A few hours later, they all finally woke up. It was probably morning outside. After eating something like breakfast, they resumed walking. Thankfully, they brought a lot of food in their space ring so there was no lack of food. They only had to cook and Austin did it willingly. Again, monsters came one after another, but Austin and Aita didn’t have a hard time cleaning them. Austin was also becoming strong at an incredible pace. It was the best training he had ever had. The monsters were far stronger than what he'd usually fight. “Hey, Jake, aren’t we useless in the group…?” “No doubt about it, we are useless.” Jake nodded seriously though he didn't seem to care. Only Aita, Austin and Elena were fighting while they couldn’t do anything because there was a massive disparity between them and Aita, Austin and Elena. Their strength was way above theirs. They’d have to use a lot of mana to fight a monster from the end of the fourth floor. “But don’t worry Jaxon, in every manga, you ne
“There will not be a third time.” Aita said as mana started to leak out of his body. “W-Wait, you don’t have to f-figh-” “Step back.” Aita cut off Elena. “B-But...” Elena didn't want Aita and Austin to fight, even more so because of her decision. “Do you want to see your friend quickly?” “Yes…” Elena nodded and stepped back. Jaxon and Jake had also already stepped back from Austin. “This time will not be like back then.” Austin said as he raised his burning sword. “Enough yapping.” Aita sneered and a sword of wind appeared in his right hand. “Ahhhh!” With a loud cry, Austin rushed at Aita. -Clang! -BOOOM! A powerful shockwave rippled in the surroundings when both swords clashed. Austin slid back several meters away, he looked at Aita. The latter slid back but just two meters. Gritting his teeth, Austin rushed again while strengthening his sword even more. His figure blurred in blue as he appeared before Aita. He thought he had taken Aita by surprised but the latter
A bright light blinded Aita and Elena. They felt their body being subject to abnormal pressure. Fortunately, it didn’t last long; a few seconds later, they could feel the ground below their feet again. Aita opened his eyes and a large hall fell on his sight. The walls were dark grey, surely humans doing. No monsters were there even though they were on the fifth floor. Aita swept his gaze and saw Rex standing. Behind him were Gaut and Bein with nervous expressions and again behind them was an unconscious Daisy lying on the ground. Elena tried to step forward immediately but Aita stopped her before she jumped toward Rex and the others. A smile emerged on Rex's face, seeing that. “No worries. We didn’t touch her, though we were about to if you didn’t come.” Rex said as he threw a glance at Daisy. “Now, are you ready, miss Elena? As you said, you will take Daisy’s place and we will leave her.” Rex spread his arms large as if inciting Elena to jump into his embrace. Gaut and Bein smi
-Whooooosh! A gust of wind headed toward Rex at tremendous speed. It looked like a tornado as it devastated everything in its wake. “Bein, take her away!” “Yeah!” Bein lifted Daisy and rushed toward the exit behind. -Booom! The ground before Bein was gouged out. Particles of mana could be seen flying. It was Aita’s mana. Bein turned around with a pale face and saw Aita a dozen meters away staring at him. “Tch! Follow me Gaut! Let’s stop that bastard! Avatar!” “Avatar!” Rex and Gaut emanated dense mana as they used their most powerful ability. Fire sizzled around Rex while lances of earth floated above Gaut. Waves of mana rippled around and they clashed with Aita’s mana. Rex smirked, seeing his and Gaut’s mana stopping Aita’s mana. “You see that?! You just caught me off guard the last time! That time I will pay you back all you did to me a hundredfold! You will beg me to leave you but I-” -Bam! Rex couldn’t even finish as Aita’s boot reached his stomach. Rex’s body bent i
“Tell me how you got that artifact and I will give you a painless death.” Aita’s words rang out in that bloodied place. A silence lingered on a background filled with monsters’ groans as they fell by Elena and Daisy's hands a dozen meters away. It might have been a merciful deal from Aita, but it didn’t touch Rex at all. Rather, the latter’s hatred was only inflating. Aita’s words were just humiliating and hurt his pride. “Painless death? Me? Do you think you can kill me? Ahahahaaha!” Rex burst out laughing suddenly. His laugh was twisted enough to scare off any children. With his face red, eyes red from hatred and bulging vessels from his body, he looked anything but someone sane. “I am the son of a duke! You should just-” “I don’t give a damn about that.” Aita cut off Rex’s annoying boasting. He was tired of the third-rate villains counting their biographies to him, even though he didn’t care at all. Was that a way of scaring him? With status? Then he didn’t choose the right
"Wait, where is Mister Aita?" "!" At Daisy’s question, Elena looked for Aita around Rex but couldn’t see him. Suddenly a thought crossed her mind and she turned around to the flock of monsters. The monsters stopped trying to advance and were surrounding something. The monsters jumping on each other were either punching or tearing apart their fellows to get into the center of the flock. -Booom! It didn’t last long, as dark green mana erupted in a pillar. Elena and Daisy recognized Aita’s mana. They were a bit worried about his current state, he was at the center of an army of monsters after all. “Out of my way.” A low and cold voice rang out. -Swooooosh! In less than a second, a dark tornado appeared and decimated everything around. The monsters around couldn’t even fight back or run away as the tornado ruthlessly tore their bodies in flesh and blood. The force of attraction even forcefully pulled the running monsters in the tornado. Soon enough, from the tornado, a bloodied
“Elena?”"Eh?"Elena was beyond surprised upon seeing the woman in front of her. With black hair and clear grey eyes, it was Anna. With her, were her other classmates as well. They were all here.“How?!”Daisy let out with a shocked voice. Few seconds ago, they were in a narrow place, but now…“...”Austin looked around, they were in a prairie. It was the first time he had seen this place. “That's my question?! You are appearing out of nowhere!”Anna answered, confused by Daisy’s question.Anna and the others disobeyed Riona and chose to follow Elena, so they took the same way Aita and the others took, but suddenly cracks appeared and Elena appeared.“Calm down, Anna.”Aura stepped forward and looked at Daisy.“Ah, Daisy, are you okay?”She asked with a hint of worry.“Yeah at a hundred percent!”Daisy nodded, to which Aura and most of her classmates sighed in relief. Still, they were shocked that they really successfully took Daisy back. Well, with Aita it was normal, or so thought
“I-It’s not like that, Anna, it’s just…I-I mean…” “You mean what?! Is that guy more important than your life, Aura? Or Elena’s life?” Anna asked with a glare. Though her words were harsh and cold, everyone could feel the worry and anger in her tone. Anna loved Aura and Elena more than anything. If something happens to them… No, she didn’t even want to think about it. Whatever others would think of her, she didn’t care. All that mattered to her was her close ones’ well-being. “I think we should help the Lord of Lunarstella as well…” Claire sighed and raised her hand. Regardless of the danger awaiting her, she couldn’t think of abandoning one of her classmates, even more so when Aita had helped Elena and now Daisy. “Y-You!” When Anna saw even Claire supporting Elena, she snapped. “Anna, it’s enough.” Sienna interjected, seeing Anna’s face red and nearly exploding. They all looked at Sienna for her point of view. Though they showed astonishment at her calm in that situation. “W