Battle War; Magic, Sword and Dragon

Silver Vipers

After escaping the three, Stella, Hana and Amira run between the narrow crevices of the city buildings. They had no purpose, but the most important thing was to quickly get away from the three of them.

All three had the same expression, which was deathly pale and full of fear.

"Stella's."

"I knew. The three of them ... dangerous. Although it didn't fight back directly, I could feel it. They're on a different level to us."

Amira was silent, but she had the same opinion.

"......."

"Hana, what's wrong?"

"No. It's just that I feel like I've seen them before.!. ah. I remember, they were disciples who managed to survive the battle in Dragonia. We now know why they're not affected by this sleeper's magic."

"........"

"..and that's what makes them dangerous. Their experience in real battles made them become stronger than ordinary school disciples. If we're off guard, we're ak-"

Before it was finished, they were startled by the figure who was blocking them suddenly arrived. The three immediately stopped and prepared in a fighting position.

"You don't think you're gonna get away with us that easily, do you....?"

The figure in front of them was Knox. Charlmilia and Jinn were in another alley where they were evading. Now they're trapped. Even to prevent them from running away, Charlmilia already controlled the Byakko to be on the roof.

"Kh..."

(They are too fast.)

Hana could only be shocked, but she also immediately gritted her teeth in annoyance. He instantly summoned his Magic Arm which was in the form of a twin short sword.

"Come through and light my way, Ame no Habakiri"

Knowing in an unfortunate position, Stella follows Hana. He also summoned his Magic Arm which was in the form of a mirror.

"Show your charm, Merola"

While Amira he just said the name of his Magic Arm in a soft voice.

"Vers"

A long-barreled firearm landed in Amira's hands. And it's not an ordinary weapon, it's a sniper.

Charlmilia, Knox and Jinn instantly sharpened their eyes. The three also realize that the three girls who look their age are no ordinary witches. All three are special and well-formed so have a good balance.

".....wait. We don't want to fight with you guys."

Knox approached slowly. He raised his hand as a sign that his words were not hollow. Meanwhile Charlmilia and Jinn were somehow leaning against the wall in a relaxed manner.

"Why don't you want to fight?" ask Stella.

"........are you ..want?"

Knox's question left the three speechless for a moment.

Seeing their reaction, Knox immediately smiled cunningly.

"Well, we actually want to fight with the three of you, but of course if you are the culprit behind all of this. ...or did you?"

The three were still silent and glanced at each other.

"If so, ..what are you doing?"

"You're a pretty smart maid, you should have known. .. We'll kill you right away."

Knox's words instantly made them even more wary and fearful.

"So are you the culprits? Or someone who knows the culprit and intends to stop them?"

Knox's question is whether Stella and her two friends are on their side or on the enemy's side. That's a question that anyone can easily understand.

But Knox's question also explains that Knox and his two friends did not hesitate to kill them. This is not normal considering Knox and the others are school students. When compared to Stella and her two friends, the experience in killing someone was on a different level.

(They're not normal. I've guessed. In the battle at Dragonia, something happened. Something important and dangerous. What the hell is going on in there?)

Stella analyzes the situation and circumstances. He also compared the information he had.

The Battle of Dragonia against the organization******Liberia is quite electrifying all over the world. It was not only the power Liberia displayed that had someone who could use the element of darkness, but also the power of Kuro that he showed as a descendant of the Demon King.

Dragonians know very well that the battle greatly affects the peace of the world in the future, which is why they cover most of the information available.

This of course made Dragonia suspect, but at the same time, Dragonia made a pact with the Houou Empire so that the two countries could share information and could avoid war again.

And it's thanks to this that most countries don't know for sure what really happened in Dragonia. The only ones who knew were Kuro and his comrades who had managed to return safely.

...and now Stella knows why they survived.

"Kh..."

Stella immediately raised her hand and returned her Magic Arm. Hana and Amira followed in her footsteps a moment later.

"We surrendered. We are the ones trying to stop them. Like you guys."

"....we know who is behind all this and are trying to stop them. That's why we can't handle you. Can you not bother us?"

"Hana, stop!"

Hana according to the annoyed face.

Stella immediately bit her lower lip knowing what Hana was thinking at the moment.

Stella looked back at Knox. He breathed and prepared.

