[Island]
The battle was fierce, as the students manage to take down the initial attacks of the vampires on the surface, Lorius on the otherhand had single handedly took down the hounds that was meant to pincers the army of students. With that the casualty was kept at the minimum.
With Lorius spearheading the operation, the students descent deep into the underground passageways became smooth, as no vampires could even bypass Lorius attacks. As for its rear, the students from Orbium Academy took the charge as Akito took the lead in guarding the back.
In about an hour, they soon came at the entrance to what seemingly like an underworld palace, where a huge legion of vampire resides. The moment they set foot on that land, a sharp shriek pierced the air, as gargoyles came swooping down and attacked the army of students.
However with the quality of students present, the gargoyles never stood a chance, forcing the ghouls and armored knights to rush out and confront the students.
The battle was hard fought to seemingly no end at all. Because of that Lorius was forced to use a high level spell to swept the battlefield and clear out an opening for Akito to break through the palace walls.
With Shun being absent, the heavy hitter duty then fell to Akito in order to make way for the students to eliminate the vampires in the area.
"White nova!!!"
As white explosion cleared the area of ghouls and knights, Akito then quickly ran up to the wall, as he inputted a huge amount of mana unto his sword, before giving it a full swing.
"Tomura's Fourth offensive sword form 23-Pon no hakai no ken (23 swords of destruction)"
In just one swing that became equivalent to 23 sword attacks that brings destruction, not only was the palace wall got destroyed, but the destruction itself even spread out to its resident towers and buildings, until some of them even scratched the castle towers itself.
With the wall breached, the students rushed inside the castle as they soon got attacked by the dhampirs, vampires, and noble vampires all over the place.
But with Lorius and Akito taking the front, all the vampires that are hard to kill were easily eliminated as their momentum sped closer to the castle itself. Of course due to this approach, some students got eliminated, as they got overwhelmed by the attacks in all direction.
One after another, white light pierced through the ceiling, as the eliminated are ejected back to the cruise ship.
After for what seems like about an hour and a half, both Lorius and Akito finally reached the castle alongside a couple of students numbering about 15.
But as soon as they realized that they reached the castle, three students who came with them were immediately eliminated, as a vampire who hid in the shadow suddenly ambushed them from behind and targeted their blindspot.
But despite that, it didn't take long till Akito and the rest of the student killed it, upon noticing its presence.
After that Lorius and the other students who excels in magic used a light elemental spell to illuminate the area, causing the whole place to brighten up and revealing some of the voices hidden in the dark.
But before these so called vampires even think about escape, Akito alongside some swift footed students killed the vampires. Which soon opened the path leading to its throne.
With their set of skills, it didn't take long for the group to reach the throne where Vesper resides. But the moment the door was slammed open, both Lorius and Akito quickly hid to the side as laser like attacks assaulted them from inside the room which eliminated about 5 students in their group.
In the end 7 back up students remains.
"I never expected creatures from the surface have the guts to try and attack my territory, I commend your bravery... however I don't remember any of you, so what's the reason why you attacked my domain?"
"Reason? Well to be exact we recognized the danger you pose... after what you did to one of our colleagues base, you pose quite a danger to us if left unchecked" said by Akito
"So if we want to prevent any unexpected variables, we would have to kill you here... so no hard feelings" said by Lorius
Hearing them mention one of their colleagues base, Vesper immediately understood what they are describing as he nodded.
"I see... so your acquainted with that guy who fought me wildly... I see... well that gives me a reason why I have to kill you insects here"
"Thats great! The feelings mutual" retorted by Lorius
As he said this, Lorius casted a spell to create a mist around the entrance, as some students quickly got out and aimed their magic at Vesper.
As various spells were thrown towards Vesper, the person himself simply deflected the attacks with his cape before throwing in blood spikes he had conjured into the air.
While this attack was blocked by some students, Akito finally made his move under the shadow of the mist, as Lorius applied some speed buff to him, which further accelerates his speed.
"Tomura's Second offensive sword form Takai kinchō (High Strung)"
As Akito attacked Vesper in high speed, the vampire himself was still able to react as he turned into a pool of blood, before re-constructing himself and appear behind Akito himself.
But before Vesper could attack Akito, Lorius suddenly appeared behind him using a acceleration spell, and punched him down to the ground.
"Accel!!! Accel!!! Accel!!! Counter!!!"
At the same moment, Akito shifted his footing and swung his blade behind him.
"Tomura's First offensive sword form Wansutoraiku (One strike)"
Upon realizing that the enemy was able to keep up with his speed, Vesper quickly distanced himself away from both Lorius and Akito, as he threw attacks towards the pair and the rest of the students near the entrance.
With that while Akito and Lorius was busy defending themselves, Vesper was free to kill the weaker students near the entrance and enhanced his strength with such fresh kill.
When the rest of the students got eliminated, Vesper had then became stronger, causing both Akito and Lorius to be vigilant towards him.