《Godslayer》 Prologue: The First Invasion As I was sprawled on the ground...I look up to the snow and ash that is falling all around me. I wondered what had led things to become like this. What kind of sick reality is this.... While silently cursing the my fate, a deep voice brought me back to the reality. "Human... even though you are only a youngling, you sure did cause a scene here.. huhuhu...." Irritated by the laughter, I retort the being that i cannot see who is speaking to me. "Go away" "Hohoho... not only does a young child kill the monsters that suddenly appeared, but you even dare to tell me to go away? Huhuhu... amazing..." "They attacked my family first, killing us first... I was trying to protect my sister...." "But you were too weak and they took your sister away" Being told the truth, I wince in pain and anger. The unseen being laughs seeing the face I make. "Huhuhu...that is a good face. Unfortunately that does not take away the fact that they have taken away your sister.... Boy, you interest me" Even though I can''t see the speaker, I for some reason could tell it was smiling. "For you to retrieve your sister, you need strength. Praying to the Gods will not help you. The Gods have gone mad, forsaking your world.. Boy, do you desire power? Power not only to take revenge on those beings but also the crazy God''s who played a part in this and take your sister back?" Stolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. For a second, I hesitate... it feels like I''m making a deal with the Devil and a cold sweat goes down my back. That hesitation, however doesn''t last long as I think of the scene where the monsters are taking Yuna away.... "...it doesn''t matter even if I''m making a deal with the devil...If I can gain the strength to revenge the event of today, I will do so" "Hoho..." While saying that, a large silhouette appears. As the silhouette gets closer, it becomes moredefined. When it is 20 meters away, a dragon appears. The Dragon is humongous. It is 50 meters tall while 75 meters long. It''s scales are a deep hue of blue with a icy look to it. The dragon has two large wings on its back while having horns on it''s head that are aligned as if it was a crown. His eyes are also a misty white that seem to pent rate your being. "Young one, Form a contract with me.... Become my host and become strong... strong enough to defeat those monsters... strong enough to rescue your sister..matron enough the slay the mad Gods..." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A/N Aaaahhh I was trying to wait on this one but this story kept on coming back to my head haha. Just like with my other ones I ask for you the readers support!Hope you enjoy this series! Chapter 1: Olympus Academy As I stood looking at the scene before me, I sigh. ¡°Haa¡­. Why am I here¡­¡± A couple weeks ago, while out on a mission I had received a message from my teacher. Yo Jung Woo ya, the time for you to repay me has come~! Come to London in 3 weeks and attend my school okay~? See ya then~! I had tried to reply back to her, retorting my teacher but when I tried to email her back, it said that the email didn¡¯t exist¡­ Haa, as always, my teacher is a difficult one to handle, always doing what she wants. I considered a moment whether I should ignore her, but then painful memories of the past filled my head of the Devil Reincarnate which is my teacher¡­..If I didn¡¯t listen to her, she would surely make sure that I wish I was rather dead! While shuddering at that thought, I finished my mission and headed back to Headquarters to pack and begin my trek to London. And now here I was looking at the city from a hill. London had changed a lot during the past 10 years, since the Yokai had invaded our world. During the invasion on July 15th 2022, many countries had fallen and London had been overrun. During humanity¡¯s desperate struggle, they remade London and various other locations in Europe into academy cities that were created to train the ¡°Niflheims¡± Niflheims, these were beings that had been found through desperate research by the surviving humanity that could fight against the yokai as the modern weapons back then did no damage to them. Niflheims were humans that could form contracts with monsters or mythical creatures. With making a contract, the Niflheim could create weapons that had the power to fight back against the yokai. And in front of me was one of the most prestigious out of the 6, Olympus Academy who¡¯s headmistress was my devil reincarnated teacher. Even though you could still see the damage from the invasion 10 years ago with the abandoned and destroyed buildings all around, in the middle now was a very advanced looking area where the school was located. The survivors hadn¡¯t even saved a penny when they had created these 7 academies as they were humanity¡¯s only hope of survival. It was truly awe-inspiring to see the broken and abandoned building that had remnants of the past battle on the outer layer with the new advance looking buildings in the center. It looked as if you were seeing the evolution and advancement of our history. Sighing once more, I go down the hill and make my way across the bridge to the academy. At the entrance, several military personnel and equipment were placed throughout, providing security. While I was approaching, one of the guards came forward and shouted. ¡°HALT!! NO AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ARE ALLOWED IN THIS AREA!! SHOW US YOUR IDENTIFICATION!!¡± I head closer to the guard that came out and handed the paperwork over. The guard takes the paperwork and inspects it. While reading through it, his eyes bulge wide and he pales before hurriedly standing at attention and saluting. ¡°CAPTAIN YIM JUNG WOO! I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT RECOGNIZING YOU IMMEDIATELY SIR!!¡± While massaging my forehead with my left hand, I just wave my right hand and answer him ¡°Haa, at ease at ease, lieutenant (From now on LT). I didn¡¯t come here as an officer, but as a student to Olympus Academy so while I¡¯m here I am not a captain so relax~ relax~¡± The LT opens his eyes even more with a look of shock before finally relaxing. ¡°Understood, Yim Jung Woo, you may pass. OI EVERYONE! LET THE GUY HERE PASS THROUGH WITHOUT ANY CHECKS!¡± This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source.¡°¡±¡°¡±¡°YES LIEUTENANT!!¡±¡±¡±¡±¡± While I was starting to pass the bridge, I heard whispers behind me. ¡°Sir, just who was that guy?¡± ¡°Well, it¡¯s not that surprising that you don¡¯t know Staff Sergeant (From now on SSG), as it is Top Secret information. Have you heard about that famous company named Leviathon?¡± ¡°Ehh?!?! That special force company that always handles the ranked S and above monsters?!¡± ¡°That exact one, that boy right there is Captain (From now on CPT) Yim Jung Woo, the commander of that very squad¡± Just why are you blurting out Top Secret information! As I¡¯m thinking of going back and retorting the LT, I remember right now I¡¯m not in the military and just go on. Haa, words so spread quickly even though our missions are supposed to Top Secret¡­. While sighing I head into the academy. The Academy was truly splendid, even to me who had traveled all around the world on missions. The academy had several buildings on the campus. There were some that were looked like modernized towers from the medieval age and reached at least a hundred meters into the air. There were also different glass buildings that went up to by what seemed ten floors. While trying to figure out where exactly that old hag of a teacher was, I suddenly run see a girl wearing a uniform run toward my way. Thinking I could ask her for directions, I call out to her. ¡°Excuse me miss! Could you please guide me to¡­¡± While I was calling out to her, I noticed that even though she was quickly heading towards me, she didn¡¯t slow down. Panickingly slighty as it looked she would run into me, I quickly take evasive actions moving left so that she would just pass by. Unfortunately that was the wrong thing to do as the girl seemed to have the same thought as me and tried to avoid me by going right. ¡°Eh?!¡± Right before we ran into each other, she let out a weird sound. Suddenly my head is facing the sky as the impact had made me fall backwards. Groaning slightly, I feel a soft sensation in my right hand. ¡°Hm¡­ just what is this elastic feeling?¡± While trying to figure out what the feeling was, I grab and squeeze it trying to find out. At that moment I notice the girl¡¯s face as gone stiff and become red. Suddenly having a bad feeling, I look to see what my hand was grabbing. Yep, I knew that my bad feeling was right¡­ ¡°Eh?!?! Eh!!!! JUST WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU¡¯RE DOING! PERVERT!!!KYAAAAHHH¡± The girl immediately stood up and took some distance from me. Quickly standing up myself, I tried to explain myself. ¡°Wait just a second!! You¡¯re the one who ran into me! I was just trying to brace myself when you ran into me!¡± ¡°Ok¡­.. let say that was true. But why did you start squeezing?!?!¡± Shit¡­. I was afraid she¡¯d bring that up¡­. ¡°Um¡­.. It was because it was a strange feeling?¡± Due to the loud noises, a crowd had started to gather around us. ¡°Hey, isn¡¯t that the Queen of Destruction?¡± ¡°Just who is that guy?¡± ¡°I think he¡¯s a freshman, look he¡¯s young and doesn¡¯t have a uniform on. Only students and teachers are allowed in here.¡± ¡°Haa, how pitiful. His first day and already getting on the bad side of the Queen of Destruction¡­.¡± ¡°Hopefully he doesn¡¯t fry him that badly¡­¡± The students surrounding us started to murmur scary sounding stuff!! ¡°¡­.YOU PERVERT!!! I CHALLENGE YOU TO A DUEL!!!¡± Ehh?? A duel?!?! Chapter 2: The Duel?! ¡°EH?!?!?! A DUEL?!¡± ¡°Yes, a duel! In all of the academies, a dispute can be dealt with a duel between the students¡± ¡°Bu¡­But¡­ isn¡¯t that too dangerous?!¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry, at our academy, we conduct the duel within the Astral Zone so that any damage we receive is only to our mental forms and won¡¯t affect our physical bodies¡± ¡°¡­Regular weapons can¡¯t be taken to the Astral Zone though¡­¡± ¡°Of course we¡¯re going to fight with our celestial weapons¡­¡± Shit¡­ this is going badly¡­ I can¡¯t summon *him* here¡­ ¡°Um¡­.. I can¡¯t use my Celestial Weapon?¡± ¡°Haa?! Why not?! Wait, it doesn¡¯t matter as you¡¯ll be a burning crisp soon anyways. You! Over there!! Yes you!! Please go over to the Battle School building and bring a practice Celestial¡± Ho¡­. so the government has given the academies even practice Celestials eh? Those are really expensive if I recall as anyone could use them and practice before getting their own celestial. Wait! This isn¡¯t the time to be thinking about something like this! ¡°Um¡­miss? Can¡¯t we just settle this in a more peaceful manner?¡± ¡°Of course!¡± I let out a sigh. ¡°It¡¯ll be peaceful enough since I¡¯ll make you a crisp in one blow!¡± ¡°How is that peaceful?!?!¡± While retorting her, a crowd begins to form around us. Everyone had gathered and were already whispering among themselves. *He just got here but he¡¯s already having a duel with the Queen of Destruction¡­. What bad luck* *I wonder how long that noobie will last? 5 minutes?* *I say about 10 seconds* If you think I¡¯m going to lose that quickly help me out of this situation then! While retorting the spectators, the guy that had been pointed out earlier finally brought a practice Celestial. ¡°Alright! Let¡¯s go to the arena!¡± After saying that, the girl begins to walk off to a domed building. I contemplated for a moment whether to flee but figuring that doing that would only anger her more, I sigh and follow her in dejection. The student body also follows and enters the dome. Soon after, the lady and I were in the center of the arena. The arena was surrounded by seats all around it and they were quickly filled up with the students, going up numerous floors. The inside of the arena was pretty standard, being a large area that was made up of dirt and that covered over 20m from north to south and east to west. If any regular people saw it, they would immediately think of a sumo ring except for the one distinct feature. The portals on each end of the arena. The portals were pretty unique looking as they were made from gold arches and within it was what looked like purple energy. While accepting my fate, I ask her question. ¡°So¡­ Even though we are about to duel, I don¡¯t know even your name. Don¡¯t you think it¡¯s etiquette to state your name?¡± ¡°Ho so now you have manners huh? Well listen clearly! You should be proud that the one who is about to burn you to a crisp is me, Victoria Fiora!¡± ¡°Even though there are many things I want to retort to that introduction, well¡­forget it. Lee Jung Woo. ¡°Well pervert, are you ready?!¡± Feeling tired of the situation, I just wave it off and answer her. ¡°Yes yes, let¡¯s just get this over with already¡± ¡°Hooo, it seems like you have already accepted your fate! Well then, let¡¯s enter!¡± ¡°Yes yes, let¡¯s hurry up and finish this¡­.¡± After saying that, we both enter the portal. When we go out the other side, the environment had completely changed. Everything in the Astral Zone had a gray color to it, making it look like a scene from an old movie or show. Also in this zone, the building had also changed a little as the dome we were in now had become ruined with scars of battles all around. The seats where the audience were seated in the Human Zone was now in a mess as many seats were uprooted or destroyed with claws marks being evident on them. While I was surveying the surroundings, Victoria brings me back to the current situation. ¡°Hey you¡¯re ready right?¡± ¡°Hm.. so what will the rules of this duel be?¡± ¡°The fight will be until the opponent faints. Any methods are necessary. Well, it¡¯s not like it¡¯ll be much of a match since you are not using a Celestial Weapon¡­.¡± What she said was truthfully correct. The difference between a practice Celestial and a real Celestial Weapon was a wide as heaven and earth. While the practice Celestial was only powered through the mana flowing within oneself, the Celestial Weapons used the mana of both the user and the celestial being. It also took on unique characteristics from the celestial being, becoming a weapon that would fully utilize their strengths. Because of this, the difference was impossible to overcome. Reading on this site? This novel is published elsewhere. Support the author by seeking out the original. Well, that¡¯s if I was a normal Niflheim¡­. ¡°Come, dear Blaze. Materialize and become the weapon that defeats all the foolish foes around me!