I Just Inherited The Arcane Emperor's Legacy

His words made all the students grip their weapons harder as they started observing their surroundings carefully. Ria was the first of them to say anything.

"I can sense someone approaching. Actually, multiple people are coming toward us!" She shouted.

Out of all of them, she had the best perception, so she was the one to detect the incoming enemies first. Leo walked toward Lyra and Marcus to make sure nothing would happen to them.

Since the Head Master had stopped him from fighting, he could make sure that his friends were okay. He knew it wouldn't be long for the enemies to be in front of them.

As he expected, a group of people surrounded the entire group within seconds. They were all fully clothed in a black outfit that covered every part of their body except for their eyes.

The only revealing characteristic of theirs' showed absolutely no fear as the attackers stood still once they encountered the huge group.

"Make sure you cover the entire group and don't let anyone get hurt!" Asher barked out orders.

Leo looked at the Head Master with a confused expression. .

"How are they supposed to take care of every single person? They will not be able to manage these many people at once."

His words had some truth to them. Even though they had enough 3rd Circle Aura Knights to match their enemies, they would be trapped in those fights. Who would fight the 25 2nd Circle Aura Knights?

On top of that, the biggest problem would be that none of the students there knew how to attack to kill. The attackers wouldn't have that problem at all.

The students didn't care about any of these and quickly divvied up the enemies.

"I will take the 3rd Circle Aura Knight on this side," Ria said.

"I'll be here with you," Elysia decided to fight another 3rd Circle who was near the opponent Ria chose. The other students quickly chose their opponents too.

As for the Freshmen, they were just spreading each other out to cover the rest of the gaps. The unmoving attackers stayed that way as someone walked up from the shadows.

The sleek figure donned in black stayed a safe distance away from the center and started speaking.

"We have come for a single person. If we receive the target without trouble, then everyone can die without pain." He said emotionlessly to everyone inside the encirclement.

Leo chuckled at the statement as he threw another glance at the Head Master. His chuckle got everyone's attention. They were all interested in the person who found the situation funny.

Even though the person who spoke saw Leo laugh, he ignored it.

"I will count to 10. If we do not-"

"You will not receive anything. If you do not flee now, we will kill you," Maria interrupted the figure.

The person took a step back and whispered, "Attack."

Every black-clad Aura Knight surrounding them leaped forward. The students braced themselves with their weapons and got ready to attack.

It was a 360-degree encirclement, which meant that everyone was significantly far from each other, However, Leo didn't find the distance as high, so he assumed the Head Master had full control over the situation.

So he was a little laid back as he made sure that Marcus and Lyra were safe. They were on the same side as Elysia and Ria, so they had a little bit of an advantage.

The minute the shadows all started attacking them, Ria conjured a huge flame bull that charged toward the incoming killers, knocking them back. The broken-up formation had three injured fighters, which made it easier for the other three to fight them.

In total, 14 people were attacking the four of them, while 15 were attacking the 4 on the other side. Only one person had to deal with a single enemy - Nathaniel.

The leader of the killers who spoke earlier recognized his power and went for him first. Their fight wasn't bothered by the other 2nd Circle Aura Knights because of the dangers implied by trying to mess up the fight.

If even one stray attack hit them, it would kill them or cripple them instantly. So they only focused on killing the other students first.

In their minds, it would be a quick sweep of the camp once they took care of the surrounding soldiers. However, it all started going wrong after the initial charging bull.

When the flaming bull appeared, the 3rd Circle Aura Knights on Ria and Elysia's side finally showed a hint of fear in their eyes. Encountering a mage was out of their expectations.

"We received false intel!" One of them shouted. "There's a mage here!"

Even though they were up against a mage, they went back to their job and approached her with speed to kill her first.

The first one of them was stopped by Elysia while the other one kept approaching Ria. She calmly raised her staff and erected a flame barrier around herself.

When the killer tried to destroy it, a flame from the barrier caught onto his arm, starting a minuscule fire. The killer noticed it and ignored it completely. He entered the barrier, allowing the fire to start burning his entire body.

He was now within attacking distance of Ria who didn't expect that her opponent would be this crazy. Her barrier was supposed to burn everyone who touched it. Who would expect someone who didn't care about the burn at all?

She slowly backed up as she chanted another spell. The barrier disappeared and a small fireball formed in front of her chest. It shot at the killer in front of her, but he side-stepped and dodged it.

As he got closer, Leo on the side noticed what was happening. He took a quick look at the Head Master who was only observing but not gathering any magic. The nearest professor was near Lyra, who was a little away from where Ria was standing.

Out of the five people supposed to be watching the students, only the Head Master and Leo could do anything about the situation, and he could clearly see that Alfred wasn't interested in moving.

"He's testing you," Nefrati said.

"I know. It's starting to become annoying. He's trying to see exactly how much he should invest in me. His curiosity makes me want to strangle him."

Even though he was very displeased by the Head Master's actions, he still acted. His feet moved like a blur as a red aura surrounded them. He quickly arrived behind the killer who was about to attack Ria.

A large tendril made of blood aura formed within milli-seconds as the killer turned around to meet the intruder in the fight. By the time he turned around, Leo's tendril hit him, blowing him 6 feet away.

After the attack, he retracted his tendril and walked back to his previous position, equidistant from both Marcus and Ria. He didn't seem affected by what he did at all and showed no change in emotion.

Ria, on the other hand, was breathing heavily. Her hear was racing as she tried to comprehend the situation she was in. She had almost died a second away, if not for Leo's intervention.