Chapter 268 - Taken away (1/2)

The true infected that was in the training hall with them was different from the true infected that Ray had seen or faced before. This one was able to levitate, shoot out dark energy, and also control the shadows a lot better.

Ray thought back to how the True infected were created in the first place, the fact that they were made form infected humans who the shadow believed were strong, maybe because Ray was at Avrion all the True infected he had seen came from past Knights, and this one was a mage.

Mage's were rarer in the first place, so it made sense to see less of them and it also seemed like this one was a lot stronger.

As the true infected flew past the professor, it had its target in sight. It lifted up its hand and out came a burst of dark energy heading straight for Van.

The attack was too fast for the professors to react and even if they did, they could feel the strong power coming from the attack.

Van stood there motionless with nothing to do but wait for the attack to hit him. He closed his eyes and waited but the pain he was expecting never came.

”Van!” Bliss shouted.

Everyone turned to see what had happened and stood in front of Van was Ray. He had taken the strike head-on and allowed it to just hit his body. The blow hurt but Ray was strong enough to take something like this.

The group looked at Ray surprised, he had just received an attack from a true infected yet there wasn't a scratch on him. Even the true infected had paused as this was a first for him.

Ray grabbed his forearm where the attack had landed, there was the tiniest of marks that had appeared.

”I was right, it looks like the one they're after is Van.”

The professors turned the head they looked at Ray standing there in disbelief.

”How were you able to withstand the attack?” Flynn asked.

”Now is not the time to look away,” Springett said as she kept an eye on the true infected.

”How are we meant to beat this thing?” Flynn asked, ”It looks like physical attacks don't work on It, the shadows just reform.”

”Did you not look at the report that had come from Avrion, we need to find the heart.”

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While the professors were busy dealing with the true infected the upper-class students were trying their best to calm down and help the lower-class students. Since the exit was blocked, they tried to move them away from the magic circle and as close to the outside walls as possible.

One of the upper-class students, had a single earing on his left ear, his hair was swept back in a ponytail and he had fierce eyes. His name was Loot and he was taking charge of the lower-class students for now.

Once most of the first years were safely away from the true infected and out of the circle, the upper-class students were deciding what to do.