Ryfin closed his eyes and chanted an incantation; it was a long one and even at this level, it took him five seconds toplete it.


    Once done, he bent his knee and smacked the ground with his right palm.


    A big magic circle opened with Ryfin''s palm at its epicenter. It was filled with runes and it expanded until both Ryfin and that man were within its reach.


    Ryfin stood up and pped his hands together, and a pir of light was shot up from the magic circle. The pir of light closed inward and when it disappeared neither Ryfin nor the man were there. The big ball of energy was vanished as well.


    ***


    Somewhere far away from the Zaforths magic academy, in the sea was an ind. It was the same ind where the student''s practical exam had been conducted.


    But now it was quiet, however that quiet was soon to be disrupted.


    Two men appeared at the center of the ind, one was holding an enormous ball of energy before his mouth. He was about done charging it up with mana by now and was ready tounch it whenever.


    Ryfin on the other hand took out his sword and held it toward the man. There was something different about his sword. From the hilt to the de, the sword was made with red. However, it was not paint. But the metal it was forged from was red itself.


    ''Should I use magiken?'' Ryfin thought as he looked at the man and calcted the odds of this fight.


    ''Nah, it''s not worth it.''


    The man or the other hand took action. He faced Ryfin andunched the enormous ball of energy toward him.


    As the ball of energy moved forward it destroyed the ground beneath itself. All the trees, rocks, and dirt were burned away and turned to ashes.


    Ryfin raised his sword as the ball of energy rushed toward him. There was a smile toward him as he held his sword and prepared to sh.


    There was an explosion, one that could be seen from miles away. A shock wave was released that affected the entire ind. The trees that were closed to the explosion evaporated and turned into steam, and the ones that were far away broke due to the shock wave''s impact.


    For a few seconds the entire ind was shaking abruptly and was covered in a bright sh.


    When the light disappeared, what came into view was not an ind but just a few miles ofnd. Only one fourth of the ind was left, everything other than that was instatly reduced to atoms due to the explosion.


    Since thend had vanished, the sea water invaded the empty space and huge tides thatter took the shape of tsunamis were formed. They hit the remaining of the ind, sending the water droplets flying in the sky.


    When the droplets rained down it looked as if it were raining.


    The man who''d sted the attack was still on thend and was looking for Ryfin, but he was nowhere to be found.


    "My, my, you took down almost all of the ind," the man turned behind, following the direction where the voice came from.


    There he saw Ryfin, standing unscathed. There was a prism of translucent energy around him which mostly likely was a barrier.<novelnext></novelnext>


    "It would have been a disaster if I that happened at the academy," he said.


    "You piece of shit! How the hell did you survived that?" the man asked in a wild voice.


    "Hmm? That''s pretty easy, a shame that you couldn''t figure it out by ourselves. I created a personal barrier to keep myself from taking any damage and then dashed through that ball of energy to get behind you. So that I won''t fall in the sea when thend will vanish," Ryfin exined as he swung his sword around in his hand.


    "Impossible! No one can counter that explosion!" the man screamed.


    "I''m sorry but I just did that," Ryfin remarked. "Anyway, enough ying around. It''s time I get rid of you."


    "As if I''m just gonna let you—"


    There was a sh light, a trail of red that moved toward the man and passed him. Blood dripped from the man''s mouth and he was stopped mid sentence.


    He looked down, and saw Ryfin standing close to him. He looked at his sword and his eyes followed its de. Soon he realized that the sword was drilled right at the center of his chest.


    "There goes your core," Ryfin said and pulled out the sword.


    As if all the life had been sucked out of him, the man fell limp on his knees. His horn and the lines emerging from it lost their light and turned white. The man lost his life.


    Ryfin wiped the blood on his sword and then put it back in its sheath. Then he bent his knees and sat down, he inserted his hand inside the hole in the man''s chest. After fiddeling around for a bit he pulled out an orb covered in blood.


    However, it was already broken. And as soon he grabbed it in his hand the orb crumbled into pieces.


    "Tch. Still no good, huh?" Ryfin mumbled with a disappointed look on his face as he closed his palm into a fist.


    ***


    A magic circle opened on the grounds of the academy and with a pir of light Ryfin appeared there.


    ? "Fancy seeing you here," he said as walked forward.


    In front of him stood a woman and from the looks of it, it seemed like she was waiting for him there.


    Long blonde hair and light violet eyes, she was dressed in a beautiful ck dress and a cloak. She was none other than Auciel Skystav; ss 1A''s homeroom teacher. (A/N: Character art in paragraphments.)


    "Well, someone should be there to handle things if you weren''t enough to stop them," she said.


    "Hah, that''s a good joke. I will die before ever losing to likes to them," Ryfin replied.


    "I''m afraid I can''t argue on that," Auciel said and both of them walked side by side.