Isekai No Gakusei: Students From Another World
Round Two

Darren gritted his teeth. He was cornered and faced with two choices. Give up, or keep fighting.

Darren lowered his face in frustration. He cannot think clearly. Whenever he was faced with this kind of situation, he always took the wrong path.

"The Demon King is after me. He should have no reason to hurt Shiro and Tora" Inner Darren.

Darren immediately raised his face. He saw his friends who were about to die in the fight.

Tomatsu, Katherine, and Rendi are unconscious. Shiro broke a bone in his right arm, and the man was holding him hostage. So did Tora. They can both be killed at any time.

Darren immediately exclaimed. "Dark Demon King, I'm the one you're after, right?" His shouting. "Take them both off! They have nothing to do with this."

The Demon King did not even answer. He only responds with silence which makes Darren even more depressed.

"D-Darren-same..." Shiro tried to call Darren, but his throat was pressed by the man.

Tora who was still silent, with a neck that had been pointed at by a knife, said, "Darren-sama. I don't deserve to follow you anymore. So don't think about me. You better go."

Darren just got more frustrated. The Demon King did not give any response either. Darren's getting harder to read his mind.

"What should I do?" Inner Darren while continuing to hold his head. "I don't want to lose someone precious anymore. Yuzuna, Rolf, Hayate..."

The man suddenly moved. He moved his hand and was about to point it at Shiro.

"We end this here" he said.

Darren sees that as a threat. That Demon King was really going to kill Shiro. And maybe after that Tora will be next.

"Enough Darren. Stop being a coward" Darren told himself. "I have sworn. That incident won't happen again."

Darren instantly pulled out his sword and prepared. His gaze became sharp and intimidating, plus his expression looked hardened.

The Demon King almost touched Shiro with his hand, but suddenly...

Sirdo! Darren teleports and appears between Shiro and the man. He immediately slashed his sword and managed to injure the man's hand.

"Darren-sama!" Shiro. He then saw Darren's gifting robe that he was wearing. "Ah, I understand. Previously he had put Recall seals on this robe. He had originally planned to use it to escape, but now he used it to attack. It's great, Darren-sama."

The man immediately kept his distance and shouted to his partner who was holding Tora hostage.

"Hurry, do!" His shouting.

Darren immediately turned around and said, "I won't let it."

In an instant, Darren again teleported to the back of the creature and slashed at it. Tora also managed to escape from the enemy's grip.

The creature had fallen to the ground, but it soon disappeared. It looks like it can get into solid objects.

"Darren-sama... Did you teleport?" Tora said gaping.

Darren doesn't deny it. His eyes were still focused on the man. The man also flicked his robe and stood up straight. Prepare to fight.

"Looks like there's no other choice" the man said as he stretched his arms.

The two people moved quickly. Darren quickly and sharply, swung his green sword to attack the Demon King.

The man replied to Darren's sword attack gracefully and wily. It is like being good at the art of swordsmanship. And he looks professional too.

Both of their weapons hit each other. Darren continued to attack quickly, but the man could continue to keep up with his speed.

Shiro and Tora simply watched the fierce fight while examining the others. Katherine and Rendi's wounds have been treated, but they haven't shown any signs of consciousness.

"Do we have to help Darren-sama?" Shiro said as he stared at Darren's fight.

"No need" said Tora. "The fighting level they are at is a different level. If we help, we can't be anything but a burden."

Tora watched Darren and the man's every move. "They're moving very fast" muttered Tora. "Darren-sama's fighting style is also unique. I've never seen such sword art."

Shiro became even more worried. He keeps hoping Darren will win this fight - No, he wishes Darren well. Either win or lose, the important thing is Darren is fine.

Darren and the Demon King's battle becomes even more intense as Darren begins to use his new teleportation magic.

"I'll kill you!"

Darren continued to move around while continuously sending attacks to the man. The man was finally unable to fight back, other than to remain silent and persevere.

In a short time, Darren managed to make quite severe injuries all over the man's body. Even a heavy breathing sound started to sound from behind the man's mask.

"This speed-" The man could only speak a little in the midst of Darren's barren sword strike.

As Darren swung his sword for the umpteenth time, suddenly right in front of him, a strange creature appeared from underground.

The creature was a strange skeleton that exuded a negative aura, and also he was dressed like a human. He was wearing a robe, and also a long veil that almost covered his entire head.

The Skeleton instantly took out a long black staff, and brushed off Darren's sword slash.

"My master, go," the skeleton said to the Demon Lord. "You're almost out of Mana. You'd better use your last mana to create a portal from here."

The man was initially silent, but before long he immediately turned up the portal and entered into it. In an instant, the man had escaped.

Seeing that, Darren became very angry. He immediately swung his sword even stronger to make the Skeleton thrown to the ground.

"You.. You must be the leader of the undead, right!?" Shouted Darren loudly.

The skeleton did not answer. He stood up and held up his staff.

"Non-Elemental Spell: S-" But before he finished his spell, Darren had already walked up to him first and broke his right arm bone. He let go of his wand and failed to cast a spell.

"You must be his subordinate, right?" Darren said while pointing his sword. "Where's your boss going?"

The Skeleton did not respond as Darren expected and instead let out a voice like laughter.

"If you want the answer, beat me first" he said. Slowly he got into the ground and disappeared.

Darren immediately returned to take a standby position. The skeleton would definitely appear again and attack him from an unexpected direction.

"I can smell it, the smell of hatred that began to devour you alive. How beautiful," The voice was heard walking in the ground.

