VOLUME 1 CHAPTER 8 : THE a.s.sAULT
Inside the academy that had declared the emergency status, while Asha is holding the military spirit, a lot of students were evacuating.
“Have the spirit knight’s order not arrived yet!?”
“You told us to run, but where should we go!”
“Teacher! What happened!”
Student’s voice that fell into panic can be heard everywhere.
The teachers shouted to get the students to a safe place somehow.
Mixed with those students, Alca and Raios also runs. The fainted Akito rest on Raios’ back.
“Geez! I don’t know the situation at all! What happened!?”
Alca shouted in confusion. Facing her, Raios shouted.
“Anyway, let’s go to the school building. Though I don’t know… whether it’s safe or not. But It should be better than staying here.”
While shouldering Akito, Raios listened to his surroundings.
“Why don’t teachers fight!?”
“If it’s like this, we can only follow you!? What should we do!”
“N, No…. We can’t really fight….”
Pressed by the students, the teachers seem troubled. Looking at them like that, Raios clicked his tongue.
(Despite knowing the teachers basically aren’t suitable for battle….)
Raios got angry at the students’ selfishness. There are only panicked students around him, there isn’t anyone who can make a calm judgement.
(d.a.m.n it! He is number one at being impudent at times like this….)
While thinking about his friend who rests on his back, Raios thinks. He knew that the boy called “The Dunce” has strong willpower in this kind of situation.
(Anyway…. Let’s run to the school building. We will talk after that….)
Raios decided to stop thinking and move his legs. Then, Alca who is irritated shouts.
“Geez! Why do you always sleep in this kind of situation!”
While staring at Akito who rests in Raios’ back, she is moving her legs. She also know that Akito’s idea can be useful at times like this.
“That’s right! If I release a bit electricity, he may wake up! Hey Rai-kun, lower Akito’s head!”
“Idiot! It will shock me too!”
Raios retorts to Alca who start saying strange things from many confusions. He can’t believe about her “a bit”
“Geez! Stupid Akito! Wa-ke-up!”
Alca starts jumping, hopping, and hitting Akito’s head. Will her wish fulfilled
“Hmm…. Hoa~… Ehh? Where am I?”
“No way! Childhood friend is greatーー!”
“Ooooh! You wake upー!”
Surprisingly Akito did wake up. For the time being Raios put down Akito who looks around restlessly.
“Ehh? Why does it become a chaotic situation like this? That said, how is the match?”
“You! What kind of stupid things are you saying despite you were sleeping until now!”
“No, I’m usually like this right. Calm down for now”
“Howaa! Don’t pick me to your shoulders! Ahh… So high! It’s fun!”
Raios suddenly lift Alca who starts screaming and put her on his shoulder Then she laughs innocently like a small child.
“Then? Raios, seriously what’s this?”
Looking at their situation with scornful eyes, Akito asked while looking at his surroundings. So, Raios explains it to him too.
“During the match, a military spirit appeared in the field. Because of that, the match was interrupted. The emergency was announced and it became like this now.”
“Ha!? Military spirit!? Moreover, in the field during the match!?”
“Aa, that’s right”
When Raios easily explained the situation, Akito was surprised for a moment and then, looked at his surroundings calmly.
“Hmm~… Ok, let’s run?”
“Now, we are in the middle of evacuation. The problem is that there are too many people, so we can’t move like we want.”
Pon! Because he hit his hand and said it straight face, Raios was amazed. Alca who sits down at Raios’ shoulder looks down at him.
“Hmm–…” when Akito who heard that thinks lightly, he looks around restlessly.
“Let’s head to the school building from the spirit forest’s entrance. It’s impossible for everyone to take one route.”
He pointed at the forest, and said so while looking at the students that were pushing each other. As expected of him, Raios whistled to him.
“Well, let’s go immediately. Quickly get away from this place—”
“Teacher! Please look at that! 2nd year student Asha Anlayhaim is left behind!”
“Same here. Leonardo Dramon too! Ahh, he was blown away!”
While looking at the nearby monitor, the students gather around the teacher. The teacher who saw that also became panic.
