Getting out of the forest was not really difficult for Blake and his group, on their way back they've encountered different level 1 beasts and they also met up with some other group which they walk out of the forest together.
When they got to the abandoned building the teachers and the mages were surprise as they could see the bag in Blake's group full with beasts' core, they don't need to open it to confirm what's there.
'Since my year of service in this academy, I've never seen any group bring this much core with them.' Sunny thought and other sergeant and teachers were also having similar thought.
After the student had gathered in the building the teachers counted them head to head and confirming that they're complete, although not all of them had come out of the forest on their own as some of the sergeants had gone to help some group and bring them back. After confirming they're all present they were gathered outside the building.
The two mages held onto each other's hand and a big yellow portal had opened.
"What about the other set? Are they back at the academy?" Teri asked the teachers.
"Probably not, but they'll soon be in the academy with us." One of the teachers answered before stepping inside the portal.
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Timi had just been whacked away by the beast and he was sent to where the bigger energy was radiating, the others didn't this and seeing how easily the tail had hit him, they knew they can't run it out.
"Call for help." Temmy shouted, she was standing between Diana and Gary while Idan stood in their front, he was still holding onto Gary's sword and held it tightly with his two hands.
"The communicating crystal is with Gary." Idan said as he keeps looking at the beast who was fiercely moving towards them.
Turning their heads to Gary, they could see that he was shaking rapidly, his knees were banging into each other like crazy and looking downward they could see water running down from between his two laps and his trouser was watery. The bag full of beasts' core and beast body was already on the floor.
"Damn, this useless guy." Temmy shouted before she gave him a heavy punch in the stomach sending him backward.
She quickly bends down towards the bag bringing out the crystal.
"Watch out!!!" Idan shouted as a thick dark green goo was coming at them.
Idan was the first to move to the side, Temmy was busy activating the crystal so she had no way to move but Diana who was beside her all this time threw a kick to her rib side and she was sent flying to other side, Diana had also move out of the way.
The goo had hit one of the dwarf trees and the upper leaves on the tree were getting dry by the seconds.
"That goo is dangerous." Idan said.
"We have no other choice than to fight it before help arrives." Diana said as she got up with her two blades held tightly.
"The crystal… it's gone." Temmy said. With the sudden kick she got from Diana, she had flung the crystal away.
"What!!... you were unable to communicate?" Diana shouted as she was about to cry. "We are dead. Gary run out of here now and get help." She said.
Snapping out of his daze, Gary stood up from where he was lying and dust his body, he had been there since Temmy punched him.
Like the beast had heard what they were saying, another goo had shot out of its mouth, they were all distracted by the missing crystal and telling Gary to get help.
"Arghhh." Gary shouted at the top of his lungs as the goo had hit him, although he was wearing a level three armor and the attack did next to nothing to his armor but the armor wasn't a full set so it's not covering every part of this body, it's just a chest piece and shoulder guard.
The goo had hit him straight on the leg and it was getting redder as he felt a great pain on his leg. Stretching his hands towards his leg, he started scratching it and blood was pouring out.
Coming downward at Diana was the worm's large tail, it was ready to smashed her down.
Throwing her chain forward Temmy wrap it around the tail which had given Diana a little time to move out.
"Attack now." Temmy shouted but before any of them could move, the worm used its tail to drag the chain along with Temmy, she didn't want to leave the chain so she was still holding onto it tightly.
She was even surprised that the chain didn't break with the great force of the worm's tail. Swinging the tail sideward it had smack Temmy towards a large tower like tree with its branches as large as the combination of two adult men.
A scream of pain could be heard as her body hit the large branch, it was as if a chicken egg was hurled at a rock and you know what happened if that was the case, but her body hadn't chattered into pieces but she could hear her bone breaking as she fell on the ground.
The other two were still stunned and were frozen while this was happening and before they knew it they were also facing the same situation as two goo had shot out hitting Diana and Idan straight in the stomach, they screamed in pain as their body was itching them and burning.
'Are we all going to die here?' They all thought because they knew there's no way of getting out of here.
The beast moves towards the two at the front lying on the ground and as it moves it was shooting the strange goo at them and they were screaming in pain, as it was close enough, it raised its tail ready to smash them into pieces but the next thing was.
*Swuvffff*
The beasts' tail sliced into two pieces and the same could be said for its body, the upper body fell on the ground while the lower part with the tail fell on idan with black blood gushing out of it.
'Huh? What's this?' He had already closed his eyes saying his last prayer but now he could see the tail on his chest and black blood gushing out.
"We aren't dead?" Diana asked, she was already in pain, her skin was already brick red and blood had soaked on the outer layer of her skin and the same could said for Idan.
"Yes, I guess." Idan replied as he lied there like a lifeless body, their legs are in no way of functioning and only God know how they were still able to talk.
"Who saved us." She asked softly and the pain could be felt through her voice.
"I have no idea." Idan replied. The other two at the back were not also in a better state as blood was gushing out of Gary's leg and Temmy couldn't even raise her leg because the bone there had broken.
They felt a strange feeling in their body all of a sudden, and the itchy feeling they were having before had quickly gone and in its place was this strange feeling, it wasn't a bad feeling though, because it was as if something was calling out to them, they wanted to get up and run towards this strange feeling but there were in no position to do that.
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Outside the forest, where the teachers and the sergeants had camped, some students had gotten back after fighting beasts restlessly, the student that got back also stayed at the camp, and after some minutes of not seeing other students, the sergeants decided to search for them.
Although the students were not given an exact time to stop their hun, only to come back before sunset but after getting information from the other set that some students encountered higher level beasts they felt like they might also encounter them here, so they decided to look for them.
After doing a head count, they were fifty students who hadn't come back and that consist of ten groups in total, there were only five sergeants in the camp and for five sergeants to look for ten groups of fifty students will prove difficult and they knew the student wouldn't be together, so five teachers had join them in search of these students.
They were to spread into five groups and two people in each group, one sergeant and one teacher, they entered the forest and as they walk past the entrance they have gone separate ways.
"What's this." A young dark skinned man asked and besides him was a young beautiful lady.
"Are you feeling it too?" Miss Bora asked.