"Get ready!" Jason raised his hand, signaling the teacher to activate the teleportation.
The bob-haired teacher, Dikkleus, stepped forward and summoned a high ranking fairy.
Its size was half of a human, unlike the fairy queen. Instead of a pair of butterfly wings, she had translucent green wings that blended with the forest.
"I'll leave them to you. They are coming in a pair." Dikkleus nodded to his familiar.
An extraordinary amount of Ena burst from the fairy's body as the fairy clasped her hands, praying. Unlike Vivian's familiar, it didn't let out a single sound, but she was praying for an entire minute before the spell was activated.
All of a sudden, a huge pink-colored magic circle appeared underneath the students' feet. Pink light emerged from the magic circle, engulfing the students.
All of them were closing their eyes, unable to endure the blinding light.
In just an instant, all of them could feel a different kind of breeze brushing their skin. The hissing sound of the ocean wave was ringing in their ears, and the feeling of the sand on their feet caused them to stabilize their bodies.
They all remembered what Jason had said earlier. Some of them ended up falling to their butt, but the rest immediately summoned their familiars, including Selena and Nathan.
Selena recovered from the blinding light and looked around, finding three aliens noticing their presence. "Nathan!"
"Oh! Fenrir, Anubis. Deal with them!"
All three of them immediately leaped toward their respective enemies. Fortunately, all of them were only proto-class aliens.
Yin Zhen and Fenrir crushed the enemy's head while Anubis bit its neck apart.
Nathan scanned everything on their sides. Since Jason told them all students would be teleported to the edge of the island, they might find one another.
Luckily, no matter how far he saw, there was no sign of the classmates. This way, he could begin his plan.
With no hesitation, Nathan ordered, "All of you. We'll be marching toward the center of the island."
"Are you serious?" Fenrir raised his head. Now that they were on the island, they could finally understand the sheer size of the volcano.
Its height reached up to 2 kilometers (1.2 miles). If they wanted to go to the center of the island, going there would definitely be a must. However, other people would also think that way.
Nathan's plan wasn't the center of the island. He added, "Nidhogg. You are to fly above us. No. If possible, a bit further away from us. And search for a water source and caves or something.
Anything that can be used as a shelter is good.
"Fenrir and Anubis will carry the food. If we can get some fish later, it'll be better, but for now, we'll try to survive with fruits and plants.
"Sasha and Risa will be the ones gathering the ingredients. Yin Zhen will take care of all the aliens near us. Selena and I will help whatever we can, depending on our team's needs."
"Alright (Understood)." They responded to his order. Yin Zhen didn't say anything, but it was clear that he had acknowledged Nathan's talent, especially after such an easy victory against aliens last time.
All of them headed straight into the woods, making their way to the volcano. Nidhogg immediately took off to the sky. Even if other students knew about him, it didn't really matter since they would have to cross the forest first.
Besides, it would be troublesome to fight him and Selena by themselves. Hence, they would definitely prioritize regrouping or gathering supplies before doing anything to Nathan and Selena.
Even August and Rudeus had to be careful against them.
Nathan and Selena took advantage of this approach and picked up their pace.
They gathered everything edible, from fruits like coconuts, berries, and bananas to edible plants.
Anubis created a huge container with his bandages, placing it on top of his and Fenrir's back.
They encountered several aliens, but fortunately, Yin Zhen was enough to handle all of them.
There were some poisonous herbs or some snakes, but either they were crushed or the poison was neutralized by Anubis. As a result, they could reach the foot of the volcano in just an hour.
The bags were already filled with food.
Selena didn't know what Nathan was planning to do, so she just focused her attention on the food instead of trying to stop him.
Once they reached the foot of the mountain, Nathan ordered them to take a rest.
Selena chose to gather some items from the area while Nathan regrouped with his familiar.
"There are two groups who are moving to the center through the sky. We make eye contact, but they are on the other side of the island, so we won't encounter them anytime soon. There's definitely a lot of people who have seen me, so you might want to be careful, especially with the aliens. I feel like they're going to come to us."
"So, what are we going to do now?" Fenrir asked.
Nathan glanced at Selena, who was currently busy gathering the resource with her familiar. He turned to Nidhogg. "Do you know where the wind is blowing?"
"There." Nidhogg pointed his finger to the west.
"Alright. With my signal, use everything you got to destroy the west side of the island." Nathan nodded with a serious expression. "Your flame won't be extinguished, right?"
"Who do you think you're asking? My flame is a chaos flame. Nothing can extinguish it." Nidhogg harrumphed.
"Good. And this is my plan…" That was when an evil smile appeared on Nathan's face. Nathan said, "Nidhogg. I have once read a challenge in a forum. The challenge is rather simple. Write one line from any book and slap '…and the dragon attack,' to it."
Nidhogg looked surprised. Nathan only wanted one thing. Chaos. And that was his specialty.
That was why Nathan started a simple narration. "On a tropical island, the students are stranded and have to survive… and…"
Nidhogg smirked as he leaped into the sky. As he let out his breath, he shouted, "…the dragon attack!"
Nathan's smile became even bigger. "Burn. Burn everything!"