At normal times, hostile magic beasts that are not trapped inside the resource points or are captured by humans living in the City of Hope will only appear inside the city if the city is attacked by them
However, the city was clearly not attacked considering the manner in which this magic beast appeared. If it was a magic beast attack, they should come from the city walls first before they can even have the chance to reach the Tryst Academy
Despite the fact that the Tryst Academy is located inside the outer walls of the City of Hope, as a reputation academy, its location was definitely not on the outskirts of the outer walls. It was situated near the inner walls. As such, even if the magic beasts started a full-powered assault, it would take time before they reach the Academy and that would surely cause a commotion.
It is impossible for them to appear in such a manner
As such, this situation really gave Mage Yero Feather a bad feeling as she waved her hand. On her sleeves, four pure white feathers flew out and they landed in four different areas, forming a square shape
Those feathers then erected a translucent purple barrier that traps the fox-type magic beast inside
"I-Instructor, what is happening?"
"W-why is there a magic beast here?"
"Is this part of the academy's arrangements?"
"Is the City under attack?"
The students asked, feeling quite anxious. Although they haven't personally seen how merciless and cruel the magic beasts are, they grew up knowing that these creatures constantly put humanity on the brink of extinction
Despite how vast the world was, humans were only able to occupy a single territory and expansion seems to be an impossible thing. As such, although they are lacking in experience when it comes to dealing with and facing the magic beasts, they still understand that these creatures shouldn't be appearing here
"I don't know too but for now, all of you get out of here!" Mage Feather replied to them while focusing all of her attention on the magic beast that already started attacking the barrier she erected
"Let's go!" Rezen said to Treen and he half-dragged him out of the gymnasium but they just took a few steps when a familiar voice entered their ears
"D-don't you want to watch the battle between a Senior Rank magic beast and mage?" The voice said and it came from Fiona, the woman who was also a tribesman and the person that most people in their batch ignored, bullied, and disliked all because of her appearance
"Watch? I doubt that we even have that kind of luxury. How simple it is for a magic beast to suddenly appear here when the entire city is monitoring and securing all the possible areas that magic beasts could use to enter? Better be safe than sorry!" Rezen replied before he continued to drag Treen
He and the people that accompanied him are the students farthest from the fox-type magic beasts. If it was them, they would definitely suffer the same fate, including Rezen
No matter how miraculous the farm was, there was a large and insurmountable gap between a mid cycle Junior Mage to an entity that is at the Senior Rank and a magic beast to top that
The might of those at the senior rank was absolute and even Porenz, the battle maniac who loves thrills didn't have the intention to resist and try to fight such a strong opponent. Just like Rezen, she also uses her magic to increase her speed
Thanks to Rezen's warning, the people acquainted with him were able to avoid calamity... at least the first wave of that
Even after killing three students, the fox-type magic beasts didn't stop and they moved again. Not only that but on the scarlet gate, more and more magic beasts came out
The only fortunate thing was that aside from the first three magic beasts, the new magic beasts that appeared were only at the Junior Rank. However, even if that was the case, all of these magic beasts are still at the peak of the Junior Rank!
They are not enemies that 2nd semester students are able to fight! There is only one thing that they could do to survive and that is to run!
"Holy shit!" Treen cursed after seeing such a scene and he didn't resist getting dragged anymore. Even if he wants to run, his running speed is definitely inferior to Rezen's since he was not really the most diligent mage
"Run! Make sure to split up!" Mage Feather's voice echoed again and in just a second after she was thrown to the walls of the gymnasium, she already forcefully regained her balance and charged at the magic beasts
On her back, a magic circle formed and she grew a pair of white wings
"[Angel's Wings!]" she muttered as she stood in between the students and the magic beasts. She used her wings to block the attack of the magic beasts while also forming hands made from mana to throw the students that were too near to death's jaws away
"Argh..." the Instructor groaned as blood dripped down her lips due to the impact of the magic beasts' attacks
While she has her wings as a shield, she is still facing three magic beasts at the same rank as her. It was no easy feat to defend against them
"I will hold them off here until the other instructors arrive. Your life and survival will depend on your abilities and luck. Don't gather into a large group, you might attract more attention than usual!" Mage Feather warned as she faced the three magic beasts at the Senior Rank
As for the magic beasts at the peak of the Junior Rank, they freely pursued the students who were running for their lives
It was already pushing Mage Feather hard to stall three magic beasts at the same rank as hers. She simply doesn't have the energy nor the capabilities to also hold the other peak Junior Rank magic beasts. She can only hope that most of the students in this batch will survive and their bright futures will not be cut off prematurely