Isekai No Gakusei: Students From Another World
The Mask and the Short

From behind her mask, Akira observes Serina's physical form. He became reminded of the warning Darren had given before, when he was about to go to the Demon Continent.

"Succubus. Huh, so you're what Esema-kun meant?" Akira. "Looking at you just now, it looks like you did intend to kidnap her, huh."

Serina looked at him with a sharp look. "And you. You must be the Emerald Green, right? Does Friedlich's police really like to interfere with other countries' problems?"

"This is a personal matter. The matter of Esema-kun is my problem as well."

"Okay, fair enough too. But don't expect me to just give up."

Akira chuckled from behind his mask. "I don't mean that either."

Akira had already seen how the succubus spell worked. The spell could not hurt directly. But by using objects around, he can make the spell a deadly weapon. Simply put, it all depends on how effective you use it.

"He folds space as he folds paper. It works like a portal, but it feels like it's moving faster. My eyes could see the other side of the crease point clearly."

Akira intends to gather as much information as possible. Starting from the maximum potential of the spell, how Serina used it, and the weaknesses she might be able to exploit.

Akira tries to lure Serina to use her spell. He was the first to launch an attack.

"Emerald Touch!" Akira launched crystals sticking out of the ground. "Pierced just once, your whole body will be petrified."

Without releasing Darren from her grasp, Serina dodged all attacks nimbly. It was as if the burden on his shoulders was only as heavy as a piece of paper. This made Akira a little surprised.

"The physical capacity is clearly above that of humans. If he used a punch or a kick to attack, it might feel like he was hit by a rock" Inner Akira. His fighting instincts forced him to be more vigilant.

"It's over?" Serina suddenly spoke. He raised one hand. "Dark Elemental: Non-Eucledian!"

Akira immediately pulled out his sword. His eyes kept staring around. He guessed that Serina would definitely create a fold of space on her side of the button and attack him quickly. He also kept a sharp eye.

"Where will it appear?" Akira.

His eyes then caught something moving from his left side. He immediately turned his head and looked at the distorted visuals.

"That must be him!"

He nearly advanced to slash his sword, but soon realized that something else had emerged from the fold of space. A tree trunk that came crashing past the point of the fold.

"W-What the fuck is this?!" Akira immediately tilted his body, avoiding the shoots of the trees that came. However, he did not escape from the small branches that managed to scratch it.

The trunk of the tree fell down after crashing into the other trees in front of it. Strong vibrations immediately arose, causing dust to fly due to strong wind.

Amidst the veil of dust blocking the view, Akira could only grip his sword tightly while being wary of his surroundings. Fortunately he had a mask on, so no dust had slipped into his eyes.

"He will attack again. About where? I should be able to read his movements!" Her thought.

It didn't take long, Serina appeared with a hand ready to punch Akira. He came in at a high speed, which made Akira almost too late to react.

Akira pulled his sword forward to defend, but one hit of Serina was enough to smash her to pieces. Amazingly, he did all that without releasing Darren from his shoulders.

Seeing her sword shatter formless, Akira immediately swung her legs in the middle of that fierce situation. His kick managed to hit Serina's chin. Made him crash backwards.

Akira's breathing began to pant. Serina smiled while wiping a drop of blood dripping from her lips.

"Oh, my lips are a wound. I could be canker sores. But forget it, my regenerative abilities won't let it happen" Serina said grinning. "Nobody can hurt me. Even if I could, I'd regenerate my wounds as fast as an eagle darted."

Akira just stared with various calculations in his head. He now realized how great this opponent in front of him was. That made him a little depressed, especially when considering that this fight risked the fate of Darren-No, perhaps more precisely risking the fate of the world.

"I need a plan" Inner Akira. "So far I've seen how to fight. He is a close combatant who relies on his bare hands. His physical capacity is also great, both in endurance and strength. That makes him a deadly melee fighter. Even in long-range combat, he relied more on his space folding magic."

Akira glanced towards Darren who was still shouldered by the Succubus. "But I'm sure that he hasn't shown his maximum strength yet. I'm sure Darren's burdened enough. Moreover, it seems that he was assigned to kidnap Darren alive."

Slowly, a confident smile began to appear behind his mask. "It looks like I've benefited more in this fight."

Akira recreates his green sword and slowly advances with confidence. The belief to win, of course.

Serina saw him approaching. He smiled, intending to end it all here immediately.

"So you came to me? Instead of running away, you chose to come up to me?" Serina. "Even if you know that your power is far below me, it's the same as walking into your own grave."

Akira walked closer. "I can't beat you up without getting close."

Serina replied with a confident look. He began to move his feet towards Akira. "Then draw as close as you want."

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To be continued...