The Veilwalker

'Now I kinda pity the void creatures.' Abigail mused.

Now, don't get the wrong idea; she was still scared as hell. Her life was on the line for crying out loud. But when she looked at the stern expression and cold air around Julia, she understood that the girl was beyond pissed.

She recalled how she acted when Alex first suggested she tagged along with them. Julia had almost cried because of that. She was that possessive of Alex, and if she was being honest, straight out crazy.

She swallowed the lump forming in her throat then nocked her bow with three arrows, all infused with her mana and distanced herself from Julia.

Immediately the void creatures showed their ugly faces, she disappeared from where she stood and closed the distance of 78 metres from the turn the creatures were coming from. She was not willing to give them any chance.

She was pissed and needed to vent her frustration at losing Alex and Ross, mostly Alex. Once she reached them, the first void creature, whose shape was difficult to describe, released a breath of concentrated red energy that had the power to incinerate everything in its path.

Of course, Julia saw it charging that attack the moment she noticed the red energy gathering in its mouth. She evaded to the wall on her left, swiftly climbing to a short height.

She turned around and used the walls to propel herself towards the creature that was now turning in her direction. Her actions were swift and true, directly cutting through the creature from head to bottom.

This time around, she did as Alex did and released a small burst of her mana when her sword reached the centre of the creature.

BOOOM!

The first creature exploded in a rain of ice blocks. Without a moment to waste, she moved to the next creature. After all, she had seven more to take care of.

Abigail was scared shitless when the first attack from the void creature came her way. If she had not been keeping quite a distance from the void creatures, that beam attack could have incinerated her where she stood.

When she noticed the attack coming with the force of a speeding train, she ducked down and to the side, almost hurting herself with her own arrows!

"Fucking hell! That was too close for comfort!"

She cried out and quickly got back to her feet. Her heart was racing multiple beats per second and could barely catch her breath.

She was not the one directly facing the void creatures, but she was not safe either. And from the looks of things, she would not be getting any hits in.

Julia had already eliminated half of them and was on the rest. Her speed and power seemed to have gone up a notch from before. The way she moved and cut through the void creatures was both awe-inspiring and scary.

A few booms and fiery attacks later, Julia had finished off the creatures. However, she was breathing heavily, trying to catch her breath. She had done a little too much.

But who could blame her; she was angry and hurt from being separated from her beloved. Her expression hadn't softened either.

Abigail was almost scared to approach the girl. "Let's keep moving," she heard Julia say before turning around to leave.

The archer quickly came out of her reverie and ran after her, not wanting to be left behind.

.....

Zol watched his niece's fierce actions without even blinking. He more than anyone knew this would happen if she got separated from Alex.

'She's begun pushing herself already, and this is still the beginning stages. Hmm…' Zol worried about what her actions might become the more time she was away from Alex. Hopefully, she will reunite with Alex and Ross soon.

Principal Seraph subtly looked at Hunter Zol to see his expression but saw nothing and then her focus back to the screen.

'Of course, he should be aware of her personality… But are the women in the Knight Family that fierce and possessive?'

This was an observation that had piqued her interest. Julia for the most part had been well behaved and quiet. She was always with her friends and while she had heard a few rumors about her personality, she had thought nothing of them.

But right now, seeing it with her own eyes, she understood how obsessive the girl was. Her desire to be close to Alex was almost unhealthy.

Of course, what would she know about being in a relationship? She had focused all her energy on building her strength till she got to where she was today. There was no room for romance.

Naturally, she has had her fair share of suitors, but none of them caught her fancy. Her job also made it difficult to go out and socialize.

Back to the screen, she watched as Julia finished off the creatures and turned to leave with the other girl running after her.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

The screen changed and showed the position of Ross already engaged in combat with a group of void creatures.

His position was particularly eye-catching as the number of void creatures in that path was abnormal. There were more than seventy void creatures in the path he found himself.

He was literally trapped in an encirclement. Fortunately for him, he wasn't the only one there as other students, both elite and otherwise were fighting their way out.

Of course, some students had already lost their lives to the void creatures when they failed to evade their beaming attacks. Others were injured and was only a matter of time before they soon followed.

The place was like a dump site for void creatures and students. There was a clear path ahead but too many obstacles to overcome, and the void creatures were not playing around.

The attacks and abilities they unleashed would have been enough to destroy a large city in seconds, and if it weren't for the walls and floor being denser and tougher than normal, the entire labyrinth would have collapsed by now.