Peace Hunter

Near the building where the academy's teachers, staff, and guests were staying.

The area was surrounded by blazing flames. Several humans and demi-humans were lying around. Meanwhile, two demi-humans with ears and tails like dog, who had rescued Ludmila in the ​San Minerva City, were seen standing, seriously injured. Before them stood Mr. Alan, his entire body covered in fire magic.

"Damn, we... didn't know there was someone as strong as him in this academy," said one of the demi-humans.

"You're... right," said the other.

They then collapsed and lay on the road. Mr. Alan then removed the fire magic surrounding his body and approached the demi-humans to check on them.

"It looks like they're not dead, which is good because we can still ask for information about why they attacked this academy," said Mr. Alan.

Then the flames surrounding the area were extinguished by someone casting water magic.

"You're exaggerating, leader," said Miss Nora.

It turned out that Miss Nora had put out the fire with her water magic.

"I told you not to call me 'leader' anymore, Nora," said Mr. Alan.

"You've been reappointed as the leader ​proctor for the academy's entrance exam for prospective new students. So is it okay if I call you 'leader' from now on?" asked Miss Nora.

"Well, whatever you want. How are things inside the building?" asked Mr. Alan.

"Everyone is safe, the teachers, academy staff, students, vendors, and visitors. They're all safe. None of the attackers have entered the building," said Miss Nora.

"I see, that's good," said Mr. Alan.

"By the way, are you injured, leader? If so, I'll heal you," said Miss Nora.

"No, I'm not injured at all, so you don't need to heal me," said Mr. Alan.

"Very well then," said Miss Nora.

"By the way, I've been feeling a strong mana pressure recently. Do you feel it too?" asked Mr. Alan.

"Yes, I feel it too. It's coming from the front of the academy lobby," said Miss Nora.

"Yes. I know who's emitting this aura. It's coming from Miss Karina. She seems to be furious about this attack," said Mr. Alan.

-

Back to the front of the academy lobby.

The area was now overgrown with various types of trees and plants. There were short trees, long trees, and even those with thin and thick trunks. Meanwhile, the bear demi-human continued to dodge the trees that kept popping up from the ground.

"With so many trees popping up randomly in this academy, won't it become less appealing?" asked the bear demi-human, continuing to dodge the emerging trees.

"Don't worry, I'll just remove the trees later. And if the area around this place is damaged by my magic, I can simply restore it using an Artifact owned by this kingdom. Since this academy is the only one in this kingdom, of course, this kingdom will do everything to repair it. And for those of you who have attacked this only academy in this kingdom, severe punishment will certainly await you," said Miss Karina.

~Plant Creation Magic : Tree Knights~

Around Lady Karina, ten trees emerged from the ground. After the ten trees appeared, they transformed into knights. Then, the knights from the trees immediately moved to attack the bear demi-human. The demi-human dodged their attacks. However, the knights' attacks were extremely fast and managed to scratch the demi-human several times.

"There may only be ten of them, but their speed and strength are truly beyond belief. Rather than constantly dodging, it seems I should finish them all off," thought the bear demi-human.

The Demi-Human touched the road below him with his right hand. While the Demi-Human was focused on holding the road with his right hand, the tree soldiers began to attack him. The knights almost reached him, but the Demi-Human immediately prepared for his attack.

~Fire Magic : Exploding Ground~

The ground around the Demi-Human exploded, destroying everything it touched, including the tree warriors and the surrounding trees. The area was immediately filled with ash and smoke from the explosion.

Meanwhile, Miss Karina couldn't see what was happening because of the smoke and was staring at the smoke in front of her. Suddenly, from the smoke and dust, a metal arrow emerged, heading rapidly towards her. The iron arrow was so fast that Miss Karina didn't have time to dodge. Miss Karina was struck by the iron arrow and pierced through the stomach. The arrow continued to fly until it finally struck the front of the academy lobby, along with Miss Karina.

*BOOOMMMM

A loud crash ensued, and a cloud of smoke appeared. Shortly after, the smoke and dust dissipated, revealing the arrow embedded in the wall of the academy lobby. Miss Karina, with her stomach pierced, was also seen trying to pull out the iron arrow that had impaled her. But her efforts were in vain, the arrow was difficult to remove.

