Chapter 53: The Infiltration—End.

The tremor is getting stronger and stronger. My body is feeling it.

Tsk! Mahraj's doing it again! If she really was serious this time, I don't think anyone could hope to stop her. Yes, no one—but her. My master.

"Hey, Mahraj, stop it! Oi! Tsk, good job ignoring me."

She's definitely not listening and what's more, I can't move even here. In this domain, Mahraj is a god, no one can go against here will here—that includes even me. I feel like I have been chained a lot these days. Around me was a black thing that I can't seem to remove. This was even stronger than the one that binds me earlier. This Mahraj…she makes a great yandere girlfriend. The type that would never listen to me whenever angered.

"Haaa…"

All I could do is sigh… Now, then… how do I get out of here?

Then when I finally closed my eyes to relax for a bit, a loud bang shook me back to my senses, then with it a really lurid familiar voice sounded echoing in my ears!

"Gleren, you idiot of a disciple! Come out this instance!"

Master?!

The place I'm in started shaking violently, and then when it stopped, I could feel Mahraj's presence closing to me,

"Uuuhh, Glereennnn!"

She was crying?!

"That girl again! That girl again! Uwawaahh!"

She's crying like a cute little girl, though I cannot see her. She sounds like it exactly. and if you're wondering who she's referring too, then it was no other than my master, Alfreeja.

"That ugly girl again! Uwawahh! And what the hell is wrong with her? She's clearly stronger than the past! And I was not even able to hit her! Uwaaa!"

"Hey, now stop crying already…"

"Glereen, uuuhhh…"

She really is sobbing to her heart's content. But well, it was a little reasonable, though. In the past, when this exact thing happen is when I was training with master. Her training is too intense that it she was able to force me unconscious. And while I was in that state, the tenth seal in my body broke and Mahraj too over—my master was wounded and ended up with a scar in the face after fighting her. So, this time is a big surprise—my master had transcended her limitations.

"Sigh… I guess our time ends now, huh? Gleren… please get stronger. If that happens, you will be able to see me—and in that moment, I will be happiest."

I could not see her, but her voice sounded sweet and gentle. A voice that's as if carrying a great expectation. I wish to see her too. I wish to know more about here, too… Surely, I will get stronger.

"Just you wait. I will definitely see you without being in a dire state. I will definitely make you manifest in the real world and not just here. That, I promise!"

"Gleren!"

I felt a warm embrace through the darkness—and to my surprise, a warm and pleasant sensation on my lips. A vivid kiss by a woman whom I have never met face-to-face; but strangely, it felt comfortable—like a kiss given by Shinra. After such, I felt the dizziness and finally lost my consciousness.

***

What transpired outside of Gleren's body is not known to him. To him it was as if Mahraj was just crying back to him after being defeated by Alfreeja, but what actually happened was…

"Howl! Oh, Holy sword of Saint Catherine!"

BAAM!

…a fierce fight between these two. As soon as the infiltrators of the academy, the members of the Sacred Omen had left, the barrier was also lifted. The ability related magic was once again free to use. Alfreeja held her sword and swung it downward from her position releasing a wave of sheer force towards the miasma that was eating Gleren. It hit and dispersed the dense mist around Gleren—however as soon as it did a change in Gleren's body structure was visible! The miasma had transformed into something like hands at the back of Gleren forming six arms aside from his original arms. Gleren was freed of the chains as the miasma destroyed everything that hinders his movements. The golden chains that was once holding Gleren was teared as if it was made of paper.

"Tsk! This is troublesome!"

Alfreeja stepped back quickly as two of the arms from Gleren's back stretched and attacked her in an unbelievable speed. While Alfreeja was dodging it, the other arms did the same and attacked altogether. It stretches and retracts destroying everything in its path. This attacks really does possess danger, but Alfreeja was dodging those arms as if they were nothing.

"You…"

As Alfreeja manages to stay away from those assaults, she shifted her gaze to the one who was still at the floor. Claudia was bewildered by the sudden change in Gleren's body, as such she froze and was unable to move.

"Stay away for a bit… and you will have to explain a lot to me later."

Alfreeja was referring to her current appearance; bat wings and a tail that's as if of those retiles. She also has a horn sticking out of her head. Thus, hearing those words from the chief could only make her nod her head.

"Good. Then stay away for now. I'll knock some senses to that idiot disciple of mine!"

As she said that, she rushed forward and confronted the arms that was swinging from all the direction. It was as if she was rushing through a barrage of whips—and she knows that one hit from those would prove critical. Nevertheless, she didn't mind that. She just moved swiftly forward without stopping. Then, when she was about 3 meters away from Gleren's stationary body, she released the sword to the air while she further closes the distance between them. The whip-like arms attacked both Alfreeja and the sword, but that's when it happened. The sword that was supposed to get down by the force of gravity was left hanging at the mid-air—then from that position, the sword emitted a blinding white light corroding most parts of the arms. When the time was right and the arms was burned to an extent where it could not regenerate fast to protect its main body, Alfreeja was already at her hitting range,

"Gleren, you idiot of a disciple! Come out this instance!"

She roared and throw and punch at Gleren's face. The force sent Gleren flying backwards. With that, the arms at his back was completely obliterated—rendering Gleren truly unconscious.

"Heh, your still no much to me…girl!"

She sneered clearly to the one that tried to possess Gleren—to the Eternal Empress Mahraj.

"What…happened here."

From the ruined entrance, Reina asked with obvious surprise imprinted on her face.

"Oh, daughter of Jin. You're late. I'm already done here."

Said Alfreeja only giving Reina a side glance as she went to where Gleren was.

"You really are handful… my cute disciple, Gleren."

As she said that, a smile not of a warrior, but as a woman was seen from her lovely face. She looked really gentle as she handled the unconscious Gleren. Though, this may be the case, in Reina's thought, she could only be the strongest as ever. Alfreeja is unrivaled in raw strength.

And thus, the infiltration incident in the Saint Stella Academy came to an end with only minor damages—but amongst this good news, a lone girl was successfully abducted from within the academy's premises…a loss that must be returned no matter what. The abduction of Maria vlad Valentine!