The middle chapter of the Semester Exam, and another calm episode before unleash the fight between Anthrax and Dark Schneider (I think, that will be around chapter 30).
Here Izuku continue to persue the Geralt's Magic, and using a ritual spell more akin to Dark Schneider, he unlock the first Mutant Sign: Aard Piercing Cold.
Also learn another skill from Geral of Rivia, where on this story are considered part of Dispel Bond skill tree: The ability to scan objects and foes within a kind of precognition: The Witcher Senses. (And also similar to the Assassin's Creed Eagle Senses, but not so sophisticated).
Once he clears the path, it ends with a final battle between All Might and Izuku.
Chaos on Southern Town...
When the green haired vampire reached the vicinity of the southern city, he notice that the city itself was almost untouched, without signs of violence. Even the roaming robots, and traps are fairly intact, and quickly deduce that no student was arrived previously. The only certain that Izuku had, it was one of the remaining nine students on this Battle Royal Exam.
At first sight, the robots are the same ones used on the Entrance Exam and the Sports Festival, and this close opportunity gives to Izuku test if the Witcher's Signs are fairly adequate to clean the robots.
Without thinking twice, Izuku cast the Aard Sweep when he previously jump and land in the middle of a group of several robots (about ten, where one of them was a former 3-point, and a lots of 1-point and 2-points), and it was enough to been shattered and blast the remaining scrap several meters away.
"Excellent choice...Midoriya-chan!", Izuku sighed when notice that Sakura-sensei, his former private magic tutor, and current hired Magic Teacher on Yuuei, sent an electronic message to the smartphone.
"Honestly… Sakura-sensei...", the younger vampire sighs, "I understand your obsession on Witcher Magic on this exam, but I think it is too restrictive..."
"Midoriya… You need to enhance your skills on benign magic, such as the Witcher Magic, since you can handle this exam fairly well with such restriction, and learn that your future job is to catch villains alive… ", Aizawa reply angrily, "And bring them to justice, not to brutally murder them… "
However, it won't take more than five seconds to Izuku notice after some careful seeing that exists some changes on the robots assembly. It had some armor reinforcements at some weak spots, but still not strong enough to resist strong flashy quirks or magic attacks.
Once Izuku tried to cool down after this adrenaline rush, he was unaware that some 4-point robots appears stealthy from the remnants of the fictitious town.
Unlike the other robots, the 4-points robots don't follow a standard making. One of them resembles an walking version of a tecno-punk version of the ancient Roman Ballista that throw flaming arrows, or some kind of plasma bolts. Another robot was a flying drone with a five meter wing span, that resemble a futuristic descendant of the US Army Predator. The 4-pointer flying drone had a slight resemblance of the old Korean Hwacha multiple arrow launcher, capable to fire hundreds of flaming arrows, like a multiple rocket launcher would do. Izuku quickly associate the Hwacha and the fact that resemble the famous Second World War Katyusha rocket launcher in terms of funcionality, also known as The Stalin's Pipes, used by the Soviet Red Army.
"Unmanned flying drones ?!", Izuku greets his teethes, "If they have 4-point robots, why the Yuuei Direction Board don't use them at the Entrance Exam at all ?!", he yells even knowing that would be overkill to use robots that was out of range of several quirked candidates.
Neither Aizawa or Sakura replied to the annoyed and enraged face student, or when decide to conjure some advanced Witcher Signs.
"First of all...", said Izuku, before use his right arm to cast the Witcher Sign Yrden Sustained Glyphs at full release, in order to overcharges the next magic spells been cast, and it could regenerate his stamina and vitality at meantime.
"And then… DIE!", Izuku mimics his old childhood friend demeanor, when casts with the left hand the Aard Sign Shockwave at maximum level, due to the previous Witcher's Magic in use. All kinds of projectiles, missiles or some kind of technological wizardry was blocked once the Shockwave collide against it, ending like a thunderstorm-like explosion.
"Damn it… The drones was unaffected, since they flight above the ground, about twenty meters high...", mumbles Izuku, before notices a flashing red person approaching fast against him, "Another freaking ninja ?!".
It wasn't the former Sound's Speed Sonic ninja, but the Pro Hero Edgeshot, who was also dressed like a blend of a clown and a ninja, by the Izuku's point of view.
The swiftly foe almost panics when Izuku casts the Witcher Sign Igni Melt Armor straight against him, inflicting piercing damage on the ninja's delicate suit.
