Isekai No Gakusei: Students From Another World
Smithereens

A few weeks ago...

Michael came out of his tent on the edge of town. He looked up at the sky and saw the full moon shining brightly.

The chaos caused by the Demon King's attack back then had indeed still left a mark. The city was ravaged, and many people lost their homes.

However, all of that has begun to subside since the last few weeks. Although it can not be said to be so good, but at least things are better than before.

The food needs of the people are fulfilled and other needs are also still under control. Development began to run again although slowly.

Michael stared into the glittering night sky with a runny face. Not usually he would be assigned to patrol like this. But due to circumstances, the King ordered all the royal army to be on standby.

The king was wary of a second attack, as well as the entire kingdom. The horrifying terror still haunts their minds.

But, that's not what makes Michael look grim.

During the battle between Taiji and the Demon King, Michael also fought alongside his best friend. He even had a sword fight with the Demon King.

But, there was only one thing that Michael remembered most. It was Taiji's death before him.

"Your death, it's predestined in the hands of others," The sentence was uttered by the Demon King, right after smoothing his sword into Taiji's heart. From his words, the sentence was directed at Michael, and now he felt haunted by it.

Michael became angry. Almost every day he could not sleep well. And once he falls asleep, nightmares always ruin his night.

"Dam. Why should I believe his words?" Michael slapped his own cheek, releasing it from the dark daydream that filled his head. "His turn was threatening. There's no point."

He hugged his own knee. Staring at the stars, worried and irritated, he kept trying to forget.

When he was calm, he stood up and went back into the tent. But he saw someone coming from a distance.

He prepared his weapon, but kept it back when he realized it was one of the royal soldiers.

"What's wrong?" Ask Michael.

"General. I've got some news" said the man. "This may have something to do with that Demon King."

Michael changed his face. He was interested in listening to it, but also felt creepy at the same time.

"The Vertrag Kingdom, has just been attacked by that Demon King," said the person.

"really? Is that all?"

The man continued. "And there's one more. Accel-sama has died."

The news sounded like a bomb to Michael. How many more royal members will be killed? That's what he thinks.

"Damn!" Michael slammed his hand into the tent pole while bowing in emotion.

He paused for a moment in silence, and then asked for details of the incident.

That guy explained everything. About how Accel failed to capture Darren and did not return to the kingdom to report. Instead, he instead left with the determination to capture Darren.

He eventually discovers Darren's whereabouts and follows him to Vertrag. There he claims to be the King's messenger and asks the Vertrag leader to help him capture Darren.

But the Demon King instead appeared and messed things up.

"Basic shit. He managed to kill our man again" growled Michael. "Accel is also very stupid. Although he had sacrificed many troops, but he still failed to carry out his duties."

Michael ordered the man to go report what he said to the King. After that, Michael immediately went into his tent and rested.

The next day, an impromptu meeting was held. It is the king who holds it. Looks like there's something to talk about.

Sure enough, it turns out this is about Accel's death. And also, there is something the King wants to convey to all the officials of the kingdom.

News of Accel's death has given the founders a panic. Some of them even started to get scared and were about to step down from their posts.

"The Demon King will definitely kill us all. We better try to have peace talks with him. At least to guarantee our safety."

But the King rejected the proposal outright. To him, it was the same as admitting defeat. And he hates defeat.

But, he instead gave another piece of news that left everyone dumbfounded.

"Our ally, the Kingdom of Aergium, offers us help" King said. "A bid to ensure the security of our kingdom and help the rebuilding of the kingdom."

"Really!?" Everyone there was smiling happily. But, what they would hear next would make that smile turn into worry.

King continued. "But, what helps us is actually the Eastern Holy Church. And they don't offer that help for free."

Everyone gulped. It was familiar to everyone that the Eastern Holy Church often did crazy things to spread their teachings.

The king continued his sentence, "The Holy Priest wants someone from our team to help him on an expedition."

Just hearing that made them know enough about what was going to happen. The Holy Priest likes to do crazy things. In order to achieve his wish, he did not even hesitate to go straight to the field.

"Is Your Majesty sure?" Ask someone.

King nodded.

"Then, who are we going to send?"

King replied. "The king wants the most powerful man among us. Unfortunately Taiji is gone, and the only one left is Michael."

Everyone turned to Michael. Their gazes seemed to be mixed between saying, "Campus you. That priest will make your life harder." And another one said, "Pity Michael once. But the important thing is that I was not elected. And I don't have to interfere."

Michael had no choice but to accept it. All his life he served the King, there was no way he would have kept his orders here.

"All right, Your Majesty. I'll carry out your orders."

The next day, Michael is picked up by a convoy of the Holy Church in his tent. He did not expect that he would be picked up like this.

As soon as the carriage stopped, Michael immediately knelt low. The holy priest came out.

Michael had prepared mentally and physically the day before. Because the rumors about the Holy Priestess that continue to be heard in his ears, he must be prepared with whatever will happen even though he is actually afraid of the Pastor himself.

But, the holy priest immediately told Michael to stand up. His nature doesn't look as crazy as people say. Maybe it was just a rumor.

Michael stood up, but he still bent his body. He must remain humble, because it is the right ethics.

"You must be Michael, right?" The priest asked, answered with a nod by Michael. "Lift your head. We can't get along if we don't know each other. At least, look at my face."