¡± When Victoria had completed her chant, a fire snake appeared wrapped around her right arm. The snake then changed shape and become a long thin leather with a stark red handle on it. The form that Victoria¡¯s Celestial Weapon had taken was a whip. ¡°Haa¡­. Whip users are truly a hassle to take care of¡­¡± After saying that, I put mana into the practice Celestial and it takes the form of a katana. ¡°Ho¡­ so you¡¯re a sword user, huh? Anyways the battle will begin when I count to three! 1! 2! 3!¡± Right after saying 3, Victoria immediately charges toward me. When she shortened the distance by half, she uncoils the whip from around her arms and aims an attack at me. Her skill with the whip was really good as it was had a sharpness to it and her aim rang true as it headed towards me. The crowd back in the Human Zone all watched as the whip approached me and thought that the battle was over. To their surprise though, I just tilt my head towards the left and avoid it by less than an inch. The whip sped past my head and when it was fully extended, an explosion popped out from the end of the whip. Everyone in the audience was shocked. They thought there was no way that someone could avoid such a quick and precise attack. ¡°Woah, how did he dodge that!!¡± ¡°There¡¯s no way he did that on purpose! He just got lucky..¡± While the students were clamoring, Victoria face contorted in anger and followed up with a torrent of attacks. Watching closely, I evade the attacks effortlessly as they harmlessly pass by my body and explode. Becoming more furious, Victoria kept attacking with all her might. This kept on going for about 5 minutes until finally Victoria finally lost her energy. Seeing the girl panting to catch a breath, I just look at her and ask ¡°Are you done yet? If so, it¡¯s my turn¡± ¡°,,,,!!¡± Hearing the words I said, Victoria immediately gets into a defensive position and watch me with caution. I take a step forward, and to Victoria I suddenly disappear. Panicking, Victoria looks around the whole arena trying to find me when I appear beside her and start my downward slash toward her head. Knowing that she had no time to defend herself, she tightly closes her eyes and await the blow. At that moment, a voice suddenly rings out. ¡°Well, I think that is enough to determine the winner, Jung Woo. Why don¡¯t you stop scaring the young lady?¡± Hearing that voice, my body unconsciously shivers. Stopping my attack, I slowly turn around and see the figure of the Devil!!! Even though I say the devil, what greeted my view was quite an attractive mature lady. She had a slim figure to along with her tall height at close to 6 ft. She had very attractive bulges at both sides that seemed to fit her body perfectly. Her face had a very bewitching look, hence one of the reason I called her old hag. Her black hair was short and only went down to the tip of her chin, She was currently wearing a very sexy black dress that had a short skirt barely reaching the middle of her thighs. It had a see through portion that showed a very tempting portion of her breasts and was open in the back. But don''t let this sexy lady''s appearance fool you!! She will eat your soul!! ¡°I was wondering what was taking you so long to come, but here you were playing around¡­¡± ¡°¡­.You¡¯re still the same as ever huh? Old Hag¡­¡± ¡°Hohoho¡­. Calling a young lady an old hag is rude you know?¡± ¡°Just what about you is a young lady¡­¡± *Oi oi¡­. Why is the headmistress here?* *Wait¡­didn¡¯t she just say that she was waiting for that freshmen?* *Just who is that guy?!! Ffor the famous Dusk Witch to call him here?* Hearing the whispers of the students around, the damn old hags walks up to me and whispers. ¡°I think this isn¡¯t the right place to have our discussion. Why don¡¯t we move to my office?¡± ¡°Haa¡­.. why are you asking me as if I have a choice? Anyways, hurry up let¡¯s go.¡± "Hohoho, I would never force you to do something" ".....Haa, as always, full of deceit... " Saying that, the both of us head out of the dome and went towards the Administration Building where the Old Hag¡¯s office was. Chapter 3: The Dusk Witch Jung Woo ¡°Haa¡­. That damn old hag¡­.¡± Right now I was in front of the classroom where nineteen other students were seated. At the moment, the teacher was explaining that I had transferred in. So why was I currently in this situation? Well let¡¯s go back thirty minutes ago¡­ At that time, I was currently in the headmistress¡¯ room. The room was very spacious. Bookshelves lined both walls on the side, filled with expensive and arcane looking books. In the middle of room there were two very comfortable looking sofas with a thick oak tree table between them. Above was an elegant looking glass chandelier. Right now my teacher and I were seated across from each other, sipping teas from our cups. I waited for about ten minutes, enjoying the nice scent coming from the cup before finally getting tired of the wait and breaking the silence. ¡°So old hag, why did you call me all the way here to London¡­.¡± ¡°Haa¡­.who are you and what did you do to my adorable disciple~¡± ¡°....Either way I¡¯m impressed that you were able to pull me away from the front lines¡­.¡± ¡°The title Dusk Witch still has some power in the military you know?¡± Alexandria Di-Leon, a.k.a. The Dusk Witch. Ten years ago she had been the youngest ever commander at the age of twenty eight and the first female to ever take command of a NATO region. The region that was she was tasked with at the time of the ¡°First Invasion¡± was East Asia. Due to her prowess and bravery she was able to push back the yokai invasion in her region, but unfortunately not before Korea, the country where the invasion began, was totaled and fell. During the invasion, she was the one who found that the yokai were not the only ones who came, but also mythical creatures did also. With this knowledge, she was able to find out about and develop Celestial Weapons, paving the way for the counter attack against the invasion. For her actions, she was hailed as the savior of humanity and had been promoted to the Commanding General (CG) of the new government that protected the remaining survivors, the United Human Front (UHF). Even though many great expectations were put on her, she surprised everyone by serving as the Commander for only three years. She then retired from the military and became the headmistress of Olympus Academy, but not before shocking everyone and putting me in command of the Leviathan Company (CO). There was an uproar about that decision, with many people calling it crazy as back then I was still only eleven years old. For crying out loud, he¡¯s still five years too young to serve in the military! Due to the sharp decline in the population, the military had made changes and made it where you had to be sixteen now instead of eighteen to serve, otherwise there would not be enough Soldiers. All those dissent, however didn¡¯t last long. On my first mission as commander, I single handedly took out an S rank Yokai. For the extermination of S rank yokais, a company of elite were sent out to take care of them, which was why my unit had been sent out but the eleven year old I had done it by myself, which quickly silenced everyone in the upper echelon about whether I had the qualification of taking command. During the past two years, the Leviathan CO, already known as an elite special force unit, quickly rose to be known as the strongest unit within the UHF and I slowly became a legend of sort. By the age of fifteen, currently I was part of what had become known to all the Soldiers as the Trinity Seven, the seven Soldiers who were clearly stronger than the rest of the troops. Supposedly the strength of the Trinity Seven and the next competition was as far as heaven and earth. I had become such an important piece for the military that it should be practically impossible to get me away, but somehow my teacher had pulled it off. ¡°Haa¡­it sound just like you, teacher. So anyways, once again why¡¯d you call me all the way out here? My unit is quite busy you know? Even though I left my second in command in charge while I¡¯m gone, I can¡¯t be gone for too long¡± ¡°Ho ho¡­ actually, you have now been put on reserve status for the next three ytears?¡± ¡°WHAT?!?!?!¡± ¡°For the next three years, you will be enrolled here at Olympus Academy as a freshman. Well, you are a month late in enrolling. Study hard to catch up and make up for the past month okay?¡± ¡°¡­.Ha?!?! Even though there are many things I want to rebuke about your comment, let me ask you this. Do you really think the UHF will just let me be gone for such a long time as 3 years?¡± ¡°Already got it approved~¡± ¡°¡­.and may I ask how?¡± ¡°Children don¡¯t need to know~¡± ¡°¡­.and may I ask why you think I¡¯ll do as you say and attend school? School is pointless for a Soldier like me¡­¡± ¡°I think you know the reason why better than I do, right?¡± My body unintentionally shivers at those words and her smile, recalling her past ¡°trainings¡±. Seeing my reaction, Alexandria smiles. This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience. ¡°Anyways, you¡¯ll be attending this academy of mine from now on for the next three years. Learn many things here and make a lot of friends. Since you are part of the ¡°Trinity Seven¡±, please go easy on my children, okay? Your uniform has already been made so please go change. Your homeroom teacher will pick you up and take you to your classroom. You are dismissed¡± After saying all she wanted, she stopped and just looked at me. Sighing dejectedly, I get up and start to head towards the door. As I am about to open them to get out, my teacher says one last thing. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I still remember our promise too. I will definitely save ¡°her¡± and bring her back¡± ¡°¡­!!¡± I turn and look back into the office. The teacher had already moved from the sofas to her desk in front of a large glass window, looking over paperwork. Knowing that she wouldn¡¯t say anything more, I turn back and leave the room, clenching my fist and gritting my teeth. Alexandria Di-Leon ¡°Headmistress, he certainly is as impressive as they say¡± ¡°Of course, he is my disciple after all¡± ¡°Even though I erased all presence of myself, he saw through it all and looked at me¡± ¡°If he couldn¡¯t do at least that much, he wouldn¡¯t be qualified to be under me, Shadow¡± Along with those words, a shadow materialized at the corner of the office. As figure become clearer, what stood there was a tall slim man, standing at 6¡¯4. He had curly long hair and had penetrating blue eyes. Shadow, as was his alias from his magic, was the one who commanded the Dusk Witch¡¯s Special Operation Forces (SOF) during her tenure. He was known to never be detected by anyone if he didn¡¯t wish for it and succeeded in infiltrating even the heart of the Yokai forces without being spotted. ¡°I wonder what drives him so far that at that young tender age he¡¯s able to be so strong¡­¡± ¡°Frank, you do know that I was assigned as the CO of East Asia during the ¡°First Invasion¡± before becoming the CG of the UHF forces right?¡± ¡°Of course, headmistress¡± ¡°Well when I first heard that the Yokai invaded Korea the day after it happened, I went to investigate where they first appeared to find some clues. What I found there, however, shocked me. In the middle of all the destruction, in between all the debris and human bodies, was a little five year old boy surrounded in a circle by piles of dead yokais. Right beside him was a Deep black Katana with unbelievably strong heat radiating from it¡± ¡°¡­.!! You don¡¯t mean?!¡± ¡°As sharp as ever huh, Frank? Anyways your thoughts are correct. That little child was Lee Jung Woo. I don¡¯t know how he got in possession of one, but that Katana was the first ever Celestial Weapon. When I was holding the Katana, inspecting it, a voice so deep that it sent shivers down my spine spoke to me: *A human, huh? Girl! Take the child here and train him. Make him strong enough that he will be able to wield me and I will promise you that he will save your pathetic race* Hearing thoughts come from a Katana shocked me. As I looked deeply into the blade, an outline of a ridiculously strong beast was there. After that, I began to conduct research into Celestial Weapons and was able to find out the way to use them with the help of Jung Woo. It¡¯s pretty embarrassing to say, but the real savior of humanity wasn¡¯t me, but in truth a tiny five year old boy¡­¡± ¡°¡­no wonder he¡¯s so strong. So why did you bring such a person to our school? He really shouldn¡¯t have anything he can learn here, he¡¯s probably stronger than all of us, except for you headmistress¡± ¡°Because I wanted to show him how to live a normal life. From the time I found him in all that chaos, all he has ever done as train. All morning till even way past when the moon rose, he would just focus solely on training and becoming stronger. That desire even scared me. I do, however, regret accepting to train him and letting him join the military at his young age, even though he¡¯s the one who begged me to. When the Yokai invade again, and yes they will, that boy will be the one who leads humanity to salvation and save us all. But for now, just for these 3 short years, I want to live like a normal kid¡­¡± ¡°Ho¡­ you really do care for him a lot, don¡¯t you headmistress?¡± ¡°I think of him as my actual son, the one I never had and never will¡­ Anyways Frank, please continue to keep an eye on those fools at the higher up within the UHF¡­¡± ¡°Understood, headmistress¡± While bowing, he reverts back into a shadow and departs from the room. Seeing him finally leave, I spin my seat around and look out the window, seeing the clear blue sky outside. To the child who will be attending school starting today, I say in a soft voice. ¡°Don¡¯t worry Jung Woo yah, I will make sure that Hyo Joo returns and stays by your side again¡­¡± Chapter 4: Isabel Dragonheart And thus, we return back to the current situation of me in front of my new classmates. ¡°Lee Jung Woo has recently moved to Europe, due to his parent¡¯s company. He has shown great capabilities and thus transferred into our school. Jung Woo ya, why don¡¯t you introduce yourself to everyone?