The Snow Wolf opened its mouth. Despite bleeding and being hurt, the Snow Wolf didn't lose its fighting intent. If anything, his fighting intent only intensified. The wolf opened its mouth, attacking with the freezing beam of blue light again, this time but going closer to Garrick personally.
Garrick rolled her eyes. He called forth his Staff. "Protection of the Divine!"
A beautiful golden barrier appeared before the attack, blocking it. However, it didn't look like Garrick used the barrier to protect himself. He used the barrier to protect others since he wasn't in the place anymore. If the attack had missed him, it would've hit the people in the back. So before moving, he cast the barrier.
"Strength!"
"Speed!"
He also cast the same spells that Gabriel had casted to fight, but he used stronger versions of those spells. His figure flickered as he appeared right beside the Snow Wolf.
Garrick grabbed the Snow Wolf by the neck, smashing its head on the ground. He didn't release the Wolf, either. He kept hitting the Wolf's head on the concrete floor again and again. Before his strength, the Wolf couldn't even resist. With each hit, the Snow Wolf bled even more.
Seeing the ruthless side of Garrick, quite a lot of people were taken aback. That guy really was ruthless when he fought. When he wasn't fighting, he was always warm and cordial like a model student, but when he was angry or in a war, he was no less than a demon who was completely ruthless.
Quite a lot of people had seen Garrick fight before, and that was no different than what was happening now. There was a reason he was a top Student at the moment, after all.
Amongst the crowd, Maya was also looking at Garrick's actions. She was slightly scared but also in awe as to how strong he was. She wanted to be as strong as him one day.
On the other end, Yann was quite disappointed. Everything was getting so fun here. Gabriel was about to be thrashed, but his brother just had to come and intervene.
"Couldn't he come half an hour later?" he muttered under his breath.
Alexai simply stood with his arms folded, noticing Garrick thrash the wolf. It reminded him a lot about his own part. He touched his chest, feeling a scar that he had for a long time. Unlike many people here, he didn't find this thrashing ruthless. When one fought, they couldn't go easy.
They had to give it their all because their enemy wasn't going to go easy on them. It was a mindset that he believed every mage needed to possess. No matter what battle it was, they needed to fight like it could be their last battle because at times, it could very well be.
In the end, Aira couldn't take it anymore. Her Snow Wolf couldn't defeat Garrick, and it was the same for her other Summons if she called them. She didn't want her Snow Wolf to be hurt more. She sent her Snow Wolf back, canceling her summon.
Garrick was about to hit the Snow Wolf's head on the concrete floor again when the Snow Wolf disappeared. Still, he didn't stop his hand. He simply clenched his fist, punching the ground before finally stopping.
Blood marks were left on the floor belonging to the Snow Wolf.
Garrick opened his fist, casting another spell. "Purify."
He cleaned the ground through his spell, cleaning all the blood marks.
He walked back to Aira, sitting on his knees before her as well. "Tell me, what did we learn here today?"
Aira glared at Garrick. "I won't forget this."
"That's your choice, and you're allowed to do as you please with that. However, what you aren't allowed to do is bully a mage from my House. If you did it again, this was just a sample..."
"You don't even know why I attacked him!"
"It doesn't matter why you did it. If you had a problem, you could've gone to a teacher instead of taking things into your own hands."
"He stole my Mission Letter!" Aira roared. "Of course, I would want it back!"
"He stole your Mission Letter from your hands?" Garrick sarcastically asked. "Isn't that embarrassing."
"I dropped it accidentally, and he took it!"
"So he picked it up from the ground?" Garrick tilted his head to the side. "That's not stealing in my books then if he picked up what he found. Moreover, why would anyone steal a Mission Letter? Not like they can finish it and get the rewards, can they?"
"Not even going into the veracity of your accusations, but even if what you said was true, that only shows your negligence. Despite being so old, how could you be so careless to lose a confidential mission letter?" he further asked. "And when you do, you attack others?"
"I asked him to return nicely many times! He didn't return! What could I do?!" Aira retorted. "Moreover, even if what he did doesn't count as stealing, he still took a confidential letter instead of returning it to the Mission Hall!"
"That's not allowed! So he broke the laws!" She continued. "And I have every right as a Senior to punish him! Meanwhile you... You had no right to attack me!"
"I think it would be great if you didn't teach me the rules," Garrick rolled his eyes. When it came to rules, he had memorized all of them.
"Firstly, as the Representative of Students from the House of Light, I have every right to use my magic and attack if I see someone from my house being attacked. Maybe ask your elder brothers. As a representative of House of Lightning, he should know this rule."
"If the representative of the House of Summoning wants to attack me, they are allowed to as well. Even though the outcome might not be what they would expect."
Garrick informed Aira about the rules which allowed him to interfere in this conflict and teach her a lesson. He didn't stop there.
"Secondly, it's a student's duty to return items that they found, but if they don't, even that doesn't give you the authority to attack them. Since it's a minor offense that you can't prove, you can only approach a Teacher and inform them about it."
"You can't search the student... Only a teacher can! Maybe read up the rules that you love to brag so much about someday." Garrick further explained, making even Aira surprised. "That's why I said that you probably started considering yourself a teacher, making your own rules! I had to bring you down to earth."
He stood up calmly. "Also, you are quite lucky that there's not a single scratch on him. If there was, things wouldn't end so nicely for you."
Garrick was not only strong, but he was smart as well, which made even more people praise him in their minds. Moreover, he was also going so far just to protect a first-year student, which was amazing on its own.
"Fine! I will get a teacher to search him!" Aira declared.
Garrick shrugged. "You are free to do that. I won't stop you. But if you dare attack even one person from House of Light next time... Treat it as a warning!"
He canceled his spell, freeing her from the shackles of light.
Aira stood up, rubbing her wrists. If glared could kill, she would've killed Garrick a thousand times by now.
"What is happening here?" Another authoritative voice came as a young aged man walked through the crowd to see what the commotion was about.
"Lord Rem!" Aira's eyes lit up. If she needed a teacher, then who could be better than Rem, the Head Teacher of House of Earth!
It was Rem who had arrived. Seeing Rem arrive, Gabriel became even more serious. Ren already wanted him to take his gloves off last time, and now he could even have an excuse.
At any cost, he needed to ensure it didn't happen, even if he had to go to war for that!
