[Phoenix Flash]
Before I could even react, an orange blur tore through my vision.
He was fast, and more importantly, far stronger than the students who tried to ambush me. And it was by a very huge margin.
"B-Bright!?—THUD!
He drove both feet into the confused student's head, slamming him straight into the ground and knocking him out instantly.
Just like he had done with the rest of the students—the ones I would have finished off.
A mage in the academy with a fighting style that relied on fists, it was no other than my unofficial best friend.
"Phoenix... come to save me again?"
Bright laughed at my remark and scratched the back of his head, a wide grin spreading across his face. He acted as if he hadn't just knocked out everyone around me in the blink of an eye.
"More like I saved them from you..."
