Isekai No Gakusei: Students From Another World
The determination of the Leader

Things become momentarily silent. There was no one in the room but them.

The Holy Priestess had been killed, as well as Demon King Ryan. But will it all end this easily? That's what Darren thinks.

Moreover, the presence of Clara made various questions in Darren's mind. Clara arrived without much talk and instantly killed both of their main enemies by herself.

Isn't this too easy? Or maybe there's something Clara's been hiding? Whatever it is, Clara's presence in this place gives Darren a bad feeling.

Darren knows very well something is bound to happen. But in the midst of that silence, it was too risky for him to ask.

Suddenly, Hain broke the atmosphere with a happy cheering.

"Clara has arrived! We won!" Hain said without hesitation. The pleasure could be heard clearly from his tone of voice.

But Clara did not show a happy or grateful face because of the victory. There, he even showed a grim face that made Darren surprised.

"My brother has struggled, yes" Clara said slowly, looking down at Dyland, who was still unconscious. "I should have arrived earlier."

"Captain is a strong man. It must be okay" Hain said. He still doesn't seem to understand the situation.

"I..?" yes?"

Meanwhile, Tora approached Darren and Samson. He wanted to make sure they were both okay.

"Darren-sama, Chief, are you guys okay?" Ask Tora.

"Yes, we're both fine. Everything went well, even though Clara was a bit of a surprise to me. But importantly the physical destruction effect of the protector is gone" Samson replied.

"really?" Darren asked, not expecting it.

Samson nodded. "Yes. Good not to be in pain anymore. But still we need to remove the effect completely. By destroying her magic stone" Samson said. "If it is not destroyed, then the stone will re-emit energy."

"Means we just need to destroy it, right?" Darren.

"I hope it's that easy" Samson continued.

Darren looked in wonder. It was clear from his voice that he was wondering. Then Tora connected Samson's words to explain.

"Magic stone represents a pure concentration of Mana energy. If recklessly destroying it, then it will cause dangerous side effects," explained Tora.

"How dangerous?"

Samson. "According to the level of concentration contained. And for this stone. The concentration level is very high. It can be very dangerous if we just destroy it" Samson said.

"Even with Rematerialize?" Darren.

"Stay away. The concentrated mana would explode and result in physical damage. The effect is the same as the natural Good, even more severe."

Darren looked towards Bagus who was unconscious. He was quite relieved that Bagus was no longer injured, but he wanted to free him from it.

No--more to be exact, freeing Good from all this.

"Is there no other way?" Ask Darren.

"You know? Maybe Clara can help us" Samson said.

Darren raised his face. He glanced slightly at Clara, who somehow gave her a bad feeling.

"Why should Clara?" Ask Darren with a faint look.

"He just beat Ryan and the Reverend that easily. He must have some hidden power that might hopefully help."

Honestly Darren was wondering why Samson was not suspicious of Clara. That is to say, Clara just came along, defeated everything, and explained nothing. Isn't that a reasonable reason to be suspicious?

"I'm not so bad to think. But maybe we shouldn't ask Clara for help" Darren said.

But suddenly, Clara was standing next to Darren. Darren doesn't realize it until Clara suddenly touches his shoulder.

"Darren-kun, why don't you trust me?" Said Clara while glaring her eyes. His face grinned widely with a peerless grin.

Darren was silent with shock. Clara's gaze, with a smile she often used, made Darren's mouth seem to be padlocked by fear.

"Aura pressed this. It feels like I've felt something similar before" Inner Darren.

Clara continued with a smile. "Ha ha, there's no need to be scared like that. I can help you," he said.

"Good," said Samson, breathing a sigh of relief. "Please, Clara."

"Give it to me" Clara said. "You better stay away, 'cause this is gonna be dangerous."

Just as Samson, Tora, and Darren were about to retreat from it, Clara suddenly pulled Darren's arm.

"I was just talking to Samson and Tora. You stay here" Clara said with a cold look.

Feeling pressured by the sharp air that Clara emitted, Darren could only comply. Even though he really wanted to do it was the opposite.

Darren joins forces with Clara to destroy the magic stone.

At first, everything seems convincing. Clara extended her hand towards the stone and exuded her fire spell.

