The other students paid attention to Damien and Lucius' conversation. They were actually curious as to why the rituals were being performed one by one, but because Lucius was too scary for them, they didn't dare ask.

"Once." Lucius replied before recounting an incident. “There was once an idiotic school that wanted to quickly complete a Familiar Summoning Ritual for their new students, that's why they performed ten rituals at the same time. The result was that the summoned Demonic Beasts were extremely strong, but they would not submit. The Demonic Beasts were running amok, and the teachers present couldn't stop them. In the end all the new students present were eaten by all the existing Demonic Beasts. After that the Stupid school was permanently closed.”

“Glup!” Many students who heard that were horrified and unintentionally gulped down their own spit. Now, they know why the rituals are performed one by one.

“If you are satisfied with the answers, then quickly begin!”

"Well."

Damien walked over to the fire before burning his parchment in it. [Clearly no Familiars have appeared, even Master has confirmed it. Maybe, after this I will be insulted again.]

Smoke appeared as usual after the parchment was burnt. But this time, after the smoke cleared, there was nothing there, no summoned Demonic Beasts.

[Ahh… somehow… I feel like my dream of going to school is getting far away.] Damien felt very sad to realize this. [Also, why is everyone silent? Normally people would sneer in a situation like this. Your silence is scaring me.]

The audience was indeed silent. But their silence wasn't because Damien failed to summon the Familiars, they were frightened.

Right after Damien's parchment burned, black smoke appeared from his back. The smoke then formed into a humanoid skeleton clad in a tattered black robe. Within his empty eye sockets was a terrifyingly small blue flame, making those who stared at him silently terrified as if their souls were being ripped out.

Enveloped by the thick smoke the creature now raised its scythe with both bony hands, preparing to slash Damien from behind.

Lucius, who was in charge of this event, immediately shot towards Damien and took him away from the creature. And made the creature only slash through empty air.

Mr. Lucius, what 's wrong ?" Damien who didn't understand the situation yet asked confusedly.

“Grim Reaper.” Lucius called the monstrous creature's name. “Why did this creature appear from you?”

“Grim Reaper?” Damien just saw the creature. “That thing emerged from me?”

"Yes, Boy." Ammon joined in. "Grim Reaper can appear because you have Dark Soul blood."

[Why are you just telling me now?!!!!]

"Teachers who can do mental magic immediately stabilize the students' mental state." Lucius immediately gave orders to the present teachers. “Those with the ability to create soul armor quickly use it, especially for students who are near Grim Reaper. For others, immediately evacuate students.”

" Understand!!!" All the teachers present answered simultaneously.

The Grim Reaper who lost his hunting target immediately looked for a new target. Seeing a student fall and shake helplessly, the Grim Reaper immediately approached the frightened student. The Grim Reaper immediately swung his scythe to harvest the student's soul.

Unfortunately the Grim Reaper's slash this time also only hit empty air, because a teacher dragged the student away first.

“Lucius, are you okay fighting Grim Reapers alone?” The teacher who had just saved the student asked Lucius.

"It's okay, I'm actually the most suitable against this creature."

“Ahh… I remember, that Demonic Gear of yours can attack souls without causing physical harm.”

The Grim Reaper is an incoporeal being, that's why physical attacks or defenses don't work on him. To fight it requires something special.

“Khheeeeek!!!!!” Due to the successive failures, the Grim Reaper let out an angry scream. He then shot towards the teacher who was talking to Lucius.

"Appear, Soul Smiting!" Lucius summoned his Demonic Gear.

A spectral black sword appeared from his shadow. The blade was enveloped in black smoke like a Grim Reaper. This was a sword capable of slicing through the soul without damaging the body, it was a weapon that was suitable against Grim Reapers.

Laucius darted towards a Grim Reaper who was also darting towards a teacher. With one swing of the sword, Lucius immediately parried the slash that the Grim Reaper aimed at the teacher. Not quite there, he threw a slash that sent the Grim Reaper flying backwards.

“Kheeeeek!!!” Screaming in rage, the Grim Reaper darted at Lucius to attack him.

Seeing that, Lucius steadied his stance and gripped Soul Smiting with both hands. When the Grim Reaper attacked him, Lucius parried the attack perfectly.

The Grim Reapers who lost positional stability had many openings for Lucius to attack. Lucius without waiting for a long time directly stabbed the Grim Reaper in the chest with Soul Smiting. Lucius' attack didn't end there, he then dragged his sword up and made the Grim Reaper's upper body split open.

“Kheeeeeeeeek!!!!” The Grim Reaper screamed, not out of pain but out of anger.

"Great." Damien praised Lucius. “His speed and sword art are really honed.”

Seeing Lucius' prowess in playing the sword, making Damien's desire to learn sword grow.

“You also have to get out of this place!” A teacher suddenly grabbed Damien's arm to take him away. "Fast!"

"Yes."

Damien immediately moved his cloth to get away from that place. But suddenly he felt dizzy and made him fall down.

"What is it?" The teacher was shocked to see Damien who suddenly fell down.

“…I don't know…” Damien said weakly. “Suddenly… somehow I feel dizzy…”

The teacher immediately put his hand on Damien's chest to check what happened to him. He soon found out why.

"Lucius." The teacher called Lucius who was fighting. "This is bad, this kid's Demonic Energy is being continuously absorbed by the Grim Repaer."

"I know it." Lucius answered without taking his eyes off the Grim Reaper. “That's why I have to destroy this Grim Reaper. But it's very difficult to do that with so many people here.”

While Lucius was facing the Grim Reaper, many students were helped by the teachers to leave the hall. But until now, there are still many students who have not left. This caused Lucius to be unable to use powerful magic.

“Is it fine to destroy that Grim Reaper, considering that it is bound to this child?”

"It doesn't matter." Lucius answered while parrying the Grim Reaper's attack. “I know very well about this creature. What I am doing will actually make the child better.”

Maybe in this place Lucius is the second person who knows the Grim Reaper best after Amon.