Chapter 81: Chapter 81
Mart was vomiting blood, he found himself looking up at the night sky, raindrops falling on his handsome face which was bloody from the blood he was vomiting.
"Where are the power ups Carl was talking about," Mart thought wryly even though it hurt, but he had gotten a little used to the pain by now.
Mart turned his head to look at the intruder.
The intruder was clutching the left side of his abdomen, as several drops of his blood had fallen on the grass and earth just before.
Isirid created twelve poisonous spears, and the intruder recoiled only at the sight of the spears.
Mart smiled at the thought that Isirid was a reliable ally, he pulled out a level 5 regenerative potion and forced himself to drink it, though his body forced him to vomit, in the end he managed to drink a third of the potion, he pulled out another regenerative potion and forced himself to drink again, after which he began to crawl towards the place where the intruder’s blood fell. Mart took out a level 5 demonic energy potion and kept forcing himself to drink, as he crawled he left a trail of blood on the rain-soaked ground and grass.
Isirid did not give the intruder time to try to recover, he began firing spear after spear and the intruder was now blocking and dodging them with difficulty.
The intruder used a great deal of his power to back away from the range of Isirid’s attacks.
Mart reached the place where the intruder’s blood fell, there was still red tinged grass, he buried the fingers of his right hand in the ground and pulled up the grass and dirt, then threw ten cursed stones around him, and 5 demon stones, he pulled out 15 spiral shaped metal blades and floated them. Mart whispered a few words and below him appeared a cursed diagram fed by the 10 level 5 cursed stones.
Isirid concentrated his power and launched a swift spear that reached and shattered the intruder’s hood revealing the face of a handsome young man in his early twenties, who had bright gray hair, white skin, red eyes.
"Who is that? Another protagonist?" thought Mart who had turned to look at the intruder who managed to get far enough away from Isirid to extract the demonic power of his scythe and heal his wound.
The intruder waited a few seconds and looked at Isirid, he was going to attack her, until he felt an energy that was not powerful, but purely ominous.
Mart put the dirt and grass with the intruder’s blood in his mouth along with the last remaining level 5 dark shadow pill he had left, and thought, "put the pill’s 20 attribute points into intelligence; I’ll need it to complete this curse."
[Trait gluttony activated]
[Everything in the world can be devoured]
[Devouring: demon god energy].
[Devouring: substance of origin (????)].
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The building in which the control room was located had completely fallen, there was only debris, Kariz held in her hands covered by black lace gloves a golden staff that on its top had a gem resembling the beautiful eye of a cat, gothic dress now had some scratches, but she was unharmed and attentive, keeping her distance from what was left of Professor Desten, who had now become a humanoid being covered in blood, with sinister eyes and mouths all over his body.
Kariz was trying to use her demonic perception to find Professor Desten’s demonic core, because no matter how many wounds she received, Professor Desten’s bloody body kept regenerating.
Every time Professor Desten jumped he was greeted by demonic diagrams that launched demonic energy slashes which he slashed with his crimson sword and the claws of his bloody arm. Kariz took advantage and backed away every time that happened.
"Damn core, stop moving. If it wasn’t for the academy I would blow up this whole area," thought Kariz who had watched as Professor Desten’s demonic core moved as if it were alone inside a watery body.
Suddenly, Professor Desten stopped moving and the body began to writhe, the last drop of reason disappeared and Professor Desten became an abominable being with a humanoid, sinister and bloody appearance.
An evil smile appeared on the face of the abominable being at the moment he jumped and was a few centimeters away from cutting the face of Kariz who saw how some strands of his purple hair were cut.
Kariz created dozens of demonic diagrams and started firing demonic energy cutting spells, but they were all being cut by the crimson sword of the abominable being who seemed eager to reach her.
Kariz swung his staff towards the abominable being and hundreds of spears of demonic energy appeared and were launched against the abominable being who blocked with his crimson sword and with his claws all the spears he could, but right behind his back appeared a huge spear that tore off the arm with which he was holding the sword, After that Kariz began to attack with cutting spells and the abominable being began to receive cuts while trying to cut the attacks with his claws, but Kariz appeared in front of him and pointed his staff at him while he said:
-Goodbye! Wretch.
A powerful amount of demonic energy shot out from the cat-eyed gem and destroyed the core and the upper half of the abominable being’s body.
Kariz pulled out an elegant chair from her demonic ring, sat down, stored her staff, her look evidenced that she was exhausted, she did not save almost any demonic energy to make sure to completely destroy the core of the abominable being she was facing.
All around him was rain-soaked rubble, as if there had been a bombing or demolition, which brought down the building where the barrier control room used to be and shattered the surroundings.
Kariz looked at the lightning whose intensity had subtly changed and the first thing he thought was, "someone apparently went to solve Persec’s problem."
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Shortly after Meleic and Sara separated from Mart, they and the 5 students following them ran around cautiously using their demonic perception and as they ran they arrived near the buildings where the classes were held and met Professor Mertien who had taken the potions that Mart practically sold him, he still covered his face with a white mask, but his robe was battered and covered with soot, one of his gray horns was cracked, immediately Meleic and Sara understood that professor Mertien had been fighting against some threat.
-Professor, an unknown subject is attacking Miss Isirid! Near the training grounds, I think Mart Sevec tried to go to help her," Sara exclaimed urgently.
Professor Mertien opened his eyes as wide as he could when he heard what Sara Veniac, who had an impeccable reputation, announced. "If he is attacking her, it must be an enemy at the peak of the fifth rank or at the sixth rank, otherwise he wouldn’t stand a chance against Miss Isirid, if something happens to her, Director Persec...",thought Professor Mertien who had activated his demonic perception which was at the peak of the fifth rank to inspect the surroundings and find any of the professors at the sixth rank, but he could only feel the energy fluctuations in two different points of the Academy and in the two areas fights seemed to be developing.
Professor Mertien pulled out his gray staff with the purple gem at its top end, looked at Sara and Meleic and said:
-stay away from the conflicts.
Professor Mertien immediately moved toward the nearest conflict zone on a patch of packed earth that slid over the wet grass leaving no trace in its wake.
"I have to hurry," thought Professor Mertien without holding back the use of demonic energy.
In a clear area, the trees and part of the ground were covered with crystals from which crystal cutting spears emerged, from which escaped a robed subject of slender build, who carried in his hand a slender sword with which he cut the cutting crystals that were also thrown at him.
Three rocky projectiles covered with demonic energy emerged from the darkness and with effort the robed man cut them, but a crystal spear that emerged from the ground pierced his shoulder, after which the robed man retreated.
-Professor Helen! Go to the training grounds! Miss Isirid is in danger! -exclaimed Professor Mertien who approached with a determined look.
-The enemy’s sword is not common, I think it helps him to be faster! Be careful! -said Professor Helen who hurried away.
The intruder tried to stop her but Mertien made a rock wall appear, his look was no longer firm, now it was a look full of hate, because he also knew that those who wore the robes were human.
-Even if we both have to die, you will not pass from here. -Professor Mertien said to the intruder, after which he clenched his grayish staff tightly.