A fraction of second later the green haired vampire feel that was been impaled when Edgeshot's quirk activates and pierces strings of fabric against Izuku's body.
"Argh!", Izuku suffers an excruciating pain, and screaming high with all fangs dropped, and spilling blood, "Very well, Edgeshot!...", and one second later he overcharges the Quen Sign, "It's my Turn!… Counter-Trap Magic!…", and releasing an overcharged magic barrier, since he still holds the Yrden Sustained Glyphs at the moment of activation of the Quen Sign on Alternate Mode, Active Shield.
"Ouch! This boy...", Edgeshot step backwards when all morphed spears scatters due to the magic combo of a magic barrier and is own range increase.
"Let's end this bad joke!", Izuku screams when his bad behavior acts like a fuel to cast dangerous spells that otherwise it would fail at first try, "First I release a ritual alchemy seal of my blood !", when he carve along his right arm a sequence of magic circles and runes:
"Ancient souls lying on my bloodlines! I request your Ritual Pact!… Enlightenment Executors of Tyrants!... Lean my Ancient Seal to Summon your cursed Oracle!... Vetiti Autem Sanguis Sigillum!... Excieo!...", and summon it, "FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE!".
"Why he always name their techniques, or magic, with names related to apocalypse, death, demons and other horrific stuff ?!", Edgeshot's face turns into a stupid one, when ears the new Izuku's ritual spell name, and mumbles to himself.
It was the first time ever, apart of some private training, that Izuku manage to tribute an active Witcher Sign, which was Yrden, and is blood to make alchemy. Using alchemy, he could craft a magic potion made with droplets of blood coated by magic, that once absorbed by Izuku again, increase the Yrden and other Signs beyond the standard qualities. The major drawback was a slight poisoning, that can cause hallucinations or abnormal reaction times.
"Young Midoriya! You shouldn't go to far!", Edgeshot panics when Izuku's body which is very white pale become slightly purple.
"And secondly, with my blood alchemy I dispel the Yrden Sustained Glyphs to summon the enhanced Yrden Supercharged Glyphs with my blood magic!", creating a powerful magic domain that was draining own Edgeshot's quirk stamina and own vitality at an alarming speed.
Meanwhile the 4-pointer drones resume their own offensive, where the Ballista approaches no less than 40 meters and launches another artillery barrage against Izuku, and the Hwacha target locks and tires a rain of flaming explosive arrows, while maintain a clearance of 30 meters high.
"Alright, then!...", Izuku decide to release the Quen magic barriers by an explosive blast, casting the Quen Explosive Shield and since it was overcharged by the Fleshgod Apocalypse's alchemy potion, it was capable to damage and destroy the annoying 4-pointer drones.
When Edgeshot tried to reset his quirk, on the meantime, he mumbles, "What a terrible monster, such vampire! Even he claim that some magic are like quirks, much of them don't enable to create such bizarre stuff!… Including the fact that he overpass Eraser Head's quirk to disable quirks!", and became annoyed and slightly frightened that is quirk was malfunctioning and suffer some nausea, along some sudden frail, "Damn it! My quirk was been jammed by his unpronounceable magic!", due to last Izuku's combo.
After all Izuku was confirmed that the Witcher Sign Yrden Supercharge Glyphs, had the capabilities to disable or even nullify temporarily several quirks, and even drain the stamina of their foes. Adding an alchemical potion to the cast Sign will increase the range and damage delivered.
And since Izuku releases a Sign, he could switch to another one within the free left hand, while maintains the right one turned to the ground to hold the Yrden.
Finally, he shouts, "In the end, I release my alchemical potion to cast the Igni Sign Pyromaniac !", where due to the last Yrden Sign, not only Izuku's cast firestorm magic had is damage increased twenty times above the average value of a Igni spell, but also nullifies Edgeshot's quirk and decreases his reaction times to a hundredth fraction.
With the sudden magic barrier release, the impact was enough to knock-out Edgeshot for good, and throwing against a nearby house.
"Congratulations, Midoriya! 2000 points!", said Aizawa by an electronic message, with some extras attached to the message, making Izuku very annoyed within such content, where even fail to avoid an annoying glare.
"Why during such important assessment, you gives to me such information ?!", Izuku glares against the older vampire, "If you really wanted to teach me that the Seven Signs, at least the Alternate Signs, are related to Elemental Magic, you should teach me such thing during the theoretical classes, not on a middle on an exam… No, during an joking PUBG clone!"
