Bonus Chapter (part 2)Icarus’ PerspectiveTen years before joining the Elite team of the Crimson Guild____________________When dad died, every information about his death and moments afterward was classified. The man who visited our house told us that, but mum didn’t believe him. My mum told me that dad had himself caught up with a mission so confidential not even the civilians were informed about it. Only the queen - The United Kingdom - and the United Nations were aware of the matter.Maybe it wasn’t the terrorist behind this plot… Even though it was clear as day those dangerous organisations could’ve done it, my guts told me otherwise. But even so, I still went with the flow and thought that the terrorist was behind it, while keeping the situation mind that something might be pulling the strings. And the death of my dad was related to this event happening in the academy.A known terrorist must be behind this. There was no doubt behind it. If it wasn’t that, I didn’t know how to
Bonus Chapter (part 3) Icarus’ Perspective Ten years before joining the Elite team of the Crimson Guild ____________________ [You have entered a Class-B Portal] [Congratulations, Icarus! You have become an adventurer and earned the ability of Phoenix!] [Note: Phoenix, the adventurer, who has acquired these skills is not a player but an adventurer. System cannot be obtained] [Hot Body (Passive Skill)- Hot Body allows the adventurer to negate any extreme temperature, regardless if it is tundra or lava. This skill also applies on the adventurer’s current equipped weapon and clothing, unless the adventurer relieves or toggles this ability off momentarily.] [Fire Manipulation (Passive Skill) - Any fire that has 600 Celsius can be controlled by the adventurer. By controlling and maintaining the blazing element, this skill will also feed on the adventurer’s own mana to sustain it. If the spell depletes the adventurer's mana/stamina, the ability will be deactivated until the adventure
Bonus Chapter (part 4)Icarus’ PerspectiveTen years before joining the Elite team of the Crimson Guild____________________When the students found me, who was covered with flames and fire coming out from my hands, they rushed in my direction, hoping I could save them. I didn’t want to, especially after what they did to me. However, because of the old man’s words, my moral compass forced me to help others. If dad wasn’t a soldier or a police officer, maybe I would’ve neglected all of this and cuddled by myself inside the shelter. But where was the fun in that?Even though the four students were well aware of me, they sprinted behind my back and begged for any assistance from me. After saying my powers, they swallowed their pride and pleaded for mercy for the monster and me. I heaved out an exhausted sigh, knowing that this wouldn’t turn out well. I had to defeat the gryphon in front of me while defending these students behind my back. As luck would have it, the gryphon also had eyes
Bonus Chapter (part 5) Icarus’ Perspective Ten years before joining the Elite team of the Crimson Guild _______________________________ When I stretched both of my arms to attack each gryphon, which was akin to a nuke, the sphere collided and dealt considerable damage against the mythical creatures. The towering gryphon behind me who was the first enemy I targetted received considerable damage as it flapped its wings and tried smashing its body and head against the nearby mountains. Time healed the burning wings of the gigantic gryphon, but the wounds it had received were considerable enough to slow down its movement. As that happened, that colossal gryphon looked like it had a weakness against fire attributes. Fortunately, I could generate flames out of my hands as if it was second nature. The smaller gryphon tried attacking us by using its body and beak as its means to deal damage against our group, compared to the larger gryphon who used its magic and conjured a spell out of it
Bonus Chapter (part 6) Icarus’ Perspective Ten years before joining the Elite team of the Crimson Guild _______________________________ Since, logically speaking, I didn’t have to precast my phoenix spell, which was the Icarus ability that was derived from my name, I let it act as my passive ability and activate it if my body felt like I was going to die. The skill was broken, but I still had to keep in mind the usage of my spell and the chance I could use it. If I activated [Phoenix] too soon or without doing anything, that would mean having a lesser chance of me defeating the gryphon in front of me. Lava manipulation was useless for now, since the terrain of this place was filled with rocks, sands, and mud without fire. And I doubted that the smaller gryphon could cast magic, especially when that monster only attacked me using physical moves. But I could get the gigantic gryphon to use its spells against me, considering that monster could cast skills just like my fire attribute
Bonus Chapter (part 7)Icarus’ PerspectiveTen years before joining the Elite team of the Crimson Guild__________________________________________Nevertheless, the statue-like girl didn’t stop me from fending off the smaller gryphon and buying some time for the magic circle to complete. Since it had come to this, I used a wall of fire around the girl and blocked the gryphon’s vision. It would not be enough to use the pillar of flames to attack the gryphon, but it was enough to distract the gryphon from coming closer in our direction. I just had to buy time for the magic circle to appear cast by the towering gryphon. And even though there was a scarlet wall of flames in front of me, I knew exactly where the gryphon was. It was because I was the one who cast the spell.So I grabbed the girl out of the place and took her away from the fight. The other student who had already made a huge lead bypassed the gryphon and went behind the rock, leaving the two of us behind. But since she had
Bonus Chapter (part 8)Icarus’ PerspectiveTen years before joining the Elite team of the Crimson Guild__________________________________________“Come here, you little bastard! I won’t let you kill anyone!” I shouted, while arresting the gryphon from its freedom to move around. The mythical creature did everything it could to free itself from the approaching doom. Woefully, the two of us would be caught by the magical spell. And I knew that I couldn’t leave and save myself from this place. The only important thing now was I saved the girl as she headed away from this dangerous site and went to a safer ground. I didn’t know what was ahead of us, but I sure wished that environment wasn’t as deadly as this.Suddenly, everything surrounding me turned bright. My eyes perceived nothing but a flash akin to a diamond house covering my environment. I didn’t close them. I let my orbs accept my faith, while my body shivered in fear. My existence was two worlds apart. But I knew that I did the
Bonus Chapter (part 9) Icarus’ Perspective ____________________________ The man who had approached me was just a regular soldier without abilities. This man didn’t look like he was an English man residing inside my country. My eyes also didn’t deceive me as I scrutinised the man’s weapon, only to learn that it didn’t have any supernatural effects. It was just a plain old rifle as ancient as the wielder. I had no doubt about it. But despite his average weapon and species, the old man had a buff body that could crush my head with his bulky arms and fist. And judging from the old bloke’s eyes, it seemed that this person had undergone more intense, terrifying, and viscous events than this place. Within a few moments, just before I could pass out, one girl and a guy caught my eyes. The lady wore an outfit dyed in white. The girl looked like an angel in disguise with that uniform. But with the soldiers backing her up, I could only guess she was someone important in the group. And when I