Darren's getting more confused. He tried to use Thermography spells, but undead creatures did not emit hot temperatures. They were no different from the undead.

The Skeleton had benefited in this fight. It can move freely in the ground without being detected. For Darren, it's like fighting a shark in the water.

Shortly thereafter, the Skeleton took its first steps. He took out a horde of skeletons from the ground and ordered them to attack Darren.

"This is terrible, for a long time they will surround me," Inner Darren. "I have to use magic too."

"Heaven's Light!" Darren cast his spell. This was the cahay magic that Michael had used when fighting with him. "A S-level light magic that can burn down a small village. However, if I focus it to just one point, then the destructive power of the damage will be even greater."

From the sky, a bright light shone around the area around Darren. In an instant, the light had touched the ground and was ready to be used to destroy everything within its scope.

Darren started to exclaim with a loud shout. At the same time, a powerful explosion damaged everything near Darren. Be it the land, the building, until all the skeletons that were there were charred to the point of leaving no bones.

Darren stood in the middle of that bright light. He wasn't hurt, because the magic wouldn't touch the user. However, he began to feel himself running out of Mana.

The magic was too heavy for him. He had not been able to fully control it and his Mana stock was drained quickly.

The land began to disintegrate, as did some parts of the building. The powerful explosion destroyed everything, but the explosion did not reach Shiro and Tora.

The two of them just stared in admiration as well as worry.

"Darren-sama..." Said Shiro slowly. Without realizing it, his body began to move after seeing the explosion. He felt that Darren needed his help and he immediately ran.

Tora who witnessed that started to scream. "Shiro, what are you doing!? Don't go there!"

But Shiro paid no heed to it. He kept running and he started shouting Darren's name hysterically.

Meanwhile, things started to calm down. The explosive effect of the spell began to go out and smoke dust filled the place.

Shiro looked around. All he saw were the arduous buildings, the ravaged land, and also he saw the exhausted Darren in the middle of the battle area.

Just as he was about to approach her, the skeleton appeared and stood before Darren.

"What a powerful magic. You can even hurt me" he said. It was seen that some parts of his body had been destroyed.

Darren tried to raise his body and get ready to fight again, but he was too tired. Nor was the sword strong.

The skeleton continued, "It seems that I should end this now." The skeleton began to raise his left hand and point it at Darren.

"Non-Elemental Spell: S-" But, again at a time like this. His spell back at the interruption.

Shiro emerged from the smoke. He quickly ran towards Darren and jumped while swinging his legs until he kicked the skeleton away.

"Darren-sama!" Shiro said anxiously. He immediately crouched down and checked Darren's condition.

"I'm fine, Shiro. Just a little tired" Darren said.

"No, Darren-sama. You're not okay" replied Shiro. "You rest. I'll take care of the rest."

"But Shiro--Agh," Darren tries to prevent it, but he himself is too weak.

Shiro turned his face towards Darren. He then smiled, "No need to worry, Darren-sama. I'll finish what you started."

The skeleton began to stare at Shiro. "It seems that the girl will start to show her ferocious side" he said. "Please! Prove that you deserve to be by your master's side!"

Shiro advanced quickly. With his movements quite agile, he began to deliver a few blows to the skeleton.

"Agh," Shiro was a little in pain as he struck the bones with his palm. But his determination to resolve this made the wound felt.

The skeleton responded to Shiro's attack with his left hand.

"Non-Elemental Spell: Channeling, Sharpness," Instantly, the skeleton's left hand glowed. He coated his own hands with magic, making them even more deadly.

Shiro avoided it shrewdly. Shiro's movements looked like one who had mastered bare-handed martial arts.

After successfully dodging the attack, Shiro launched a counterattack.

"Taste this, you bone!" Shiro began to cast his spell. "Ice Elemental: Froze!"

The skeleton froze.

"I'm freezing-Wait, what are you gonna do now? You won't be able to hit this ice with your fist" said the Skeleton.

Shiro smiled. "That's why I've prepared this."

Shiro took out an ice spear from his hand. He created the spear he made from his ice magic.

The immobile Skeleton was also in a panic. He tried to escape by breaking through the ice that froze him, but it was too late.

Shiro immediately stuck his spear in the skeleton's skull. The skeleton was screaming. His skull began to crumble and soon disintegrated.

After his skull was crushed, the rest of the bones began to fall out and separate from each other. The skeleton is dead.

Shiro breathed a sigh of relief. He immediately returned to Darren and helped him.

"Darren-sama, I will help you walk," Shiro placed one of Darren's arms on his shoulder. He leads Darren back to Tora for treatment.

Tora immediately stood up when she saw them arrive.

"Darren-sama," he said worriedly. He immediately examined Darren and found no fatal wound. He said that Darren just ran out of Mana.

"We have to get out of here first. This place is dangerous" Darren said. "Enemies may reappear. And I can't fight them anymore."

"Alright," replied Shiro and Tora simultaneously.

Just as they were about to make a move, suddenly a horde of cavalry soldiers surrounded their exit. In front of them was a woman who was the leader of the army.

"Stop there, Demon King!" Shouted the woman.

Darren and the others were shocked. Darren immediately prepared his sword just in case, even though he could not fight.

Suddenly from among the soldiers came a familiar voice.

"Wait, wait, it's not his Demon King," Robert suddenly appeared from the middle of the army. Followed by Mia, Sella, and Selly.

"Robert? Everything?" Darren kept his sword. "What's going on?"

The woman immediately replied. "We should have asked" he said. "What's really going on here?"

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