Sacred Templar

After they spent some time discussing the spell, they suddenly heard a text come from someone's phone.

『...Who is that?』[Mune]

They all took out their phone and checked, before Nova realized it was his.

『...It's mine.』[Nova]

『Who is it from?』[Freyana]

『Uh… Sarena.』[Nova]

『The woman with black hair from that time we were in your room?』[Freyana]

『Yeah, that one.』[Nova]

Nova looked at the text, reading out "I'm still at school. There seems to be an intruder on the premises. Stay safe".

『She's still at school. It seems that Zousa might be on campus.』[Nova]

Nova texted back to her "An assassin is after us, don't worry." in hopes that it would encourage her to stay in her dorm room.

Some of the people there looked over at his phone and gave him a strange look.

『...Was that sarcastic, or..?』[Freyana]

『Huh? No. Let's quickly learn this spell and beat this demon dude up.』[Nova]

Nova got back to memorizing the circle.

『...Nova, you may want to-』[Alex]

『Shh. Concentrate on the circle.』[Mune]

Alex kept quiet and got back to trying to memorize the circle.

Nova's phone started to vibrate again.

And again.

And again.

He quickly switched the phone to not disturb him, in the hopes that he might be able to focus better.

After a little bit of time, Kikhia's circle looked as if it had started shimmering to Nova, ingraining itself into his mind.

『...I think-』[Nova]

Suddenly, they heard a crashing noise down the hallway.

『...No way. This is a separate building. How the hell did he find us?!』[Mune]

『...Is it...』[Kikhia]

She dropped a strap off of her dress and pulled down the sleeve, causing Freyana to quickly cover Nova's eyes.

『Huh-?! Hey!』[Nova]

『...You aren't allowed to look.』[Freyana]

『...No, it's nothing illicit nor scandalous. Is there a mark on my back?』[Kikhia]

Freyana slowly took her hands off of Nova's eyes, allowing him to see a black circle that had a line running through it.

『...There is… Isn't that the…?』[Nova]

『Right. It's the mark that was on your blade. It's a technique of my clan.』[Kikhia]

『So… that means he'll always know where you are?!』[Nova]

『...Right.』[Kikhia]

『Then, let's run! Nova can you-』[Alex]

Suddenly, the door of the Raidagem room burst down, revealing Zousa standing there.

『Area!』[Nova]

Nova's black portal began to encapsulate Zousa, with the intention to send him far away.

『Tch. You underestimate me.』[Zousa]

A loud thumping noise was heard from the other side of Nova's Area.

After a moment, a crack appeared on Nova's Area.

『...He can get through?!』[Nova]

Nova tried focusing in front of him.

A magical circle formed in front of him, as he struggled to keep focus on the Area spell.

Mune caught on quickly.

『Hey! All of you, form Wave circles in front of Nova!』[Mune]

Mune began to focus in front of Nova, forming multiple Wave circles in the blink of an eye.

Kikhia and Alex formed a few, stacking a few in front of Nova.

Freyana didn't seem to know how to do it, but she attempted to copy the circle, creating one.

Zousa's hand finally broke through Nova's Area, revealing his face peering through.

『Come and play, won't yo-』[Zousa]

The Area suddenly shattered into many crystals, showering Zousa and causing him to step back in surprise.

『Look! A holy attribute mage!』[Mune]

Mune's sudden declaration caused Zousa to look behind him for some reason.

Using this chance, Nova pulled his arm back and thrust it through the many Wave circles…

And to top it off…

『Impact Form: True Gale!』[Nova]

The initial piercing nukite from Nova made contact with the back of Zousa.

It pierces straight through, exposing a cavity inside of Zousa's body.

Nova's adrenaline helped him to suppress the urge to throw up then and there, but he committed the sight of the gore to his mind.

Zousa's head suddenly snapped around a full 180 degrees, staring right at Nova with a dead look.

『...You are the biggest obstacle here, aren't you? But… that's not enough, boy.』[Zousa]

『...Of course it's not enough.』[Nova]

The Waves suddenly erupted with the strength of several of Nova's True Gales, causing a giant force of multiple colors of mana to completely blast Zousa through the building's walls and outside.

Several chunks of Zousa's body laid outside, causing everyone present but Nova and Mune to gag, shriek, or start crying.

Nova suppressed the urge to do any of those as he prepared one more measure.

He summoned Reischneid and materialized a semi long sword, sticking the blade into the floor of the Raidagem room.

With sheer focus, Nova began to recite a chant at breakneck speed.

『The hero slumbered for three days, trained for three months, walked for three years, slayed beasts for thirty years, and kept us safe for three lifetimes.』[Nova]

A highly elaborate circle with 3 different circles built into one appeared under Nova as he began to finish the chant.

『 I implore him to lend his spirit that saved our realm, to materialize once more, to aid me in my search for salvation.』[Nova]

A searing hot energy filled his body and flowed through the blade.

Nova concentrated on conveying his intentions of the spellcasting through to the small black slate on Reischneid's guard.

『Sacred Templar.』[Nova]

A glowing gold circle appeared, just as golden particles began to manifest in the air, before being sucked into the circle and flowing into the sword.

The sword's original pure white color was now accented by a translucent yellow aura that floated loosely off of Nova's blade.

Suddenly, Reischneid spoke to Nova in his mind.

「Oh. Allow me to help you out with this one, Nova.」[Reischneid]

Nova felt the searing energy suddenly house an overbearing presence, causing him to subconsciously start kneeling, forcing the blade deeper into the ground.

The small black slate on the guard that housed the golden circle suddenly began to spin, before it turned whitish-gray.

The yellow aura that was on Nova's blade suddenly splintered and turned into white particles before reconvening into his sword.

「What did you do?」[Nova]

「...An old trick of mine is all.」[Reischneid]

Nova lifted the blade slowly out of the ground.

『...Did he.. succeed?』[Alex]

『...There's no way. I haven't even memorized the chant yet.』[Mune]

Kikhia looked at the blade with a confused expression.

『White? Not yellow? Did he… fail?』[Kikhia]

Nova suddenly started running toward the remnants of Zousa's body without answering them.