He planned to use his super-hot fire chain to wrap it around the magic stone. But everything changed when Clara suddenly quickly changed the direction of her hand.

Woosh!

The attack was deliberately aimed at Darren. I don't know what possessed Clara to make her intend to attack Darren.

But this was expected by Darren from the beginning. He himself was grateful for having been prejudiced before.

The chain now loomed towards Darren through Clara's hands, and he did not look like he was going to pull it back.

Darren immediately jumped back and stomped his feet on the floor. A thick wall of ice appeared to hold the chain of fire.

"I'm guessing something's wrong" said Darren. "But why? There's no way Clara's gonna attack me for no reason."

"I have to find out!"

Everyone was surprised to see Clara. Hain and Shiro were treating Dyland's wounds when suddenly the chaos occurred. Tora and Samson were watching Michael and watching nearby.

"What's going on?" Hain was puzzled, seeing his two comrades launching attacks at each other.

Darren pulled out his sword. He actually did not want to fight because his own condition did not benefit. He has been overwhelmed since the battle.

"Clara-san, what's wrong with you?" Darren tried to buy time while filling his Mana slowly. "Why did you attack me all of a sudden?"

"The Clara you know doesn't exist" Clara replied.

"Huh?" Darren responds confused.

Clara continued. "What is your true purpose in this continent, Darren-kun? What is it to look for a True Demon King?"

Darren slightly flinched when he heard that. What the fuck is with that guess? Did Clara talk like that for no reason?

"The True Demon King? Not likely. All True Demon Lords are dead" Hain said.

"In fact, you're looking at one of them right now" Clara pointed to herself.

Darren's face hardened instantly. What did he just hear? Is Clara joking? But circumstances like this do not support the joke.

Darren begins to understand why Clara can have the same chain of fire as Demon King Ryan. Perhaps all the leadership lines of the Avon Demon King could use that stance.

"You're the True Demon King?" Darren guessed.

Clara grinned widely. "Your guess is right. I am the Fire Demon King, one of the seven True Demon Lords."

The answer surprised everyone. How not, to them the Fire Demon King was God. Moreover, the fact that the story of the seven True Demon Kings who had died was broken in this place.

"T-can't be. Clara, stop joking! Come back! We have won!" Hain said hysterically.

"This may be a victory for you. But not for me" replied Clara. "My victory will be engraved after dealing with this person," his gaze pointed towards Darren.

Darren bit his lip. It was never expected that the True Demon King he was looking for would present itself. Worse yet, there were now two Demon Lords intent on killing him.

"Why do you want to kill me?" Ask Darren. "Did the Dark Demon King order you?"

Clara raised her eyebrows slightly. "You know about that already, huh?" Clara. "I'm actually trying to prevent him from arresting you."

Clara continued. "You're not from this world, are you?" Clara said without further ado.

He said it in front of everyone, which made Darren quite panicked. He really doesn't want anyone to know that.

Clara connecting. "The Dark Demon King is looking for Outlanders like you. And my job is to stop it."

"By killing us?" Darren asked cut.

"There's no other way. No matter how hard we try to stop him, the Dark Demon King is much stronger" Clara replied. "What happened to the Outlanders he had captured. But every time he caught one, he became stronger every day. Therefore, the only way is to exterminate you."

Darren gritted his teeth. Clara actually has a pretty solid goal. But he did not think that this should be the way.

"Darren-sama?" Shiro called Darren slowly. He seemed surprised by what he had just heard. "That's not true, is it?"

Tora stared at Darren. He seemed to have no intention of asking anything.

Darren glanced towards Shiro. But he didn't mean to give the answer now. He needs to keep focusing on Clara.

"Then are you going to kill us both now?" Darren asked Clara.

Clara clenched her hands. "I'm sorry. But this is the only way. The fate of the world is at stake here."

Large flames overflowed from within the ground, covering the area around them in a circular shape. Now Darren and Bagus are stuck in it with Clara.

It seemed that Clara really wanted to crush the two of them seriously this time around. He didn't even let the others interfere.

Darren needs to be more vigilant. His condition was completely unfavorable to him. Everything was beyond his estimation and control.

"Why can it be like this?" His grunt. "Clara will definitely not hold back this time. I did fight him once in training, but I'm sure he hasn't put all his strength into it yet."

