"Well, now that the week has started again, I should probably go back home and prepare lunch right away…" Elayne thought, making her way back home after leaving her daughter in high school.
"Ah, maybe I should go meet Mark first? I wonder if he-"
TRUUUUUMMM…!
"Huh?!"
She immediately heard a huge explosion, glancing behind her, only to see a huge wave of darkness and mana surging from within the high school building, rapidly moving into the skies and forming an arc.
"W-Wha…? Elena!"
Without hesitating any other second, Elayne immediately started running back into the high school, finding a lot of commotion everywhere as people started running away from the building, the darkness continued spreading out, appearing outside the building already.
"R-Run! Evacuate! A Dungeon Break has appeared inside the school!"
"Monsters! I saw monsters appearing!"
"They're inside the building! Call the police! Someone!"
"They're already coming here!"
The people kept running away while a few professors were contacting anything they knew using their phones, the peaceful morning now becoming utter chaos.
"Darkness and Miasma… Nether too?" Elayne thought. "How come a dungeon break appears right inside the school?! I prepared for everything!"
"Could it had been a person that somehow generated this then?!" Wondered the Great Spirit. "But who?!"
"Blackie!" Elayne called.
"Meow!"
Elayne quickly disappeared from the scene, as she delved inside of Blackie's shadows, trying to sneak inside the building through this way, all while calling her friends to come assist the dangerous situation.
However, she was quickly interrupted as she saw several large figures emerging from the dark mist inside of the building, they weren't people.
"R-Run! Argh! A-A Skeleton!!!" Cried a professor, running outside the building before a huge skeletal sword pierced his hips, making him fall down the stairs!
CLAASH!
"Aaarrgghh…! N-No…! Urgh… No! I don't want to die!!!"
Three huge skeletons appeared from within the dark mist, glaring down at the old man with ferocious, glowing red eyes. They carried swords made out of sharp bones and emanated strong auras of Nether and Phantasmal energy.
"Ooooohhhh…" The skeleton that had slashed through his hip quickly moved towards his struggling body, pointing its skeleton blade into his neck. "OOOH!!!"
SLAAASH!
"Gryyaaaaeeeegghh…!"
The old man screamed in horror, expecting the worst.
CLAAAAASH!
However, the blade ended hitting something hard that suddenly covered his entire body, as several roots started spreading out of the ground, shielding him from the attack.
"I-I'm alive? W-What the- Huh?!" The man opened his mouth wide open as he saw a woman covered on wooden armor and wearing a wooden mask emerge out of shadows in the ground, holding with her a… shovel.
"Are you okay?" She asked, waving her hand as a beam of light reached his wound, healing it almost instantly. "Run!"
"M-My savior!" Cried the man, quickly running away, completely healed. "S-She even healed my wound so fast… A hunter?!"
"Who is that?!"
"The skeletons are out!"
"Director! Are you okay?"
"That woman… she healed my wound! I thought I would never walk with such a wound yet she healed it instantly…"
"Where did she come from?!"
"I-Is she a hunter? Or maybe a government official?"
People started flocking around even in a dangerous place, starting to film the entire thing happening. Elayne was completely unaware, of course, she had to take down the monsters in front of her.
"Huh, those three guys are around E+ Rank, they're strong, but nothing against you." The Great Spirit said.
"I am well aware of that, but I can't stay and waste time in here!" Said Elayne, quickly rushing forwards. "I need to find Elena!"
FLASH!
Elayne ran forward, swinging her huge shovel while imbuing it with Spiritual Energy, a huge explosion of colorful lights was released in an instant, shattering the skeleton in front of her into pieces.
CRAAASH!
"Oooohh…!"
"Graaah!"
The other two Skeletons ran towards her, pointing at her a Bone Sword and a Bone Spear, only for her armor to easily reflect the attacks, while shining with golden scales.
CLANK! CLANK!
"G-Grah?!"
"Gruoh!"
Even the skeletons themselves were shaken by her strength, as Elayne's bare fist crushed the head of one of them, extracting the Mana Crystal, while her leg kicked the chest of the other, making its entire body collapse into pieces.
CRAASH! CRAAASH!
Several root-like growths emerged out of her armor, piercing the Magic Crystals of the skeletons in just a few seconds, and absorbing their Magic Power, while the one she held in her hand was consumed instantly.
"D-Did you see that?!"
"S-She beat all three of those monsters on her own!"
"That's crazy…"
"Huh?! There's more monsters coming out!"
Suddenly, from within the high school building entrance, dozens of skeletons poured from within, as if they were an endless army. The worst part was that mixed between them there were zombies wearing uniforms…
"N-No… students were turned into monsters too?!" Elayne panicked. "Elena…!"
"Calm down! They can be saved still!" The Great Spirt said. "Use your Exorcizing Spells! They'll return back to normal. Those zombified people became like that because of a curse!"
"Roger!" Elayne delved into the building, kicking, and punching the undead coming out and pushing them back inside. "[Spirit Fist]! [Piercing Tree Kick]! [Light Bullets]!"
CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CRAASH!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Small explosions of light covered the skeletons and zombies, causing some small damage while making them confused and weakened, while Elayne's fists and kicks crushed the skeletons into pieces.
"Graaaaah!"
"Gruaaaarrggh!"
"Gryyaaah!"
The zombies, who were wearing student uniforms mostly, attacked her right away, attempting to bite through her armor, although they only shattered their teeth.
"Good, all of you come closer! [Exorcizing Light]!"
FLAAAAAAASSSH!
A bright light surged from Elayne's entire body, covering the entirety of the building, and clearing the dark mist. The people watching outside gasped in surprise and awe as they saw such an amazing display of magical power.
And right in front of Elayne, dozens of unconscious students appeared, which she quickly grabbed using a huge wooden hand and then moved outside through a slide-like root growing all the way into the streets outside!
"Survivors?!"
"S-She purified the zombies!"
"Quickly! Bring them to the ambulances!"
"Hurry!"
The people started quickly cooperating, as Elayne nodded, moving forward towards Elena's classroom.
"Wait for me, Elena!"
