Vol 4 Chapter 3 (1/2)
Escaped, Four Demons, Return to the Demon World Once Again
“Xiang! What happened? The broadcast said that there was a rift in the dimensional s.p.a.ce – what does that mean?” When I ran up to Satsuki, Satsuki had a look on her face like she was completely confused by the situation.
“Satsuki, right now, you have to hurry up and get away from here! Hey! You over there, get over here quickly!” I yelled at the boy who was standing not too far from us.
When that boy heard me, he ran towards us… The distance he covered was only about fifty or so meters, but he was already out of breath. By the looks of it, he must have exhausted himself during the match moments ago.
“Wha… what happened? Hufff-haaaa-hufff…”
“Demons are coming — I don’t know why, just that they are coming. Can you see the rift over that hill?” I’m not sure if it was because the system was messed up at the time, snow flurries even started falling…
“That… is that a rift in the dimensional s.p.a.ce? Is it for real… that demons are climbing out from that crack as we speak?” After seeing the rift, Satsuki looked a bit frightened… After all, she was just a student… Outside of fighting against demons in the simulator, she had never really encountered any real demons.
“It can’t be, right? That demons are here? What do we do now? The containment barrier around the spectator area has already been activated… We are now sealed shut.” That boy was so scared that even his legs were shaking… d.a.m.n it, what to do now? Just like what he has pointed out, the containment barrier is now activated, and the arena exit is locked… what can we do? Is there really no way out? What exactly are the arena managers doing? Why won’t they unlock the arena exit?
Is there really that there is nothing we could do but to watch the rift grow wider and wider, like sitting ducks?
“Xiang… what should we do now? Can we not get out of here?” Satsuki held onto my hand tightly. The warmth from her hand made me realize that I had to find a way out of here… But, at the same time, I really couldn’t think of any way out of the arena lockdown.
‘Freed, Yalide, say something! This is an emergency!’
‘…’
d.a.m.n it! Now isn’t the time to put me to the test… On the other hand, even if it is them, I doubt there is anything they could do in this situation… I need to think of something myself… The ceiling? Right, if we could fly, then we can get out of here from the ceiling.
I took a look at the ceiling that was about thirty to forty meters above us, then I turned to the boy who had been scared witless and asked…
“Hey, what type of elemental attribute is your spirit?”
“M…my spirit… i…isss…. mist… type… Wh…what about… it?” This boy got so scared that he couldn’t even speak properly. Is this for real? Satsuki, being a girl, is not even nearly as wimpy as you.
“Mist type? It can’t fly… d.a.m.n.”
Right when I thought I was all out of ideas, the broadcast came on again, “I apologize to the students who are in the arena. Just now, the system initiated a level A defensive protocol; as a result, all the exits were sealed shut. We have since lifted the lockdown around the arena exit area, so, please exit the area quickly. I repeat, just now, the system initiated a level A defensive protocol; as a result, all the exits were sealed shut. We have since lifted the lockdown around the arena exit area, so, please exit the area quickly.”
“That’s great! The lockdown has been lifted.” As I was saying this, I grabbed Satsuki and started running towards the exit.
“You guys… don’t… leave without me… M…my… legs… won’t listen to me…” The boy behind us asked for our help in a trembling voice.
Aiya… This boy… can’t even hold a candle to Satsuki…
I let go of Satsuki’s hand, “Satsuki, you go on ahead, I will go carry that boy out.”
“Got it. Xiang, you’d better hurry.” Satsuki nodded her head and ran towards the exit.
“Mhm.” After I finished talking to Satsuki, I ran back to where that boy was…
“Oh… what a tight squeeze…” At this time, the rift had already expanded to the size of about a standard doorway… A demon stuck his head out, then… his torso… his lower body… a skeleton? And a superior cla.s.s demon at that?
Are you kidding me? It is coming out now? Wait a minute… there are more?!
Right at this moment, I saw another demon crawl out of the dimensional rift – it was also a superior cla.s.s skeletal type demon…
When the boy saw this, he nearly fell over. I hurried over to where he was and grabbed hold of him. Then, I carried him on my back and started running.
“Hey, isn’t that the human brat, the one who is running away now, Chad?”
“Hm… I have been tracking his scent for like five or six days now; it can’t be wrong — that’s him.”
What are they talking about? Are they talking about me? Scent? Huh? Never mind, I need to first take this useless excuse of a boy to the exit first…
“Hey, he is trying to get away.”
“Ack? Running away? You think he can get away from us?”
Even though the demons’ voices weren’t loud, I could still hear their conversation clearly – they were definitely talking about me. Did I do something that made them mad at me? c.r.a.p, because the demons came out of the rift, the containment barrier is going to activate again – I have to go into my wind state…
…
“Xiang?” Satsuki, who was waiting for me at the exit, was caught off guard by my speed and was stunned.
