Remnant's Tactician

Chapter 44: Confronting the Kindler

After slaying a few Beowolves that tried to attack me, I made it to the dormitory. The place was empty since everyone had evacuated. When I tried to enter, the doors wouldn't budge no matter how much I pushed it. I quickly called Elias on my Scroll while trying to get the door to open.

"Come on…" I got out.

Suddenly, the sound of glass shattering caught my attention. Looking at the direction of the sound, I saw Elias falling from a third story dorm window. He was able to land properly when a dark orb shot out from the broken window.

"Woah!" He exclaimed, rolling away from the orb.

"Elias!" I called, running over to him.

"Ah! Robin! Be careful, there's a-"

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"Dark Mage in your dor-"

He didn't get to finish his sentence when something bright flew towards us. The fireball was too fast for either of us to move out of the way as it grazed my arm and blew up when it hit the ground, launching us off of our-

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"Watch out!" I yelled, pushing Elias and jumping back.

The fireball from my vision appeared and nearly hit me. It blew up once it hit the ground, but I was out of the blast radius. Elias stood up from the opposite side, indicating his well-beings. I turned to where the fireball came from and saw a person standing there with a red cowl.

"Lumie. We were ordered not to harm the target." A woman with ice-blue hair spoke, walking by with a Tome in her hand.

"Reconfirming..." The woman named Lumie got out. "Lady Inverse's orders specifically specify if the target were to resist, usage of force is permitted."

"Heh, that's meant for her, not the guy. But it's a loophole I can get by." A third woman wearing a yellow cowl grinned, jumping out from the window. "Guess that means that if she fights back, I can too."

Inverse… I should've known she's here as well. Considering that woman with the yellow cowl came from the dorm, I'm assuming that they were the ones who took the Fire Emblem.

"Robin. I don't think I need to tell you this." Elias spoke, readying his poleax. "But do you know of Trinity Magic advantage?"

"Trinity Magic advantage?" I got out, taking out Levin and Elfire. "No, I've never heard of it."

The ice-blue haired woman opened her Tome as a cold breeze blew past her. She chanted the incantation before the floor beneath us started to freeze. We quickly jumped away as a pillar of ice erupted from the ground. When I landed, I was met face-to-face with the yellow cowled woman as she had a wide smile that actually sent shivers onto me much more than the cold breeze.

I swung Levin on instinct as the woman simply leaned back, avoiding the slash while keeping her smile intact. I then realised my mistake when I saw the dark orb in her hand, aiming directly at my abdomen. I braced for the shot when she aimed down and fired, the shot launched herself into the air, avoiding a transparent knife flying by.

"I'd consider you lucky, Bubbles. But that's just Blue's thing." Guire spoke, flipping her knife before firing more projectiles at the woman.

The woman casually crossed her arms and blocked the knife-like projectiles, knocking her away from us as she landed. Elias was able to dodge from another fireball and returned to us.

"Robin. I don't think any of them have the Fire Emblem." Elias stated. "They appear as an ambush. As if to distract us."

"It's also clear that they're after you as well." Guire pointed out. "So go. We can handle them."