Sword Anthem's
Chapter 17 - Ghost Town

Kingdom of Astarte, Swordia Academy

Several people in black uniforms emerged from the direction of the gate and they were led by an elegant gray-haired fencing lady— none other than Aresya.

Not long after that Fiana came to greet them along with her two colleagues.

"Miss Aresya, thank you for coming to this academy," he said, bowing, the two behind him bowed.

"Ahhh... is that okay, is Principal Irina around?"

"The head of the school is on a mission with his secretary"

"Ohh.... Then is it okay if we go in without telling him?"

"No. In fact he sent me a message. He told me to welcome you as soon as you arrive at this academy"

"Ara ... was very unexpected, then we entered," he said then stepped in but stopped for a while. "They are the instructors and people I have chosen to follow Astarte Festa

later"

"Wahhh, thank you, then please come in."

After that they were led by him into the academy. "Let's follow me, I'll show you the way to the meeting room" he said and walked first.

Throughout their journey, many people were talking about the Astarte Festa. There are also those who participate in preparing it with a cheerful and enthusiastic face.

"Has the Astarte Festa preparation finished?" said Rena.

"Emmm... If it's not wrong you are Miss Rena secretary to Miss Aresya, huh?" saith. "I'm sorry, I introduced myself late. My name is Fiana"

"Yes, right. Then the development of Astarte Festa has come to what extent, Reina?"

"According to the data I have obtained, the preparation of the new Astarte Festa is a quarter completed"

"Hmm. like that apparently"

"When we get to the meeting room, further explanations will be explained there," he said kindly and then walked back.

In Rena's mind at the time, he thought that the development of Astarte Festa had reached the final stage. But his estimate was missed.

"Godhehe ... Fear!, I'll make sure you eat a lot at this Astarte Festa, "Selina flirtatious as she tries to catch Fear who has been trying to avoid her as hard as she can.

"No, I will not obey you" he said.

"Selina's structure, can you stop for today only. Fear your fear with your behavior" says Velia.

"Velia, my behavior is natural. So maybe it will be difficult to stop it. Isakan Fear? ... hehehehehe"

"This basic Selina of yours," Oz said, then held back her collar so she wouldn't act again.

"Ou... Oz, thank you," Fear said with relief.

"Together, Fear"

"Oz, let me go" grumbled Selina in rebellion.

"Are you not ashamed, Selina?"

"Not at all, because my dear once said 'Be yourself, because it's the most beautiful thing that only that person can do' so, so let me go."

Oz just cleared his throat and his face seemed to have difficulty coping with Selina's child-like behavior. But the rest is only confused with the figure of Oz who can stop the beautiful and sexy princess without hassles and what makes them confused is the figure he calls ‘sayang’.

Although they had only been instructors for one year at Magista Academy, the students had given them nicknames. Oz the cool, calm handsome and the flirty sexy Selina.

At first Aresya himself hesitated if he made both of them as an instructor in his academy. However, due to a little seduction from Selina he finally gave up and made both of them as instructors.

"Do you wonder who my dear is? Looks like your faces are honest. I'm gonna tell him to take a good look."

Finally Selina explained it with long sentences about her feelings to them. Oz can only be silent while showing a troubled face. Aresya just smiled to herself.

While Velia and Fear seemed like they knew who Selina was describing.

"So so and that's the figure of my love that I love so much," he concluded.

"Hmm.. It's really lucky that the man was able to get Instructor Selina's love" said two men simultaneously.

They are Hiro and Grey.

"Heee .. Is it okay that you two are jealous, Hiro? Grey?" chirps Mai.

"Heyy... Instructor Selina was very famous among men even for us Knights of the Legion" Grey said by rubbing her nose under her nose.  Isn't that so Reya?"

The faces of the two men mentioned were instantly flushed, whereas Reya only fell silent expressionlessly. He was thinking about a technique Oz had just taught him.

"If it were for me, it might just be respect. Because Instructor Selina is very good at explaining all kinds of magic just like our homeroom teacher used to amaze me" Reya said with a very calm and meaningful face.

