Aergia stood cockily in front of her shitstains students. She, having disregarded the struggling Aderyn, challenged the kids to another test.
Chugging down a container marked by a piece of tape that had Mana scribbled on it, she violently cried. "Come one, let's do this." She threw the container on the ground which did not break and instead bounced and struck her on the forehead.
Wiping her drool off, she looked like a proper modest teacher to her students.
"Can I go next?" Marilyn hopped and bounced her way toward Aergia. She raised her white-gloved hands towards her.
"Sure." Aergia grabbed them both and shook her hands pathetically. *Cough* "What's the test?" She let go of the gloves which felt like rubbery flesh.
"The test is..." Marilyn's hand moved toward her pocket, diving deep down into the abyss. Rummaging around for some time, she took out hammers, bombs, and multiple dust bunnies. Finally, after some time, she took out a huge jar of fortune cookies.
"Can you open this for me?" She tossed the jar towards Aergia with the force of two rubber bands.
"Sure my dear student." She grabbed the handle with all her grip and used all of her strength to move it by less than a millimeter. *Cough* She handed the jar back to Marilyn with a defeated look on her face.
Marilyn popped the lid off with her thumb and a red boxing glove shot out which punched her naturally target-painted face. "Ouch..."
"Are you okay?"
"I'll manage." She pulled herself up and scared the birds circling her head away. "I want to fight." With a black eye and 31 teeth, she challenged a beast to a brawl.
"Hmm." She placed her hand under her chin and glanced at her students. "I don't know why I need to say this but please don't pick a duel."
Marilyn rolled up her sleeves and crunched her face. "Are you saying we're weak!" She lifted a massive hammer onto her shoulders and readied for a swing.
"Not at all. I'm just saying I'm far too strong." She waved her hand downwards, and the full frontal weight of her strength pushed Marilyn back down to the dirt.
She tried to move any one of her limbs but the immense pressure stopped all movements except for the painful breathing done by her lungs.
"And that's why I'm proposing something new." She placed her hands on her hip and smirked. "Me against all my precious students. Except for Parfait, he's already finished. So what's the answer?"
She swung her arms in an upwards arc, giving Marilyn and her hammer a free one-way flight to the skies. "But since I'm the teacher, I don't need to wait for an answer."
She stood still like a doll with cement in it, unmovable and deadly to children. Her cape flapped in the air while she waited for the first move. Which was done by her.
Waving her hands in a straight line, she sent a crack into the ground that danced and separated the students. She waved her hands in the air, forming a circle and blocking out multiple small needles made of metal, gusts of wind, and a rock.
"TRY HARDER!" She kicked the air and pivoted her hands forward, pillars of ice erupted from the ground, lifting some of the students onto the air.
Alphonsine lead the charge with a tackle that aimed to break her teacher's bones. Holly followed near, holding metal strands that moved alongside her with life.
Vines slithered on the ground with every beat of Fufluns' heart. Vanity rushed closer, her hands as white as the clouds above. Flames fell from the sky alongside Cynebald. The ground rumbled due to revenge-filled pushes done by Finley.
*Clap*
With a single clap, Aergia had solved all her problems. Opening her palms, she pulled out a red velvet spear from an open wound. She jabbed the spear with experience, forcing Alphonsine to maneuver out of the way.
She swung her spear to the side and aimed for Holly's neck. The metal strands all bundled up and rushed to protect their owner's neck. The spear sliced the metal like it was the very air they breathed.
Stopping directly on her neck, she pulled back the spear and kicked Holly away from the metal on the floor. She then ducked a punched that aimed for a knockout and countered with her own punch.
The punch sent out a strong gust of wind which sent Alphonsine tumbling away. She swiped the spear around her, cutting the vines which struck as if were snakes.
With a loud cough, she sprung up and blocked the rush of punches done by Vanity. The spear collided and the cries of metal rang out on the battlefield.
She repeatedly backed away, stopping and blocking the powerful jabs filled with Vanity's faith and spirit. Smelling the fiery spirit in the air, she jabbed the spear at Vanity's chest.
Vanity dodged to the right and grabbed the spear with her hands, with her immensely stronger grip, she pulled the weapon off Aergia's hands.
A smile covered her face as she laughed pridefully because after all, she had just disarmed the strongest person in the brawl. Too bad for her, that smile was short-lived as a ball of fire plummeted onto her precious hair.
