Darkness covered his vision.
There was a momentary lapse in his consciousness due to the intense pain causing him to fall to the ground.
The cloth on right his arm was torn and his skin had become charred emitting a sizzling sound as if it had been fired crisp.
"Ritsuka"
"Master"
Oruta and Aoko rushed towards him. They didn't expected this.
However, Diral's condition was far worse.
Summoners generally have weak physiques and endurance. Though Diral was a half-demon, in human form he was weak and inexperienced in hand-to-hand combat.
Embers of electricity burst out and hit his face while the force of the blast tossed him away.
"Damn...I will kill you."
"Beat them"
The underlings rushed towards them to beat Ritsuka but only to get knocked out by Aoko and oruta. They didn't hold back with demons.
Diral groaned and writhing in pain, tumbled on the ground. His underlings are done by some 1st year girls. Unacceptable.
The students who have been controlled by him wake up momentarily.
Ritsuka gritted his teeth and stood up. He can think about his mystic code skills later. Frist they to need settle the problem.
Not everything was over.
He needs to kill or cancel the summon.
The surprise attack had broken the link but Ritsuka could feel the faint presence of the spider who jumped from Diral shoulder
"Aoko kill that spider"
Aoko lunged forward toward the Purple Tarantula who was beside Diral.
Sensing the hostile intent, it shot a web onto the top of the tree.
Jalter who already knew all its moves threw a fireball and burnt the web causing the floating spider to fall.
It was quite small and could escape with nimble movements so as soon as it fell on the ground, Aoko just pressed her foot over it giving it no room for any movement.
The Tarantula spirit died which caused more pain to Diral.
Diral, who had got a hang of his pain shouted with a panicked expression.
"Kick them down."
Aoko, who just killed the spider, was suddenly hit by student And jalter, Ritsuka also got attacked by students and unfortunately Ritsuka pinned down on the ground.
Only then it dawned on him that four people had signed slave contracts with Diral and his orders were absolute.
Aoko was punched in student face causing his vision to dwindle. Jalter kicked the another girl student leg enough to let her go. Then she fliped the girl to down.
"Let me go," Ritsuka shouted and twisting his body threw the kid on him to the side.
He looked for the other two who had not signed the contract to ask for help.
"Noooo!"
"Sorry!"
However, they were already out of their minds and ran away like scared cats abandoning them.
"Stopppp!" Ritsuka shouted while tilting his body backwards to avoid a punch from the side.
Ritsuka knows he atleast needs eye witness for what they will do.
'Damn it, he is a half-demon. If he lives, you all will die later.'
Ritsuka did not have the luxury to think about all of this as 2 people started to pounce on him from both sides.
Ritsuka's right hand was numb and the pain was clouding his mind.
He had his dagger but if he swung it carelessly and killed them. He would be expelled no matter what and then there was this bastard behind.
Ritsuka rotated his body and kicked one of the boys and sidesteps to avoid the punch thrown at him which connected with another boy's jaw who came towards him from the right.
Aoko and jalter came punched the other two students.
Diral, who was quite frustrated, decided to retreat for now.
"I will have you 3 necks soon so rejoice for you."Diral roared in anger and ran back.
"Ahhhh!"
Ritsuka prop up bending his knees while pulling out the flintlock pistol from his pocket.
"Where are you going, Idiot?" Ritsuka shouted and pulled the trigger.
BANG!
The loud noise of the firearm echoed all around.
Diral who was running for his life was thrown off and felt his limb being torn.
The bullet dug into his left limb causing him to stumble.
Ritsuka's actions were so swift that even the boy who threw him with a tackle was not able to react nor was he able to see the pistol drawn.
Diral gritted his teeth in pain with a shocked expression but in fact, Ritsuka himself was shocked seeing the bullet hitting the target.
Aoko rushed towards him to catch the demon.
As soon as Ritsuka got up, the minions woke up and chased after him. Jalter had to deal with them again.
Aoko quickly came towards the Diral who seemed to be crying while holding his thigh.
"Ahhhh!"
Aoko grabbed the bastard head throw him towards Ritsuka like a ball.
Ritsuka sat down and put the muzzle of the gun on Diral's head and shouted "Ask them to stop, otherwise, I will empty the cartridge."
"Don't come close to me."
"Stay there."
The four of them stepped back while one of them shouted"Kill him you, idiot."
"We are not free until he dies."
"I can feel his intention of anger."
Rather than that Ritsuka was thinking of the aftermath.
Would killing him here be the right thing to do?
There are more spies here and his killing would only be justifiable if he could prove that this is a demon otherwise he may be punished with the death sentence for the mindless killing.
How many demon spies are here?
What if his body is swapped by others to hide the identity of demons? Who is helping demons?
