<< FON CARLSON >>

While Fon waits for the arrow to reach the barrier, she is looking around for any movements. Myrielle, who is outside the barrier, is waiting for her to destroy it.

The barrier should have been already destroyed, but when it started to dissolve, Prim subconscious mind offered her own life force to give to the barrier, which now gives it the reddish tinge. Unfortunately, a barrier created by the user's life force is at least ten times more effective than an ordinary one.

She returns her attention to the hand that grabs hers. It looks old, with dry skin and wrinkles. Then an old man dressed in a flowing black robe gets out of the portal. His head is covered in curly white hair that reaches up to his shoulders. He looks at least fifty years old. But what amazed her is the amount of negative power emanating from him.

"Hmm... So, this is the witch who gave us the power to be transported here," the old man drawls on. His voice sounds soft and airy. "Nice, nice, such an incredible potential," the old man comments.

Fon tries to take her hands away, but he is not letting go. There is strength in his grip that an old man should not possess.

"Stop it. We are here to decimate this place," a witch says who just passes through the portal.

And Fon thinks that she is the most beautiful witch she had ever seen. If the beautiful witch did not speak, she would never realize that she is a dark witch. Besides, dark witches are not known for their beauty. Something about their evil, ugly craft reflects in their physical appearance. However, it can be heard through her voice which is raspy and sounds like it hasn't been used for such a long time.

Then, Fon's attention goes to another two forms pouring out of the portal. She frowns, those are aberrants, probably hypnotized. Someone pounds on the barrier. She glances at it and sees the other aberrant in the Academy, Finn, who is glaring at the dark wizard and dark witch.

Then Myrielle approaches him and asks something, before crouching down. She starts to write circles on the ground. Either to destroy the barrier or to seal these two, whichever it is, they need to move fast.

<< MYRIELLE KLEINFELD >>

"Finn, who do you think is the dark witch?" Myrielle asks.

She already started writing a different kind of offense against Prim's barrier. The circle is aimed to attack the user who put up the barrier, which means it will attack the unconscious Prim. But she had no choice. With the appearance of these two dark beings, she needed to prioritize things.

"Rosa," Finn answers.

He is trying to pound on the barrier. He has already removed his robe and his arm muscles are straining against the barrier. But even with his amazing physical strength, an aberrant can never break this kind of barrier.

"Almost the same name as that annoying old woman then," she answers, remembering her past.

"The dark witch is just average. Fon can easily defeat her. But you should take note of that old man behind her. He is Utente, and he is incredibly bad news."

Myrielle raises her brows. Lately, Finn has been reading a lot about the sealed dark witches and dark wizards. In fact, he already knows more about them than her. He spends a lot of time in the Kleinfeld library after his physical training.

As suggested, her gaze shifts to the old man. "Utente..." she mutters, trying the sound of his name on her mouth. It sounds familiar. "You don't mean the only wizard included in one of the five most powerful dark witches and wizards of all time, the strongest wizard ever born, Xilinx partner?"

"The one and only Utente," Finn confirms. "Faster Myr, we have to be in there. We can't let him have his way, especially not with Fon."

She groans. She really needs to catch up. Still, she says, "Hey! My little sister is in there too."

"But as it stands now, that old man wanted only Fon."

She grunts. Should I be grateful that Fon is there so that Utente's attention will be on her instead of her sister? Sven is blessed with magick, but compared to Fon, she seems ordinary.

"I saw it when he touched her arms," Finn says. He already stops pounding on the barrier, probably seeing the pointlessness of it.

"You sound like a jealous lover," Myrielle accuses while snatching a look at Finn. He even blushes at the idea. This guy!

"You still get easily flustered. If I have to remind you, you are more than a decade older than her. You are already twenty-five!"

"That's not the reason why I am flustered!" Finn exclaims. "Why is it you only fool around during these kinds of times?!" he scolds.

