Kill no more volume 03, p.11
Kill No More - Volume 03, page 11
With a few loud explosions, the ground shook.
Meinan used all his magic, to the point where veins popped out of his forehead, and was finally able to maintain the giant shield.
Daylight’s sight returned and he curiously looked around the arena to examine the situation.
The three Mechas who rammed into the shield and had been broken down into pieces of junk. The three Mecha Fighter students had to use their emergency escape pods to save their lives, laid on the ground with pale faces.
The Red Knight’s situation was far worse: the Green Dragon’s wings looked like they were broken. If one looked closely, they’d notice a giant, burnt hole on the Dragon’s head, oozing with blood.
As a judge, Feir had seen the whole thing and he murmured quietly: “Asking his own teammate to fly towards him, and therefore making his five opponents fly in a straight line. Then he used an impressive piercing magic, in which fell one swoop and went through four opponents. My god, this is unbelievable.”
Aklan Academy’s only opponent left was a blue Holy Knight, who was flying in the sky with a pale face. Had he not been coincidentally too far away from Kaiser’s missile trajectory, he probably wouldn’t have been much better off than the Red Knight in his team.
Feir hurriedly called a time-out, and asked the medics to take away the heavily injured Green Dragon and its master to the infirmary.
Feir walked up to the three Mecha Fighter students, who were still trapped within their escape pods, and asked:
“You three are also injured. Are you going to the infirmary, or do you want to continue the battle?”
The three Mecha Fighters looked at each other awkwardly. Without even half a Mecha, their strength on the battlefield was miniscule. To stay in the match would be like a prey walking into a slaughter house.
The three lowered their heads and said, “We surrender.”
The tables had suddenly turned. The match turned from a 5v3 to a 1v3. The Blue Holy Knight could only stare at his three opponents, and he feared for his life when he saw Kaiser’s eyes.
Kaiser purposely blew the barrel of his gun, then turned to Daylight and said in disdain:
“I’ve already taken care of four of them for ya’. Now the last one is your responsibility. Hmph, if you can’t even take care of him, then you should really just go back to being a Green rank, and be a green head instead.”
Daylight’s body was full of scratches and wounds, and his Fire Dragon was also bleeding. Despite this, Flames let out a mighty Dragon roar.
Daylight smiled and hopped onto Flames. Before he left, he threw a line towards Kaiser:
“No problem! If I really lose, then I’m willing to de-rank myself to Green.”
Chapter 7 : Worthy of Consideration as a Godly Healer
* * *
“I can’t believe Kaiser has such an amazing hidden skill.”
Daylight reflected on what had happened during the match. Daylight watched the playback of the match and kept praising Kaiser’s tactics and magic.
Of course, Kaiser, who didn’t even know what modesty was, had gotten so prideful that even his butt was in the air. He held his head high, and was practically dancing while walking. He laughed wildly and said:
“Hahaha, of course. I’m the strongest. I just don’t want to show it off usually, haha.”
Meinan however, was skeptical, and he wondered if he just barely escaped the fate of being blown up himself.
What was more worrying was that, if Liola doesn’t come back, Kaiser would have to use the white bomb of his again and again. If that was the case, then how many more lives would he or Daylight have to risk against Kaiser’s bomb?
Meinan didn’t forget when Kaiser said his bomb doesn’t always work, and there are consequences of failing the spell.
“But, is this Liola guy, is he not ever going to ever come back?” Kaiser complained in dissatisfaction. At the same time he admitted unhappily:
“This skill… I can only use it once every three days.”
“Let me go look at the match schedule.” Daylight knitted his eyebrows.
He had originally thought that his team suddenly had an extra able body, but now he knew Kaiser was only be useful once every three days.
Kaiser realized they had arrived at the lounge prepared for Aklan Academy, he immediately kicked the door open. As soon as the door opened, they saw a person in gray robed sitting cross-legged.
Kaiser affectionately yelled and ran up to him: “Liola, I miss you so much!”
Liola was suddenly hugged by Kaiser, and at the same time he was shocked, because he didn’t notice Kaisers and others until then.
Kaiser was also shocked, because he thought Liola should have noticed them long ago, and he would’ve shadow-stepped out of his hug as usual. However, Liola was so shocked, even his body trembled a little.
Daylight didn’t realize anything out of the ordinary, so he sighed in relief:
“Silver Mask, you’re finally back. We had a rather close match just now, but we don’t know how we’re going to fight the next match.”
Kaiser realized there was something wrong, and he immediately examined Liola: he looked complete. There wasn’t a finger or leg missing, nor were there any scars or wounds.
Kaiser glanced at the only exposed skin Liola had: his palm, and then the expression on his face suddenly changed. On Liola’s hand, there was something like a tattoo shaped like a golden lock.
Kaiser crudely grabbed Liola’s hand, and started examining the spell on the lock.
