400: A bomb

A bomb

His comrades were knocked down one by one by the attackers. Spike and his men were not able to react immediately due to the speed of events. In an instant, he lost some of his comrades.2

"Spike! They are the finalists of the competition along with the academy's instructor!" One of Spike's men shouted when he recognized them.

After hearing it, "Dumbass! What are you waiting for! Shoot them!" Spike's voice thundered.

Their initial plan was just to capture them as hostages but Spike realized the difficulty of the mission in their current situation, so shooting them was the best choice. Or it was also right to say, he had no other choice.

Although they were young, these finalists were capable magicians and shouldn't be belittled. Spike watched their battle from day 1, so he knew how dangerous they were despite being young. But wait! 'Aren't they supposedly in that place? In the competition venue? How did they learn that we were attacking this building right now? And that fierce-looking gigantic beast, how were they able to mount on it?' Spike's mind was full of questions.

Arriving here in such a short time, it must be a super-fast mount

His men seemed to wake up from sleep when they heard him. They immediately pointed their guns at the opponents. But, before they could pull the trigger of their guns, in a flash, the ice suddenly surrounded their weapons. They were unable to pull the trigger because they had hardened. It looks like even the interior of their guns was affected by it.

At that moment, they heard a woman's cold voice.

"I will not forgive you for what you've done to those innocent people."

Everyone in the room heard it, even the VIPs and the principals. Principal Kim however felt a bad premonition when he heard it.

After hearing this, the ice crawled from their weapons towards their hands and continued until it reached their necks. They could no longer move their bodies. Their eyes grew larger but even their heads were eaten by the ice until they became like a statue made of ice. In an instant, Spike's five companions turned to hard ice.

A girl with silver-white hair landed gracefully in the center. Her hands pointed towards her enemies while emitting a cold silver aura. Those auras were not the white aura of low level magicians. It was the aura of an ice Elementalist.

"She… she's the academy's ace!" Someone among the vigilantes shouted in fear when he recognized her.

The other vigilantes hastily pointed their guns at her. They recognize her as more dangerous than the others. In their meeting, Spike gave them a strict briefing about her. They must avoid facing her at all costs. They must not engage with her. But if they could not avoid her, they must prioritize defeating her first.

However, after monitoring Ice's movements in the past days, Spike learned the Ace had no proper location, in short, she had no real assignment in this competition. She was free to roam wherever she wanted. Spike had a hard time planning what to do to her, so in the end, he sent two of his men to deal with her.

"How come she's here too? Could it be that those two were already defeated by her?"

Spike gnashed his teeth as he muttered. 'Could it be she was also the reason for Mongrel's defeat?' He thought.

In this academy, aside from the elders, it was the ace who could be a variable that could change the flow of their mission. Not because she was the Ace, but because she was undoubtedly strong even among her peers.

'She must be the reason that Mongrel's group was defeated. Perhaps she arrived in the plaza and fought Mongrel's group. If it was what happened, then it was understandable. Just that, the length of time is just so out of place.'

Upon hearing Spike's command, his other comrades didn't hesitate. They pointed their guns at Ice.

However, before they could fire their weapons, they heard some buzzing sounds. Then, out of a sudden, beams came flying and hit them. Blood bloomed from where the beams hit them. 

When Spike and his men saw it, a figure of a male contestant appeared in their minds. Those kinds of beams, it was the same as those beams that one particular male participant used.

Upon seeing the owner of those buzzing sounds, they immediately realized that they were right in their assumption.

'Those were the mysterious drones of that specific male participant!' They exclaimed in their mind.

They heard stepping noises after killing their men, when they glanced to their left, they saw three figures walking casually and stopped about fifteen steps away from them.

It was truly him! That young man.

They saw the participant who had the competition name Crimson. Among all the contestants, he was the most mysterious as he didn't even reach the False Path stage yet. However, he was able to compete with those higher-level students.

Along with him were two girls. They had no idea who they were as they didn't appear in the list of most notable individuals they needed to be aware of.

Nonetheless, those other two girls, Almina Amulet and Maena were also with them. They were the finalists in the competition. And then there was also one instructor.

"What now, Spike? We're surrounded, you know," one of Spike's comrades said.

There are only three of them left and Spike was the third one. Fortunately, his two remaining comrades were not weak. They were real magicians like him.

The VIPs felt relieved when they appeared. But it wasn't the right time to be happy. The leader of the vigilantes was still there.

Looking at the remaining vigilantes who looked like trapped rats, Ice opened her mouth and said, "It's better if you give up. You're surrounded," her voice was cold and threatening.

Spike suddenly grinned and laughed.

"Hahaha!"

His voice reverberated in the room. "Do you think your number are enough to stop us?" Spike said after a laugh, then he took a round object from within the cloth he was wearing.

Looking at the black round object in Spike's hand, Ice's eyes slightly widened.

"A bomb?" She muttered.

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