"Dam. I'm completely out of ideas. I just wasn't sure if I could survive. And now, I also have to protect Good."

Darren clenched his hands. He sensed the Mana in his body had already recovered a little thanks to the time he had stretched out earlier.

But after all, Clara was still much stronger than him. He could not fight it directly without a plan.

Darren's hand clasped tightly onto the handle of his sword. His eyes sharpened as he looked towards Clara who was walking slowly towards him.

Behind Darren, Bagus still seems unconscious. The effect of the magic stone was still holding Good's consciousness.

Darren put up the horses. He prepared to cast a spell to fend off any attacks that might come.

"Cover Me in Thunder," Darren said softly, preparing himself with an unusually strong lightning armour. "You, Clara!"

Clara quickened her pace. But a moment later, he seemed to be firmly on his feet and began to fly into the air.

Over the air he spread out his hands and there appeared a fire covering his body, like a robe and a flaming scarf.

His red hair lit up like an unquenchable fire. And his eyes glowed like an unbreakable determination.

At first glance, she looked like a goddess ready to fight for truth. Unfortunately, he has his own way of making it happen.

"What a pity!" Inner Darren while stepping his feet with determination. He leaped up and approached Clara in the air with a sword in his hand. "I'm not going to die here. I'm gonna save everybody. And I'll uphold the truth!"

As Darren's sword swung towards him, the flame scarf surrounding Clara spewed out a dense fire like a sword.

The fire repelled Darren's attack. Making a heavy swing from the green sword seemed like nothing.

Clara then launched her right hand, about to hit Darren in the face.

"Speed up! Strength!" Darren cast his spell quickly.

With increased speed and strength, he was able to keep up with Clara's punch. He used his other hand to catch the blow and hold it.

The hands of the two now meet each other. At that moment, Darren cast his next spell.

"With!" Her speech.

Wither magic began to flow from Darren's palm and propagate towards Clara's palm.

Realizing that, Clara immediately pulled her arm and retreated a few meters back.

"Currently" said Clara, staring into her own hands.

Without further ado, Darren lunged back. He thought this would be a good opportunity, seeing Clara still busy with her hands.

Darren raised his sword again. He swung away quickly as he jumped back to reach Clara who was floating in the air.

"Channeling, Sharpness!" Darren increased the sharpness of his sword with a spell. That way, the chances of defeating Clara in one hit would increase.

But what Darren didn't think was, Clara was still hiding her other hand.

As the sword was about to hit it, Clara took out her other hand and caught the green-colored sword eye without difficulty.

Darren's confident face instantly vanished instantly. He knew he was in danger.

With a single squeeze, Darren's sword shattered into pieces like breadcrumbs. And just then, Clara launched her hand about to hit Darren.

Shortly before the blow touched Darren, Clara stopped.

"Good class. But the same way won't work twice" Clara said, realising that Darren had coated himself with a lightning spell. "I understand now. This spell can only protect you from physical attacks, right? Then let me show you my ace too."

Clara then pulls Darren's collar and throws him to the ground like paper.

Darren struck the ground directly and resulted in his lightning spell being activated. The lightning explosion caused the surrounding area to be smashed.

"Dam. My spell has been used in vain" murmured Darren as he tried to stand up.

But when he turned to Clara, the woman had put her hand that had been hit by the Wither spell, towards Darren. His hand was completely healed.

Darren's face instantly turned pale.

Before Darren could think, Clara had already first spouted an extremely hot flame from her hand. Burned Darren's body incessantly.

"D-Darren-sama!" Shouted Shiro.

His friends are trying to help. However the extremely hot flames split their positions.

"Shiro, try using your ice spell!" Tora Vocabulary.

Desperately, Shiro spouts large amounts of ice, intending to extinguish the fire. But the result is nil.

Even before the ice approached, the fire immediately grabbed it and melted it.

"Free. The fire's too hot. This is no ordinary fire" Hain panicked.

The situation became boisterous, but Samson remained standing quietly. The look of his face was fixed on Bagus who had earlier escaped Clara's attention.

Maybe Clara didn't take Good as a threat because she was unconscious. Instead, he thought that Darren should be a top priority as he could still fight and might derail his plans.

