​"Everything that I am is a gift as well as a curse."

Rumors about an infamous Mage-sprout - Azalea "The Bewitched"- had been circling around the Hunter's Council. Such rumors tend to attract the attention of various organizations. It's easy to tell with the uncanny similarities the men enquiring often possess. These malicious gossips had produced troublesome situations for Azalea's demon hunting job. Most hunters are afraid to team-up with her and some people are reluctant to make a hunting request with her involved.

During her solo hunt in Dimatagpuan Region, four students from the renowned school, AB Academy, appeared before her with an odd offer. This academy's Headmaster had grown a sudden interest in her skills as a Mage and he wants her to enroll as one of his scholars. It is the most unexpected offer which might as well bring the greatest change in her current lifestyle. Is she prepared to leave behind her normal daily life of hunting and fighting, to turn it around into an unusual daily life of socializing and schooling? How will she respond to her new environment as she learns more about who she really is?

Defiant

Thirty-seven minutes after two o’clock in the afternoon 


Admin building, BK Headquarters, Monitor Room 


Through the monitors, Oryx watches the scenery that is being engulfed by chaos. There are countless security cameras floating around the academy. In times like this, they are very useful in gathering information and keeping them updated about the current events inside the island. 


His expression is serious but it does not show any hint of worry. 


“I have always known that things will come to this. That is why we have to be very vigilant when we hold this event every year. It has been five years since someone thought of stirring up an attack to our beloved academy.” 


Counter 18: Hurricane of Beasts I