The transport plane flew above the clouds.
Inside, twelve of the strongest students in the academy sat in silence.
The Chosen Class.
This was their first real mission together.
Not a test.
Not a simulation.
Not a training arena.
A real operation.
Hiko sat near the window, watching the city slowly appear beneath them.
Skyscrapers. Neon lights. Massive highways. A place that looked alive.
Shibuya.
"…So beasts actually live in places like this," Daizen muttered.
Zenith leaned forward, elbows on knees.
"This place feels wrong. Too quiet."
Nyx looked outside.
"That is because most civilians were evacuated months ago. Shibuya became a semi-restricted zone."
Maelstrom cracked his knuckles.
"So basically we are walking into a monster nest."
Kaiser smiled.
"Fun."
Goru stretched his arms.
"I was getting bored at school anyway."
Piero floated slightly above his seat again.
"I can feel something heavy here. Like gravity itself is twisted."
Hiko's devil stirred faintly.
Not fear.
Not excitement.
Something closer to warning.
Rougen stood at the front of the plane.
"Listen up."
Everyone looked at him.
"This mission is not for points. Not for ranking."
"This is a survival-class mission."
He tapped the holographic map.
"Your target is a Semi Calamity Beast."
The cabin went silent.
"…What?" Dezin said slowly.
"Semi… Calamity?" Daizen repeated.
Holo's eyes narrowed.
"That is a threat level above Rank 0."
Rougen nodded.
"A step below full Calamity."
Maelstrom laughed nervously.
"You are joking."
Rougen looked at him.
"I never joke."
Zenith smiled.
"Good."
Everyone stared at him.
Zenith stood up.
"Finally something worth punching."
Nyx frowned.
"You are insane."
Zenith shrugged.
"Maybe."
Rougen continued.
"Your mission is elimination."
"No backup."
"No Radiances."
"You are on your own."
Hiko swallowed.
Even his cursed flame reacted slightly.
"…So this thing is strong enough to wipe out a city."
Rougen nodded.
"Yes."
Then he added calmly.
"And it already did."
The plane descended.
They landed on a broken rooftop.
Shibuya looked like a ghost city.
Buildings cracked.
Roads collapsed.
Cars frozen mid-crash.
Everything was covered in dust and strange black marks.
The air itself felt heavy.
As if gravity was pulling harder than normal.
Dezin knelt and touched the ground.
"…I feel something below us."
Veliro's Overmatter aura flickered.
"Reality is warped here."
Then a voice echoed.
"You arrived earlier than expected."
Everyone turned.
Standing on top of a shrine gate was a man wearing white and blue robes.
Long hair tied back.
Eyes glowing faintly like moving wind.
His presence alone made the air vibrate.
Rougen stepped forward.
"Utotoka Riyo."
The man smiled.
"So you know my name."
Hiko felt it instantly.
This man was not on their level.
Not even close.
Master Rank.
Utotoka Riyo.
Guardian of the Shrine of the Eight Lords.
His magic was famous.
Turbulence.
The magic of absolute speed.
He stepped down from the shrine.
But he did not walk.
He simply appeared.
One moment he was there.
Next moment he was in front of them.
No sound.
No movement.
Just instant.
Everyone felt chills.
Maelstrom whispered.
"…He moved."
Piero swallowed.
"I did not even see it."
Utotoka looked at the students.
"So these are the Chosen Ones."
Holo stepped forward.
"You are not a Radiance."
Utotoka nodded.
"I refused the title."
Zenith tilted his head.
"Why?"
Utotoka smiled.
"Because I guard something more important than reputation."
He pointed behind him.
The massive ancient shrine.
"This city exists because I am here."
Hiko felt pressure just from standing near him.
"…So you are watching us?"
Utotoka nodded.
"Your mission is approved by the Eight Lords."
"The beast you are hunting is called Gravizy."
At that name, the ground trembled slightly.
Utotoka's expression darkened.
"It is a failed divine construct."
"It controls gravity itself."
"Even I do not interfere."
Kaiser blinked.
"…Wait. Even you?"
Utotoka nodded.
"This is your trial."
Then he looked directly at Hiko.
"If you fail, you die."
No dramatic pause.
No emotion.
Just fact.
Then Utotoka vanished.
The air returned to normal.
Everyone stood there in silence.
Daizen exhaled.
"…He casually threatened us."
Holo smiled faintly.
"I like him."
Zenith cracked his neck.
"So where is the monster?"
The answer came immediately.
The ground collapsed.
The street below them exploded inward.
A massive figure rose from the crater.
It was tall.
At least five meters.
Humanoid shape.
But wrong.
Its body looked like white stone and black metal fused together.
Its head had a crown-like structure.
Not decorative.
Organic.