¡± Scratching my head, I just say a brief introduction to my classmates. ¡°Well, like the teacher just said, i¡¯m Lee Jung Woo. Hope you all help me out and that we all get along¡± ¡°Hmmm... Now about where you will seat. Oh how about over there by the window in the second row?¡± ¡°umm.... sure¡± After that, I head over to my new seat. Along the way, I hear my classmates whispering... *He¡¯s a Korean eh....* *A survivor of the First Invasion in Asia huh?* *Did you see him fight the Queen of Destruction this morning?* *Eh? He did? How badly did he lose?* *He actually was about to win when the headmistress stopped the fight?* *No way~~ The Queen of Destruction is one of the top class Sophomores...* Ignoring the comments, I sit down in my seat. Haa.... this is going to be tiring.... While I was mentally attempting to prepare myself, I hear a familiar voice behind me. ¡°Yo, commander¡± ¡°?!?!¡± Hearing the familiar title that no one here should know, I immediately turn around to see who knows of my identity. What greets my eyes is the face of a very familar person. Mikael Drakon. He was the son of one of my platoon leaders (PL) in the Leviathan Co. Mikael had been around even before I had come along and been tagging along with us. I had spotted him one day watching our training a couple years back. Thinking he might be a future asset, I talked his mother LT Ariana Drakon about him. ¡°LT Drakon¡± ¡°Yes sir?¡± ¡°I saw your son here earlier today watching our training¡± ¡°!! I¡¯m sorry about that sir. Unfortunately his father died during the invasion and I leave him with the other children during training but he somehow always escapes from there and watches our training from time to time... I will make sure to give him a good scolding tonight sir!¡± ¡°No no thats not why I brought this up. LT, are you planning on letting him join the military when he gets older?¡± ¡°He keeps asking me to let him, but seriously I¡¯m not sure yet....¡± ¡°Well why don¡¯t you let him train with us? He seems about my age, what do you think of having the Drill Sergeant(DS) train him up a little and see what he thinks of the military then¡± ¡°!! Roger Sir, he is the same age as you. Personally I would like that as he does need a good ol yelling from a (DS)once in a while... but would that be ok?¡± ¡°I think it should be alright. You never know? He might become a child who grows up later and becomes as strong as me eh?¡± ¡°Haha I thank you for your consideration, but I don¡¯t think that is possible sir, you are simply too strong¡± And thus, Mikael had started training with our units from then on. At first he had struggled as his body wasn¡¯t strong enough, but after a couple of months he had grown the muscles necessary and his progress has excelled. Everyone in the company was very proud of him and were looking forward to Mikael joining our unit next year when he had become of age. I had already put in a word with the Personnel Division and made sure he would come to me when he joined. But, strangely, here he was. ¡°!! Mikael! What are you doing here?!¡± ¡°Haha, commander, someone had to be by your side to protect you. When the PLs were discussing who to send to watch over you, I volunteered as I was your age and I could just join the school and be close to you¡± ¡°Hoho.... so you think you can protect me with your skills eh?¡± ¡°Can the two of you be quiet please? We¡¯re receiving a lesson¡± The girl beside me remind us that were in class and we both shut up while looking in front to pay attention to the class. ¡°Who hear knows about the First Invasion? Ah, Isabel, please explain to the rest of the class¡± The person who had just told us to shut up had raised her hand at the teacher¡¯s question and now stood up. Looking at her more closely, she looked beautiful. She was of taller stature than most girls at the height of 5¡¯8. Her figure was very slim while still having an athletic look to it. Her blossom weren¡¯t small while not being too big. She had a sharp chin and her face had a noble look to it. She had short sky blue hair that reached her chin line. ¡°Sir, the first Invasion occured 10 years ago. Scores of yokais appeared at New York City, Rio de Janeiro, Paris, Cairo, Dubai, and Seoul. The Yokai all swarmed the cities, overrunning them in less than a day. They continued on their rampage, taking out everything along their path. The military at that time was not able to stop the invasion, as our military weapons had no effect on them. A year after the invasion, when about ? of the world was overrun and our population dwindled to 10 million, The Dusk Witch, Alexandria Di-Leon introduced Celestial Weapons. With her unit equipped with them, they were able to fight back. This turned out to be the changing point as humanity finally found a spear that would defeat the invaders and 4 years later, we had finally pushed them back¡± Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on the original website. ¡°Excellent answer, Isabel! Like Isabel said, if it wasn¡¯t for the Celestial Weapons, humanity would not have survived. Our headmistress, Alexandria Di-Leon, while in command of the UHF forces, created the 7 academies that are here to develop future talents for Celestial Weapons. And all of you, the students are here because you have been identified as people who are compatible with Celestial Weapons. Currently, about 1 in every 3,000 children have been identified to be compatible with them. Currently, there around 1,000 students divided between the 7 academies that teach you all how to properly handle them in preparation of a future invasion. Even though it has been 5 years since the Yokai fell, they will invade again¡± During his lecture, the bell finally rang, signifying it had become lunch time. ¡°Ho, it is already time for lunch eh? Anyways, everyone have a good lunch and I will see you back here in a hour. Oh yeah, Isabel? As the class representative, could you please show Jung Woo where the cafeteria and other facilities are?¡± ¡°Yes Sir¡± ¡°Alright transfer, you heard the teacher. Let¡¯s go to the cafeteria¡± ¡°Um...sure¡± Standing up before even making sure I had, Isabel starts walking out. I stand up quickly and follow her. But not before leaving a word to Mikael. ¡°Hey Mikael, at the end of class today, come by to my dorm. We have many things to talk about¡± ¡°Understood Sir¡± ¡°Ha... don¡¯t call me that here, you¡¯ll blow my cover¡± After that, I quickly catch up to Isabel who had been waiting for me in the hall way. Noticing I had come out, she immediately walks again, but this time at a slower pace and I walk beside her. After about 5 minutes of akward silence, I finally couldn¡¯t take it anymore and speak. ¡°Um... so your class representative right?¡± ¡°Yes¡± ¡°Ho... you must be pretty strong then¡± ¡°I¡¯m the strongest out of freshmen¡± ¡°That¡¯s awesome. So where are you from?¡± ¡°France¡± ¡°Ah, that country sure is beautiful eh?¡± ¡°...¡± Akward!! At least be more communicative then with short answers! While retorting her in my head, we finally reach the cafeteria. ¡°Here is the Cafeteria. All meals are free for students. You know the way back right? See you in class then bye¡± ¡°....Haa....¡± Sighing to myself while watching Isabel leave, I head into the building. The Cafeteria was a large building with a glass roof that let you see the sky. There were several different types of food that were being served from different booths. Asian, European, American. You name it, you would see it here. Going to the booth with the shortest line, I pick up some korean short ribs and sit down at a empty table. While silently minding my business, I notice a group of students heading toward my way. A short moment later, the group stops beside me. A male steps out from the group and points his finger at me. ¡°You! You think your some big shot huh? Daring to fight the Queen of Destruction your first day here huh? Well brat, listen up! Don¡¯t you dare think that those petty tricks you used on her would work again! As your senior, we have decided that we need to teach our younger the proper ways of how things go here¡± Haa... how come such a annoying situation is occuring to me.... I knew it was a bad idea to listen to the old hag and come to school here... While trying to think of what I should do... Out of nowhere Isabel returned... ¡°Seniors..... it is dishonorable ganging up together on a new freshman¡± ¡°...?! Princess Dragonheart?! Shit..... Hey noobie! Count your lucky stars, we¡¯ll just stop it at this today but next time, it won¡¯t go so quietly!¡± Princess?! Wait Dragonheart?! ¡°Eh?! Dragonheart, France?! Wait, you¡¯re the princess of France?!¡± ¡°..Eung¡± ¡°...¡± ¡°Well, transfer, it is time to head back to class. Let¡¯s go¡± Sighing, I stand up and follow Isabel. The rest of the day the teacher explained more in detail about the ¡°First Invasion¡± When the final bell rang, he made one last announcement before we all departed. ¡°All right everyone, that will conclude the lesson today. Also, tomorrow we will begin the summoning of everyone¡¯s contract so everyone be prepared!¡± After saying that, the teacher leaves and a commotion goes up as the students excitedly talk about the finally getting a contract. The contract was very important as it was what created the Celestial Weapons. Wait shit! This isn¡¯t the time to be thinking about that stuff!! What am I going to do, I already got a contract! While panicking about how to deal with this issue, Isabel walks past me, and says in a soft whisper ¡°Well, you won¡¯t have to worry much, contractor of ¡°Apep¡± ¡°...?!?!¡± And walks out the room.... What the hell?! How did she know who my contract was with?! ....Just who the hell is this Isabel?! Chapter 5: Apocalypse Currently, Mikael and I were in my dorm after the dinner. The room was pretty typical at 16 tatami. The room had a bathroom and was furnished with a desk, bookshelf, table, trunk, and twin sized bed. Mikael was currently seated in the chair by the table as I had called him over to give him a mission. "Mikael, look into Isabel Dragonheart?" "That princess from new France in our class, commander?" After the fall of all the governments, many countries had returned to the rule of monarchy with the families contributing most to the countries becoming rulers. The current royalty of new France, the Dragonheart used to be a prominent family in France that had amassed a fortune through their trading company. When the First Invasion happened, they had poured in all their assets to help the population and research of the Celestial Weapons. In return the family had been rewarded with the status of royalty and now ruled the country. "Yes, her. I don''t know how but she has found out about the identity of my contract..." "...!! But that''s top secret military information..." "Exactly, which is why we must identify how she got that information..." "Understood sir, I will look into it" After receiving the information, Mikael salutes me and exits the room. That night, I stayed up for a long time trying to figure out how Isabel knew.... The next day, after lunch our class was currently at the outdoors training ground. In the middle of the grounds was a magic formation that had been prepared beforehand. The teacher was going over the information about contracts and Celestial Weapons one final time before the students summoned their contracts. "Alright everyone, once again let''s go over the contracts. What you will all do here shortly is pour mana into the formations. Once the mana has been poured in, the formation will act kind of like a transmitter and broadcast your mana basically, letting the mythical creatures feel it. Mythical creatures choose their contactors by the feel of their mana and the compatibility with them. When these requirements are met, the mythical creature will follow the mana back here and form a contract with you. Does everyone understand? " At the teacher''s question, everyone nods their head in reply. Making sure everyone understood, the teacher then continues. "Alright, we will now go over Celestial Weapons. For Celestial Weapons, there are 3 forms. The basic form is where you receive a weapon from your contract. The second form, which is called knight form, is where the contract will also provide you with an armor. The final form, the divine form, is when your contract will materialize and fight alongside you. This form is also the only time you will be able to see someone else''s contract as in the first two forms the contracts are in the Astral Zone. The contracts determine what form you are as they and only they can tell when you are prepared to handle the power of the next phase. Currently there have only been 8 confirmed people who can use the divine form. These people are the Trinity Seven and our headmistress, Alexandria Di-Leon. Anyways, except for Isabel, Mikael, and Jung Woo who already have a contract, everyone form into a line alphabetically and prepare for the ritual" All of my classmates get in line. While waiting for their turn, some of the students begin talking. "....don''t you think it''s crazy that the freshman grade has 3 people who already have a contract and all 3 of them are in our class?" "No kidding. It¡¯s supposed to be rare for a grade to even have one, but our class has 3..." While everyone was talking about this, slowly everyone was summoning their contract. Even though you couldn''t see the contract, you could tell by how everyone was throwing fist pumps and jumping in the air in excitement. After about two hours everyone had finally formed a contract. It was now almost time for class to end today. Before the final bell rings, the teacher says one final announcement. "As everyone knows, in one month a tournament by grade will be held. Every class will be divided into groups of three, which will lead A.I. Soldiers against the other opponents to determine a winner. The winner of the tournament for each grade will be chosen as the school representative for the inter school battles 5 months from now, which will bring great prestige to the students and their school. Also, the winning team will not have to take the midterms at the end of this semester and will automatically receive an A¡­Well then, let me announce to you all the teams" When everyone heard the last part, everyone¡¯s eyes started to burn with fire!! Oi, isn¡¯t everyone¡¯s thoughts too easy to read?! Well, I can¡¯t really blame them¡­. Who wouldn¡¯t try their hardest so that they don¡¯t have to take a test and automatically receive an A¡­ Even I, who didn¡¯t really care about the tournament, had started to become excited. No studying and receiving an A¡­.Every Student¡¯s dream¡­. With that, the teacher started naming off teams. Towards the end, my name was called off. "Team 5 will be Mikael, Isabel, and Jung Woo" Shit... I''m teamed up with Isabel... this is going to be a pain¡­ ¡°Alright everyone, please gather into your groups and plan for the tournament for the rest of class¡± At this everyone starts separating into their groups. Isabel, Mikael, and I get together. It was very awkward as we were silent even when we got together. Felling uncomfortable, I cough and begin. ¡°*cough*.. Well then, it is nice to meet you again Isabel. Please take care of Mikael and I during this time. So what do you think we should do from now on?