Chapter 649: Lessons (1/2)

Chapter 649 Lessons

She smiled at the group. “Is that the usual way you treat unidentifiable adventurers?”

The man seemed to be caught off guard a little, his joke likely born of a bet that perhaps didn’t seem like the best idea in hindsight.

“I meant no offense, Miss,” he said with a charming smile. “We had wondered who would walk by Lord Fiore’s side. It seemed appropriate to suggest Lady Lilith, as there were rumors of her visit to the Corinth Order today.”

“Just to be clear,” Kyrie said. “This Is Lady Lilith, founder of the Medic Sentinel Corps.”

The guys seemed shocked.

Now you believe it? Not when you see a two question mark battle healer? I guess it’s just my getup. Should just walk in with my new Wyrm armor and destroy a few buildings in my wake to be true to my reputation.

“I wanted to show her the school of magic, and introduce her to some of the young talent honing their skills here,” Kyrie said. “Now that you’re already here, maybe you’d be willing to show off a little?”

Ilea glanced over to the shadow mage. Oh you.

“Are you sure?” one of the men asked, looking at her.

“It’s a bout then? What exactly are the boundaries and who wants to join?” Ilea asked.

“Everyone here against Lilith. I suggest you start over there,” Kyrie said, pointing at a set of strategically placed cover. “And you start here. I would suggest no killing,” he said to Ilea and smiled.

“All of us? Isn’t that a little unfair?” one of the men asked, rolling his shoulders as he winked at her.

Ilea at least gave credit to the other two, one just slightly unsure but the last one terrified as he looked at her. I’ll kill you last, she thought and smiled at him as sweetly as she could.

“Lilith has powerful defenses. It would surprise me if you could injure her severely,” Kyrie said and stepped aside. “The fight is over when one side is incapacitated.”

The five students gave their assent without further questions, likely having hoped Kyrie would suggest a bout when they had heard about his visit.

Ilea watched them take position, waiting in her spot with her arms crossed in front of her. More onlookers had joined by now, discussing with each other or setting up bets. Those too far away to identify her made some terrible miscalculations.

“I’m ready when you are,” Ilea said.

Kyrie snapped his fingers and the students attacked.

Magic flared up behind their cover, projectiles and beams flashing out towards her. Ilea raised her brows, impressed by the intensity of their magic. Good Classes for their levels, she thought, smiling when she saw Helia hesitate with her condensing water beam, after Ilea had remained stationary.

She displaced the spells to the side and started walking to the side. Her flat hand stopped the water beam now shot at her, a chunk of stone slapped to the side with her wrist. Wonderful. They’re even weaker than I thought.

Ilea stopped near a large tree and sunk her fingers into it, a limb of ash forming a scythe like blade before it slashed past the bottom. She casually turned to the group. “Here you go,” she said and threw the tree in a horizontal sweep.

They all covered behind their cover instead of dodging or teleporting away, one of the guys straight up staring at the incoming log until his friend dragged him down.

She looked up at Kyrie and shrugged. I don’t even know what to say, she thought and turned back to the students, slowly walking towards their cover as they scrambled to get their spells aimed at her.

Ilea whistled, freezing everyone in the vicinity. Playtime was over. If Kyrie wanted them to get a lesson, she would oblige. Ilea displaced the five students close to her and grabbed each one with a few growing ashen limbs. She didn’t have to use her Deviant aura to terrify them. “Some monsters above your own level can paralyze you with just a screech or roar,” she said, watching them start to writhe when the effects wore off. “Your teleportation won’t work once their bodies or magic touches you. Generally speaking.”

Ilea considered breaking a few bones but decided against it. The Sentinels knew what they signed up for and they could heal themselves. This felt more like torturing puppies. Arrogant noble puppies.

Instead she just teleported them up about thirty meters, watching them fall as they screamed. She caught them a few meters before they landed. Only two of them looked ready to make a non lethal landing. Panic and fear clouding their minds.

“What do you do, when you’re faced with a beast that can kill you in a single strike?” she asked, stepping up to the guy who had already been terrified before. Surprisingly he seemed a little more calm now.

“You… run,” he said.

“Exactly,” Ilea said and threw him to the side, the man hitting the ground with a pained yelp before he stumbled up and ran towards a slope leading out of the pit.

“When you see an enemy stand still at the might of your magic. What could it mean?” she asked the remaining group.

“That our magic is… inconsequential,” Helia answered.

“Or they’re terrified of your might,” Ilea said. “Though I suppose both may warrant a pause to consider. The least you should do is make some distance and observe. But I suppose it can already be too late at that point.”

“Why are you doing this?!” Joanne shouted. “Do you get enjoyment out of it?”

Ilea walked over to her. “You agreed to a bout, did you not?”

She remained silent.

“You identified me and learned that I’m far above your level. You heard that I’m Lilith, but you didn’t believe it, even when Kyrie said as much,” Ilea said. “You’re lucky I’m not an actual demon, because then you would long be dead.”

Joanne grit her teeth but remained quiet.

Ilea looked into her eyes and doubted the woman would get something valuable out of this. If this isn’t going to teach her anything, only the real thing will manage. But somehow I doubt she’d ever join an actual adventuring team.

She let them go and addressed the onlookers. “Anybody wants to test their spells and abilities, I’ll provide what pointers I can give.”

It took a few seconds for anybody to react, Helia being the first to walk up to her. “Can I just test my spells on you?”

“Go ahead,” Ilea said.

“Sure?” Helia asked again as water formed in front of her hand.

“You can’t hurt me,” Ilea said. “I’ll even bet ten gold pieces on that.”

The challenge incited a few of the onlookers, some jumping down into the pit now.

“Lady Lilith? Does that wager apply to everyone?” the man asked, lightning crackling around him as he approached. He was at level one twenty.

“Of course,” she answered, layering her ash armor.

“Are we just going to take that, Halstein?” the man asked as he circled her, addressing the growing student body.

What is this? A high school recess brawl?

It certainly felt that way when people started shouting, joining in as mages started forming a loose circle around her.

Ilea positioned herself in such a way that nobody would be directly behind her. She didn’t trust them not to injure each other.

Time to humble some people.

Ilea walked to the next student, watching him circle around her as a few dozen spells impacted her side. She maneuvered him against the side of the pit where she grabbed his arm, his ice flower spell exploding in her armored face, pieces of sharp frozen water hitting her eyes and shattering in the process.