Chapter 23

----- Empress Castle; yard -----

After finishing the meeting.

Born was eating a watermelon, while reflecting on life, his existence. Normal thoughts for someone who has nothing to do at the moment.

A sudden voice is heard that makes Born's body tremble. - Thinking about life again.

Born puts down the watermelon, turns around and bows.

Empress. - I have a job for you.

Born complained in his mind, he knew it would be a dangerous job, but he knows it's worse to turn it down.

----- Academy; Madelin's House; Room where Levi is staying temporarily ------

Levi just finished all the food that was stored in his necklace. I regenerate his missing arm and heal all his wounds.

Seeing how the sword withstood yesterday's attacks with ease, he decided to train his swordsmanship.

Levi. - He wanted to wait longer to practice with the sword.

I practice with the sword until 6 pm, when the last class ends.

I stop training.

He went to the class place.

Enlil was left alone, waiting for Levi.

Levi arrives without mishaps, however, the calm made him be more careful when walking.

Enlil watches Levi from a distance, he is surprised to see that he regained the other arm. - Let's go -. He says without asking questions.

The duo heads to the residential building.

On the way Enlil asked how he got his arm back, Levi lies to him, he gives all the credit to Madelin, he didn't want to show off in front of Enlil, besides he doesn't trust her.

They were less than 200 meters away from reaching the building, when a group stood in their way.

Levi recognized them. They're the group he's been fighting with. "The sniper is missing."

The boy in the white uniform steps forward. "This will be the day you die and having a helper won't make any difference to the outcome."

Enlil whispers to Levi. - I can help you fight them, but if you increase the discount -. I expected to make more profit.

Levi whispers to him. - How many can you deal with? -. "There's no point in giving him more if he can't do anything."

Enlil whispers in a smug tone. - With my current strength I can kill two warriors -.

Levi makes a quick decision, he whispers. "Just give me the materials and I'll make the potion for free."

Enlil whispers. - It was a pleasure doing business. In his mind he was jumping with happiness.

His whispers were quick, which only took him 10 seconds to speak.

One of the warriors speaks. - Little girl. You can abandon it and live or you prefer death.

Enlil says arrogantly. - Only two options? I will add another option. Fight and survive. He gives Levi a sign with his eyes. - Ritual of the wind: Invocation of the feline elemental -.

Next to Enlil a being of a height of more than 2 meters is formed, formed by gusts of air, in the shape of a cat.

Levi follows her. - Dark ritual: Invocation of the turtle-.

A large 10-foot turtle forms next to Levi, made entirely of darkness, with a red glow in its eyes.

The girl who fought Levi last night starts laughing out loud. - It's all they got. I'm disappointed. Luminous ritual: Unicorn -.

Enlil clutches his head and begins to groan. - That?!!!! Now everyone can summon. Since when did summoning become so easy and common?! No no no no-.

Levi gives him a reminder. - Remember that this school was built in a powerful empire, the scarce can be something normal in this place-.

The girl. - Your boyfriend is right -.

Enlil regains her composure and begins to speak as if she had been insulted. - He's not my boyfriend and I'm already engaged to someone much better. It bothers me that you think we're a couple. His mouth didn't stop for more than 5 minutes, giving more and more reasons why he wouldn't be with Levi.

Levi listened silently, clenching his fists and teeth, thinking of how to get revenge in the future.

The enemies only listened, the girls paid more attention to Enlil's words, the boys had other things on their minds, ignoring Enlil's words.

The sniper in the distance was the only one who sympathized with Levi for a few moments.

Levi without attracting the attention of the enemy, put a potion into the turtle's body, when the potion was already inside he made it travel to the turtle's head. He calmed his mind and tried to locate the sniper without raising suspicion.

I take advantage of the fact that Enlil's words made them lower their guard, unfortunately I couldn't find the sniper. Without further ado, he orders the turtle to attack.

The turtle charged towards girl A's potion (the one who fought Levi earlier).

