"Hm?" Scythe said, he felt some strange sensation in his body, as if someone or something just touched him.
'It seems like there's a rat trying to escape.' He thought to himself, realizing that the sensation he felt just now was something that should've only happen when someone in his division goes way too far from him. 'I could sense my mana being severed, there's only one explosion, that means only one person tried to escape.'
"He won't survive that, even if i've trained him, that doesn't mean i would allow anyone to be able to survive a direct explosion." Said Scythe, he was talking to himself.
BOOM!
BOOM!!
Despite the Golem had already stepped its foot onto the ground, there was still a couple more explosion being heard all across the forest, that explosions was perfectly timed with the moment when all of the instructors dodged the incoming attack from the Golem.
'Hmm, this is not good, i didn't expect this much people tried to escape.' Scythe said to himself, he turned his head in every direction, looking at the explosion smokes in the distance.
Thud!
"Hiyaahhh, that was close, i guess that thing doesn't like us." Sword said after he landed near Scythe, his lips were smiling without any hint of fear.
"Should we attack?" Scythe asked sword, he wasn't sure if his aura will be able to pierce through the Golem.
Thud!
Thud!
Thud!
Thud!
All of the other instructors soon landed at the same place, rather than being anxious after seeing the destructive force that was caused by the golem stomp alone, every one of them instead looked normal, they acted as if they could defeat the Golem easily even though Sword said earlier that they would have a hard time injuring the Golem with their weapons.
HNNNGGGGG!!!
The Golem shrieks once more, and like before its scream sounded like distorted low-pitched blare that rings throughout everybody's eardrums, its head looked down, specifically heading towards where the instructors was.
"Ah, he's looking at us." Said Spear.
It was at that moment that Sword finally decided as to what they should do next, he promptly sighed and then pulled his sword out of its sheathe on his waist.
"Right, as much as i want to wait, if we don't clear this up soon, there'll be more rats that tries to escape, get ready." He said as he focused his inner energy and channeled in to his sword, a bright orange flame engulfed Sword's sword, the fire grew to be over a meter tall, although it was burning fiercely, no one in its radius felt any heat at all.
"ALRIGHT! I was waiting for you to get fired up anyway! HAHA!" Axe shouted, he immediately grabbed the great axe that he was carrying on his back, unlike Sword who uses Aura on his weapon, Axe likes to use aura on his whole body, enhancing his strength and overall stats by multiple folds.
Bit by bit, Axe's body was covered with green aura, his aura element was Earth, and while he's using his aura, he can manipulate the ground to his liking, although there are limits with how he uses it.
"Sure thing, Sword." Dagger said as he rotates his daggers in many directions, just to show off his skill in controlling it, he has been carrying his dagger in his hands this whole time, and the urge to use it in battle was making him frustrated.
Soon, he also uses his aura that had the same element as Sword. Meanwhile Spear and Hammer didn't say a single thing, they just went on and uses their aura, Spear with his raging water waves surrounding his spear, and Hammer with his stormy winds around his body that threw his hairs and clothes into chaos.
The battle was about to start, all of the instructors were about to attack, and the Golem also prepared for it, however when the two side were about to clash, an unexpected instruders disrupted their moments.
Swoosh!
From the other side of the field, Calea emerged out of the forest, as soon as she arrived at the battlefield, she saw Scythe and immediately goes after him.
'UAHH.. What the hell with that Golem, it's massive...' Calea thought upon seeing the Golem from close distance, she ran right beside its left leg and arrived infront of Scythe a few seconds later.
"Huff.. huff.." Calea gasped for a few times, her throat was dry and she felt a little bit exhausted.
"Huh? who's this?" Said Axe, he doesn't seem to remember Calea.
Her unexpected appearance was seen as a shock to all of the instructors, they turned off their aura at the same time after losing focus because of Calea, all of that violent flames, winds, and water surge disappeared in an instant as they dissipates into the air.
"She's one of the slaves?" Spear also surprised to see her.
"Huh? since when did we have a female slave—" Hammer was bewildered when he saw Calea, he also doesn't remember her.
"Isn't she your– 'students'?" Sword asked while looking towards Scythe.
"Yeah, and it seems like she followed me." Scythe replied, his words sounded uninterested and he doesn't seem surprised to see Calea at all.
"You followed me?" He asked while approaching her.
"...You never gave me an order to stay still." Calea responded, her eyes looked stern.
Shocked with her answer, Scythe's eyes opened for a few seconds, before he goes back to his usual cold stare.
"Hmm, i guess you're right." He said, remembering the time before he went with Dagger, he indeed did not give his students the order to stay still, so technically Calea wasn't breaking any rules.
"You're about to fight that Golem right?" Calea said, her eyes peeked at Sword and the other instructors abruptly.
Scythe stayed silent, he didn't answered her question or tries to shrug it off, however Calea already expected this kind of treatment, so she doesn't care and instead continues on with her next speech.
"Let me fight alongside all of you." She said confidently, trying to stand on the same ground as the instructors, which in her perspective was the same as her master.
"What? Hah.." Axe chuckled, he was amused with Calea's request. "This little shit said she wants to join us?"
"Heh, don't make me laugh, know your place you bitch, where did you gain that confidence? I really want to kill you after that one." Dagger mocks Calea, he openly cursed her and stated his disgust.
"Haha, that was a funny joke, what makes you think you're worthy to fight with us?" Spear also showed his hatred towards Calea's sudden request.
"What did she say again? I didn't quite hear.." Hammer said, he was the only one who didn't laugh, instead his face shows confusion.
"Can i kill her?" Said Axe, his veins were protruding beneath his skin.
However, when he was about to take a step forward, Sword stopped him, and instead he was the one that approached Calea. Throughout the whole ordeal, Calea's face didn't change at all, despite being mocked, threatened, and humiliated by the instructors, Calea was still unfazed by it, her lips was frozen, her glare felt piercing, and her body stiff like a stone.
Sword noticed all of these body languages, when he arrived infront of Calea, he gives out his hand to her, asking for a handshake.
"You're a mage right? I remember a lot about you." He said with a smile, his eyes squinted like fox.
At first, Calea was suspicious, but this was unavoidable for her, eventually she will be faced with this situation far more often in the future, and to prepare for such thing, she would have to show her worth.
"What about it." She replied to Sword while raising one of her eyebrows.
Calea doesn't know what Sword was planning, but her instincts tells her that she need to play along with it or else the consequences will be unimaginable, while Calea and Sword was shaking their hands together, Sword opened one of his eyes for a bit, enough to only show a small portion of his pupil, it was glowing with many mysteries.