Abyssal Awakening

Snapping her finger, she created a wave of blood mist that permeated the area.

\'The minute timer should be up now. People are \'dying\' before they can even scream.\'

A silent death is the scariest of all. No sound, only the brief shuffle in this darkness.

The wyverns have already begun their hunt and the Examinees are none the wiser.

\'Three are on the move. Two are circling around my area. Seems like they\'ve locked onto me.\' Opening her eyes slightly, Alice stood up and took a deep breath.

They\'re waiting for a moment to strike, the moment she lets her guard down.

\'They don\'t know my strength, but I have an idea of theirs. They\'re cautious, these beasts don\'t want to jump into my hunting ground blindly.\'

Alice was going to keep the situation like this for as long as possible.

The longer she stalled like this, the more strength she could save when all hell broke loose.

Bloodlust started to emanate from her body as she waited silently for the beasts to fall into her trap.

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"She\'s warning them." Fae raised an eyebrow in surprise as she didn\'t think a three star Hunter would dare to warn a five star beast.

"Seems to be the case." Luke nodded.

\'As expected of Allura\'s student. They probably went through quite a lot of danger when training with her.\' He mused while noticing the mist that was still expanding around her.

Along with the threads and platforms that Alice had set up, there were also puddles of blood surrounding the hunting ground.

It was safe to say that this had become her territory even with the lack of light due to the Wyvern\'s power.

Staring at Alice, Lothian was silent and chose not to comment before the fight was over.

"Well, there\'s only so much you can do to warn these beasts. If they judge you as a danger all five will go after you." Fae smiled ominously.

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Furrowing her brows, Alice noticed a significant decrease in attacks around the arena. The beasts who went after stragglers were now circling the area almost as though they were scouting out the dangers.

As for the two that she was warning, they simply stood and watched her in silence.

\'What are they planning?\' Alice thought with a frown.

She wasn\'t familiar with these beasts and her knowledge was simply based on what she had seen thus far.

\'Well if they\'re not attacking then that\'s fine too. I doubt the principal and the Department Head of Combat would just watch the round get stalled out.\' Alice shrugged to herself.

But the moment her attention fluctuated for a brief moment, she felt killing intent explode towards her.

"!!!"

Widening her eyes, she sensed all five beasts lunge towards her direction at absurd speeds.

Even though she could sense it coming through her blood mist and threads, her body was slow to move!

\'Above!\'

Focusing on the closest attack, Alice bent her body back as the beast crashed down from the area above her.

\'One to the right, one below and one behind.\'

Calming her mind, Alice sharpened her senses and calculated the best move to make in this situation.

Wrapping her disposable spears with her blood, she jumped up and left them behind.

Once the beasts were close enough, she snapped her finger.

A sea of flames roared out, engulfing the area. But she couldn\'t rest easily. Even though her flames could cancel out the abilities of the Abyss, it needed to be able to latch onto these beasts first.

However, due to the nature of these beasts and how they could turn parts of their body into their own fire, it was hard for the flames to reach the main body.

\'If it latches on they\'ll just separate that part of them huh? Tsk.\' Clicking her tongue, Alice frowned as a pair of jaws appeared behind her.

Gritting her teeth, she created a spear with her third Sigil and lodged it into its maw.

Taking this chance, another beast lunged towards her from behind while she was focused on the first beast.

Its claws were inches away from hitting her when she twisted her body around and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Flames erupted in front of her as the beast was forced to jump back in fear.

Taking this chance to stabilize the situation, Alice slammed her hand down and all of the threads around her combusted into a sea of violet that warded the beasts off.

Cold sweat dripped down her head as she bit off a portion of her tongue in order to drive the beast back.

She wasn\'t going to use her healing blood just yet since the only injury she received was on her tongue.

\'These b*stards are faster than I expected. If it wasn\'t for Cayla, I wouldn\'t even be able to see them coming.\' Alice thought to herself while trying to catch her breath.

The benefit of being able to see the world in slow motion helped her formulate counterattacks and plans against these beasts.

Massaging her neck, Alice narrowed her eyes and sensed the beasts through her blood.

While the flames were burning through the blood she had set up around the area, they were circling around her like a pack of hungry wolves, waiting for the chance to strike.

