Chapter 26 - Level test (2)

On a small mountain a red magic circle began to emit a reaping light and from that light three sinister shadows appeared.

"Fu~ I hate teleportation, I always get dizzy."

"Tch, I don't know why they put me on the same team with an idiot like you."

"..."

Three people with black armor and horns on their heads appeared on top of the mountain

"You're the idiot here you fucking bitch! If you hadn't been playing with men the teleportation circle would have been activated much sooner!"

[ Roldus, demon knight of the third rank ]

A stout demon with large horns, gray skin and sharp teeth shouted at his companion.

 

"You're no better! Swallowing everything you came across, you even hit someone to steal their food!"

[ Maldina, third rank demon knight ]

A demon with long black hair and small horns replied to him. 

"Sigh~now shut up, remember the mission, we don't have much time.

[Vaice, demon knight of third rank]

Another demon who seemed to be the leader had his hair combed back and no eyebrows which made him look more intimidating.

He took out a crimson colored stone from his pocket and infused it with demonic energy, then threw it as high as he could and the crystal exploded spreading a barrier that covered the entire forest.

"Alright, that gives us 1 hour at the most, remember....".

The demon leader turned to look at his companions and said in a serious tone.

"Search for the A-class students and annihilate them completely."

""Received!""

With the order given, the three demons dispersed at high speed to find their targets.

*

In one area of the forest a green haired dryad was resting under the top of a tree.

"I think with this I can pass the test with a good grade."

She said as she looked at her badge

[Leiby Velproce 5870 points]

"Not bad, not bad~"

Leiby was proud of herself, her strength had increased considerably since the entrance test

"Mm, I still have this strange feeling."

For some time now she's been feeling that something changed, as if...everything was very silent

"Maybe I just-"

Crash!

Suddenly he felt a very strong killing intent, he quickly moved from where he was and the tree he was resting on was snapped in half

"Eh~ failed? how unlucky!"

A female voice spoke from the side, a demon with black armor and a naginata on its shoulder looked at Leiby with disdain

"A demon!?"

"Hey dryad girl, after this I have to kill your other comrades so....

As she spoke she grabbed the naginata with both her hands and prepared to attack

"Make it easy on me and die."

Swinging the naginata up and down Leiby jumped to the side and in shock looked at the consequences of the attack.

A large and deep crack appeared on the ground sending chills down her spine.

"Tch, stay still"

She prepared to attack again but this time Leiby didn't just stare, she quickly summoned several roots that held the demoness' arms tightly

"Hehe~ do you think these roots will do any good?"

Applying a bit of force he managed to snap the roots and with a swift movement he approached Leiby giving her a kick to her stomach that sent her flying

"Cof! cof!"

Leiby was lying on the ground holding her stomach in pain.

'I-I can't beat him!'

The demon was too strong, she alone wouldn't be able to defeat her, so she grabbed her badge and applying force she broke it, but....

Nothing happened

"Huh?"

"Pff hahahahahahahahah!"

Leiby was confused and the demon burst into laughter.

"Hah~ that won't work, we extended a barrier that interferes with artifacts, you have no escape."

Maldina slowly approached Leiby and raising her naginata said.

"Okay, time to die."

Leiby closed his eyes tightly, waiting for the impact.

Clank!

But instead, a metallic sound echoed through the forest, as she opened her eyes she could see the back of a man in front of her

"Leiby! are you okay?"

That man was Arthur who parried the demon's attack with his spear. 

"Oh~ you're another A boy right? great~ I won't have to look for you anymore."

Maldina instead of being surprised or angry seemed extremely pleased, after all her prey came straight to her for the kill

She applied more force to her naginata and Arthur's arms began to give way.

"Tch!"

Arthur deflected the naginata to the side and grabbed Leiby to back away.

"Leiby can you stand up?"

"Ugh~ yeah."

Leiby pulled herself together, although her abdomen still hurt it was bearable.

"Looks like we can't use the badges to escape"

"Yeah."

"Then..."

Arthur and Leiby began to gather their mana. 

"We'll have to fight"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

At the same time in another area of the forest a red haired girl was fighting a gray skinned demon.

"Hahahaha, come on, come on, that's all you've got?!?"

Exchanging hits, the ground was full of cracks and some trees were shattered.

Samantha hit the demon's body repeatedly but it didn't seem to take damage.

"Those hits are too weak!"

The demon threw a right that Samanta blocked with both her arms but still went flying, rolling a bit on the ground she recovered quickly but the demon was very fast and quickly positioned himself in front of her to throw another hit

'Shit!'

Samanta was not in a good position to dodge it and it was too late to block, but an energy cut hit the side of the demon's face and although it didn't do anything to him it managed to destabilize him, Samanta took this opportunity to move back several steps

"Ria!"

Looking at the one who helped her Ria was standing up drawing her second sword to start fighting.

"Go ahead! go ahead! attack me all you want it will be useless!"

In another area of the forest Silfy was on guard looking at a demon in armor in front of her

"So this is the princess of the elves?"

She said and then from her back appeared red portals from which pointed sticks peeked out.

"Truly disappointing."