530 Chapter 530: Upon Holy Wings of Fire (2/2)
”I'm not suggesting that we abandon our schoolmates, I meant we should all start evacuating once we rescue them. There's no longer any point to sticking around here. If all of us want to stay safe, we need to escape from the school.”
”I doubt it will go down that easily.” I glanced back as another huge explosion rocked the academy. ”Headmistress Taylor is still fighting. I find it difficult to believe that the vampire king can defeat her.”
”Yeah, she'll probably annihilate the Crimson Blood Demonic Night Clan.” Kufa nodded in agreement. ”In the meantime, let's help as many people as we can!”
”Over there!” Rossetti pointed. I joined her in sprinting toward the besieged students. Kufa scowled before he followed.
”Guys, I know you want to help, but don't be reckless! Check to see if there are any veteran vampires among them! We can't fight the masters – we will have to leave the adult vampires to the teachers. We should intervene only against the young vampires. I know how you feel, but we won't be helping anyone if we get ourselves killed.”
”Kufa is right.” I sighed. ”But those guys there are young vampires. We can handle them. Rossetti!”
”Roger!”
She nodded, understanding what I intended. I bounded to her front and then cupped my hands. Without pausing, she sprinted and jumped, stepping onto my linked hands. I then tossed her high into the air, and she drew both of her chakrams. Almost as if she was dancing in the heavens, she swung her chakrams about and conjured flames.
”Heavenly Phoenix Kagura Dance!”
The young vampires glanced up in shock, not expecting an attack from another student. Without hesitation, Rossetti was raining fiery death upon them.
”Flaming Phoenix Feather Blades!”
”Ugh!”
The vampires shrieked as they were struck and immolated. They staggered, flailing about as their bodies combusted, the fire spreading from where Rossetti's feathers stabbed into them.
However, they were pretty tenacious. While they were still floundering about, I took a deep breath and continued running toward my schoolmates, who had frozen at the incredible sight. They were rooted to the ground from disbelief, and still vulnerable to whatever attacks from the surviving vampires.
Gathering mana, I charged right into the fray and broke a path through the remaining vampires, scattering them. As I recklessly plowed through the stunned enemies with my swords, I managed to free my classmates from their grasps – sometimes by severing the poor vampires' hands at the wrists or even just below the elbows. The bloody bastards screeched in pain and rage as they recoiled.
”Ah!”
”Whoa!”
They dropped onto the ground and scrambled to their feet, staring at me in surprise. At that moment, Rossetti landed beside me, and the two of us began fighting back-to-back. Her chakrams lashed out and cut a ring of destruction and blood through the vampire horde while I slashed our enemies with Hei Yue and Bai Ri, hacking off limbs and heads. We covered each other's back, making up for our partner's flaws and plugging whatever gaps in defenses we saw while executing a relentless attack that decimated our enemies.
”Amazing…”
”That's…Rossetti Pricket. And the transfer student…”
”Were they always this skilled?”
”I can't believe how well they are fighting together!”
I paused and gestured impatiently at them to leave.
”We'll take care of them! Hurry up and escape!”
I realized that I was sounding like Kai Lin from earlier. Damn it. I hope I didn't trigger a death flag or anything. After this, I still had to go look for Zhao Yan. Raising Hei Yue and Bai Ri, I continued to carve a bloody swathe through the vampires, occasionally covering Rossetti while simultaneously leaving my back to her.
”The hell?!” Kufa complained when he finally caught up. He had to weave through the crowd of students who were fleeing in the opposite direction just to reach our position. ”You two didn't leave anything for me, did you?!”
I was about to retort when I saw a fresh wave of young vampires bounding over the rooftops of the campus buildings and descending toward our position, blood magic congealing around their hands and forming deadly claws. Reinforcements, obviously. No matter how many vampires Rossetti and I slew, there were more where they came from.
”You and your big mouth,” I grumbled, glaring at a chastened Kufa.
”Sorry.”
”No time for jokes, you two!” Rossetti chided. ”They are coming!”
As the fresh wave of vampires lunged toward us, the three of us prepared for our counterattack.
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