Science/Magic

"… There are three, no, four creatures approaching." Aya said with a frown.

Bloed and Isabella's expressions turned serious. At the same time, the two club members behind Isabella turned pale.

"Are you sure about it, cat girl?" Isabella asked.

"My name is Aya. And I'm sure."

Isabella fell deep in thought.

She then looked around before pointing at a part of the tunnels.

"Follow me."

Bloed and Aya were confused, but they nodded.

After they arrived, Isabella looked at the walls for an instant before nodding.

"Here it is. Perfect, just in case."

"Just in case?" Bloed asked curiously, but Isabella only smiled mysteriously.

At that moment, Aya spoke up.

"They are close. Less than fifty meters away!"

"Good, I'll take care of them. Joseph, Harry, step back and protect Clara." Isabella said. She then looked at Bloed and Aya. "You two took care of one of these things before, right? Help me if the situation turns dangerous."

Bloed and Aya hesitated briefly before nodding.

Isabella was the second strongest student in the city, plus, she had taken care of two creatures before and seemed really confident in defeating the creatures approaching, so the pair decided to let it to her.

In the worst of the cases, they would intervene just like Isabella told them.

Just at that moment, the first creature appeared before them.

Like the first creature that Bloed saw, it approached them slowly, walking out of the darkness of the tunnels and 'looking' at them with a hungry expression (The creatures did not have eyes though).

But just after the first creature appeared, two more creatures appeared, one crawling on the roof and another crawling on the right wall.

The three creatures looked towards the group and growled softly, then, they started to approach cautiously, waiting for the best moment to attack.

Bloed's expression turned serious. At the same time, he felt Aya's holding her daggers tightly behind him.

Just at that moment, the first creature moved!

It charged at quick speed towards the group, shortening the distance between them in an instant.

But then, Isabella's eyes glinted coldly.

"Wind!"

With a word, a magic circle appeared behind her, then, all the wind in the cave was sucked by the magic circle, before being launched towards the creature as a wind wall.

*Bam!*

The creature impacted against the wall and was thrown away with a painful wail.

But the second and the third creature moved at that moment. Their ugly bodies moved quickly, attacking Isabella from two different directions.

In the meanwhile, the third creature stood up again and opened its mouth, shooting its tongue towards Isabella!

However, the purple-haired girl remained calm. Facing the attacks of the three beasts, her blue eyes glinted coldly as three small balls of wind formed behind her. Then, she snapped her fingers.

In the next instant–

*Bam!*

The three wind walls shot 'something' towards the creatures.

The first and second creature screamed in pain. A hole appeared in both of their heads, spurting blood in great amounts.

As for the third creature, it had its tongue was completely destroyed.

Bloed and Aya opened their eyes widely.

They could not believe that Isabella was taking care of the three creatures so easily!

Mainly Bloed, who could see clearly what was happening.

Isabella was using magic, but her attacks were purely physical. Every time she attacked, she compressed great amounts of air before releasing them in a particular direction.

That way, she created a kind of 'Air cannon'. The air that hit the creatures did not have mana, so the creatures were unable to absorb it.

It was the same with the wind wall. It was just compressed air acting like a wall that stopped the creatures.

It was an amazing use of magic that countered the creatures' mana absorbing trait completely!

Isabella's expression was very calm. Facing the three mana-absorbing creatures, who should be her nemesis, she was handling them easily as though they were just little children.

It was completely different from the struggle that Bloed and Aya went through to kill just one of them!

With a thought, magic circles after magic circles formed behind her, each one creating a small ball of compressed air that aimed at the creatures in front of her.

Then, with a snap of her fingers, the air inside the balls was released, creating several 'air bullets' that hit the creatures.

*Screech!*

The creatures screamed in pain and blood flowed out of their bodies. Several holes had appeared on their skin, each one of them being where one of the 'air bullets' hit.

But even so, the creatures did not die and stood up again.

"How resilient, huh," Isabella said with a frown. "However, you are nothing more than that."

With another thought, more magic circles appeared behind her, ready to release more 'air bullets'.

But just then, a shadow shot out from behind the injured creatures!

The shadow was so fast that it arrived in front of Isabella in an instant!

Bloed's expression changed.

"Careful!" He shouted. He then kicked the ground and rushed in front of Isabella with his saber extended forward.

Isabella reacted just as quickly. She shrank her eyes and waved her hand, turning the 'air bullets' that she was about to shoot into a wind wall like the first one that she created.

The wind wall and the saber arrived at the same time, but the creature that suddenly appeared did not stop. Instead, it raised its claw and clashed against the wind wall!

*Bam!*

A powerful shockwave resounded in the tunnel created by the clash between the wind wall and the creature. But to Bloed, Isabella, and Aya's surprise, the creature was not blown away.

Instead, it resisted the impact of the wind wall and continued forward as though nothing happened.

Then, it twisted its body eerily, avoiding Bloed's saber as it used its other claw to attack his neck!

Bloed's eyes opened wide.

He hurriedly took one step backward, barely evading the creature's claw, but then, it swung its tail towards Bloed's head as though it was a whip!

"Careful!" Isabella shouted. She then created another wind wall to stop the creature's attack.

At the same time, Bloed swung his saber again and Isabella released several 'air bullets' towards the creature to kill it.

However, the creature was faster and agiler than they expected. It received one of the air bullets without receiving much damage. Then, it twisted its body and used the rebound of the wind ball to avoid Bloed's saber and the rest of the attacks.

Only then did Bloed and the others get a good look at the creature.

"That is…" Bloed frowned.

The creature was just like the others, just smaller. Moreover, the fur-like tendrils on his body were much more abundant, and its teeth seemed sharper.

It seemed like a more streamlined version of the first creature.

However, Bloed, Isabella, and Aya did not underestimate it because it was smaller.

With the previous clash, they realized that this creature was faster and stronger, moreover, its body was tougher as well. It had managed to receive one of Isabella's bullets without receiving any damage.

"Is it a stronger version of the others?" Isabella asked.

Bloed nodded with a grave expression.

No matter how he looked at it, this creature did not seem easy to defeat.

Moreover-

"… Bloed, look behind it." Aya spoke up at that moment.

Surprised, Bloed looked behind the creature only to feel a chill on his spine.

The three creatures that Isabella had almost killed were standing up again, and their wounds were closing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Fuck. They can do that as well!?"