Chapter 379 - The Magician (4) (1/2)

The magician placed me on a safe spot where none of the attacks had touched the area. When signs of sunlight came from the clouds, he vanished before I could thank him. I rubbed my eyes, feeling sleepy from staying up for the entire night again. I briefly wondered if I should go out of the spot, wandering to other places on the campus where some of the attacks still lingered. I did know where most of the attacks were set since I watched him control the area with the map the entire time.

Feeling guilty that more people had a difficult time with the thunderbolts added, I stepped out of the safe zone. Plus, I knew where most of them were since I saw a crowd of people moving in the same direction, helping each other out. Unfortunately, they didn't know it made them an easier target, thinking they lost the attacks. The magician intentionally made it that way to give them a false sense of hope.

I sighed as I lightly jumped over all the planned craters, the dangerous waters and shattered sharp remains of the building. They had to be somewhere near here. Maybe I should have kept a better track of them while the magician drifted down towards the ground. I continued to walk, searching for any survivors. Kicking some stones out of annoyance how they were well hidden, I scanned the last place I saw them one more time.

”Is anyone here?” I yelled.

My voice rang, echoing inside the disastrous ruins. I already went through all the safe spots, meaning they were huddled in one of the dangerous ones. I really didn't want to go there as the air fizzed with electricity. Placing a light barrier over myself, I walked inside the fog. Apparently, the fog and aftereffects from the bigger spells took a longer time to disappear. It was pretty impressive on the magician's end.

”No one here as well?” I shouted.

If they weren't here, it meant they were crowded inside the most dangerous section, the sand and large ponds of water, almost acting like a lake. A tornado had spun while the sand acted as conductors to the electricity. In addition, swords flew out of nowhere like missiles following them around. At least the missiles, tornado, and swords would be gone now. I wondered why they couldn't discover any of the safe spots dotted on the map.

”You guys are really hard to find!” I couldn't find any traces of them.

”Rika?” I found Shelly lifting a boulder that covered her.

”Shelly!” I ran to hug her.

It was getting pretty lonely trying to search for them alone. Only the dormitory was spared since the magician didn't want to harm innocent people, making the rest of the high school campus destroyed. If it wasn't for the grudge he had against their families, he was a pretty decent person. I guiltily looked away from her dirty face, full of sand and dirt. I almost forgot how hard it was to escape from the attacks, peacefully watching them from above.

”I had a hard time finding you,” I asked where the rest of them were.

”We all gathered together to form a barrier under the boulders,” she pointed from where she came from.