Infinity in the Void – Freedom in the Abyss

It was early in the morning, the students were packing up the camp and there was no sign of Charlotte being here.

Instead...

The entire forest rumbled with the warcry of tribal men, came rushing into the camp from all sides.

Francis was quick to act, opening her briefcase and unleashing the ghost army. They clashed with the tribal warriors, who were almost naked with only a skirt and shoulder armor as cover, each of them bearing a headdress carrying three feathers and a rainbow scale. Their skin is an ashen black, as if they were burned and remade.

Against the ghost army numbering thousands, these ashen tribal men mow through them like grass with only spears and shields.

Armillys joined in the fight, clashing with a warrior, whom she felt like she was being pushed back despite being superior in strength. The warrior was relentless in his attacks forcing her to go on the defense.

"Feel the superiority of the sun!!!", the Angel girl with flowing blond hair floats in the sky, blasting rays of sunlight at the scattered warriors, almost hitting some other students.

Most of the Wardens engaged in combat, while others were in a panic, hiding in the tents.

"Where is Sinclaire?!", Francis shouted, in the back of her mind she knew Charlotte was behind this.

She smashed a warrior in the face with her briefcase, flinging him far into the forest.

Panick consumes her, seeing students struggle with this ambush. So she took a deep breath and hid inside a tent.

"By the Contract with The Starlight Psychopomp...", her eyes glow a harrowing green light and a shadow crown form on her head, "Unleash the Soul Storm."

Her briefcase opened and a green tornado came out, adding more to this madness, yet it did not pick up anything despite being a kilometer tall. The tornado cried out a haunting scream, making everyone stop in their track to observe.

The tornado transformed, condensed into a monster made of human faces, screaming and crying. It does not possess a bottom, only a tornado, while its upper half is like a Fairy, with faces mimicking branches twisting together to form a crooked body. Then green moth wings burst out from the back made of wispy green energy.

Francis rides on top of the Fairy, smashing down on the ashen warriors, dominating the battle completely.

All the while...

 

=0=0=

 

The Dragon Tooth Warriors took the form of the Ash Bearer tribe of the Amazon, the reason for this name is that they covered their body in wood and burned their body to gain a protective layer of soot and ash. Which is dangerous and incredibly stupid, but they produce what basically is the Amazon version of Spartan.

Though it's fun how she unleashed her trump card, all for me to witness and calculate the best way to destroy it.

Ah~ I did not think the Grim Reaper was this weak. All I need is Ouroboros Omniscia, it is quite hungry after all.

Oh, all of the Dragon Tooth Warriors are dead. Things ended quite fast, with all of them exhausted.

I hum to myself as I turn off the cognito hazard of my glasses. I walked into the camp as everything calmed down.

As expected, the first person to rush at me was Francis. But I don't let her have the satisfaction. I spun around as she attempted to grab my collar.

"Seem like you were attacked, pretty great job at defending the camp.", I casually spoke, which nobody was having any of it.

"SINCLAIRE!!!", Francis yelled at me, "You were behind this, weren't you?!"

"No?", I turned around, "I was just scouting ahead, this has nothing to do with me."

"Don't joke around when it comes to their life!!", she was having none of it too.

"But this was not my doing."

Despite me denying it, but Francis knows the truth. It gets a bit complicated now...

"Then how about this, we have a fight. If I win, you don't go after me. And if you win, I'll admit to those false accusations.", I shrugged, "A classic trial by combat."

"Fine...", she seemed hesitant, "But we won't be using any weapon."

I gleefully smile, "Hmm~ I'll give you a handicap, I won't be using my weapons but you can use your ghost army."

Between her pride as a queen and getting me to admit those false allegations, what will she choose? Either way, it only delays the inevitable.

I raised my hand, stopping the hand of the Sluagh and crackling with electricity.

"You know, surprise attacks don't work with me, right?", I smirked and grabbed the incorporeal monster by the finger—

Flipping it over onto Francis, who opened her briefcase and suck the Fairy back in.

She came rushing at me, not relenting at all. While I just stood still, long enough for her to feel the push from my Domination— then I turned to the side, dodging her attack.

