Extra Demon: Sacred Academy of Light

A chill ran down my spine, a dark feeling colder than the professor's eyes brushed over my skin… Trying to keep control over my body and suppress the trembling, I took a slow breath… I thought I recognized this feeling, believed I was used to its abyssal void, the sensation… the feeling of death, the horrible sensation that makes your heart pound repeatedly and a cold sweat run down your forehead.

It's simply the worst feeling any living being can experience, no matter what species you are—it's just stronger than you, breaking down your mental defenses from all sides to leave you falling into pure despair, making you fear death whether you want to or not…

Luckily, the feeling I was experiencing was something I alone was suffering… the smell of death only affected me… and the reason was simple: I was nearly 10 meters away from Azrael. I had purposely seated myself here; in my mind, I wanted to make even a slight approach, but I see that it's impossible right now… Trying to calm my heart… "Just one more minute," I think to myself.

I'm actually surprised; maintaining a layer of mana over your body not only requires great mental concentration, but simply releasing mana for 30 minutes is quite an accomplishment… that I am now successfully achieving thanks to the skill [Mana Control].

After a minute passed, I looked around. I was alone, and my eyes traveled to my friends who were gathered around the professor's desk… glancing briefly back… my eyes trembled a bit, the aura was terrifying, a loathsome black that, with just a glance, you could feel your soul being sucked in.

Shaking my head internally… I turned toward the professor: "I don't know how to approach her… my case is much worse." In the original story, thanks to a unique skill (or so I believe), Davis managed to suppress Azrael's aura of death… but in that storyline, the holder of the death rune was another girl who was in the academy and interacted with David.

If that were the case, I would know about the girl, but I know nothing about Azrael.

"Congratulations, you eight are the first to pass the test," the professor's voice was cold, but not as much as usual—it had a touch of warmth… but her eyes turned toward the others who were still sweating heavily and frowning, though some of them were already starting to overcome it… "Now…" she thought for a moment… "You must create a skill with your own mana to be prepared…" she fixed her beautiful eyes on us, "The second event will be next month; one of the conditions is to use your own magic, or you will be disqualified," she said before turning her gaze back to her small book.

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"That's easy too…" Evelyn gave a little hop and approached me, extending one of her hands. In seconds, a small flame appeared, which deformed and created a donut-shaped circle.

This strange magic only grew larger and larger until reaching a diameter of 10 meters; the hot air spread around… Evelyn's eyes were as calm as water… "Protect," her soft words were like a switch; a sort of protection formed around us, flames covering our bodies… reaching a height of 5 meters.

Evelyn looked at what she had done… and I also watched, and for a moment, our gazes met… and we both shook our heads. "It's no good…" Evelyn said, frowning… deactivating the flames around her. She stayed silent: "I'm sleepy," she said, walking toward a wooden chair. "I'll try again later…" she said, closing her eyes…

"That was quick…" Daniela approached and briefly looked at Evelyn… "She's been awake for more than 3 hours," she said before her body filled with sacred light. I discreetly took a few steps away from her…

After everyone managed to pass the test, the professor let us go home, also telling them what she had told us about the next test next week…

Right now, we were training in one of the sunflower residence's rooms, just the four of us as usual. Evelyn had already finished her attempt and was sleeping, while Daniela was still trying to create a new type of magic, and…

Flash!

A large yellow lightning bolt shot through the room. Leslie was training like the others, but her method was very different from Daniela's and Evelyn's; after all, she wasn't a mage, she was a swordsman.

In her own words, she was trying to imbue her sword with lightning, but her attempts were more challenging than she thought, whereas Daniela was trying to create a large magic circle or something like that, but… looking around again, small magic circles were forming and trying to merge with others…

In my case… I didn't have a clear idea, but what I knew was that using her blue fire would feel like hell… Frowning… "Keeping magic going for a long time was a big no; I was planning to generate mana threads… yes, it's a stolen idea… but, thinking deeply, it seems like a great option, I think.

It's not like I've tried it in battle, but they're not just threads; I want to make them much thicker, something like chains of fire… Another thing I was planning was to use… well, in the same way, a sword or something, but… I have no idea how to use one. Even so, watching the flashes of lightning… I can ask Leslie to teach me; if that's exactly what you're thinking!

I'm doing everything possible not to use my blue fire…

Of course, this isn't an excuse not to use it… like it or not, I have to delve into that flame… that's why I want to start with small things, like fire chains… Luckily, I have two geniuses in mana manipulation right around me!

Looking at my own hands… I've read many novels… they always say that a mental image is very important… after all, in magic, the only limit is your imagination. Closing my eyes… I feel a tingling inside, pain coursing through my body, but I don't let it affect me.

In my mind, chains of silver are beginning to form… Slowly opening my eyes… in my hand… five rings had formed, making a chain of 10 centimeters… though it was small, it's a big step forward for me.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om