Peace Hunter

At the same time, at the intersection of the road connecting the academy garden, the academy dormitory, and the shopping area, Fee was also there. She was holding her left hand, which had been severed after being slashed by someone. In front of Fee was Senior Vyn, sitting clutching her wounded stomach, and beside her was Senior Marco, holding his sword. Also around them were Senior Alisha, Senior Sophie, Senior Nadine, Princess Amelia, Senior Florian, and Senior Darryl. Meanwhile, Charles was watching them from the shopping area.

"Are you okay, Vyn?" asked Senior Marco.

"Yes. I had a hard time fighting her, but you easily cut off that person's left hand," said Senior Vyn.

"Even so, the one I slashed was just a clone. I don't know where the real body is," said Senior Marco.

"So you're saying I even had a hard time fighting a clone?" asked Senior Vyn.

Senior Marco realized that the Fee in front of him was a clone after seeing the fluid oozing from her severed arm. The fluid wasn't blood, but water.

"It seems you've already realized I'm a clone. Besides, I never expected to be surrounded like this. My only goal here was to bring back our men you defeated. I had no intention of fighting you from the start," Fee said.

"You say that after injuring me like this?" asked Senior Vyn.

"Well, that's because you attacked me first. Isn't it natural for me to defend myself?" Fee asked.

"Yes, that's true. But you said you were going to bring back these humans and demi-humans we defeated? Do you think we'll allow that?" asked Senior Vyn.

"I don't need your permission to take them home," Fee said.

Then, Fee fell silent for a long time.

"It seems our time at this academy is over. Then, I'll take my leave," Fee said.

Suddenly, a thick fog appeared around the area. The thick fog caused the humans and demi-humans in the attack group to disappear one by one.

"What happened? They've all disappeared," said Princess Amelia.

"Even the crocodile demi-human and the panther demi-human we had piled up have disappeared," said Senior Sophie.

They were all shocked to see what happened.

"Goodbye, everyone," said Fee, still in the fog.

But after saying those words, Senior Marco immediately cut off Fee's head. Fee's body and head were separated. Even though her body and head were separated, Fee was still able to speak to those present.

"You've already slashed me twice. I'll give you a gift. Consider it a parting gift from me," said Fee.

Then a bright light emerged from Fee's severed body and head. And not long after, the body and head exploded with a massive explosion.

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Back in front of the academy lobby.

Feline continued to attack me with stabbing attacks from the claws on both hands. She tried to stab me with the claws on his index and middle fingers, but I managed to block the attack with my sword. But her attack was so fast that it left several cuts on my body.

"Come on, aren't you going to counterattack? You've been defending against my attacks all this time," said Feline.

Gradually, his claw attacks became faster.

Meanwhile, Ariu was watching the two of us fight.

"Miss Feline, do you need help?" Airu asked.

"No, do you think I look like need a help?" Feline asked.

"I'm sorry, I don't know what to do after eliminating the principal," Ariu said.

"Rather than being confused about what to do, you should just kill those two targets while I'm busy with this student," Feline said.

"Very well then," Ariu said.

Ariu hurried towards the four trees protecting Irene, Chloe, Caroline, and senior Gretta.

Seeing that, I immediately turned and rushed towards Ariu, but Feline quickly chased after me and kicked me.

~Cat Paw Shockwave Kick~

I blocked the kick with my sword, but I was knocked flying again after the kick connected with my sword. I was bleeding again from my mouth and nose.

"Your opponent is me, kid. How dare you turn to another enemy," Feline said.

Ariu arrived at the location of the four trees. Then he saw an open tree where Chloe was. She saw Chloe, still unconscious inside the tree. Then she prepared to kill Chloe.

But suddenly, Miss Karina emerged from one of the other three trees and attacked Ariu.

~Storm Wave Thrust~

Ariu, surprised by Miss Karina's sudden appearance, didn't have time to react. He was struck squarely by the attack. He was sent flying, as the wave continued to carry her. The wave then crashed into the academy's boundary wall near the gate. The wave immediately dispersed after destroying the wall. Afterward, Ariu was seen unconscious on the rubble of the academy's boundary wall.

"Ariu's defeated, huh? Well, he was the weakest among us, and her opponent was you," Feline said, looking at Miss Karina.

"Seeing as you can use plant magic, it seems you moved your body to that tree just before being hit by Ariu's fire blast. Ariu thought he had already incinerated you completely because he didn't see your body after the attack. That's why Ariu seemed surprised to see you suddenly emerge from that tree," said Feline.

"This isn't the time for you to be talking like that, is it? You'd better pay attention to your opponent when you fight," said Miss Karina.

Hearing those words, Feline immediately turned to where I had been knocked down. When she turned, she was surprised to see me already nearby. I prepared to attack Feline.

"I've already experienced your deadly attack twice before. Is this what it's like?" I asked.

