Chapter 143 - 45

Back when Kalya was fighting against Queen Jasmine in the throne room of the Royal Castle, the academy people were panicked by the elven knights who surrounded their residential building. The person leading them was not an elf. He was a short silver-haired middle-aged man with a muscular build. He has eyes the same color as his hair and a slightly pale skin tone.

Right now all the academy people were gathered in the central building where the female students were staying. They quickly gathered in one place after seeing the strange movements made by the elven knights. They could have broken through the siege but Merlick and King Gustave wanted to speak to Queen Jasmine first to inquire about the motive behind the actions of the elven knights. Moreover, they couldn't be careless because the silver-haired man leading the elven knights looked very strong.

"Principal, what should we do? We can't convey a message to Queen Jasmine. They also don't want to hear our request because it is an order from their Queen." Flavio reported the outcome of his negotiations with the elven knights. The silver-haired person leading them didn't speak at all and didn't seem interested in him.

"Teachers must protect students. King Gustave and I are going out to talk to them directly. If a fight breaks out, you don't have to hesitate to fight them. Let's talk to them first, Gustave." Merlick spoke coldly to Flavio. Right now he was furious because he was disappointed with what Queen Jasmine had done. He never expected that Queen Jasmine would trap them in this place.

"Let's go! I also want to try their leader's abilities. I can feel that he is very strong." King Gustave smirked. He was excited when he saw the silver-haired man. Currently, his fighting spirit was overflowing.

In front of the building, dozens of elven knights lined up to guard the entry and exit of the place. Their leader, the silver-haired man just silently closed his eyes. He seemed to be waiting for someone to come. Merlick and King Gustave came out of the building and walked towards them. The elven knights raised their bows and readied to attack King Gustave and Merlick.

"All of you stop your attacks! I'm only here to convey my message to your Queen. I, Merlick would like to see her." Merlick directly stated his aim before the elf knights shot their arrows.

The elven knights were silent and no one dared to answer. One of the elven knights glanced at the silver-haired man behind them. Right now they were at his command and dared not say anything because they knew who the man was.

The silver-haired man slowly opened his eyes and walked past the elven knights towards Merlick and King Gustave.

"I will only say it once. My name is Niberus. I am here to carry out orders from my master. Leave the heroes from another world to me. Otherwise, I will take them by force. Of course, there will be more victims if I forcefully take them." The silver-haired man was named Niberus. He was one of the people from the divine race who came to the Elven Kingdom. Niberus immediately posed a threat to Merlick and King Gustave. Even though he looked at them, but Niberus didn't seem interested in Merlick and King Gustave. In his eyes, the two of them had absolutely no value.

King Gustave and Merlick frowned upon hearing the silver-haired man's words. Merlick didn't recognize who the silver-haired man was and how the elven knights were willing to follow his orders.

"Are you threatening us?" Merlick released mana from his body. His mana went berserk and created a windstorm around him. He knew that they were no longer able to talk in a situation like this.

"You can think of it that way. But if you want to fight with just that kind of power..." Niberus nodded and released a much larger amount of mana than Merlick. The windstorm created by him even frightened the elven knights behind him.

"You're just doing a pointless thing." Niberus added. He disappeared from King Gustave and Merlick's sight then reappeared right in front of them. King Gustave and Merlick quickly retreated and kept their distance from Niberus.

"Hee... Your response turned out to be quite fast. But do you think that's enough? All the elf knights listen to my orders! All of you go inside the building and capture the heroes from another world. Anyone who resists, you can kill them on the spot!" Niberus smirked evilly and gave orders to the elven knight behind him.

The elven knights quickly moved upon hearing the order. They ran and were about to enter the building in front of them. But the elven knights were blown away before they could go any further. The building was shrouded in a thin layer of barrier that they didn't notice until they touched it.

"Fortunately, I put up a barrier first before going out to meet you. Do you think you can easily break through this place? Has Jasmine lost her mind by letting someone else rule over the elven knights of her kingdom!?" Merlick roared at the elven knights. Right now he was venting his anger because of the actions that Queen Jasmine had done to them. His anger exploded upon hearing the threat from Niberus.

"I didn't expect you to be the type to be so cautious and vigilant. Then, I'll just have to kill you and capture those heroes with my own hands." Niberus charged forward to attack Merlick with astonishing speed. He swung his bare hand at Merlick.

[Four Elements Shield]

Merlick quickly created a four-layer barrier of fire, earth, water, and wind elements to withstand the attack. He felt that Niberus' attack was no ordinary attack. What Merlick had thought was true. Suddenly Niberus' hand turned into a huge drill which rotated at an incredible speed and destroyed the four barriers instantly.

[Tornado Drill]

"This is dangerous! I won't have time to dodge!" Merlick saw that the drill had come before his eyes. He wouldn't have time to dodge and the other barriers he had created would only be destroyed like before.

[Fire Blast]

He made a fire blast to bounce himself off the spot and dodge Niberus' attack.

Boom!

Niberus came out of the explosion unharmed, not even the clothes he was wearing were burnt. He wanted to chase after Merlick but King Gustave was already beside him and slashed his greatsword.