Almost all of them agreed. Slowly a faint smile was seen on their faces hoping that the figure of the homeroom teacher was watching them at this moment from afar.

But for Oz and Selina they are confused, who is actually their former homeroom teacher. The students of the class never told him clearly or secretly. That's why they don't know.

Then they reached the meeting room. Fiana also allowed them to sit on their benches and then she told Reina to immediately explain the continuation of Astarte Festa.

In the room there were about 20 people even more, the people who were in the room were very skilled people and they led the way of this Astarte Festa.

As for the other students who have no role. They are given the task to spread information or help prepare Astarte Festa.

***

Sky Island Ruins, Armhade Castle, City of Destruction

“While I have flattened them repeatedly, it seems to be a waste."

I don't know how many or tens of beings I've killed and they continue to be reborn as if my attacks are meaningless. Maybe among them there is a creature that can give birth to them quickly.

“I have to find him immediately..”.

One slash slashed out every black creature that was before me, two slashes of black creatures that attacked me shattered in the blink of an eye, and their three slashes that could fly above me began to disappear as time passed.

I ran, jumping over every roof of the house that had been destroyed. They blocked my path towards the Entia Tower, at the same time I had to find that powerful figure.

A few minutes later I felt a great tremor. A black shadow cast from the ground like a giant wall. Then the shadows clumped together to form a black creature with a large, red-eyed stomach with no nose or ears.

The figure that created it turned out to be quite clever as well. Moreover, his tongue stuck out dripping corrosive liquid that evaporated once it touched the ground. It cannot move without its legs and only makes it a living giant wall.

It's quite troublesome too.

The creature began to raise its large hand and then smashed it towards the city below. Entakkan it created a great vibration that concurrently with a giant black wave— combed every creature in its path, but lifted, and put them into it into a black plague.

Their size is shrinking, yes, it's not too much for me to worry about. But the size of the waves was almost half the size of the giant creature.

"Arluuc!!!"

Not long after that again the place where I stood shook violently and blew up some buildings that were still standing randomly. Bursting violently like a vulnerable bubble bursting into the wind caress.

I also made a field shield to protect myself from the onslaught of debris falling from the sky.

After everything subsided, my feet again sped up quickly to hit the giant creature while launching a crescent wave.

When the creature is pushed back, germs use that momentum to jump high to break the limit of its height. Turning around and exerting weight points on my right shoulder, right arm and left arm were preparing to swing the sword as hard as possible.

As soon as I swung it powerfully a fierce explosion hit the huge black creature violently. The flames billowed beautifully on the ceiling.

Then all the black creatures scattered in every corner of the city disappeared at once without remaining one or another threat, until suddenly a sharp object drifted right towards my head.

Identifying the direction of the attack, I landed perfectly again, and came back to the place where the attack was launched. Once I got there, her figure resembled a slender woman who looked ready to fight.

I also launched a high kick that was quite fast and he was able to avoid it perfectly. Followed by several fast jabs accurately as a follow-up attack, this time he managed to divert my attack thanks to his palm.

Take some distance and who would have thought he was in front of me when I tried to take a breath. A straight punch darted quickly from the right, I lowered my head quickly, then jumped back.

His hand attack alone could create a quick wave that shattered a wall. It turns out that his power is beyond my expectations.

But he did not let me rest, for only a short time did he again make an accurate quick attack. I tried to avoid it, but several attacks managed to scratch my cheek until I shed blood.

A close combat like this was indeed the best. Brown smoke roams en masse. Covering my gaze, then a silhouette came out of the smoke.

A woman with short hair, wearing red clothes with long sleeves. An apron and a white accessory on his head. Doesn't he look like a waiter?

Was I knocked back by a waiter? It's not funny at all, man....

He also uses high-heel shoes that are quite high with black stockings that envelop his beautiful legs. His face was quite oriental, having two red eyes that looked sadistic but he seemed to be kind.

"You ... Who are you to dare to come to this part of the sky kingdom?!" he shouted loudly." Tell me your reason and your name or not I'll cut your head off!."

Women but how sadistic gini attitude, huh?

