My Soul card is a Reaper
Chapter 28 Battle Against The Lava Beast Part-1

*Splash*Splash*

The lava is being splashed as a maroon-colored monster was walking towards the island with students.

It was maroon in color and has black spikes all over its back. Its eyes are golden and finally, there's a hoop over its head.

Meanwhile, the teacher isn't seen to be present with them.

The students were scared stiff for a few seconds before taking out their Arcana as a reflex. After all, they aren't some sheltered brats who grow up in a greenhouse…

They fought the beasts in Arcana world several times to improve their strength albeit only weak ones…

Azzy saw their Arcana.

Gideon has a sword in his hands. Sparks can be seen all over it.

'A Gold grade huh! As Expected of Crescent clan.' Azzy thought as he felt the intensity released by the lightning sword.

Other than the sword, Azzy only found one more Arcana with a Gold grade. It was an orange dog with beige fur over its head and the tail. It also has black stripes on its back.

He can see little bits of fire near its mouth as it breathes. As the strongest Arcana in the bunch, it stepped forward and stood before everyone, baring its teeth at the incoming enemy.

Meanwhile, Azzy wasn't in a hurry to summon his Arcana. He was completely calm, looking at this rank-4 beast; well, at least on the outside. Inside, he was more nervous than them since he never fought a real beast in the wild.

"This is Volcanus, a lava attribute beast that was majorly found in Volcano regions." Suddenly, they heard the voice of their teacher in the surroundings.

Azzy glanced around everywhere but wasn't able to replace this Jafar of Aladdin.

The voice continued, "Currently all of you are trapped in a memory of mine. But, don't need to fear. Even if you die, you'll resurrect on the spot since your true body is still resting in the classroom."

It was only after hearing his words the students understood that their souls are probably trapped in an illusion.

Azzy also came to the same conclusion. 'A sorcerer, huh!'

All of a sudden, the surroundings froze. The students saw the monster stood there like a statue. Just then, the teacher spoke, "now, in front of you, there's a monster of high-level rank-4 of gold grade.

It is a lava attribute beast. That means it is mixed with fire and earth elements.

Now all of you must have already known about the relation between the elements.

Fire is strong against Wind but weak against Water. It has resistance to Lightning.

Earth is strong against Water but weak against lightning. It has resistance to Fire.

Now, what will be the lava attribute's weakness and strengths are? Can anyone say?"

Gideon quickly answered, "It is strong against Wind, however with no weaknesses. It's also resistant to lightning and fire."

"Yup. That's right." The teacher accepted his answer, "So, that means, if you have Arcana with either pure Wind, Lightning or Fire, you should understand that the battle will be very difficult unless you are of above rank.

So, that means, those who have Water and Earth attribute Arcana or atleast soul skills of such attributes if their Arcana is an advanced element, they will have an advantage in this battle.

They should be the ones to deal with damage to the monster. As for Wind attribute Arcana Masters, they should just act as support unless it's necessary. This is how you win a battle.

Okay, let's put this knowledge into action.

All seven of you are trapped on an island. If you step on the lava, you die. You have but two options.

One is to wait for the monster to reach you and defend yourselves. The second is to somehow escape from the island and reach the land, and then, confront it there.

You are seven. The monster is one. I'll give you five minutes of preparations. Choose a leader, assign the roles, make a plan and, see if the strategy works. Good luck."

They looked at each other for a second before turning their heads towards Azzy.

"Won't you take out your Arcana?" One of them asked. Azzy heard from Gideon that this boy named Lark was continuously elected as the class monitor from grade-5 to grade-7.

Before Azzy replied, another boy supported the young master of the Sandrou family. It is one of the small noble families of the nation. "Lark is right. We only have five minutes. Hurry up and summon your Arcana so that we can form a strategy on how to cooperate."

Azzy summoned his soul card and then, summoned the black wolf.

Except for the two gold grade Arcana, the remaining four quickly disappeared from the spot without their owner's permission. Clearly, they ran away.

A look of shock appeared on them.

Meanwhile, Lark and Gideon were also stunned to see a beast that's giving off a strong intensity. They felt, their Arcana were barely holding on, in its presence.

The rest of them weren't able to sense its power. For people like them who are at the bottom of the stairs, whether their focus is at the 1000th step or the 10000th step, both will look the same.

One more person was stunned as he was peeking at this memory world. "It isn't a gold grade. A platinum grade Arcana?"

"This is why I didn't summon my Vajra…" Azzy let out a comment before unsummoning it back to the soul card. Looking at them, he further said, "I'll have to stay as a support if we have to work together."

Gideon nodded in response, "Hmm… since this is just a kind of simulation, not a real battle, it would be wise to do as Azrael says. Lark, the plan…"

Without even discussing, everyone just assumed Lark as their leader. It wasn't because he was the strongest. After all, excluding Azzy, there are two more people whose Soul power is higher than this low-rank-4.

Except for the two, the remaining four were classmates since they were admitted into the academy. Obviously, they have more trust in Lark.

"Okay, based on the Arcana's attribute, we are certainly at a disadvantage since none of us have Water or Earth attributes skills. Either way, it doesn't matter.

Okay, we will follow the same pattern as last year's annual test.

My Oscar and I will take care of its attention. Gideon, your lightning sword has the strongest attack, right now. So, I'll leave the killing on your hands.

The rest of you will support him by shielding the monster's attacks that are directed towards him, and clear the obstacles so that his attack will land on the monsters.

'Is this even a plan?' Azzy wondered whether there was something wrong with his head. He was baffled to hear that they followed this plan several times. 'Even a beginner like me knew that a rank-4 beast is different from the previous ranks. Moreover, Gideon's not even a rank-4.'