Vol 1 Chapter 4 (1/1)

Ouch wait, I'et here? I, Mikhal Donavic, was sent froroup of 3 to request aid froh they can't even be call a city-state, their guards have theour allies since they frequently deal ild beasts out in the frontier I wouldn't be ashamed to say that ouldn't be able to take over the toithout losing thethe I over [Keep]s and [Fort]s in Sardon Kingdoht for ownershi+p of the wilderness there have spread and it seeards to the lives of Sardonians Since the eeon]s that were dee to rueon]s that were cleared by the immortals But the treasures from the [Rabbit's Den] and [Arachnid hell], with their subsequent harvests, sent immortals and royalties alike in the northern part of the continent into a frenzy It seems we are cursed with one near our borders I was onchased by two I off those i turn at the crossroads while escaping and fainted from my wounds ”NYAAAA!” ”God damn it Bell! Take it easy on me!” I sit up from the bed I'e»!” buo dohyu dohyu buwasha- A fiery looking cat s continuously with a long wooden staff before faint ied by a red aura appears each tie the strikes by a hair's breath That's until the cat monster sprayed a wall of water? I pinch my cheek and rub my eyes Aren't red cat ic left me? Or did I lose my mind when I fell off ood offense', all of you kno fast and quickly Rick-sensei can dodge, especially when Bell-sensei goes to knock on his head, right?” A chorus of laughter follows are there children here? A young looking ain Aren't uards for nobles? I heard so their fa, so I can't be drea ”Had that been a fire-based attack instead, Rick-sensei would be treating us to a BBQ right about now” Another chorus of laughter fills the air as the hunter wipes himself down ”Since Rick-sensei can evade Bell-sensei's strikes easily, she has to attack continuously to force hi and then surprise him with an wide-area attack Had she backed off, ould have happened? Isn't that too reckless? It is coht in the [Barracks] I can't see the figure, so I decides to ht shoulder, oh right I was cut there by a scied, so it seems like I was treated for the wound ”Rick-sensei would have kept shooting froh pitched voice replies, it looks like the young pointed ear child --is that a light alf?-- was the one who gave the answer Now that I look closely, there is about two dozen or so children and youths sitting in a group All are demihumans of some sorts, it would fill a lower noblelee ”Correct! When you are fighting an enee attack, either run away or keep closing on the up Always e or the enee, it's okay to run away if you can't win Reht again another day” ”Oooooohhh!” All the children replies with gusto ”Why don't you spar with Bell for once instead of just talking all the tiood hu cat monster is actually a wo the instructing, a short-haired youngThehunter, there's no way he can win Strangely enough, all the children sat straight and look at the two attentively The two space themselves apart before the hunter walks between the a long staff The short-haireda wooden shortsword and baton, with the shortsword leading in front in his left hand ”Ready? Start!” The hunter swings the towel down and backs away Strange, the catwo this time, but slowly circles the man Whenever theher staff, keeping him at bay The man occasionally have to block the staff with both weapons when he can't evade fast enough Even then, it looks like he would be flying off his feet at any moment ”«Backslide»! «Stardust»!” Theand then a dense cloud of firefly-like specks of light surrounds his shortsword ”Trying to go long range? I won't let you! RRAA! «Pump Up»! «Elemental Dance»!” The catwoman seems to increase in size, the same way she looked when she sprayed that wall of water at the young hunter She rushes up in front of theher staff within a blink of an eye It seeed a quick cross block with both of his weapons before pushi+ng it down to his right The shortsword glides along the staff, heading straight for the catwo her left hand, going with the force of the parry, the fiery cat-like thing swung left, whipping her right leg right at the man's head with a roundhouse Which he back off away frohtly before his sword can reach her The cloud of light on the one nohatever plan he had wouldn't likely to succeed now Their distance is ht to end soon ”«Nya nya nya nya nya, NYAA»(Elemental Blade - Water)! ” Five blades of water flies toward theafter the to finish the man off but did did the man just smirked? The man unexpectedly dashes towards the blades of water, is he insane? ”«Starrise»!” A cloudburst of light suddenly e her which causes her to block the light with a paw The blades of water sudden slon and even see backward toward her ”«NNNYYYYYYAAAAA»(Elemental Blade - Chorus Strike)!!” She reacts extres the staff in an overhand strike , absorbing the blades of water and the cloud of dazzling light aler blade of water forward The ht when she was blinded, so her strike is ently place his sword on the catwoe blade of water bursts in the distance behind him ”Holy shi+t” ”WWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!” ”HAHAHAHAAHA!” The young hunter have a funny looking expression as though his mouth has become a cavern The children cheers while the catwo flat on her back, cohter The”Why is she laughing after getting defeated? What's with those attacks? These are monsters all of them are monsters” ”Monsters? Where?” Asks