Moreover, he cannot put his trust in these students. These four can be silenced with a single threat.
Ritsuka decided to draw the trigger, he doesn't play around. If he needs to kill them he will kill like he always do but then his body was suddenly sent flying.
Parts of his body crackled as he slams and bounced on the ground a few times.
A man appeared beside Diral and looking around, he glared at Lucas.
"Student, what are you doing?"
"Who gave you guts to commit such a heinous crime in the academy."
Ritsuka could feel his vision dwindle. Spitting blood, he raises his head.
There was a sharp pain coming from his internals which made him unable to breathe.
" you dumbass, can't you see we are trying to protect ourselves." Jalter didn't stopped talking harsh even if the other party is professor.
"Professor he is a demon" Aoko says
"Pro...Professor…..demon..he is a demon..." Ritsuka says as Jalter rushed towards him to help him
The man's expression stiffened and he glanced at Diral.
Diral felt his heart skip a beat and he wondered how this puny man knew.
"Professor, don't listen to them. Those three wanted to kill us."
"You ask the four of them and my friends."
Professor turned his head towards the four and the students lying on ground.
Diral underlings woke up and nodded with pain.
The four students wanted to disagree and speak the truth but they felt a strong suppression over their heart.
"Damn!"
Seeing things going out of hand, Aoko shouted.
"Professor, there were 8 of us. This guy has controlled 4 of them and forced them to sign a slave contract."
"You can check this with the other two who escaped. You can find them with the help of CCTV camera footage near the pathway towards the stadium." Ritsuka says
The Professor sceptically glanced at Ritsuka and said "You are speaking something ridiculous."
The words of the boy were too hard to believe.
Still, he decided to give him a chance.
"Sorry kids, I will knock you up and then bring you all for investigation."
Aoko was ready to broke the rule of not using her powers.
Ritsuka screamed inwardly channelling his strength to get up.
He needs to persuade him now and get rid of Diral otherwise...
Pfttt
However as he got up on his feet with jalter help, he retched blood and his consciousness started to fade.
'Shit! The man did not hold back when he hit me.' Ritsuka cursed and fell with a thud.
"Ritsuka" jalter catch him in her arms.
Seeing Ritsuka knocked down, Diral screamed in joy but he needs to deal with those annoying girls.
'I will make you pay, now I will blame everything on your girls hehehe.'
However, his happiness was short-lived.
"Professor, he is speaking the truth."
A short hight red-haired boy with a speck appeared and spoke in favour of Ritsuka.
The Professor's eyes widened.
He was just patrolling the area and ran back when he heard the sound of firearms, only to see a black-haired boy trying to threaten a boy by pressing the barrel of the pistol.
He reacted quickly and hit the boy without controlling his strength which almost killed Ritsuka. Still, there was no remorse in his eyes as he thought what he did was right, however, seeing things end like this he started to question his decision.
Diral was startled for a moment, and taking the chance when Diral was not suppressing them, one of the four shouted"He had forced us to sign the contract."
"Damn you.. Transfrom"
Diral cursed his shitty luck.
Just when he thought everything was over, this bastard who had escaped before came back.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!"
The Professor flinched back upon hearing the scream and looked at one of the boys roaring in pain.
Mana contract in a certain way is absolute and causes a severe backlash when broken.
Blood started to slide down from his eyes, and minute changes started to take place.
Suddenly, the four of them ran towards The professor trying to hit him.
The Professor flinched upon seeing this.
Diral, who felt there was no need to hide, decided to escape. His 2 underlings to started follow Diral plan.
Diral and his 2 underlings skins morphed with a darkish layer and their pupil became yellow.
Their wounds started to heal faster as they appeared in their true half-Demon form.
They was about to take a step when four loud bangs were heard.
Everyone stood frozen and the student who was writhing in pain also stopped his movements.
The black-haired boy whom he had knocked down stood holding the gun with his left hand without jalter support.
Smoke rose from the barrel and blue eyes shone and as everyone followed the sight of his gaze, they saw a hole right in Diral brain and same with his 2 underlings.
'When did Ritsuka stood up on his own and started to use his left hand to shoot?' Jalter didn't understand what happened now. She saw Ritsuka but he didn't look like he used to be. She was terrified for a second. Ritsuka looked like how he was in Avenger Ordeal Call.
One missed, however, three cracked through each of the 3 heads and blew the brains.
Blood gushed out from that hole and the bodies fell to the ground with a thud
While panting as if he was going to run out of breath at any moment, the black-haired boy looked at Professor with a smile and spoke.
"You people are always late in figuring out things."
With a vague sense of Resentment in his tone, everyone stared blankly at the boy who collapsed in jalter arms and passed out at last.
Jalter hugged him with fear of losing him. Her fear only grow more as she saw Ritsuka expression.