A group of men stared at the large number of monitors stacked over the wall. The live telecast of the battle between students and golems was being played on the screen.
With the controlling pad, they moved the camera to get better footage of the situation, at the same time they also made sure to keep a fair share of the distance from the students.
"Keeping tabs on 4000 students is surely difficult.''A man murmured, wiping his sweat. They have to be vigilant so that no oddity misses their eye. This was too cumbersome.
"It's not 4000 Dami, it's 3712. Many students have already taken a drop, unable to handle the pressure. We are not paid highly for free here, "The man beside him refuted.
"Hey, stop nitpicking. He is just a newbie. One needs to get used to this."Their superior chuckled while warning them to be generous to one another.
"All of you do your job quietly. Don't distract yourself."
"Leader, you know it's too hard to keep tabs on them. All we see are afterimages and dust flying all around. The camera can't keep up with their movements, "One of them complained.
The leader shook his head with a bitter smile.
"Our main focus is to notice the emergency signals."
KNOCK…KNOCK...KNOCK.
"Come in, "Hearing a deep voice from the other side of the room, a man holding a tray entered with a smile hung on his face and stared at the leader of the monitoring room.
Although the leader had a slight frown on his face, considering who disturbed them at this hour, but seeing someone holding a tray of cups, his displeasure disappeared for a moment.
A calm expression appeared on his face as he looked at the watch.
"It's not even lunchtime so why did you bring coffee so early?"
"You have to keep up your guard along with keen sense today. To freshen up your mood and clear a bit of drowsiness that might attack you, we decided to prepare the coffee early."The delivery man muttered with a smile.
"Thanks!" replied the leader with a light smile.
Having coffee now was not bad.
Handing coffee to one another, The man asked after a moment of silence"I suppose, I should have brought some refreshments."
"Nah, it's okay. We will be having lunch in two hours and the other shift will be replacing us soon, "The staff spoke while taking a sip.
The man nodded. Taking up a moment, he made sure everyone liked the taste, and then he left with a smile.
Locking the doorknob, he walked out exhaling deeply. Clicking the Bluetooth hidden behind his ear lobes, he answered"I have delivered the coffee early as planned. They will be going out soon."
"Proceed with the next step."
.....
The students burned their will to fight resolutely and started running to meet the golems coming out of the cleared forest.
Soon after, Golems and students clashed in a large-scale battle, and a large-scale war followed thereafter.
BOOM!BOOM!BOOM!BOOM!
CLANG!CLANG!CLANG!
Metal rubbed against each creating a cacophony of rickets. Projectiles of various colours flying in the air thrashed against the golems restricting their movements.
Dazzling light burst from the fireball and sparks from the electric current radiated everywhere. The entire situation was in a mess and there was chaos all around.
Some took the instructor's words too seriously and went hard right from the beginning.
It did not take too long to see who had the upper edge.
The students who thought they had an upper edge suddenly faced a crisis.
"Ughhhh!"
"Kyaakkk!"
"What the hell!"
They were hit by the rays fired by the golem in quick succession. The attacks hit them out of nowhere after which golem started to push the students back.
THUD!THUD!THUD!THUD!
The ground trembled, casting fear in everyone's heart. On looking around, they show a huge golem marching towards them. It seemed to be at the 3-Star level, and unlike the other grey golems, it had black outer austere.
Being big, it looked menacing as its huge shadows loomed over everyone.
"Frederick!"
Everyone muttered in disbelief on seeing a blue-haired boy jumping out of the crowd. Dodging the golem's attack with elegant flawless movement, Frederick danced his way towards the golem.
His muscles squeezed, and the energy stored on the spear started to glow brightly.
Reaching the menacing golem, his spear moved explosively making many afterimages of the spear made of bluish energy speeding through the air.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Rays of bluish light hit the golem tearing through the air. The compressed air exploded, breaking the bodies of golems into dozens of pieces.
The golem that looked menacing before scattered into pieces of stone.
Stepping forward, Frederick turned his gaze aside and found huge pieces of rocks smashing the golems into the dirt.
BAAM!BAAM!BAAM!BAAM!BAAM!
The huge golems fell on the ground as Charles thrashed them with his rock ability.
BAAAAANG!
As if artillery had been fired, the mass of concentrated pressure exploded in the air. Leaving a trail behind, an arrow burst through the core of the golem rendering it useless.
Each time, an arrow fired by Rose, a loud thumping sound resounded into the air.
"Damn....who is that shit that told us we are teammates. This is clearly a solo play."Parth freaked out seeing the top 3 frightening displays of power.
"Do these guys even know the meaning of team play? What the hell am I doing here?"Parth screamed, gritting his teeth and finding himself surrounded by the golem.
Frederick took the front and Parth was charged with taking care of the rear but Frederick ran away sensing danger ahead.
Now seeing him fighting alongside Rose in the front row, Parth's expression crumbled as if he had been fed with dogshit.
As he turned around, his expression distorted, noticing a chunniboy fighting afar.
"Axel Smash!"
BOOOM!
Instead of stepping back, Axel took the blows of the golem head-on and smashed his fist directly against the golem's torso.
"Axel Crush!"
"Axel Thrash!"
"Axel Destroys."
"What the fu….Argh…Whatever!"Parth shook his head in anger.
"I wish Lucas was here. By the way, where did that asshole go?"
While some valued cooperation and joined under one banner to take down the golems. Others wanted to show off their skills and stand out among the crowd.
Everyone had their reasons to fight and pushed through the golem, without caring about the path of suffering that lay ahead.
All fought back with all their might while being unaware of the events the future had stored for them.
....
Helena ran behind striking the golem and jumped on top of another golem. Thrusting her sword, she pierced the golem's neck and pushed her sword.
POP!
The head burst open and fell on the ground with a thud. Helena jumped down from the golem and her eyes widened as she saw a familiar person.
'What the hell is this guy doing?'
Helena screamed in disbelief, seeing him walking leisurely.
In the place, where everyone scurried to fight with all their might, the man whistled as he walked steadily with a carefree expression as if he had no intention of fighting seriously.
Helena's anger flared up seeing his casual expression.
"I did not want to go after you right from the start but you just have to piss me off with that rotten expression."
"Just wait, today I will clear my dues with you," Helena shouted.
Raising her sword, she dashed towards him charging through the barrage of golem that stood before her.