“Satsuki, quick, back away a little; the containment barrier has been activated…” I shoved the boy inside and stood on the other side of the barrier… At that instant, the barrier began to seal up slowly…
I looked towards the two demons who were standing in the arena; they were also looking at me. All of a sudden, a third demon came out of the rift… What the heck? That many demons? Are they all here for me?
c.r.a.p! This containment barrier won’t be able to withstand their attacks… Huh? Another one? There are four now? Did they all win a lotto for a day trip to the Human World, and all came here together on a tour?
‘Kid, they are all here for you.’ Freed’s voice rang out.
‘I figured as much — but I just don’t understand why.’
‘I don’t know either… Anyway, this flimsy containment barrier definitely won’t be able to hold out for long; with a full on a.s.sault of a superior cla.s.s demon… If this barrier were to be breached, before any powerful spirit users could get here, the school would for sure lose some of its students to these demons…’
‘What you are trying to tell me is, for me to go out there now and attract their attention?’
‘Mhmm, that’s right. What’s the matter? You scared?’
I took a look at the Satsuki who was standing next to me – she looked terrified after seeing four superior cla.s.s demons. There was also that useless boy who was lying on the ground.
d.a.m.n it!!!
I decided to take a gamble and slide through the soon to be sealed shut containment barrier…
…
“Oh? That human came back out again. Ha! Looks like he does have the foresight to know that he could not escape.” The third demon was a fire elemental demon. He saw me sliding through the soon to be sealed shut containment barrier and started to laugh.
“Was it this weak little human who killed Guntheru?” The fourth demon was an earth type rock demon; he looked a bit like Guntheru… He pointed at me and asked one of the skeletal demons.
“Based on the scent left behind around the area where Guntheru disappeared, it had to be this human brat. There were two other humanoid spirits as well.”
After I heard what that skeletal demon said… and I know this isn’t time to complain, but… what scent left behind where? I mean… you are a skeleton, aren’t you? Just where is your… nose?
“So, he was the one? Guntheru that guy… can’t believe he got killed by such a weak little human.” The rock demon said. From the looks of it, he must be acquainted with Guntheru, or maybe they are relatives?
“I know, right? And here I was, wondering just what kind of human could be that powerful, to run all the way to the Demon World, and manage to kill off Guntheru. As it turned out, it was just a brat. Lurgi, couldn’t you just handle this yourself?” Another skeletal demon elbowed the rock demon and asked.
“Don’t you forget, because of the residual effect of that d.a.m.n dragon G.o.d’s magic, whenever us demons cross over the spatial membrane to the Human World, our magical power will be reduced. When you think about it, would a human who could kill off a special cla.s.s demon at its prime in the Demon World be simple to deal with? How could I have known that it was just a brat? Maybe it were those two humanoid spirits who got Guntheru killed.”
“Hmm… that makes sense. Those two humanoid spirits must have also come to the Human World… No wonder for the past five or six days, I couldn’t pick up the scents of those two humanoid spirits. So, they have escaped with this human to the Human World…”
“Then, let’s take care of this human, and go look for those two humanoid spirits… Although, this looks to be some sort of academy, with plenty of low-level spiritual users. Why don’t we capture a few hundred of them and absorb their power?”
“Even though what you have here is an academy, there are still plenty of powerful humans around. We have to take care of this quickly. Our power in the Human World is only sixty percent of what we have in the Demon World.”
“All the more reason to absorb power from those humans to replenish our magic.”
“Suit yourself. Now, who is going to take care of him?”
“Ah… such a pain! Chad, you go.”
“No can do. I need to preserve my power to look for those two humanoid spirits.”
“Then, Lurgi, you go; since it was you who said that you wanted to avenge Guntheru, saying that he was your brother – so you can go kill that human yourself.”
“Humph…” The one called Lurgi, the rock demon, snorted and walked towards me…
“Brat, was it you who killed Guntheru?”
“That’s right, and what about it? Got any complaints?”
I’ve got to buy ourselves some time so that those powerful magicians can get here in time to take care of these demons… Under the current situation, I can’t use Sacred Fire right now… Even if I could, there are four demons here…
“Oh? Rather confident, eh…” A black magical circle appeared in front of the demon as he said this…
Those rapidly firing rocks should appear from inside the circle, right?
“Brat, prepare yourself, and let me see what you can do.” As expected, the instant the demon finished his sentence, a barrage of rocks rapidly fired from inside the magic circle.
Eh? The speed of those rocks are even faster than those of Guntheru’s?
I quickly dodged to one side and landed outside the rocks range… Those rocks. .h.i.t the wall behind me and stirred up a lot of dust.
“Oho? Rather quick, aren’t you? It doesn’t quite match the level of spiritual power in your body.”