"Sir, he's claiming that higher-ups already knew about..."
"Yes..."
"I will, sir..."
Infront of the dungeon entrance was a group of people.
All of them were armed to their teeth, some even had artefacts!
Obviously, they weren't shit.
Some random "enchanted" sticks at best...
Well, i mean, that they were [C] to [D] or even worse.
Current world didn't actually have any good artefacts to begin with.
Yeah, there were some [Legend] class artefacts coming from folclore of this planet, but that's it.
They manifested as soon as magic came into place, but they were either taken by the most powerful...
Or haven't been found yet, which is a case for more than 80% of the [Legend] ranks as of now.
Obviously, people here didn't even have access to such information, barely anybody did in the first place, but still, i had to explain because i mentioned them.
As for who they were?
University's staff, of course.
The MILF did call her "higher-ups" who were working for the government and all, but sadly for her...
"Even if this operation is real, you'd have to right to know about it."
"Just keep this guy at bay, if he's really on a mission he will just leave."
"If he doesn't, or demands something significant from you - i allow you to kill him... if you can"
This guy was an actual bigshot.
No, not a big shot, he was a fucking nuclear warhead compared to the rest of the world.
Barely anybody had more power than he did... and he was also the "owner" of this university.
To him, a guy just running in and saying that he's on a mission, even boasting his allies left and right...
Wasn't a surprise at all, he personally sent some of those on a mission!
But he didn't remember sending any to his own university...
Of course, they weren't groups of 14 [A] rank awaneked...
But they could also be his competitors or whatever, that's why the didn't act.
What if they were someone from a bigger, stronger country?
He'll be dead in a day if he did something wrong!
To them, people like him weren't even people!
Yeah, here he was a giant, but anywhere but here he wasn't even an ant.
...
As they readied the orange vortex flickered, revealing a strange looking figure.
It was obviosuly Norn, who was, for some reason, half naked now.
His pants were torn, his longsleeve was even worse, it looked like a worn-out cape.
"Fucking imbeciles, you almost killed me!"
He roared as soon as he fully emerged!
"Turn off that fucking force field around the gate, you sons of fucking whores!"
He roared once more as he shot a [Magic Arrow] towards one of the conductors.
Not even half a second later the whole force field flickered and disappeared.
What the thing was?
Well, i'll be short, it's basically just a barrier they turned on.
It was basically "hard to enter, easy to leave"... and precisely because of that "hard to enter" Norn's clothes got shred.
His life wasn't in any actual danger, but he quickly thought that it'll be a good reason to quickly leave.
His clothes were shred by the gate after all, who knew if he sustained any more injuries or what he had to live through?
Thus, he acted like he did!
"Sir, please!"
The MILF screamed as she looked at Norn!
That conductor he just destroyed cost them 230.000$!
And he was about to destroy even more!
"Please what!? You imbeciles almost killed me! If not for my life-saving artefact i'd be in a much worse state now!"
Norn didn't bother.
It was a great chance to battle his way out without actually battling.
The logic is as follows:
Who the fuck would want to mess with a guy whose [Magic Arrow] was that strong?
It was a basic spell, and it alone was enough to deal some serious damage!
Not lethal, obviously, but serious!
What about other spells then?..
As such, Norn didn't bother thinking about the damage he's doing.
He showed that he had no fear, and that he was indeed strong.
It was the truth, after all, Norn is strong... If only he knew some more spells...
However, [Magic Arrow] was good enough to wipe out at least half of the people here without even breaking a sweat.
A singular one to the eye, and the person is done.
Of course, hitting someone's eye with it is another problem, but oh well.
"Fucking imbeciles, if it wasn't me who entered this place he would've died!"
Yes, it's the second time he said it.
"Imagine if it was your best fucking student! What would you do then!?"
He didn't let go.
"You should be grateful that you've discovered how actually stupid you are."
He was still talking?..
"Anyway, you dogs, consider this a warning."
"Whoever tries to stop me now will feel my wrath!"
This last phrase of his was actually somewhat retarded, but it's not like he cared.
He made his point, if they complied or not he didn't actually care.
Norn was indeed somewhat angry as those clothes were the only clean ones he had...
Hearing his words, however, most of the people around the gate didn't move or did anything, really.
They all waited for a command from the MILF that just... well, stood there.
She didn't think that letting this guy go was a good idea, so she erected a barrier...
Turned out that it made him angry.
She wanted to ask for help from above...
Turned out that the guy wont dare to.
She wanted to show him that they weren't afraid...
But she only saw a tiger among scared puppies...
What a disaster it was!
"Sir, you've done significant damage to the facility, so i'm afraid we cant let you go..."
"But..."
Just as she was about to add something else...
10 magic arrows appeared all around Norn.
Then 10 more...
Then even more...
Until there were 42 around him!
"Excuse me, i didn't hear you right... you... CANT LET ME GO?"
His voice was somewhat calm at first, but in the end he resorted to screaming.
His face full of rage made it easy to understand that one wrong word will lead to a disaster.
It wasn't just an empty threat.
As for people around him... Well...
This was the first time they saw someone cast that many magic arrows!