Panicking immensely, she threw the spear away, stopped all movement, dropped onto the ground, and rolled. Cynebald landed on the ground, his body radiating a warm toasty aura.
Aergia tried to raise her hands but her body did the opposite. Her body was pushed down by an invisible pressure that stopped the movement of her main two weapons.
Cynebald placed his hand above Aergia's head. Words came out of his face, directed at her, pleading for her to surrender.
With a snap of her finger, she vanished into thin air leaving behind blood that sprinkled onto the floor. Reappearing behind Progin, she pulled her hand towards herself and swept his feet.
He fell to the ground, his face shrouded in darkness which prevented the use of his power. Aergia wiggled her fingers, her eyes focusing on multiple targets.
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She slammed her fist onto her open palm and a surge of energy surrounded her. She swung both of her hands in a downward arch, creating waves of projectiles in the air. All red balls of pure energy meant to eradicate her enemies and lovely students.
She pointed her hands at Ginto, the balls began twisting into sharp stakes which homed on him, the stakes pierced through him, destroying the illusion.
Suddenly Ginto began sprouting up all over the battlefield like the pest that he was. But this was no problem for her, she spun her hands around and by association spun the stakes around her.
She was the eye of a tornado, all around her the stakes traveled in a spiral, breaking the illusions, and finally locating Brennan who was responsible for the illusions. She aimed her stakes at Brennan, trying to create a prison of spikes.
Suddenly she ducked upon seeing something at the corner of her eye. Luckily it wasn't a million gold coins she evaded and instead it was a convulsing ball shot by Rosemary.
The ball struck the ground and exploded, alerting Aergia even more. Her eyes narrowed and she examined Rosemary. Rigth beside her was Gale, his eyes clear and sane.
No problem she thought before immediately seeing a massive problem behind them. Holding the handle of her sheathed sword, Bridget posed a challenge.
So Aergia changed her mind and eyed somebody else. And this somebody else was quite aware of this eyeing. Shabina launched snowballs at Aergia using the training she received and the determination inside her.
Sadly all of her ammunition fell to the ground, and so did she. Aergia grazed her and struck her feet. She fell to the ground, her hands breaking her fall. Aergia then pointed her finger at the ground.
The grass grew and Shabina was wrapped tightly to the ground by overgrown grass. Abruptly Aergia was treated by a declaration of her worth coming from Vanity which was below a used tissue. She shove her arms away from her body and out came a shockwave of noise.
But Vanity did not care, despite her bleeding ears, she charged Aergia with her pure white feathered wings. Aergia clasped her hands tight and Vanity was crushed by two massive hands made of ice.
She swung her hands up and the ice hands soon followed, she shook Vanity in the air quickly well before tossing her far away. Upon getting rid of the egomaniac she flicked her hand, creating a dust cloud around her.
Inside the dust cloud, she began to devour another bottle marked with mana. She drank it all in a quick chug and threw the bottle onto the ground which bounced and struck her in the chin.
The dust settled and she was seen massaging her chin by her students. Without any time wasted she was bombarded by sparkling arrows. Gale from far away earnestly shot arrow after arrow at his teacher, every single one aiming with precise precision.
Aergia plopped her ice hands as shields which were overpowered by explosions launched by Rosemary.
But Aergia will not surrender, she created barrier after barrier, blocking her defeat from happening. But this was only the beginning of this attack. On the left, Cynebald conjured a stream of flames, and Carver began launching potions filled with explosive chemicals.
On the right, Marilyn threw all of her belongings at Aergia, ranging from rubber ducks, bombs, foldable chairs, pies, and anvils, to text boxes, chapter content, a gaint wooden cat, and a ball of yarn. Besides her, Inku stood stoically.
Attacking from her back was Kyanite, who was busy swinging her club at the air in a very far-off location, and Roland who threw rocks heroically. From above was nobody.
Aergia clenched her teeth, a single barrier surrounded her filled with all of her strength and attention. Going for a counter, she slammed her hands down on the ground.
She wriggled deep, digging in and exploding a pantry-filled amount of magic into the ground. With a heavy loud discharge, she swung her hands up from the ground and her performance began.
Bursting from the down, pillars of ice blasted, knocking the students high into the air. After sending the attacking students into an unfavorable airborne position, the pillars cracked into slabs of ice.
Using her nimble hands, Aergia launched and manipulated all the slabs, slamming them onto the students and making sure they get maximum gravitational damage.
