Chapter 12 - Combat Class [2]
"Are you laughing at me, you f.u.c.k.i.n.g lower life-form," Stein replied with disgust in his gaze.
"I, a lower life-form? Excuse me for being pretty sir I have a f.u.c.k.i.e.d-up face." Lucy provoked him.
"Why you,"
"Stop, she's only irritating you, can't you see she's biting time for her friends to escape, why not show them a lesson?" Emma's tone changed from friendly to evil.
"As you wish, my lady." Stein actually was her bodyguard. She forcefully made him join class B so that she would have control over both of the strongest classes in her year.
"I was right about you, bitch," Lucy smirked.
"You whore, STIEN REMOVE YOUR LIMITER AND KILL BOTH OF THEM. I'LL PERSONALLY KILL THIS BITCH HERE." She shouted as her killing intent got darker.
"This is going to get dirty, time to kick ass," With a quick wave of the hand, Staxius signaled Sophie and headed into battle.
*I, Emma Mint, The Ice Princess order thy my element to freeze over any of my enemies, Eternal Winter.* Recognizing the spell, Lucy knew she was going to die, it was the strongest mid-tier spell which the second years can't even master.
"LUCY COVER YOUR EYES," Staxius shouted before landing, the moment he hit the ground, a large smoke bomb went off, it was blinding.
*With the power bestowed upon me by Tempest Haggard, I order thy to give me control over Dark Arts.* Staxius removed the limiter his dad placed on the Dark Arts, it was a synthetic magical element which was crafted for the sole purpose of killing mages. It also had amazing capabilities for infiltration but the true power lied with the ability to kill.
*Magical Barrier,* "Stax.." Lucy whispered
"No time to talk, I have to take both of them down." Using a grappling hook he previously threw at the northern wall while he fell down, he instantly got Lucy out of the battle. Sadly the bodyguard was just about complete with his spell, "Guess I'll have to work a bit." Staxius dashed backward to face Stein, on his way there, he threw a poisoned dart. It headed immediately for his neck,
*Ice wall.* Emma saw his plan and erected a small barrier which deflected the attack.
"STEIN GET BACK RIGHT NOW."
"As you wish ma'am."
"Don't worry guys I got you," Before the smoke faded, the only one left on the battlefield was the young Staxius.
"Nice to meet you, apprentice." Emma casually spoke.
"The pleasure is all mine," He bowed his head as a formal greeting.
"Crap, those two are strong, dark arts is used up already, that barrier took away most of my strength. Look at them, can they be even more blatant, their killing intent is overwhelming, but don't count me out yet," Using the dark arts once again, Staxius changed his aura, altering his impression or using emotional control didn't require mana usage but breaking the seal on dark arts really took its toll on his body.
"My oh my, you really are strong, you're killing intent is even denser." She spoke while biting her lower lips.
"However, that will not save you, both I and Stein here are actually high tier magic trainees, together, not even an official AA ranked sorcerer could hope to defeat us." She boasted.
"She's right, I just check their strength using sense magic, it's close to SSS. I can't falter now; I came to this academy to clear my father's name. There is someone much stronger I need to defeat, compare to him, these SSS rank mages are child's play. Sadly, I'm nowhere near strong enough to defeat him nor these students. SHI…" Before our hero could give up, a familiar voice spoke,
"Are you weak, do you wish for more power?"
"Who are you?" Staxius was deep in his subconscious.
"I'm your true master, and you're my heir, remember who you truly are, during the war your father didn't save you, but you saved him. Remember who slaughtered an entire platoon at the age of twelve, REMEMBER MY PRODIGY, REMEMBER." The voice got more intense.
Hearing those familiar words, Staxius finally remembered part of who he was,
"I remember, I'm Staxius Haggard, the next death reaper." The real Staxius, wielder of the death element finally awoke, all the memories from his past came rushing down. The ancient engraving on his chest began to light up. The fake killing intent changed into the real deal.
"Staxius's aura changed, It's him, he's back, the true god of death." Sophie watched in awe.
"What's the matter, aren't you going to strike? Ha-ha-ha." Staxius smirked.
"Julius, wake up, i-its Staxius, a-a d-demon." Lucy was petrified.
"That's not even his -ull s-strength," *cough, cough,* he collapsed.
"Ma'am, what should we do?" Stein asked eager to fight.
"My instant is begging me to run away, but this presence, this pressure, such power, it's unbelievable, I want to face him." Her eyes grew wider.
As soon as Emma made eye contact with Stein, they both dashed forward, she summoned a god-tier item, it was Frostbite, a sword wielded by the winter-god. The scythe on his right palm began to light up, Emma jumped and swung with her full might, the frozen blade onto Staxius's head. Before contact was made, a scythe appeared into his hand and he deflected her attack. It had the same dragon insignia embedded onto its blade. The handle was covered with a black mist, the scythe itself seemed as it came from hell.