"I'm going in" Samson said as he walked. "Maybe only I can. So you stay here and keep the General with Dyland."

"Hahah!?" Everyone is shocked. "Will he walk through that fire?"

Samson approached the fire that was running towards him. He walked without fear and worry.

"Hey, hey, he's really getting into that fire" Shouted Hain. "He can die before he gets to the other side."

But Samson had already prepared his own plan.

"Dark Elemental: Rematerialize!" In the movement of his mouth, the tip of the fire was converted into a grain of water.

The water was then spilled onto his clothes and he used it to stay cool despite the blazing hot flames.

Every flame that struck towards him, it transformed into water particles that drenched itself. He does that over and over again.

Yet still. The details of the water that only amounted to a drop at a time, could not survive in the middle of the fire that looked like hell.

Over time, Samson's clothes began to burn. It also appears that some burns are beginning to form on his skin.

"Chairman, come back! You can die," Shouted Hain calling out to him.

But Samson did not look at it one bit. His gaze remained straight ahead. He has strengthened his resolve.

"If it's true Clara said, about their origin from another world. Then I will not let them die here" Samson said in his heart. "I don't let innocent people die just because of someone else's fault. I'll save them!"

Samson widened his pace. Over time, he began to run.

Because he ran, he could not cast his spell properly. This resulted in him receiving more burns.

"S-Simson..." Hain said slowly. Seeing the Leader almost arrive across the sea of fire.

With a body that was almost completely charred, and clothes that had been burned out. Samson walked out of that hell.

It was at that moment that he realized. Some parts of his body were not in place.

Some of his fingers were already charred to ashes. Her hair is burning. And his skin was torn from receiving tremendous heat.

He also felt his breath become heavy. He felt a groping towards his neck, and felt a tear in the skin of his throat.

"Heh heh, it turns out that I am walking to my own death huh," Inner Samson with a cross-cut smile on his face, as if he had accepted the fact that he would die soon.

With a breath of breath he staggered to Bagus. His sight began to blur. His feet were also half paralyzed. But he didn't give up.

He glanced at Clara who seemed to be busy with Darren. This could be his golden opportunity.

Upon arriving beside Bagus, he immediately whipped out the magic stone that was still attached to the silver sword that Nice was holding.

"Good, you have to help your comrades in arms" he said softly in Nice's ear. "Don't let your second chance go to waste."

At that very moment, Samson cast his spell. And the spell was aimed at the magic stone.

Tora watched Samson from behind the fire. Looking at his movements, he immediately deduced what Samson was about to do.

"Don't, he wants to destroy the magic stone" Tora said softly. While Hain kept yelling at him to come back.

Samson closed his eyes. His mouth was muttering and the stone was tightly squeezed.

"Dark Elemental: Rematerialize" Samson said without hesitation, though he knew very well what was coming next.

At once, the light enveloped Samson's body. It was like what happened to Good before. But the difference is, Samson's body suffered faster damage.

The stone was broken in Samson's grasp. He turned his material array into air and a powerful Mana surge instantly gnawed at his physique.

As the stone shattered, Bagus immediately woke up from his stupor. Instead of seeing a good scene after waking up from his stupor, he saw a dying Samson in front of his face.

"S-Simson-" said Good trying to reach him. But his hand that tried to reach him instead penetrated into the body of Samson who had decomposed.

"Good, save Darren!" Samson said at the end of his life. "Only he can understand you. And maybe only you can understand him. Complement each other. Because this world won't understand you."

And then, Samson smiled as part of his face began to disappear. "Stay alive" he said one last time.

Shortly thereafter, Samson vanished without a trace. His body seemed to be dust and left nothing at all.

Hain, Tora, and Shiro who watched from afar, were instantly struck by silence. Painted expressions of shock on their faces, as if they could not believe what they had just seen.

Moreover, Hain who looked very hit. He dropped himself on his knees and covered his tear-filled face.

It's good to experience the same thing. Samson had sacrificed his life to save himself. But he himself felt unworthy of being saved.

"Simson..." Tears flowed down Nice cheeks. But he immediately wiped it and clenched his hand. He took his silver sword and stood up.

He remembered Samson's last request and he did not want to disappoint him.

"Simson, thanks. I'm not gonna waste the second chance you've given me."

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To be continued...