"Midoriya… It was a mistake of mine...", making Izuku annoyed, and close the intercom application for good.
Izuku still give a quick outlook of the attachments, and he quickly remembers some events that occurs about two years earlier, when he awaken his magic powers, and begins to master with the help of his magic teacher.
The Table of Witcher Signs
The younger vampire remembers vividly when during the Junior High School, he was under the private tutoring of Sakura. He learn that the Witcher Signs related to Geralt of Rivia, one of his major ancestors, are no different than Sakura's Elemental Magic, and such knowledge was given by the first months of training.
With such foundation, Izuku could learn more Elemental Magic, or the magic related to the ancient alchemy elements. The Elemental Arrows was a nice example of such kind.
"If you correctly acquainted, Midoriya-chan… The first five Signs, or Sigils, are related to the Five Natural Elements...", where Izuku brings his beloved pen, and take notes.
"Aard is the Sigil of Force, and under Domain of Air: Even such magic are more resembling to psychokinesis, or telekinesis, some Ancient Mages classified as a kind of air magic. The Geralt's Magic Academy that was cited on your Grimoire said that such sigil was related to a magic projection of force, and barely related to the wind at all..."
"Interesting...", mumble Izuku, "My mom had a kind of vampire magic related to such telekinesis, but she never use beyond to attract small objects."
"Axii is the Sigil of Persuasion, and under Domain of Water: This kind of magic are more related to manipulate the foe's minds, that water itself. Such conviction was related to the ancient alchemy knowledge, where was believed that the human body are affected by the manipulation of own water, either by demons, spirits, or even the effect of the Moon tides."
"That's very weird...", sighs Izuku.
"Igni is the Sigil of Combustion, and under Domain of Fire: Unlike the other sigils, this kind of alchemy resembles the actual fire. Is mainly an offensive sigil, where the caster releases flames from his hands, or other parts of his body, in order to attack the foes."
"My father had a human fire breathing quirk, and my Kacchan releases flames from his hands… Well, is more a nitroglycerin explosion… but he will be jealous when he notice that I can make better explosions...", Izuku smiles, and scrub his freckled cheeks during his thought.
"Quen is the Sigil of Protection, and under Domain of Earth: Like the other sigils, on ancient times, the Earth Alchemy was related to the crafting of magic barriers. Since your defenses are building from the raw materials from the ground, the earth domain, such linkage with magic defenses and Earth Alchemy are more evident."
" Even today, with all quirks, there's a strong bias against Pro Heroes with shielding quirks. As you will notice, that's an huge mistake… The capability to a mage to cast magic barriers and magic traps are once upon a time, an high requirement, since pure offensive magic are a short ticket to die miserably..."
"In reality, when many quirked Pro Heroes once realize that their superpowers don't make the job, they rely on pure raw physical build to defend. Heroes with quirks capable to craft shields are not so frequent...", when remembers the Pro Hero Crimson Riot, who had the demoting remark that was more akin to be a support hero, due to the hardening-type quirk.
"Yrden is the Sigil of Containment, and under Domain of Aether: And it is harder to explain the concept of aether, than explain how this Sign works... It creates magic traps capable to lock, or slow down enemies. It could ever disable, or preventing to use their quirks... The aether are related to an obsolete concept of eternity and perfection. In reality, it would be funny if you could ever cast such Sign, let alone real Aether Magic at all."
"Geez…", the younger 13-years old Izuku sighs with his eyes wide open, "Many of my quirked colleges are eager to use the quirks, specially as they dreaming to be Pro Heroes. I notice that each of their quirks resemble a single Sign! If I learn five elements, it would be overkill!"
"Remember that Signs are not Quirks! And exist even two more Signs...", Sakura replies.
"Another two, along that five ?!"
"Heliotrope is the Sigil of Perfection, and under Domain of Dark: Such sign require to master all five Signs to ever cast such magic. It creates a superior shield and a superior sword, in magic sense, of course, capable to defeat troublesome enemies..."
"Somne is the Sigil of Cure, and under Domain of Light: Probably the hardest to dominate, since this Sign are under the domain of Light Magic, associated with cure, healing, along the actual knock out enemies to sleep."
"That's a lot to learn...", Izuku sighs, and falls against the books, including the Sakura's grimoires.
Izuku snaps to reality once he dispels any active magic, just to wander the rescue teams bring the defeated students, as he notice that two hidden students was also knock out when the defeated Edgeshot slams against the building.