¡± ¡°¡­hello. Please take care of me. Please don¡¯t do any ecchi thing to me~¡± While saying that, Isabel¡¯s facial expression was still aloof with her eyes still looking sleepy. Oi! Don¡¯t say joking things with that kind of face! I retort in my head. Haa¡­.. I rub my forehead as I feel a headache oncoming. ¡°I see you can make jokes¡­Anyways let¡¯s all start off with what our weapons are¡± ¡°Hey Isabel, I¡¯m Mikael. My weapon is a bow¡± ¡°Hello Mikael. My weapon is a spear¡­¡± ¡°Alright, for me I use a katana¡­¡± ¡°¡­we both know that, Jung Woo¡­¡± Isabel replies to me saying that she already knows about my weapon¡­. Mikael and I both turn alert at this. Well¡­ it really isn¡¯t that surprising that she knows as she already knew about Apep¡­. But¡­. Stolen from its original source, this story is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. ¡°¡­..I¡¯ve been wondering about this Isabel, but how do you know about my weapon and contract?¡± ¡°¡­.You really don¡¯t remember, don¡¯t you Jung Woo?¡± ¡°Have we met before?¡± ¡°¡­.Secret~¡± ¡°¡­..¡± Right as I was about to question her more, the final bell rang throughout the school and everyone gathered their stuff to return to their dorm. Before I could say anything more, Isabel picked up her stuff and bowed to us, saying goodbye. ¡°¡­.Well then, I hope the both of you treat me well. I will see you tomorrow~¡± With her expressionless face that hasn¡¯t changed even once since I met her, she departs. ¡°¡­.Mikael, am I the only one who thinks she¡¯s the type who only goes at her pace and ignores others?¡± ¡°¡­.Nope, she¡¯s exactly that type¡­. Even though she has that expressionless face, she is quite the beauty though, isn¡¯t she?¡± ¡°Well¡­ I can¡¯t argue with that. Whoever dates her though will have it tough¡­ I pity that future person¡± ¡°Haha well that is true¡­¡± ¡°Anyways Mikael, lets head to the old hag¡¯s room. I need a talk with her¡­¡± ¡°Roger sir¡± After that, the both of us walk to the Administration Building to have a meeting with the Headmistress. After being told to wait for 10 minutes, we¡¯re finally allowed to enter the office. Alexandria Di-Leon today is in a black business suit. She has a white dress shirt that has the first three buttons opened. While sitting at her desk, she watches us enter with a smile. ¡°I knew you would come here today, my adorable disciple~¡± ¡°¡­Why do I have to enter that stupid tournament?¡± ¡°Of course so that you could bring victory and honor to the school~¡± ¡°You expect me, the CPT of the Leviathan CO, to fight high school kids? Don¡¯t you think that¡¯s a little too unfair?¡± ¡°You are one of those high school kids too, you know? So what¡¯s exactly wrong with that?¡± ¡°Haa¡­ as usual, you are a difficult one¡­. Even though the reward afterwards does interest me, I think I will pass on the tournament¡± ¡°Hoo¡­ I can¡¯t allow that~ After all, Valhalla Academy does have those twins¡­ ¡°The Asunder¡± and ¡°Armageddon¡±¡± ¡°¡­.?!?! Two of the Trinity Seven are in high school?!¡± The Asunder and Armageddon. They were twins that before I came had been the youngest within the Trinity Seven. Even though so young, they had risen through the ranks swiftly due to their teamwork that left no weakness, rising all the way to the Trinity Seven. It really is unfair for those two to be in a high school competition. ¡°¡­Is this why you made me come here? To defeat those two so that you could win a prize you damn old hag?¡± ¡°Hohoho¡­. Don¡¯t be so angry, I haven¡¯t finished yet. I have been looking into a certain Organization also. Don¡¯t you think that it was weird that the Yokai just suddenly appeared all around the world?¡± ¡°¡­..!!!!! You mean?!¡± ¡°Hohoho, as quick as ever. Yes, I¡¯m looking into an Organization that may potentially have opened the rifts to our world for the Yokai to invade and been leading them. Right now I don¡¯t have solid evidence as of yet so I can¡¯t say for sure, but my investigation is leading to them being a culprit. I have also found out through my sources that they will be in Rome, the location for the Tournament during that time so while you¡¯re fighting in the tournament, I can rest at ease and look into it further you know?¡± ¡°...Whats the name of this Organization?¡± ¡°Apocalypse¡± ¡°¡­And is there a chance they have Hyo Joo?¡± ¡°¡­Are you sure it¡¯s okay to say this in front of your subordinate?¡± ¡°Yeah, Mikael and the rest already know everything¡± ¡°Alright then. You said that Hyo Joo was taken by the yokais instead of killed correct?¡± ¡°Yes¡± ¡°Like you, I also feel this is quite weird as I have never heard of a case where they don¡¯t kill all the humans¡­ There is a high possibility that they might have taken your sister to the ones leading them¡­ which has the possibility to be ¡°Apocalypse¡±¡± ¡°¡­!! Mikael, form the Leviathan CO up, we¡¯re heading after the organization ¡°Apocalypse¡±¡± ¡°Hohoho, as hasty as ever, calm down. Apocalypse is a very old organization with much influence. They have their own people in the upper echelon of the UHF, you know?¡± ¡°¡­ then you expect me to just wait here doing nothing?!¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry~ as you saw last time, I have Frank by my side, you know?¡± ¡°¡­ How did you get that guy to leave the military and stay by your side anyways? I had heard rumors that he had left when you did and that it caused an uproar higher¡­.¡± ¡°Secret~ anyways, I have Frank currently looking into who in the UHF is being controlled or is a part of ¡°Apocalypse¡±. It¡¯s too dangerous to use a military force for this, you know? Once we find out the members, we can launch a double operation to capture the officials and attack the Organization at the same time, okay?¡± ¡°¡­.Why didn¡¯t you tell me about this sooner?¡± ¡°Because I didn¡¯t want to get your hopes high just to fall over something I had nothing on~ Well then, prepare properly for the Tournament, okay? As you know, I formed you up with your subordinate and the person who is most compatible with you¡± ¡°Oh yeah, I also wanted to ask about that. How the hell does Isabel Dragonheart know about my basic form and my contract?!¡± ¡°You really don¡¯t know her? Haa¡­. You are a hopeless child, my disciple¡­ You have met her before, you know?¡± ¡°¡­Eh? I did? How do you know when I don¡¯t even remember?!¡± ¡°Because I was there of course, my dumb disciple!¡± ¡°Then tell me!¡± ¡°Nope~ it¡¯s kind of fun watching you struggle to remember so try hard to remember okay? Don¡¯t let that child wait too long for you~¡± With those final words, the headmistress goes back to doing her paperwork, clearing showing that she had said all she would. Sighing at this, Mikael and I turn and exit the office. As we were walking to the Cafeteria for lunch, I go through all my memories, trying to remember when I met her. Just how did we meet?! Chapter 6: Elizabeth Tudor ¡°So then.. Let¡¯s strategize.. We have Mikael to provide support from long range, a medium range fighter in Isabel, and me in the van guard. Since we get thirty troops per team, how should we break them up?¡± ¡°I¡¯ll leave it up to your discretion, sir¡± ¡°¡­You have the most experience.. you decide¡± Oi!!! Don¡¯t dump all the work on me!! Haa¡­. Anyways currently we were in one of the indoor training facilities. It has now been three days since the announcement of the tournament and the designated teams. The three of us had tried to reserve one of the training facilities the next day but they were already packed scheduling wise. Luckily there had an opening today and one day open on each of the following weeks. The training facility was a great location for team training. It was very spacious and also you could borrow practice Celestials here. The biggest advantage, however, was that it was a closed facility so no one would be able to come in and spy, or at least that was how its suppose to go but people will probably find a way to go around that. The training facility we were currently in was the exact same one that my duel with the Princess of Destruction was conducted in. The three of us were currently in the middle, trying to hash out all the details such as formations in individual responsibilities. While trying to figure those out¡­ I kept having a nagging feeling inside my head about how Isabel knew about me. While trying to ignore it at first, I finally couldn¡¯t handle it anymore and ask her about it. ¡°Isabel¡­ Since we¡¯re going to be on the same team from now on, we need to be able to trust each other.. I need to know how you know about Apep¡­ He is a top level governmental secret..¡± Isabel looked at me when I asked her the question with her absent looking face¡­ She seemed to ponder it for a while before replying. ¡°¡­.Because I saw Apep materialized?¡± ¡°And when and how did you see it?¡± ¡°Um¡­.. about three years ago?¡± Hm¡­. That was about the same time I took over Leviathan CO¡­ Does that mean I met her on one of my first missions? ¡°¡­Did you see me on a mission?¡± ¡°¡­.Eung¡± ¡°Which one?¡± ¡°¡­Don¡¯t know~ remember It on your own~¡± Haa¡­. Since it is my fault for not remembering the event also, I really can¡¯t refute her¡­. Anyways that¡¯ll do for now. At least I know when we met now, I can think over it later¡­ It¡¯s now time to figure out how our team is going to function. I turn around to Isabel and speak of something I had thought about since last night. ¡°So right now, Mikael and I know each other strengths and weaknesses, our fighting personalities. Since I don¡¯t know what yours is like, it¡¯s hard to form a plan for you. Do you mind if you and I had a spar? I think that¡¯s the best way for the both of us to understand how the other fights. Is that alright with you?¡± ¡°¡­Sure. Here or the Astral Zone?¡± ¡°Let¡¯s do it here, it¡¯s more realistic¡± ¡°¡­Understood¡± ¡°Mikael, you referee for us. Don¡¯t let it get too serious okay?¡± ¡°Roger sir¡± At this we all go to our positions. Isabel and I move to opposite ends, creating a gap of 10 meters between us. While we were waiting for Mikael to get ready, Isabel discards her practice Celestial and summons hers. ¡°Oh lady of the seas, come to my side and aid me as I dispatch of all those who oppose us. Become my spear and my shield that protects me against all evil, Gae Bulg!¡± As she finished her incantation, in her right hand appeared a long wooden spear. The spear¡¯s length was taller than Isabel, being at about 6 ft¡¯ long. There were intricate circles that interlinked with each other at the shaft. The spearhead, however, was what stood out most. It was about 6 in¡¯ in length and 3¡¯ in in width. The spearhead was made out of a mineral that looked like silver, but had a sharper look to it and was letting out a blue aura. It had a unique design as there was slits all around the edges, making it look like a barb. This, however, wasn¡¯t the end as also an armor was materialized. The armor was not the thick metal plate armors but instead her armor was linen that had a layer of metal scales sewn onto it. On top of that, chain armor was also sewn. Her helmet was a full type that protected the head and the side of your face. There was an opening for the face, with a piece coming down from the top to protect the nose. The armor also was sea green colored and had a blue aura flowing from it. She had skipped the basic form and had jumped into her knight form. ¡°*whistles* Sir, she¡¯s impressive. Being able to take knight form at such a young, no less for a ¡°legendary¡± weapon¡± Legendary weapon. These were the weapons that had left a name for themselves in legends throughout history thought to be just myths. This however, had changed as The Dusk Witch came into battle with the first legendary battle to be shown to the public, Laevateinn, showing their worth. Legendary weapons had more explosive power to them, giving the users a certain trait, and having two elements. If a Celestial Weapon compared to a tank, you could basically say that a legendary Celestial Weapon had the strength of a ballistic rocket. Seeing that she had a legendary celestial weapon, not to mention being able to take knight form, I silently am quite impressed. Just how strong is she? My interest in her strength is piqued. At first, I was thinking of using just a practice Celestial Weapon, but it was impossible to go against a legendary celestial weapon with that so I summon my own. ¡°Oh king of all swords, the bane of all dragons! Enemies have surrounded me, attempting to drag me down with their evilness. Become the light that shatters the darkness and free me from the evil, Excalibur!¡± In my hand, a long katana appeared. The katana¡¯s blade length was around 3 ft¡¯ in length. On the flat portion of the sword, there was symbol of a large dragon gulfing the Sun. The symbol radiated a domineering presence. The hilt had an intrinsic design of 3 ovals overlapping each other from the northwest, northeast, and south. Excalibur, the most famous sword throughout history. It had been used by the legendary figure King Arthur to unite all of Britain. The sword had become a symbol of holy weapons and also dragon slaying. Since Apep was the king of all dragons that had the strength to even swallow the sun god, the two had become related even though they were from completely different mythologies. When Isabel sees Excalibur, she tilts her heads and asks me a question. If you find this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the infringement. ¡°¡­.I¡¯ve always been curious about this, but why is that famous British sword in the form of a katana?