Returner's Revenge

Exceptional Low Class Students

Half an hour later and Kris got back and brought the requirements for the tasks which surprised the employee greatly. “That sure took you a lot faster than you did last time.” The employee is gasping in awe when Kris’ Doppelgänger lays all the requirements on the counter. “Well, I can do anything I can when I am alone so there is that.” Kris said with a confident tone and the employee buys that. “I have already prepared the rewards for the requirements. But are you sure that you will allow your friend to take all the credit? He will be surprised of all people when he gets awarded in the end of the year.”

               The employee point out something that Kris had already thought about and shrugs if off like its nothing. “That guy has been through some stuff when we were young so I want him to at least have some recognition even once in his life. He may hate me for this but this is all I know that will assure him a good standing in the future.” The employee is speechless when he hears Kris’ reason for doing so and admires him.

               “That guy might be angry but I guess you did what you think you can do for him as a friend. If you plan to continuing doing that then I will do my best to support you. Though I will not be able to do more than just help you get the high rewarding tasks. I’ll help you when you get in trouble. Just don’t get into sticky situations beyond my power. Less than that, I am sure I can help you.”  Kris offers his hand to the employee and shake their hands.

               “Water spears!”  Mephisto easily dodges the spell that the student cast against him. “That’s the third one. One last spell.”  He reminded the student who then chants a massive spell that the magic circle even surrounds the entire arena. “This should be interesting. Show me what you’ve got.”  With the same bored expression on his face, he stares at the student that concentrates very hard to successfully conjure the spell. The atmosphere around the arena changes and the air turned chilly, signifying that the spell which the student is about to use will be dangerous.

               But Mephisto doesn’t even have the slightest of fear showing on his face. The student extends her arms forward before chanting the spell. “Dark hole!”

               RUMBLE! RUMBLE! RUMBLE! RUMBLE! RUMBLE! RUMBLE!

               The floor around the arena starts to rumble after the student chanted the spell and then a dark sphere at the center of the arena appeared and starts swallow everything around it, dust and other pebbles that are left from the reconstruction of the arena a few days earlier. “Dark hole huh? Looks the lower version of Black hole, a f*******n spell used by your family huh? It’s quite great of them to be creating a lesser version of their specialty to escape the fury of the higher authorities but its quite lacking in some parts.” Mephisto says while slowly getting sucked inside the spell.

               The people standing outside the arena are also feeling the suction of the spell with their skirt and shirt getting pulled in. “Will the teacher be alright Mr. Inrad?” one of the concerned students ask their teacher when they saw Mephisto getting sucked inside the spell. “I don’t know myself,  if Dark hole is a lower version of Black hole then there must be some serious consequences when you get sucked in. As their family’s specialty, their spells can be unforgiving. I have not seen nor heard anyone got out of a Black hole unscathed. Even if it is a lower version, he will not be able to get out unscathed.”

               [Mephisto, what are you planning to do by letting yourself get sucked in. are you crazy?]  Inrad thinks to himself. And then all of the sudden, the dark sphere that swallows everything started shrinking as if something is swallowing the sphere itself. “What in the world? What is happening?!” the student thinks to herself as he starts to lose her grip and cut her connection to her spell. She then felt a sudden chill on her back made the hair all over her body stand when she sees that the sphere itself is being sucked by Mephisto through his mouth.

               “This spell is quite something. I have a hard time dismantling it myself. If you are given more guidance, your talent will be a great addition to the kingdom’s forces. It might be a lot weaker than the original but if someone talented use this spell then it can be considered as strong as the origin of this spell.”  Mephisto says as the student falls to her knees. “That’s impossible there is no way that the dark hole is easily handled like that.” She mutters to herself but Mephisto tells her to practice the spell even more. “There is a flaw that you made, I want you to look fo r it in yourself. That is the one thing that will help you control this spell with even more precision.”

               “Next one. We don’t have all day but I promise that this test will help you in some way that you will find your flaws and maybe, just maybe improve yourselves.” Mephisto says with the same bored tone. Half an hour alter and the test ended, the students were sent back to their room. “So how are they?” Inrad ask Mephisto who did not immediately give him an answer. “There are hardly any student with noticeable talents but if I have to pick some then they would be the young lady with her Dark hole, the young man with his exquisite control over his abilities and lastly the niece of Libo Huarang, Xia was it? I was surprised when she was the first one to use her physical strength and don’t rely on her spells to win a duel or a battle. She must have considered her uncle’s way of fighting.”

               “I don’t see it a bad thing but her movements are crude, it looks like she had only trained for a few days or a week but still it is a good step in the right direction. I can see that the student Kris has an influence in your class.” Mephisto says with a bored tone. “Is that so?-“  “Is that student even more talented than his peers in your class?”  Inrad slightly shrug his shoulders to Mephisto’s question.

               “I don’t really know. I hardly see him fight and that first one is the time when he defeated Mathos in the previous practical test. I have not seen him fight since they though the rumors about defeating Mathos the second time, he must have gotten much stronger than before.” Mephisto touch his chin and then nods his head. “A part of me somehow wants to have a spar with him to see what he is capable of.”

               Inrad’s eyes widen when he heard what Mephisto said but then quickly recovers when realize that it is impossible. “There is no way he will spar with a teacher.” Inrad is sure of himself.

               MUNCH! MUNCH! MUNCH! MUNCH!

               “A spar with Mr. Mephisto? Okay, I’ll do it.” Kris says when the two teachers found him in the cafeteria, eating his lunch. “I will not let an opportunity like this pass. A spar with a teacher who is strong should not be declined. As long as I can get pointers in the things that I should improve I will not turn down a match with any teacher.” Kris said while continuing to eat with Inrad dumbfounded thinking that Kris will not ever accept Mephisto’s challenge.

               “Good, I like kids like you. So the spar will be tomorrow. You better not be late.”