Michael raised his head. "Thank you for allowing me to follow your expedition, Pastor," he said respectfully.

Michael was sitting in the same carriage as the holy priest. The train is back on the move.

"Pastor, where are we going?" Ask Michael politely. He still wanted to make sure everything was within his reach.

The holy priest replied, "To the demon continent, precisely to the Kingdom of Avon."

Michael gulped violently. What he heard made him almost choke his own saliva.

"B-Old Demon!?" He did not expect to go to that place.

The priest nodded with a smile, while Michael was immersed in an indescribable panic.

Suddenly the Reverend touched Michael's trembling shoulders.

"No need to panic. I've prepared everything there," said the pastor calmly.

Michael look. Somehow his fear began to disappear and his body stopped trembling.

"The preparation is done. We just have to wait for the result."

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Present Day, at Rebel Headquarters...

It's been five days since Darren's squad left for the city.

Shiro walked in the hallways of the headquarters while contemplating with a blank look.

"Darren-sama, what is he doing?" Mumbled.

As he daydreamed, suddenly a loud bang boomed all over the corner of the hall. Shocks Shiro and makes him wake up from his daydream.

"What was that?" He prepared himself, afraid that it was an earthquake.

But before long, he saw people running towards the cafeteria. There, two people were fighting violently.

"Someone stop them!" Speak the crowd, signifying how dangerous the quarrel was.

The two men were none other than Marvin the ogre and Rosemary the demonic woman. Somehow the two of them can fight each other to use large-scale magic.

Shiro breaks through the crowd and finds Tora also watching the quarrel.

"Tora-kun, what's wrong?" Shiro asked Tora.

"I don't know either. I was eating here, and all of a sudden they both hit each other for no apparent reason" Tora replied.

Marvin raised his right hand and pointed to Rosemary. "I know everything. You're the one who put that magic stone down!"

Before him, Rosemary fought with the same argument. "You can accuse me. You were the one who did it. I saw you put that stone in that man's room!"

The impatient Marvin starts to get irritated. He clenched his hands and punched into the air. "We are being watched by many people. The villain is clearly visible!" His shouting. "Earth Elemental: Boulder Smash!"

The walls of the room made of stone began to peel and fly towards Rosemary.

"It's funny to hear that from the culprit himself" Reply Rosemary. "Wind Elemental: Wind Current!"

Sharp air pressure split the two Marvin rock attacks and caused him to miss the wall behind Rosemary.

"Damn it," Marvin growled as he prepared to launch his second attack. "Earth Elemental: Earth Wrath!"

A strong tremor was like an earthquake shaking the entire room. The members who watched from a distance even began to lose their balance and fall to the floor.

While the floor under Rosemary's feet shook more strongly and caused a rift that split the ground.

Grabbs! Krakk!

The crack clamped Rosemary's feet and gave her a brutal shock. Strong enough to make Rosemary's leg bones broken and unable to move.

"Damn you!" Rosemary shouted while whimpering. "Wind Elemental: Wind Slash!"

He threw a sharp wind wave with a barrage towards Marvin. Marvin, who is still busy maintaining his earth magic to hold Rosemary, instead makes her unable to dodge and ends up getting both ears cut off.

"Gwahhi!" Marvin let go of his spell and shouted in pain. He held his ear and blood poured out.

While Rosemary lay whimpering in pain with a crooked leg on her calf wrist. It even looks like his broken leg bone has broken through his skin.

Although the situation of the two of them who have been battered, they still seem to want to launch the next attack.

"It's very dangerous. Is no one gonna stop them?" Ask Shiro.

Someone from the crowd answered. "Their strengths are on a much different level to ours. We can't stop them."

Things get worse when Marvin and Rosemary cast their spells together. Although it seems obvious they are exhausted.

"Wind Elemental: Wind Current."

"Earth Elemental: The Boulder Smash."

The ground balls and air pressure glide at each other to hit each other. But, suddenly...

"Elemental Water: Hydro Mimic!" Dyland appeared and cast a shadow of water into the middle of the battle.

The two bodies of water stood up to each other in the face of a single attack. When the attack almost touched them, Dyland continued his spell.

"Elemental Father: Water Blob!"

The shadows of the water were bloated with many times the size. And with their bodies, the air and ground attacks were neutralized.

"Captain Dyland!" Everyone cheered.

Rosemary and Marvin stared at Dyland.

"D-Dyland" said Marvin. However, he immediately continued his sentence. "Dyland, I've found out who the intruder is." He said while pointing towards Rosemary.

"No, Dyland-kun. Don't listen to him! He was his intruder. He was just trying to accuse me!" Deny Rosemary while trying to sit with a broken leg.

"You two, stop it!" Dyland shouted firmly, making the atmosphere become silent all of a sudden.

He looked at Marvin and Rosemary. His gaze was filled with shock and shock, as if to say, "No way. They're both..."

"Dyland! You have to believe me!" Marvin shouted back, breaking the silence. "That woman, she's the mastermind."

Rosemary replied while whimpering. "No! You're the culprit. I saw you put that stone in the room!"

"Seeing?" Dyland looked over with a astonished face.

"I didn't do it. You are!" Marvin replied loudly.

Tora and Shiro watched the verbal debate. But, only Shiro could see the frustration in Dyland's eyes. It seems like he is confused about what happened.

Frustration mixed with despair. Is this so pressing for Dyland that it makes him like this?

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To be continued...