Drop after drop, the students all smacked the ground in quick succession. She let out a cough of relief overflowing with extreme pain. Her hands jiggled from the cold numbness of the air. Aergia jerked backward, evading a beam of light that aimed at her heart.
Aderyn, alongside Holly, stood with rage spewing out from her spoiled eyes. She yelled out insults at Aergia and soon began showering her with a barrage of beams.
She weaved and dodged Aderyn's attacks. Thanks to her experience and Aderyn's lack of aim, she got by with only a couple of scratches and a hole in her lung.
"Wait what?" She stood like a doll covered in cement, unmoving and dying of blood loss. Her mouth began bubbling with spit and the red fuel kept inside her.
The wound felt hot and the pain was unbearable, with every breath of air, there was an eye-popping amount of pain that came with a desire for blood. She clutched her chest tightly, her hands trembling.
The battlefield was silent except for her loud coughing and belching of blood. Her hands couldn't stop shaking, her body trembling with pain and hunger. A hunger she would gladly get rid of.
She crouched down to the ground, her eyes surveying the current situation. Right now, currently, there were at least 4 threats she could see.
Laying on the ground, she looked pathetic and seconds away from fucking dying. Clutching the wound in her lungs, she began weeping cold-blooded tears.
"Are you o-okay?!" Morgan scurried to his teacher's side. "Do you need help?!" His hands panicked rapidly as he supported Aergia up.
"Thanks," *Cough* she pushed her bangs up, "I'm just a little peckish."
"Huh, wha-what?"
Aergia buried her teeth deep into Morgan's neck, her eyes glowing a shade of lavender coated by a crimson pink. "Aaahhh! Get-get off me!"
Morgan reacted quite violently like a drama queen. His arms thrashed wildly trying to smack the ever-so-powerful bloodsucker away. Thankfully, because of his lack of control and lack of blood inside his brain, his hands exploded like a dam, sending out a gush of water on Aergia's face.
*Cough Cough Cough* Aergia was pushed back by the panicked stream. With teary eyes, a runny rose, and red drool on her face all the way to her clothes, she stumbled forward, her coughs booming.
She pointed two fingers at Morgan and jabbed it forward in the air, a ball of thunder zapped vastly in the air. The ball lost power with every millisecond until it was only a small pint of sparks which was still enough to shock Morgan unconscious.
Beams of light flew past her in quick succession, the battle was far from over. She waved her hands in a circle and created a sturdy barrier in the air. She unbuttoned her cape and unseated a pair of wings.
With a black outline and a painting of splattered blood on the moon, the wings flapped and boosted Aergia in the air. Carrying the barrier created from magic earlier, she slammed it into Aderyn at high speeds, knocking her onto the ground.
"You bitch!" Holly swung her blade at Aergia, the blade shredded into thousands of strands of metal all aiming for a clean cut. Aergia snapped her fingers in quick succession summoning a block of jelly that swallowed the strands.
"Don't mess with me!" The strands sliced the jelly and bombard the shield. Aergia punched the air in front of her propelling the strands back which diced and cut Holly all over.
*Floosh* A ball of wind struck her on the back, creating a hole in her shirt and eviscerating the flesh on her back. She reeled in pain and agony, clutching the wound on her front and her back, she was then sucker punched in the stomach by Alphonsine.
She jabbed her finger up, pulling a pillar of stone from the ground and sending it flying but Alphonsine was nimble. She grabbed Holly and easily evaded the rock-hard rock
She clapped her hands and pulled out another spear, which she aimed at the two ladies. *Boom* Aergia exploded, her arm flew off and her flesh burnt to a nice coal black. Her eyes squinted and mean-eyed Rosemary.
Her head was dripping with blood and her flesh was bruised but Rosemary still responded with a wink and a middle finger.
Aergia lifted the spear into the air and let out a silent cough, her legs trembled before jumping into the air. Using her ashen wings she flew high into the sky.
High up in the sky she watched over each and everyone one of her students. "It was a nice try." She flung the spear with every strength of her remaining arm.
Traveling at extreme speeds, the spear left a red trail in the blue sky. It impaled the ground and sat still, now a monument on this battlefield. Scarlet lights began to shine through the spear which covered the whole battlefield.
The trail exploded producing the sounds of a firecracker. Booms echoed around accompanied by rumbles and yells and then silence before the big finale.
"Haema's Crescendo."
Destruction.