¡± ¡°Well¡­. about that.. I¡¯m not really familiar with European sword and had been training with the katana all my life. For some reason, when I first got it, Excalibur changed its form into a katana, better matching me¡­.¡± ¡°¡­.I see, so Excalibur can change forms huh? That is interesting¡­¡± After finally clearing her confusion, we get ready for the spar. Mikael, now in the middle, tells us the rules before we start. ¡°Alright you two, the rules of this spar is that there will be no attacks aimed at vital areas. If I deem that the spar is becoming too dangerous, I will stop it. Understand? Alright then, are the both of you ready? Ready¡­START¡± At the word start, Isabel steps off the ground and rushes towards me. Hoo¡­ it looks like she can handle the enhanced strength and speed from the knight form pretty well for her to be so fluid in her movements. While thinking that, Isabel quickly arrives near me and begins a flurry of thrusts. Even though the thrusts were so fast that it would be impossible for people with untrained eyes to see them, I calmly analyze the attacks and evade them. They¡¯re fast and accurate. Even though they seem to be thrusts at random areas, they¡¯re actually aimed to dictate my positioning so that I would get into a more disadvantageous position where she could deal a serious blow. Ho¡­. Even though she¡¯s so young she is trained very well and her attacks are very dangerous. She¡¯s even trying to dictate the pacing of the fight even against me. I take her attacks for a couple more minutes, just analyzing her movements, positioning, speed, flow, and attack power. Truthfully, she¡¯s very strong. I feel like even Mikael would have a very difficult time against her. Mikael, who had trained with my unit since I got there, had quickly risen to be close in strength to my platoon leaders, meaning she was near their strength also. Isabel strengths laid in her speed more than strength. She aimed to aim accurately at weak areas of the enemies with rapid attacks instead of going for a one hit kill. Truthfully, even to me she didn¡¯t have many weaknesses. She would be in trouble right now if she faces a strong balance person, but those were hard to find. Since she was so young, she could still train up her strength and become a more balanced figure, making it truly difficult to face her. Feeling that I now knew enough, I was about to counter and go on the offensive when a new voice came out. ¡°*whistles* it¡¯s truly difficult to think that you two are freshmen at your levels. The Freshmen class truly has some monsters.¡± Hearing the unknown voice, Isabel and I immediately stop our spar. Turning around in the stands was a female in the school uniform. Seeing that we had stopped our spar, she stands up and begins to talk. ¡°Lee Jung Woo, if you don¡¯t mind, I would like to have a conversation with you¡± ¡°¡­how did you get in here? No one is supposed to be able to get in here as it was reserved¡­¡± ¡°Being student council president does have its merits, you know?¡± Student council president, huh? What does she want with me? Anyways I have already found out all the information I needed from that spar anyways. Turning back to my teammates, I let them know were done for the day. ¡°Hey guys, I think that¡¯ll be enough for today. I¡¯m going to think of a formation and strategy that best suits our team so until then please just prepare yourselves. I¡¯ll let you all know when I come with one. See you all tomorrow in class¡± Saying that, Mikael and Isabel head to the locker rooms to shower and change. Waiting for them to leave, I finally turn around to see the student council president smiling at me. With a light tone, she continues. ¡°So then, I don¡¯t think this place is the right location to speak. Do you mind if we move to the student council office?¡± ¡°¡­.sure¡± At that I jump into the bleachers and follow the student council president. We walked for about ten minutes until we reached the Administration Building. Entering, we climb up to the third floor. At the end of the hallway, there was a large double oak tree door. Above it, there was a sign that said ¡°Student Council¡±. Opening the door, we both step in. Inside the room there were four large desks along the two walls. In between them, there was a large oak table that I presume was used for meetings. Near the opposite side of the entrance, right before the large window was another desk, which was most likely the president¡¯s so she can preside over her officers. The two of us, however move to the table in the middle. Sitting down at the end of the table, she motions for me to sit down in the seat to her right, which I do. After settling down, she smiles at me and asks if I wanted refreshments. ¡°Would you like some tea and biscuits?¡± ¡°No thank you, I would like to just get straight to the point¡­¡± ¡°Ho ho ho¡­ you¡¯re one of those direct people huh? Anyways, I just wanted to welcome you to our school, CDR of the Leviathan CO¡± ¡°?!?!.... and may ask I how you know such top level government secrets?¡± ¡°I do have my connections, CPT Lee Jung Woo. My position as royalty of England isn¡¯t for nothing you know. Actually, now that I think of it, I haven¡¯t introduced myself, have I? I¡¯m Elizabeth Tudor, the 2nd Princess of the Kingdom of Britain and the current student council president. After graduating here, I have already been given a position to enter the Special Operation Forces (SOF), you know?¡± ¡°¡­How am I supposed to know that?! But if you¡¯re skilled enough to get a position in the SOF already, that must mean you are quite impressive in your information collection skills¡­¡± The SOF, formerly lead by Frank Einsten, was a covert group that specialized in information gathering and operations that required specialized personnel for discreet missions, say¡­assassinations¡­ ¡°¡­ so what was your intent calling me over here, Princess Tudor?¡± ¡°Ho ho ho¡­. I just wanted to say my greetings to one of the ¡°Trinity Seven¡±. Also, there is some information that I have gathered that I believe might need your assistance¡­¡± ¡°¡­And what would be serious enough to require, like you said, the powers of someone from the ¡°Trinity Seven¡±?¡± ¡°Actually¡­. CPT Lee, I have received some intelligence¡­¡± Chapter 7: Preparations Right now, I was currently in my old home. The scene seemed as if it had been by Hollywood back in the old days to depict what hell looked like. Currently around me, all the furniture was either broken or was burning, even both in some cases. Ash was flying all throughout the room from the draft of wind coming flowing in from the broken roof. On the ground, there were bodies of humans and yokais alike sprawled out, with eyes still opened in shock from the suddenness of their deaths. In front of me, was a large skeleton with crooked eyes that were grabbing onto a small girl. Becoming infuriated at the sight, I charge at the skeleton to retrieve the small girl. ¡°LET GO OF MY SISTER YOU DAMN SKELETON!! GOD SLAYING FORM TWO, THE LIGHTNING GOD¡¯S STRIKE!!¡± Calling out the name of the skill due to the repetition of calling it out when I practiced to memorize it, I suddenly lower my body toward the ground, becoming parallel to it and exploding forward at the skeleton. If someone saw the scene, they would rub their eyes just to make sure what they saw was real as I was moving at too quick of a speed for a human, not to mention for a small five year old. Finally getting into striking distance, I attack. Using the momentum from unsheathing the katana, I release a slash as quick as a flash of lightning toward the skeleton¡¯s wrist. The attack, however, bounced off the bones as it didn¡¯t have enough strength it with a *Clang* sound. Receiving the rebounding force, I fly backwards ten meters. The skeleton then begins to disappear into the ground, taking along my sister. Looking at me, my sister with tears falling down from her eyes, smiles at me and says quietly. ¡°Oppa, stay healthy and live okay?¡± With those final words, she disappears with the skeleton into the ground. ¡°HYO JOO AH!!!!¡± Crying out loudly to the figure that had already disappeared, I fall to the ground and stretch my hand toward where she had just been. Slowly, yokais started appearing and forming a circle around me¡­. Feeling fury coursing throughout my body, I charge at them with abandon. ¡°HAA!!¡± Quickly, I raised the upper portion of my body off the bed. The room was still covered in darkness, the sun still some time away from rising for the day. Panting, with sweat dripping down my body, I regain my senses and remind myself that I¡¯m not in Korea but here at Olympus Academy in London. ¡°Haa¡­haa¡­ it was that nightmare again huh? I hadn¡¯t dreamt that nightmare in such a long time¡­ It must be because of the frequent mention of the Apocalypse group and them potentially holding Hyo Joo¡­.¡± Saying that, I catch my breath and quickly put on some sport clothes to go out on a run to clear my head. While out on the run, I recall the conversation that transpired with Elizabeth Tudor yesterday evening¡­ ¡°You know about the anti-Niflheim faction, right CPT Lee?¡± ¡°¡­please stop calling me CPT. I am currently not in the military¡­ but to answer your question yes I do¡± ¡°Okay~~~ truthfully it felt really weird calling someone younger than me CPT anyways¡­¡± ¡°¡­¡± Then why did you call me CPT?!?! I retort in my head. While saying that in my head, I take a closer look at Elizabeth. She was truly a beauty in her own right. She had long curly blonde hair that reached her shoulders. Her face was slim that went along with her brown eyes had a mischievous air to it, as if she was planning a prank at all times. Her height was about 5¡¯8 with a long pair of slim legs that naturally invited everyone¡¯s gaze. She had a decent sized bosom, probably around the B-C range and her butt stood out, showing a lovely shape in her uniform skirt. While studying her, Elizabeth brings me back to the present with a tease. ¡°Is my body that attractive to you, Jung Woo? If you want¡­.¡± ¡°¡­. Please don¡¯t tease me and try to make me panic¡­¡± ¡°Hoo, you are quite calm and collected. If it was any other person, they would have flustered and panicked¡± ¡°¡­Anyways please continue¡± ¡°Okay~ so what do you know about the anti-Niflheim faction?¡± ¡°The anti-Niflheim faction was created by the old hardliners in the military who lost their high ranking positions due to the rise of Niflheims. After leaving the military, they joined up together and attempted to move society¡¯s view of Niflheims toward a negative view saying that the current government gave Niflheims too much favoritism which lead to the regular civilians being in a worse condition. Currently, their headquarters are based somewhere in Portugal, if I¡¯m not mistaken. They send their members to different locations throughout the world to hold rallies and being uprisings. They, however, did not stop it at that but began conducting terrorist activities to collect funds for their movements. My unit was in charge of neutralizing some of their members in an incident where they attempted to raid a government building a month or so¡­¡± ¡°As expected of you, Jung Woo. What you said is correct. The information that I received was that the anti-Niflheim faction is attempting to infiltrate Olympus Academy during our Tournament to choose the representatives for the 5 Star Pentagram Battle¡± ¡°?!?! So why are you telling me this? Shouldn¡¯t you give this information to the headmistress instead?¡± ¡°I already did~ she¡¯s the one who recommended to me to ask you for assistance¡± Tha¡­That damn old hag!!!! ¡°¡­.Haaa¡­ That damn old hag has always left the troublesome stuff to me¡­¡± ¡°Ho ho ho~ so it is true that you¡¯re the disciple of the Dusk Witch huh~¡± ¡°Please don¡¯t bring it up¡­ I do not wish to recall such horrendous memoriers¡­.¡± Right now, feeling a headache coming, I began rubbing my forehead. During our travel for my training, whenever a troublesome situation occurred, she would always disappear and I had to deal with the repercussions. There was one time when a guy had tried hitting on her in Rio de Janeiro to only receive a punch that blew him away as a reward. He had been knocked out on impact. Later that day, the same guy had brought along his whole gang to teach her a lesson. As they were forming up in a circle around us, I turned around to ask her what the plan was. ¡°So teacher, what are we going to do?¡± What received my view, however, was nothing as my teacher had disappeared. The gang, seeing this, attempted to ask me where she went and when I answered I didn¡¯t know, eve n attempted to kidnap me. Left with no choice, I left them where they were on the ground unconscious. After finishing up, I went around the city for about 15 minutes before finally finding her in a bar. Replying to my question of why she had left, she responded with a carefree tone with ¡°It¡¯s too much of a hassle to deal with~¡±. Throughout my year with training with her, unfortunately many instances such as this occurred. ¡°So how is the anti-Niflheim faction going to attack? From what I understand security is supposed to be very strong here, especially during the time of events such as this. They shouldn¡¯t have the resources to infiltrate and attack us through the security¡­.¡± The narrative has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the infringement. ¡°You are correct, Jung Woo. Supposedly they are receiving the assistance of a group called ¡°Apocalypse¡±¡­.¡± ¡°?!?!?!.....Did you just say Apocalypse¡­?¡± ¡°Um¡­yes? Do you happen to know them??¡± ¡°We might have some history¡­ anyways so what you¡¯re saying is that they will be involved in this also?