A Sorcerer's Journey Chapter 78
Lafite, Yates, Ardas and the others were working within the outer layer of the interjection. Suddenly they looked out, eyes surprised.
An army of students from the 19th were tramping towards them. There must have been about 200 of them.
They were overwhelmed.
Chris was shocked, holding an axe in his hand. "Why so many?"
Chris' shock was understandable. The total number of the Black Isotta students was a mere seven or eight thousand. Even Glenn's team would be reinforced. But the students would not gather in hordes; they would be spread thin across the 200 resource points. And for this current point, there were only two dozens or so.
Ardas looked out at the marching enemy with his sharp eyes as he unsheathed the long sword on his back. As he gripped the sword, his whole body was giving out gray lights and his long hair became weightless as if he had been possessed by some G.o.d.
The humpback Yates smirked gloomily as the stick in his hand sent a round of waves. The next second, thunder resounded and a huge cloud of dust kicked up. In the mist of the dust, a five-meter-long giant appeared. It rose up with the support of its two 2-meter-long arms. Its eyes were like two huge crystal b.a.l.l.s, shedding gray lights.
The giant examined about before making a roar. The next second, a hundred thickly-dotted stone p.r.i.c.kles were protruding from within his back in the shape of a turtle cell.
Yates jumped on the shoulder of the giant without many efforts. With a stamp of his foot, another wave was given off, and accordingly, a three-meter-long dark element sword appeared in the giant's hand. Its aura was icy as if it was taking in the lights in the vicinity.
Glenn, who was behind Lafite at the moment, became dumbfounded at the sight of this, and ceased the inscription of the water element in the matrix on his mind.
"This element animated animal..."
An inspiration struck Glenn and, at the same time, the old, simple and entangled knowledge framework of element animated animals exploded in his mind while a new one was forming.
No one could ever discern what was ongoing in Glenn's mind who was still behind Lafite's back, a supporting role, and even a valet!
All of the students had been in battle array and Ardas, shrouded in the lights, glimpsed at Lafite's team and said lightly: "Take it easy. Think of them as little soldiers of the human world. They are fools with nothing but theories."
"Easier said than done. There are 200 of them. Maybe this time..."
The over 200 students from the 19th section spent some time coming into battle formation. And then they marched in impressive parade towards Glenn and the others to deter them and even make them surrender with this imposing manner.
Glenn didn't know that traditionally, in the 19th section, the imposing manner played an important role in the ring fights. However, in the12th, there was no such thing as ring fight and no surrender. It was either live or die.
"Ardas, look. Those fools are just coming in this stupid way. I wonder if there is something wrong with their heads and if they have even been in a real fight." Yates who was standing on the giant's shoulder shrilled. He had gotten too excited.
Lafite hovered in the air fluttering a pair of wings. "Are those dead students as silly as them?"
Ardas made no response but snorted. Then he turned his eyes to the coming students like they're creatures from foreign lands.
Glenn also thought it incredible for the 19th section students to make an offense against them with no reconnaissance, no rear bases, and without long distance sorcery attacks — they seemed to have no strategies.
On seeing this, Robinson's despair suddenly turned optimistic. "They're entering the interjection traps."
"Everyone, stay in your position. Let us give the Dark Sorcerers a lesson. These Bright Sorcerers must have got so frightened to have peed a little bit. Haha..." The head of the charging students smiled.
A female student in the troops responded. "Right. And we're proving to the students who have come to the 19th section schools before us. Proving to them that we're strong and we're gonna save some face for them. The Dark Sorcerers are obsessed with internal strife and know nothing about the power of unity."
"We've been working so hard for all these years and we've got one "lord" among ten students now and even the rulers. We'll definitely destroy those foolish Dark Sorcerers. It's said they have this "top ten ranking" in their school. How naive they are!" Another student continued.
Another one from the crowd yelled. "I heard that there is a sorcery test for the first year students in the 19th where the partic.i.p.ants could kill their partners and get magical stones in return. They're too benighted to know knowledge matters more than magical stones, which only play accessory functions..."
A rumbling sound exploded.
The speaker was not even finished when an electronic light exploded in them and a rune interjection was flashing in the air, followed by about a dozen fire b.a.l.l.s and then several dozens of icy b.a.l.l.s...
"It's an interjection. They laid interjections. These cowards have no courage to fight heads-on. Full back, full back."
"s.h.i.t...It's the swamp sorcery. Fly sorcery guy come to me for help..."
"My legs are drowning..."
"I don't wanna die..."
"Ray, I don't wanna die..."
The formation became a turmoil in which most of the students scuttled in dreadful disorder. The delicately woven "unity" broke. And some was even suffering from hematophobia and collapsed on the ground.
If someone from the 12th section had hematophobia, he or she would have been eliminated before having a chance to be in the Sorcery Test.
The dark elements in Yates' hand converged and became a long spear. He thrust it out at the fleeing students faraway and leered weirdly. "Destroy you all arrogant fools."
After a whizzing sound, Ardas sped up as fast as a bolt of lightning towards the chaotic enemies, followed by his own men.
Yates controlled the giant and moved in booming sounds, followed by his men.
"Charge—" Robin shouted as she rode her boar rushing forward with the monkey on her shoulder.
"My wife, be careful. Wait for me." Robinson followed fast.
Chris grinned, showing his white teeth. "Glenn, you protect my sister. I'll do the killing for you. Haha..."
Glenn smiled and then his eyes went lost again. The inspiration he got from the giant was not "digested" fully yet and thus he dared not to dawdle. This inspiration could expedite the birth of his element animal activation sorcery by a year.
Lafite whirred about with her element arrows; Chris was slaying heads in the enemy's formation with Nina chanting spells and resupplying magical power to him relentlessly. Nina also learned several other auxiliary sorceries and Glenn could feel he was being protected by a thin film of earth element.
Glenn's mental strength was in a hysteric state deriving from the element activation, and with a casual wave of hand, a student's badge was sucked to him under precise control even though he hadn't been in the actual killings.
"Glenn, given the current situation, you'll not be needed in the rear. You go for the badges. They seemed important. I'll stay and protect Nina," said Lafite who had shot a dozen consecutive arrows from the rear.
Lafite had no idea that Glenn was staying in the rear just to save time to improve himself and thus could be more prepared for the Holy Tower trials, the most glorious award for sorcery students—Not just for the oath he took.
Glenn smiled, though the smile invisible to Lafite as it was beneath the Ashen Mask. "Nope, I'll be here for your protection. Have 100 badges gathered will be enough and there is still time." Glenn then sank into the making of element animals.
Anna stuck out her tongue in a cute way. And Lafite just left Glenn alone hearing him saying that, and continued with her shoots.
The scene was unbelievably 20 students chasing around over 200!
One reason was the devastation brought on the 19th students by the interjections, and the second was their cowardice. They were just fleeing in disorder after experiencing the explosions and had no guts to fight back by applying their sorceies.
Suddenly, Lafite and the others had some thoughts about the things happening before them:
The 12th students were actualy the Seamen group—cruel knights—back on the ship and the seemingly strong 19th students were the little students before the Death Sail league was established!