"sor fre!"

  Her sword lit up fiercely, heat emanating from it. Too much for someone like me to handle.

  Thankfully, I managed to send signal from my smartwatch, or else I would've been sliced into pieces by this monster.

  The monster became surprised, but he reacted quickly and blocked the incoming attack with his rapier.

  A moment ter, their swords cshed.

  The ground shook, making it difficult for me to bance. Yet relief took over more than worry.

  The monster, unable to parry it to the fullest, jumped back towards me.

  She also jumped back towards the hole I made earlier when I crashed nd in this apartment.

  "Move carelessly and this girl dies!" The monster shouts.

  This guy is smart.

  Realizing his predicament, he came up with a solution in no time. He's going to use me as a hostage to gain the upper hand.

  Shit, I messed up.

  "Oh? Do you really think that my sword is slower than you? Do you really think that I won't be able to decapitate you faster than your thought?" My master said full of provocation.

  "Yeah, because she's your little precious student right?" The monster retorted, which made my master twitch an eyebrow.

  "I didn't notice but this little girl seems to have informed you that I infiltrated. That was a mistake on my part indeed. Codename: Tyrian, age 32, red hair, blue eyes, has a huge scar on your back due to an injury, in the 7th circle but rumoured to be advancing towards the 8th circle. You have a pretty track record, which caused you to nd on the 43rd spot of the hero ranking. Your abilities isn't that hard to trace either. Sor fre can heat up your sword and release it whenever you want. Do you wish to underestimate me still? Heheheheheh"

  He shows a crude smile, even if I can only see his silhouette.

  Startled, my master didn't do any brash move. Even if the enemy is of lower circle than my master, she doesn't let her guard down due to the sheer amount of information this guy has.

  "What do you want?" In the end, she chose to comply.

  "Hahahaha, now you get it," the monster replied. "It is but a simple want. But coming here already accomplished that goal of mine. So for that, I wish for time."

  "I am the follower of Belphegor, the embodiment of sloth, For what we wish is but a simple slumber, we will not bother the likes of you. As such, don't bother us again—"

  H-his chanting a spell!

  I'm not familiar with this kind of spell, but the pressure he's emitting is simir to that of a 5th circle. This could very well blow up the entirety of the dormitory.

  He raised his hand with his sword, aiming towards Tyrian, my master.

  But she reacted fast.

  "Release!" She shouted, releasing the heat that was stored inside her sword.

  Fmes so hot yet it didn't affect the surroundings. A single touch from this could melt anything known by man.

  Yet towards this attack, the man only smiled..

  "Grant me by my wish, Lord Belphegor!"

  A series of ruminating shockwaves emerges from the spot the monster was standing on, causing huge amount of debris and smoke to pile up.

  The pressure is gone, but I can't help but feel a little bit uneasy about this.

  "Is it over?" I asked myself, perhaps to my master.

  "He conjured a portal with the help of a deity," my master replied, walking towards the spot the monster was originally in.

  She used her sword as a fan to blow the smoke, revealing that he was already gone.

  "He bought enough time to successfully conjure up a 2 way portal for a split second. A cunning individual, I will report this to the headmaster. Eden, you should go to your dorm as if nothing had happened. I pced a silencing seal around the vicinity to not arouse any panic from the students so you should not worry about this." my master ordered me before disappearing immediately.

  From my encounter to him, I could say that I was helpless against that guy. Not only that, we didn't even get enough information out of him, just the fact that he's a follower of the devil of the sloth.

  I should practice myself to get stronger, so that I could face someone like this in the future.

  Still, why am I feeling like I've forgotten something?

  Boy's dormitory at sunrise

  That was the best nap I ever had in a while. It seems like having naps here is a good thing huh?

  By the way, why is there a huge hole in my room? I could see the outside from here. Ehh, probably just some renovation.