As Emma got thrown back, Staxius charged without any warning, it was as if looking at death itself. Quick to react, Stein used his body to shield his master, the tip of the blade nearly ripped his right arm off. Using the long reach of the weapon, the death reaper propelled himself above the still retreating Emma.
In an instant, he was behind her, before he could finish her off, Sophie jumped into the battle, she was dead serious. Sensing that the scythe probably wasn't the best weapon for this battle, the god of death changed his weapon into a long sword. *Cling, Clang, Cling.* The symphony of two master swordsmen raged through the arena, they seemed equally matched. After fifteen minutes, both opponents were exhausted, going all out took a lot out of both parties.
*Huff, Puff* "Damn sis you are strong." He smiled
"Staxius, you're in control? I thought you were possessed."
"I only remembered part of my past, I've used this power before, it happened when I slaughtered a platoon of more than fifty soldiers. I felt it all, their emotions before I casually took their heads, I felt their souls, they came to me for guidance. I don't know how but I managed to show them the way to salvation."
"So, I guess you know that you're the next death reaper?" Sophie asked as she walked closer.
"Yes, I know it full well, I'm scared but this is how it's meant to be." With the sword in one hand, our hero stared at the ceiling, a tear ran down his cheeks. Everyone who was previously present saw everything. Out of nowhere, Sophie hugged her brother reassuringly. Tired, he fell onto his knees, the death element power vanished, he cried while Sophie got onto her knees and comforted him.
"Calm down, I'm here for you Staxius, it wasn't your fault."
"But I've killed so many people, I can't take it anymore."
His cries completely stopped, dark arts finally kicked back in, all his emotions slowly faded away.
"Sophie, my emotions are vanishing once again, I love yo..." The gleam in his eyes disappeared, instead, the blank stare came back again. He stood up as if nothing happened,
"Guess I'm back to normal, man emotions are a pain, I ruined your magnificent shirt with my tears, sorry about that sister." He held out a helping hand.
Surprised, Sophie asked, "Staxius, are you alright?"
"Don't worry about it, it always happens when I use the death reaper's power, I get my emotions back, guess I confessed my feelings while crying," He pulled out his tongue.
"Staxius..."
"So, what about my promotion?"
"Listen up everybody, I've decided to promote Julius and Lucy to class B and demote Emma Mist and her bodyguard to class D. Staxius, on the other hand, will be promoted to class A and Silvio will also be promoted to class C. All the necessary changes will be in effect starting next week, you have two days to reminisce, the next combat class will be focused on the mastery of your magical elements. Doctor's everything is now in your capable hands, classes are over for today, go home as soon as your done with patching up."
"I, a lower life-form? Excuse me for being pretty sir I have a f.u.c.k.i.e.d-up face." Lucy provoked him.
"Why you,"
"Stop, she's only irritating you, can't you see she's biting time for her friends to escape, why not show them a lesson?" Emma's tone changed from friendly to evil.
"As you wish, my lady." Stein actually was her bodyguard. She forcefully made him join class B so that she would have control over both of the strongest classes in her year.
"I was right about you, bitch," Lucy smirked.
"You whore, STIEN REMOVE YOUR LIMITER AND KILL BOTH OF THEM. I'LL PERSONALLY KILL THIS BITCH HERE." She shouted as her killing intent got darker.
"This is going to get dirty, time to kick ass," With a quick wave of the hand, Staxius signaled Sophie and headed into battle.
*I, Emma Mint, The Ice Princess order thy my element to freeze over any of my enemies, Eternal Winter.* Recognizing the spell, Lucy knew she was going to die, it was the strongest mid-tier spell which the second years can't even master.
"LUCY COVER YOUR EYES," Staxius shouted before landing, the moment he hit the ground, a large smoke bomb went off, it was blinding.
*With the power bestowed upon me by Tempest Haggard, I order thy to give me control over Dark Arts.* Staxius removed the limiter his dad placed on the Dark Arts, it was a synthetic magical element which was crafted for the sole purpose of killing mages. It also had amazing capabilities for infiltration but the true power lied with the ability to kill.
*Magical Barrier,* "Stax.." Lucy whispered
"No time to talk, I have to take both of them down." Using a grappling hook he previously threw at the northern wall while he fell down, he instantly got Lucy out of the battle. Sadly the bodyguard was just about complete with his spell, "Guess I'll have to work a bit." Staxius dashed backward to face Stein, on his way there, he threw a poisoned dart. It headed immediately for his neck,
*Ice wall.* Emma saw his plan and erected a small barrier which deflected the attack.
"STEIN GET BACK RIGHT NOW."
"As you wish ma'am."
"Don't worry guys I got you," Before the smoke faded, the only one left on the battlefield was the young Staxius.
"Nice to meet you, apprentice." Emma casually spoke.
"The pleasure is all mine," He bowed his head as a formal greeting.
