects 10 targets within a range of 20 meters, causing the paralysis effect.
Durability: 1/1
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[Elemental Mine (Geo)]
Contact bomb that possesses a powerful seismic force.
Effect: Creates a seismic wave that affects all targets in a range of 50 meters around the origin, causing the unbalance effect.
Durability: 1/1
* * *
[Elemental Mine (Hydro)]
Water-based contact bomb.
Effect: Creates a sticky explosion that creates a zone of difficult movement, causing the effect, immobility.
Durability: 1/1
* * *
[Elemental Mine (Wind)]
Contact bomb that creates powerful gusts of wind.
Effect: Creates an elemental explosion that summons blades of winds in a range of 5 meters, causing the bleeding state.
Durability: 1/1
* * *
[Elemental Mine (Poison)]
Contact bomb that causes a poisonous explosion.
Effect: Creates a 30 meter poisonous curtain that causes different types of altered states such as weakness, blindness, internal bleeding, nausea, severe poisoning. The effectiveness range increases if used with [Wind Elemental Mine].
Durability: 1/1
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[Sonic Mine]
Bomb that when exploded creates a powerful sound.
Effect: Creates a sonic wave that disorients all enemies within a range of 100 meters, the effect is greater the closer you are to the source of the explosion. When exploding, this bomb creates the effect, disorientation, hindering the movements and attacks of the affected enemies.
* * *
Cloud nodded when he saw the descriptions of the bombs, which had enormous effectiveness in situations like this where he had to face multiple enemies and had the time to prepare himself
"Let's see, the attack will start in an hour at most, that's more than enough time for me to be able to finish my preparations" - Cloud muttered as he placed the bombs in the most effective order possible, or at least from his point of view - "If I disorient the demons first, then they can step on the other bombs, so interposing the sonic bombs is a must."
Cloud continued with his preparations for another 30 minutes, time that the group of heroes used to reach the entrance of the capital.
The students looked at Cloud with different reactions, after all, he was the one who had changed the most since arriving in this world.
"It's good to see you" - Cloud said as he finished with the final touches before looking at his former classmates.
The boys stiffened when they saw Cloud's eyes, which were very different from how they remembered, especially his slitted pupils.
"What happened to you?" - Ryutaro asked with a frown because he remembered seeing that kind of eyes on reptilian creatures inside [Orcus].
"Oh, a lot happened, though it's not the time to talk about my past" - answered Cloud while shaking his head - "Now we have to worry about the demon attack, after we get over that we can talk all we want."
The heroes looked at each other before nodding, after all, the blond was right. There were times to be able to dialogue, and to the boys' regret, this wasn't one of them.
"The strategy is simple, the ranged fighters will be on the wall and kill anything that tries to approach, as for the melee fighters, let's just say that their job will be a bit more complicated because I want them to use the crossbows that are on the wall to support the others in the group.
"We won't attack directly?" - Ryutaro asked in surprise.
Cloud gave him a glance before shaking his head - "No, you don't need to put yourselves in danger when I already have everything prepared to stop the enemy army, you just need to attack from a distance and kill as many as you can, I will also use my weapons to be able to eliminate our enemies, and in case they manage to get close to the entrance, I will take care of stopping them while you continue giving me support from a distance.
The boys let out a sigh of relief when they heard this because at least now they knew they wouldn't be in danger, which was good because none of them wanted to die.
"I want them to psyche themselves up because this will be their first pitched battle against humanoid beings" - Cloud said seriously while squinting his eyes - "Rika, you brief them on how to do it, after all, you're the one with the most experience in this kind of situations"
"Ok" - nodded Rika as she instructed the students to come closer so she could give them a motivational talk, as well as some instructions on how to be able to withstand the atrocities they were about to see.
Cloud nodded when he saw this, though his expression changed slightly when he saw how Ryutaro was calling out to him.
With nothing better to do, Cloud approached the boy and asked him what was going on.
"I want to know if you know anything about Kouki," Ryutaro said with a frown.
"I'm sorry, but I haven't found out anything about him" - Cloud replied as he shook his head. He wasn't lying, though this was because he honestly wasn't even worried about the whereabouts of the former leader of the heroes.
Ryutaro frowned when he heard this, though he quickly nodded - "I understand, I'm sorry for interrupting you when we're about to have a battle against the demons."
"Oh, don't worry, you haven't bothered me in the least" - Cloud replied calmly.
"By the way, there's something else I'd like to ask you" - Ryutaro said as he looked around - "Where are Kaori, Shizuku and the other girls who accompanied you?"
"They're in a dangerous place" - Cloud answered while shaking his head - "Normally I would have gone after them, but someone informed me about this attack and I had no choice but to come and help"
"I see..." - Ryutaro muttered as he nodded weakly - "Thank you for protecting us."
"No, you don't have to thank me" - Cloud replied as he shook his head, after all, he wasn't doing this out of some silly heroic sense, but for the benefits it could bring him, besides, he was confident in the power of Yue and the others, to the point that he was sure they could defeat Noint.
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