———Scien———

  <3: 08 pm>

  “Everyone, stay in the car. Also, driver, if it looks like it’ll get messy, maybe drive the bus a good bit away.” Cevin instructed before the two of us got out to confront these miscreants. I have heard that some of the csses have also dealt with this problem.

  Hopefully we can just convince them to leave and not actually fight. I’ve heard that a lot of pces have gotten a lot more violent, sure as hell don’t want to deal with that. It’d look really bad on the school if we actually get into physical conflict.

  “Alright then… What is your business blocking the road?” Cevin asked, getting to the point.

  “Heh. It’s simple. You all are gonna turn back and never come here again. This is our territory, dungeon and all. If none of you want to get hurt, get outta here now.” One person walked forward and said so with an unpleasant grin.

  “No can do. We have a schedule to follow. You talk as if we look to occupy this town forever, when it should be clear we’re only here for one day.” Cevin calmly expined. “So. Please leave.”

  “Hell no. Haven’t you heard what we said? You’re the ones who will turn back, or do we need to send a message?” These men are surrounding us, most of them have some sort of weapons on them. This is bad. I’m pretty sure some of them have firearms as well. I don’t think I can actually tank a bullet, unfortunately.

  “There’s a bit more of them than I thought…” Cevin muttered. “Scien, I’ll clear a path. If you’re not confident, go back to the bus.”

  “Right…” I want to shout at him for trying to fight all of these guys alone, but the st thing I should do is get distracted. Besides, he’s not wrong, I would only slow him down since I can’t keep up with his pace.

  *Cnk* *Dash*

  He pulled out a telescopic staff, extending it to its full length and quickly ran towards the enemies, causing a brief panic that caused all of them to focus on him momentarily.

  *Dash* *Smack*

  On my way out of the encirclement I smack a few of them with my hands, just to disorient them and make his job slightly easier.

  Alright, back to the bus…

  “...Teacher, what is happening out there?” The girl named Fiss asked, probably seeing my guilty expression.

  “Negotiation… didn’t go as pnned.” I said while I looked at the control panel of this bus. The driver isn’t saying or doing anything else, probably more confused as to what I’m pnning on doing.

  I can see out the window that he is holding his own despite being a one-man show. Using the staff as a blunt weapon that shouldn’t kill someone even if he put a lot of force into it. Hitting their sides or their stomach.

  *Clink*

  Uhh… Are those bullets bouncing off the bus? Argh. Nevermind, let’s see here. There should be a special function in here that… Here it is!

  *Click*

  …Wait, why did I pick for it to generate a knife when I could get a gun or… Nevermind. I’m not super confident in my aim anyway, at least not enough to not accidentally kill someone.

  Alright, let’s get out and… Actually, I think I miscalcuted a bit. I don’t need to use a knife, just long-range magic, or maybe just strengthening magic. Whatever. I should stop pondering for so long and go help.

  Getting out of the bus, and they are still trying to attack him, with his approach being more of countering them, trying to outst their assault and incapacitate them. In terms of strength and agility he completely outcssed them by a lot, but that doesn’t mean he can maintain the power gap for long enough, fighting so many people at once will be exhausting, and he will slip up eventually.

  “[Reinforcement] [Energy Allocation] [Extreme Metabolism] [Strain Reduction]” I muttered as I felt my body starting to burn up, starting to feel a bit lightheaded.

  *Dash* *Ssh*

  I ran in and gave a small cut to a guy’s shoulder, halting his attack. Cevin looks a bit startled at my sudden appearance, but doesn’t say anything and continues the fight.

  *Strike*

  I striked someone with my left palm, aiming for his chest and sending him flying.

  *Ssh*

  I then swing my knife at the sides of one of the assaints, causing him to bleed and halt his assault. I should probably go easy on using the knife.

  *Evade* *Punch*

  I lean my body to one side to dodge an attack before punching someone straight in the face, probably causing them to faint immediately. Damn it. They keep coming and it’s making it hard for me to hold back, especially with all the buffing spells I just used. My body feels harder to control.

  *Sp* *Sp*

  I end up going with a few sps as they are trying to overwhelm me. I should probably go on the offense with my bare hands.

  *Parry*

  And using my knife for defense. Deterring them from getting close and parrying any attack with weapons. I could easily hack these guys up with it, and they seem to realize that.

  *Smack* *Strike*

  Cevin meanwhile still keeps going on his side. Some of them do get back up and try to attack us again. Talk about persistent. Obviously anyone who was bleeding and risking infection are running away, so using my knife would’ve been a more permanent solution, but with even a small chance of them dying it is not something I would like to-

  *Graze*

  I almost got hit by that! The sword thankfully only grazed my arm, but that was too close for comfort. I need to keep up.

  Argh. My eyes are starting to get blurry. I can’t keep up these spells for too long, or my body will be too damaged or have terrible aftereffects. I am really not equipped for this.

  *Grab* *Leap*

  “Wha-!?” Cevin ran over and grabbed me before jumping off to the top of the bus. Did he realize I was close to my limit?

  “That was too close. You need to dispel those buffs and rest.” He instructed, his voice sounding rather strict and slightly winded.

  “Alright…” It’s gonna hurt a bit doing so, but- “AGH! Ow! Ugh!”

  “Try to keep it down, I’ll continue the fight.” He said before jumping back down. It still hurts! The backshes from these are such a bitch!