[Fire Scars]

Fire blades with high compression shot towards Niberus from a very close distance. This slash could even burn the target before hitting it. But Niberus didn't panic and stretched out his hand like he wanted to parry the attack with his bare hands.

[Bone Mirror]

Niberus' hand turned into a mirror with a frame made of bones. King Gustave's attack was absorbed into the mirror and before long it was returned to him with even more power. The blade of fire instantly arrived in front of King Gustave and hit his shoulder. If king Gustave had not reacted quickly enough, he might have been torn apart by his attack.

"Ugh! Damn it!" King Gustave quickly retreated and joined Merlick.

"This won't be easy. Even though he's weaker than the girl we fought in the Dwarven Kingdom, we're still not his match." Merlick analyzed their opponent's strength. He felt they would not be able to win the battle.

"I feel it too. What should we do now? There's no way we can just fight passively. On the other hand, we can't take the students away from here either. I can tell the teleportation gate must be heavily guarded to prevent us from escaping from this place." King Gustave agreed with Merlick's words. Right now he was at a loss to think of a way to get out of their current situation.

"I don't know. The only thing we can do for now is to hold him in this place while thinking of a way. I hope there will be someone to help us this time." Merlick smiled bitterly. He suddenly thought of Ziel, The one who had saved them several times from dangerous situations.

"I hope so too. Then, let's fight him using our full strength." King Gustave unleashed all his strength and eight phoenix patterned aura seals appeared on his body. He readies to attack Niberus with all he has.

"Okay. Let's get started." Merlick also opened the eight magic circles on his body. The four-colored mana overflowed and created a tornado around him. Merlick and King Gustave started their attack on Niberus.

"Looks like you guys have gotten a little stronger. Alright, come on you two!" Niberus turned both his hands into swords and prepared to receive their attacks. He grinned like a beast staring at his prey.

***

On the other hand, in the large room inside the central building where the female students lived, the teachers were gathered watching Merlick and King Gustave's battle outside. They were given orders to stay inside the building to look after the students. They looked worried about King Gustave and Merlick's situation. Merlick and King Gustave seemed to have been desperate from the start of the battle. Besides, the elven knights were trying to break the barrier Merlick had set up before he left.

"Flavio, wouldn't it be better if we joined the battle with them?" Reid Brandon, the homeroom teacher of Class E asked Flavio.

"I want to do that too. But you also heard it yourself, didn't you? The principal ordered us to stay in the building and look after the students." Flavio answered helplessly. He also didn't want to be in a passive situation like this and could only stay in the building without being able to do anything. But everything Merlick said was true. If they went outside, the students would be in danger.

"How about we split into two groups? The first group looks after the students here and the other group helps King Gustave and the principal." Beatrix Artvika, homeroom teacher of class B gave her opinion.

"I agree with Miss Beatrix. I don't like it if we keep hiding like this." Christof glaucio, homeroom teacher of class F agrees with Beatrix's opinion.

"That's also not good. Currently, the number of teachers is only 7 people including Regza. Miss Kalya went to the castle because she received a summons from the Queen. If we split into 2 groups, I don't have the confidence to protect the disciples with just 3-4 people." Flavio couldn't help but smile bitterly after hearing that opinion.

"How about we fight with the students? Isn't this a test for them?" Alvis Donell, the homeroom teacher of class C gave another opinion. But the other teachers looked at him strangely.

"What? Is there something wrong with my opinion?" Alvis became confused by their gazes.

"Nothing strange. It's just if it's a monster I'll let them join the fight. But their opponent this time is an elf. Even though we're not of the same race, this fight could take a lot of casualties. I don't know if the students have ready to kill or not. They would be in danger if they suddenly hesitated to do so. Besides, once the students spread out on the battlefield, we won't be able to protect them all." Flavio gives a logical reason why he can't use that method.

"You're right, we are indeed in a very uncomfortable position right now. If it weren't for those elven knights, we would still be able to do something to help the principal and King Gustave." Ashley Arianel, homeroom teacher of class A nodded in agreement with Flavio's words.

"So, what do they want from us?" Regza, who had been silent since the beginning of the conversation, finally joined in to speak.

"I didn't hear it. But judging by the movement of his lips, their purpose in coming here was to capture the heroes from another world." Flavio answered and looked at the students who were also in the room with them. But suddenly his face tensed up.

"Eh? Where did the heroes go!?" Flavio checked again the students in the room and made sure that the heroes weren't with them.

The other teachers also searched for the heroes and got the same result. But then their attention was drawn to Beatrix's screams.

"Look over there! They're outside!" Beatrix points to Hikaru and the other heroes fighting the elves with the Princes and Princesses. This made them realize that the Princes and Princesses weren't in the room with them either. They broke out in cold sweat after knowing this.

"Damn it" Flavio clicked his tongue and couldn't help but have to join the fight outside along with the other teachers. Not long after, there was an explosion sound from the place where Merlick and King Gustave were fighting against Niberus.

Boooooooommmmmmmmm!