Airam Zenemijil

​"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

Emil sighs deeply. This is seriously depressing. “I’m not complementing you.” How should they pull this off? They have never fought as a team. “Hey, Blair. Don’t act on your own. Listen first.” 


“Why are you being so strict right now, Emil?” She complained again. 


Going back to the details, the emperor q’etsu are basically the same as the other earth q’etsus in appearance, this one is just hairy… well hairier? Anyway, its special skill is mana drain. It got two kinds of drain skill, first is the Passive Mana Drain, it is the continuous mana absorption from any organism within three-meter radius around them. It is a slow drain but difficult to avoid. The other one is the Absolute Drain, it can be activated once it touches the target; it could drain the mana so fast that it could kill the victim in an instant. 


“So do you have any plans in mind, Emil?” Blair’s voice rang. 


Emil who is lost in his thoughts snaps back to reality. “We’ll have to cover each other’s back, for now.” 


Counter 23: Blizzard Hazzard II