The battle was going smoothly as they were able to stop the beast from passing through them. The first wave was quite easy since they were mainly low tier beast.
Soon, the next tide was upon them, this time around, this wave boasted various advanced tier beasts along with some magical beast among their ranks.
Will was careful enough not to get trapped by several beasts. He fought valiantly with his group closely behind him.
Over thousands of students, including the guards, were fighting against thousands of powerful beasts. Various attacks from different abilities were launched at the beasts by the long-range student, while those with close-range combat fought with the beast head-on, dealing damage among their ranks.
Will stood for a moment, trying to catch his breath. 'This wave lasted longer than the previous ones, although there were few,' he thought.
The ground once again began to tremble as more beasts approached them at high speed.
Tsk. 'Things have gone from bad to worse. When would the reinforcement arrive,' he thought as he gripped his sword firmly, dashing towards a beast. Sliding underneath its large stomach with his blade thrust forward, he had cut the stomach with the beast crashing down.
Ding!
[ You've defeated a low stage advanced tier beast ]
[ 150 exp ]
Leaping up with his sword held high, he brought it down on another beast, cutting it into two. Right now, he didn't bother about the beast crystals since there was no time to collect that.
'Shit! The blade is getting weaker with each strike. It had only put up a lot longer due to the wind surrounding the blade.'
He soon locked his eyes on his next target. An insect like beast with long antenna and a liquid dropping out from its mouth. A sizzling sound was heard as the liquid touched the ground.
"Acid," Will muttered as he prepared himself. With the system, he had been able to check the beast tier. He was about facing a magical tier beast on his own.
The beast sensing his killing intent was the first to attack. It charged at him at an intense speed, spitting out acids all over the area.
Those unfortunate to dodge were injured by the acids, causing chaos within their ranks.
"Shit! Shit! I need to draw it out from the crowd of students." He dashed forward and, with a leap, struck the beast head. It didn't seem to affect it as it opened its mouth, revealing a set of razor-sharp teeth.
It bit down on his blade, shattering the already weakened blade.
Tsk. Will rolled over, avoiding the beast attack, and then was already on his feet with his fists clenched tightly, wrapped in flames. He threw an overhead punch, and the beast swooped down, the punch landing on its face along with a mini explosion.
"I'm way stronger than before. Don't think I would be powerless." He leapt up, but the beast had recovered quickly. It launched the acid like attack. The students witnessing the attack the first time quickly protected themselves.
"You need some help?" Belle asked, appearing behind him, are eyes filled with excitement. Dren soon appeared by his side. "C'mon, let's take down this beast together."
With his friends, the trio charged at the beast. Belle, are whips more deadly than before was swung with great force. It had hit one of its wings, causing a shriek from the beast. Dren appeared above with his dagger, emitting a purple glow, swinging his arms down he hard stabbed the back of the beast.
The attack hadn't gone deep, and with a furious shriek, the beast flew higher and did a dive, slamming him into the ground.
"Now is my chance," Will said as he charged forward, another katana had appeared on his hand. 'This is the last blade I have, I don't want to use that other one now,' he thought as he wrapped the sword in flames.
'Adding more energy into the attack would make it stronger!' He had noticed this during one of his dialy training.
"Second formation! Raging force!" The sword was engulfed in a storm of energy as he swung it down. The sword passed through with no resistance. Its wings fell off with a painful shriek from the beast.
Belle swung both whips from above, both emitting a crimson glow as they slammed down on it. Dren finished it up with a stab to its head ending its life.
"Phew! We were able to take out a magical tier beast without much injury," Dren thought with a smile tugging at his lips.
'Shit! I'm supposed to land the last strike,' Will thought as he dug his hand into the beast head bringing out the crystal. 'Well, there's several beasts available to be taken down. there's no need to whine.'
The battle raged on as they struggled against the beast their once brimming energy dwindling due to exhaustion. Soon, casualties were beginning to appear as the beast kept on pouring.
At the far side towards the west, a large explosion occurred in the beast rank, the fiery flames wiping out several beasts at once.
Garou, with his white robe soaked in blood, dashed deeper into the beast rank.
"He has gone mad!" One of the students couldn't help but say. Everyone present had seen the strength of the beasts. Some needed to group up in order to take down some higher stage advanced tier beast, and here he was going deeper into their rank.
Some were awestruck while some of the students dimmed it as a stupid and suicidal attack. Surprisingly, the beast were unable to hold him as he caused havoc among their ranks.
Two fiery wings appeared on his back as he flew up lunching a wide range attack from above.
Those who had been injured were quickly brought to the back while others continued the fight.
"Why isn't the reinforcement coming, I'm almost out of energy." One of the students said with a frightened voice. A huge beast with two large tusk suddenly charged towards him, its body wrapped in flame.
Shit! The guy was a little late to react due to exhaustion. The tusk pierced through his chest with the beast raising him high before slamming him onto the ground. Just as the beast massive leg was about to crush him, a little ball of energy appeared from nowhere, hitting the beast large side.
An explosion occurred on impact with the beast crashing to the ground just beside the injured guy. A red-haired guy came into view standing before the injured guy. He squat down as he searches for a pulse.
He's gone, "he said with a shake of his head. He closed the guy's eyes, carrying his body along with him.
"Judging by the time that had gone by, I believe they want us to take care of the situation ourselves."
"Just the third wave, and there's already casualties." A guy in a soldier uniform said. Judging by the look of the materials used in making it and the medals hung across his chest, one would know he's a high-ranking figure in the army.
He stood high above a building, far away from the gate, but was clearly seeing everything going on.
"Why aren't we doing anything?" Henry, who stood beside him, asked.
"If they can't handle some mindless beast, do you think there's hope for them in the battlefield. This is just a step in turning them into hardened warriors."
Henry only let out a sigh without saying anything. He knew whatever he said won't change anything. He just stood beside him watching the battle unfold.
Finally, they had defeated the third wave, exhaustation evident in their faces. They tried catching their breath, hoping the battle was finally over. The third wave had claimed tens of lives living a few hundred wounded and unable to fight.
Huh? They gasped as the fourth wave was already approaching them. They could see some beast with dark skin, standing out from the rest.
"Oh no," Will muttered. "This is bad."
[ Twin headed abyss serpent: Peak stage of the magical beast tier ]
He had decided to check the stats of the new beasts choosing one from the lot. Not wanting to belive what he just saw he decided to analyse another one.
[ Thyreox (middle stage magical beast): A beast with the combined features of a tiger and a fire salamander. It has deadly claws and a special ability to produce flames from its mouth ]
The students prepared their fragile minds for the clash, some already losing hope. Soon, the battle commenced as they fought hard in other to survive.