  “Heh. Looks like you’re just about done.” Someone smugly said as I tried to crawl to the front of the bus to know what the hell was actually happening. A rge guy who is guarded by others. He must be the leader, and I can feel power emanating from him. There are still over a dozen people left, where do all these guys even come from!?

  *Swing* *Evade* *Strike*

  The attacks are more organized this time around, but Cevin still manages to dodge and counter, making sure they don’t get a direct hit that could lead to a rather gruesome follow-up. Hitting them with his staff to create a distance, swinging it around and making some erratic movement to slow their advance. If he wasn’t trying to make this fight end with no casualty, he would’ve finished this a few minutes ago.

  Then again, I don’t see him as the type of guy who wants to kill someone, even if they’re a particurly bad person. They weren’t being generous, he could die if he keeps holding himself from not inflicting fatal damage.

  *Glow*

  Cevin’s hands started to glow as he put his staff away. What is he pnning?

  “Stop him!” The rge guy commanded. He doesn’t really have the distance needed to charge up a rge attack to wipe them all out.

  “I fucking recognize you!” Suddenly a very angry voice rang out and startled everyone. Who the heck is-

  *Leap* *Kick*

  “Gah!” Someone ran in and hit the big guy with a very fast and devastating dropkick.

  A woman with long flowy blonde hair gracefully sticks the nding and looks pretty damn pissed. Who the heck is she?

  *Bang* *Bang* *Bang*

  A few gunshots rang out, and she managed to react in time and catch all three bullets with her hand, dropping them onto the ground and leaving the others in shock.

  *Smack* *Kick* *Tackle*

  She wordlessly retaliated with her hands and legs, knocking them out with ease.

  “As for you!” She said loudly as she pointed at the man who was getting back up from her earlier ambush. “I remember your fucking face. You dare to make rumors out of me after all I did during that incident! I’ll make sure to rip those vocal cords clean off, you ungrateful little mook!”

  *Dash* *Punch* *Smash*

  Before he could even process what she was saying, he got a knuckle sandwich straight to the chin, then she followed that with a quick repositioning to his back and smashing his head with her two hands csped together.

  “As for the rest of you! You forced my hands to get involved with your mess ruining my neighboorhood’s reputation! You know how many people are gonna call me a musclehead dy again after this!? I’ll make sure you beat that mistake into your skull!” Damn, what the hell is her problem? Why is that the thing that got her so worked up, she’s ruining her pretty face a little bit with that kind of shouting.

  *Punch* *Kick* *Smash*

  She ran in and started beating down the rest of these miscreants, completely overpowering them with no need for weapons or anything. Not even a single spell.

  So what is Cevin… He is still preparing a spell, it seems. Does he even need to do that at this point? Seems like that one got it in the bag.

  *Grab* *Throw* *Crash*

  That dy grabbed a guy by the arm and threw him at the other guy, causing both of them to fly right into a nearby pole.

  “[Paralysing Beam]!” Cevin shouted out and the woman who seemed to be having a bit too much anger to manage quickly leaped away to not be hit by the attack, aiming his hands forward.

  *Shine*

  Argh! Why is it so damn bright! What did he even… Oh… They’re not dead, right? He did say ‘paralysing’...

  Okay, I can finally see again, and all the assaints are down on the floor, even some of the stronger looking guys, none of them seems to be able to even attempt to get back up.

  “Phew…” Cevin breathes a sigh of relief before walking over and starts healing anyone who is bleeding out… Yeah, that was my bad, though the other dy didn’t help with that either, even if she doesn’t use any sharp weapons, some did still bleed out from how hard she was hitting them.

  He then brings them over to the side of the streets, cleaning up the road so we can finally get the bus moving again.

  “Need any help with that?” The blonde dy asked, having managed to get out of the way in time.

  “It would be appreciated. We don’t have a lot of time left.” Cevin said, accepting the offer. I’d like to help, but my body isn’t exactly in a good condition right now…

  …From the looks of it, she seems to be closer to his power than mine, since she doesn’t seem to need any potentially dangerous power boost like me to keep up. She doesn’t look winded at all.

  *Smack*

  One guy was looking to escape, somehow managing to shake off the paralysis, but that dy quickly caught on to it and smacked his head into the hard pavement. She’s definitely not being gentle with them.

  *Grab* *Grip*

  “Try that again, and you’re dead meat.” She grabbed him by the neck and said so with a rather terrifying gre, gripping it tightly like she was about to snap it in two.

  *Throw* *Thud*

  She then threw him to the sidewalk along with the others. Cevin is understandably quite concerned with the brutality, having to check to make sure he won’t die if left alone.

  Soon enough the road was cleared, and onlookers started to move along. Ah, right. There would be people looking at us, aren’t there.

  “Thank you for the assistance, but we need to move along.” Cevin politely said.

  “It’s fine. I’m sorry for the inconvenience you find here.” Huh? Why did her tone change to be so much more dylike? “No need to say anything else, I know you all have matters to attend to.”

  “Thank you.” He said before finally walking over to the bus. Right. I should get down by-

  “Ow…” It still hurts a bit, but I managed to get down to the bus without any real trouble.

  “Careful now. I’ll make sure those pains are gone until we get to the dungeon.” Cevin said as we went inside. About that. I doubt we’ll have trouble there compared to here.