TBATE: A HIGHER BEING

Chapter 67

Taking a deep breath I tried to calm myself. Tessia's situation isn't helping me calm down at all. I can't think straight if I'm panicking.

Whatever decision I chose to make, the first thing I had to do was remove this rubble. It was important that I cleared a path back up in one try, since it was obvious the queen wasn’t going to let us all escape.

And I don't really plan on actually showing my capabilities in front of so many people by killing the Queen Snarler in just one swing after knowing that Vanesy was having a hard time against it.

Aside from the attention I'm getting in being Tessia's boyfriend, I don't like attention very much.

“Professor, keep the queen busy. I’ll try to open a way out of here for us!” Professor Glory had to work even harder to keep up with the queen, since she couldn’t use any fire techniques. After giving me a nod of affirmation, I got to work. Tess wasn’t in any state to help, and everyone else was too busy fending off the army of minion snarlers. Lucas had to resort to using heat spells to try to deter the snarlers since oxygen levels were becoming more and more scarce.

I looked back to see the students gasping for air and they all looked tired except for one.

“I’m almost there, Papa! Hold on!” Sylvie’s voice gave me an idea. Even though i didn't send her a message I forgot that she can feel my emotions.

Curtis was a bloody, grimy mess, but from the shallow wounds on his body, it was obvious that the blood on him wasn’t his. As he noticed me calling out to him. He immediately run over.

“What is it?” He panted heavily. I could tell he was exhausted by the look on his face and body. His shield was badly dented, and his sword was slick with blood, dulled from repeated use.

“Do you think your beast will ability, World Howl, is strong enough to clear the rubble?” I turned his head to snap him back to attention.

Knowing what he was planning he kneeled his palm open. I sensed the change his body was going through as he began to transition into his first phase. Mana fluctuated erratically around him as he released his beast will. Curtis began gathering mana for his World Howl technique.

He crouched, lowering his center of gravity to withstand the recoil of the spell, the mana from both his body and the atmosphere gathered in front of his open jaw.

During this time, I rushed to where Tess was curled behind the front line and scooped her up. Getting Tess out of here was first priority. I was partly to blame for this mess. I should’ve done a better job in preventing something like this from happening in the first place.

With a beastly roar, Curtis unleashed his powerful breath attack. With a thundering explosion, Curtis’ spell blasted a large hole through the rubble, clearing a path to the now visible stairway entrance back to the surface.

"Everyone, head to the stairs!" I roared through the sound of rocks falling and snarlers growling. I looked at Tessia once again to see her panting in pain. I was worried for her well being, I can see Claire rushing to me as she helped me carry tess.

The exhausted class made one final push towards the entrance as Professor Glory held the queen at bay, the wall of snarler corpses obstructing the ones alive for a brief moment.

“Claire, I’m trusting Tess to you.” I handed Tess to Claire, who seemed to be in the best shape right now.

“You’re not planning on staying, are you? You can’t be serious. As your commanding leader in the disciplinary committee, I forbid—”

“Just go…” With the limited amount of time we had, I released a sharp killing intent to get my point across, making her flinch backwards in surprise.