"Fifty five!" Khaos shouted as he crushed the head of a 3 meter long lizard with grey scales. He had been fighting for over half an hour and eventually, he had run out of beasts. The other defenders had also joined the fray after finishing off the Common Class beasts.
The ground was filled with corpses, but most of them were already disintegrating. For some reason, beasts would start disintegrating immediately after they are killed. In about fifteen minutes, depending on the corpse's size, they would turn to ash and disappear with the wind.
If it was not for this fact, humans could probably use beast bodies to make weapons and armour since some beast bodies were far stronger than the strongest metal on Zylon.
"How many did you get?" Zara asked, as she floated over to Khaos in order to avoid stepping on the bloody ground.
"Fifty five, you?"
"Forty eight", Zara shrugged.
"A hundred and thirty". A voice said from behind the duo.
"Really?" Khaos said, he did not even need to turn around to know the owner of that voice.
"Yes really, you should have seen me. Those beasts did not stand a chance against my lightning". Mider puffed out his chest, "By the way, how did you survive my sister?"
"I got lucky, she had better quality Flux than me but her body was too weak. She also lacked fighting experience". Khaos replied.
"So it really was Milly all this time". Zara said. "We should probably go retrieve her body later".
"Yeah, she is not really dead". Khaos furrowed his brow; "...I think. And don't even ask it's a long story, we will talk about it later on".
"Man i am so confused right now", Mider shook his head.
"You and me both brother". Khaos put his hand on Mider's shoulder. "How are you though, i mean your sister..."
"Oh don't worry about me. I did not know Milly that well anyway, and i never liked her. So i am just relieved that Galor is safe from her weird fetish....." A sudden explosion and the ground shaking attracted the group's attention.
"Oh, the main even is not done yet". Khaos said as he flew towards the explosion, followed by Zara and Mider. Although Mider was a lot slower and only a few sparks erupted from his body as he ran.
A few seconds later, the trio arrived atop a small hill, where some of the Black Academy Defenders were just relaxing on the green grass. On the horizon, the golden sun was setting, illuminating the bloody battle field.
Some of the Defenders were watching this sunset, but most of them were watching the fight happening a hundred meters away. Two figures were going head to head in a brawl. One being the fifty meter tall Defender captain, the other being the Frost Leopard.
"Was he not bigger when he arrived?" Mider asked. One could see the same look in his eyes as Khaos when he had seen Ronan's abilities for the first time back in Lator city.
"Yes he was, master likes to match the size of his opponents". Khaos replied, "I have deduced that the bigger he is, the slower he is so he needs to find the right balance for his current enemy".
"But wait, how is he even doing that!?, if it wasn't for the fact that he talked to us when he arrived i would have thought he was a beast". Mider said.
Zara chuckled, "They are called Laws and..." Zara continued to explain to Mider everything she knew about Laws, which was not much.
Meanwhile Khaos noticed someone in the crowd and walked over to him, "Thank you, again", he said.
The man shook his head. "No need to thank me. It was our job".
"Yes but you could have created the defensive line behind me and left me to die. But instead you put it in front of me and even ordered five of your soldiers to personally surround me".
"You are an Academic, one day you could be as powerful as him". The commander of The Spear branch of Galor city pointed at Ronan, "Saving you means humanity might gain another Defender in the future, so it's worth it".
"But above all that, you are human, and you needed help", the commander said with a shrug.
Khaos nodded, "I need you to help me with something else as well...."
A few minutes later, an enraged roar shook the ground as the Frost Leopard took it's last breath with Ronan's massive arms wrapped tightly around it's neck. The fight only took this long because none of the other Defenders had helped Ronan, and that was because he had told them not to.
With the last beast dead, the Defenders began flying back to the Academy.
"So i take it you guys are staying for a bit?" Ronan asked Khaos and Zara.
"Yes, we still have to talk to the Mayor about everything". Zara said.
"Remember not to divulge any information that he does not need to know". Ronan said, "I would go with you, but i have urgent business to attend to back at the Academy.".
"Of course, we will stick by the rules". Khaos nodded.
All the Defenders then left towards the Academy, but one remained. He was a 1.7 meter tall man with long yellow hair and bushy eyebrows. He had dark skin, a clean shaven beard and grey eyes which made him seem blind.
"Senior Lear?, are you not going with the others?" Khaos asked.
"I will catch up", Lear said as he created an earth disk below the trio of friends before flying them towards Galor city. The remaining soldiers of The Spear as well as their commander was a few hundred meters in front of them.
"I want to talk to you friend here, what is your name?" Lear asked Mider.
"My name is Mider senior", Mider replied, enjoying the feeling of moving a few meters below the clouds since he himself could not fly.
"Tell me about yourself Mider", Lear said.
"Well, i was born in Galor city, from the result of an affair the Mayor had with....."
"Mider, that is not what he is asking". Khaos interrupted before Lear completely lost interest. Mider looker over at Khaos with confusion, then it dawned on him, and a large smile appeared on his face.
"I was born like this, i have only lightning in my core and therefore can only use lightning. My attacks are stronger than....." During the whole journey back to Galor city, Mider told Lear everything he knew about his peculiar core. He even demonstrated some of his abilities, although with some difficulty since his Flux reserves were low.
Soon enough, Galor city appeared on the horizon, but Mider was still talking, "Actually if i put my mind to it, i might even be faster than Khaos, and let's not forget that Khaos can't run up walls while i can....."
"Okay okay Mider, you have convinced me". Lear lifted up his hands to stop Mider from talking.
"I have to head to the Academy now". Lear said to Khaos and Zara, "Make sure you bring my disciple when you come back home". he said before suddenly disappearing into thin air.
"Where did he go?" Mider asked looking around frantically as Khaos created an earth slab for him to stand on since they were still some kilometers above ground.
"He flew back to the Academy". Zara said.
"No he disappeared". Mider shook his head.
"He has the Rank Three Law of Supreme speed, he is too fast for our eyes to see". Khaos explained.
Stars appeared in Mider's eyes "And he called me his disciple!"