Chapter 5 Annie's first mission

It was just a normal relaxed day after a whole week, but not for Shio who was busy with work in his office. "So many files I need to complete, how did Iguro manage to do such work anyway this is too much." Shio complained.

But as Shio complained his assistant Andrew brought in more files, and Shio felt like he could explode.

He dug in through all the files but then he found a mission notice from the Black art division, the notice said that Annie, Akane and Akiyoshi were about to embark on a mission where they will have to investigate a strange power source that has been causing a small disturbance.

Shio decided that he should go talk to Annie before she leaves, he quickly teleported to the outside of the Black art division's hideout.

Annie, Akane and Akiyoshi were already about to leave but then they saw Shio in their door.

"Shio,!" Annie yelled in joy and excitement as she quickly ran to hug him.

"Wow I didn't think that you missed me this much." Shio said.

"You bastard!" Annie said as she kicked Shio in the balls, Shio went to the ground in misery and pain.

"You got to become the new Head Master and you forgot all about me, you didn't even come to visit me." Annie said as her face turned red.

"Wait actually I was kinda busy for the whole week including even now I'm still but I thought that I could spare a couple of minutes to come and check on you." Shio explained as he got up.

"Yo Mushi I didn't know that you were that strong l, I mean to totally pulverized the former Head Master." Akiyoshi said.

"You know I'm the new Head Master shouldn't you show some respect?" Shio asked.

"Yeah why are you guys addressing him as though he is your equal?" Akane asked confused.

"You might not know this but Annie is a close friend of Mushi and I was his teammate in the final exam, even after becoming the new Head Master he is still Mushi to me." Akiyoshi said.

"Anyway why are you here?" Annie asked.

"Ouch, that hurt me so I have to have a reason just so I can check on you, I'm joking I came here to wish you luck on your first mission." Shio explained.

"Thanks, we'll be leaving now." Annie said as she told Shio goodbye and Shio also left.

Annie, Akane and Akiyoshi went to their mission, but it seemed like three members of the Frozen dragon division; Fortune, Max and Shina.

They were doing battle with magical monsters and it seemed like they were doing great, the monsters attacked and Fortune defended with his ice than countered, the Frozen dragon team held nothing back as they pulled out all the stops.

Annie and the others decided to continue with their mission, they walked through the forest but only gone deeper, they reached a cave that was loaded with intense mana,the mana was really disturbing as it carried intense power, Annie was in fear as she never felt such murderous mana before.

They gone deeper into the cave end were faced by obstacles, they barely got through the obstacles unscathed, they joined deeper and deeper into it and the deeper they got the more intense and murderous the mana became and more dangerous the cave was but lucky for them the cave was the only low ranking.

They finally got to the centre of the cave, what they saw shocked even them, it was a torrent of mana that had cut through reality.

"What is this?" Annie asked.

"I've seen this before, it's a Mana rip." Akiyoshi answered.

"A Mana rip what is that?" Annie continued with her endless questions. "A Mana rip is when a torrent of compressed mana mixes together and becomes too unstable which therefore starts creating a rip through reality." Akane explained.

"Ripping reality but it's so small and weak." Akane said.

"Yes and it's better that way, a man's rip can be a real problem cause with It's intense and murderous mana it can influence weaker things around it and cause them to mutate due to the mana amount and it's mana get's mixed up with the other things mana and creates a magical monster." Akiyoshi explained.

"The monsters that the Frozen dragon team was battling came from here." Akane added.

"Wait I don't think that such a weak rip could possibly create such strong creatures plus the amount of murderous mana I feel isn't the exact same as the one I felt when I entered." Annie said.

"Wait you're right! It's good that you've never seen a Mana rip before cause your inexperience is coming handy." Akiyoshi said. "We have to find the other Mana rip but firstly we have to close this one."

"Wait how do we close a mana rip." Annie asked, "Just watch." Akiyoshi said.

Akiyoshi unleashed his overwhelming flames and made contact with the mana rip and it instantly closed. "See when you use a stronger magic against a mana rip it closes." Akiyoshi said.

"You know I kinda figured that part out myself." Annie replied.

They continued with the search and this time Annie was leading the way as she is better than the two of them in tracking mana, it became a more perilous journey as the obstacles got harder and harder.

It was only a matter of time, until they made it to the real rip current, the amount of compressed murderous mana was overwhelming, there was no doubt about it that was the real mana rip.

Akiyoshi stepped forward to close it but he couldn't go any further.

"You idiot this is a high ranking mana rip, only those which are stronger can get past, if you keep trying to go forward you'll get mutated, wait Annie use your Mana as a barrier so that the mana rip's influence doesn't reach you." Akane said and Akiyoshi went back but Annie already had the mana barrier from the start.

"It's simple let's just combine our mana together and shoot it there I mean that might cancel out the rip won't it." Annie suggested and the other's minds were blown away.

They placed their hands together and mixed their mana together and shot it at the mana rip which closed the rip just as Annie said, after that they left the cave.

When they reached outside a castle formed and was created in the forest, this scene shocked them.

"Wait that part of the forest is where the Frozen dragon team was."