Archangels of War

It took 5. 

It took 5 people having their heads separated from their bodies before people truly understood what was going on. 

The first was only noticed by the people closest to her, a girl with long brunette hair. However, they were still consumed by their own fear and confusion, and did not immediately react. 

In the time it took for them to finally let out their screams of anguish and confusion, 4 more heads had already been launched high into the air. Once the first person started screaming, everyone else began to scream. 

Panic spread like a wildfire. It was as if someone had drenched the entire student body in oil and dropped a match unto it. 

The current circumstances were the oil, and the depiction of students, the match. 

After the screaming, pushing and shoving commenced as students tried their very hardest to escape. 

Anyone who ran in the direction of the sleepy girl with the blue hoodie had their body mangled in completely unnatural ways. 

Heads sliced off, bodies sliced in half, limbs sent into the air. 

Intestines seeping out of bodies, brain matter and other fluids collected themselves in front of the girl.

A rain of blood and body parts covered the entrance of the gate to Theta magic Academy. Sitting in the center of the bloody wasteland that she had created was the girl in the blue hoodie. She was completely unfazed by everything in front of her. A scene which should have made someone vomit. 

It made more than a few students' vomit. 

And so the only choice, was for students to head towards the other exits. 

However, the other exits were also blocked off by people as well. A wide range of genders, heights, and demographics, as well as outfits and accessories. The only unifying factor among the people were a tattoo that they possessed on their neck of a python with wings. 

They were blocking off the exits, and had a massive aura, however in comparison to the monster that was the girl in the oversized hoodie, they were nothing. 

And so, a battle commenced. Between the magic academy students, and these people with the python tattoos. 

It was a battle for their lives, for their very survival. 

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I could barely keep my bearings in the panic that ensued. After the first girl had gotten her head cut off, I was still locked in shock. It took the full onslaught of screams and blood splattering unto my face for me to finally realize what was going on. 

I turned my gaze to the direction of the gate. The wall of students that had been there vanished, and I was met by a sight that not even my minds worst nightmares could conjure up. 

Blood. Everywhere. It covered the ground, it was in the air, it was everywhere. The little fairies were covered in blood, and now red dots were flying around, only further increasing the horror of this hellscape. 

Bodies were strewn about the ground at unnatural angles, missing parts. 

Heads, limbs, eyes, they were all missing. 

Strewn about the ground, and they were in fluids. Fluids were seeping out of the bodies that were all over the ground. Red intestines, bloods, brain matter, and body fluids. They were everywhere. 

I snapped my eyes away from the horror hellscape and vomited over the ground. Next to me I could hear Homura doing the same. 

"What the fuck. What the fuck. What the fuck." 

Beside me, Homura was letting out similar curses. I couldn't stand the sight in front of me. It was disgusting, repulsive, shocking, horrible. I hated it. 

I looked away once again, vomiting what felt like my entire stomach over the ground. I had already vomited my breakfast, so now it was just gastric juices that burned my throat as they were expelled. 

I couldn't believe what I was seeing. What was happening. 

The sleepy-eyed girl in the blue hoodie had remained completely stock still, but her gaze was drawn to the sounds of our retching and heavy breathing. 

Slowly she began to raise her hand, preparing to flick it once again. Stomping my foot unto the ground, I used ice magic to erect a wall in front of us. At the same time, she flicked her hand. 

Instantaneously, the wall of ice was sliced clean in half, shattered pieces of ice flying everywhere. Quickly after, the entire wall was shattered, showering us in pieces of ice. Holding my hands in front of my face to prevent icicles from getting into my eyes, I stared at my opponent in shock. 

Just what was this magic, this ability, that allowed her to decapitate people and shatter walls with just a lazy wave of her hand. 

I let out deep breaths, that were visible because of the temperature drop brought forward by the use of my ice magic. 

My mind still had yet to recover from what I had just seen. The images swamped my head, even though I tried to keep them out. Of blood. Of guts. Of bodies. Headless faces staring at me. As if blaming me. 

"You're a hypocrite!" A voice cut through my head, and I shook it profusely, trying to ward away those useless thoughts. 

I wouldn't be able to do anything effectively if I remained here, where I could see the bodies of the slain students. 