¡± ¡°¡­.Your whole demeanor has changed once I mentioned Apocalypse¡­ just what kind of¡­¡± ¡°Don¡¯t ask. I will take care of this personally. Just give me all the information you have and I¡¯ll deal with them before the day of the tournament¡± ¡°Um¡­.sure¡­¡± With that, Elizabeth Tudor had sent me everything she had over in a mail to my phone. Making sure that I had gotten it, I had left the Student Council office and gone back to my room. While thinking over all of this on my run, I finally had returned to the entrance of the school after going in a full circle around the campus, which is 10 km. Finally done, I take out my phone and place a call. ¡°¡­Captain!! What is this craziness about you being taken out of the military for a special mission for three years at Olympus Academy?!?!¡± ¡°¡­ Just how did you find out about that LT Drakon?¡± ¡°I dug the information out from Mikael!¡± ¡°¡­.Even though there are many things I want to complain about with that¡­ there are more important things to discuss. LT Drakon, how long would it take for all the PLs to come here to London?¡± ¡°¡­.?!?! If we rushed, it would take us three weeks sir. We are currently spread out for missions¡± ¡°Ok, that¡¯s perfect actually. Get all the PLs together and meet me in London. Will there be any issues with you guys getting away?¡± ¡°Sir, we all owe our lives to you for the numerous times you have saved all of us. Even the Grim Reaper himself couldn¡¯t stop us from rushing to your side when you call for us¡± ¡°Hu hu hu¡­ I don¡¯t know if I would call that saving your lives, but I do appreciate all of you guy¡¯s opinion of me. Anyways, once you guys get together and reach London let me know.¡± ¡°Roger sir!! Oh also sir, how is Mikael doing? It makes me nervous that I¡¯m not nearby that little troublemaker to keep him straight¡­.¡± ¡°You miss him, don¡¯t you LT?¡± ¡°Yes sir¡­It¡¯s the first time we been living so far from each other¡­It makes my motherly instincts come out¡­¡± ¡°He¡¯s doing great LT. He¡¯s made a lot of friends and become really popular with the girls, you know? Haha I¡¯ll make sure he doesn¡¯t do anything stupid and he stays safe for you¡± ¡°Thank you sir! With you looking over him, that takes a huge weight off my shoulders. Also if there¡¯s any girls hanging out around him, please dispose of them!!¡± ¡°¡­.That¡¯s a little extreme, don¡¯t you think LT?¡± ¡°..hehe was it Sir? It must be the mother mode coming out~¡± ¡°¡­.Haa always so overprotective of him huh? Anyways don¡¯t worry and I¡¯ll see you all in three weeks¡± ¡°Roger, sir!¡± With that, I disconnect and put my phone back into my pocket while heading back to my room to take a shower before going to the Cafeteria to eat breakfast. While I was eating an omelet, Mikael came and sat by me to eat. ¡°Hey sir, you¡¯re here early¡± ¡°Ah Mikael, perfect timing. We have a mission we need to do¡­¡± Hearing mission, Mikael immediately becomes alert. As I tell him about the situation and what we were going to do, he doesn¡¯t let any emotions come to his face. Hearing that I had called all the PLs here for the mission, however, broke that as his eyes became wide in surprise. ¡°Sir... is the mission that difficult that we need to call in the PLs from Leviathan CO?¡± ¡°I need to make sure there are no mistakes in this. We need to catch the guy from ¡°Apocalypse¡± who comes with the anti-Niflheim faction alive. I have a lot of things I need to question him about¡­¡± ¡°Understood sir¡± ¡°Oh yeah, I talked to LT Drakon this morning¡± ¡°My mother?! How is she sir?¡± ¡°Haha she is well. She asked me how you were doing. She also told me to dispose of any girls that get too close to you¡± ¡°Yo¡­You wouldn¡¯t really do that, right sir?¡± ¡°Would I?¡± Saying that with a mischievous grin, Mikael face becomes pale. Seeing that, I can¡¯t hold it back and laugh. I continued to tease him until we had completed our breakfast and went to class. Class, like always was pretty boring as I already knew all the information. Enduring painfully, I last to the end of the day and call for a meeting with the team members. Inside my room currently were Mikael and Isabel, patiently waiting for me begin. ¡°Alright guys, so this is the formation that I think will be most effective. Isabel, I want you to be in charge of fifteen Soldiers and be the vanguard. You are strong enough to hold it down, especially for this freshmen tournament. Make sure that no one can pass through your defense. Mikael, you will also receive fifteen Soldiers. I want you to provide her support and place your Soldiers in location you believe the enemy will come from to attack. I¡¯m going to be in charge of the flanking unit with five Soldiers. We will be moving left or right of the enemy to attack them from the side, flanking them. Do either of you guys have a problem with this?¡± At my questions, both of them shake their head, acknowledging they understood. Nodding in approval I then go on. ¡°Alright, so this is what we are going to do from now¡­.¡± With that, I begin going over the different ways we will be set up. Even though the formation might change a little through all the plans, the purpose for each of our units never changed. After showing them these, we begin to practicing to make sure we drilled in all of our heads all of them. We practiced each formation so many times that all three of us could execute each of them with our eyes closed. And thus, we trained like this for three weeks, making sure that everything was set. After our last rehearsal at the Training Facility two days before the actual Tournament, I was walking out of the facility and back to my room when I suddenly got a call on my phone. Looking at who it was, I inwardly smile. Finally they had all arrived. ¡°Sir, we have all arrived in London. We await your orders¡± ¡°One hour from now, meet me up on the roof of the Olympus Academy¡¯s Freshmen Building. Inform your son to come as well¡± ¡°Roger sir, will see you then¡± Disconnecting the phone, the edges of my lips go upwards. Finally it was time to conduct the operation. Good¡­ I have many questions to ask that guy from ¡°Apocalypse¡­.¡± While thinking of questioning him, I head towards my room and prepare for tonight. Chapter 8: Operations It was a moonless night out tonight. Except for the numerous balls of light shining in the sky, it felt as if the darkness was attemping to swallow the whole city who was defending itself with the post lamps brightening up areas all around. While I was staring up at the the stars, I feel a slight breeze. As if the night wast rying to seduce me into it¡¯s embrace, from behind I hear a soft feminem voice followed by others. ¡°Sir, 1st LT Drakon reporting in¡± ¡°Sir, 1st LT Ashfield reporting in¡± ¡°Sir, 1st LT Tollini reporting in¡± ¡°Sir, Mikael Drakon reporting in¡± Turning around slowly, I see four sillouhettes in the darkness standing at the position of attention, saluting me. LT Drakon was a tall female at the height of 6¡¯2. She had a slim figure but don¡¯t let that fool you as under her clothes were very well trained muscles. Her shoulders proved indication of that as they were very broad and well muscled. She also had short straight blonde hair that went down to her shoulders that matched her blue eyes. Her features clearly marked her Romanian descent also. Beside her was LT Ashfield. He was a monster of a man that stood at 6¡¯8. Muscle were bulging out through his clothes that seemed to be barely covering his upper body. He had a high and tight hair style for the blonde hair he had. Truthfully, he reminded me awfully about that one Soldier in that game Street Fighters. The third figure was LT Tollini. At first he seemed like an average guy with a height of 5¡¯10 and having a slim figure. He had long wavy brown hair that broke off to the sides in the front of his face. If you were to see in the streets randomly, you would guess that he was just some regular Italian guy. Feeling nostalgic at these familiar figures, I quickly get them to relax. ¡°As you were. Right now I am not offically in the military so there is no reason for all the formalities¡± ¡°...Sir, I speak for everyone here when I say you will always be our CDR. So sir, what is our mission?¡± ¡°...As uptight as always, huh LT Ashfield? Anyways I have received intel that the anti-Niflheim faction is going to be conducting an infiltration mission here at Olympus Academy two days from now when the school will be holding a tournament. Twenty personnel have been identified as members of the anti-Niflheim faction here in London. This group is also receiving the assistance from a man in his forties. He has affiliation with an unknown organization that calls themself ¡°Apocalypse¡±. Right now, a personnel is monitoring the group¡± At that moment, I raise my right hand forward, parallel to the ground. On my wrist was what seemed a regular watch with the clock and a leather band. Touching a switch on the watch that I had programmed earlier for this meeting, a 3D projection of a warehouse appears. ¡°Currently, all the personnel are having a meeting inside of this warehouse. The red dots are the locations that have heat signatures. LT Tollini, you will be entering the warehouse from the roof. The door has already been unlocked for your use¡± ¡°Roger, sir!¡± ¡°The rest of us will be entering through the storage area.LT Ashfield, when we reach the back of the storage, take out the guards. Also when we have entered you will head to the western end of the facility.¡± ¡°Roger, sir!¡± ¡°LT Drakon, I entrust the southern end of the facility to you¡± ¡°Understood, sir!¡± ¡°Mikael, you will go to the eastern end and standby there¡± ¡°Yes, sir!¡± ¡°I will be entering the enemies¡¯ range and providing a diversion tactic. A covert personnel will turn off the lights for us and we will begin our opeation. Attack to disable, but not kill¡± I push a different button on my watch. The 3D projection disappears and whats in it¡¯s place now is a picture of an older gentlemen that has slicked back black hair and large round glasses. He had tanned skinned and was wearing a suit with a skinny black tie on. ¡°Especially this gentlemen. His name is Christopher Alvarrez. He is the personnel that is from the group ¡°Apocalypse¡± Ensure that you capture him alive. Our main objection is interrogation of this person. Does anyone have any question regarding the mission?¡± ¡°Negative sir, I¡¯m just a little disappointed as it¡¯ll be too easy¡± ¡°Don¡¯t take it too lightly LT Tollini. We do not know the strength of this person from the ¡°Apocalypse¡± As usual, PLs, I expect no failures! Succeed at your tasks and return back alive!¡± ¡°¡±¡±¡±Roger, sir!¡±¡±¡±¡± ¡°Alright, lets move out!¡± At my last words, we begin moving southeast toward the warehouse. Using the roofs to travel, we travel silently without anyone noticing, using the darkness as a guise. As we move, I speak to the covert personnel through the ear piece in my right ear to make sure she was ready. ¡°Shadow 1, this is Leviathan 7. Have all preparations been completed, over?¡± ¡°Leviathan 7, this is Shadow 1~ everything¡¯s complete, over. Wow this is pretty intense Jung Woo~¡± ....I should have asked the damn old hag for a covert personnel instead of relying on Elizabeth Tudor..... Whichever god is listening to me right now, I pray that nothing goes wrong because of her... ¡°Shadow 1, Has there been any change to the situation, over?¡± ¡°Leviathan 7, negative. Everyone is still in the warehouse, over¡± ¡°Shadow 1, understood. Our ETA is 3 minutes. Remember, once you see us enter, 30 seconds afterwards, kill the lights, over¡± ¡°Leviathan 7, roger~~over¡± ¡°...Leviathan 7, out¡± Disconnecting the communication, I focus on the warehouse that is in front of us. Making sure to avoid the guards in the front, we head to the back. LT Ashfield goes forward to dispatch the guards. When we have reached the door to the storage area, a view of two knocked out males slumped against the walls could be seen. Making sure we weren¡¯t noticed, I send a communication out to see if LT Tollini was in position yet. ¡°Leviathan 3, this is Leviathan 7. Are you position, over?¡± ¡°Leviathan 7, this is Leviathan 3. I am in position to enter, over¡± ¡°Leviathan 3, we will enter in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.....now¡± At my word, everyone enters the buildings silently and quickly head to the main chamber. The warehouse was of simple design as the building really didn¡¯t have many rooms except for the storage area we came in from, some rooms beside the storage area entrance which most likely was the office space, and the main chamber which took up the majorty of the space in the interior of the building. In the main chambers, crates were stacked up everywhere, creating a feel of a maze. Using this, the PLs head to their respective areas under the cover of the crates. As everyone got in place, I headed straight toward the center. This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there. As I got closer, I noticed the personnel. There was currently 16 personnel that were surrounding a map that had been laid out on crater. Someone was currently pointing at a specific point on the map and explaining something. Not minding it, I keep rushing forward and arrive beside them. Suprised by my sudden appearance, the people jump in surprise. Getting over their shock, they begin to surround me. Smiling at this I say a brief statement. ¡°Hello, people of the anti-Niflheim faction. My name is Lee Jung Woo. Unfortunately for everyone here, this is as far as you go. Please enjoy your time in jail~¡± Elizabeth Tudor, hearing the keyword jail, cuts the circuits for the warehouse. As it had suddenly become dark, everyone started to panic. I lower my body by bending my knees and take out the baton that was on my waist. As we were aiming only to be disable, this weapon suited the task best and the everyone had been equipped with them earlier. All around the edges of the group, I start hearing cries of pain. With my knees already bent, I also get into action. ¡°God Slaying Form One, River God''s Dance¡± From my position, I burst forward and slam the nearest person in the knee cap with the baton, hearing it shatter on the impact as he went down with a cry of pain. I then begin weaving through everyone. God Slaying Form 1, River¡¯s Flow. This form was made for when you wearing going against numerous foes. As a river does, you flow along, going around obstacles and keep going forward. Like this, I used the most minimal movements so that I easily go around the enemy, attacking them with a sharp hit with the baton as I go.This form was also very useful as it became difficult for the enemy to attack as once. If they attacked recklessly, they would just miss and hit their own comrade. In about two minutes, the only one standing were the PLs and I. Confirming this, I send a communication out. ¡°Shadow 1, this is Leviathan 7. Turn the circuits back on in the warehouse, over¡± ¡°Leviathan 7, this is Shadow 1. Roger, over¡± After waiting for a couple seconds, the lights inside the warehouse came on. Looking around, people were sprawled out on the ground, holding either a knee or elbow in pain. Satisified the mission was successful and no one was killed, I congratulate everyone for a job well done. Elizabeth Tudor had already called in the security from the school and shortly they came rushing into the warehouse to take then men away. Before that occured, however, the PLs and I had already disappeared with one of the people originally in the warehouse now missing. Right now we were in a seperate abandoned building two blocks to the southeast of the warehouse. The room was bare except for the single lightbulb that lit up the room and a chair in the middle. Currently sitting in it and securely tied up in rope to the chair was our man, Christopher Alvarrez. Carrying the bucket of water I had brought into the room, I throw it at Chris¡¯ face and he begins slowly gaining conscious. ¡°Why hello, Christopher Alvarrez?