A few dozen arrows in one go, how is that even possible!
There were mages among those people, they almost lost their minds!
Even three arrows at a time was quite hard, but this guy...
He was a monster!
Not even one person dared to move now!
Forget about the [B] rank main force that they had, even [A] rank hunters were shitting themselves!
All of this happened in less than a minute, so it was quite a ride for all people involved!
All but Norn, as the only thing that was on his mind right now was...
"Fucking hell how much mana am i spending right now!?"
First of all, he wasn't sure how the fuck he casted so many arrows at the same time.
Second was even scarier, his mana was depleting quite fucking fast!
He just had to dispel or shoot them away!
But what's the right choice? Shooting them was a somewhat safe solution, but he didn't really have a proper escape spell...
[Haste] isn't going to make that big of a difference here...
Yeah, he'll probably get far away fast, but then what?
Attacking them head on wasn't really an option now that he had a second one...
"Fine, you're the future of my country after all..."
He said with a somewhat dejected face as he dispelled those arrows around him.
"But dont forget..."
His voice grew louder...
"Next time i see any of you retards do shit like that..!"
He extended his arm as he said it...
"It will be painful"
He said as black smoke enveloped him whole.
Just as nothing but black smoke was there... It disappeared, taking Norn with it!
...
"Fucking imbeciles just HAD to destroy my clothes!"
Norn was sitting on a roof somewhere in the city.
He himself didn't know where exactly he was.
"Good thing that it worked, too bad i lost all of my mana."
"Hell, i can barely even move now, hahaha..."
He said as he looked at his charred legs.
How the hell did he do it?
Well, let me explain then.
You see, Norn is an actual fucking retard, but thanks to his somewhat high [Intelligence] stat he can think quickly.
However, the quality of those thoughts is... qustionable.
What he did now would've killed any other person weaker than him.
Norn himself wasn't unscathed.
He thinks that he's just tired, but it's more than that...
Oh, right...
What he did was basically a technique called [Empower].
It wasn't a skill or anything like that, just a method to make spells stronger at a cost.
The cost was, usually, just mana.
One could, however, use even more than that.
Their life, their body... or others...
As for the current situation?..
Norn distracted people with the black smoke and casted lots of [Haste].
Why lots?
Well, he got some insights about magic while in the dungeon and had no time to actually test them, so...
He decided to that right now.
The insight that he "used" right now was...
"Who the fuck said that i can only cast one buff spell on myself?"
So he tried casting them on different parts of his body.
At first, it failed as he couldn't do that, but after he simply blocked of all mana and blood circulation...
It worked, kinda...
The downside of that thing that it was unneseccarily painful, stupid, and would've probably killed any mage that tried it.
It didn't kill Norn, sadly.
On top of basically cutting off parts of his body and casting buffs on them separately, then sticking them back...
He also just a bit more mana to do that.
If we use numbers...
To cast normal [Haste] any mage needs 10 mana.
One that's proficient or knows "shortcuts" can cast it for 8 or something, usually it's 7-8.
But, using [Empower] you can add power to any spell you want, be it [Heal], [Magic Arrow] or even [Radar].
You didn't even need to coordinate that mana, as almost all spells used all the mana they could.
Anyway... Norn used 300 mana to cast a single [Haste].
It wasn't just idiotic, it was a suicide.
[Haste] is making you faster, yes, but at the same time it strenghtens your body so it doesn't just break because of that additional pressure.
And that is exactly why you cant use [Empower] on a buff spell.
It doesn't articulate any mana towards body strenghtening.
It will make you faster, but if your body cant bear it?
Goodbye legs, arms or whatever you casted it on!
That's why no sane mage ever did that.
Too bad, Norn wasn't sane. He wasn't even a made, as he barely knew any spells.
Anyway, he buffed himself, sure, then what?
Well, he just ran?
"But you said he disappeared! Are you an idiot!?"
From the perspective of other he fucking did disappear.
From Norn's perspective, however, he just ran towards the exit.
He didn't have time to look at others, but if he did... He would've seen them standing completely still.
Norn was a bit too fast for their eyes to even perceive him.
Wasn't faster than light or any bullshit like that, but if a car just passed near you at 500km/h - could you really see it?
Norn wasn't a car, so people could barely see that something happened, that's why i said that he disappeared.
As for why he was on a building?
Well, his retarded brain decided to jump as soon as left the building.
To his surprise, he jumped a little bit too high, and had to use bit of mana he had left to land properly.
How? Well, it turns out that you can actually stand on magic arrows!..
At the cost of your skin...
It's not like Norn cared, his legs were fucked anyway.
Saying that they're broken is saying nothing!
Not even one muscle was working!
"Well, not that stupid, am i?"
Norn said silently as he looked at the moon above him...
Next moment, however, he passed out.
There were lots of reasons behind it, but the main one was that he fell from like 40 meters on a random roof.
Obviously, he made his fall "softer" by casting magic arrows under himself to lose the momentum...
Too bad, it didn't work as well as he wanted it to.
Well... There was also a good thing!
He didn't die, did he!?
He didn't die, right?..