Roland clashed against Julian once more, his claws striking against the pure white blade in Julian's hands.
"So just because you've got yourself a light show, you think you've changed?!"
Despite the feeling of burning, Roland grabbed the sword and used to fling Julian towards Nexus.
Julian twisted and landed safely, as Roland noticed the pain in his hand, seeing that three of his fingers were missing.
'What?! My wounds aren't healing! That blade of light is dangerous. He's become different too. With the current situation, even when I win, it'll be a loss for me.' Roland stepped forward again, before realizing something. He smirked, before opening the door of his room.
Julian's eyes widened, as he looked at the people walking out from within in daze.
"R-Rietta?"
'How? We were barely separated for half an hour!'
Nexus said in a stressed voice, "Three more minutes."
"Rietta, snap out of it!" Julian shouted as he dodged a 'Controlled Explosion' from Rietta.
Barry, the very person who had begun this entire scenario, swung his hammer towards Nexus' head, as Julian scrambled to stop him, kicking away the maddened girls from Roland's fan club.
"Rietta, you can fight this!" Julian shouted as he jumped over a running student, just to find Roland's claws awaiting him, scratching bloody furrows into his torso as the demon grabbed his ribcage.
With his hold on Julian's ribs, Roland threw him through the remnants of his door.
Julian coughed blood, as the hole in his side pulsed with agony. He turned to assess the room, and was greeted with a horrifying sight.
Aside from the very obvious signs of lovemaking, the walls were covered in an unintelligible script, written in blood.
He staggered to his feet, as the Charmed crowd rushed towards him from the narrow door.
'I....need to stop him.'
Meanwhile, Roland grabbed Nexus by the head, slamming him into the barrier, "Nice try, rat!"
Nexus swung his arm backwards, a dagger hurtling towards Roland's face, but he simply bit down on it mid-air, shattering it.
Roland turned Nexus around, looking him in the eye.
Nexus' mind was once again filled with a chaotic barrage of conflicting thoughts.
'Why am I here? I need to escape Roland! Why do I need to escape Roland? He's such a nice guy. I must have done something wrong. Maybe I should offer my help to make up for it? No, I need to escape! Escape who?'
Nexus' mind began to falter, as the Charm began to take hold within him.
A sword of pure light pierced through Roland's forearm just then, causing him to drop Nexus as he tore it out.
"You cockroach!"
He turned to see Julian, missing part of his torso, as Rietta rushed to kill him.
'Good, at least that brat dies as well.'
That was what Roland thought, before a Controlled Explosion formed in front of him, sending him hurtling back.
Rietta did not attack Julian, but Roland.
'Impossible! She should be my slave by now!'
Rietta caught Julian as he tipped over, her tone cold as she blasted the other charmed victims out of the way, "Should have just killed me, bastard."
Dozens of Controlled Explosions formed around Roland, and detonated at once.
"Useless!" Roland walked out from the wreckage, his body healing all the wounds, except the ones caused by Julian's light sword.
"It's all useless! You bunch of insignificant brats! I'll make sure your loved ones face eternal torture!"
Julian stirred, standing to his feet, as the light sword formed in his hand again, as he used it as a support.
He mumbled through the blood, "You used to be sharper than this as a human."
Roland frowned, 'What?'
Nexus' daggers stabbed into his hamstrings from behind, his monstrously large body buckling as he fell to his knees.
Before he could turn to grab Nexus, an Explosion appeared in front of his face, making him regenerate his face.
Just in time to see Julian plunging his sword towards him, his own injuries ignored in favour of ending Roland instead.
"You- You measly rats... I'll...end-" Roland murmured as he stared at the light sword lodged within his chest, the human holding it being on the verge of death.
Under the three's horrified gaze, Roland lifted his arm once more, but it didn't attack any of them.
He seemed to be asking for, "H-Help-!"
A golden, flaming arrow burrowed into his eye, shattering the barrier.
Nexus explained from where he stood panting, "The barrier couldn't be opened in time, so I just had it become visible from the outside and hoped someone saw it."
The barrier's remains fell, revealing Alastor and Karna.
"It seems you kids chanced upon something fun."
Julian mumbled faintly before collapsing, "Senior Alastor."
The other Charmed individuals began awakening once more, screaming as if parts of themselves had been ripped from them.
The freely leaking demonic essence activated the barriers of the Academy, as the barriers quickly sealed it away.
The incident concluded without much fanfare, with Illia, who returned from a 'vacation', dismissing the case quickly.
"No one died? That's bori- I mean, that's great. Need to increase security again when I'm not around."
Karna asked Alastor, "Before death, he was asking you to help, wasn't he? Why didn't you?"
Alastor chuckled, "Why would I?"
Karna chose his words carefully, "No cameraderie between those of the same blood?"
"I ate my siblings approximately 30 seconds after birth. No such thing," Alastor replied nonchalantly as they continued walking.
"Also, why did we make these?" Karna asked as he pointed to the batch of metal squares with the Rune of Control etched upon them.
Alastor shook his head and said, "You'll know in the future. Everything will become clear with time."
'Besides, the power he used...it seems he gained his awakening even without the Baron rank demon's assistance, and at a higher level than before. I suppose a weapon would get stronger quickly, or he wouldn't be much of a weapon, would he?'
'Get stronger quickly, Julian....so you can be more useful to me in the future.'