"As my friends say, we're now headed for their place. Honestly, there's not much time left. If we don't hurry, this city will be destroyed in a matter of minutes."

Knox immediately narrowed his eyes, but after a while he gave a small smile.

Suddenly there was the sound of a snap of a finger, while the figure of Knox in front of them slowly disintegrated into grains of sand that flew.

Stella and the others were immediately shocked by what happened, but the same thing happened with Jinn and Charlmilia.

As Knox's figure almost disappeared completely, another figure emerged from the roof in a leaping manner. The figures were Knox, Jinn and Charlmilia who rode the Byakko majestically.

Stella straightened her eyes to see something she did not expect.

(Dolls?)

Not that Stella did not realize the doll that imitates the figure of Knox is an ordinary doll.

Knox managed to create the ground puppet perfectly. Even the puppet had a flow of mana so it was indistinguishable whether it was a puppet or a human.

(But that's not all he can do.)

Stella glanced at the now-defunct doll Jinn and Charlmilia.

(He also thought about how to save mana and also thought about what we might do. ... how to fight like this.).

Stella doesn't regret her decision not to fight with them. In terms of strength maybe they will be balanced, but the way to use the power of Knox and others is more skillful and maximal than them. This reminded him of his friend who had almost the same way of fighting.

(...Hannah.).

Knox and his two friends arrived in front of them.

"...Well, if you're honest and have the same goals as us, that means you don't mind sharing with us, right?"

-- At the same time, in the southern part of Kuryuu Academy.

A huge boulder suddenly shifted, and Kuro's figure was seen after seeing the surroundings. Once it was safe, Kuro signaled to Laila and Lic who were behind him.

The three of them then came out from the ground. Slowly they headed towards the building not far from them.

"Please explain why we're going to this place of practice?"

Their current place was a training ground devoted to training the dexterity and precision of disciples. Other than the area and many objects like target targets, there was nothing special about that place.

Laila did a routine workout at that place, but for Kuro who almost had perfect precision, then he never trained at that place.

Of course, no one can protest about Kuro's behavior that often truant. No one dared.

"The enemy most likely wouldn't have expected us in this place. Well.. even if caught, we will be more free to fight in this place."

Kuro sat on the resting place used by the disciple. Laila and Lic sat nearby with Lic in the middle.

"Heee! Cough!"

"Laila, is your cough getting worse?"

"..i don't know, but my body suddenly went limp."

"......"

Kuro was speechless, but he thought about Laila's deteriorating state.

"Laila... Can I check you out...?"

"...Un.."

Kuro directly checked Laila's forehead to check her temperature. Laila's breath that had been irregular since earlier made Kuro even more anxious.

Kuro glued his forehead, he then used Ki's energy to see the flow of energy that was inside Laila's body.

"?!"

Kuro's eyes instantly widened when he saw Laila's body condition that was more severe than it seemed.

(Damn... I didn't expect them to make it this far, but when did they do it?)

Kuro recalled the battle they had fought. And after that, he realized his carelessness.

Kuro immediately gritted his teeth. He was furious when he found out what caused the person he loved like that.

Kuro stood up and directly glanced at the spacious courtyard not far from them.

"I know you're in this place, so quickly show me your true figure!"

A smile appeared behind the shadow of the pole. Not just one, but three. Then 3 cloaked figures emerged from that shadow.

"...you are more than we expected, the descendant of the Demon King. But you wouldn't have guessed we wouldn't do that to your girlfriend, would you?"

"K...!"

- Elsewhere, Knox's group and Stella's group are now heading south of Kuryuu Academy towards where Kuro is located.

"Silver Viper. From what you're telling me, they're dangerous people."

After hearing who was behind this incident from Stella, Charlmilia gave her comment.

"As I said earlier, out of the group of all Illegals, the Silver Viper is a group of people who are dangerous and have no mercy. They were even known to do anything for the sake of their mission accomplished, as it is today."

"..but isn't Illegal indeed an organization specially trained in such a way?"

"Charl, what do you mean?"

"I mean the Illegals will do anything for their mission to be accomplished. They will even sleep with their target if it is necessary. There is nothing taboo for them."

Stella and her friend could not dispute Charlmilia's words. That's the truth about them.

