"HEY GUYS?" I shouted.
"YEAH?" all three of them answered together.
"WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE THEM ALL BY OURSELVES!"
"SERIOUSLY!?"
"SERIOUSLY!" I answered back while observing the many demons falling from the small portals opening up.
"Well, it's been fun knowing you guys," Bareth stated as he regrouped with me.
"Nah, bro. We still have a chance, right Max?" Blade asked, him too not too far from from us, looking at me hopefully.
"Maybe. But the best chance we've got is destroying that orb the demon is holding. As of right now, it's restricting the teachers from helping," I replied while pointing to the girl who attacked us first.
"What about the other students?" Arnold asked after finally joining up with us as he was the futhest of the two, while we watched a muscular demon chase a small first year elf around the tables.
The president of the school appeared out of nowhere to answer his question, "We'll try holding the demons back, away from the immobile teachers and panicking students. But about the demon holding the orb...I hate to have to dumb this all on you first years, but since you are one of the very few who caught wind of the situation, and us second years have to try and protect the school by minimizing the casualties, I'll have to leave her to the four of you boys. I was listening in on your conversation, and I think that's a good idea as any, destroying the orb,"
"Wait a second, were you just conviniently placed right behind me before the attack and waited for the right time just to intervene, or did you just appear right now? Also, WHY THE HELL SHOULD WE FIGHT HER??? YOU GUYS CAN HANDLE HER ALL BY YOURSELVES WITHOUT OUR HELP, RIGHT?!" I screamed at the president after I turned to her direction.
She nodded her head like she understood, and asked, " Then should we leave all the students and teachers in your hands and face the demon that looks to be well equipped? The answer is no! Believe me, even I don't want you guys to fight her head on. She looks too dangerous. Yet, I'm sure that if we left her to her own devices, a lot more monsters would die in her hands,"
I raised an eyebrow at her, "So like what? We're the sacrificial pawns or something?"
"Far from it, Furrha. In fact, take it like this, this is your first practical in camp. Try not to die,"
Right after she said that, she whistled, and a capable group of second years who were slightly handling the situation better than the first years joined her side. Just as fast as she had appeared, she disappeared the same way with all the second years, leaving a very angry Furrha whom crises began to form on his forehead due to the amount of pressure left for him to deal with.
"Hey! Not cool, not cool at all!" Blade complained once they left us all alone after taking the little panicked students they could.
"Some fine president she is," Arnold muttered.
"Compaining about our situation ain't going to help in anything. As much as I'd hate to admit it, the president is right, we can't just leave the demon by herself. I'll leave her to the three of you. Give it your all, and try to destroy that orb. Leave me with the first years who have yet to find a good place for cover. I'll deal with the demons around here," I said while gritting my teeth in anger at the audacity of the second years.
Some veterans teens they were! I wish I could give them a good talking to, but that will have to wait for now.
We all divided after nodding at each other, the three probably going for the leader of the horde, who vanished into the forest around the school looking for escaped monsters, and me going up against an unknown number of demons. Hey, I Know I'm not that strong, but at least I'm plenty strong enough to deal with the low graded demons. And also, this isn't my first rodeo in fighting.
"Damn president! Leaving me with all this work! And where are the so called elites of this school in first year?" I shouted to no one in particular as I blasted a lower demon to smithereens.
"Not here, that's where, " a voice from behind me said.
I turned to the person who just spoke to me and saw one of my classmates helping me with the large mass of demons.
As the school required, she too was in a white shirt and army trousers, but she pulled off the look much more easily than anyone I've seen in school. Just like most girls in this school, she had a cute face that although a shade lighter than mine, seemed to have seen some real hardships. She was suprisingly handling herself like she was born for battle, the blood on her once white shirt showing us just how many demons she killed.
"You're name was Kira, right? A Furrha I presume?" I asked her when I noticed her ears.
"Oh, so you do have a good head on your shoulders. Hello Max, wish we'd have met at better circumstances," she answered, giving me a smile as she waved her hand and immediately ten of the nearby demon's heads were decapacitated.
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[The WHAT!?]
[ You think?!]
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"So where are these elite first years again? You didn't answer that," I told her, which earned me an irritated look that almost made me back away instinctively.
