The purple haired girl was in a really grim situation, her skin was frozen, even her blood was rapidly freezing. Fortunately for her, Dora had no intention to hurt her beyond this. She stopped in front of the purpled hair girl, Dora looked at her like she was just an ant she could step on. This look sent chills down the spine of the purple haired girl, despite being in an unfavourable condition, she still made up her mind that she'd revenge, Dora had really humiliated her in front of the whole school.
This was the first time Dora would have a fight with someone in the academy, the purple haired girl was the first person to unfortunately suffer the wrath.
Even Clifford was surprised of the power Dora had displayed, her ice element was crazily strong, it would be difficult for him to beat a strong ice element mage like her, he needed to start cultivating his fire element again. He had also broken through to the intermediate rank months ago but he had suppressed it as he usually does. His powers had increased greatly too but he was yet to test it.
Dora didn't waste much time, she punched the purple haired girl away mercilessly, her punch was surprisingly powerful, the force of the punch shoved her some metres away. The frost on the purple haired girl's body was shattered but she kept shivering violently, she even vomited a lot of blood before she fainted. Her friends quickly rushed to help her. They carried her away to the academy's clinic.
Dora felt no remorse for what she had done, she told Clifford to take care of the poor girl before she left for her hostel. The onlookers watched her leave with lingering fear in their minds, they were resolved to not getting in to her way in the future, lest they suffer the same fate as the purple haired girl.
Clifford carried the poor girl in his arms, he saw her innocent and pure expression and his heart was warmed greatly.
"How could people be so wicked to harm an innocent girl like her, this world is really cruel." He thought to himself.
"Th... thank you," the poor innocent girl said to Clifford in a light tone. If not for Clifford, she'd still be bullied by the purple haired girl. She started to look up to Clifford.
"It's alright sweetheart, you're safe now." Clifford assured the girl with a gentle smile. She replied with a slight nod.
"What's your name?" Clifford asked her.
"Daisy, Harvey Daisy," she replied.
"Okay Daisy, whenever anyone threatens you, come to me. I won't let anyone touch you anymore, I promise."
"The girl was relieved when Clifford promised her his protection, having a powerful protector like Clifford would make life easier for her in the academy, she could finally enjoy her life. She nodded happily in response to Clifford's promise.
Clifford carried her to her hostel, he even carried her in his arms to her room. Her roommates were jealous of her, they could no longer ride hard over her, she was now untouchable. Clifford cleaned her wounds, he then placed her on her bed. He watched her slept peacefully before he left. He had written his contact on her piece of paper and placed it beside her before he left.
The next day when she woke up, she found the piece of paper beside her. She reminisced what had happened the previous day and her eyes were clouded with tears. She left for practice with a lively expression and demeanor.
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In the academy's clinic, a boy was standing by a bed. On the bed was the purple haired girl, she was in a pitiful condition. The boy standing by her bed was Casper, his eyes were bloodshot, he was extremely mad at Dora for humiliating his girlfriend in a way like this. Unfortunately, he could not touch her, the laws of the school prohibited against such actions. The only thing he could do to hurt her was to take revenge on someone close to her. Clifford was the only known person close to her but he was not an easy target, he could not afford to mess with a strong mage like Clifford.
He was perplexed, he would never allow this to pass without taking revenge, it was an insult to his reputation in the academy. He suddenly had a cold smile on his face, he had formulated a plan, if he couldn't overpower Clifford, he would hired those who could.
He went out of the clinic and left for the school of the students at the upper levels, he had many friends there. He called his friends and they chose a place to meet. The venue of their meeting was a hotel outside the academy, the hotel was owned by Casper's family.
Casper arrived earlier at the hotel, he reserved a barroom and ordered that lots of drinks be brought to the room. When his friends arrived, they wasted no time in talking about business.
"What have you called us here for?" The leader of the gang named Max asked Casper.
"I've got a feud with a guy, Clifford Harrison, I assume you all know him," Casper said while he took a sip of strong wine.
"The talented one, he's untouchable, he has the protection of the academy." Max said.
"He's only untouchable for normal people, the influence of my family supersedes that of the academy." Casper was displeased that the gang deemed Clifford untouchable.
"That's true, but it's going to be a tough job," Max already knew what to do whenever Casper called them for situations like this.
"Nah, just capture him and leave the rest to me, I'll torture him myself." Casper wanted to torture Clifford like he had done to Leonard.
"It will still be tough to capture a talented shadow mage like him,"
"I'll give you the money to hire a light element mage, it would be easier to capture him with a light element mage." A Light element mage is the nemesis of a shadow mage, It was natural for light to always envelope darkness.
"The job is done then," Max smiled. He was aware of Clifford's strength, and he was also aware that Clifford would have many tricks in his sleeves but the presence of a light mage would foil his tricks.