¡± ¡°?! Who are you? What do you want?!¡± ¡° tsk tsk tsk... unforutnately for you, that is not how this is going to work. I will be the asking the questions and you will be the who answers.... So Chris? May I call you that? Please inform me more ¡°Apocalypse¡±...¡± ¡°?! Ho.... is that what this is about?¡± ¡°Why yes it is, Chris. Truthfully I really don¡¯t give two shits about this group of yours. I just want this question answered... Where¡¯s Hyo Joo?¡± ¡°Ahhh..... I had heard about you....that the princess of ours in her past life had a older brother.. so thats you huh?¡± ¡°!! You know Hyo Joo?!?! WHERE IS SHE!!¡± Hearing that this guy knew Hyo Joo, I lose my cool and begin shaking the guy violently, trying to get an answer from him. I feel hands grabbing my shoulders and constraining me. I try to fight back but I am overwhelmed and slowly pulled back. ¡°LET GO!! THIS BASTARD KNOWS WHERE HYO JOO IS!¡± ¡°SIR!! CALM DOWN!! YOU WON¡¯T GET ANYTHING OUT OF HIM LIKE THIS!¡± Yeling back at me, LT Drakon finally calms me down. Seeing this, Christophe Alvarrez begins laughing. ¡°haha....HAHAHAHA boy! You will never be able to take our Princess away from us! You might have gotten the best of me but I am only just a discardable tool for ¡°Apocalypse¡±. You will never be able to go through the whole organization and take back your sister. Hahahaha¡± After laughing and saying what he wanted to, I see him crunch onto his molars and hear a crunching sound. Shit! Already knowing what he was trying to do, I immediately rush over and try to make him spit out whatever was inside of the molar but it was too late. Christopher Alvarrez had already passed away. ¡°SHIT DAMN YOU! WHO TOLD YOU YOU COULD DIE? AHHH?!¡± Everyone once against pulls me back as I was violently shaking him. As I was resisting them, I feel a slap and finally begin calming down. Looking at LT Drakon, she bows her head in apology. ¡°Sorry about that sir, I felt there was no other way to calm you down. I will take any punishment that you deem suitable¡± ¡°..no it¡¯s fine, LT Drakon. You did the right thing.... Sorry about that, everyone....hearing about my little sister... seemed to have made me go a little cucoo...¡± Looking at me with sympathetic eyes, the PLs pat me on my shoulders, trying to reassure me that it was alright. Moved by their feelings, I regain myself and then speak again. ¡°Well then guys. Even though this didn¡¯t end how I would have liked, we have still received new intel and succesfully completed the mission. When you guys head back, tell the CO I said hi and that they better not slack off while I¡¯m gone. You are all dismissed¡± Getting into the position of attention, all three of them salute me and begins leaving. Mikael, however, stays and looks at me with a worried expression. Inwardly berating myself for making my subordinates worry, I tell him I¡¯ll be fine. ¡°Don¡¯t worry Mikael, I¡¯ll be fine. You head off back to the school first. I have some things I wish to think of alone...¡± Understanding, Mikael salutes and heads off. Looking through the window at the stars shining brightly in the night sky... I mutter the name of the person who I had dedicated my life to retrieving. ¡°Hyo Joo ah.....¡± Chapter 9: Team Battle Royale A/N: hey guys just wanted to give you a heads up I decided to change god Slaying Form one from river''s flow to River God''s Dance --------------------------------------------------- *Sir, how far are you?* *ETA 3 minutes* *Roger, out* Right now, blurs of green was seen in my surroundings as I ran through the forest. Behind me, mechanical footsteps could be heard as the Soldiers attempted to catch up to me. While focusing my gaze forward, I feel presences to my right five meters away and stop immediately. Just where I should have been, a javelin prods from a tree as it violently quivers from the impact. The five presences I felt earlier now stand in between me and the way forward as fifty robots surround me. "Whew... we finally caught up to you Jung Woo.... it would have been dangerous to let you group up with your teammates... We''ll take you out now" While saying that, a female steps forward and retrieves the javelin. The female was about 5''4 with a long pink hair that reached her lower back. She had an athletic build with her skinny upper body and toned legs shown under the skirt. Silently cursing, I think back to an hour ago. That damn old hag!! An hour ago, the whole freshmen class had been gathered into the school auditorium. As my classmates had gathered and started conversing, Mikael came by my side and spoke. "Yo Jung Woo. So what do you think the format for this tournament is going to be?" As he was talking, Isabel had also appeared. "... I''ve studied the other tournaments formats, but truthfully I can''t tell. Every year the format is different.... sometimes its just a regular three vs three match, sometimes a one vs one match, even sometimes a head on three vs three with thirty soldiers per team... If I had to guess it''d be something along the last one..." While we were talking, the headmistress and the student council president appeared on the front stage. The whole class became quiet, waiting for them to begin speaking. Smiling at the suddenly silent group, Elizabeth Tudor begins. "Hello, freshmens. As you all know, I am the Student Council President, Elizabeth Tudor. Every year, we hold tournaments for each class to determine who will have the honor represent Olympus Academy during the 5 star pentagram battle. I know that representing our school when it hasn¡¯t been so long since you''ve begun training may be daunting but remember this. You all are the future of our great Olympus Academy! Now then, the headmistress will explain the format of this year''s tournament" At this, the headmistress walks forward. As usual she is gorgeous in her pin stripped black suit with the first three button open. Clearing her throat, she begins the explanation. "This year''s tournament will be held as a team battle royale. Within the school''s forest, everyone will be moved to a designated area. At this location, there will be a mic piece, a badge, and the previously determined amount of AI Soldiers. The objective of this team battle royale is for each team to form up and eliminate other members by destroying their badges. The team that survives until the end will be claimed the winner. The rules for this battle royale is that only basic forms of celestial weapons are authorized and no one may aim for kills. Cameras has been instilled all throughout the forest to monitor everyone and for the other classes to view. Well then, the staff personnel will blindfold you and take you to the designated areas. Once all players are set, a countdown will start to begin the tournament. Please do your best and win! Have fun~" Saying that, the headmistress waves at us while the staff personnel comes and blindfold us. Losing my sight, I follow the guidance of the staff personnel as he takes me to my area. Walking for about thirty minutes, we finally stop and the staff personnel takes off the blindfold. Squinting my eyes due to the sudden brightness, I slowly regain my vision and inspect my area. All around me were trees who''s branches were swaying with the slight breeze. Tiny rays of light broke through the barrier of leaves above and shone down into the area. What stood out, however, were the five AI Soldiers. The AI Soldiers were humanoid robots with artificial intelligence. The robots were covered with metallic plates with balls at where joints would be. In their hands, these Soldiers held M-4 replica pellet rifles. The replicas weren''t strong but the pellets would leave a paint residue on a player when it hit, marking them. These AI Soldiers were programmed to be able to execute simple commands. Beside them on the ground was a box. Going over, I pick it up and inspect it''s contents. Inside was a mic ear piece and a badge. Attaching the badge to my chest, I put the ear piece on and try to send out a communication. *Mikael, Isabel. Can you hear me* In response, I only hear static. Assuming they wouldn''t turn on until the tournament begins, I await the signal. About three minutes afterwards, Elizabeth Tudor''s voice comes over a intercomm. "Everyone is now in their designated location. The tournament will begin in ten....nine...eight...seven...six...five...four...three...two...one...start!" With the tournament starting, I turn to the Soldiers and issue a command before running off. "Follow me" With that, my conscious returns to the present. "It must have been luck we ran into you so soon... we had gotten together and agreed to take you and Isabel out first since you two are the strongest in our class.." While the girls, Heather Radford, continued speaking, I inspect their formation and inwardly shake my head. The formation was horrible for the Soldiers. Forming a circle might have worked if they carried melee weapons but the risk of friendly fire was too great with automatic weapons. The best course of action (COA) for right now would be going straight at the players. If I am in near vicinity of them, that should neutralize the Soldiers'' fire. Thinking that, I decide to send a comm. before acting. *Hey Mikael, Isabel. I''ve ran into a group of players. Give me a few moments to handle them* *....roger. I have also made contact with enemies* *Mikael, head over to Isabel''s position and provide her with support" *Roger sir* *...no need I can handle this* Chuckling at Isabel''s refuse for assistance, I summon my celestial weapon. ¡°Oh king of all swords, the bane of all dragons! Enemies have surrounded me, attempting to drag me down with their evilness. Become the light that shatters the darkness and free me from the evil, Excalibur!¡± In my right hand appears a long katana with a fiery aura surrounding it. Seeing my celestial weapons, the group of players immediately take defensive steps. Feeling that the fire element didnt suit the rules, I switch Excalibur''s attribute. If you encounter this story on Amazon, note that it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. Apep, change Excalibur''s attribute from fire to water. Understood, boy With Apep''s confirmation, the sword aura changes into a fluid blue. The players opened their eyes in suprise due to this. Truthfully I''m not suprised as they had all been taught that summons usually only have one attribute. Unfortunately for them, Apep wasnt a ordinary summon. Taking advantage of their shocked state, I begin moving. Muttering under my breath, I perform a form "God Slaying Form two, The Lightning God''s Strike" Lowering my upper body until it was parallel to the ground, I use my forward momentum and dash forward, immediately reaching right in front of Heather''s bosom. Before any of them had time to react, I unseathe Excalibur and cut her badge in half before moving to the next opponent. The male who was my next target tried to raise his mace up to protect himself but was too slow and didnt make it on time as I cut his badge neatly in half before moving on. Like this, before the enemy Soldiers could locate me or before the enemy recovered I cut their badges and headed forward with my AI Soldiers following. Soon afterwards at the location we had decided I see Mikael and Isabel already waiting for me. "Hey sir. Already dispatch them?" "Yup, five enemies. How many you guys take out" "I took out three people on my way here sir" "....eight" "Ho... so that means sixteen people been already taken out by us alone...." While we were talking by how many classmates we''d taken out, the intercomm started up again. "At the fifteen minute mark, forty two freshmen have been eliminated. Sixty contestants now remain" Forty two people have already been eliminated, huh? That¡¯s more than I thought truthfully.... Anyways, this forest isn''t too large so a lot of people mustve ran into each other quickly.... while thinking that, I begin forming a strategy. "Alright you two, since we didnt expect this type of tournament, we got to change our strategy... I was wondering what you two thought of this one..." Thinking that it was a little unfair to the rest, a smirk arrives on my face while I explain the plan. "So the people that attacked me earlier had said that they had already formed a pact with others to aim to take out me or Isabel.... I''m going to assume its not just those people as many other probably feel that they need to take out the strongest first, especially with almost half the contestants out now. They would have most likely formed temporary alliances and are moving in large groups until they eliminate everyone else. This forest isn''t too large so we''ll run into them sooner or later... Why don''t we form a ambush here?" "... it makes sense. It is in human nature to group into large numbers when going against stronger things.. the group that attacked me also said something similar. How do you plan to ambush them?" "Well... I