’Maria. How are the other groups faring so far?’
As l drank a , she summoned her and .
She chuckled when the eagle-eye’s face glead with bug posing, two blades attached to its limbs shimring in defiance against the coming horde.
[It seems other groups have been eting similar issues despite our distance. ]
Glancing at Lila and Rosana, an idea occurred to l as she raised her staff. ’Then I suppose the cult has sothing to do with it!’
[ Of course! Possibly trying to escape in the chaos, after inciting the mass horde with so thods they have. ]
[ I’ve dispatched the Knights to protect other students; let us dispose of them first. ]
’That we can agree.’
As the lizardman, the fastest of the three groups, lunged, l chanted. "."
Purple hues shrouded the summons, as did Lila and Rosana.
Lila shuddered as her palm smoothed over purple-tinged skin.
She couldn’t touch it, but felt like a war-monger’s adrenaline was flowing through her veins.
On the contrary, Rosana let out a relaxed grunt as she dashed forward; the refreshing sensation from l’s buff was like a ’hocoming’ for her.
With a palm pressing on her sword’s edge, Rosana leaped and-
Stab!
One lizardman’s chest was pierced, right between the crystals, with precision.
The other two lizardn sprang, but a slice in the air shot forward, before two icicles lodged through their skulls.
"Twenty-seven and twenty-six, huh?" Rosana glanced over her shoulder, eting Lila’s puppy-like glare.
With a smirk, she dismissed the blade for a spike ball on a long chain, its weight swaying from the wooden handle.
The kobolds charged; but with a single swipe, Rosana sent three of them crumpling together, their bodies torn by the blow.
The other four stuttered in their steps, their feet frozen stiff by spiked ice beneath, before one jolted.
One icicle launched and struck its head.
It dropped, then another fell as its skull was impaled.
One by one, their lifeless bodies toppled like dominoes, feet still frozen in the grip of unending ice.
"Finally caught up."
Lila cast an indifferent glance at the Heiress’s back, hand raised with preparedness for a as it aid for the ogre. "I would make sure I will not be surpassed this ti."
"You’re welco to try."
The Heiress scoffed as she rushed, arcing her spiked ball for the ogre’s knee.
Splash!
Blood flowed as the ogre stumbled and fell face-first, the other charged at Rosana, its wobbly steps befiting its large body.
Yet as it howled, brandishing its teeth adorned with dusts of mana crystals, a chant broke through the tension.
"Frozen isle; ice that begets only autumn; grant the will of the screaming breeze."
Rosana frowned, the power hidden beneath Lila’s chant unmistakable.
She glanced at the Witch of Envy; the purple hues still surrounded her skin, as the Snow Witch simply raised her hand.
"Fallen tears; ice that forgot only sorrow; grant the strength of the silent howl."
l humd as the winds swirled around Lila’s figure; the wind churned the mud, freezing the earth beneath in a creeping layer of ice.
Rosana shrugged as she ducked, a club swung barely above her head, before she dismissed her spiked ball for her axe.
Slash!
Another swing, another knee injured as she dropped and slid through the orge’s legs, its body tumbling forward.
"Rember the tragedy of Winter’s fall." Lila’s silent declaration rang, her palm stretched to gather the breeze.
"And mourn the breezes that could cry no longer."
A concentrated blast of frost shot ahead, a ssy, turbulent surge tearing forward as it shredded through the mud with bitter frosts.
Rosana bolted against the ice storm as if unafraid, before safely passing through it without a scratch.
Then, the storm swallowed the orgres, their hides shredded and chewed by the ice storm.
Only to then dissolve in ice dusts, carried off with the breeze.
l offered a small clap. "Job well done, everyone."
She watched as Lila stared blankly at her hand, disbelief snapping her out of her focus.
With a smirk, she petted Lila. "Feeling troubled by your power now?"
Lila’s shoulders trembled, her lips parting as if to utter sothing to ground her senses, only to be replaced by a sigh.
A faint blush spread across her cheeks as she glanced away. "I don’t know..."
She wished for a mont to excuse the earlier chant as luck.
But the power was nearing that of an mage, as if she ascended without knowing all along.
Was it l’s buff? Or...
As Lila’s trembling hand grasped her chest, l embraced her from behind.
"Don’t worry," l whispered hot breaths into Lila’s reddened ear.
A doting look crossed l’s face as Lila eased herself into her embrace.
"We’ll figure it out together."
"Mm..."
Lila’s voice lingered, then an embarrassed tone slipped inside. "Um... l..."
"What is it?"
"You promised... a reward if I do well, right?"
l’s gaze t Lila’s erald eyes that peeked behind, the innocence mixed with sha too appealing to her appetite.
With a lick of her lips, l asked, "What reward would you like, Lila?"
"Do-don’t ask such embarrassing questions..."
Holding back a laugh, l embraced the squirming Lila tightly. "Co on now, tell or I won’t know."
"Mm..."
"Alright. Ti out."
Rosana threw her axe aside, more impressed than exasperated as she approached the duo. "You two have a wonderful penchant to flirt at the worst ti, but let’s handle the issue at hand first."
As Lila hiccuped and squird her head into l’s chest, l’s lips trembled in delight.
Hiding the bliss in her voice, l composed herself. "You an what caused the Monster outbreaks from earlier?"
l mused with interest; while confident in her Partner, the danger behind the cult was not so easily underestimated.
"For now," her gaze swept over the others, including Saira and the unknown Senior. "Shall we survey the other fields as well? I’m sure the other students needed our help as well!"
Everyone glanced at each other in a silent agreent before following l and Lila.
The frosty soils crunched underneath their feet, foretelling the rise of another Witch to co.
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