Then the smoke that had previously enveloped the area due to the explosion caused by the Demi-Human bear finally cleared. When the smoke cleared, the Demi-Human bear was seen preparing to throw the iron arrow again. The arrow was thrown again at Miss Karina. Miss Karina continued to try to pull out the arrow that had pierced her, unaware that another arrow was aimed at her. Only when the arrow was close did she realize another arrow was aimed at her.

But it was too late. Miss Karina was struck by the arrow, right in the head. Her head was immediately destroyed by the iron arrow. Miss Karina's body immediately became motionless after her head was destroyed. Not only did the iron arrow destroy Miss Karina's head, but it also destroyed the wall of the building behind her.

After throwing the arrow and successfully hitting Miss Karina, the Demi-Human walked towards Miss Karina's body.

"Even though I'd reduced the amount of mana I used in that arrow, I didn't expect its impact to be so devastating."

"I thought the current academy principal was a troublesome person, but this is the extent of his abilities. It seems the rumors about him possessing strength equal to that of the San Fulgen troops commander were exaggerated," said the bear demi-human.

Just as the bear demi-human was near Miss Karina, a rather large tree trunk suddenly appeared from beneath the path where she was standing. The trunk resembled a large hand, and it intended to grab the bear demi-human.

However, the demi-human immediately reacted and moved to avoid it. However, each time he dodged, a hand-shaped tree trunk reappeared beneath him. While he was focused on avoiding the hand-shaped tree trunks, Miss Karina suddenly appeared holding a white sword with several golden patterns on it. The bear demi-human was surprised by Miss Karina's appearance.

But while he was surprised, Miss Karina immediately slashed the bear demi-human right in the torso. The bear demi-human was hit by Miss Karina's slash, bleeding profusely. The demi-human clutched his bleeding body, blood dripping down his hand as he touched the wound.

"How can you still be alive? I was sure I killed you with that arrow," the bear demi-human said.

"You should first check the body of the person you thought you killed to see if they were truly dead, and whether the person you killed was truly the original or just a clone," Miss Karina said.

After Miss Karina said this, the bear demi-human immediately looked at the body of Miss Karina, whom he thought she had killed. The body was still a normal human body, but he realized that there was not a single drop of blood coming from it even though he had stabbed Miss Karina in the stomach and crushed her head. Then, the body turned into a tree trunk.

"So what I attacked was just a clone made of trees?" said the bear demi-human.

"Yes, exactly. I can't believe you were so careless about this, even though I thought you were an experienced fighter. Now, it's time to execute those who attacked this academy," said Miss Karina.

"Sentence us to death? Wouldn't it be better for you to let us live so we can be interrogated and reveal the reason why we attacked this academy?" asked the bear demi-human.

"Don't worry, even if you die, I can still find information about it from your corpses," said Miss Karina.

"Ah, that's right, I've heard rumors about your powers," said the bear demi-human.

Then Miss Karina prepared to attack with her sword.

"How long has it been since I used this sword? Now choose, do you want to die by my sword or do you want to die by my plant magic?" asked Miss Karina.

"I choose that my subordinates and I can escape this academy," said the bear demi-human.

The bear demi-human also prepared to attack.

-

In the academy forest.

Many trees had fallen due to my battle with the jaguar demi-human named Ludmila. Ludmila was currently enveloped in wind magic. It resembled ~Magic Martial Arts~, but it seemed different. The wind magic surrounding her body formed a jaguar-like form with large, long claws on her hands and feet.

Furthermore, the jaguar's tail, created from the wind magic surrounding Ludmila, resembled a whip. In a way, Ludmila looked like she was wearing jaguar-shaped armor in this form. The difference was that while Ludmila was wearing armor, her true body was invisible, but in this form, her true body was visible. It seemed the technique she was using was a secret technique of the Demi-Human race.

Ludmila continued to attack me in this form. A single claw strike with one hand in this form could easily cut through a tree in the academy's forest, even though the tree she was cutting was a thick ancient one.

"You'd better stop now, miss. If you keep cutting down trees in this academy's forest, it will eventually become bare," I said.

"If you don't want this forest to become bare, you'd better shut up now and let me kill you easily. After that, I'll go after my escaped target," said Ludmila.

"Unfortunately, it looks like I'll have to let this academy forest become bare this time," I said.

-To be continued