"Crap, those two are strong, dark arts is used up already, that barrier took away most of my strength. Look at them, can they be even more blatant, their killing intent is overwhelming, but don't count me out yet," Using the dark arts once again, Staxius changed his aura, altering his impression or using emotional control didn't require mana usage but breaking the seal on dark arts really took its toll on his body.
"My oh my, you really are strong, you're killing intent is even denser." She spoke while biting her lower lips.
"However, that will not save you, both I and Stein here are actually high tier magic trainees, together, not even an official AA ranked sorcerer could hope to defeat us." She boasted.
"She's right, I just check their strength using sense magic, it's close to SSS. I can't falter now; I came to this academy to clear my father's name. There is someone much stronger I need to defeat, compare to him, these SSS rank mages are child's play. Sadly, I'm nowhere near strong enough to defeat him nor these students. SHI…" Before our hero could give up, a familiar voice spoke,
"Are you weak, do you wish for more power?"
"Who are you?" Staxius was deep in his subconscious.
"I'm your true master, and you're my heir, remember who you truly are, during the war your father didn't save you, but you saved him. Remember who slaughtered an entire platoon at the age of twelve, REMEMBER MY PRODIGY, REMEMBER." The voice got more intense.
Hearing those familiar words, Staxius finally remembered part of who he was,
"I remember, I'm Staxius Haggard, the next death reaper." The real Staxius, wielder of the death element finally awoke, all the memories from his past came rushing down. The ancient engraving on his chest began to light up. The fake killing intent changed into the real deal.
"Staxius's aura changed, It's him, he's back, the true god of death." Sophie watched in awe.
"What's the matter, aren't you going to strike? Ha-ha-ha." Staxius smirked.
"Julius, wake up, i-its Staxius, a-a d-demon." Lucy was petrified.
"That's not even his -ull s-strength," *cough, cough,* he collapsed.
"Ma'am, what should we do?" Stein asked eager to fight.
"My instant is begging me to run away, but this presence, this pressure, such power, it's unbelievable, I want to face him." Her eyes grew wider.
As soon as Emma made eye contact with Stein, they both dashed forward, she summoned a god-tier item, it was Frostbite, a sword wielded by the winter-god. The scythe on his right palm began to light up, Emma jumped and swung with her full might, the frozen blade onto Staxius's head. Before contact was made, a scythe appeared into his hand and he deflected her attack. It had the same dragon insignia embedded onto its blade. The handle was covered with a black mist, the scythe itself seemed as it came from hell.
As Emma got thrown back, Staxius charged without any warning, it was as if looking at death itself. Quick to react, Stein used his body to shield his master, the tip of the blade nearly ripped his right arm off. Using the long reach of the weapon, the death reaper propelled himself above the still retreating Emma.
In an instant, he was behind her, before he could finish her off, Sophie jumped into the battle, she was dead serious. Sensing that the scythe probably wasn't the best weapon for this battle, the god of death changed his weapon into a long sword. *Cling, Clang, Cling.* The symphony of two master swordsmen raged through the arena, they seemed equally matched. After fifteen minutes, both opponents were exhausted, going all out took a lot out of both parties.
*Huff, Puff* "Damn sis you are strong." He smiled
"Staxius, you're in control? I thought you were possessed."
"I only remembered part of my past, I've used this power before, it happened when I slaughtered a platoon of more than fifty soldiers. I felt it all, their emotions before I casually took their heads, I felt their souls, they came to me for guidance. I don't know how but I managed to show them the way to salvation."
"So, I guess you know that you're the next death reaper?" Sophie asked as she walked closer.
"Yes, I know it full well, I'm scared but this is how it's meant to be." With the sword in one hand, our hero stared at the ceiling, a tear ran down his cheeks. Everyone who was previously present saw everything. Out of nowhere, Sophie hugged her brother reassuringly. Tired, he fell onto his knees, the death element power vanished, he cried while Sophie got onto her knees and comforted him.
"Calm down, I'm here for you Staxius, it wasn't your fault."
"But I've killed so many people, I can't take it anymore."
His cries completely stopped, dark arts finally kicked back in, all his emotions slowly faded away.
"Sophie, my emotions are vanishing once again, I love yo..." The gleam in his eyes disappeared, instead, the blank stare came back again. He stood up as if nothing happened,
"Guess I'm back to normal, man emotions are a pain, I ruined your magnificent shirt with my tears, sorry about that sister." He held out a helping hand.
Surprised, Sophie asked, "Staxius, are you alright?"
"Don't worry about it, it always happens when I use the death reaper's power, I get my emotions back, guess I confessed my feelings while crying," He pulled out his tongue.
"Staxius..."
"So, what about my promotion?"
"Listen up everybody, I've decided to promote Julius and Lucy to class B and demote Emma Mist and her bodyguard to class D. Staxius, on the other hand, will be promoted to class A and Silvio will also be promoted to class C. All the necessary changes will be in effect starting next week, you have two days to reminisce, the next combat class will be focused on the mastery of your magical elements. Doctor's everything is now in your capable hands, classes are over for today, go home as soon as your done with patching up."
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