"My name is Hilda, I'm a loyal servant of this Faustian Sky Kingdom. I remind you if you dare to step over this line. I'll make sure your body hangs there!" he said while pointing at a tall colored pillar

jet black.

I grimaced myself, smiling wryly at his words. His face flushed red in anger and finally directly hit me with a hard side-kick.

The kick managed to destroy the three unused houses again, fortunately I was able to avoid it quickly, or else I would bounce back very far and maybe even my body would be destroyed.

Because of this situation I wanted to play tricks on him, even though he had the power equivalent to a god of war. But it made me even more excited to throw every punch and kick.

He looked back at me, then blindly dealt heavy blows in a coordinated fashion. I repelled all of those attacks by brushing aside the carry-on part of his arm.

His face seemed a little jolted, was he shocked?

After that he returned crashing with two kite kicks that were quite heavy and fast.

Once again I deflected the attack like I was turning my palm. With ease and ease, now it's my turn to attack him.

I also gave him a spinning kick followed by five quick straight kicks.

He dodged very agilely and managed to dodge my swift attack. Now he launched a very fast blow, but he did not realize it. That my left leg was spinning rapidly and was directly beside her.

I kicked the height of his right arm trying to hit me. When he was slightly thrown back, I strengthened my legs and immediately ran towards him while giving a strong run.

His neck was jolted very strongly, and I smashed it on the ground as hard as I could. The sound of a powerful blow convinced me that I had done very well.

His mouth was wide open and he could not get up anymore because the kick I had given him had managed to make his joints dislocate. I approached him and squatted down.

His head looked up while looking at me with a look of hatred. I held her sweet chin while looking at her face. Because the pieces of my memory I had managed to get, so I remembered how to activate the 'Imperial Crest'.

"... Ohh, beautiful lady, if you're a servant of the Faustia Sky Kingdom family. Means you should serve me," I said with a chuckle.

"What do you mean!? All the royal families are dead!"

"No, that's not entirely true. Because this man you're looking at is the second prince of the kingdom, Reiss Veil Drag Reizhart. Or now you can call me Kuro" I said, smiling.

What I feel now is similar to when I first used this eye sigil. It was hot and I was eager to pull it out, but after a few tries, I was finally able to use it freely.

If I do not remember wrong, my eyes will turn red and in the middle of the pupil will form a royal symbol in the form of a holy sword—Regalia.

He was shocked to see that and immediately shed tears.

"Well, ferocious Miss Hilda, are you going to greet me kindly or with a punch?"

"I can't believe this, shouldn't the prince have died?"

“I shouldn't believe it. How could you be a woman completely unharmed with my running blow?” many confusions.

After that, I poured a little mana to him. Suddenly he groaned with a red face. I don't know what it's like to be flowed by a mana. But if I see his face, maybe he really enjoys it.

The wounds that were on his body were slowly disappearing as well as myself. The blood that was on my head as well as the bruise on my left shoulder had disappeared.

"So can I get into the Entia Tower?"

Hilda got up while correcting her chaotic appearance, after which both her hands rested, "As you command, His Highness Prince Re—“

"Rev ... Kuro alone is more than enough," I cut.

"All right, Mr. Kuro"

Mister... ??? heh?

“I said enough Kuro only, understand?”

"Umm, all right then... K-K-K-Kuro.”

Calling names is still so, hahh.

“Please follow me to the Entia tower" he said, then he began to walk quietly in front of me. "K-Kuro, have you been on Earth all this time?"

"More or less like that, after all I barely remember this place at all"

"So... Where does K-Kuro live now? With who? Is she a girl? Do you eat regularly? Do you always wash your clothes properly?" tanyanya.

I feel Deja Vu and it's more like dealing with my own mother, hahh.

"Are you really my family's servant, Hilda? Looks like you're more like a nanny"

"Yes, because it has become my duty as a servant of the Faustia Sky Kingdom. Especially if confronted by a prince like you. All right, we're here," he said. "Welcome to the Tower of Entia or commonly referred to as the Mystical Garden of Entia" he continued to open the door slowly.