Chapter 92: Collapse of Xyrus (2/2)
ELIJAH KNIGHT'S POV:
"Get down!" I roared as I conjured an earthen wall between the mana beasts and the other students behind me
"ATTENTION RENOWNED STUDENTS OF XYRUS ACADEMY!" a rather high-pitched grating voice echoed throughout the campus "AS YOU MAY ALL BE AWARE, YOUR INStitUTION IS CURRENTLY UNDER ATTACK BY MY LITTLE PETS NO NEED TO FEAR FOR I AM BOTH JUST AND MERCIFUL!" The voice seemed to taunt us as he said this because there was a dwarven student in the jaws of a discolored black-fanged wolf, a B class mana beast
Even as I conjured up a rock spear underneath the belly of the black-fanged wolf, it still had the ti aze of the dwarf that pleaded with his eyes before passing away If I didn't have experience as an adventurer, I would've thrown up as the student's insides spilled from the fatal wound caused by thea brief meditation technique that I had learned from class that steadied the flow fro for any other students to save
"HUMAN STUDENTS, AS LONG AS YOU RAISE BOTH YOUR HANDS AND SWEAR YOUR ALLEGIANCE TO ME, THE MANA BEASTS WILL NOT ATTACK YOU! ELVES AND DWARVES, DO NOT STRUGGLE AND ALLOW MY PETS TO DESTROY YOUR MANA CORE AND YOU WILL BE FREE TO LEAVE!" The voice let out a deranged laugh that sent a shi+ver downon in this school that had been so peaceful just hours before
Although the radical group had been escalating their terroristic activity, this was on a completely different level It happened so suddenly that there was no way to prepare for an event like this As far as I could tell at this point was that this stage of their plan had been meticulously executed There were no places to escape to and no way to call for help
The once clear barrier forthe ca the sky look like it was dipped in blood, keeping anyone or anything froed to, but histo take hues either dead or incapacitated I could see pillars of shts were happening From time to time, I locked eyes with so off severaleach other since we had no time to brief each other on the situation elsewhere
There were obviously traitors in the acade held off by other professors while cloaked figures, as well as thecare of the students
It was strange; I'd seen some of thedifferent about them was the coloration, or lack of color to bered eyes, all of the mana beasts that flooded Xyrus Acade theray
I couldn't tell how many hours had passed since the invasion started, but there were no signs of help arriving for some reason, like ere closed off froh the campus quad where bodies laid limp and pools of blood formed around thees of this continent It pissedthat there hadn't been proper measures implemented for this type of scenario Since the unification of the three Kingdoms, did The Council not think that there would be enemies?
Just as I was about to follow after a cloaked figure into one of the alcheh to avoid a thorned growler's jaw Unfortunately, I couldn't avoid its pounce and was hah to knock the wind out of iant, furry lizard-shaped mana beast's saliva drenchedfor runted as I si the two-ilely to regain its ground
Before I had the chance to do anything rowler's head to the ground The mana beast squirmed helplessly for a couple of seconds before its body also sank to the ground lifelessly
"Thanks," I grunted, too tired for pleasant formalities It was Curtis Glayder who came down from the top of a nearby statue to retrieve his weapon, his bond, a world lion, following briskly behind hiet soerous out here in the open," he said, nodding back
"I'll be fine There are too uys to handle while I hide I can still help" I bandagedarm that had been cut open just noith a torn sleeve and turned ure
Suddenly, a sound that could only have been amplified with mana boomed like thunder I couldn't even hear myself screa from the watchtower's bell didn't reverberate in my chest I felt it in my feet as the whole earth shook from it