Chapter 88 - Monsters (1/2)

1 and a half years later:

CLANG

”Morgen, you seem quite excited today. May I ask why?”

A muscular youth swung his greatsword like a helicopter, furiously sweeping in all directions. With his momentum, he could destroy almost anything in front of him. Another boy defended against such sweeps with his rapier, agilely dodging and parrying with light contact.

”Huff..huff... Foucon, In 4 months, we will be a.d.u.l.ts! We can finally enter the true hierarchy of the Demon World! Why wouldn't I be excited?”

CLANG CLANG CLANG

Three more impacts were blocked by the one known as Foucon.

”Morgen, you might be one of the strongest in the academy, but can you really compete with Jazukal? He is an absolute monster now! I'm afraid that if I attempt to parry his blade, I would end up with half a blade and a gaping wound down my ribs!” Foucon joked with passion as he held his blade upright.

”He is already at the 7th vision of 5th rank. His prospects are endless! But even so, Mattricht is still the monster of our year. Being at the peak of 5th rank and on the verge of becoming a 6th rank, I am afraid we are both behind!”

”They are monsters that even geniuses like us can never hope to stand on the same level as. We should just take pride in our relatively good abilities as upper 4th rank devils. Our futures will still be good nonetheless.” Foucon finally concluded.

”Foucon, what about that Simonifirac guy? He seems tough, don't say he's another monster, we already got 2 monsters in this year.” Morgen sighed with annoyance.

”Funny you should mention that... You will not hear this from anyone except for me. Simonifirac is probably the most monstrous of the lot. There are rumours of some poor lads being turned to ash in the dueling platforms, but all witnesses say that they messed with the wrong guy. It was like talking to torture victims.”

”That guy is probably atleast a level stronger than Mattricht. But I would not talk about him behind his back readily. He might be a son of a Maquess, but he is definitely hiding something big.”