Hero From The Dark Dimension
Chapter 29: Cunning ends in disaster

Mara was unceasingly pacing the hallway near the K.A.O lobby. He was in a panic after Commander Deri showed video footage sent by the city's Desius surveillance unit.

"Damn.., this is crazy. Evo is overwhelmed against him. My sister was very careful of him. I have to find another way to punish him," muttered Mara.

Amidst his confusion, a magic circle appeared right in front of him. It was teleportation magic, from the circle came Mara's best friend. Caroline.

"Carol, what are you doing here?" ask Mara.

"I'm worried about you. That's why I'm here" Carol replied.

The expression on Mara's face that looks upset, indicates that she has just experienced failure. Mara's facial expression was clearly read by Carol. Carol slowly approached her best friend.

"Mara, you better back off. Not because I underestimated you, but because I care about you. I don't want you to be like Evo. You've seen, haven't you? what he can do (Darius). Even if we combine forces, we won't be able to rival her" Carol said.

Carol managed to persuade her best friend to consider this. He wanted Mara to think about the impact that would be on her if she failed.

Moreover, Darius was not an easy person to subvert, both physically and mentally. Even in front of Queen Oriery, she was not daunted at all. Mara was silent for a moment, considering Carol's words.

"But I won't know the result, before trying it. I'll give up my rare powers to punish him."

Mara decided to continue her plan. The decision of Mata made his best friend even more agitated.

"Please Mara, you need to step down. Let's plan another better way to punish him. Your way is too risky, you do it alone, too" said Carol, who became increasingly worried.

"I can't back down from my decision. That's my pride as Queen Oriery's biological sister. If I come back without any results. Where'd I put my face?" mara said.

He turned his back to his best friend.

"Thank you for your concern, but I won't give up. I really appreciate your concern. Carol."

Mara stepped forward and left her best friend. Carol was all her might, trying to persuade her best friend back, but Mara's determination was already unanimous. He was kept clean hard to carry out his mission.

While Carol can only be silent resigned to see Mara who left her. The longer, Carol's feelings get more restless. He felt that something bad would happen to his friend if this continued. But what power, he was already unable to prevent Mara anymore. He can only pray, may his feelings be wrong.

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Mara went over to Darius who was already preparing on the training field. With her body already tenuous after warming up, she is ready to do the final test requested by Mara.

Commanders Deri and Seirus observed them from afar.

"Why, I'm more worried about Mara than Darius. Is my feeling wrong?" said Commander Deri.

"I feel the same way. But if it is Mara who is wretched, then thank God" Commander Seirus said.

Mara and Darius were ready to start the final test, which was a destroyed power-fighting test. Where this test will pit the magnitude of the power destroyed between the knight and the guide.

In this test, the guide will create a magic shield to withstand the knight's attack. While the knight must expend all his power to make the shield destroyed with one attack. The magic shield used is Counter attack, so what if the knight does not succeed in making the shield destroyed then the shield will reflect back to the attacker.

This test was very risky, both for the guide and for the knight who was guided. Therefore, only the Regular level upwards may apply this kind of test. Because at that level, the knights of the magic Division already knew how to maximize the attacks that would be issued.

Mara had already finished creating her magic shield. While Darius was prepared with the strength of his lava. This time, he formed a spear with his burning lava. Mara smiled at Darius who was about to attack.

"Let's come," said Mara with a cunning accent.

"I hope this time it won't be too hard" said Darius.

Darius flicked his right foot forward. He lifts his spear and adjusts the position of his hips and shoulders before throwing. Then he threw his spear. The spear shot out quickly and directly hit Mara's magic shield.

Mara resisted Darius's attack with all her might. There was a strange thing that was seen when Darius' lava spear hit Mara's magic shield. The magic shield seemed to light up while it was receiving an attack. The power energy on Darius' spear diminished as he attempted to penetrate Mara's defenses.

"Wait a minute, it's the Mirror of Greedy. It was a top-tier rare magic created by Mara. He used that for this test? too far!"

Instantly Commander Seirus's emotions exploded.

"In this test, the advisor should only use medium-level defense magic for Regular and Higher Defense for Experts. But he instead used Absolute Defense to withstand a Beginner's attack. He really didn't want Darius to graduate from this training" Commander Deri explained.

