A monster emitting purple magic approaches the Kiryu boy who has fallen.
Is he unconscious? Or is he unable to move? A large, carnivorous beast — A dark purple monster similar to a black leopard leaps out.
「Wait a second!!!!!!!!!!!!」
A shout, then black spears rain down from the sky. But, the monster jumped out from its spot a moment ago and so it impaled the ground.
「Y-You saved me」
The Zatsuryu turned his gaze to the sky and saw a girl with beautiful black hair in side tails, standing in the air and breathing on her shoulders. A voice reaches the black-haired girl who comes from nowhere.
「Why would you should when attacking? It’s stupid to tell someone that you’re about to beat them up」
「I-I mean…I-I was about to be eaten」
Seeing a boy in a pool of blood, they panicked thinking that they had to help him. For now, all they could think of was getting rid of the black panther monster.
「Oh well. Just beat it and we’re done. Don’t let it get away」
「Y-Yeah. I’ll do my best…Huh?」
Emily was filled with cautiousness from Ruu’s voice, but her gaze was fixed on the forest.
There’s no black panther in sight.
She looked around but couldn’t find it.
「R-Ruu-nee!! This isn’t good! The monster ran away!」
A monster that has an attribute that can beat a Kiryu. A student has already been a victim(Although not dead), so it’s unknown how many more victims will there be if it escapes.
And so, they need to make sure to dispose of it immediately after finding it or they take that information back to the guild and send a team to take it down.
「Haa, why did I take in an apprentice like this」
Ruu felt miserable as her lackey had lost sight of such a strong enemy and let it escape. Just thinking that she’s her apprentice makes her want to bury her in the ground and pretend that this never happened.
「Ruu-nee!!!!」
「You need to reflect on this with a bit of pain」
「Eh?」
「Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!」
「Kyaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!」
The black panther monster, hiding in the trees in the forest jumped on Emily who was just idling in the air.
Emily thought that the monster fled, but high-ranking monsters with attribute magic were prideful, war-hungry, and had a low boiling point. In short, they have the same temperament as a Kiryu.
Ruu knew from the start that she had interrupted the Monster’s meal and snatched the bait, the Kiryu boy, so it wouldn’t escape so easily and it was hiding to check on them. On the contrary, Emily’s an idiot for not realizing such a simple thing and taking the surprise attack.
「Nooooooo!! It’s going to eat me!」
「Gaaaa!!! Gaaaa!!!」
It claws into Emily’s magic barrier, which she created as quickly as she could, and they scraped it. The black barrier was so fragile that in a few seconds, a hole would open up and the sharp fangs would pierce Emily’s slender body.
「Wall! Wall! Wall!!!」
But, there’s no need for Emily to wait a few seconds in silence. She immediately puts up a thick wall, creating a black cage on the spot.
The monster in the cage went wild trying to hit the body or try to destroy it with their claws and fangs, but the broken pieces were immediately rebuilt.
「Ruu-nee, please!」
「Geez. It would help if you learned to finish them off」
Heat.
An object with overwhelming heat appears in the forest.
The Zatsuryu couldn’t help but watch, feeling his skin burn from the radiant heat.
A red, white, scorching object radiates light and heat moves as supple as water.
「That’s the “lava” attribute」
The rare attribute is lava. It’s said to be a composite attribute mixing fire and earth, the violence of the heat, and the mass are both excellent for attack and defense.
The lava flow Ruu created swallowed Emily’s black box and its contents.
「Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!」
「I don’t really want to burn it because we can’t take most of the materials. We should’ve let the rest of the guys follow us」
A monster with rare attribute magic. If the pelt had remained, they could’ve been sold for a lot of money to enthusiasts, some would also want the meat, bones, internal organs, and others.
However, Ruu’s lava attribute burns all of it. There might be a few areas unscathed, but most were destined to become charred embers.
「Hey, Mimi. I’m going first, bring them home」
「Yay! We can go back now! We’re done!」
「What are you saying? We’re coming back here」
「Eh? Why」
「We’ll need to see if this guy has any friends」
She points at the monster in the lava flow, in the process of changing from a black panther to a scorched panther.
Monsters have high fertility. Monsters with attribute magic tend to attack any female they see and produce many offspring.
This black panther monster likely had a family and its family may also have attribute magic, so careful investigation is necessary.
「You’ll stay here for a while for research. You won’t have time to go back to the dorm」
「No way!!!!」
Ruu and Emily’s training and investigation would continue for days and days to come.
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Nobody noticed at this time but a purple shadow had been watching the battle between Ruu, and Emily, against the Black Panther monster, and sneaked away from the place.