During the class, Mariel is still focused on her studies the same as her friends. Even though her goal is to be a swordsman who aims to exterminate all demons but at least she had knowledge is another necessary thing in life. Regardless of whether we ourselves have specific expertise or not, if we have skills in other parts as well, it is considered an advantage in another way of living in society.
"Alright, that's enough for today, everyone. The assigned homework is due next week in the professor's office. Please research carefully and do your best because this report will have an effect on your overall score at the end of this year." Professor Cassandra said.
"Yes." The students responded in unison.
When the classroom door opened, there was already a person standing outside waiting outside.
"Vice Principal Elizabeth, hello!" Professor Cassandra greeted.
"Hello, Professor Cassandra. I have something to talk with someone." Elizabeth said.
"Sure." Professor Cassandra extended her hand to Elizabeth and walked back to her office.
"Mariel!" Elizabeth called.
"Hello, Vice-Principal Elizabeth." Mariel said, bowing her head.
"Do you have any free time this evening?" Elizabeth asked.
"Yes, I have." Mariel said.
"At 6:00 p.m., Please come to Principal Hector's office. Just come alone." Elizabeth said before walking away.
"It must be something important." Beatrix said suspiciously.
"It must definitely be related to the next mission because you havn't been done for a while." Mania said.
"It's possible. Let's just go back to our room and eat lunch first. In the afternoon, I had to practice the subjects and do many reports. We'll talk about this later." Mariel said.
In the afternoon, Mariel and her friends did their daily routine as usual. Whether it was additional training in various subjects, Mariel began to build magic armor to protect herself and the party. She created this magic shield to be able to resist both physical and magical attacks to a certain extent. She also trained her attack movements to be faster than before.
After practicing until the evening, Mariel returned to her room to cook dinner and ate foods with Beatrix and Mania. When everything was finished, she took a shower, got dressed and went to Principal Hector's office as arranged at 6 p.m.
Knock knock!
There was a knock at the door.
"Come in!" Elizabeth said.
"Hello, I have arrived as arrangement." Mariel said after opening the door.
"We are waiting for you, Mariel." Hector said.
When Mariel entered the room, she noticed that other five professors were all together and Professor Kiros had a more serious expression on his face than the others.
"Calm down Kiros. Don't be serious at all." Hector warned.
"I understand, Master Hector." Kiros replied.
"Alright, we're all here now. It's time to inquire about her." Hector said and ordered Elizabeth to take out the devil seal glass bottle with the black liquid in it and place it in the middle of this room that had already been prepared.
Hector cast some kind of magic spell into the glass bottle, causing some kind of reaction inside. The black liquid seemed to try to escape from this kind of magic, but ended up being frozen in place, unable to move any further.
"Remove the seal! Elizabeth." Hector ordered.
"Understood." Elizabeth replied, immediately casting a spell. The glass bottle slowly opened its cap. Then the black liquid sealed in it slowly came out of the glass bottle, transforming into a woman.
The black liquid transformed into Derens. A black female demon that was bound so tightly by Hector's light elemental magic that she couldn't move. She tried to break free from the magic, but it seemed as if she had no strength to resist.
"It is useless. In front of magic of Light that has a direct effect on the dark magic within you, no matter how hard you try, you won't be able to escape from us. Now, I have many questions to ask you, and you must answer them all truthfully." Hector said.
Derens, who had her head down and refused to meet anyone's eyes, remained silent and did not respond at all, but suddenly began to laugh until it started to get louder and louder.
"Lol. What a humble human! What secrets are you going to take from me? Why do you need this information, I'm happy to tell you everything because it has no bearing on our plans." Derens said in a loud and arrogant voice.
"Of course you are!" Professor Kiros could hardly control his emotions and had to punish her, but the other professors tried to calm him down.
"Why did you hide in the body of a guy who named Chaos and join the tournament?" Hector immediately asked his first question.
"This child has a depressing past, he never received love from anyone. There was only hate and curses pouring into him until he could no longer resist. He allowed me to use the Concealment Technique to command entry from within his body at any time plus his evil mind that he wanted to exterminate all humans the same way that made him to be like this. As for joining the competition, our main goal is right in front of us." Derens said, turning to stare at Mariel with fierce eyes.
"It's too risk for being exterminated by killing just one schoolgirl?" Hector asked.
"You all know about this. A prophecy hundreds of years ago said: When the Demon Lord returned from being sealed away. God and goddess of war will be born to fight with the Demon Lord again. Even though we still don't know who the god of war really is but there is definitely no mistaking the goddess of war. Because this girl possessed the Dragon Slayer Sword inherited from Victor. The enemy that the Demon Lord is most angry and afraid of from the past." Derens said.
