Mariel's body flew and crashed into the wall of the stone cave, causing her to fall and hit the ground with full force. Her body could no longer move, blood continued to flow from her mouth and nose. She also clearly heard the bone breaking in the middle of her chest. Now she was no different from a disabled person who needed urgent treatment because the attack this time was too much for a normal human to bear.
"Ouch!" She was coughing up blood non-stop. Her vision was blurry, but her eyes still had determination to fight even though the body could barely move.
Hector did not expect that The Zombie Dragon would treat his own student to the death. Before he could decide to do much, he was surrounded by skeleton zombies, and he had almost no way to escape from them.
"Out of my way! " Hector cast a large mass of ice magic until the skeleton zombies all turned into ice, causing them to be unable to move for a moment.
"After that kid, It's your time! Hector." The Zombie Dragon shouted and rushed towards Hector.
Mariel was still lying there. As for Hector and the Zombie Dragon, they are blasting their powers at each other without giving in. It was hard to see who had the advantage or disadvantage in this fight.
(It hurts so much! Just for a moment, I was hit until the body was almost shattered. I can't move at all, but my wounded body can still be healed by healing magic spell. By the way, the many broken bones are too difficult for magic to heal. What should I do? I'm too weak. I'm sure I'm this good, but when I get on the field, I'm defeated. I have disappointed Principal Hector. I'm sorry.) (Chai thinking)
*Wink*
Suddenly, a reaction occurred in Mariel's body. The dark magic circulating throughout the body slowly seeped into the broken bones of her chest in several places. Then a miracle happened, the bones slowly began to heal. It may take some time, but it's a good sign that the body will start to return to normal faster.
"What? Dark magic can repair the body and bones too?" Mariel thought to herself in shock.
"Yes, this is a ultimate skill I am very proud of." A mysterious voice sounded in Mariel's ears. Then a figure vaguely appeared next to Mariel who was asleep in her thoughts.
"Lord Apophis?" Mariel asked.
"Release the power of your Illusory Shadow. During your stay in this, it is a time for recovering and your body repairs and regenerates itself. Don't be afraid of the enemy in front of you and don't forget! Your goal is to be the goddess of war. Are you going to give up now?" Apophis said.
"Never!!!" Mariel replied fiercely. Apophis, on the other side, had a satisfied smile on his lips. Then he dissipated.
Meanwhile, Hector was fighting the Zombie Dragon. The group of Skeleton Zombies returned to their original state and prepared to attack Hector again. However, dark magic suddenly sprayed at the group of Skeleton Zombies from behind until their bodies shattered and fell to the ground.
Hector and the Zombie Dragon stopped attacking each other for a moment and turned to look at the source of this mysterious power. When they looked, they saw that Mariel was slowly getting up and looking down at the ground but what was surprising was that the dark magic power released from Mariel without stopping.
"Are you thinking of defeat me? You must pay for this!" Mariel said with a terrifying smile as her body turned black figure.
Ahh!!!!!
A loud shout echoed throughout the area. Mariel's body transformed into an illusionary figure that was completely black and covered in glistening snake scales. Her clothes were torn to shreds due to the dark magic power that ceased to radiate from her body. Claws that have grown sharp and ready to hunt the prey into pieces. Her eyes changed to those of a vicious serpent, bright red like blood, and her mouth widened into an eerie smile.
Mariel suddenly regained consciousness and felt the true power of the Illusionary which was surrounding her.
(Is this the illusory figure of Mr. Apophis? It's so hot. I could feel the enormous power flowing in my body. It's time to test this. Now I'm Dark Mariel!) (Chai thinking)
Dark Mariel made a cruel look towards the Zombie Dragon as she stuck out her tongue and licked the corner of her mouth as if she smelled delicious prey. Then, it only took a few moments to soar into the melee of the Zombie Dragon.
"What!" The Zombie Dragon exclaimed in shock and quickly pulled away from Hector but was too late because Dark Mariel arrived faster than expected.
The sound of the Zombie Dragon's paw bones breaking apart as Dark Mariel's sharp claws slashed once, but soon they were back together again.
"Wicked! Your claws are so sharp they can cut bone in a single strike. This skill is unusual. It's becoming more interesting." The Zombie Dragon felt livelier than before and had fun charging up his strength to fight the illusory Mariel.
Scorching! Scorching! Scorching!
The two of them threw their energy at each other without holding back. Dark Mariel, although much smaller, was not afraid at all. It's like Jack fighting a Giant. Hector is there to prevent the resurgent Skeleton Zombies from reaching the one-on-one duel between Dark Mariel and the Zombie Dragon.
"Please take care of those skeleton zombies, Principal Hector. This Zombie Dragon only belongs to me!" Dark Mariel said to Hector while fighting the Zombie Dragon.