In the instant she dropped her focus, they attacked with deadly precision.

\'They\'re really going for me huh? They\'re not going after the others… Tsk, I can\'t stall this out if they refuse to fight the others.\' Alice frowned when an idea popped into her mind.

Since they didn\'t want to attack the others, that was fine as well. She\'ll drag the beasts to them and kill them as collateral. Naturally, it didn\'t mean that she was giving up on this challenge.

It was actually the opposite.

She was going to take this chance to kill one of them if not more!

Focusing her mind to sense who was still panicking, Alice planned a route in her mind as she immediately turned around and dashed towards their general direction.

The beasts followed suit with 3 of them catching up instantly.

Pivoting on her right foot, Alice leaned down to avoid a horizontal swipe before cleaving up with her blood flame blade.

As expected, the cut was healed instantly thanks to their special property.

Creating a spear between her and the beasts, she used it as a platform to kick herself away to create more space.

Upon arriving at the first group, Alice\'s smile grew wider as they turned towards her in shock.

"Yahoo~ Please enjoy this little gift of mine." Alice laughed. Snapping her finger, she blended herself into the crowd and ran away.

"Huh? What gift?"

"What is she on about?"

"Did you guys hear- ARG!!!"

"The b*tch brought the beasts here!"

"F*ck get into formation!"

"The front line is dead jackass!"

"S-Sh*t! RUN!"

"What do you mean run! It\'ll go after us if we run!"

"Well if you don\'t want to die then ru- ARGGG!"

Hearing the chaos behind her, Alice simply laughed before turning her body.

Narrowing her eyes towards one of the beasts, she aimed her index and middle finger towards it as flames converged towards her location.

She didn\'t want to go full power with her Void Flux. For now, she\'ll use roughly 10% of her power.

*BANG!!!!!

Detonating a Void Flux right above the beast, Alice watched as it cried out in pain as it wasn\'t able to turn itself into flames fast enough.

\'It\'ll work!\' Alice grinned as she immediately sensed killing intent aimed towards her.

Three of the beasts activated their berserk modes as they instantly manifested next to her.

But Alice was prepared.

Snapping her finger, strands of blood pierced up from the ground, forming a network of flaming wires.

The beasts who tried to brute force through this trap found themselves whimpering in pain as the flames latched onto their body once they dropped their guard.

Dashing out, Alice set her eyes on the next group before creating some distance between her and the beasts.

Those who heard the cries earlier realised that someone was dragging the beasts to them!

All of them huddled together and pointed their weapons outwards. Their grip, trembling from fear.

"Yahoo~ Allow me to give you a gift!" Alice laughed as she appeared before them.

"F*ck! I don\'t want your gift!"

"No refunds~"

Grabbing onto his shoulder, Alice flipped herself over their heads as they looked up at her in panic.

Right behind her, the jaws of the beast appeared from the shadows.

"SH*T!!!"

"ARGGG!!!"

"Every man for himself! ARGGG!"

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Watching the chaos unfold before them, the Special class students were speechless while Luke couldn\'t help but laugh.

\'She\'s such an asshole.\' He grinned.

He understood that Alice knew she was the target hence she dragged the others into her fight. But it was far easier said than done.

With the speed of the beasts, it was practically impossible to outrun them. But through her Sigils and the use of meat shields, she was able to constantly create the space needed for her to retaliate with her skill.

It may seem cheap to others but for Luke, he could see the philosophy from Allura\'s training in her movements.

Glancing behind him, he couldn\'t help but notice the principal\'s expression twitch for the first time since he had seen her.

For someone who was always composed and mysterious, this was a first.

\'Did… Did she just use Nova Core? No… It\'s different. But how can she use it? She\'s not even four Sigils! How did Allura pass on her skill?\' Countless questions flowed through the principal\'s mind as seeing Allura\'s skill was not something she had expected to see today.

She expected Allura\'s fire techniques, combat techniques and even her advanced techniques. But her ultimate skill was not one of them!

\'What kind of monster did Allura even train?\' She sighed inwardly, wondering what else there was to discover.

If Alice could already use Allura\'s ultimate skill, what else could she do?