"Currently, only last 5 students on field… Big fight between All Might and Todoroki, Bakugou and Yaoyozorou...", the vampire raises an eyebrow when read the notification.
Izuku quickly takes a breath and runs at full speed, in order to reach the northern town, when apparently the remaining strongest students was gathering there.
"Using alchemy gives to me a strong drawback...", but he need to stop and drink some antidotes in order to remove the poison on his body created by the alchemical potions, "It will take several hours to the damn poison fade away, but I don't had such time..."
Meanwhile on Northern Town…
"You need to think harder, if you want to defeat me!", All Might raises and stands up with in signature smile, "It's the tenth time that both of you tried to knock out… You can't see what's wrong on your strategy ?"
Katsuki and Todorki pants hard, with their hair soaked with own blood, and several bruises, but without blink their fixated eyes against a formidable opponent.
"Bastard!...", Katsuki grits his teeth, while checks if own quirk still works, "You may be my greatest idol, but I sworn to myself that I will defeat and turn the Number One Hero..."
Yaozoru, who was more rational and take her time to scan the foes for any vulnerabilities, and use her quirk to create traps, sighs, "If you not take the broccoli vampire on that list, you may stupidity right… However, if Midoriya fight at full sign, not even All Might will survive the first strike once he cast his supernatural magic..." , and she swallow hard when remembers such triviality.
Both students don't wait to make another futile attack, where repeat the same pattern over and over again. Bakugou always love to create big explosions, not only to propel forward, but also to stun opponents. It would work fairy well against the average criminals, but against a very stronger foe, such as All Might, it won't work very.
"Can you please be a little more intelligent ?!", All Might delivers a strong gust against Katsuki's explosions, ending himself being pushed away against the nearest building still stranded, "Detroit Smash!"
When Todoroki witness his terrible rival been thrown away another time, he decide to launches waves after waves of flames in order to confuse All Might, before release shreds of ice.
"I'm disappointed… Son of Endeavor...", as the muscled Pro Hero storms straight against a dumbfounded Todoroki, and delivers a strong punch against him, "New Hampshire Smash!"
In the meantime, Yaoyozoru was planning the best action to make, and apparently the almost-childish fight between All Might and two strong boys would ended into a Pyrrhic draw, where Katsuki and Todoroki will ended too exhausted to fight against her.
"The whole exam was reached the final act...", Aizawa sent a new electronic message to all students, "Midoriya will arrive soon to join the party...".
"WTF ?!", Katsuki or Todoroki swears.
"Kaminari Denki was been defeated… by Geralt of Rivia… Honestly!", it was Sakura-sensei who takes priority on queue to sent another message.
A few instants earlier, on a middle of an old forest…
Izuku was still hurt by the poison delivered by the after-effects of Fleshgod Apocalypse magic potion. The purple color on his skin was fading away, but still suffer malaise, and strange hallucinations. Once Izuku stops a little to understand the pattern, he notice that apparently the hallucinations was almost by accident a trigger to enhance the Dispel Bound passive magic. During several months, Izuku learn to use better the ki flow of living things to find out where the foes hide. During the whole semester on Yuuei he could learn that he can enhance such abilities.
It was a strange poison after-effects, but Izuku's was previously read on recent books that wasn't uncommon to young mage awakens more skills by some accidents. After all, the combinations of Witcher Signs and alchemy was giving to him another powerful addition to the Dispel Bound skill tree to Izuku, which was the still unknown Witcher Senses.
"Damn kind of alchemy… Not only I fell some weird mutations, but apparently I now can see strange bright marks...", Izuku watches carefully the reddish and greenish marks along the trail, until notice a moving target along the clear paths between the trees.
Izuku types on the smartphone to ask his magic teacher about the strange side-effects, but he knew that before Sakura-sensei could reply, he would face another challenge.
In fact, the action would unfold in a matter of few seconds. The mysterious thing was Kaminari hiding behind the bushes and grasses, who acts careless before think, "Indiscriminate Discharge...", and unleashes his electrifying quirk, "1.300.000 Volts!..."
Izuku notice that Kaminari when activates their quirk, his body gains a red aureole, and it matches the ki flow. And Izuku watches such strange effects while the Kaminari's lightning quirk release hits the vampire body.
"It's too late to cast magic barriers!...", Izuku mind panics when suffer the electric shock, and decide to use the fastest way to counter.
