Regain: Revenge of the Greatest

The situation with the demons seem to settle down for awhile. Kael went to classes as usual, while Magister Zahe couldn’t do anything to the people. Kael pretended that he was still doing the investigation, and a month passed that Magister Lucius let him rest. Kael still wanted for the grandmaster to accept his help, but Magister Lucius refused. Kael’s academy life returned to what it was before.

However, Kael could not rest yet. There’s still a looming threat against him inside the city. One of his adversaries was preparing himself. The Tigers were getting ready to attack Kael once again.

After months of preparation, in their secret hideout in town, the leader of the Tigers, Rodo, was finalizing their attack against Kael. His men were four grade A mages, and ten grade C. It was what’s left to his group after some of the grade C mages were captured. Equipped with enchanted rings and their choice weapons, Rodo’s men were prepared for his orders.

“Ready yourselves. Our opponent is stronger than anyone of us, but be brave. With all of your help we can defeat him”, Rodo declared.

“Yes, master!”, Rodo’s men said in unison.

“I will kill him with your help… and with this”

Rodo raised a sword with a reddish blade. He was trying to get the sword for the past months, that’s why he wasn’t trying to attack Kael before. He was diligently preparing, wanting to not fail for a second time. He wanted to make sure that his power and his servants were great enough to go against Kael.

Three days passed after Kael negotiated with Magister Zahe, in the middle of the night, Elalios was once again returning to Cleron. As planned, Elalios will go back to get Cadell and Seqina to prepare against the demons. Kael promised him that after he got back, Kael will train him to get stronger. It was his request to Kael, as he wanted to be useful when the time comes that they must fight against the demons. And as soon as Elalios left, Kael prepared himself against the Tigers.

Kael felt them. They were surrounding the house, not moving, merely observing. He decided to not use Late Cost right away, thinking that the Tigers were just observing that night.

Rodo knew that Kael felt their presence already, but he didn’t order anything to his servants. He remembered the first time he went against Kael. It was a trap that utterly defeated him. He didn’t wish to fall for it this time.

“Master, the target was asleep. Shall we go now?”, one of the C grade asked.

“No, it’s a trap. We sh–”

“When will you attack?”

Rodo was interrupted. He was startled to hear the voice. It was coming from behind him. He wasn’t able to detect the person, but the person managed to get near him.

“Master, the target!”

Rodo couldn’t believe what happened. All of a sudden, Kael was behind him. His senses was too late to feel that Kael was not in the house anymore.

[True Summon: Flame Tiger]

Rodo used summoning magic quickly. Kael moved back a little.

“Let’s not do this here, we shouldn’t disturb my neighbors”, Kael requested.

Rodo was insulted by Kael’s calm request. Kael was too calm in the tense situation. Rodo and his companions should be the one who should feel assured, but the opposite happened. Even if he’s upset, Rodo thought of not continuing their attack.

“You’re quite considerate. Okay then”, Rodo said. He led Kael towards the undeveloped part of the town. There’s no human settlement near it even if the place was within Deyrem’s territory. Rodo let his summon remain. He was cautious during the walk.

“Is this good?”, Rodo asked.

Kael nodded. He looked around, and realized that the rebels didn’t waste anytime. The Tigers already surrounded him.

“Before we start, can I ask something first?”, Kael requested.

“No”, Rodo replied.

Kael sighed. He was hoping to find out why the rebel group was targeting him of all people. He didn’t know the group existed until they attacked him. He didn’t remember anyone that he might have offended in the past. It was puzzling that he must deal with such predicament. But, as it was happening to him, he didn’t have a choice other than to deal with it.

[Late Cost: Dismantle]

The bright light made Rodo remember how he was defeated back then. It was a terrifying sight, but he was hoping that he prepared enough against Kael.

“First line, attack!”, Rodo ordered.

Five grade C mages charged towards Kael. They surrounded Kael, but when they were only a meter away from Kael, they stopped. Instead of attacking Kael, all of them stabbed the ground with a sword, then they quickly fall back.

Kael was confused, but his opponents didn’t give him time to think.

“Second line, attack!”

[Fire Shot]

The other five grade C mages conjured flames. Kael was struck by all of it, but his golden barrier didn’t let him get hurt.

“Third line, attack!”

It was the turn of the four grade A mages.

[Lightning Bolt]

Each of the lightning came crashing down towards Kael. Of course his barrier could withstand the attack with no trouble.

“You can’t defeat me with these attacks”, Kael stated. He felt underwhelmed by what’s happening that he didn’t have the motivation to do anything.

“I know”, Rodo replied.

Hearing Rodo’s reply, Kael remembered the swords that the first line buried around him. He thought the swords were useless, but when he looked at them again, he saw something unusual. The swords were glowing.

“You fell for it”

[Magic Chain Binding]

The swords turned into anchors buried to the ground. The ground itself became dark, and chains coiled around Kael’s body. The chains were made of mana, and so, physical attack wouldn’t work against it.

Back when the first line of mages buried the sword, the grade A mages along with Rodo poured massive amount of mana to the swords. From there, the line divisions took turns to pour as much mana as they could. Rodo was aware that his subordinates’ mana, along with his own weren’t enough to restrain Kael completely. To compensate, he bought mana rings that contained one thousand units of mana each. Such item was expensive, but it was worth it in the end. Kael was caught off guard. Even with his current power, it would still be hard for him to get out of the magic chains.