Chapter 50：Black mana... (1/2)

As the fight of Yman against the Noble Rat reached the peak, the meeting of the Elites was still ongoing.

After explaining to the Elites about the current situation of the academy, Elder Paan proceeds on discussing the shaded individuals that could be seen displayed in the holographic screens at the end of the clips.

”I'm sure you are wondering who those people on the screen...” the elder stopped then glanced at the Elites one by one. Noticing that all of them had no idea who those people are, she continued by snapping her fingers. After the elder snapped her fingers, the ten shaded in black figures suddenly revealed their real appearances.

The Elites noticed that each of those individuals was wearing academy uniforms of different academies.

They also noticed one specific person wearing an academy uniform from the Middle Region Magic Academy.

She has smart looking-eyes, a small nose, and rosy red lips. Her sky-colored pupils gleamed like the crescent moon reflected on it. And her shoulder-length silver hair was paired with a white headdress embroidered by black. She looks stunning and beautiful.

”That is our own Ice Queen, Miss Ice,” said the elder after noticing that the Elite's eyes were focused on a specific person. ”She was the top 8 strongest in the last year competition,” she added.

”Wow...” one of the Elites muttered in amusement. She was a short girl with short sakura-colored hair. She looks cute with her big round eyes and rosy cheeks. Her figure was of that half-human half raccoon. But no one inside the room dared to belittle her. After all, all of them inside this room all possessed exceptional abilities and wielder of great mana.

”Amazing...” Kesha followed after the little girl.

Almina and the others also had the look of admiration towards the person on the screen.

”So, she is the mysterious Miss Ice,” she and the blonde had the same thought at the moment.

Elder Paan proceeded on discussing who those people were and their backgrounds one by one. The Elites learned that those people on the screen were the top 10 strongest individuals in all the academies. Some of them were from the Outerworld and some from here in the Innerworld.

But this ranking was inconsistent, almost every year that new talents bound to rise and took a top spot.

She also explained that the Resource War would be starting early this year, about 3 months from the current date. It will be held in the early days of September.

The elder required the Elites to form a party, a team, group, or squad. This party was essential for the training in preparation for the upcoming Resource War.

She then added the details corresponding to the Resource War and training. And what they needed to do.

After the meeting, Elder Grenn left first the room which was followed by the Elites and their deities. Each of them had their own plans after it, but most of them went to the barracks to acquire their individual mission.

Before Almina could leave the room together with Kesha and their deities, she heard the blonde whisper some words when it passed her.

Inside the underground channel, Yman was staring at the Noble Rat in cold eyes.

On the other hand, the Noble Rat was staring at him like staring at a dying insect.

Yman who was tired and barely able to move had a face contrary to his situation even in the face of danger. Inwardly, he was grinning when his stamina was at 1% left only.

His enemy had some weird abilities. Every attack was deadly. He glanced on the pavement ground and saw some pit on it. Debris of concrete scattered everywhere, because of the Noble Rat's ability which its limbs would be enveloped by powerful mana.

It could even maneuver its body in the air! Which gave Yman difficulty in making a plan to defeat it.

He even was thinking of using the narrow alleyway as the last-ditch, but he disregarded the thought. The enemy was getting wiser as they fought. Yman was afraid that instead of trapping the enemy in that place, the opposite would happen.

He lifted his hand, but because of tiredness, he felt like he was lifting a stone brick, which is his hand.

Sistela's tense annoying voice of warning rang in his ears repeatedly. But he chose to ignore it. Before his stamina reached zero percent, he selected a hibernation option for his deity. Only through this that their battery can recharge.

Suddenly, after choosing hibernation mode, the floating Map suddenly went puff and gone which caused the place to suddenly turn dark and hinder his vision. But why did he do it? Even the brilliance that envelopes his body also fades at the same time.

The annoying tense voice of his deity was also quieted. Sometimes, he wished that his deity was like a computer. Would answer only if he ever asked, because he could not think clearly of a good plan whenever Sistela started to rapid-fire his ears.

But Yman could only sigh at that.

He thought. If only he could fully wield his real ability he was just fine going alone without a deity. But of course, he was doing it because of his Sister.

It was followed by a thud. Yman suddenly felt weak and fell down on his knees onto the ground after the resonance was canceled. After his knees landed on the ground, it followed by his face that smacked hard onto the ground.

He even had no more strength to stay on his ground.

Yman groaned from the pain of having his face hit the hard pavement ground. Right now, he was lying on the ground where his back was facing the ceiling of the underground channel.

The Noble Rat seemed to be puzzled by what happened.

Although the place suddenly turned dark, the Noble Rat was unaffected by it. In its vision, it just likes staring outside in a noontime, as bright as day.

He could even perceive the enemy's chest heaving deeply as sweats trailing on his body. The mask the enemy wore a while ago had long since torn to pieces from its claw. And even the clothes and cloak were in no good condition.

The enemy's action seems like he was giving up.