"Come on now, do better. I am not even trying.", I taunted her.

I have the direct counter to her power to overrun her opponent after all. I am untouchable. I took a step back, avoiding her swing.

Then she opened her briefcase, and two Vikings came rushing at be from both sides. I grabbed both of their swords, my hands crackling with electricity, then snapped their incorporeal weapons and ripped off their throats.

Combine with a burst of Malice Flame, erasing them.

"You are fighting against the Gem Holder of the First Hero and an Alchemist.", I open my arms wide, "Tell me, is there any way for you to defeat me?"

"You are too cocky, Sinclaire.", she retorted, standing there with a fearless glare.

"True~ I get told that a lot. It may be my downfall.", I grinned, and electricity crackled around me—

And I already grabbed her face, "But that won't be today."

Boom!!

I slammed her into the ground, knocking her out in an instant.

"Well, now that's over.", I dusted my gloves, looking over to the students, "We will take it easy today since you all just went through a dramatic experience, but I want to ask you something."

I went to Ouroboros Omniscia and hopped onto it.

"Last night I was scouting ahead, and I found an entrance to El Dorado.", before they became rowdy, I raised a finger requesting silence, "So do you want to go to El Dorado or go back."

Then they got rowdy, discussing with each other about what to do.

Oh, Mitsuki sneakily went to my side, I swear for such a ray of sunshine and rainbow she can sneak away and not be involved in anything.

"What did you find?", Mitsuki asked me.

"You'll see, it's time for you to show your talent.", I pat her head from up here, making her blush.

Gai stepped up after a few minutes of discussion.

"Umm... professor, we had come to a democratic vote and the majority of us wanted to continue to El Dorado.", he stated.

"Good.", I clapped my hands, "We will leave in two hours, eat breakfast first, and do everything else you need before going, this one will take about six hours to get to on foot so take it slow."

After that, they scattered and got moving.

Oh, Francis woke up, rubbing her head in annoyance then glaring at me.

"You...", she growls.

"That's not befitting of your status, Francis.", I smirked, crossing my legs elegantly, "You are not a fighter, and I have the complete counter to your powers."

"I will have to talk to Selen about this.", then she turned her attention to one of the Dragon Tooth Warrior laying dead.

Hmm~ is she thinking of taking one back as evidence against me? Well, I would definitely lose when it comes to logic.

The only one having potential access to Dragon Tooth is me, being Greek, and the identity of Sinclaire dates back to the Greco Civil War.

But when it comes to justice... hehahahaha~ Justice is always on my side~

 

=0=0=

 

With the exception of a jaguar attack and a few deadly insects, everything is relatively fine. The six-hour trek was pretty rough on them as usual, but they pulled through and were pretty tired.

"We are here.", I announced, staring at a hill made of roots from millennia of tree and plant growth, but there are no trees nor living vegetation.

"What is that?", a student asked in awe.

"The entrance and..."

The air suddenly got colder and blue wisps began to manifest. Then a fog began to condense, and a humanoid figure of a tribal warrior formed, half of his body covered in scales and his facial features were quite draconic.

"...a Luz Mala.", I smiled.

But this one is special, unlike the ones the students played with, this one can be classified as a Revenant.

"Gale, I know you are here.", I placed the coffin down and leaned on it.

From the foliage was a ghostly figure, a hunter wearing a wide-brim hat and emanating black smoke from his entire outfit.

"Hello again, captain.", he tipped his hat to me.

"Hello again, Gale.", I smiled, "It's your hunt, so I won't be interfering."

The rule of first dib still applies, after all. It has an official name but everyone just calls it that.

I shrugged.

"Don't mind if I do.", he flicked his wrists and slipped two knives in the shape of crosses, they are made of glass which was filled with aqua regia.

And he engaged the Luz Mala.

I turned to the students, "We will set up camp here, then head into El Dorado tomorrow so prepare yourself mentally."

"Are you going to let him duke it out with that Luz Mala?", Armillys asked.

"Don't worry about him, he's a Hunter. He knows what he's doing... most of the time.", most of this generation Hunters are millennials, going with the 'fuck it we ball' most of the time.

Well, I should watch this fight, it'll be interesting...