Chapter 106: The Magicless Elf
Over the next week, I taught more and more abstract concepts that were in the world Kala made.
I still wanted to get home, and everyone knew it, but I still wanted to teach what I could before then.
No other fighters got in. I assume that after those guys got in, the hole was moved.
I talked with Amanda occasionally. We shared stories, and I really wanted to tell her, but I knew that that was up to Kala to tell her. I did tell her about Amy though.
"Is she really that strong now?"
"Yep, she is one of our strongest fighters, and a lot of us are pretty sure she'll be dating Ausar."
"Wow, to think that she became so strong and seduced a deity. Makes me kind of jealous."
"Eh, it's a hard life. She had to go through a lot of shock, plus she had to realize that no matter how strong you get, you can't save everyone."
"That would be a hard lesson to learn."
"Yeah, and she learnt it in one of the harshest ways possible."
"How?"
"She saw one of the strongest fighters she'd ever seen crying as he held his dead liege."
"I see, that would certainly be an eye-opening thing to see."
"She also saw a dragon sobbing as her boyfriend took his last breaths."
"That must have also been terrifying."
"In my opinion, if you lose something, you will simply view yourself as inadequate and delude yourself into thinking you should have done better only if you were better. I know because I went through the exact same thing but seeing others, people far beyond you in terms of power, fail to save someone they care for. It makes you realize a powerful lesson. Death is part of life. No matter how much you blame yourself. They died. So, move on, and get stronger. Not so you can assure yourself that you could've saved them, but so you can make sure that it doesn't happen again."
Amanda seemed deep in thought after what I said. I intended the speech for her, but she didn't realize. Living in her home for a week, I could tell that she had let herself go since Amy disappeared and that she clearly held guilt for what happened to Kala as Heather.
"Well, I'm going to scho-"
"Rose?"
"Ye-oomph."
"Thank you for that."
I smiled and hugged her back before going back to school.
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I walked to the school and got to class when I heard the announcer's voice was different.
{"Rose Hood, could you please come to the front office"}
The teacher looked confused but said.
"Alright, well I'll catch you up when you get back."
I left. I already knew that something was wrong. When I got to the office, my fears were proven true.
The principal was tied up, and Amanda was in a chair next to him, also tied up.
"You're not a 400, are you?"
"A 500. I am a commander of the God Slayers. After you took out my operatives, I realized that I needed to find a weak point."
"And you thought sending one of your strongest was the right move?"
"Of course, even if you can use magic, I couldn't in the first place. And I made it to both 538 and faction commander."
"So, even if I had the rest of Kala I couldn't win."
"Of course. The name's Kalgero."
"I hope you know that I don't plan on going down easily."
Then the elf stepped out.
"Oh, I am aware, but I hope you also know that my best friend's wife was a member of Dominion. Ella?"
"I see, she was a great fighter. She fought honorably. I had to use everything to beat her."
He smiled sadly.
"Dragons are like that. You find no greater honor than dying valiantly."
"I understand your anger, but I fought to live."
"I understand. We all do, but you slew our friends."
"As you slew mine."
"Yes, then we are at war. That is something that will not change until we all are dead."
"Very well. Do we need to fight here? Too many will die."
"It's almost unfortunate, but yes, we do. I can't let anyone in this world know of the multiverse."
"So, you will kill them all?"
"Yes."
"Thank you for your honesty…"
"Rose… I respect you, despite us being enemies. If you run now, I will let you get through the gate and return to your group."
"As someone who respects me, you already know my answer."
"I do."
"Well, I guess this is where Purity falls."
"Goodbye Rose. I truly did enjoy this talk."
Then our attacks collided, and the world ignited.
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Erica POV
What's happening? That shaking!!!
"Warning, we have an earthquake. Evacuate now."
We all got out of the school and onto the lawn.
"Ma'am, what's happening?"
"I don't know. The authorities are on the way."
"I know."
"Erica?"
"Rose is fighting someone. Someone who wants to kill us."
"How do you know?"
"I saw her fighting once before, and there is only one reason she would fight without making sure we were safe first."
"What's that?"
"If the enemy way outpowers her."
Almost like she was summoned Rose was thrown, no, she jumped out, holding both the principal and-
"Ms. Amanda!!!"
The teacher took the two unconscious people from the bloodied catkin.
"Protect them."
"Oh, Rose, don't run yet~ I haven't ripped your throat out yet."
A man with elf ears stepped out of the building and Rose spun to face him.
"I wasn't planning on it, but I don't want casualties."
"Hm. After you die, so will they."
Then they charged and collided their attacks. People realized immediately just how strong both were.
"Evacuate the whole city!!!"
"Understood."
There was suddenly mass panic. Traffic built up and clogged the roads.
"What's happening?!"
"A battle between two powerful beings."
"WHAT?!"
A news helicopter flew over the scene and saw both Rose and the elf.
The tvs started blaring.
"A massive battle between two nonhuman entities has erupted. People are fleeing from the sc-"
Rose was thrown into the helicopter causing it to explode which killed everyone inside.
Everyone who thought it wasn't serious immediately stopped messing around.
An apocalyptic battle was taking place.
Rose was losing.
She had way more injuries and could barely stand from the beginning of the fight. The science teacher agreed.
"The only thing that's keeping her moving is adrenaline."
"Yeah, that's the scary part."
Rose was losing, and the moment that she died…
We would follow close behind.