Spark..! Spark..! Buzz..!
A flicker of blue lightning crackled from the inventory ring.
It was short circuited.
The air in that particular region ignited.
The free-floating hydrogen atoms reacted to it.
Justice wasted none of his time—he wrapped his entire body in a dense sphere of pressurized water.
KABOOOOOOM!!
An ear deafening explosion tore through the area.
Flames surged in all directions, swallowing everything in their path. The shockwave flattened the trees, splitting the ground apart as a huge pillar of fire shot into the sky.
For a moment, night turned to day.
Heat waves distorted the surroundings. Hope’s Ice Dome shook.
Greed and the students inside flinched as firelight reflected in their wide eyes.
Justice gritted his teeth.
The water sphere shielding him vibrates violently, struggling to withstand the shock.
This was his final move.
She has to be dead now.
The flames dimmed.
And the smoke settled over a wasteland.
Justice exhaled sharply.
"Cough…! Cough…!"
Slowly, he turned.
His gaze locked onto the spot where she—Nathalia had once stood.
"?!"
His breath caught as his eyes spotted her.
She just stood there.
It was creepy, just how she was standing there, doing nothing in return.
"Damn… Monster…!" Justice led out a low cry.
Her robes had been burned away, only a few tattered scraps of thin fabric clinging to her body.
But something was different.
Her flesh was burnt.
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For the first time, she wasn’t regenerating.
Justice’s mind spiked. His eyes widened with this find.
’Huh?’
He didn’t lower his guard. He waited.
one minute, two, five.
Nothing changed.
Her body remained motionless, and the burnt skin was still the same, she wasn’t regenerating.
’So fire… is her weakness?’
He concluded.
A flicker of hope sparked in his mind.
Then—it returned back to despair.
Justice wasn’t a Fire Elemental user.
’Shit! If only…!’
He clenched his fists.
His strongest move had drained him completely. And another explosion like that? It’s Impossible for him. Well not for another three hours.
’Maybe the students…’
The thought flashed through his mind.
Nova’s students. Among them there surely will be at least one Fire Elemental user.
But the problem was—
How could he ask them?
Not a chance.
His pride wouldn’t allow it.
’If only Pride were here—’
"What a mess."
A voice cut through Justice’s thought.
He flinched. The students inside the ice dome turned their heads to the source. Even Hope glanced up.
The voice came from above.
Everyone looked up.
A figure hovered in the air, dressed in a black uniform. Her crimson hair flowed behind her, reflecting the glow of the fire in her hands. Large wings of flame spread from her back, radiating intense heat. Her deep red eyes glowed as she surveyed the wasteland below her.
A katana rested at her hip, and on her chest, a number shone in red color—
07.
It was Pride.
The Rank-7 Hero.
The students themselves responded to her presence.
She wasn’t wearing her Hero Mask.
They all recognised her instantly.
"Head Mistress…?"
Ruby smiled at them, a warm reassuring smile.
The temperature grew even hotter, the flames in her hands burned brighter than before.
This place which was rich with Fire Essence, only made her stronger.
She looked down.
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To the ground which was all shattered, scorched from the previous explosion. Burnt grass and fallen trees surrounded them.
And at the center stood a massive ice dome.
Inside it were her students, frozen in fear but unharmed.
She exhaled softly.
"At least they were safe."
Zane had told her this beforehand, that they were all safe, but seeing it with her own eyes brought Ruby a sense of relief.
Now, her gaze shifted to Faceless Nathalia.
She was just as Zane had described—inhuman, and terrifying.
’So, that’s an Immortal?’ Ruby thought of Zane’s words.
Ruby knows about the Immortality Zane holds, so seeing another Immortal didn’t shock her much.
Well there was one thing in her favor.
She was weak to fire.
Zane had figured it out that time, and that within minutes of analyzing faceless Nathalia.
Ruby still didn’t know how he did that, but she trusted him completely. If he said fire could end this, then it would definitely will.
Her lips parted into a smile, and her voice rang through the forest.
"Let’s see how well you burn."
Her movement was fluid, she positioned her hands.
The flames in her hands flared.
Orange deepened into yellow flames.
Yellow brightened to white.
It didn’t stop there, the temperature spiked further.
White shifted to sky blue.
Then deep blue.
And finally— Black.
The flames in her palms shrank to the size of a pebble, but the sheer heat it generated made the air shimmer and crack.
The ground beneath everyone’s feet sizzled as warm vapour erupted from the soil.
Ruby extended her hand toward Faceless Nathalia.
Justice swallowed hard as he witnessed all this. Sweat trickled down his temple.
He could feel it. The energy…
This was on a completely different level.
A single word echoed before the world turned complete white.
"Nightflare."
A thin beam of darkness streaked forward like a laser beam. Experience more content on freewebnovel
It was devastating.
FZZZZTTTTT!!
It happened in the blink of an eye.
No one got the chance to react.
They didn’t need to.
The sheer energy radiating from that attack was enough to tell everyone— that this would definitely end her.
And they were all right.
As the white light faded, desperate eyes of every student locked onto a single spot where Faceless Nathalia once stood.
Nothing remained of her.
No body.
No clothes.
Only a single, burning white feather lay on the smoky ground.
It was as if she had never existed.
Rumble! Rumble!
Hope lowered the Ice Dome.
This was a clear signal to all the students of Nova—the threat was finally gone.
A wave of relief swept through the students.
"We…!"
Some jumped, cheering.
Some clapped, laughing in disbelief.
Some hugged, tears of exhaustion and joy in their eyes.
They were safe.
Ruby descended, landing near them.
Her flames flickered, and the fire wings at her back dimmed, dissolving into small particles.
A warm smile crossed her lips.
"My dear students, the threat is gone."
She took a step forward.
Then, unexpectedly—
She bowed her head.
"It’s my fault. If only I had strengthened the security more—"
"Headmistress?! Woah, it really is you!" A group of girls interrupted, their eyes wide with excitement.
Ruby blinked, caught off guard by them.
"The Headmistress is Rank-7?!"
"Holy hell!"
They slowly started noticing it.
"I’m a big fan!"
"Give me your autograph!"
"Marry me!"
A swarm of students surrounded her, their voices overlapping with others.
"Hey… wait… woah—!" Ruby stammered as they crowded around her, grabbing at her hands, her arms, anything they could reach.
All of this made her laugh.
A bright, full smile spread across her face as their cheers filled the air.
End of Chapter.