"..but this is what I'm afraid of. If they would do anything, Kuro would have a hard time confronting them. And I don't know why I have such a bad feeling about this." continued Charlmilia.

Their destination was getting closer, and they instantly accelerated their pace.

But that was when dozens of puppet figures came back to confront them.

"It seems they don't want us to get there."

Knox instantly created a spear from the iron dust he gathered from the ground and the surroundings.

Stella who has a mirror-shaped Magic Arm will not help much if she relies on the strength of her mirror, but instead she uses her ability to monitor enemy movements.

Although their enemies were puppets, but they knew and could clearly feel that the puppet they were fighting this time was different from before. It can be seen from more agile and varied movements. Not only that, their weapons also looked different.

Knox started first by throwing his spear at the puppet heading towards him. The doll avoided him, but Knox did not look surprised and smiled.

Knox immediately moved his hand and that's when the spear moved and hit the body again to make a hole. The spear returned to Knox's hands perfectly.

But even though the body of the puppet was hollow, the puppet could still move towards Knox.

"..would you forget, our enemies are not made up of flesh and blood that can stop if their bodies are hollow..."

Jinn stood in front of Knox with a wide smile as if mocking him.

Jinn's right leg shone, and in an instant Jinn's leg immediately appeared on Knight Gear's leg. With that leg he kicked the puppet in full force until it bounced far back.

The puppet clashed with the other puppets, and suddenly a spark appeared and the puppet immediately exploded violently. The explosion even destroyed the building with ease.

"...huh.?."

"...huh..?"

Jinn and Knox were stunned by what had just happened.

Hana immediately approached the place of the two.

"We forgot to say, the doll will explode if we slash it or beat it, so be careful."

".....hey!!"

At the same time a shot shot shot towards the puppet with accurate precision without anyone missing. The puppet instantly shattered and exploded.

The three immediately glanced at Amira who was doing her role well. He also showed how to deal with the doll.

"Don't think he's the only one who can do it."

Charlmilia won't lose. He created a small plasma ball and shot it right away. Some hit the target, but many escaped so Amira helped by shooting the escaped ones.

"Huuuu uuhh..."

An annoyed face was shown Charlmilia. He did not expect to be humiliated.

Knox nodded.

"We quickly get this over with, I'm tired of trivial problems like this...."

Everyone attacked the puppet. Once the strength and weakness of their opponents were known, it didn't take long for them to destroy all the puppets easily and unharmed.

But what was surprising was the actions of Hana who did it with incredible speed, but thanks to that they did not waste time.

[Hana, don't overdo it. We know the technique weighs on your body.]

[I know, but this is my way.]

Stella nodded.

[Basic you are.]

Hana then moved her feet towards Knox and the others. But that's when the doll emerged from the rubble and surrounded Hana from all directions.

"!?"

This incident shocked everyone, especially Stella who saw everything from above.

Sparks appeared on all the dolls. They intend to commit suicide.

Realizing in danger and knowing the possibility of survival is quite small, Hana immediately resigned and prepared to accept her fate, but at that moment under her feet appeared a box-shaped light.

Hana's eyes instantly widened because she knew the magic.

Mirror Gate, a special magic that Stella possesses. The magic was able to swap places of an object, but it could only be used once in a day.

He knew what the consequences of his best friend were.

"Stella's.."

Not having time to finish, he said, he arrived at the place where Stella was.

He was shocked and immediately saw his place. He could see Stella who was in the middle of the doll's siege that was about to explode. To his surprise, Stella smiled happily.

And an explosion happened.

The explosion was more powerful than all the previous explosions. Even the explosion caused Hana and everyone to bounce.

The smoke slowly disappeared. All that remains is a 10-meter-wide crater.

"Stella's.."

Hana fell hard. Her tears flowed profusely when she knew what was going on with her best friend.

"Stella....."

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Laila was getting helpless and limp. His body could barely move. Lic could not bear to see Laila and immediately approached her.

"...Lic. don't wire me..."

The three cloaked figures then removed their robes. Their true figure is now visible.

All three are beautiful women and have sexy curves and fascinate every man who sees them, but Kuro knows it is just fake leather used to hide their dirty figure.

Kuro turned around and immediately showed his angry gaze.

"My nails are scary, but it's not enough to scare us."

The woman in the middle who had sharp nails laughed cynically. He was not at all exposed to Kuro's intimidation. The same thing was also shown by the two women who were beside him.