Kaiser’s heart sank as he looked. From what Kaiser knew of magic, the lock was definitely some sort of seal. There were only very few Sorcerers who knew anything about seal. Mizerui and Barbalis would probably not do something like this (because they haven’t played enough), and Liola wouldn’t do anything that would force them to use that spell on him. The caster must put their hand on the person to be sealed, and their magic must go through their entire body. As long as it’s interrupted in anyway, the seal would be incomplete.
Kaiser thought about it and asked skeptically, “Did… Lancelot do this?”
Liola nodded. Lancelot threw him in the lounge and warned him that the seal was flawless, any attempt to unseal could cost him his life. He then turned away and left.
Kaiser’s face sank, and Meinan curiously walked up to Liola and also examined Liola’s hand. Meinan, too, was in shock. Daylight was also curious, so he walked up as well to look at Liola’s “tattoo”, but he didn’t see anything unusual.
Magic like seals were very difficult for a Holy Knight. Ordinarily, even among Holy Knights, not many people would try to learn it.
Daylight, who spent all his time studying fighting techniques, did not excel in magic, and he only barely brushed up on healing magic, so seals was something he had no knowledge of, and naturally he didn’t recognize it.
“What did Sir Lancelot do?” Daylight curiously, and he couldn’t understand Kaiser’s and Meinan’s depressed expressions. To him, the Paladin was Liola’s master, and he would never do anything to harm Liola.
“He sealed Liola’s Kung Fu skills.” Meinan said with difficulty.
Daylight was stunned. He didn’t think much about Lancelot’s intent in doing so, but Liola being sealed was practically an unexpected disaster.
What will they do about the following matches? Kaiser can’t use the same skill for another three days, and even if their match is three days later, Kaiser’s success largely depended on the fact that their opponent didn’t know of his power and underestimated Sorcerers.
It would be definitely impossible to achieve the same kind of result the next time around, and it would be lucky if they can even defeat one opponent with it.
What are they going to do about the other four then? Let Daylight handle all of them?
Daylight couldn’t help but admit. Normally, 1v4 wouldn’t be a huge problem for him, but this time, all his opponents were top students from every academy! Daylight was confident he could 1v2, but winning in a 1v4 situation would be a fantasy.
“Why did Sir Lancelot seal his own apprentice’s Kung Fu?” Daylight was puzzled.
Kaiser’s face was filled with depression, and he didn’t want to bother lying to Daylight.
Meinan forcefully put on a smile and said, “Perhaps the Paladin didn’t want his apprentice to participate in the matches?”
“Ah, so that’s what it is.” Daylight suddenly realized,
“Lancelot felt it would be unfair to other academies if Liola participated in this match, right? So that’s what it is. Sir Lancelot is right, we definitely shouldn’t rely solely on Liola’s abilities.”
‘Can you be any easier to trick…?’ Black lines appeared on Kaiser and Meinan’s faces.
Unlike Kaiser and others who were worried about the match, confusion filled Liola’s mind. On one hand he was happy he was finally learned healing magic, but on another he was irritated by the fact that he lost all Kung Fu.
Liola didn’t know if he should be thankful that Lancelot taught him healing magic, or if he should be furious for sealing his Kung Fu out of distrust.
‘Learned healing magic, but lost all Kung Fu, could this be a turning point? Was this a destiny planned by Anise to make him be a healer?’ Liola thought.
Having lost his Kung Fu, Liola had really became a Sorcerer who could focus on healing.
Barbalis and Mizerui would probably lose their interest in him, and Liola wouldn’t need to be Silver Mask anymore, especially since the Silver Mask was destroyed by Lancelot.
No longer possessing unparalleled Kung Fu, and no longer an Assassin, Liola looked at his palm, and collected the magic element in his hand.
As a faint white light began to glow in his palm, Liola felt a special feeling of warmth unique to healing magic in his heart. For the first time, the Assassin’s heart was filled with an unspeakable calmness.
Kaiser lowered his body, with his face as close as possible to Liola’s hand. A pair of blue eyes gazed upon the candlelight-like light.
With a long face, Kaiser said, “I have never seen such a miniscule healing magic.”
Liola was not discouraged by Kaiser’s attack, instead he said calmly and firmly, “I will get better.”
The door was suddenly kicked open. Purity’s voice echoed in the small lounge,
“Kaiser, you were great! You actually defeated four opponents! Even my brother says you’re strong.”
“Purity, please be gentle while opening the doors.” Feir said softly yet helplessly as he walked into the room behind Purity.
Daylight immediately placed his right fist on his chest and performed a Knight salute. Feir returned his salute with a smile. Then looked at Kaiser and Meinan, and nodded his head admiringly.