Girl A stops the turtle's advance with her hands, managing to get out unharmed, her companions get into attack position and charge towards the duo.

Enlil orders his wind cat to attack girl B (the other cyber-mage). However, Girl A's summon gets in the way, managing to hit the cat with her horn.

The cat backs off.

The sniper shoots at Levi, unfortunately his shot was easily evaded. Enlil also dodges it.

Levi doesn't advance, grabs Enlil, puts her on his shoulder and starts running without caring about Enlil's discomfort.

Enlil was surprised by his actions. - Why are you running? The fun is just beginning -.

Levi didn't care how he felt. - We cannot win, they are stronger and outnumber us, I will not fight a battle that is lost from the beginning.

Enlil is not stupid, she understands the situation. - I see. I agree. Run faster, they'll take care of the summons fast.

Levi. - I already know that, but I left a gift for the leader of those bastards -. An evil smile forms on his face.

Enlil is curious. - Tell me tell me tell me -.

Levi begins to get irritated. - Nothing out of the ordinary-.

Girl A hits the turtle's head with her fists, while her teammates follow the duo.

The only ones who could attack from a distance were the sniper and girl B, he another cyber-mage only knows how to use magic at close range and his psionic powers were of no help.

The tortoise was losing the battle against the girl.

The unicorn easily beat the cat.

Girl A orders him to chase after Levi.

Levi from a distance saw that the turtle was about to lose, so he ordered him to spit out the potion.

When Girl A threw another punch, the turtle spit out the potion on cue.

Girl A used her other arm to catch the potion, it exploded on contact. She covers her nose with her free hand when she sees that the content of the potion was a gas that begins to spread, however, the gas enters through the pores of her arms, through her ears and eyes, making her look ridiculous for believing that covering his nose was enough.

Girl A starts screaming in pain. His vision became completely blurry, his ears began to ring and bleed, his body began to tremble, making it difficult for him to stand, and a great pain arose in his head, making it difficult for him to calm down.

Levi excitedly shouts an order to the turtle. - Kill that bitch. He shares a large part of his mana with the turtle.

The turtle opens its mouth, a large ball of darkness began to form in its mouth.

Levi screams. - Now -.

The turtle shoots the dark ball.

Hit the girl's head squarely. Being under the effect of the potion, the girl's physical, magical and psionic defense decreased considerably. The attack barely managed to destroy a part of the girl's head, but it achieved its goal.

The death of the strongest member.

When she dies, her summon just disappears, like all the support spells she used on her allies before appearing in front of Levi.

His group was in shock, they did not expect to see a potion of that caliber in the possession of a student.

Levi is clear about his level of strength, so he thought of other possible ways to win. Upon reflection, he thought of using potions more efficiently, but to his disappointment, with his ability he cannot create combat effective potions, which led him to take/steal some potions from Madelin.

That was a rank 4 potion, made by Madelin. Which produces blindness, headaches, tremors in the body, decreased defense and a weakening of reasoning that varies from person to person, but turned out to be stronger because it is made to be used with stronger individuals.

The tortoise swallows the carcass and places it in the center of its body, then starts running in another direction.

The enemy did not know what to do, whether to continue their pursuit or recover the body of their friend. They didn't know what exactly happened to the body of their other partner, but they already had some theories about it.

The sniper sent a message saying that he would take care of recovering the body.

The group did not hesitate any longer and continued with their pursuit.

Enlil worried. - It does not seem that they let us escape.

Levi was excited. - That's good. When we met him I felt a barrier that suppressed the efficiency of dark magic and I would have to consume more mana than necessary to be able to use it at its normal power. Do you know why I sent the turtle in another direction? -.

Enlil doubtfully says. - Nope-.

Levi explains. - To have to face fewer enemies. I've already eliminated their only mage and their strongest member, plus we separated them from their ranged support and the other two who know magic don't use ranged attacks. The chances of winning increased exponentially.

Enlil. - Oh. So the reinforcements I asked for are useless.

Levi. - Wait to. Reinforcements? How many?

