11 Chapter 11: Summoning (2/2)

Hal Gunther fell to his knees. The Vermillion Phoenix fixed him with a ferocious stare, causing his body to lock up and tremble violently in fear.

Instinctively, Hal Gunther knew he was no match for the majestic, godlike existence before him. Raising his hand, he opened his mouth, which had gone dry.

”I give…”

The Vermillion Phoenix didn't give him the chance to finish his sentence. Spreading its wings, it unleashed a massive wave of flames that washed over him. Hal Gunther's words were cut off in an agonizing scream as his whole body blackened, his clothes scorched into ash instantly. He crashed onto the ground, fuming.

Taken down in one shot. Hal Gunther couldn't even withstand a single attack.

”…”

A hushed silence fell over the spectators as they watched the unbelievable sight. No one felt any pity for Hal Gunther, mostly because they were aware of his notorious reputation for being a sadistic bully. More than a few actually thought he deserved it.

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By the way, he wasn't dead. As I said, the boundary field that enveloped the arena ensured that nobody was dead. Even if Hal Gunther was burned to within a millimeter of his life, he could still be fully healed by a healer mage like Teacher Cure. It would take quite some time for him to recover, but he was in no danger of losing his life.

”…whoa…”

”Scary…”

”I'm so glad I knocked Richard out before he could summon that monster…”

”The fuck?! The bottom-ranked student was hiding such a trump card?!”

”No wonder he never finished casting his summoning spell…it's such a terrifying monster!”

One day, I had to request that they make the arena soundproof. It was so irritating listening to all these comments and remarks from the spectators.

”Student Hal Gunther is unable to battle!” Teacher Ruff Fielding announced, having jumped onto the arena a few seconds earlier to check on him. Satisfied that he was still alive, and the boundary field was still working, he straightened and gestured toward me. ”Student Richard Huang is the winner!”

There was polite applause and wild cheering from my schoolmates. Not because I was popular, but because they enjoyed watching me take down these arrogant elitist students down a peg after all their bragging. These bastards had come to our school to mock and humiliate us, but they got thrashed pretty badly instead.

I had to admit, it was pretty satisfying.

While my schoolmates were cheering, there was some movement in the Crowley Academy area.

”That asshole…” the guy with dark hair and narrow eyes moaned. ”That fucking idiot chose to play around, and now he ended up embarrassing our school! If only he finished the match early! But no, he just had to toy with his opponent and give him the chance to summon that crazy monster of his…that fucking idiot!”

”I always knew he would end up like this sooner or later,” the massive, thickset guy murmured as he folded his arms and shook his head with a stern expression. ”Hal was always underestimating his opponents. He paid the price for it.”

Cecilia Stuart's brow furrowed, but she maintained that calm expression of hers. ”I will have to strongly reconsider Hal's position in the team.”

”Yeah! Kick him out already!” the girl with shoulder-length hair huffed. ”I'm sick of seeing his face. I never understand why you put up with him, Captain!”

”Results,” the handsome guy replied seriously. ”Even though Hal is like this, his skill is the real deal.”

Cecilia nodded in agreement, but didn't elaborate any more than that.

”Well…I'll be the next opponent.”

The burly, thickset guy stood up and glanced at Cecilia for approval. She nodded.

”I'll be counting on you then, Chang Cheng.”

As Crowley Academy sent out their next representative, Teacher Fielding approached me in concern.

”Before the next match begins, would you like to swap out for a team member?”

I could already see Alicia Violet rising from her seat and proceeding down, most likely to help me. There were quite a few students, heartened by my display, and wanting to volunteer as well. Given my injuries, they expected me to tag out.

But I didn't. Instead, I shook my head and grinned.

”Team member? I'm not a member of any team.” Scratching my head, I exhaled lightly. ”I'll continue fighting.”

”Are you sure?” Teacher Fielding asked skeptically, and also out of worry. ”You're badly hurt.”

He was right. I was bleeding all over from the numerous wounds that Hal Gunther had dealt me. However…

”That's fine.” I grinned and gestured toward my Vermillion Phoenix. ”I'm not going to be the one fighting, after all.”