Absolute Defense defense should only be used to test magic Division knights who have passed the Expert stage and are ready to take jobs and enter the Rank level. It was one of the high tiers within the Magic Division.

"Using Absolute Defense to test Beginner. It's already breaking the standard. Darius won't be able to break through. The shield would absorb its attack power more and more each time the attack attempted to break through Mara's defenses" Commander Seirus explained.

In other words, Mara was currently receiving energy from the attack power of Darius that was being absorbed by that magic shield.

"Come on, absorb more. After everything I absorb, I will then return the attack to him," Mara's mind while smiling cunningly.

He continued to absorb the attack. The longer, the more his body felt hot. His skin slowly blistered. This is beyond what he had planned. The strength he had absorbed was too great, so Mara's body was unable to hold it well. That power even has a negative effect on Mara's own body.

"What kind of strength is this...?! is this really magic...?!"

Mara thrashing hot. Slowly the skin melted. The deepest part of his skin was slowly visible.

"AAARGH..!!!! WHAT KIND OF MAGIC IS THIS..!!?"

The fire started to flare up and burn the back of Mara's body. The Mirror of Greedy was weakened because Mara was no longer able to resist and absorb the attacks she had received.

"Oiy, that's right. He was on fire" said Commander Deri, who was agape at the scene.

Serious Commander who was beside him fell silent without a word. He was surprised not to play, watching Mara being hit back by her own cunning.

"Wine! like this, he could burn to death alive, "so soon Darius ran towards Mara whose body was burning.

"HEAT..!!! HELP ME..!!!!"

Mara screamed so loud. Darius' lava spear had already begun cracking the magic shield, Mara. A moment later the shield was shattered, the lava spear shot right towards Mara's screaming head.

At the right time. Darius bounced his spear into the sky with a kick of his left foot. Almost the spear hit Mara's head. Meanwhile, Mara's body is still engulfed in fire.

Darius tried to extinguish the fire that stuck to Mara's body by beating the fire with his palm and rolling Mara's body to the ground to extinguish the fire on his body.

But it didn't work out. Commander Deri and Seirus helped him. Commander Deri tried to extinguish the fire with the force of his wind, but was still unsuccessful.

It was Commander Seirus' turn to use the ice element to freeze Mara's body parts burned by the fire, but the result was nil. The ice that Commander Seirus took out, melted instead.

"God! what kind of magic is this? why can't it be extinguished?" commander Deri's frantic question to Darius.

"I don't know, didn't he resist my attack. Why is his body burning? though my attack had not touched him," replied Darius.

"What should we do?" ask Commander Seirus who is also panicking. Though at the beginning he wanted a wretched Mara.

Commander Deri directly contacted all units of Healer Rank S in K.A.O along with the knights of the specialist magic division of the cold element (water and ice).

Commander Seirus tries to put out the fire that burned Mara's body while help has yet to come. Darius was so panicked, he didn't know what to do. He thought deeply, trying to find a way to save Mara's life.

"Why is his body burning? though my attack was still restrained by his shield," asked Darius.

"Her body was burning as it was trying to absorb the power from your attack through its magic shield. He intends to absorb and reflect the attack you launched on him. But unexpectedly, your strength is too big so that his body can not accommodate your strength and in the end he was burned. Don't you know how to help her? if this continues, he will burn to death" Commander Seirus explained.

Hearing that explanation, Darius immediately remembered something.

"ABbarrassing? jeez, I have the ability to absorb. Why was it unthinkable to me," the inner Darius who was upset at forgetting his own ability (Chapter 4).

Soon Darius hugged Mara's burned body.

"Darius, what are you gonna do?" ask Commander Seirus.

"Look, I can definitely save his life" Darius replied.

Darius started to activate his absorbing ability. In Darius' embrace, slowly the flames that devoured Mara's body began to extinguish. The fire was absorbed into Darius's body until it was not left.

Commander Seirus was stunned to witness the incident.

"How is it possible? where did all that fire go?" this is the question mark on Commander Seirus's head.

Darius breathed a sigh of relief. Mara's life he saved. Mara's injuries were quite heavy, as the flames spread rapidly throughout her body. The Healer unit came and immediately treated Mara who was unconscious in Darius' arms.

Seriate......