Magus Supremacy - Chapter 236

Chapter 236: The demonic student!(super gift bonus chapter)
Chapter 236

Somewhere within a forested expanse under a sky locked in perpetual twilight, the world thrummed with dangerous life.

The landscape sprawled like a fever dream—an unholy blend of jagged mountains, scarred valleys, and sinister forests.

Dual suns, Arcturus and Solaris, painted the world in a bloody orange hue, casting elongated shadows that seemed to slither across the terrain.

Electromagnetic storms crackled above, painting the heavens with arcs of electric blue fire.

The terrain bore scars of apocalyptic history. Shattered mountain peaks jutted like broken fangs toward the sky, remnants of ancient celestial battles.

Razor forests, filled with metallic thorns and obsidian spines, sprawled like deadly mazes—lethal to both man and beast.

And far across the horizon, violent maelstroms spun ceaselessly, massive whirlwinds of dust and debris that could reduce cities to dust in moments.

In the heart of this devastation, the forest floor was a graveyard of ruin—broken trees, deep craters, and the mangled corpses of beasts.

Some lay still, their deaths swift and clean. But the majority looked shriveled, burnt, their life force seemingly drained in the most unnatural of ways.

Amid this chaos stood two figures.

One was a young man with a blue bandana wrapped tightly over his tousled yellow hair. His light brown eyes scanned the devastation with a mix of awe and tension.

Beside him stood another.

Taller—about 6’2″—with a lean, battle-hardened frame carved through years of merciless combat and survival.

His very presence weighed on the air, distorting silence. Even mana seemed to bend around him, clearing a path in deference.

His hair was midnight black, unruly yet controlled, chaos tamed by force of will. Violet streaks shimmered occasionally through the strands, a residual mark of raw lightning mana exposure.

But it was his eyes that unsettled most—one a cold storm-gray, unreadable; the other a glowing amethyst, laced with cracks of flickering lightning that never ceased, as if a storm raged within.

A jagged scar ran from his collarbone diagonally across his chest, etched with runes of shadow magic—pulsing faintly like a slumbering beast sensing danger.

He wore a deep blue battlecoat lined with metallic violet trim, made from reforged mana-thread and monster hide. The insignia of the Lunaria Squad blazed on the back—crackling lightning bolts twisting around a half-moon crest.

Despite the carnage, he walked with calm indifference—like someone who had watched the world burn one too many times to care anymore.

“I thought the captain said this was supposed to be tough,” the black-haired youth said, voice calm yet brimming with restrained power.

“It would have been,” the bandana-wearing boy replied. “If you weren’t here.”

“So you’re saying you couldn’t handle this on your own? That right, Viktor?” The young man asked, turning his intense gaze toward the boy.

Viktor chuckled nervously, rubbing the back of his neck. “C’mon, don’t make it sound like that. Sol and I did handle Jack when he attacked. You were the one missing back then.”

“Oh, that?” Kael replied, strolling casually away from the wreckage. “I saw no need to intervene. That’s why I left it to you and Sol.”

Viktor jogged after him, his tone tinged with exasperation. “Why? Kael, only you, just you. With your power and strength, you could have ended the attack in a second. Hell, they don’t call you the Demonic Student for nothing.”

“Oh that?!” Kael smirked. “I still don’t know why the academy insists on calling me that. I don’t see it, I’m not as strong as they claim I am. It’s just overhy…” He trailed off as a sharp crack echoed from the forest—trees snapping in the distance, something massive approaching.

“I think we’ve got company,” Viktor muttered, dropping into a stance, mana coiling around him.

From the forest emerged a beast like no other—a towering gorilla-like creature, ten feet tall, its fur a deep crimson.

Two thick, twisted horns curled from its skull like demonic branches. Six arms extended from its bulky frame, each ending in claws that shimmered with an ominous crimson glow.

“ROARRR!”

Its roar shook the heavens. The very ground trembled, and nearby trees were uprooted by the sheer force of its voice.

Then, it pounded its chest with all six fists—booming, rhythmic thuds that sent seismic shockwaves through the area.

“Uhm Kael,” Viktor said quickly, “That’s a level 12 beast. Records say it’s the planet’s boss.”

“A level 12, huh?” Kael murmured, eyes locked onto the beast. A grin slowly spread across his face. “Think you can take it?”

“I mean… I could try. Might take a few minutes. I’d say… eighty percent chance I win.”

“Perfect.”

Kael turned away from the rampaging beast and walked toward Viktor, hands buried in his coat pockets.

“Uhm… Kael?” Viktor stammered, eyeing the oncoming threat. “What exactly are you doing?”

“This,” Kael said simply.

Just before impact, the air around the beast shimmered. Twenty shadowy portals burst open, surrounding it from all sides.

From each portal, spears of lightning the size of tree trunks erupted—crackling with overwhelming voltage.

Before the beast could react, they struck—piercing deep, electrocuting it, locking its body in mid-charge.

Stunned, the monster staggered, its body writhing under the onslaught of energy. Then the portals snapped shut—and Kael was gone.

A moment later, the sky screamed.

A sonic boom exploded across the battlefield. Sound barriers shattered, and the nearby fauna fled in terror. A streak of lightning seared the sky—and with it, Kael appeared again.

The beast twitched.

Its head slid from its shoulders.

Its body collapsed with a thunderous crash, dust and ash clouding the air.

Kael reappeared before Viktor. With a flick of his hand, dark beast blood was flung from his face. He smiled nonchalantly.

“Like I was saying—the academy keeps overhyping me.”

Viktor stared, slack-jawed. “You’re just like him…”

Kael’s brow rose. “Like who?”

“A first-year—well, second now. A multi-elementalist. He was the one who took down Jack and most of his undead.”

“Strong?”

“Compared to you? Not quite. But he’d give you a real challenge.”

Kael’s grin widened, and excitement flickered in his lightning-filled eyes.

“Then I guess,” he said, voice low, “it’s time we returned to Lunaria Academy.”

And with that, the ground beneath their feet turned pitch black—shadows consuming their forms. The duo sank slowly into the earth, vanishing from sight.