Regain: Revenge of the Greatest

It didn’t take long until Kael became used to being a student at the academy. The time drifted fast, and the next thing he knew, a month already passed. To his relief, there were no demons creating chaos inside Deyrem. However, Elalios must temporarily return to Earl Gideon. For the time being, he was alone.

Elalios was reluctant to travel and return to Cleron. He was worried that dangerous people were lurking around Kael. He was thinking like that because of what Kael revealed, back when the first day of classes ended.

Since the first day of his classes, Kael felt several people observing the place they were staying in. At first, he wasn’t worried about them. But when the unknown people kept on observing them day after day, he was alerted and wanted to know the objective of their observers.

The unknown people didn’t attempt to get into their place. Kael wondered if that would change if Elalios was not with him, so he waited for the chance. He convinced Elalios to return to Earl Gideon to see what the unknown people will do.

Midnight came and as expected, Kael felt several people observing his place. Nothing happened for a while, so Kael decided to pretend that he was sleeping. Still, nothing happened, which frustrated him a bit. He stood and decided to confront them, but when he was about to, the unknown people began moving.

Kael stayed still in the corner of his room. He felt the unknown people magically by using spatial sense. Each of the mysterious figures chose different paths to go inside the house. They were silent in the dark, evidently experienced in what they were doing. Kael waited patiently.

Eventually, Kael saw his room window, carefully opened by a person’s hand. But it didn’t continue opening the window. Kael realized his blunder, as he saw that his bed was revealed to be unoccupied. He knew that the person will inform his companions, but he wouldn’t allow it.

[Speed Boost]

Kael held the person’s hand, then he covered the part of the face that he guessed as the person’s mouth.

[Sleep]

Kael put the person on his bed. He felt that there’s someone who was about to enter his room through the door. There’s two of them, he couldn’t restrain them without creating some noise. He decided to position himself near the door, where he will not be seen. The door opened. He was blocked by it. When he felt that the two person were fully inside, he quickly pushed the door.

[Sleep]

The two people were caught off guard. They almost made a sound as they hit the floor, but Kael was quick to put a barrier to nullify the noise. There’s only four people left roaming around his house.

Kael slipped carefully out of his room. He looked around and saw a person walking to their dining area. He followed the person, but his second step made a creaking sound.

[Speed Boost]

“Hu-“

[Sleep]

The situation was still under control, which relieved Kael. He was about to find the remaining people, when one of the conscious intruders spotted him.

[Fire Shot]

A bullet of flame almost hit Kael. The other intruders were alerted and they rushed to their companion.

“Master!”, one of the intruder called.

“We’re spotted!”, another said.

The person that did the fire shot commanded the other two to surround Kael. All three of them prepared to do another attack.

[Fire Shot]

The flames could be powerful enough to set the house on fire. Kael could easily avoid all three, but he couldn’t let the flames touch any part of his place..

[Water Orb]

Three orbs clashed with the flames, extinguishing the attacks completely.

[Speed Boost]

Kael went to one of the intruders.

[Sleep]

He quickly went to the left and did the same. The only one remaining was the one in front of him.

“Who are you people?”, Kael asked the remaining intruder.

“I’m certain now,”, the intruder uttered. “You’re the one that did it”

“I don’t kn-“

[Speed Boost]

In an instant, the intruder was in front of Kael.

[Defense]

Kael put up a magical barrier, then the intruder pressed his palm near Kael’s chest.

[Heat Wave]

Kael was flung back. His barrier saved him from severe injuries, but he was still hurt. He knew he shouldn’t be laying on the ground for long.

“Who are you?”, Kael asked, enduring the pain.

The intruder still didn’t answer Kael’s question. “I’m surprised that didn’t break you”

Kael healed himself. He felt that the intruder was somehow furious at him, but it wasn’t the time to know the reason why. He knew that the only thing that he should focus on was how to survive the encounter.

“I thought I could kill you quietly,”, the intruder stated, his frustration evident in his voice. He looked at his unconscious companions. “But you managed to defeat my men”

[True Summon: Flame Tiger]

The fearsome summon emitted harsh waves of heat inside the house. The house may burn at any time due to the intense heat. Kael realized that a grade C mage which was currently his equivalent strength will never defeat the flame tiger. He could only resort to his trump card.

[Late Cost: Dismantle]

Kael lit up, but the intruder was not intimidated at all. The intruder was under the impression that Kael tried tricking him using illusory lights.

“Turn him to ashes”, the intruder commanded his summon.

The flame tiger leaped towards Kael, its flaming body intensifying every second. Kael faced the flame tiger head on, then he pressed his hand against the summon’s head.

[Cold Touch]

The flames couldn’t resist the frigid touch. The great frost crawled on the summon’s body, consuming all the heat on its path. The summon bursts into shards of ice, scattering the bitter cold around the house.

The intruder was shocked to see his summon being defeated that easily. There’s not enough preparation that he could have done. His distracted mind gave way for Kael to close in.

[Speed Boost]

Kael pressed his hand to the intruder’s chest. He wanted to return the favor for his earlier experience.

[Heat Wave]

The last intruder couldn’t do anything. He was thrown back, rendering him unconscious. Kael was on the alert for a moment, but he quickly realized that the battle was over.

Kael put all the intruders in one place. He wanted to know their identities one by one, as they were wearing masks on their faces. He pulled the mask of the last intruder he defeated. He was sure that he never met any of them, but he was shocked when he saw the face of the last intruder. There’s only one name in his mind. The intruder looks like Osbert.