Enlil. - One-.

Levi. - Is strong? -.

Enlil. - Yes. But it's a bit strange and I don't know if he would treat you well, besides, I don't know if he would charge you for helping either.

Levi. - That's not my problem. You asked for his help, you pay him.

Enlil. - But I did it to survive.

Levi. "If we take care of them before he arrives, we won't have to pay him."

Enlil. - That seems fine to me-.

The two reached an agreement.

An unknown voice is heard. - I do not think so -. Both groups stop. They don't know if he's an ally or an enemy. Nevertheless, Enlil recognized that voice and began to get excited.

Unknown. - Magic of Corn: Prison of the corn-.

A cage made of corn kernels quickly forms, trapping the group that was chasing the duo.

Enlil was happy. - You arrive on time cousin.

Unknown. - What do I do with them? -.

Levi stops carrying Enlil and begins to back away.

Backing up, he collides with someone.

Unknown. - Where do you think you're going dwarf? -.

Levi turns his head.

He was stopped by a young man in a gray uniform; brown skin; an approximate height of 185 cm; short black hair; large yellow eyes; a pointed nose; with superior appearance.

His appearance alone is enough to be hated by Levi.

The young man begins to speak. - You must be Levi. My cousin says you're someone interesting. I introduce myself, I am Cinteótl, the only living being that can use maize magic and a future god -. I use a smug tone.

Levi introduces himself with an equal attitude. - I'm Levi. Your cousin told me you have delusions of grandeur and mentioned playing along with you. I am a pharmacist and your future brother-in-law. It was obvious that Cinteótl did not like him.

Cinteótl.- I have five brothers -.

Levi corrects his words. - Then you will be my future father-in-law -. "I don't know what this feeling is, but seeing it, I just want to kill it."

Cinteotl. - A god does not need to have offspring -. He says it with a superior tone.

Enlil approaches and joins. - She is infertile because of her magic -.

That simple sentence made Levi's hatred disappear. - Okay. I can not think of anything else. Leaving this aside, I'll take care of them -. Point out enemies.

Cinteótl.- Leave and I release them -.

Enlil scolds him. - No. It is better if we take care of them so as not to have future problems -.

Cinteotl. - Okay, however, I'll stay with their souls -.

Levi. - I with the corpses -. "I'm hungry"

Enlil had some insecurities. - And what do I win? -. "They can't keep me out of the negotiations and since the guys who were after Levi are going to die, he doesn't need my help anymore and he may back out of the deal."

Levi. - You remember the previous deal. Enlil nods, Levi says. - That wins, I will maintain the agreement -.

Enlil took his time to make them think that he was giving it serious thought. - Okay, but the sniper is still missing -.

Levi. - I'll take care of myself, but first they -.

The enemies tried to break the cage, but their attacks didn't even leave a scratch.

Girl B in the cage began to beg for mercy as her attacks were ineffective, her companions also began to beg. Despite everything they've done, they don't want to die.

With a gloomy look, Cinteotl says. - I can let the girl live -.

Levi is surprised. - I refuse, everyone has to die -.

Cinteótl.- Sometimes you have to show mercy. You don't have the same information as me. I know what they have done and how they behave. That's why I decided that the girl will live -.

Levi clenches his fists, "For now I can't do anything, in the future I'll take care of her". He approaches the cage. He stops in front of her. - How will I take care of them if the cage protects them? -.

Cinteótl.- My mistake. Corn magic: spear -. Spears begin to emerge from most of the cage.

The group was in danger, except the girl.

The cage was splattered with blood, the corpses of the students remained almost intact, leaving only a few punctures on their bodies.

When Cinteótl disappeared from the cage, the girl left quickly, without looking back. I bear your tears. Cinteótl collected the souls that were disappearing and followed the girl. Leaving Levi and Enlil with three corpses.

Levi keeps them in his necklace and starts running in the direction of the turtle.

Enlil was left alone, she went to the building to rest.

End of chapter.