“Inferno - Double Strike!”

  Slash! Fire noises!

  From Kiana's right side, a familiar voice is heard as she shouts the name of her attack. A woman whose face is well known runs up to the two Black Wolves that are dashing towards the group of students and Kiana, then with her massive claymore ignited with blazing hot flames with temperatures closing 750 degrees, one by one she strikes down the Black Wolves. The blade of her claymore is so hot that it slices through them without any resistance at all and with two clean and precise slashes, she cuts down one of them in a perfect half while the other she cut his neck, defeating them in the process and to the opposite of Kiana, these ones did drop their magic stones.

  “Are you alright Kiana? Are you hurt at all?”

  It’s no other than Alice that asks this to our lovely Kiana and let me tell you, although she has a serious look on her face, a proudful posture on her body, the look on her eyes show worry towards Kiana and while her tone of voice is firm and sharp, you can also feel said worry from it. A good display of Alice's strength and being Alice herself, anyone can more than guess that, the group of students go mental as they see their saviour rescuing all of them.

  “ALICE!!!”

  The crowd breaks down with sheer happiness as they see this familiar face, as they hear this familiar voice and of course, as they see this familiar strength. They are excited but more so relieved as this familiar person has come to save them from imminent death. Tears fall down from the female students as everything settles in while the male students shout by her name, they cheer her on and of course, they all hug each other while doing so.

  “Ah, they didn’t touch me at all, I’m fine, don’t worry. But, thank you and nice strike!”

  Alice- That’s good to hear and thank you for the compliment. I’m actually using my usual claymore rather than the ones that I use for training and such, that’s why I was able to slice through them this easily however, that one over there, I’m not so sure I can do the same to him.

  She looks at the Elder Black Wolf as she says this, with a simple usage of her Magic Sense skill she can easily sense from him the very minimal of twice the magic energy she has or in other words, she knows damn well that he's stronger than her. But while Alice stares down the Elder, he on the other hand, seems ready to do something.

  Howl!

  A fraction of a second later, the Elder Black Wolf howls towards the sky, a howl that is loud and deep so much so that, the sound resonates within the ground itself and inside the body of those that are unfortunate enough to be near him as he does so however, to make it even worse, an ominous aura surrounds him as he’s howling. He’s using a skill, two of them to be precise, Fallen Comrades and Fear. Fallen Comrades is a skill that increases the user status and this increase depends on how many of his comrades have fallen in front of him or near him while Fear, it’s a skill that inflicts fear on its targets although, it’s not that simple per say, anything that is only one rank weaker than the user of this skill, the target will instead only feel a heavy pressure from it, a heavy feeling should describe it more accurately. Anyone weaker than that and they straight feel fear running down their minds and consuming them, making them unable to act for a short period of time or a long one depending on how weaker they are compared to the user but, anyone that is stronger or in equal terms of strength to the user, this skill is completely useless. In this case, the group of students is basically feeling the full effect and some more from this skill while Alice is “just” feeling a heavy pressure coming from the Elder Black Wolf. In Kiana's case, she feels absolutely nothing.

  I did say that, the Black Wolves are a prideful race of monsters, they cannot stand seeing their own kind being killed and yet, even with his own very blood boiling with hatred, with his fur sticking out and sharp thanks to the sheer rage that he’s feeling, the Elder Black Wolf still has to make a move. There is a reason for this and of course a simple one after all, he’s not stupid at all, he knows well that Kiana is far more powerful than him, while he might not have Magic Sense skill his instincts are screaming at him this simple fact. He knows that Kiana will not let him escape and try his revenge later on, no, she will end him this very moment if she so desires. This is why he made this decision to use these skills, this is why he sent those two to their death. The Fallen Comrades skill, to make it more effective he had to see his own kind getting slaughtered in front of him, the more of his own dies in front of him, the more powerful the skill gets and of course, himself. But unfortunately, a mere boost of his attack power, magic power and speed, won't do much against Kiana and that’s why he keeps on shouting into the air, he’s letting out a cry of pain and sadness for sending his own friends into their demise and death for literally nothing it seems.

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  “Kiana, let me give it a go.”

  A simple phrase from her and a simple request towards Kiana and yet, Kiana puts on a serious look on her doll-like face.

  Kiana- He should be in the upper B rank right now, are you sure about that? He’s far stronger than what you are currently not only that, this is an Elder Black Wolf, they are not to be underestimated. They are cunning, smart and vicious.

  While she frowns her eyebrows thanks to how serious she is, while her tone of voice matches this, it’s cold and rasp, the look on her golden eyes shows worry behind their captivating shine.

