An Unexpected Guest

Team A continue with their initial momentum, slaughtering all the monsters that come their way till they reach a brightly lit place. They walk into the place and marvel at the blue and red crystals all around them. The only thing that was in their way was a huge 3m tall, blue spider with blade-like legs.

"I'll handle it", said Shina as she was about to attack but Dark signals her to stop. "Can't believe I didn't notice it sooner", he said as he clicks his tongue. He quickly turns and blasts a dark ball above him. A deafening screech is heard as a skinny green monster fell. He snaps his fingers and dark spikes impale the spider. Reign, Rose and Dalla all hurriedly begin removing some of the crystals and keeping them inside the bag Shina brought. Just after they are done, they notice that Dark has been uneasy for a while. They all follow Dark's gaze and saw a person who looked like a child and dressed in a child's ball gown.

"Who is she? I didn't even sense her presence", Rue thought.

"Why do you feel unease, she's hardly a threat", Mule said as he patted Dark's back. "Make one wrong move and your life will end here. The only reason why she doesn't feel threatening is because that's what she wants", Dark warns them as he takes his battle stance. "But no matter how you put it, seven is better than one", Shina protested. "It doesn't matter whether it's 10 of us. Defeating her is impossible, I'll do my best to stall her while you guys make a run for it". The others try to protest but Shina stops them. "If he's this frightened then this girl must be no joke but why is she just in the air. She hasn't talked or moved since", she thought.

As they were about to leave, a barrier blocked their exit. "Who said any of you can leave", the girl said in a menacing tone.

"Let them go!" Dark shouted. "That's cute but don't worry. I won't kill them", she said in a cute voice. Dark's body becomes black, he launches several black balls at her, but a barrier blocks the attacks. He appears behind her and attempts to kick her, but a pink sphere covers him. He tries moving through it but to no avail. "You must be wondering why your dark body can't pass through that barrier, right? It's because this barrier cuts through dimensions. It stops your dark body from reacting the way it normally should. Now time to play with your friends", she giggles as she faces the others. Dark tries his best to break out of the sphere but is unable to. The rest watched in horror as the battle ended.

Before they could react, she appears behind Mule and flicks his head. He falls to his knees as blood comes out from his eyes. She appears behind Reign and puts her pinky into his head. His eyes roll back, and he falls to the floor. Rose tries to attack her with a black beam, but she grips Rose's head and slams it into the wall, she slumps to the ground as a trail of blood follows her. She palms Rue and the chest, he falls to the ground, coughing violently as a black liquid leaves his mouth then he slumps to the ground. She turns to see Dalla had already wet himself and lost consciousness.

She turns to Shina who is standing a few feet away from her shaking. "Hey Shina. My name is Daria and I'm here to kill Dark", she said as she pointed at him. "Why?" Shina managed to ask. "Well, I was hired to do so. He may be strong but he's not near my level", she replied. "If you know so much about us. Do you stand a chance against Crystal?" Shina asked. "No way. That girl will pulverize me, but do you know what I love must about the overly powerful? They ignore all those beneath them, they can only see those around them and loathe those above them. I could bet you that all she wants is to become the demon lord not for the people but to prove to the world that she is the best. But can you guess why I despise them?" she landed and walked towards Shina who fell to the ground because of the pressure her aura was exerting.

"There are four types of people in this world: The normal, talented, geniuses and prodigies. The talented make the normal efforts all meaningless, the geniuses make the talented look like normal and the prodigies are just the worst. They make all others feel like worthless scum. At least one can use his hard work to build a talent, one can then build that talent and become a genius but once you aren't born a prodigy then forget it. For instance, we can see Mule here as a normal, you as a talented, Dark as a genius and Crystal as a prodigy. What makes you different from Dark is just your abilities but when it comes to Crystal, you guys are all the same. Ants just standing in line to be crushed. Fun fact is this our society is just the same and it can't change. I am truly sick of it. Now that I'm done unravelling what I've been wanting to say. I guess I'll kill you", she smiles as a pink energy blade forms on her fingers.