"This is why you dare to infiltrate Mariel's body to kill her from the inside." Elizabeth said in a dissatisfied tone.
"I miscalculated. I didn't think this girl would be too strong. A normal first-year student who was exposed to Chaos' Wolf Demon Form would probably have been defeated or died. But with this girl, it was not what I expected. So, I had a way to infiltrate the body in order to wipe out the soul from within. But I didn't think it would fail for a second time." Derens said with disappointment.
"Thinking about getting rid of my disciple isn't that easy. No matter how many new plans which you all use, I have a way to deal with it." Hector said.
"Lol. If this plan is unsuccessful. There are many ways to deal with her. Our goal is bigger than just taking down this kid!" Derens said.
"What is it?" Elizabeth asked with a worried look on her face.
"You guys should know this. In this world, the strongest are the ones who survive." Derens said, looking at everyone with a strange look in her eyes.
"This world does not belong only to you demons. Every species that occurs on this planet has the right to live. When life passes away, it is reborn in a cycle for each person and it isn't your decision to judge the fate of others who have all died, and only your demon clan to survive." Hector shouted in a very dissatisfied tone.
"Why not?...since the past era has it always happened? When it occurs in this world in each era, it always appears that only those who survive, while those who are weaker, go extinct. It's very simple and I will tell you one thing: don't think that a human race like you is all good personality because inside of you also have a dark, evil side same as us. Lol!" Derens fiercely shouted back.
"You Bastard!" Professor Kiros was extremely angry and chanted magic to prepare to deal with Derens decisively.
"I got you. You are not all good people. In order to be survive, everyone must be selfish in the end. It wouldn't be too long before the Demon Lord would return to rule this world. Therefore, the entire human race will die together, Lol." Derens said, laughing loudly.
"I won't accept this!" Mariel, who had been listening for a long time, couldn't stand it any longer and shouted loudly.
"As for you, don't think you'll survive forever because there're many of us out there. Many more dangers await you. Even if I fail, there will be other demons who are ready to kill you, Lol." Derens said, staring at Mariel with a disdainful expression.
"Silence!" Mariel shouted loudly as she summoned the Dragon Slayer Sword to her right hand and ready to kill Derens.
"Stop! She's trying to screw us." Hector warned.
"Why do you think like that? I'm telling the truth. You are the same, Hector. No one is invincible. One day you will die by demons too." Derens said.
"If you think you can take my life, try it!" Hector said, staring at Derens's eyes with fury.
"Tell others not to act rashly, but you nearly lose control of your emotions." Elizabeth warned.
"You too, Elizabeth! You will never become a better healer. One day you will die like your Master! Lol." Derens provocatively said.
"It's none of your business. I through that you could be die before me." Elizabeth said.
"All those stupid and weak humans. I'm telling you. Demon clans are everywhere now. You guys can't change anything. It's useless!" Derens said.
"I will kill all of you!" Mariel shouted.
But Derens stared at Mariel with a fierce look that contained some slyness and smile.
"In fact, you have quite a bit of dark magic within you. It's not too late to change your mind and join us, Lol." Derens tried to persuade Mariel.
"Never!" Mariel said firmly.
"In case the Demon Lord will be merciful and make you his faithful slave!" Derens said.
Scorching!!!!!
The sound of killing magic crashed into Derens' body which causing her to scream out in pain.
Ah!!!!!!!
The person who shot the magic wasn't Mariel or Elizabeth. It wasn't any other professors, it was Hector! He couldn't stand it anymore. He couldn't make the atmosphere worse than this. The only way to stop this is to kill Derens once and for all.
"Some demon races as evil as you… don't deserve to live any longer!" Hector said loudly, accelerating his light magic power to the max and shooting it into the center of Deren's chest in full power.
Scorching!!!
Derens' body instantly shattered into dust. For many years, Hector had not used high magic to kill anyone for a long time. The fury on Hector's face caused the others to be shocked.
"Master Hector…" Elizabeth tried to regain his composure.
Hector took a deep breath, closed his eyes and looked up at the ceiling as if he was thinking about something in his mind. The others stood still as if waiting for orders from him.
"Get ready! In three days, we will invade the 4th school!" Hector said, opening his eyes and looking at everyone as if giving an order.
"As for Mariel, if possible, I would like to invite you too, but I'm afraid it would be too dangerous." Hector said, turning to look at Mariel with concern.
"No! I'll go with you. This time, I'd like to join your team as well." Mariel said with confidence.
"Excellent! As for the others, let's discuss a plan tomorrow. We must think about this carefully, see you tomorrow." Hector said. After that, everyone dispersed and returned to their own rooms to prepare for the big fight in the next 3 days.