was planning on..." With this, I inform the other two and we set into motion. About ten minutes afterwards, while I was currently standing in a clearing, the intercomm went off again. "At the thirty minute mark, thirty additional contestants have been eliminated. Thirty players now remain" Hoo... so less than ten teams remain, huh? People are dropping out fast too. It seems I was right about teams forming alliances to take the rest out. While I was thinking that, I continued waiting. Five minutes afterward, I hear branches breaking to my left and smile while I turn toward the sounds. "Lee Jung Woo, you are quite reckless, being in the open like that" What greeted my eyes was a large group of fifteen contestants and forty Soldiers. Each of the students held various types of weapons: swords, pikes, bows, lances, etc. Not being afraid at the large number, I smile at them and begin speaking. "Ahh... it seems like you all have formed an alliance. How many teams have you all taken out?" "Hoo..even though you''re facing so many individuals, you''re not rattled at all huh? Anyways, there should be only two personnel remaining after we take care of you....wait...where are his teammates?!" Finally realizing that my teammates werent here, they begin looking around the surrounding frantically. Too slow. Smiling, I activate the ambush. *Mikael, begin* At my word, an arrow flies toward the group from the west. Mikael, now visible, was standing above a small mound with the string of his bow quivering from just being fired. One of the males takes evasive measure and barely dodges the arrow, breathing a sigh of relief before the arrow explodes upon making contact with the ground. Panicking at the sudden explosion, our AI Soldiers begin firing on theirs, supressing the enemy support. Isabel begins sprinting toward the students at the same time I do. "God Slaying Form one, River God''s Dance" Beginning the form, I weave through the enemy, slicing through any visible badges. In utter chaos due to the sudden attack, they attempt to counter but only get in each others way as they attack. Isabel, on the other hand was raining attacks on the students in a fury, making them go along with her pace while aiming for an opening to pinpoint an attack on their badges. With her fluid movements, she looked like a fairy dancing on a moon lit night in a grove. Beautiful... Anyways, in short work, we eliminate the party. Not even a minute afterwards, the intercomm went off claiming our victory. "Team Five has claimed victory. All remaining students, please walk back towards the school training field. We will hold the final ceremony there" Hearing that, I let out a sigh of relief. With this, I kept one part of the promise with the old hag... I''m one step closer to finally reaching Hyo Joo... while thinking that, I feel a pat on my shoulder and turn around. Beside me was Isabel. "...good job" "Haha you too Isabel. You looked great out there today" Hearing my compliment, Isabel''s cheeks blush slightly while she turns away. Huh? Did I do something wrong? While wondering that, Mikael jumps on my shoulders. "CPT, good work~~ you treating us to dinner afterwards right?" Haa... he still remembers I used to treat the CO out to dinner after a mission huh? Well it won''t be too bad eating after this. Feeling in a good mood, I agree. "Sure, why not? After the ceremony and a shower, lets all meet up at the gste. My treat!" With Mikael whooping and hollering in joy of a party for dinner and Isabel shaking her head in agreement, Mikael grabs me and Isabel by the shoulder and while laughing we head back to school. Chapter 10: Celebration Dinner "Hey sorry im late" As I''m running toward the school entrance, I see that both Mikael and Isabel have already arrived. The closing ceremony had ended about thirty minutes ago when we all had went to our rooms to shower and change before going out for dinner. Mikael, noticing me, starts waving his hand. "Come on Jung Woo~ I''m starving" Laughing at Mikael''s never ending passion for food, I finally arrive at the entrance. "So, what do you two want to eat?" "....steak" While having her ever same aloof face, after thinking it over Isabel makes her decision with determination. "Oooohhhh! Isabel has the right mindset!!" "Haha fine steak it is then. Isabel take us to a place you know" Nodding, Isabel starts walking out. Mikael and I follow suit and we all head towards downtown London. Since it was an weekend afternoon, the roads were bustling with people. Seeing the city revived and doing well after the invasion made me proud as I played a part in pushing back the First Invasion. While Mikael was joking about stupid stuff, we arrived at the riverside. With the sun descending into the river, it was quite a beautiful scene. All of us stopped for a moment to look with awe at the setting sun. It truly made you realize there were still beautiful things left in our world. After we finish gazing, we go along and head into a restaurant with a sign above naming it the "Venue". Opening the door, I examine the restaurant. It was set up with a extravagent feel, with a glass chandelier hanging over the customers heads. In the front, a person was on a antique piano playing a relaxing tune. It really did have a expensive look to it, but that wasnt the reason I had turned around and tried to leave. "Ara~ thats quite rude, you know? Seeing your most caring teacher and turning around?" With my shoulders drooping in defeat, I turn around and look at the two that were already seated. One was a bewitching mature female with black hair going down to the tip of her chin. On the other hand was a young lady with curly blonde hair that reached to her shoulder. She exuded a feeling of royalty. Well, she was, after all a princess. "....Since I highly doubt that this is a coincidence, may I please hear the reason the student council president and old hag is here?" "Omo, you make it sound like we came here with malicious intentions~ I just came because I wanted to congratulate my adorable disciple on winning the tournament~ isn''t that right Elizabeth?" "Yes headmistress~" "So let me get this right. Elizabeth Tudor found out we were coming here for a celebration dinner and the old hag tagged along to mooch off a free dinner?" "Tch... as always you''re sharp..." "....please act your age. Anyways isn''t it too shameful for the headmistress of Olympus Academy and the second princess of Britain to mooch off a high school freshmen?!" "Nope, not at all. What about you Elizabeth?" "Food bought by others always taste best headmistress~~" Sighing, I cover my face with my palm....the..these two!! Do they think I''m a walking bank! Not to mention the old hag who''s always done this, why is Britain''s Second Princess tagging along?! Mikael starts patting my back, attempting to console me as I imagine my bank funds dropping.... While depressed by this thought, the five of us gets seated and order our food. "...Filet Minot please" "I''ll take the T-Bone" "Same please" "Hmm.... let me get a Filet Minot, a bottle of Chardany, and some chocolate" "Ohhh headmistress that sounds great! I''ll take the same without the bottle!" The...these two leachers! Seeing the piggy banks fly away, I just droop my head. Waiting for a few moments, the bottle of wine comes along with everyone else''s drinks. Filling up her and Elizabeth''s glass, the old hag proposes a toast. "To becoming the freshmen representatives, cheers!" """"Cheers"""" Clanking our glasses, we drink and begin talking. "I knew Jung Woo was strong already, but Mikael and Isabel, you two surprised me with your strengths. Seriously~ the freshmen class this year is a monster~~" "Well thank you for the compliment, president~" "...thank you" "Ho Ho ho, don''t mention it. Anyways, that means we have nine out of the ten positions now set. Now we just got to wait for the last position to fill up" Huh? There are ten positions? Hearing this for the first time, I ask about it. "Eh? Theres ten positions? How are we filling the last one then?" "We will be holding a singles tournament for anyone who''d like to take the final spot a month from now" "Ho.... that seems like it''ll be a hassle..." While we were discussing about the final spot left for the team, the food finally came and everyone became silent while eating. Ahh.... this T-Bone is heavenely. While forgetting everything else, I enjoy the taste of the juicy steak. After eating the steak and having some small talk we finally get up and leave. Saying goodbye to the student council president and the headmistress, we go back to our dorm while the stars are shining brightly in the night sky. As we near the gate, Mikael suddenly remembers something. "Shit, I forgot to buy something in town. Sir, Isabel, you two go on first I got to go back" "Alright man, see you tomorrow" "..goodnight" Saying our farewells, Mikael heads back as Isabel and I walk toward the dorms. The two of us walked in silence. Feeling awkward, I try to think of something to say. Isabel, however stops walking and suddenly looks at me. Lowering her upper body, she bows. If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. Please report it. "....Thank you for the meal today... also I had been contemplating how to say this, but thank you for three years ago also..." Feeling embarrassed by Isabel bowing and saying thank you, I blush a little while scratching my cheeks. "Eh, no problem at all. Also, I been trying to remeber how we met three years ago.. but im sorry I can''t remember" Saying sorry, I also bow down. Suprised by the sudden action, Isabel''s face stiffens for a moment. Slowly, however, the face loosens and with the moon behind her head, for the first time she smiles. "...hehe its fine. How can I be mad at my savior?" Her smiling face, surrounded by the glowing moon was dazzling. Even though I''ve traveled all around the world and seen many things, I have yet to see something so beautiful.....but wait....savior? Suddenly, a memory pops into my head. During the time I had been promoted to CPT of the Leviathan CO, we had gotten a mission to go to Paris and dispose of a S Rank Yokai that had appeared. Rushing over, we had arrived in a forest area when we caught sight of the Yokai. The Yokai was a large humanoid thst had a horn prodding from its head. It had large bulging muscle that seemed stretched on his gray skin. In its left hand, it was holding a large tree that was bring used as a club. It was an oni. As we stopped to form up and create a battle position, I suddenly hear a scream. Looking back, a little child was being chased by the S rank Yokai. Seeing this, I rush over by myself. "Shit, LT Drakon, form the CO into position! I''ll go stall for time! Hurry!" "SIR!!!" Ignoring the yell, I rushed forth. While I was running, the child fell to the ground. While backing away with tears in his eyes, the Yokai approached and slowly reached it''s arm out. Shit, I need to make it! Thinking this, I begin the summoning ritual. "Oh Lord of all Dragons! Ruler of the Majestic Beast known to be the strongest, hear my plea! Sinners surround me, trying to bring me down into the darkness. Become my sword and armor so that I may fight back and prevail against all. Apep!!" Finishing the chant, an armor begins to surround me. When it is fully materialized, you can see the silver substance that covers the armor. It is by no means regular silver, but the legendary material thought to be just myth, Mitheral. On the shoulder, dragon heads are prodding out with an etching of the great dragon, Apep on the chest area. The helmet that is on my head is one that is open in the front with a metal hanging down, protecting my nose. From the side of the helmet, great dragon wings go upwards, seeming to unfold. In my right hand, the legendary Excalibur rests in the shape of a katana. The area I am at is now also covered in a shadow. If you look above, you could see a large underbelly that is covered by midnight black scales. "Boy! Its been a while since you''ve summoned me!" "Sorry about that, Apep! Situations kind of bad. Can you go get that Yokai? I''ll go protect that child!" "Alright, you better catch up quickly to get in the fun!" Saying that, Apep speeds up and quickly rushes into the Yokai, throwing it toward the mountain. That dragon sure does love fighting. Grinning at that thought, I inspect the child. The child was short, maybe 4''6? With blue hair that went down to his shoulder, he had very distinguishable hair. Worried he might have an internal injury I ask him. "You okay? Anywhere that hurts?" Shaking his head, I sigh in relief. He''s fine. Standing up, I send a comm. over the mic. "LT Drakon, please have a team come pick the child up and take him to a safe location. I''m going in against that oni" "Roger, sir!" "Alright, some older ladies and gentlemen are going to pick you up, okay?" Seeing the child nod in understanding, I smile and scuffle his hair before heading toward Apep and the Oni. "...no way. You were that little kid?!" Coming back to the present I look at Isabel in shock. Puffing her cheeks a little, she replies. "...you were a little kid back then too, you know? Anyways we''ve reached my dorm. See you tomorrow" Saying that, she leaves before I can say anything else. I stay in the same place looking at the girl dorm''s entrance for a while. Wow, who knew that the little kid back then was a girl, not to mention a beauty like Isabel? Anyways, I slowly turn and head back toward my dorms. Before I could get into the entrance, however, I notice a presence by the trees and look. "Ho Ho ho... my dumb disciple finally learned eh?" "....you saw the whole thing?" "Of course, it was too cute to miss after all. Anyways I came here to tell you something...."Yim Minah" is transferring here next week from Japan" "!!!!" At the mention of Minah, my face stiffens due to shock. Before I could ask anymore questions, my teacher leaves the area. Haa.... why do all the girls I know say just what they want and leave?! Anyways, Minah huh? Ever since the incident ten years ago I''d been trying to hide from the past.... but I guess fate sure doesn¡¯t want me to forget huh... ---------------------------------------------------- Well folks, that concludes vol 1. of Godslayer. Hope you all enjoy the story and I will return soon with vol 2! Please keep showing your support for the ff!