"Who exactly belongs to you? You're just so lousy!" Zombie Dragon retorted sternly.
"I'll make you lose to me. I'll show you, darling. Eiei." Dark Mariel said with a smile.
Dark Mariel gathered her strength and slammed into the Zombie Dragon's stomach until it stumbled back.
"Ouch! You Bastard!!!!" The Zombie Dragon roared and used his own two paws to pounce on Dark Mariel with both hands ready to crush her into dust.
"It's useless!" A shout sounded from inside the Zombie Dragon's skeletal hands as well as dark magic power exploded until both hands were shattered apart until there were no pieces left.
"It's impossible!" The Zombie Dragon hurriedly retreated and restored his paw to its original state as quickly as possible.
"Where are you going? Darling." Dark Mariel didn't let this opportunity go again. She accelerated to maximum power, jumped to the Zombie Dragon, and quickly used her deadly claws to cut the bones until they broke into many pieces.
"How fast it is?" The Zombie Dragon lost its formation when faced with the lightning-fast attack of Dark Mariel.
"So, are you going to insult me again?" Dark Mariel shouted angrily as she continued to attack.
Scorching!
The Zombie Dragon rushed its magic power into the chest and released a dark magic beam that hit Dark Mariel completely unexpectedly. As a result, Dark Mariel's body was thrown quite a distance with heavy injuries because she didn't have time to use the magic spell to protect her body.
"Remember that, I can release power from every part of my body! Lol." The Zombie Dragon said as it hurriedly restored the skeletal body to its original state.
"You didn't tell me that you had another trick! It hurt a lot, you see?" Dark Mariel said angrily and rushed to recover her body as well.
"Come to me, let's finish this, you little brat!" The Zombie Dragon said while inviting her with a happy expression on his face.
"You asked for it, and I gave it to you." Dark Mariel replied while finished recovering and charged to The Zombie Dragon with an expression of amusement on her face.
Hector stared at Dark Mariel with admiration in his eyes.
"Victor is fierce. Fight without giving up, without fear and ready to exchange lives for victory. But Mariel is different than him. She's not as fierce, but she's more quick-witted, makes mistakes but adjusts in a short time, and more careful. This girl is interesting." Hector thought to himself.
"Take it!" Dark Mariel shouted loudly as she slammed dark magic power into the Zombie Dragon's neck with full force.
"Ouch!!! Now it's my turn!" Zombie Dragon found a loophole and hurriedly grabbed Dark Mariel in the palm of its own hands again. But this time, it used the power to prevent her from using the magic power to destroy again.
"Let go of me!" Dark Mariel tried to fight out of The Zombie Dragon's grip, using her strength to resist.
"This time you will be crushed at my hands." the Zombie Dragon said with satisfaction.
"Never!" Dark Mariel pushed her strength to the limit and exploded again until its hands were shattered again.
"Even if I use my protection power, she can still deal with it." The Zombie Dragon said with admiration.
"Excuse me!" Dark Mariel boosted her strength to the sole of her right foot and soared up to kick the Zombie Dragon's chin with all her might, causing The Zombie Dragon's head to rise skyward. As a result of this full force attack, several of the Zombie Dragon's teeth fell out of its mouth.
"You crazy kid! How can you kick the tip of my chin like this? You are clearly disrespecting me!" The Zombie Dragon shouted in anger.
"I asked for your permission, it's not my fault." Dark Mariel replied teasingly.
"You asked and then kicked immediately. I hadn't yet responded to It's not called asking for permission. Remember this!" The Zombie Dragon shouted as it boosted the power to the max, preparing to deal a decisive blow to the opponent.
"Are you going to finish this fight? Let's do it!" Dark Mariel replied.
"Be crushed!" The Zombie Dragon gathered all its power into both palms and slammed it out with full force.
"I'll not lose!" Dark Mariel also shot back with all her strength.
Scorching!!!
The two forces clashed with each other until a loud sound was heard throughout the area. The ground shook and they could hardly stand. The skeletal zombies fell to the ground, unable to stand up and fight. As for Hector, he had to use his strength to support himself so as not to fall as well.
"No! Your body won't be able to take it, Mariel!" Hector shouted, telling her what would happen if she continued to fight like this.
The sound of blood squirting out from Dark Mariel's mouth and falling to the ground. Her body began to tremble because of her nearly depleted power, but she still refused to stop this and gave her all to this attack.
"Give it up, little girl! Your power can't compete with mine!" the Zombie Dragon said.
But Dark Mariel's eyes still shone brightly which shows no signs of giving up in any way.
"Even if I have to use all my strength, I'll take you down!" Dark Mariel was still confident in her own abilities.
"Then I will accept this challenge!" The Zombie Dragon increased its strength to another level and slammed until Dark Mariel began to stagger back.
