2 days after Albert learned melt down.
Albert was staring at the lamp containing the embodiment of blue fire magic.
"You need a new name." He sighed. "To put it bluntly, it's too long. How about I just call you El Macho!?"
"Ok. I am now the strong, El Macho." Said El Macho. Albert smiled, his next plan for hooking Lilac with one of the capture targets actually involves El Macho. Albert pulled out his ink pen and wrote 2 names on a slip of paper.
"Ok, next on the list is probably either Arran or Michael" Albert tapped his pen on "Michael." Repeatedly. Soon, he grinned as he thought of a plan.
"Oh, I am such a devilishly clever boy." He told himself, before mumbling to himself, with an amused expression on his face.
Michael Brix is one of the capture targets, he had an intense hatred towards monsters due to an attack by a red dragon which caused the death of his family, his route is only accessible late in the game. But with a Toxodile on the loose in the woods and his magical and combat abilities, he can simply weaken it enough to the point where Lilac can kill it.
But no, the Toxodile still seems too powerful, and it seems to enjoy letting people suffer. For the past week numerous students had been admitted to the nurses office due to acid burns.
Most of them even needed to get their limbs amputated, an event that wasn't even mentioned back in Silver Feathers. So Albert might need to use a different technique.
"El Macho, can you turn into a form similar to a Toxodile?" Albert inquired. El Macho simply floated in the lamp.
"Really? Really!? You think I can do that!? Well no, its took risky, I dont wanna die!" El Macho said, flaunting its glow. Albert sighed.
"Do you have an idea to hook up Lilac with Michael?! El Macho!? Do you?" Albert yelled.
'Honestly I can't take anymore of this.' He thought to himself, El Macho then spun around in the lamp like it was a tornado.
"Train Lilac. You were trained by the top assassin and maid on Nocturne Estate, you can reach her how to fight." El Macho said, it's "voice" never wavering.
"No, her role in the story is the pure support heroine, using holy and healing magic. If we train her in physical combat, we ruin her purity, risking the balance of the plot!" Albert yelled. Jumping up and down, hopping mad.
"What story? What plot? Are you on heroin!?"
"Don't mock me, El Macho."
"Well, I have another plan Albert, and you will like it." El Macho said, whispering an impossibly plentiful plan in Albert's ear. One that could rid 2 birds with one stone
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Michael Brix was reading a book in the library, he was studying the weak spots of weak monsters, like goblins and giant eagles. But he heard someone, someone RUNNING in the library! He had to repor this to the teache-
"Hello there, Michael Brix, sorry for arriving on such a short and loud time. But I have an important subject that I would like to discuss with you." The stranger asked, he was a student, first year like him. He had short black hair, piercing red eyes, and had a weirdly "snakelike" expression on his face.
"Oh, forgive me. I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Albert, Albert Luddovan." He said, a faint tone of tiredness in his voice.
The boy seemed to make a creaking sound as he walked slowly through the library and leaned down, an unsettlingly wide smile on his face.
"Tell me, are you interested in monster hunting?!" Albert asked. Michael raised an eyebrow.
"What monster do we hunt?" He asked, interested by his offer. He hates monsters, but he needs to know if this monster they are hunting will be worth his time.
"A Toxodile. This is the weekend after all, we have time. I am even bringing a supporter with us!" Albert said, confidence in his voice. Michael can tell he's telling the truth, so he nodded his head.
"Ok"
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Lilac was relaxing in the cafeteria, she was studying healing and holy magic. She didn't know how she managed to make such a bright light from her hand when she and Steven was in danger.
"Am I a monster?! How did I make a light!?" She asked herself. She didn't want to believe it, but she slightly did.
Lilac just shook her head and walked to the lunch man, Bob.
"Hey Bob, I want some kale. Can you please give me some?" She asked, sighing in her voice. Bob nodded his head and gave her a small pile of kale leaves.
"Yes here is Kale!" He said. Giving her the plate of Kale with a disinterested look on his face, he then yawned. "Sorry, just a lil tired."
"It's okay." Lilac said, bowing her head respectfully.
"AH LILAC!! BUDDY! WE NEED YO HELP. This is Miachel Brix." Said Albert's loud booming face as he walked into class with another boy. Lilac sighed, might as well get this over with.
"Sorry, but I already have Steven, Albert. Plus Steven and I had sex 9 days ago!" Lilac facepalmed, she didn't have the courage to stop him, the most she could do was raise her voice like that.
"We need your help for monster hunting. Tell me, do you know what a Toxodile is?" Albert asked, clearly feigning cheerfulness in his voice. Michael just nodded, clearly wanting to end this conversation.
"Please join us, Toxodiles are powerful and one had been spotted repeatedly near our school, if we kill it we will be known as heroes. We will save many people from dying!" Michael yelled. Flamboyance in his voice. Lilac didn't feel like arguing with that.
"Okay then, I will join you in your monster hunt. Because after all, I hate the Toxodile too." Lilac nodded, looking behind her to see Bob sleeping, a large snot bubble in his nose.
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Albert was walking in the forest with Lilac and Michael. Thanks to the respect he earned from being Lucine's fiancee, he gained permission to patrol through these woods.
This privilege also extends to people he allowed to accompany him in these patrols, like Lilac and Michael. Then, he heard a small rustle, followed by a stomping sound.
"Shhhh, I think it's close." Albert said, extending his arms to prevent his companions from walking any further.
As the rustling continued, something then finally emerged from the trees. It was not the Toxodile, but an ordinary squirrel. They looked at eachother, stifling their laughter that they were scared of a rodent.
But their laughter came to a stop as the squirrel suddenly melted.
"Oh. God. Oh fuck! I can see it's blood. I can see it's fucking organs leaking out of its body. I am going to be si-" Lilac's panicked quote was interrupted by her subsequently vomiting.
As soon as the squirrel finished becoming liquefied. They heard a roar, it then appeared. The thing that caused most of the physical problems this past week, the Toxodile.
The Toxodile roared and lunged forward, but was stopped briefly by Michael's unique skill, window wall.
Window Wall: Creates a Glass window with a circumerference of 4 meters, this window is indestructible for the first 3 seconds of its existence and disappear after 20 minutes of existing.
"Wow, that's awesome!" Lilac said, wiping the vomit and phlegm from her mouth.
"Yeah, obviously! Now let's kill this stupid beast." Michael replied, flashing what can only be described as such a "villainous" grin.