"If you must know, they are cowering in fear under a table somewhere, even the great nobles, since they think their life is worth more than a fight to the death," she finally answered, after dealing with some more demons with her strange power.
Isn't it their choice though? But I won't say that in front of a girl who looks like she relishes the fight.
"Ah, I see. So basically, they have no battle experience. I guess that's the new generation of monsters we have. Some years in camp will do them some good," I said, finishing off another monster with an uppercut that sent is spiraling to the ground.
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<*100 EXP gained!*>
<*Level upgrade!*>
<*New skill unlocked!*>
<*Magic fingers [LVL 1] (no mana usage)*>
<*User can fire mini lightning bolds from his fingers. They pose little to no damage to most monsters and beasts, but can be really annoying. Skill can be upgraded*>
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[Oh, this is gonna be good! Can you knock Kira out just for a few seconds?]
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"Hey Kira,"
"What?"
"Nighty night,"
" Huh?" she looked at me while raising an eyebrow in question but soon after fell down, knocked out cold as the butt end of a dart could be seen protruding from her backside.
***
[Not cool, my guy! She's still a girl! You couldn't come up with another method? And where did that dart come from? Answer me this question, you!]
[...Ok, I think?]
***
I lifted my head towards the sky as dark clouds began to form since I was the one summoning them. Lightning then began snaking around my arms, as my eyes shone in a bright blue color. With a smile, I shouted,
"THOR'S HAMMER!"
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<*skill 'Thor's hammer[LVL 1]' has been activated!*>
***
Immediately, with large simultaneous blasts, all demons within a fifty mile radius were struck down with multiple powerful bolts of lightning that turned them immediately to ash, which was a ridiculously beautiful show. The second I was done, a series of notifications flooded my screen as I stared in amazement at the amount of EXP I had just gained.
***
[How much did I progress, Bradley?]
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<*3000 EXP points have been attained!*>
<*You have climbed a level!*>
<*You have climbed a level!*>
<*You have climbed a level!*>
<*You have climbed a level!*>
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<*Mandrax Randoff [LVL 6] *>
<*Title: (pseudo) Dark prince*>
<*Race: Furrha*>
<*Grade: C (low)*>
<*Ability: Main: Lightning castor [LVL 5]*>
<*Health {100/100}*>
<*Mana {340/500}*>
<*Stregnth 40*>
<*Agility 80*>
<*Defense 40*>
<*Speed 85*>
<*Mind 20*>
<*Dark Mana absorption 20% (disabled)*>
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<*skill 'Thor's hammer [LVL 1]' has climbed a level!*>
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<*New skill has been achieved due to reaching level five in the ability 'Lightning castor'!*>
<*Emperors Judgement [LVL 1]!*>
<*Mana usage 200*>
<*The power to summon a gigantic thunder bolt to pulverize your enemy. The larger the clouds, the more powerful the skill gets. Skill can be upgraded*>
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[OW HELL YEAH! That's what I'm talking about!]
[Oh, right]
***
"Mmm.... what just happened? And why does my butt feel sore," Kira asked as she woke up groggily rubbing her backside.
"If I told you, you wouldn't believe me," I answered, looking down in guilt and trying to hold in my laughter when I saw the dart had already disappeared.
"I don't know why, but I have the urge to punch you," she said as she surveyed the area. Her eyes widened in shock as she saw the many scorch marks that were present on the ground.
"Did you do this?" she asked, staring at me.
"No I did not! Some powerful deity must have seen how handsome I was and chose to save me from a mighty thrashing. You should feel honored just to talk to m-hey, what are you doing?" I asked in disbelieve as she raised her hand and her eyes began to glow yellow.
"NOOO!" I screamed in shock as she aimed her hand at me and fired a yellow musical melody. When it was only a centimeter away, it curved away from me and killed a demon off in the back trying to sneak up on me.
"Oh, thanks," I voiced out my opinion.
"Wasn't aiming for the demon. You just got lucky. I'm still not good with my aim," she replied, and I don't know why, but I don't think she was really joking.
There were still some demons left, so we easily made quick work of them as Kira did most of the work while I just sat there, firing lighting at them, watching the demons scream in pain, trying to run away.
As she was finishing off the last demon, a notification came up to my status page that made my peaceful mood turn sour.
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<*Arnold White (Prince)*>
<*Health {10/100}*>