"You shouldn't have shown such a look. You're not stupid, that's why you must realize what it would be like to make us angry."

"......."

Kuro fell silent and glanced at Laila. He knew very well what the woman was saying was true.

(Damn it. but I have to hold myself back for now. Laila's life is at stake.)

Kuro has incredible speed, but in this matter he cannot rely on that power. If he fails, he won't be able to save Laila.

Trying to stay calm, Kuro immediately took a deep breath.

"Alright, tell me what kal-'s purpose is"

"You know our purpose." Cut the woman in the middle. "We asked Izriva to be with us."

"......"

The woman immediately glanced towards Lic with a smile.

"..Izriva's.."

Lic was silent for a moment and looked at Laila. But suddenly he smiled.

"Mama, sorry. Only in this way can I help Mama."

Laila and Kuro's eyes instantly widened. They know what Lic will do.

After hugging Laila, Lic stepped his foot towards the three women, but before leaving, Lic's hand was grasped by Laila.

"....."

Lic simply smiled and slowly released Laila's powerless grasp.

"Don't worry Mama. They said they'd give me the antidote if I wanted to be with them."

Lic continues his journey. Kuro could only be speechless knowing this was not the right time to do something careless.

But from his face it was obvious that Kuro was furious, but at the same time he knew there was nothing he could do. The three women know what they are doing, which is attacking right at Kuro's biggest weakness.

Kuro's love for Laila makes Kuro so strong, but at the same time it makes Kuro fragile despite his overwhelming strength.

Lic is getting closer. Knowing their goal was almost achieved, the woman on the left took out a red crystal. The crystal slowly floated up to Lic and a shining light enveloped Lic. Then slowly Lic's body became a particle and entered into the crystal.

Before entering completely, Lic said a few sentences. Although it was inaudible, but from the movements of the lips, Kuro and Laila knew what Lic said.

The crystal then returned to the woman's hand.

"Fu fu. We originally thought it was an interesting mission because it would take something from the descendants of the Demon King, but to be honest this is more disappointing than I thought."

".....basic coward."

"..whatever you say, but your babble is not enough to make me interested in you. ..but it would be different if you did not have the feeling of love for the girl. If we didn't have it, I'm sure we wouldn't have had a chance like this."

"......"

"Well. There's no point in talking about stupid things like this. As an adult I know you understand what we mean without us having to explain it. Besides, ...you're just like us."

A magic circle suddenly appeared under his third leg. It was the teleportation magic they had prepared beforehand.

One of the women took a small object from the crack of her chest.

(That.)

Kuro can guess what it is.

"As we promised, we'll give the antidote, but it's certainly not that easy. I know you have incredible speed, so...."

The woman smiled cunningly. Kuro could immediately guess what the woman was going to do.

A large gun appeared in the hand of the woman holding the antidote. The woman immediately put the small bottle into the gun and pressed the trigger against the object used as a training target.

"...good luck."

Ignoring the three, Kuro instantly moved towards the bottle that only took less than 3 seconds to break.

Kuro managed to capture it perfectly, but when he turned to the three of them, they were already nonexistent.

"...Shit.."

With great anger, Kuro headed back towards Laila. He did not know if it was the antidote from the poison that was now in Laila's body. But he had a way of making sure.

Kuro's eyes immediately turned white, after a few moments when he immediately inhaled the liquid into Laila's mouth.

That is when the sound of footsteps is heard. Kuro only glanced and did not stare at the source of the voice.

"Kurou."

"Laila, Kuro, sorry..."

"Alva. Alvi you don't have to apologize. Your actions are correct. I told you guys anyway. Thanks to you there are no victims of their reckless attacks."

When the battle begins, Alva and Alvi are not affected by the influence of sleep magic. But that doesn't mean they don't know what to do.

They checked the school so there were no casualties. They knew that even though the lesson ended and midnight ended, there were some students who were still practicing.

Using a cell phone, Kuro asked the two to do just that. This was the reason why he had chosen that place as a place to fight with the three of them.

But everything failed. He didn't expect Laila to be poisoned first.

Laila slowly got better. His breathing slowly returned to normal and his consciousness was seen more clearly.

"Kurus..."

"......"

"..where is Lic..?"