“It’s hard to find Sorcerers who possess true strengths nowadays. Aklan Academy really deserves its name as the best academy. Two strong Knights as a main offense, plus Kaiser’s long range attack, and Meinan’s strong protective shield; this group composition is almost perfect.”
Feir praised leisurely, but since he knew about his school’s team, he laughed bitterly, “If your Mecha Fighter is as strong as the rest of you, then it would be a flawless team.”
Unfortunately, the situation with the team was more like this: they practically have no Mecha Fighter, one main Knight had been sealed, and the long range attack can’t be used again for another three days.
Kaiser had a big headache and held his forehead while trying to come up with ways to strengthen his team.
Kaiser tried to ask: “Feir, could we swap a person? You know, Silver Mask was taken away by the Paladin, and we don’t know when he will be back.”
Feir turned around, and kindly reminded, “Did your principal not tell you? You can send in backup students.”
‘Principal? Do we even have a principal?’ Kaiser thought as he grounded his teeth.
Daylight, who also had a headache thinking about the strength of his team, hurriedly said, “Then we want to send in our backup.”
Feir took out a small Maxun from his pocket. After tapping the screen a couple of times, he said after a moment of silence,
“Aklan Academy’s back up is… Purity.”
“WHAT!?” Purity screamed.
Daylight’s face, who had first-hand experience of Purity’s magic, was completely drained of color.
Kaiser murmured, “It’s over! OVER! Every academy in the Continent of Aklan is about to be extinct.”
“Umm, you will have to decide now if you would like to switch candidates.”
Feir scratched his ear, then reminded everyone, “Your next match starts in an hour.”
‘WHAT?!’
Everyone widened their eyes and yelled in their heart. Only Liola sat unaffected on the couch, while looking intently at the small healing magic light on his palm.
* * *
With five opponents, having one more person would be more favorable. Everyone concluded, and therefore dragged Jetter forcefully out of the infirmary.
As he was dragging the howling Jetter, Kaiser laughed sinisterly:
“Hehehe, how can we let you lie comfortably in the infirmary? With you there, at least when there’s a fatal attack we can push someone out as a meat shield.”
Jetter’s expression turned for worse, but the Blue Knight, Daylight yelled:
“As a part of Aklan Academy, you have the responsibility to maintain Aklan Academy’s honor, not to mention you were one of the chosen candidates, how can you back away now?”
Jetter had a long face and stared at the new rank C Mecha his dad in the Commerce Alliance had specially prepared for him. Most of the Mechas came from the Commerce Alliance, and since this particular Mecha was specially prepared, it was definitely a high quality Mecha.
Purity saw the Mecha, and looked at it fondly. She touched it with her two hands as if they were her precious jewel, and she couldn’t take her hands off for a long time.
“Such a thin angel-shaped Mecha. It looks like it would break if I just touch it.” Kaiser frowned and complained.
But Purity turned and yell:
“It’s not like that! This Mecha is very, very good!
Though Angel Mechas aren’t uncommon, but look, this Mecha is white as snow throughout. This isn’t just for aesthetic purposes: this white coating is the newest and best magic resistant paint.
The wings on the back of the angel is made out of the strongest metal but still it looked like feathers.
Every single piece of feather has an extremely sharp edge. If your enemy decides to attack from the back, then they would make a grave mistake.”
Purity seemed intoxicated as she touched the giant bow in the angel’s hand, and then spoke as if she were daydreaming:
“Look at this long-ranged bow. It of course uses the inexhaustible supply of energy arrows. Also, the giant bow has two sharp horns on both sides, so that it can also be used in close combat. This Mecha may very well be the best among C rank Mechas.”
Daylight gasped in admiration as he listened to the explanation, Meinan scratched his face; Kaiser had a curious expression and he narrowed his eyes as he stared at Purity.
“This is the Commerce Alliance’s newest Mecha and it isn’t for sale yet. It’s called White-Winged Angel, and it’s mother’s newest invention.” Feir laughed and said to Purity.
“Mother’s newest invention”? Kaiser and Daylight were both in shock. What could Feir mean by…?
Purity yelled as she tried to stop her brother, but she was too late. Purity lowered her head to avoid eye contact with Kaiser and Daylight.
Meinan laughed, and explained on behalf of Purity: “Commerce Alliance has three leaders. The one responsible for battle training is the Yellow commander; the one responsible for administration is the Green commander, who is also Jetter’s father; last but not least, the one responsible for invention is the Red commander, who is Sir Feir and Purity’s mother.”
Kaiser’s jaw dropped: “P-Purity is the daughter of one of the three leaders of Commerce Alliance?”
“Yeah, why else do you think Jetter likes to bully Purity? Because the three leaders always liked to be compared with one another.”
Meinan glanced at Jetter in disdain, who was trembling in fear.
“Purity, are you sure you don’t want to…” Feir asked with hesitation.
Purity interrupted him before he could finish: “No!”
