KINGDOM OF MAGIC

Foreseen war (2)

The figure still remained in the air, the wind still blowing against his cloak. A loud voice resounded in everyone's ears.

"Surrender, and there will be no casualties."

"You think we'll back down? What do you think students?" Zora asked.

"No surrender!!!!!!!!!!!!" The students shouted.

"Then, so be it." The orc stretched his hand and the ors moved with terrifying speed, despite their bulky physique.

The students, having built their physique and having the ability to use mana enhancement, also dashed forward. A student drove his hands into one of the orcs' head, sending him back along with some at the back. Alexander created two dragons and compressed them to resemble gloves on his hands

"Fire magic: dragon flame!" He said as he literally sprayed fire on the orcs in his line of sight. He doesn't stop there, he starts punching, kicking and slicing the orcs. But they still came in in their hundreds.

Zora just stayed back, focusing on defense, protecting the students was his utmost priority. Alongside killing any stray orcs.

"By manipulating their shadows, I can make them evade attacks they hadn't noticed, alongside creating spikes that would kill any orc planning to attack from behind.' Zora thought.

Castro left the orcs to the others and went directly for the high orcs. The orc he had confronted swung a sword in his direction, but he holds it with his hand and moves back a bit. With red energy surging from his hands, he shattered the blade and punched a hole through his belly.

The high orcs, enraged by that scene, all came at once to defeat Castro. They swung their blades all at once, while some that could use magic cast spells to eliminate him. They all landed on Castro's position, the dust clearing slowly.

Castro wasn't there. He was in the air. A big black bubble had coalesced on his hand and separated into tiny spheres and turned into needles.

"Destruction!!!!!" Castro let his hand down and unleashed the needles that pierced the orcs and slowly came down, only for the orcs to try to attack one last time.

"You still don't get it, do you?..." Castro raised his hands and snapped his fingers. One by one, the orcs grunted in pain as the orcs' bodies burst in flames, some literally exploding.

Xero, Jolie and the rest could only look at that spectacular finish and sighed whilst fighting their battles.

"Yeah, he's good. Let's show him we're better!" Xero said as he dragged a web created from his water magic.

"Water magic: spider's trap." He tugged at a thread that was connected to several threads connected and woven around the orcs' necks. As he tugged at the thread with his finger, the thread at the orcs' necks narrowed until it cut the heads of the orcs cleanly without blood spillage.

"Lightning magic: Hermes' boots!" Jolie shouted as she moved faster than before, inflicting deadly injuries on the orcs and finally shocking them to death.

Everyone did their best, and everyone was defeated. All, apart from the mysterious orc in the air

Everyone shouted the cry of victory. It was just a measly mage floating up there. They could take him... Or so they thought.

"Osu!!!!!! It's only one guy that's up there, we can take him!" Castro shouted, boosting the other student's morale.

"You're mistaken." The sole orc said and waved his hand. Soon, the burnt, mutilated and slain orcs began coming back to life!

"Wha-what's happening?" Castro said.

"The orcs are coming back from the dead!" Alexander said, clearly frightened.

"How's this possible?!" Jolie asked.

"Fate magic!" Zora exclaimed.

"Fate magic?" The Langnon trio said simultaneously.

"Fate magic is a type of magic that affects people's fate. It can bind other people's fate to itself, or link ones fate to another. Even objects aren't left out."

"So if this person... Or orc, is in the elder mage level..." Castro thought out loud.

"Actually, his Mana emission is around advanced mage level."

"Then, we can take him on!"

"No, there's a hierarchy. For example, A beginner space mage can defeat an advanced fire mage, provided he can use his magic to turn the tables on the latter. They are based on counterstrikes."

"We can still take him... I know we can!" Castro said emphatically.

Tears almost escaped from everyone's eyes.

"We may not have enough strength to take him down. But together, we can do it. So who's with me?!"

"Let's beat that guy!" A student shouted.

"Yeah!" Everyone exclaimed.

The orc, still in the air, looked pitifully at Zora and the rest down on the ground.

"Fate magic: vincula fatorum!" Invisible chains sprang from every part of his body and wrapped Zora and the rest without them knowing. Suddenly, Zora felt something was off.

"I sense a strange presence!" Zora thought. "Oculus Aletheia." He said as his eyes shine with a blue hue. He was surprised to see the chains that have tied them and that are emanating from the orc.

"I'll beat that guy!" Castro yelled as he gathered strength to his feet, to get ready to jump.

"Don't do it! We'll all die." Zora shouted. "Let me take him on! Take care of the orcs here." Zora told Castro as he levitated to the orc's level.

"You know you don't stand a chance, so give up." Zora said, summoning swords of pitch black darkness.

"We'll see about that!" The orc said.

Zora dashed to him to deliver a drop kick, not holding back any of his strength. There was a violent clash between Zora's foot and the orc's forearm.

"I see you've reduced my overall power by half. But half's enough to beat you!". Zora flipped backwards while sending arrows of dark energy to the high orc, which dodged them all.

The orc manifested a sword through a gem and looked at Zora.

"Let's dance!"

Zora flew at intense speeds towards the mysterious orc and delivered a devastating blow, not holding back any power. The orc blocked it with the flat side of the sword, but it wasn't enough. He flew back, still on the air, with Zora on his tail. Zora flew past the orc and gave him a side kick, sending him to another direction. Zora kept kicking him from side to side until he finally kicked the orc down to the ground. Dust was raised and debris were scattered all over the district they fought in.

Meanwhile, Castro and the students were still fighting the resurrected orcs and high orcs.

"No matter how we deal with these guys, they just keep coming back!" Jolie screamed

"I think it has something to do with that orc..." Xero inferred.

"Yeah, it is kinda wierd they keep resurrecting." Castro said

Suddenly, they heard a loud thud which shook the ground violently. They all looked up and saw Zora's figure in mid air.

"So that's what happens when he gets serious!" Everyone thought.

"Well, we can't be left behind now, can we?!" A student fired

"Yeah, let's beat these orcs!" Castro agreed.

Meanwhile, the battle between Zora and the mysterious orc was drawing to a close. Zora walked up to the orc, preparing a sword to end him with. He reaches the orc, who was on the ground looking defeated, and pointed the tip of his sword to the orc's chin.

"I'm not even going to give you any last words!"

"You cannot defeat....." The orcs words were stopped by Zora, who gently thrusted a sword into the orc's chest. The orc writhed in pain, screaming as blue blood escaped from the opening.

"Why? Why is my regeneration not in effect?!" The orc thought

"It is well known that orcs and high orcs have regenerative factors. But that doesn't work when there are objects still inflicting pain in the orc's body. As an added bonus, my magic will keep the wound open until you die completely."

"Good riddance, orc!" With those last words, Zora flew away from the orc. He hovered above where Castro and the students were battling. The orcs were already sluggish due to the mysterious orc's deteriorating life, So they were easy to take care of. A student sighted Zora in the air.

"Sir Zora, what about that wierd orc that was in the air?"

"I took care of 'em." Zora replied.

The students cheered on as they fought off the remaining orcs.

"Though.... That fight was too easy... Way... Too easy. What was be planning? Could there have been some tactic behind it?" Zora thought.

Suddenly, there was a loud thud at the back. It was Zora, who fell while bleeding from his nose.

"Sir Zora, are you okay?!" Several students with healing magic attributes came to his aid.

"I'm fine, besides...."

The orc slowly rose up from the ground and levitated in the air. And so did the orcs!

"....I'd be more worried about your friends." Zora completed.