Name: Daria

Ego: Tamer

Inherent talent: Necromancy

She's about to slit Shina's throat and everything went dark. Few hours later, Shina wakes up and finds herself in the infirmary with the others who are still sleeping. They seemed to be doing well, though they are covered in bandages.

"How?" she asked as she jumped up from her bed. She yelped in pain as she fell on the bed. "Don't strain your body more than it already is. You still need some rest", Miss Hecla said as she took a seat beside her. "Well, you would have died if Dante hadn't swooped in and stopped the attacker", she explained. "Dante? Oh, you mean our instructor. Was he able to catch the attacker?" Shina asked. "He was unable to. After he attacked her, she turned to a corpse. I guess that wasn't her real body", she said.

"How can that be? She was untouchable and that was just a part of her power and yet, she claims that at her full power she won't be able to beat Crystal. What kind of monster is she and better still how is Arcon doing with her on his tail?" she thought as she shakes her head. She was having a slight headache and so decided to rest a bit.

Later that evening,

Ian and Arcon were sitting on the roof of the cafeteria as they gazed at the clouds. "Now that I think about it, I haven't seen you in any of the extra activities", Ian said as he turned to Arcon. "Well, I am actually in the Battle course but"

"Really! That's my extra course too", Ian interrupts as he closes the distance between both of them and grabs his hands. Arcon looks away immediately, "Don't look at me like that. It's not a big deal". Ian smirks mischievously as he poked Arcon. "But why haven't I seen you at all", he said as he drops Arcon's hands. "Why that's because..." he turns to face Ian but jumped back due to the closeness of their faces. "What the hell Ian. Our lips almost touched", he said as he moved back. He then looks at Ian whose cheeks were bright red. "Is he for real?", Arcon thought as he adjusted himself.

"Arcon, we've been friends for about a week, but I don't really know much about you", Ian said in a somewhat serious tone. Arcon just looks at him without saying anything. "Ok then. I'll go first. My name as you know is Ian, eldest and only son of Devan and Iris. I have 3 sisters and one should be coming here by next year. Though she's pretty, try your best not to hit on her", he said with a smile. "Why would I hit on your sister?", Arcon thought.

"Well, I am Arcon, eldest son of Lyn and Korag. I have 4 siblings and they are all doing well. That's all, right?" he said as he admires the sky. Ian on the other hand was about to burst of excitement. "You're telling me that your father is the first general of the demon army and if that's true. Your mom should be the woman that rivals the demon lord", he said. "That's about right", Arcon confirmed. Ian begins to hit him with different questions and Arcon did his best to answer as much as he could. An hour later, they both say their goodbyes and go to their rooms.

Arcon entered his room and saw Fena and another girl from his class talking. Fena is on her bed and the other, on his. The girl looked at him from head to toe and chose to ignore him then continued chatting with Fena. "What's wrong with this bitch?" he though as he goes into the bathroom. "Is that eyesore your roommate? My condolences for living with such filth. Looking at him makes my skin crawl", she said with a face of disgust. "Come on Britney, even though he's a fool, he's not that bad. Your standards are just so high", Fena replied, and they both giggle.

Britney was a rare beauty. Her lavishing white long hair and her golden eyes accompanied with her amazing figure made her look like a goddess but that has made her personality as spoilt as it gets.

Arcon just stayed in the bathroom and heard all they said, "The nerves of these girls. Acting as though I'm not here. I just hope a day comes when I get to pay them back for all they have done", he though. He just waits in the bathroom till she leaves before making his way to his bed. "Where you so much of a loser that you had to hide in the bathroom because of a girl?" she giggles. Arcon sighs, "I don't really have the time to meddle to your stupid gossips. So please, keep that to yourself", he said as he opens a book and begins to read.

Fena's eyes twitched as heard this. Arcon jumped out of his bed in time to dodge the sword she threw at him. She continues her onslaught till Arcon ran out of the room. "The nerve of that bastard", she said as she goes back to her bed. "He's so dead when he returns".