“What…! It’s opponent is the 2 persons that is late to escape!? This is bad, to make matters worse, they must be exhausted!”
“Bu, But teacher! That Anlayhaim, she seems like she is going to fight it!? Is it fine to not help!?”
When the teacher shouts while looking at the monitor, the students said it in panic. Raios who become interested looks at the monitor too.
There, a girl with strong light in her eyes is readying her bow.
“Wha…, What the heck is she doing!”
Seeing that, Alca shouts. For her, she is one of her cla.s.smates. Moreover, she lost her father because of military spirit. Working in the spirit knight order, her father who was also an expert in battle, was …
That dreadfulness, she should know about it more than anyone in that place.
“You idiot…”
Akito also looks at that scene while gritting his teeth. Then —
“Sorry. Both of you, I want to go to the toilet”
“Ehh? No no! You should do it before evacuating! Isn’t it the basic!?”
“…. How should I did it while I was fainted?”
Suddenly Alca shouted to Akito who said something like that. Raios is — feeling guilty, so he doesn’t say anything.
“Well, I’ll come back immediately, so it’s okay for both of you to escape!”
“Wa! Please wait!”
Ignoring Alca’s voice to stop him, he began to run.
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“Pierce my enemy! Water Arrow!!!”
While the students continue evacuating, Asha doesn’t know how many times she has released her arrows.
That arrow make a splendid orbit, hitting the military spirit, but…
“Geez! It doesn’t work at all!”
The arrow she released straight, definitely hit precisely without missing its mark. But, the armor worn by the military spirit is too hard.
“This… I shouldn’t waste my magic power….”
While breathing heavily, she mutters. Originally, she is not a person with much magic power. If it become a battle of endurance, the conclusion will be settled easily.
“How about this… Pierce! Needle Arrow!!!”
The arrow that keeps condensing and becomes thinner and thinner, fly towards the enemy. It is an arrow that has been condensed to the limit. She thought that hopefully it will be able to pierce it as she expected. But,
“You must be kidding…. right?”
Seeing the arrow is smashed after hitting it, she opens her eyes wide in surprise. The arrow that have its piercing power to the limit, doesn’t work at all.
“This monster! Defeat my enemy, Water Arrow!”
While shouting, she enhances the arrow and then releases it. That arrow pierced the leg of the military spirit.
– O Water! Now is the moment to be my strength, be the power to defeat my enemy! Aqua Blast!!
When she chanted the expansion, spirit magic is activated from the arrow. A powerful force of water becomes a water pillar and raises up to the sky.
But, the military spirit that got showered with it, is only wet like it is just taking a bath. Looking at that, Asha knees lose its strength.
“It’s no good… my magic is already….”
For people living in this world, magic power is power. In other words, when exhausted, the movement will become dull, and then fainted.
She didn’t faint because of extreme condition, but her physical strength had completely gone. Towards her, the military spirit opens its mouth.
From its mouth, comes a crunching sound and light.
“I wonder… if this is the end…”
Asha stares at it flabbergastedly. Her heart had been completely resigned already.
The military spirit turning toward her, heartlessly activates a spirit magic.
“Not yet… I still want to live….”
While looking at the pure white light bullet, she mutters. The last moment was approaching before her eyes.
The abandoned girl tries to hide her face…. But in the next moment, something surprising appears.
“Uoooooo!!!!!”
Such scream was heard and a shadow flow above her head. The shadow leapt over her jumped to the front of the white bullet.
The bullet and the shadow collided, an intense sound and a flash filled her vision. Along with that, a shock wave blows violently.
Those dusts and flash, and then the shock wave hit Asha. However, It’s just that.
That despairly powerful bullet that the powerful military spirit released to take her life, was completely blocked by that shadow.
“W, why….”
She mutters while looking at the person in front of her. Her eyes, are welling up with tears.
“Thanks for waiting…. Or rather you aren’t waiting huh. It’s better to say that I will help you here“
Having a big shield in his left hand, the boy laughed after defending the light bullet with only that. Looking at this figure, she is more surprised.
It’s not strange that she is surprised. That’s because the boy who leap above her head and stopping the light bullet isーーー
The boy who is called “The Dunce” in this academy.