The Greed of Kronos

Corrupted Octopi versus Exi Class (2)

Twenty-seven: Corrupted Octopi versus Exi Class (2)

Even the relaxed Sir Samael started to get moved when he noticed that all of them were merely dodging and defending themselves. It was as if they were holding back and were merely waiting for him to order them around.

As if they were monsters that were chained and were waiting for their master to release them from their leash and give them their freedom to destroy what was needed to be destroyed. 

And that master was none other that Samael Noe. He found it ridiculous coming from the kids that kept calling him Papa. However, how dare he keep them from their leash? "You kids really can still talk to me while fighting that monster, huh? Focus on that for now. Kill the corrupted octopi, and I'll explain everything after." 

With that being said, the class then looked at each other and nodded with serious expressions on their faces. 

A wave of attack from all of the tentacles charged towards each other, and so they dodged it effortlessly, waiting for one student to lead the class. 

Who else was befitting for that job? It was none other than Mikhail. "Guys I don't know what's happening with the Exi. But one thing I'm certain of is that if we would just dodge this corrupted Octopi, there's no end to this." He told them as he analyzed the corrupted octopi’s movement and attacks.

At first, its attacks were predictable, and there was clearly a pattern. But then, when it started to go berserk as soon as they killed the small octopis, the corrupted octopi lost its sanity and mindlessly swayed its tentacles to every direction.

"Yeah. It's either killing that thing or to be killed by that thing." Inoa replied as she was panting with her usual furrowed eyebrows.

All they did was dodging, but the tentacles of the monster that they were dodging were so big; they could use most of their energy. 

"Is this what papa was trying to imply when he doubted that we could finish it in an hour?" Yohan panicked as he was holding one of the tentacles to stay still. 

Right at that moment, most of them surely had an idea that Sir Samael was not judging their potentials as some useless potentials. More likely, it was because of the monster that they would be eliminating. S class monsters are not rare. However, students fighting an S class monster is one thing that they never heard in their entire life. 

Getting back to reality, Astian chuckled nervously as he shifted his gaze towards Yohan. "Well, sure do."

That was merely for a moment, but then the speed of the corrupted octopi was insane. It abruptly charged towards the defenseless Astian which Kallen abruptly noticed. "Watch out!"

Kronos being the closest person next to Astian at that time, he then left Skia's side and pushed Astian towards the other side in order to dodge the tentacle. 

At first, Astian was dumbfounded. He just merely turned away for a second but if not for Kronos, he could have been already declared as dead. "Thank you."

Hearing that, Kronos nodded as he carried Astian into bridal style when another attack was charged into their direction.

Seeing that everyone was struggling without a leader, Mikhail then showed off a determined expression on his face and decided to lead the class. "We need a plan!"

"Alright, but guys, we need to keep it from moving first so that we can have a plan!" Yohan called out for them as he was holding three tentacles and keeping them from swaying recklessly. 

That's right, they need to keep it from moving so that they could come up with a plan. Everyone was so busy with their own survival that all they could do was to dodge and form a defensive barrier to protect them. If there's one thing so that the Exi could finally think about how to kill the corrupted octopi, the monster was needed to be in a frozen state first in order to avoid disturbance.  

And one way to do that was to freeze the monster like how frozen goods are trapped in a big ice cube. "Let's freeze it! My potential's water!" Asisi raised his voice with also a determined look on his face. Of all things he wanted, surviving their first epitropi was the most important among all. 

When Asisi mentioned that he had the potential of a water user, Ajax then leaped towards Mikhail's side and replied with his usual blank expression. "Mine's ice."

With that being said, Mikhail's face beamed as he replied with a motivated tone of voice. "That's good! Asisi, Ajax, we're counting on both of you!"

With the help of Asisi and Ajax, they successfully trapped the corrupted octopi into the big ice cube. While Asisi and Ajax were holding onto the big ice cube, the others then started to talk about how to kill the monster.

"Good! It's now frozen!"

And obviously, they needed to know each other's potential. 

"Now what to do?" Yohan asked with an anxious expression on his face. He barely managed to stop three tentacles from rampaging, which means that the corrupted octopi were no joke. 

Seeing how Yohan was worrying, Mikhail gave him a pat on the back and showed off a warm smile towards him before getting back to a serious expression while talking to the others. "We need to know everyone's potential so that we can come up with a plan. Mine's lightning, what's yours, guys?"

"I can pull out its tentacles, my potential is super strength." Yohan raised his hands as he shyly replied. 

All thanks to his potential that he could effortlessly keep three tentacles from moving. As a result, the class could keep tabs on what tentacles were charging towards them. But to think that Yohan could actually pull out the tentacles? It was indeed a very helpful and powerful potential.

Hearing this, Mikhail smiled and then asked again. "That's amazing! Someone else?"

"Mine's air while Inoa's fire," Aeria replied as she pointed at herself and then pointed at the grumpy Inoa, who just nodded but with her usual furrowed brows. 

Shortly after that, Kallen then fixed her glasses and explained her potential. “I can steal, share or swap senses with anything.”

"Mine's earth." Luca announced with his hands in the air. 

The next one to share was reluctant at first. But then Mikhail looked at Sarlienne with warm eyes that she could not help but to push the lump on her throat and replied while closing her eyes and at the same time clenching her hand that was held by Artem. "I'm not sure if our potentials would be a help, but mine's seduction. Artem's too."

With that being said, Mikhail then pondered for a moment and then asked furthermore. "How does it work?"

"I use my potential by making eye contact with them. Whatever I say, they will follow." Sarlienne responded.

After she explained how her potential works, Artem then continued where she left off. "Mine's the same. I just use my potential by talking to them as long as they can hear my voice."

