... Danish, Bukke and Baldur stood there completely stunned, the same spell these siblings were after for years, is now in the palm of the human in front of them, the fact that John was able to break the protection seal that was set by the SNOWFLAKE WITCH herself was more than enough to break their jaws.
Danish: I-Impossible!
Bukke: how is that even possible?!!
Baldur: this human ...(That shouldn't happen, that human should've been dead just by being near the spell, and yet, he managed to break the protection seal made by a witch, and not any witch but the SNOWFLAKE WITCH herself, this human is dangerous, I must get him on our side no matter what).
John: I bet you never expected a human to pull this of their sleeve.
Baldur couldn't help but laugh and start clapping for John.
Baldur: *Clapping* HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
John: ...
Baldur: I'll admit it, you've cought me off guard just now, how about a new start? What's your name human?
As John smirks at the snow Elve princes, he starts answering Baldur's question.
John: John Shon.
Baldur: John Shon huh? Well John, I'm going to give you an offer you can't refuse.
John: hmmm?
Baldur: join us, join the snow Elves.
From the bell room, Lania couldn't believe what she just heard, her mind starts to sink in an endless abyss as she thinks of what to do now.
Lania: (why? why is that happening to me? There's no way he's going to turn their offer down, after all, I didn't do that much for him, I was completely useless, is this really my fate?).
Baldur: if you join us, you and your family shall be spared, not only that, but we'll give you an important position, you'll rule alongside us, so what do you say?
John closes his eyes and thinks about it for a moment, and before they know it he answers.
John: hmmm, you're giving me a very good deal here Mr. Baldur.
Baldur: heh.
John: but I'm afraid that I have to turn your offer down.
Baldur: huh?
Baldur looks a little surprised hearing that, but The most surprised person was none other than Lania.
Lania: (Huh?! He refused? But why? It's clear That the snow Elves have the upper hand, then why?).
The three snow Elves looked annoyed at John's answer.
Baldur: you better have a good reason for saying no to our offer, human.
John began speaking in a provocative tone as a big smirk appears on his face.
John: meh, I just don't feel like joining you guys, and besides, I already made a deal with Lania, so I'll have to consider you as an enemy.
Clearly the three princes didn't take that as a joke, veins starts appearing on their necks as they grit their teeth.
Baldur: Watch your tongue boy, we're outnumbering you, either here or at the front gate.
John: it doesn't matter, because at the end of the day I'll be the one walking out of here alive.
Baldur: don't test our Patience.
John: (heh, time to make things a little warmer).
John extends his hand that has the spell, and suddenly the spell is set on fire, in the matter of seconds, the spell that was meant to bring ice age to ASTREVAL is now nothing but Ash, the three princes couldn't help but explode in rage after seeing the thing they've been tracking for years turn to Ash.
Baldur: NOOOOOOOO!!! YOU MORON!!! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!!
John: well, you guys were just standing there, and I figured why not give you a reason to kill me instead of trying to convince me.
Baldur: you're gonna pay for this, DANISH, BUKKE, I DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENS HERE TODAY, I WANT HIS HEAD NO MATTER WHAT!!!
as the three snow Elves pull their weapons, John also takes the two golden swords from his waist, but instead of charging forward, he launches himself backwards and starts moving faster into the Academy woods while covering himself in mana, and on top of that, the snow Elves princes are chasing him at full speed.
[At the same time]
The situation at the front gate is getting worse for the high ranking students, since the snow Elves are overpowering the normal students.
At the ground, a student got hit by a snow Elf, the Elf was about to finish off the student, but suddenly, a sword comes from behind the elf and cuts him in half, when the student looks up he saw none other than the 10th high ranking student Aldric.
Aldric: are you okay?
Student: y-yes.
Aldric: good, go and help the other students.
As the student goes, Aldric looked around him and suddenly, his eyes land on Arnold who's surrounded by snow Elves from everywhere, without thinking, Aldric charges at where his high ranking student senior is, he makes his way to Arnold, after reaching him, they both face opposites of each others, their backs against each other.
Arnold: Aldric?
Aldric: don't worry I got your back.
Arnold: in that case I'll protect yours, now let's take them down.
As the snow Elves begin attacking them, both Aldric and Arnold start fighting fearlessly, knowing that their back is protected by the other.
After wiping the snow Elves that surrounded them, Aldric and Arnold took a moment to catch their breath, but out of nowhere, a snow Elf is charging at them from the side, luckily Aldric notices it.
Aldric: ARNOLD, GET DOWN!!!
Arnold doesn't question it, when Arnold gets down Aldric roles on his back and deliver a kick to the snow Elf's stomach, knocking him to a tree.
Arnold: Whoa, nice kick Aldric.
Aldric: haha, Thanks (ever since I've seen that Captain's fighting style, I wanted to try it myself and see if it's more effective, turns out it's way more effective than I thought).
Arnold: let's not get distracted, the battle hasn't ended yet.
[At the same time]
While John is running in the woods, the three snow Elves princes constantly attack him without giving him any time to rest, every time he blocks or dodges an Attack, another one follows it, Daggers, a Great sword, and a Bow, three completely different weapons yet they work together like music notes.
As John reaches a slightly open area of the woods, each one of the snow Elves princes stands on top of a tree looking down at John.
John: (finally, their Attacks stopped; Those three, their attacks are so perfectly balanced, it almost feels like they share the same mind, I already have a plan to fight them, but, everytime I try to attack both the daggers bearer or the great sword holder the bow user keeps me away, and everytime I try to attack the bow user I keep exposing my back to the other two, I need to take the one with the bow away from the others, and after that everything will become easier).
Baldur: time to end him.
The three siblings starts moving fast around John in circles, John's Arcane arts aren't as strong as Elesa's so following not one but three and all of them at the same time is much more than he can handle.
John: (Damn it, they cornered me, I can barely focus on one of them, I feel like my eyes are about to pop out).
Suddenly.
*Whoosh*
Before his mind can process what's going on, John's body moves a few inches to the left, when he looks slightly at his right, he finds his reflection on a giant sword, when he returns his vision in the front, he finds Baldur charging at him with two daggers, so John pushes himself more to the left to avoid both Baldur and Danish, but when John looks at where he launched himself, he see two arrows pointed at where he is, even if he managed to dodge the first one, the second one is definitely gonna finish the job, but John wasn't focused on the arrows at all, in fact, that opening he needed to take Bukke down is right in front of him, so John did what seems like the best case scenario at that moment, he let the first arrow make a cut in his right shoulder while using one of his swords to cut the second one in half, then he pushes himself towards Bukke who still can't believe what just happened, the golden swords clash with the bow that Bukke is using to block John's Attack, but out of the blue, Bukke grabs John's shirt and steps on his foot making him unable to move, when John looks behind him he finds Baldur and Danish getting closer, ready to finish him, but John smirks.
John: (Heh, right where I want them).
Suddenly, everything starts feeling slower for John, he pushes Bukke away and charges at where Baldur and Danish are, as he moves towards them, he leaves a gray Misty shadowy Trace that follows him, after injuring Baldur and Danish on their chest, John launches himself behind them, and after that, everything return to normal and the Misty shadowy figure behind him instantly disappeared.
Baldur, Danish: AAAAARRRGGGHHHHHH!!!???
John: sorry guys, but I already told you, at the end of the day I'll be the only one walking out of this place alive.
To Be Continued . . . . .