Chapter 84: Something behind the wall (1/2)

After Yman said it, squeaking noises reached their ears.

They hastily came closer and closer to the entrance. ”This is bad, it was a trap,” he muttered worriedly.

The others also got alerted then focused their senses.

Based on the noises and the trembling of the grounds, everyone's awareness enabled them to surmise that there were multiple monsters hastily coming to this place.

”Rat Slayer, let us handle the monsters, while you take care of the wall, maybe there is an entrance somewhere on it!” Mercenary Ultima shouted in a hurry.

He glanced at the two girls in their party and saw them nodding their heads at him.

”Okay, you guys be careful,” he said as he hastily went and check the wall. It was the wall opposite to the entrance.

As the noises were getting closer and closer, Almina and the rest readied themselves.

”Almina Amulet,” suddenly Maena called out in her usual aloft manner.

Almina smugged at her but the blonde couldn't see it because she was wearing a mask. She knew what this girl wanted to tell her, ”Let's see whoever gets the highest number of kills,” Almina declared.

”Heh, don't die before your defeat!” Maena snorted in a mocking tone under her mask.

Almina further smug. ”Kuku, be sure your arrows will land on your target,” she rebutted.

Maena sent a sharp gaze at her, ”Talk big later!” She replied.

When the news that Almina had defeated high-level enemy magicians reached her ears, it irks her.

While she was improving herself, Almina as well was improving at an incomprehensible pace. She could not let herself fall behind her.

The two of them were candidly like predators of equal terms in a small pond. Each of them was trying to overtake the other.

Almina side-glanced at Maena. She too, like this kind of relationship the two of them had. It motivates both of them to improve.

She never expected that Maena would follow her in this academy and did not choose to go to the more advanced academy like Zone 1 or the others; it looks like, Maena's rivalry-complex towards her took the better of her.

”Enemies here!” Mercenary Ultima shouted a warning and put a stop in Almina's thoughts.

The monsters scurried at the entrance while trying to overtake their kins. They were composed of Evil Rats and Evil Bats and they were rallying to reach and skewer their enemies.

Looking at their visage, it was easy to figure out that they were in frenzy mode. All of them had something in common, they both had bloodshot eyes, dripping basil salivas, and their countenances revealed an upheaval.

Before the monsters could near them, ”Darn, I was hiding this ability for long, but I guess now is the right time to use it, hehe,” said Mercenary Ultima as he chuckled. After saying it, yellowish brilliance shone on his hands.

Version 555 Daffodil Shield! He shouted. His voice was loud and strong and couldn't be defeated by the messy noises coming from the monsters.

He lifted his hand then pointed it to the enemies.

A radiant daffodil shield made of light particles had materialized on the right side of the alleyway. It had five meters in width, five meters in height, a thickness of five inches, and had a design of a daffodil flower on the flat surface. It occupied half of the pathway which followed by low dull sounds that were overheard in the area when some of the frenzy Evil Rats crashed on it. His hands shook at the impact.

”As expected of a junior trainee, Mr. Ultima truly has an interesting technique,” Almina suddenly praised his secret technique.

He felt a surge of emotions from within. His hard work had paid off. Praise from the most popular academy goddess brought extreme joy to him.

He called it a shield but in actuality, it was more of a screen than a shield. Despite that, it was able to hinder the sudden escapade to plague them.

The unlucky Evil Rats that crashed on it have to suffer bone-cracking and flesh splattering pain when they were hamburger in the middle of the shield in front and their frenzy kins behind.

To the monster's perspective, only the left side of the alley was blocked. Those who came at the right side originally were able to rush unhindered.

Almina forthwith dashed forward to intercept them.

It was just a matter of seconds that the first victim was horizontally sliced in half. She did not stop and continued swinging her fire elemental sword.

Three Evil Rats leaped to bite her at the same time but met with a quick successive strike instead. Their body turned into a lump of meat when they fell on the ground. Almina didn't stop after killing the three idiot rats. She fueled her fire sword with more mana which caused it to ablaze.