Chapter 16 - A Conundrum Of Troubles 1

Vinanciel's PoV

"What do you mean?" I answered nervously from the call going on.

"What I mean is that, the corps had sent us a squadron"

The man spoke with a disappointed voice.

"But, they're just new recruits! Fresh out of the oven! They don't have much experience! Even with training, without any proper battle experience, they'll die!"

"I know. But that's what the Corps had decided upon. Why don't you come here instead?"

Anger arose inside of me, resulting in my fist to come in contact with the wall punching the wall from my anger.

"I can't do that!"

"Son..."

"You are the commander of the country right now!"

"It's true..." He sighed and continued. "But we have no choice."

"The Corps of Banshee treats us like we are pests! They don't give a fuck! The other corps are ready to help us at any given moment, but they're quite busy to accept any requests"

Gritting my teeth from desperation, I couldn't find an answer to the conundrum that my country is facing.

"I will end the call now."

"Wait."

"What is it?"

"The prince will help."

I let off a gasp, my hopes getting riled up with my eyes and lips widening from the surprise.

"R-really?! He will? What Anticleseus will he be facing?" I asked in curiosity, wanting to know the opponent of the Prince.

"It's Naiad"

"I see. Then, if it's the prince, I should hang up. My friend is waiting for me"

The call ended and I came back rushing to the cafeteria. I didn't see anyone sitting on our table, then I ran to find him. Going back to our classroom, I didn't see a glimpse of his existence, my heart was somewhat pounding from running, becoming nervous that was coming from my instincts as an omega, that was the feeling of something that will happen.

"Where are you, Rius?"

I opened the door on the rooftop, but there were people on the shade eating their meal with laughter. An omega stopped laughing and looked at my direction. His gaze hinting his perplexed reaction, his lips gaped then he composed himself standing from his seat. He is one of the professors that taught us about our heat control, and he is one of the people who produced a pill for the proper regulation for the bodies of omegas from their heat.

His eyes were like the lustrous rubies that shine brightly under the daylight, his hair that resembles the deep ocean trenches, being navy blue. His fair skin that show the cream like colour of a milk, his name is Professor Klem Jestercott Edelborn.

"Greetings to you, Vinanciel. Are you looking for someone? Your face seems to scream trouble through your eyes, is something the matter?"

"I apologize for my intrusion to your small banquet. I am looking for my friend who's name is Rius, do you happen know where he is?"

He touched his chin with eyes averting to his side then his face brightens and clapped as he shows his smile.

"I saw him walking towards the stadium, but I don't know the reason why he went there." He turned his gaze to me, but I hurriedly left.

"Hey!"He pouted crossing his arms. "Children these days are ungrateful!" I came back rushing, while panting.

"Thank you professor! I'll be going now!"

"Oh! You're welcome! I guess some children are grateful!"

Striding through the wind, skipping some stairs, sweat running down to my neck and panting down my throat for air. I saw the stadium and quickly dashed inside.

"Rius!" I shouted after seeing him sleeping with creatures that hovered above him, the light jellies. I entered the stadium but I stopped mid way, seeing a silhouette from the floor that resembles a shadow. I composed myself in a battle stance.

"Come to me Maiden's Sword, Jeanne De'Arc!"

In the air around my hand, the sword came out of thin air with sparkles of light dust enveloping around then formed the sword.

"Interesting, sword of Jeanne De'Arc. The sword given by God"

"What of it?" Pointing my sword in front of me.

In her splendor of blackness, she came out of the weaving shadow portal, ominous and sinful. I trembled in front of her presence, yet my eyes have glanced towards the resting Rius on the floor. I grit my teeth and thought that I need to save from this malevolent person.

She had a dark veil surrounding her, that covered her face. Shackles of diamond bracelets around her wrists and ankles that float, a circlet above her head that seems to glow vividly, glitters like stars on her black dress that exudes brilliance and her hair smooth and white with the shade of navy colour on it's edges going down to her ankles.

"Your tenacity for your friend is impeccable. But I must say, will that sword be equal to that tenacity of yours to save your friend?"

I grit my teeth clenching my fist to my sword.

"Dare to say more, you woman

I'll kill you!"

"I'll entertain you" she smirked.

Frowning in a scorn, I dashed towards her front, making her step backwards. With the hit of my sword was also the blocking of her violet shield, as violet sparks of lightning flashes from the colliding forces.

"Wow! How marvelous!"

Next, I performed a basic art of Banshee.

"Hundred Shot Strike!"

Her barrier broke down yet with every strike i do was the blocking of her fingers to my attacks.

What the hell is she?

Taking my position back staring at her. Her defense is more hard than i thought and those fingers! it's like striking steel itself! If her defense is strong then what is her offensive attack be?

I saw a grin on her face. She reached hand out causing black bullets to come out of her spell.

Damn!

I leaped dodging the consecutive attacks and more were launched to me and deflected those shots with my sword.

"Quite the runner are you?"

I ran around the stadium waiting for an opening, i gasped as she grinned and jumped from her position closing in to my front, it was so fast that i did a back flip with bullets coming from her, with those incoming bullets again i bent my back lower dodging them and composed myself back.

I watched steadily grabbing an estoc going out of the shadow portal on her chest.

We approached each other clashing swords together, the ringing sounds come off them were like music of beating in the stadium, a scenery of fighting between enemies doing it's act on the stage.

"Hear me for i am your companion in need"

"Casting an art? How intriguing but can you cast while fighting?"

Slashes bring forth to our fight like swords banging, i swing with all of my force to those strikes as she did the same but i feel that she is underestimating me seemingly to par her strength to mine.

"Light that governs on the heavens give me strength, an angel that holds the friendship of the Lord with loyalty and fidelity, thy soul giveth form to mine and have your resilience bestow upon me,Raguel!"

My strength enhanced,my eye sight enhanced, the feeling of my feet that could almost walk easily through the wind. Swiftly running through the wind i slashed to her torso but she vanished like a mirage.

I stride towards her beginning to slash her head then she leaned backwards dodging even though jist slight, her sword is now swinging vertically yet to my reaction i blocked it.

"Hooooo" she expressed in a mocking voice "Enhanced speed,attack and defense? Then let's test things out!"

Before i could notice it her whole self is now in front of me already forming her hands into a fist that landed on my sword, the strength of her punch made me flew in the air and coughed up blood getting me to land to the chairs of the stadium.

I want to save Rius at this instant and i looked at the resting omega that was protected by those floating creatures.

She had a conventionally evil laugh under her veil.

"I will kill you!"

I screamed in desperation that i felt my muscles almost screaming in pain that it might feel lump from exhaustion as well but our swords crossed paths once more striking with agility and power in every swing that collides.

"Why don't we make things more fun?" She said with her tone in satisfaction of the amusement i brought to her.

Her face showed a grin on her and laughed again then she pointed her Estoc to me and floats in midair backing her position in air above Rius.

Mana swirls like the wind brushing off against my skin making me scared in a moment.

An aura of magic appears around her and i gasped in the situation. An aura of magic? That's impossible there's only few people at most that could let their magical aura appear and that is by using...a god art.