"It is exactly this kind of tensed atmosphere that I have to lighten up," she answers, finishing up the circle. She is so close now, but she needs to focus to put up the finishing touches. "Finn, give me a minute. I will need to finish this up."

<< FON CARLSON >>

Fon forcibly snatches her arm away from Utente and steps back as the hypnotized aberrants consistently pour in. There are now over five aberrants inside the grounds, all hypnotized. These bastards!

"How long are you going to make use of my magick to bring in those before you are satisfied?!" she asks, pointing at the aberrants who are starting to queue up behind the two. She knows that Rissa is watching. And she is positive about how Rissa feels seeing the aberrants controlled like this.

"You mean this?" Rosa asks. She pulls one of the male aberrants in the head and forces him to kneel down. "They are mere puppets since there is a shortage of dark witches nowadays."

"I never knew a witch this powerful will have a soft spot for aberrants," the old man comments. "By the way, my name is Utente. And this woman with me is Rosa. It's nice to make your acquaintance... what is your name, little witch?"

"I am sure the little witch will love it if I do this," Rosa interjects.

Rosa strengthens her grip around the man's head. Then magick flows along her arms. It enlarges, and muscles appear in her otherwise slender arms. It is even larger than the ones the aberrant Finn had. It's disproportionate and grotesque.

Then Fon watches as the aberrant male's eyes start to bulge out of their socket. My frown deepens, and yet, the aberrant still had that listless look on his face.

"Stop it now," she warns.

But Rosa is enjoying herself too much and gives her no heed.

"I ordered you to stop!" Fon commands. She activates her magick, two skills at a time. One root erupts from the ground to take Utente's grip from her arm. The other is a lightning strike that hits Rosa on her side torso, making her slide away from the aberrant due to the force of the impact.

"What was that, you little cunt!" she screams. Massaging her side, she stands up, at the same time that negative aura pours out of her.

"Serves you right, stupid, crazy, short-span attention, mediocre, pretentious dark witch!" Fon insults, unceremoniously.

Then, Utente's laughter echoes on the ground. "You really did deserve that, Rosa," he agrees. He looks at her, and a look of delight can be seen in his expression. Fon didn't like it. "I didn't know she can say something like that," he adds.

"It's something someone will say when faced with a dark witch like that," she says, knowing for a fact that Sven will say it more than she would.

Rosa waves her hand, and the aberrants come running after Fon. Unfortunately, some aberrants are going toward the unconscious Cesky, Sven, and Ayin. She also notices that Rosa starts to wreak havoc outside the barrier. Her magick is slipping right through the barrier and it is hitting the buildings and apprentices alike. Moreover, the portal where these two dark beings come through is closing. Damn it all! Nothing is going her way today!

Frustrated, she uses glamour on the aberrants. Then, she activates her wind magick, the one she uses as help for her flying, and gathers all the aberrants. In one heavy push, she throws all the aberrants into the portal before it completely closes.

Rosa and Utente both turn their attention to her. The huge amount of magick she uses to simultaneously place the aberrants under her control is nothing short of extraordinary. Not to mention, that she is also using tree roots and arrows that continuously pierce the barrier.

She grunts, especially when she sees the thrill in Utente's expression. Rosa stops attacking the Academy and instead, in her rage, focuses to attack her.

But Fon is faster than her, she puts up a barrier that none of Rosa's attacks are going through. She smirks. She is feeling the excitement too. She is only using energy molding, but it's already the most amount of effort she had exerted since the Great Search started.

'Ha! As a Great Witch, should I hunt down dark witches to give me this high?' she thinks.

"That's energy molding, a very hard skill to master next to Restoration. And yet, you already did," Utente comments as he watches their battle.

Then, Rosa gathers all her strength and sends a barrage of attacks on her, until her barrier shatters, finally. This dark witch is proving to be less than she expected.

"Dark witches are really more powerful than the Great Search competitors," she sneers. "Shall we have fun then?" she asks, her focus on the frustrated dark witch.

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