Chapter 379: Against The Odds (1/2)

Regrit, Elizabeth and Hikari were all completely surrounded by hoards of seemingly endless spanning ethereal summons along with their three instructors further back grinning at them with an undead smile.

The circle moved ever closer, enclosing them as the shalker watched them being slowly consumed from afar.

”Okay… No more playing around, let's take care of them… Shall we?” Regrit was the first to make his move.

He took a step forward in front of his team, and with a deep breath and an aura of magma gold surrounding him did he go into his now six tailed spirit mode, the ground quaking beneath his boots and an aura of heat that made even the summons hesitate before continuing their advance.

And then, out of thin air, he pulled two katanas marked in a crackling fiery gold, burning with the intensity of an orange star. That infernal blaze spread throughout his entire spirit-filled body, shrouding him with an aura that made him look like an infernal being straight out of the depths of hell.

”Elizabeth! Buff us all now! And Hikari, I'm not sure what your powers exactly are but do your thing!” He called out from behind, and like a natural predator, he focused his gaze and adjusted his stance, making his aura explode as he rushed into battle dual-wielding his katanas, using his flames to meticulously boost and surf through the air like a fiery bird.

'Regrit! Attack the shalker! If you defeat the summoner the beasts will go away! Leave the summons to me! I got this!'

Hikari followed Regrit's footsteps and transformed into her spirit mode, two feathery wings sprouting out of her back and a veil of light engulfing her. Thick white gauntlets wrapped around her fists with particularly sharp tips, and snow-white metallic dual pistols appeared, now tightly held in both her hands from her storage ring.

And also from her storage ring, piles and piles of metal spawned scattered all around her, and with but a flick of her finger did those metallic parts begin to move, rising up into humanoid, armoured figures almost as though they were alive. And with weapons in hand, they charged towards the ethereal beasts as one unified army, and Hikari who seemed to be controlling them stayed far behind with her pistols armed and loaded, shooting bolts of light like pouring rain over the beasts ahead.

”Elizabeth, my army won't last long! It's not as strong or as numbered as that one! I need your help to buff them quick!” Hikari continued firing as fast as her hands allowed, and she looked over towards the bewildered-looking Elizabeth with a serious gaze that snapped her out of her daze.

”Got it!”

As Regrit flew up, he heard Hikari's voice echo within his mind. He could not help but smile, and instead of diving into the ocean of spirits, he redirected his gaze towards the halberd wielding shalker below, diving towards him like a fiery comet cleaving through the air and crashing towards the earth.

However, before he could even make contact with his opponent, his blades were abruptly halted by three straight swords blocking his path like a thin wall erected mere inches from him and the smiling enemy, and when he looked he noticed them to be the very blades of his once examiners.

”Not a bad attempt! But it won't be that easy getting to me! I'm a necromancer! You have to get through all my summons first!” The shalker chuckled from the other side of his meat shield, and Regrit was forced back inwardly cursing, readjusting his stance.

'Fuck! How the hell am I gonna beat three top elites staff members of the school!'

”Minions, go get him!” He waved his halberd in the air, and the three zombies lazily nodded and rushed towards the readied Regrit with an unconventional stride and a sudden burst of blackened aura surrounding them.

Their movements were fast, and their strides were unpredictable to the point it was inhuman. Before he even had time to properly react, three blades were plunging down towards his skull.

Instinctively, he blocked by raising both Katanas in the air in the shape of a cross, but that only managed to block two of the three attacks. The third attack still managed to make it through, and it was one that Regrit only narrowly managed to dodge, missing his head but instead ripping a shallow line on his chest.

Regrit was more accustomed to harsh pain than any other man, yet the pain inflicted by that sword stung and burned him down to his very core. 'What-What the hell…' He inwardly cursed once more staring up at the three zombies slowly approaching him.

'Fuck,'

However, now was no time for moping, the pain had to be ignored. He grit his teeth and tightly held his blade. He lifted his katanas up in the aura and sent an intense blast of fire towards his three opponents approaching.

It was virtually undodgeable, and the three made no effort to challenge that, instead, they walked directly through it as though it were not there. The dark glow surrounding them expanded further ahead of them like a shield, and Regrit's blast seemed to have done virtually no damage so he instead had to rush in with his two katanas in hand, using his blissful demon style to the best of his abilities.

Yet, not even that could save him from the onslaught of attacks he would have to survive from three opponents that nearly matched his powers. And the worst part was that they all had yet to use a single ability.

Regrit was pushed back once more with a kick that not only broke through the defences of his fire-enhanced frame but also nearly broke his ribs.

The single slash mark previously on his body had now multiplied to tens, and the crawling pain was slowly growing unbearable. Things were looking bleak, he felt like he could barely keep his weining eyes from following his opponent's inhuman movements, and his legs had nearly given out.

And in that moment of grief, he heard slight, tender whispers enter his ears, and a sudden aura of different colours slowly enveloped him with a circle of light expanding beneath his feet.