~Palm Shockwave Punch~

I struck Feline with a right palm strike. Feline quickly used both hands to block my blow. My punch hit both of her hands, and Feline was immediately sent flying. She was also bleeding from her mouth and nose. Not only that, both of her arms, which she had used to block my blow, appeared to have fractured bones. Feline was thrown quite far back from where she had been struck. After being knocked back, Feline immediately got back up.

"Amazing, I didn't expect you to use the same technique as me," Feline said.

Feline's body slowly began to heal. The blood coming from her mouth and nose gradually began to disappear. Furthermore, her arms, which appeared to be broken, had also completely healed.

"You're quite interesting, kid. Even your body has recovered from my kick. Considering we both use healing magic, it seems like this fight will last a long time, as each time we get injured, we heal ourselves."

"I don't like fights that drag on. Plus, it looks like I have to fight the headmaster, too. So I'll end our fight as soon as possible. It seems I'll have to use that technique," Feline said.

~Armadura Elemental Animal~

Suddenly, a magic enveloped Feline's body. The magic had an electric current, so it seemed the magic enveloping Feline's body was electric. Furthermore, the magic surrounding her formed a large, two-tailed cat.

Feline prepared to attack. But suddenly, Fee appeared behind her.

"Stop, Feline," Fee said.

Miss Karina and I were surprised by the sudden appearance of the cat demi-human.

"Why are you stopping me, Fee? I'm having fun right now," Feline said.

"We don't have much time left at this academy. Knights all over the city are on their way, and they'll be arriving at the academy in a few minutes. I learned about this after placing my clones at various points in the city," Fee said.

"So what about the targets? We haven't even killed a single one of the three," Feline said.

"Wasn't the task given to us by 'Master' only to retrieve them? Whether they're alive or dead, we have to retrieve them all. As for the task of assassinating the targets, that's Ariu's. Even if the two of us were to kill the targets now, we wouldn't have enough time. We'd be surrounded by the knights who would arrive at this academy before we could. Not only that, among those knights, I also saw the Supreme Commander of this kingdom," Fee said.

"The Supreme Commander of this kingdom? You mean the 'Sword King'? Damn, he's someone we should avoid while in this kingdom. Okay, then we'd better retreat. So what about the rest of them? Have you brought them all?" asked Feline.

"Yes, I've brought them all," said Fee.

"Then, bring Ariu and Ludmila, who are lying there too," said Feline.

"Why are they lying there like that? Are they defeated?" asked Fee, looking at Ludmila and Airu.

"Yes, and they were the two who defeated them," said Feline, looking at me and Miss Karina.

"Hmm, that woman, she's the head of the academy here. It's natural for Ariu or Ludmila to lose against her. But that guy, he's an academy student, right?" asked Fee.

"Yes. Even so, his strength doesn't seem like that of a typical student. He's an interesting person," said Feline.

"It's rare to hear you speak like that. Well, let's get back to base. But before that, I'd like to at least say goodbye before we leave this place," Fee said.

Fee pointed two fingers of her right hand at Miss Karina. After that, she immediately fired magic from those two fingers. The magic quickly aimed at Miss Karina, but I immediately darted in front of her and blocked the magic shot with my sword.

"Rid?!?!," said Miss Karina, surprised to see me in front of her.

"Are you okay, Miss?" I asked.

"Yes, I'm fine. Thank you for protecting me from that attack. I couldn't react at all to it," Miss Karina said.

"You're welcome, Miss," I said.

Meanwhile, Fee looked shocked after seeing my action.

"He was even able to withstand that lightning-fast magic shot. Plus, his reactions were incredibly fast. I understand why you said he's an interesting person, even though he looks like just a student," Fee said.

"Right?" Feline said.

"I actually wanted to give him a parting gift by injuring the academy headmaster, but it seems that didn't work because the student was protecting him. Well, it's time for us to go," Fee said.

Suddenly, a thick fog appeared around the area.

"Then, goodbye," Fee said.

"See you later, kids. Maybe we'll meet again someday," Feline said.

After they said that, Miss Karina and I rushed towards them.

"There's no way I'll let you get away. You'll have to take responsibility for attacking this academy," Miss Karina said.

As Miss Karina and I were speeding towards them, a sudden change occurred in Fee's body. Although our view was obscured by the fog, we could still see that her tail and cat ears were starting to disappear. After that, large, bright green wings suddenly appeared from Fee's back. They were shaped like butterfly wings, but quite large. Fee's ears then transformed from cat ears to long ear like elves.

Miss Karina and I were surprised to see this, but we still shot forward and prepared our attack. Seeing us both heading their way, Fee smiled. Then, when we both approached them, we both immediately slashed at them. But all we slashed was air. They both suddenly disappeared from the smoke. We were both surprised to see them suddenly disappear, but we were even more surprised by something else.

"Those wings, I once read a book about a race characterized by wings like those," I said.

"Yes, I've read about them too. I've never seen one in person because their race is known as a race that's isolated from other races. They're said to live in a forest called Himnaskogur, far south of the San Fulgen Kingdom."

"After seeing the color and shape of her wings, I'm convinced she's from that race... the Fairy race," said Miss Karina.

-To be continued