"Here I come!"
Victor quickly moved to cover the short distance to his targets. However, it wasn't going to be easy and he expected as much. Two archers were among the group and had already taken aim at him. As soon as he moved, they released their arrows.
They zoomed through the air, fast approaching Victor. Seeing the approaching arrows, he did not slow down and moved forward. His faith was in his skill, a good one too, considering a Class S hunter also had something similar.
Barrier Magic!
CLANG! CLANG!
As if crushing into a very dense material, the arrows bounced off of him, not doing anything to slow him down either. When he reached the halfway point, he jumped and with a clenched fist, slammed into the ground before the others.
BOOM!
The impact created a massive crater 5 metres deep and 23 metres wide. The shockwave uprooted the trees nearby and sent some of the unprepared students flying. The others were able to leap out of the way before his fist impacted.
Of course, Victor's plan was to simply break their formation and pick them off one at a time. The plan seemed to work as he quickly jumped out of the crater and went after the students who lost their footing from the impact of his punch.
In a burst of speed, he was already before one of them, his right fist falling with the force of a mountain. His imposing stature and height created a denser shadow in addition to the one created by the towering trees.
This visual impact and the savage grin froze the student. He couldn't think of anything or even try to evade. The punch was already on him.
"Haa...!"
BOOOM!
Yes, he realized he had rushed in too quickly. With his physical strength and barrier magic, he believed he could breeze through the weaklings he encountered, but it was proving to be more than he could handle.
He tried to slam the person in his hold into the ground and crash his badge, but one of the dagger wielders was already behind him, her dual blades aiming for his back. In a flash of speed, she was behind him.
CLANG!
The blades made contact with the barrier and cracks appeared once again. Two more arrows followed and added to the damage. While the barrier was not completely broken, the force behind the attacks pushed him around. Having no other choice, he had to let go of his opponent and back off a little.
But the group of twelve, now eleven realized their advantage and pushed, not giving him a chance to retaliate.
"We can win! Don't let up!" One of the sword users exclaimed to invigorate her allies. Victor was then forced on the defensive, having to now parry the attacks of multiple people as well as maintain his barrier.
While the others relied on their weapons and physicals, they had no worry about depleting their reserves. Victor on the other hand had to consider his draining mana.
'Fuck... I did not think this through.' He realized his blunder and made plans to escape his encirclement.
........
Alex watched the poor display of the one-horned and shook his head in disappointment. 'I had high hopes for him too. No matter, you all would do just fine.' Alex thought as he began to make his move.
He had already noticed the presence of others in the vicinity. Naturally, with the commotion and explosions happening due to the impact of that person's punches, the brave ones would be drawn here, hoping to reap the benefits without doing anything.
There was now a clearing where the fight was ongoing, providing a wide view to whoever was around.
"Here goes nothing," Alex muttered and in a burst of speed disappeared from the branch he was perching on.