Scarlet

My eyes widen slightly when the one in the simple t-shirt suddenly begins glowing with a black and purple aura that seems to be eating everything around him.

“Death magic,” Tar mutters, sounding slightly impressed. “A rather rare magic, just as rare as blood magic is. Although it’s rather lacking in versatility since all it can do is kill.”

Interesting.

What’s also interesting is that the one across from the guy in the t-shirt doesn’t seem to be afraid at all. In fact, he just slams his palms together, making a golden-purple shockwave spread out from it. Then he keeps his palms together and the shockwave repeats itself over and over again.

Soon enough, the dark cave the two seem to be in appears to be split between two sides. One illuminated by a deathly glow of black and purple, the other illuminated by a bright golden light. Something that kind of reminds me of those divine lights shown in video games from the old world, before religions came to an end.

Although I think there are cults worshipping a couple of Guardians…

I shake my head at the thought as the two students rush at each other, the sound of the death aura sizzling against the golden light echoing in my ear through the earpiece which is apparently able to track which screen and feed I’m looking at to play the right audio.

Surprisingly, both of the students are using their bare hands without any sort of weapons, with the exception of the gloves on the robed guy’s hands. And they’re both extremely skilled in martial arts by the looks of it – likely having been trained since childhood or something.

They’re both good. And strong.

I can tell that even from here, just watching the cave get torn apart from their battle.

The top of the Dome

Viper – to be completely honest – wasn’t too excited about being put as monitor for the first years. Because if she were to have had her way, she would’ve chosen to be the monitor for the combat category third or fourth years. Where the battles would be a lot more interesting with the Class II students. Or the graduate students, some of whom were even Class III students.

But she can’t help but change her opinion now as several of the first years catch her eye.

One of them of course being the wolf girl that everyone on the internet has been talking about. The one with blood magic who had apparently fought and survived against a demon wraith after just about a week of being a Guardian.

Viper wasn’t sure if she really believed those rumors at first, but the recordings were proof enough. So she was pretty sure that the girl would be the only interesting one in the first class for her. Even if she might’ve been classified as a mixed Guardian, which is common for blood magic users.

But now, as Viper’s eyes are glued to the battle between the students titled Necro and Sentinel, she can’t help but change her opinion. Not to mention the two other battles she noticed during this one that have some pretty interesting fights going on.

Maybe this isn’t as bad a position as I’d thought…

In all honesty, Viper believed she’d just be watching the Scarlet Wolf slaughtering the other students without mercy. At least, if what she’s learned through researching the girl’s recorded battles is anything to go by. And of course, that’s still happening. But now there is some competition as well.

Viper quickly brings up her terminal and begins to search up news on Necro first. And what she finds makes her raise both her brows.

An orphan? And one from the south-east border city?

She raises her head to look at him again, just taking in his attire compared to everyone else’s.

Yeah, I guess that city would have Guardians dressing like that, now wouldn’t it?

The woman focuses on her terminal again to find that the boy – who turns out to be the same age as the Scarlet Wolf despite his appearance saying otherwise – managed to catch the eye of the mayor of the Tier 3 city thanks to his death magic. So the boy got sponsored by him and then managed to get into Lion’s Heart. Albeit not until after a Demonic Assault that happened on the way here, where he killed a creature at the least over fifty levels above him.

Interesting. And his name is Anthony Wilson? Although it also says his personality is… nevermind. Moving on to Sentinel.

Viper quickly finds information on the man and finds him to be about twenty-four years old.

A monk? In this time and age?

Her brows knit together at that thought before she shakes her head and reads on, finding that the man can be a little self-righteous and believes in many of the known beliefs of the old world monks, but doesn’t actually worship anything himself. And he uses a magic called Divine Retribution.

Okay, that’s better. Because I don’t have any interest in working with a religious fanatic. And that magic isn’t a common one either. Not the best, but certainly useful in a lot of ways. Especially against corrosive types of magic like death and poisons.

Viper raises her head to glance at the Scarlet Wolf – whose name she believes to be, ironically, Scarlet – to find her watching Necro and Sentinel. So she turns to look at the other noteworthy, albeit less so than the other three, students. Which include the students under the titles of Willow, Drake, Crimson Shot, the girl Scarlet Wolf already slaughtered called the Katana Maiden, the boy she mauled known as Titan, and a few others.

None of them are even close to Scarlet Wolf, Necro, or Sentinel, but they’re certainly a step above the rest, who I can’t see making it past Regular class. Even if they would be considered talents in other cities.

The woman continues watching Sentinel and Necro’s fight for several seconds before she notices a certain wolf beginning to skulk through the crowd of people like she’s looking for someone.

Is she going to find a target herself this time?