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Chapter 16 - Hooded Figures

Authors Note: I further explained at the bottom of this chapter but I would like to apologize for the main characters name change due to my writers block.

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Run?

Max blinked a few times losing focus unsure of the message that just appeared before him. They both just started at this school how much stronger could she be than me. 

Little did Max know of Victorias background and the area she came from was more dangerous than he thought. 

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Objects invisible to the naked eye flew right toward Max piercing him in his left shoulder, his right leg, and just below his ribs. 

"AHHHHG!" 

Max screamed. Never before being injured in such a way in his life he looked down and held just below his ribs shocked to see his hands stained a crimson red. 

"What have you done to me?" Max's face contorted with pain as his eyes started to fade in and out he stood his ground and threw his fist as hard as he could toward Victoria's face. 

PA! 

Max's fist connected and Victoria didn't move an inch as blood trickled down the corner of her lips making them an even darker shade of red then when the fight began her eyes flickered with killing intent and she disappeared from Max's view like a ghost her image seemed to teleport away from him back to the starting point of the match. 

Victorias face now pale and her breathing heavier as she realized she consumed to much of her magic she couldn't care one bit. 

"For you embarrassing me like this now and embarrassing me in the cafeteria and thinking you're so much better than me!!!" She raised her hands to the sky.

"I CANT STAND PEOPLE THINKING THEY'RE BETTER THAN ME! NOBODY IS!" 

"By the contracts I've formed I call upon a spirit of fire take the rest of my energy and even touch upon my life if you must to turn my enemies into ashes and scatter them to the wind."

"SALAMANDER!"

The earth began to shake as cracks appeared inside the arena. 

Adam watched from the stands as all the students around him cheered and others gasped in shock. He turned away and began to walk off back toward his dorm. Knowing it all was over now. 

"This girls crazy." Alex said watching the fight from the stands clinging to the railing waiting for what would happen next. 

"I GIVE UP!" Max screamed and held is hands up with no other options. 

Instantly three hooded figures appeared. Two behind Victoria motioning for her to cancel her spell and stop. One behind Max grabbing his arm forcefully. As much as Max looked he could not see their face. 

"Hmph…. It's too late for that." 

Victoria smiled as she closed her eyes.

The two hooded figures next to her raised their arms and dark chains with ominous energy wrapped around her to drain her of her mana. 

"What!?" One of the hooded figures exclaimed and got knocked back by unseen energy their body went flying smashing into the side of the stadium now unconscious with multiple injuries not sure if dead or alive. 

The temperature began to rise and the once green grass was now losing all life as it began to sizzle and a low hissing sound could be heard from all directions as if a beast was unleashed upon the world and angry for inhaling the filthy air of the humans. 

The other hooded figure by Victoria pulled her in with the chains only to realize she was already unconscious and drained of all mana, but her spell was already activated. With one glance the remaining two hooded figures knew what to do. As one began to evacuate everyone the one next to Max got into a fighting stance. 

"You really are unlucky kid. To think you would have already pissed off such a beautiful young lady in your very first year. For your sake I hope you get stronger. Otherwise you just might die at this academy without even knowing why." The hooded figure gave one last glance at Max who was barely on his feat. 

[C tier spirit approaching]

"C tier spirit?" Max mumbled before falling backwards on the floor unconscious due to being so close to such dense mana.

"C tier spirit huh. Looks like I have my work cut out for me." As the mysterious figure brandished a set of daggers half the size of their arm and dyed a deep dark black. There was energy pulsing off of the edge of the blades circulating back and forth. 

"WEAK!, such a weak human summoning me in that pitiful state. I can't even stay in this world for more than one attack. I'll fulfill her wishes and incinerate everything!" The salamander roared transmitting its voice into everyone's head within a 3 Kilometer radius covering half the school present.

For a split second what seemed to be a ball of fire started to form directly in front of the hooded figure. With residual mana in the air and the heat becoming unbearable. You could feel the energy of the summon Victoria was using to help her as it looked right at the hooded figure and gathered the energy inside its mouth. Seconds later releasing a huge fireball big enough to devour a small house. 

With accuracy and precision the hooded figure began to slash countless times into the space in front of him. Leaving behind traces of visible black energy left behind that merged together to form a huge slash that was launched at the salamander. 

The salamander was no longer getting energy from Victoria and disappeared as the fireball started to slowly devour the dark energy. 

The hooded figure stepped directly in the path of the soon to be explosion to protect Max. They slashed countless hundreds of times their arms becoming a blur from the sheer speed of movement to disperse the flames that wouldn't stop burning. Consuming everything and having the flame energy going out of control burning the whole stadiums floor to a crisp. 

The hooded figure knew there was only one thing left to do. 

"Poor kid. It's either you die over a stupid squabble or you learn to survive and live with a forbidden curse."

The hooded figure gathered up all his remaining energy into his twin daggers radiating with ominous energy and struck the ground. Leaving a gigantic hole with pieces of the arena falling through he tossed Max in beneath the school along with his daggers. As the remaining energy from the fireball consumed him burning him alive he smiled and disappeared. "All of us are one with our creator but our weapons are special. Good luck kid."

The last hooded figure evacuating everyone looked to the center of the stadium in shock as The events unfolded. 

"You fool who knows if you'll come back from this one."

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