Like a king grown from gravity itself.
Its face had no eyes.
Just rotating symbols.
Its arms were thick and segmented like armor plates.
And around it, the air bent.
Buildings leaned.
Cars lifted.
Even the students felt their bodies getting heavier.
Nyx whispered.
"…This feels like were fighting against a Sorcerer King."
Holo's eyes widened.
"Gravity field is already active."
The beast spoke.
Not with sound.
But directly into their minds.
Gravizy.
You exist within my domain.
Submit to weight.
Daizen fell to one knee.
"Why is everything so heavy?!"
Goru activated his claws.
Dimensional energy cut through the air.
He slashed forward.
The space itself split.
The slash hit Gravizy.
And bent.
The dimensional cut curved and collapsed into nothing.
Goru stared.
"…It warped my attack."
Maelstrom raised his hands.
"Storm Breaker."
Lightning fell from the sky.
The bolt struck Gravizy.
And got pulled inward.
Compressed into a glowing sphere.
Then absorbed.
Maelstrom froze.
"…It ate lightning."
Piero fired a beam of light.
Heaven Magic pierced the air.
Gravizy raised one hand.
The beam slowed.
Stopped.
Then dropped.
Like light itself had weight.
Zenith rushed forward.
Hero's Gates opened.
His muscles exploded with power.
He punched Gravizy in the chest.
The impact created a shockwave.
The ground shattered.
Zenith's arm trembled.
"…It feels like punching a planet."
Gravizy responded.
One finger pointed.
Zenith was launched across three buildings.
He crashed through concrete.
Daizen roared.
Earth Magic surged.
Stone armor formed around his body.
He charged.
Gravizy stepped.
The ground beneath Daizen became ten times heavier.
Daizen sank into the street.
"…I cannot move!"
Nyx released Midnight Magic.
Black aura wrapped around Gravizy.
Trying to compress it.
The beast turned its head.
The black aura twisted.
And collapsed inward.
Nyx coughed blood.
"…It is bending my magic."
Veliro used Overmatter.
Reality distortion surged.
She tried to erase the gravity field.
For a second.
It worked.
Then Gravizy's crown glowed.
The distortion snapped back.
Veliro fell unconscious.
Dezin summoned beasts.
Rank 2 and 3 creatures charged.
They were crushed mid-air.
Flattened into nothing.
Hiko felt it.
This thing was beyond them.
His cursed flame ignited.
Fire wrapped around his body.
He rushed in.
Five punches.
Each one burned through reality.
Cursed Flame struck Gravizy's chest.
The flames did not get absorbed.
They burned.
For the first time, Gravizy reacted.
It stepped back.
Hiko's arm trembled violently.
"…It is resisting."
Gravizy raised both hands.
The entire area lifted.
Buildings.
Roads.
Cars.
Everything floated.
Then dropped.
Like a god pressing reset.
Holo activated full hologram mode.
Dozens of future timelines appeared.
"…Every scenario ends with us dying."
Kaiser's coin appeared in his hand.
He stared at it.
"…So that is how it is."
Flip.
Heads.
A green and yellow aura erupted.
His presence doubled.
Flip again.
Heads.
Third flip.
Heads.
The air warped.
Slot Machine.
Pull.
One slot.
Boost x1.
Pull.
Two slots.
Boost x5.
Pull.
Three slots.
Boost x10.
Immortality activated.
The machine spun.
Numbers aligned.
7.
8.
9.
The world went silent.
Kaiser's aura exploded.
Green and yellow lightning covered the sky.
Mana flooded his body infinitely.
Everyone felt it.
Even Utotoka appeared far above.
His eyes widened.
"…He reached it."
Kaiser walked forward.
Each step bent probability.
Gravizy attacked.
A gravity beam.
It missed.
Because Gravizy slipped.
Gravizy stomped.
The ground failed.
Because the street cracked first.
Every attack failed.
Not by defense.
By reality itself betraying the beast.
Kaiser raised his hand.
Luck Magic compressed into a single point.
"End."
He punched.
The punch did not travel.
It simply happened.
Gravizy's crown shattered.
Its body collapsed inward.
Gravity vanished.
The city dropped back into place.
Silence.
Then.
Gravizy dissolved into particles of light.
Gone.
Everyone stood there breathing heavily.
Daizen laughed.
"…We survived."
Hiko stared at Kaiser.
"…You literally punched fate."
Holo smiled.
"So that is Luck Magic at full potential."
Utotoka appeared again.
He looked at the crater.
Then at Kaiser.
"…Interesting."
He bowed slightly.
"You passed."
Rougen finally spoke.
"Welcome to real combat."
The Chosen Ones had defeated a Semi Calamity.
And the world would never see them the same way again.