POV: GRIMORE
Grimore arrived at a mansion and casually stepped inside.
"Where have you been?" Kargagan asked.
"I just went out for a little walk."
A maid, dressed in a typical servant outfit, accidentally bumped into Grimore and spilled the tea she was carrying.
Furious, Grimore slapped the maid hard.
"Do you even have eyes?! Use them properly, damn it!"
Kargagan tried to calm Grimore, but his anger only grew worse, and he looked ready to kill the maid.
"Calm down, Grimore. If you kill Marie, the Seven Great Disciples will lose a member."
"Like I care. As long as I'm the strongest of the Seven, I make the rules here."
"I-I'm sorry, sir," Marie said fearfully.
"Tch." Grimore turned and walked away, abandoning his murderous intent.
Kargagan extended his hand to Marie, but she stood up on her own and walked off with a sad expression.
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THE SEVEN GREAT DISCIPLES
They are beings who possess full control over space and time. The members are:
1. Grimore (Pride)
2. Danjo (Greed)
3. Kargagan (Envy)
4. Makina (Wrath)
5. "Is that me?" (Avarice)
6. Irian (Gluttony)
7. Marie (Sloth)
Grimore is the strongest among them, while Marie is considered the weakest.
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BACK TO THE GAME/ISEKAI WORLD
"What's this bell?" Fujimiya asked.
Confused, he called over his friends.
The others gathered around. Allen noticed something and quickly grabbed the bell, heading toward a mysterious door.
He rang the bell, and a strange symbol appeared on the door.
"What kind of symbol is that?" Lina asked.
Kuroichi tried to touch the symbol.
"Don't touch it!" Allen warned sharply.
"I was just curious..."
"That symbol is dangerous. It summons the floor boss. It could kill all of us."
Kuroichi backed away after understanding the risk.
"Then how do we get out of here?" Fujimiya asked.
"You need to channel a specific mana type into the symbol," Allen explained.
Allen looked at Stella. "Come here."
Stella approached, looking confused.
"Channel your mana into this symbol, but do it slowly and carefully."
"Okay."
She placed her hand on the symbol and began to channel her mana into it.
Kuroichi, still curious, tried to speak again. "Allen, I wanted to—"
"Ssh," Allen gestured for silence, pointing upward.
Everyone looked up—and was shocked.
"A predator monster..." Lina muttered.
Fujimiya smirked devilishly as he noticed a giant spider overhead, clearly scheming something.
As Stella focused on channeling her mana, Grimore suddenly arrived casually.
"You again," Lina growled.
Allen prepared to fight, but Grimore simply laughed.
"You're so dumb."
"What do you mean?" Allen shot back.
"I don't want to fight you. I just want you all dead."
Grimore fired a laser at the spider, waking it up.
The sudden chaos broke Stella's concentration, and she stopped channeling her mana.
Grimore turned and began to walk away.
"You bastard, where do you think you're going?!" Allen shouted, lunging at him.
Grimore stopped time and tried to land a fatal blow.
But Allen was immune to time-stop magic. He easily dodged the attack.
Grimore escaped nonetheless.
Time resumed.
The monster let out a deafening roar, signaling its readiness to kill.
Lina attacked it with fire magic—but it was immune.
It shot webs and trapped Lina.
Just as the monster was about to devour her, Fujimiya saved her.
The creature tried to attack Fujimiya, but its slow movements made it easy for him to read and dodge.
Taking advantage of the opening, Kuroichi blasted the creature with lightning magic.
The monster screamed in pain.
Stella tried to help, but Allen blocked her.
"Why are you stopping me?!"
"They've got this. You just focus on the mana."
Stella resumed channeling her mana.
Meanwhile, the monster sprouted wings and lunged at Kuroichi, but Fujimiya intercepted the blow.
"Nice reflexes," Kuroichi said.
"Now's not the time to compliment me."
Allen pointed at the monster. "Die."
The monster instantly disintegrated into dust.
"Why didn't you use that skill earlier?" Fujimiya asked.
"It was on cooldown," Allen replied.
"Convenient excuse," Fujimiya muttered.
He approached Lina and freed her from the webbing. Her clothes had melted from the acid.
Allen quickly covered her with his jacket.
"Hey! The door is open!" Stella called out.
She rushed toward them but froze in shock when she saw Lina completely naked.
"Big sister!" she cried.
"She's alive, calm down," Kuroichi reassured her.
Fujimiya picked Lina up and carried her toward the next room.
But what they saw next stunned them all.
"Kuroichi, have you noticed?" Allen asked.
"The number of students keeps dropping," Kuroichi said grimly.
"There were 200 students... and now only 50 remain."
Everyone fell silent.
To Be Continued