  Alice- I know that, but I have to get stronger sooner than later. I have to get stronger so that whatever Taniah is cooking can work, so that we can catch whoever is behind those summoning stones. Not only that, you are here today, but tomorrow, that might not be the case, what am I supposed to do then? If I don’t take this chance to get stronger, how will I defeat tomorrow's foes?

  With quite the determinate look on her red eyes as she says this, with a firm tone of voice she expresses her worries and goals to Kiana and with a serious look on her face she tells Kiana that she won’t back down. Kiana more than knows that, she cannot stop her at all and just like she is, when her mind is set on something then, there is no backing down but, that does not mean that, Kiana will simply stay still, in fact, she can actually support Alice and her journey to get stronger.

  Kiana- We really are very alike… Alright, I won’t change your mind but, just be aware that, once I see things are about to go wrong, I won’t think twice and I will step in, defeating the Elder Black Wolf in that instant.

  Alice- Will you be as fast as the thunder that I heard a few moments ago? Haha, that sure was loud, I was able to hear it and even feel the vibrations from the sound all the way at the entrance of the Academy. But... thank you, for going with my selfishness and of course, for having my back.

  Her mind is more than made up and at the same time, she’s more than aware of what can happen, of what can go wrong and how strong this foe in front of her really is.

  “Flames from Hell! Consume my sword and with it! Let me melt my enemies and anyone that dares to oppose me! Inferno Sword!”

  Swoosh! Fire noises!

  She first gives a few steps forward, fully getting in front of Kiana and the group of the students while at the same time telling the Elder Black Wolf who his next opponent is. She takes a stance, one that is filled with confidence but at the same time, one that lets her start her incantation for her spell. First comes the deep sound as the air around her claymore becomes hotter and hotter then, a fraction of a second later, said claymore bursts into flames, ones that are denser than before and with a darker shade of red to them, easily telling those that watch this display of magic that, these flames are more powerful they are than before. The temperature of these flames also follows the same philosophy being close to 800 degrees. As she just said, she’s using a different claymore as otherwise, a normal one wouldn’t be able to withstand the sheer temperatures of the magic spell. While the melting point of steel is close to 1300 degrees that does not mean that, 800 degrees won’t have any effect on it after all, a claymore is used to “hit” stuff, these temperatures are more than enough to change the shape of the claymore with each normal strike, let alone a heavy one.

  While I have no clue what is the type of metal that the blade of her claymore is made of but, I can easily say that it's quite the special one. Her claymore is around 2 meters long and the blade is at least 1.50 meters while the rest is for the handle and so on. The blade has 60 centimetres of width and it’s as sharp as the claws of a Dragon itself I would say. Before she ignited the blade of her claymore with those blazing hot flames, the blade itself has a dark red colour to it, one that really is dark, a massive difference from the normal steel blades showing of once again that the blade is made by a rather peculiar metal, or is it even a metal at all? From the design of the claymore and the look of the blade itself, I would assume it is a “Dragon Slayer” type of weapon, or in other words, a claymore made of materials from a Dragon itself to slay another Dragons but in this case, I would assume the materials are from a Fire Dragon. For you to make these types of swords you first need to slay a Dragon, then use his “materials”, claws, scales, fur if they have anything, once you have what you might need then, you can forge said swords.

  Quite ironic, no? For you to create a weapon specific to defeat Dragons you first need to slay one.

  Either way, for anyone to acquire any of these weapons, they need to at least have met one of two mandatory conditions. The first one is obviously to have the title of Dragon Slayer, one that is acquired by, well, slaying a Dragon, or secondly, you have to have the required money for it, a lot of it in this case and I mean it. It’s so much money that you could probably buy a small town from how expensive they are. On the other hand, slaying a Dragon is no easy task whatsoever and sure, a Baby Dragon could be defeated by a mere C rank adventurer for example but, as anyone with a single brain cell working can guess that, such a despicable feat won’t award you of such a title. A young adult Dragon easily ranks up in the upper A rank, while a fully adult one easily reaches A+ rank and above. Just like the Elder Black Wolf over there, there also are Elder Dragon and those, oh boy, let me tell you something, they are a complete and utterly menace to the world, easily being above S rank. In fact, some of them can even fight and go toe to toe with Demon Lords and or Heroes, easily making them SSS rank. Thankfully not only they are beyond rare, and I mean that, until now only three of them are known or documented while only one is still alive and kicking. They also don’t have the tendency to interact with us, humans. But I diverse and digress, while I was yapping to myself, Alice is mere moments from tackling the Elder Black Wolf who is also ready to intercept her.