"My first mission, must be accomplished as much as possible." Dark Mariel tried to hold on for life until the snake's scales covering her body began to crack.
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"Well done, my student." Hector said, rushing behind Dark Mariel and casting his full magic power into his magic ward.
"No! Hector, you!" The Zombie Dragon sensed the danger approaching itself but it was too late.
"Heavenly Judgment Magic Spell!" The white beam of light fused with the dark magic power of Dark Mariel, creating a huge ball of power that was reflected at the Zombie Dragon with full force.
"Ahhhh!!!!" The Zombie Dragon shouted, hit by these 2 magic powers, and fell to the ground. It was injured and could no longer fight.
Dark Mariel slowly returned to her normal form and collapsed to the ground, exhausted. Her sweat was all over the body, along with gasping sounds that could be heard nonstop.
"Finally, it's over." Mariel stuttered out of exhaustion.
Hector slowly walked closer to the front of the Zombie Dragon, who was trying to restore the body to its original state but this time it will take quite a bit longer than that.
"Give it up! And give it to me, your dragon breath." Hector said, taking a clear glass jar and opening the lid.
Zombie Dragon surrendered for this. A silvery breath slowly came out of its nostrils. It then flowed into Hector's clear glass jar and was immediately covered with a lid.
"Thank you very much." Hector put the jar into his cloak and turned to walk away.
"This girl will be as good as Victor in the future. Where did you meet her? Her performance's like a man." The Zombie Dragon said with doubt.
"It's a fate." Hector said.
Hector walked back to Mariel who was still recovering her strength. She forgot that she was completely naked in front of the principal Hector.
"Did you get the item? Principal Hector." Mariel asked.
"Let's put on some clothes first." Hector said, immediately summoning a shoulder bag containing Mariel's clothes from the space in front of her.
"Oh, I'm sorry." Mariel hurriedly covered herself and quickly put on her school uniform. Hector stood with his back to her, waiting for her to put on clothes finished first.
"Finished." Mariel said.
"You did very well. It was beyond my expectations. Alright, let's go back to our school." Hector said as he cast a teleport warp core in front of them.
"Just a moment please." Mariel said, asking for a moment and rushing towards The Zombie Dragon, who was quickly recovering more than half of its body.
"Is there something wrong?" The Zombie Dragon asked curiously but Mariel bowed once with sincerity.
"Thank you for giving me this valuable fighting experience. I promised to train harder to be even better than this." Mariel said.
"Me too. I haven't seen someone who has fun fighting against me like this in a long time. If there is a chance, you can come fight with me again, and I will wait for another round." The Zombie Dragon said.
"I will and thank you again." Mariel said, rushing back to Hector before the two of them entered the warp and disappeared together.
"See you later, Mariel." the Zombie Dragon said.
When they arrived back in front of the female student dormitory, Mariel felt very relieved because tonight had been such a difficult mission for her. Right now, what's in her head is a sofa and a soft pillow for fast asleep.
"The first mission went well. There're 120 points were awarded to Class 1 for Mariel De Stella's first mission." Hector said through his magic staff.
"Thank you very much, Principal Hector." Mariel immediately felt relieved when she learned that her mission could increase Class 1's score by as much as 120 points.
"And...your reward." Hector said and cast a spell. Then a large bag of money appeared, falling heavily onto Mariel's hand.
"Ah, Principal Hector, this bag of money." Mariel was shocked by the size of this bag of money.
"The reward from the first mission is 200 gold coins." Hector said cheerfully.
"It's a lot!" Mariel said, shocked at the amount of money.
"Take it, it deserves to be yours. I must go now." Hector said as he prepared to teleport back to his room.
"Thank you again, Principal Hector." Mariel bowed once more before going up to the girls' dormitory to return to her room.
"You're back, Mariel! What! That bag of money, why is it so big?" Beatrix woke up to greet her but was shocked to see the bag of money in Mariel's hand slowly being placed on the table.
"Yes. The reward for completing the first mission is 200 gold coins." Mariel replied.
"There are too much!" Mania, who woke up, said in shock.
"That's a lot and I don't know what to do with it." Mariel said thoughtfully.
"You kept it that way. Saving for a rainy day." Beatrix advised.
"Let's just be common funds. In case of buying supplies and necessary items for us. Let's go shopping tomorrow. Whatever you want or eat, I'll pay for you all." Mariel said with a smile, and this made the others happy.
On the other side, Hector teleported back to his room, he felt a cruel aura radiating from his back.
"We need to talk for a moment!" Elizabeth stood with her arms crossed over her chest, her eyes filled with anger like never before. She already woke up from her unconsciousness.
"I'm screwed." Hector said, feeling hopeless.