The rumble of explosions in the city echoed through the academy grounds, reverberating with a grim intensity that sent Jefferson's heart racing. He stood amid the scattered ruins of his battle with Lucius, his silver eyes narrowing as he scanned the city's horizon.
Pillars of smoke rose in thick, dark clouds against the sky, marking multiple areas under attack. The earlier battle had drained him more than he cared to admit, but this was no time for rest.
"Lucius.... Just what have you done?" he muttered, frustration clouding his usually controlled expression. Lucius's last words echoed in his mind: "Mission complete." It wasn't just the academy they were after. Whatever the Shadow Guild had set in motion was escalating beyond anything Jefferson had anticipated.
Jefferson looked up, his heart racing. His instincts kept on warning him that whatever was attacking the city was something that even he could not handle. He turned on his communication interface, a small round blue device like a wristwatch as he spoke "Arris! How's the situation?"n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
Arris' lively voice came from the other side "The situation's good! It seems we've run out of assassins! If you want, I can order more of em...How's the one on your side tho, taken care of already?"
"Yes, I'm done with him but it seems it was all a distraction.....their objective was neither the academy nor the leviathan-ranked beast's crystal...."
"Really? Then what could be their objective?" Arris' perplexed and tiresome voice asked.
"I don't know yet but right now, the City is under attack! I'd like you to send your scouting team to survey and bring back reports! We can't be too careful if we don't know what we're up against"
"Okay, I'd do that right away!" Arris said, his voice determined. "Darn, you!" He shouted at a particular someone who had been troubling him ever since.
"Who's that? And how's the situation with the students?" Jefferson asked again, his mind flashing to Rex, Seraphina, Magnus, and Brenda. Within those barriers, he was sure they were safe especially since Arris was with them but he just still had to ask.
"They're..... Arris hesitated as he let out a sharp, frustrated groan "They're fine! Except for one troublesome kid! If I remember correctly, he's the one named Rex!! He's been going on and on about how he wants to kick your ass so bad!"
"Hmm!" Jefferson let out a chuckle, a small smile spreading on his lips. "Once you've sent those scouts out, reinforce the barrier once more and send that Rex to me, If he wants to fight so bad then I have no reason to stop him."
"Uh? You can't be serious right? Even if he performed brilliantly by taking out those assassins, he's still a student! We can't afford to risk his life!"
"Risk his life? Pfft! I'm sure that kid can take care of himself! He has the courage of a Roach!" Jefferson smirked as he turned his eyes to the black smoke still in the clouds..."Hurry up! We're running out of time!"
"A Roach? What courage? Jefferson...."
"Just trust me on this, Arris! Send the boy over..... besides...I'm not sure I can do this alone.... I'd have opted for another if there was a good fighter amongst the staffs but no there isn't and....the General is nowhere to be found. Also send your men to investigate that"
BOOOOOOM!!!
The explosion resounded again, this time even greater than the last one. It was as though, a nuclear bomb was shot at a large building as the smell of burnt debris filled the air. Screams could be heard from outside of the academy. If Jefferson were to guess, the source of these disturbances wasn't too far away.
Chaos erupted in the city as news spread like wildfire: a monstrous nine-headed beast was laying waste to anything in its path.
The creature rampaged through the streets, its nine heads thrashing around, each one spewing fireballs indiscriminately, hitting food stalls, parked cars, and unfortunately for one poor soul, a small ice cream truck that had been minding its own business in the middle of an intersection.
Race: Human
Class: Cerberus Slayer (Effect: gains 2x more XP from killing wolf-like creatures)
Strength: 112
Agility: 120
Endurance: 102
Intelligence: 82
Aether: 65/65
Available ability points: 0
Active Skills
Temporal rift (Level 1) XP to next level: 0/100
Time rewind(Level 2) XP to next level: 0/100
Passive Skills
Fate's eyes
Titan's will: Cooldown time left(30 hours)
He was able to meditate for a while in the safehouse and filled up his Aether reserves. He was about flexing his hands when two men appeared in their view, their auras imposing.
Rex almost tried lunging at them, thinking they were assassins but his fists was stopped mid-air by Jefferson who gave him a cold stare.
"Report!" Jefferson spoke to the two men. Only then did Rex recognize their military uniforms
"The monster we're facing should be at the rank of a Tier two Archdemon!" One of the men spoke, his expression gloomy "Report says it just appeared out of thin air, and unlike any other beast, luckily for us, it didn't come with any comrade of its"
"Comrade?" Rex arched a brow but the Soldier just ignored him. It was common knowledge that a high beast of such rank should have many subordinates with it.
Jefferson's eyes shone for a while as a grim expression appeared on his face. He walked forward and brought out a small phone from his pocket, placing it in his ear "Organize all the tier three advanced and expert ability users in your department.....while you're at it, I think I'll call an old friend of mine!"