Magnus Academy: The Cursed Blood

Chapter Sixty-Six

A Long Night

Andrea's PoV

It was, as if, I was on the spotlight tonight. As the moon gaze down at me with its majestic light, the breeze encircled it with chill. Although I was cold, I was feeling pleasant.

Sampung minuto na ang nakakalipas simula nang napatumba ko ang pader. I thought it was going to be harder, akala ko kailangan ko pang magpalabas ng maraming enerhiya para lang matumba ito. But I watch my finger touch it and in an instance, it crumbled in front of me. Para bang nag slow motion ang lahat, pieces by pieces, everything just fell down.

I've felt stronger. Hindi katulad nung naramdaman ko nung nasa Arena ako, at pinagsisisihan ko parin yun. But if I had to do things which others deem evil para lang maging malakas, gagawin ko ba yun? I'm aftaid. I'm afraid of choosing once again.

So it is a big relief knowing people important to me are there. I sighed. Important huh? Kailan ko ba sinimulang gamitin yang salitan yan? I used to have the kind of perspective where others are just tools for my own benefit. Pero nagbago lahat ng iyon. Just like how this wall broke down in pieces. Nagbago ang mga panananaw ko sa buhay nang mangyari ang mga bagay na ewan ko ba kung dapat mangyari. Like meeting Keila all of the sudden, gaining worthy rivals like Iyana...everything changed.

Ginalaw ko ang ulo ko pakaliwa nang may isang arrow na sinubukang tamaan ako. I traced its origin, at nakikita ko kung paano tumakbo ang ilang-daang blacks papunta sa akin. My heart started racing. This excitment, this fear, ganito din ba ang nararamdan ng iba ngayon?

Dozens of arrows came above me. Pero wala akong iniisip na gagawin. I've always been the kind of person who just attack and don't waste time thinking. Kaya wala ding pinagbago ang ginagawa ko ngayon. My body was easily moving, right, left, down, jump, then back again. Hanggang sa napaligidan nanaman ako ng alikabok. I can't help but cough.

Since when did I gain such agility and speed? My body feels so weightless na hindi ako nahihirapang igalaw ang mga ito the moment I command my muscles to do so. I became far more flexible.

I turned my head to the right para maiwasan ang isang espadang paparating sa akin, then another, to another. Marami sila ngayon at mahirap itunton kung saan sila. But my reflexes are too fast na hindi nila ako matamaam.

I stepped hardly on the ground causing a batch of earthquakes. Nawala din ang alikabok at nang malinaw nanang lahat, I saw the ones surrounding me earlier fell into huge holes and cracks. Tapos ay may ilang-daang arrows nanaman ang papunta sa akin. But this time, may mga apoy na ang sa dulo nila.

I was right. This is suicide. They are weak physically pero madami naman sila. But for some reason that Keila made me do something like this. I made sure Sandra won't be inbolved un this battle dahil part naman talaga sa deal na hindi sila lalaban. So she went back to the bade earlier to inform everyone about the newly-found information. Sigurado sa mga oras na ito ay nalalaman na ng babaeng yun ang mga nangyayari.

Ugh. Just thinking of her made my blood boil.

Nang medyo malapit na sila, I summoned more than a hundred daggers at isa-isang sinangga ang mga arrows ng kalaban, cutting all of them in half. Patuloy padin ang pagtira nila ng mga fire arrows at patuloy din akong sumasangga dito. This tiresome work is suppose to drain half of my energy, pero hindi ko manlang ramdam ang panghihina.

Habang kumakalat ang apoy sa paligid ko, maraming mga blacks ang sumugod sa akin, all have dufferent weapons at isa-isang tinamaan ako ng mga ito. Some even use their abilities and magic to catch me off guard, killing me. Pero hindi nila magagawa yun. Because whatever they do, I can see through it. Nakikita ko ang bawat angulo ng mga atake nila making me fast and can counter after they attack.