a voice next tothe pale, translucent blue-haired, expressionless little girl standing next to er on his way to Feia and was attacked by so his journey Should we believe him?” Till nods at Rick, ”his uniforence corps, and it was true that he was attacked” ”I only saw one attacker though,” Bell says with a frown ”I already blew one away before you got there” The group turns toward the girl, at the unexpected report, as well as her cold tone of voice ”Let's ask why he's heading to Feia” Kun breaks the aard silence The group is chatting in a chatroo blonde boy with blue eyes look around the conference room with curiosity as they continue their discussion The chatroom feature of the users allowed invited people to chat within a secure bubble where sound will be prevented fro out of the confine of the chatrooer into the chatroos” The blonde boy stares at Rick with a frown, ”I'ranted the adult na, at least for the humans, to have a childhood naets an adult name, it's expected that they will act like an adult, and be received as such ”Until you have so to be a boy to et your ass in there before I kick it in for you” Rick had helped Bell in treating his wounds, so he actually know that for a fact Mikhal's face turns red, frost He reluctantly walk toward the center table in the conference rooe that itate him Especially since it seems like they saved his life ” do it this way” The boy is surprised when he approached the table, he couldn't hear anything when he was sitting on the sofa But there see on ”Have a seat What should we call you?” ”Mikhal is fine” ”Okay, have a seat, Mikhal” Kun is doing e of everyone there gacha ”Tea?” Mak'ra offers a cup as Mikhal sits down on a chair He gingerly take the cup as he stares at the sives a cough to draws the staring boy's attention ”Now Mikhal, ere you being attacked by Dawn's Moonlight?” ”They were froht? That would certainly explain it” The boy absentmindedly sip a little of the tea, the intensely sharp and refreshi+ng flavour causes him to snap his head up He slowly take another sip before realizing the expectant look fro for hiuilds of Dawn's Moonlight and the Monochro for supredonation We were sent to gather help frouilds out of our territories” Bell, Kun and Rick all look at each other fully ”They are at war?” ”When did this happen?” ”” ”What?” The group bombards Mikhal for the next hour or so with questions after questions, squeezing every bit of outside news they can In return, the boy also asks questions of his own Although they have kept soroups, exact details are hard to deterain access to soathered are general news that the average user would know But they did ed to learn that other [Novice]s and the basic [Class]es aside froic}, at least there are no mentions of it As aabout mana aside from MP, INT's and WIS' affect on it, and the various spells that [Mage]s and their advanced version can use So this eneral They had developed their own [Skill]s by co of the books left by the head it in the forest «Elemental Dance» for example was based on the «Elemental Blade» series of attack from the advanced [Warrior] class of [Elemental Blademaster] This class is able to add Metal, Wood, Water, Fire or Earth attributes to their attacks But instead of continuously using MP to produce a new effect for each strike, «Elemental Dance» uses the residual mana and aftereffects from the previous strike to produce the next element's effect When used successively in a corecorded out there with complete elemental resistance, additionally, each element can cause certain status effects upon a successful strike Aside froic] Till had focused alic], while Bell was able to learn how to use [Growth] alongside [Skill], and Kun dabbled in all three Rick, seeing all the shi+ny new toys everyone else got, decided to learn as well, he's further behind than everyone else, but at least he's able to enchant his arrows before firing theh they are advanced class users with hidden classes when they go out of the [Forest of Illusions] Bell the [Elemental Warrior], Kun the [Master Appraiser], Rick the [Trickster] and Till the [Storuards in place, they intended to venture out to recruit some new students That was the plan anyways, until the sudden rescue they had to perforift, for both parties Having a non-user with some first hand experience of the situation would prove extrenore non-users since they are NPCs according to the syste, they serve little to no purpose As such, they are ignored co from them So their infor other ihts from their perspective may very well reduce casualties on Sardon's side So the exchange of information was rapid, detailed and concise Which also leads to more tea that Mikhal downs faster than Mak'ra can brew The end result was, Mikhal can go request help froh to travel Since his horse is likely dead in the forest, one will be provided to hie, he has tothe acadeh time has passed This way, Mikhal can coroup on the other hand will be able to[Monochroht] as well The first guild took advantage of Bell, Kun and Rick They still shudder at the thought of logging into their own dissection The latter guild started the fight with theuildht back had radiant uild-tier [Berserker Potion]s and [Healing Potion]s as well, if Bell hadn't killed the raider in one go, he roup, along with the De' while Mikhal returns to the infirmary to recuperate, with a pot of tea of course