At times like those, both Sarlienne and Artem knew that their potential would be useless. But whatever could they do? It's not as if they could change their potentials and genus. 

Regardless of their worries, Mikhail looked at the both of them and wore a warm expression on his face as if telling them that it was fine. "I'll come up with a plan for that!"

When Artem and Sarlienne smiled in return, Mikhail then shifted his gaze towards Astian and signaled him to tell them his potential. 

And by doing so, Astian then replied with the same smile Mikhail was wearing while explaining his potential. "Mine's blood manipulation. I'll do my best to be a help."

As a result, most of them shuddered in fear. How could Astian say his potential nonchalantly as if blood manipulation was no big deal? If they pissed off Astian, no matter how strong they were, they could not escape Astian's hands as everyone had blood. 

But then, Mikhail remembered that they were currently on the battlefield. Which was why he abruptly shifted his gaze towards the lad beside Astian and asked. "What about you Kronos?"

With that being said, Kronos stared at Mikhail for a moment before shifting his gaze towards Astian. When Astian met Kronos' gaze, he then beamed and asked him, "Do you want me to tell them?"

'How could Astian understand Kronos even without Kronos bothering to open his mouth?'

When Kronos nodded, they just could not help but to flinch as their suspicions were right. Astian could understand Kronos very well. 

Astian, on the other hand, chuckled as he broke his staring contest with Kronos and looked at their classmates. "Well, alright. Kronos' power is rather unique. It's darkness."

"Darkness?" Kallen asked. 

Astian then nodded. "Yes. It's holy power, but dark."

When they heard of holy power, they could not help but to be speechless. "Wow."

Of course, they knew about holy power. That was why everyone's speechless.

While on daze, Asisi, and Ajax, we're struggling to keep the octopi frozen that Asisi finally complained. "Oh no, guys!! We can't keep him frozen anymore!"

Despite being trapped in a cube, the corrupted octopi still managed to move and find its way to get out of the cube. Asisi and Ajax were exhausted enough to replace every piece of cracked ice whenever the corrupted octopi would attempt to escape.

With that being said, Mikhail then looked at the struggling Asisi and Ajax before looking at them with his serious expression. Shortly after that, Mikhail then looked at Inoa and Yohan. "Oh right! Asisi, Ajax, that will do! Inoa, can you melt the ice to damage the Octopi's skin? Yohan! Pull out its tentacles as soon as it's melted."

As Yohan heard that there was a big responsibility ahead of him, he got nervous and looked at Mikhail as if he was about to cry. "I can't possibly pull it all out immediately!"

Seeing that Yohan was doubting his potential, Mikhail then smiled at Yohan before looking at Aeria and asked for a favor. "Aeria! Can you lend a hand?"

"Yeah. I can hone my air like a blade and cut some of it." Aeria replied as she was stretching her arms and shoulders as if she was prepared for being called. 

Mikhail then nodded as he shifted his gaze towards Inoa and asked for a favor. "Okay! Inoa! Can you burn the tentacles after Yohan and Aeria cut them all?"

"Leave it to me!" Inoa gave him a thumbs up with her usual furrowed brows. 

Seeming to be done with giving orders, Mikhail then stepped forward towards the corrupted octopi together with Yohan, Aeria, and Inoa. 

"Alright let's go!" Mikhail shouted with energy. 

He then signaled Asisi and Ajax to back out and was carried by Artem and Kronos knowing that they exhausted themselves too much.

After letting the ice cube for a moment, the octopi then started to wriggle its tentacles to get out and that was timing that Inoa should melt the ice causing for the octopi's skin to have a weird reaction from being in the very negative temperature to the most positive one. 

And as the octopi were busy tending how it hurts, Yohan and Aeria then forwarded to slice and ripped off the eighteen tentacles so that they could have the advantage. 

Shortly after, when the tentacles were apart from the body, Inoa then burned it into crips.

As they saw that it was merely fragments of the tentacles left, Luca then cheered. "It worked!"

"Waaah!! It worked!" Astian cried as he hugged Kronos.

They successfully had the advantage as all of the tentacles were burned into crisps and fragments by Inoa. 

And the only thing left was the body of the corrupted octopi. As it could not sway its tentacles anymore for the reason that it doesn’t have one, Mikhail then smiled warmly as he looked at his classmates and declared in a motivated tone of voice. "Alright! Now that it doesn't have tentacles anymore, we can save our energy from dodging it!"

One last strike and they can take down the corrupted octopi.

Aeria seconded as she stepped forward towards the doubtingly behave corrupted octopi. "Let's use our potential at once to kill the Octopi at once!"

"Yes!" The others then followed his lead. 

Except for Ajax and Asisi, the others charged towards the monster and prepared themselves to hit a final blow towards the corrupted octopi.

And perhaps they were focused on the head so much that they weren't able to see something that could make them to give up. 

At least Asisi and Ajax saw it. "Mikhail!"

With that being said, Mikhail halted as he looked at Asisi and Ajax that were wearing a terrified look on their faces. He was about to ask what was wrong when Asisi shouted in fear. "Look at the lower part of the octopi!"

And so he looked at the steady octopi all the way down the fragments of the tentacles as he mumbled in a terrified tone of voice. "What's happening…"

The tentacles that were burned into crisp unexpectedly get back to their previous shape as it was before Inoa burned it. However, it doesn't end at that. The tentacles shook in a weird manner as if taking another shape and shortly after that, the tentacles were already some small imitation of the corrupted octopi that made everyone to shudder.

But what made it difficult was that the ginormous corrupted octopi regenerated its cut tentacles. 

No wonder Sir Samael doubted that they could finish their epitropi in an hour.

“What the hell.... PAPA!” Luca called out for Sir Samael frantically as all of them stepped backward.