Chapter 24 - Never Learn (2/2)

”IT'S A GOD! A GOD HAS APPEARED! A LORD AS APPEARED TO SAVE US FROM THESE DEMONIC BEINGS!”

”Did you see that?! The expert rank just exploded into mist! No one under Master rank can do that! We are saved!”

'I believe the rest are just elite ranks, I will begin my rise to fame here. No one needs to know about the true source of the explosion.'

”What are you waiting for? Let's take them down!” Simon shouted as he gathered 2 daggers and lunges at the robed figures.

”Dammit! Garz is dead! KILL THEM ALL!”

Simon rushed into their formation and jumped above the group.

'This will be the first time I face off against properly trained opponents, so I should probably not kill them instantly so I can gain some valuable practical experience.'

Simon plunged into the group at high velocity, crashing into one of their members, severing all of his appendages from his body in 5 motions.

CLANG

Simon blocked a blow aimed for his spine, turning around with a VP infused dagger, plunging it into the opponent's forehead. Simon then moved on to another cultist who wielded a battle axe, glaring at the cultist with a sharp gaze.

”Eeek-”

STAB

Simon had already increased his body count by one, ending the cultist with a stab to his neck.

'Now I need to gain some insight in a proper fight of endurance.'

Picking out a strong figure, Simon lunged at it, launching a flurry of weaker stabs and slashes. In doing this, he hoped to drag out the fight so he could learn how to better block and counter enemies.

CLANG CLANG CLANG

Simon fought with the figure for a little over 10 seconds, at which point the other cultists had surrounded him.

'I just have to break through their formation.

STAB

Simon used his last dagger and plunged it into his opponent's heart, then proceeded to jump over the now corpse, towards safety.

'Dammit! Shouldn't these idiots be helping?'

Suddenly the female student from before jumped into the fray and entered combat with one of the other cultists. This valiant push had stirred other students too, making them join in on the fight, although not amazingly.

'We just need to wait-'

BOOM

A large crater appeared from within the enemy formation, blowing everyone back. A sudden blast had just come from the sky, like a suppressed cannon. It even took out all of the cultists, which everyone saw as they got back up.

'Geez, that was just great.'

And suddenly a voice resounded, ”the Cult will never learn.”