Students who had families, loved ones, hopes, dreams. All crushed. And for what reason? 

I grit my teeth, coming to a conclusion. This opponent was not one that I could let escape. If only for the souls of those who were wronged. 

And yet, standing in front of her, I knew I didn't stand a chance. A small voice in the back of my head chimed in, telling me that I was weak. A liar. A hypocrite. 

"KamiI!" Homura's body slammed into me from the side, bringing us downwards towards the pavement. My face made contact with blood, and I wanted to scream. My hands were slick with it, and I nearly got it in my mouth. 

Only inches above us, where our bodies once were, I could feel the air literally crack and shatter with terrifying force. Wind blew by with such power that even the ground below it was left was a crater, and pieces of our uniforms were torn. 

In my own overthinking, I had distracted myself from the enemy in front of me. If it wasn't for Homura, I would have lost my own life. 

"T-thank you." I expressed my gratitude, still out of breath from the fact that I had nearly died. I looked down in horror at the blood on my hands and one thing was clear. 

I couldn't fight in this area, covered with bodies and blood. I needed to move this battle away. 

"Homura, do you have any idea where Ren is?" I asked, slowly standing up on my feet. 

She shook her head no, turning to face the girl in the blue hoodie. She was yawning once again. "No idea, Kami."

"Then it's just us two." Doing my best to keep my eyes away from all of the bodies that were laid about the ground, I expressed my plan. "We have to get here to move away from the exit, not only to clear a path, but also too..." 

I didn't finish my sentence, but my meaning was clear. To make sure she didn't defile those bodies even further. 

Homura nodded in agreement. "Ready whenever you are. We'll both need to cover each other. I'll get in close, and you warn me of any oncoming attacks." With that, Homura launched into battle. 

Her wand was a pair of dual blades. They were pink, with the number 96 carved unto the handle She had an affinity for strengthening magic, and she used it effectively now. Using wind and flame spells to boost her speed, she quickly approached her opponent, avoiding her attacks. 

This gave me time to analyze the attacks of the girl in the blue hoodie. She attacked by moving her hand, and an invisible force would sheer through the air at speeds so fast, that it seemed instantaneous. That force was quick and strong, capable of slicing through stone arches like Swiss cheese. 

She did this all without even trying, just lazily flicking her hands. 

Ducking under another one of those near fatal wind slashes and using a flame boost under her legs to propel herself forward, Homura got within range for an attack. 

She drew her blade in an arcing slash, and then, I noticed a tell. 

This time, the girl in the blue hoodie moves her hand, instead, she just barely flicked a finger. 

"HOMURA!!!!" I shouted as loud as possible. At the same moment, I erected a thin ice wall as quickly as possible. 

The slash that was released from the flick of her finger, was much smaller in terms of range and strength that the ones she released using her entire hand. However, this one was so small and precise, that not only was its speed faster than sound, but its slicing power was out of this world. It tore straight through the ice wall, and if Homura hadn't ducked, it would have cut more than just her shoulder. 

Homura arched backwards into a back handspring, followed by multiple more of that razor sharp, faster than sound-maybe even faster than light-slashes. 

She curved and dodged out of the way, and I blocked the ones she couldn't avoid with ice. 

"Homura!" I pointed up into the air with no further explanation, but she got the memo. I had been building up magical energy for this exact purpose. 

Homura nodded, and dashed at her opponent, and I covered her. Using two ice dragons, as well as a rain of icicles from above. 

The girl in the blue hoodie, lazily flicked two of her fingers, sending out sharp blasts that decapitated the ice dragons, and then looked up, and this time using her whole arm, to send out a massive burst of wind that cracked the air, caused a massive crater on the ground beneath her, and blew all of the icicles to dust. 

However, the diversion had served its purpose, and Homura grabbed her by the hoodie, and tossed her as high as she possibly could into the air. The girl flew around a hundred, two hundred feet into the air, and then I released the mana I had been building up. 

"Frozen Palace!" Raised my hand into the air, I constructed a palace made out of pure ice in the air to trap our opponent. I the created an ice staircase that led up to it. 

Quickly, me and Homura dashed up the staircase, heading to continue the battle with the girl-no, she was the definition of monster.