Suddenly, when Izuku reacts to cast the Witcher Aard Sign, and due to the effect of the Fleshgod Apocalypse potion, it releases a Mutant Sign. Like expected from the Aard Sign, Izuku releases a strong telekinesis gust, but Kaminari was instantly frozen (his body was covered by frost, and falls against the ground), and knocked-out.
"Denki!...", Izuku snaps when notice that the electrifying quirk user barely reacts or breathes, and suffers a severe paralysis.
On the other line, Sakura Ichijoshi, who was normally calm, overacts in panic when notices the abnormal magic been cast against the human student:
"Midoriya-chan ?! It's you first time you cast the Aard Piercing Cold mutant spell ?! ", his teacher yells when discovers that Izuku was capable to use Mutant Signs, "And you just awake your Witcher Senses ?!", and calls a distress call, "Bring Kaminari to the infirmary, quickly! "
Izuku still panics when he observe more carefully the wounded friend, and notice that his college suffer a severe frostbite, and quickly cast his healing magic spells to ease a little, before the medic staff rescue Kaminari and remove from the exam field.
Mutant Signs...
Aizawa reacts when notices the slight panic of Sakura, when they work together on central control room, and asks, "What's going on ?! What the hell is a Mutant Sign forehand ?!", yelling to demand answers.
"I never expected to reach that stuff too early, but...", the tutor mage vampire was also a little frightened, "The Witcher Sign Magic are based on alchemy of Elements of Nature, as you ever read earlier this morning, and share accidentally with Midoriya..."
"This trivial crap are already acknowledged!", Aizawa hisses, "I request to explain why is a WTF Mutant Sign !..."
"When Midoriya begin to master alchemy, using his blood as a medium, he recreate some ancient potion recipes, that the old sorcerers once used everyday..."
"Either way, why you are teaching my student such WTF dangerous stuff that barely had real usefulness on a Pro Hero duty ?!", Eraser Head appears to calm a little, but without retracting his fangs, "Not even All Might need to use alchemy to defeat the most terrible villains!"
Sakura never answer straightforward, "Remember that Midoriya's internship will be representative on his future career...", and finally answers the first question, "And when your student handle enough alchemy to craft a potion, he can unlock the mutated versions of Signs. Using the ancient alchemy knowledge, since the ice was linked to air, and thus are associated with the Aard Sign… He cast ice using telekinesis..."
"Extreme cooling caused by an explosive air expansion is expected from the basic thermodynamics... But I never witness a telekinesis quirk capable to produce frost... Even it was not a quirk at all... "
After that, Aizawa never push the conversation forward, and both switch their attention to the final confrontation with the last 4 students on the game.
Fated Reunion…
Some minutes later Izuku reaches the chaotic remains of the fictitious northern town. Now it is a derelict caused by fights between Pro Heroes and students. The real fighting was on place that should be the town center, and now a ground zero of chaos.
The broccoli vampire stands quietly when using his newborn Witcher Senses notices a sudden strike of several 2-points robots that notice and target locks him. Half second later, both freezes and collapses, due to the Aard Piercing Cold while Izuku barely move an inch.
A second later, the remaining of all robots are thrown away by the Witcher Sign Aard Sweep.
The whole scene was witnessed by all remaining student, All Might specially.
"Midoriya-shounen...", thinks All Might, "You appear to be a little stronger..."
Izuku nods, "I barely master my new acquainted Witcher Magic spells: Aard Sweep and Aard Piercing Cold, where the last one was enhanced by an alchemy crafted potion: Fleshgod Apocalypse !"
All Might tried to not display any weakness, while ignore the bewildered eyes of their colleges, but both thought the same, "Why he don't name better his own techniques ?!"
"I never thought that had too soon a real opportunity to fight against one of most strongest humans...", Izuku resumes his dialogue, while displays his respect, "Even it was a joking exam..."
"Honestly, I agree, Midoriya-shounen!", All Might brings his signature smile, and raise his right thumbs up, "That's the worst idea that Eraser Head could ever manage to create!"
Izuku pacepalms, even he agrees, "The worst part on this game, is when I use Dark Schneider's magic I was penalized due the dangerouness... ", and sighs, "Or better, when I defeat Ectoplasm or Edgeshot at ease...".
"But the so-called Witcher Signs are really inoffensive ?!"
"Using alchemy, such Signs are more powerful and lethal...", and at that moment notice that the students suddenly gone.
Todoroki and Katsuki decide, on a rare moment of cooperation, to divert from the scene and ambush the vampire off-guard. Yaoyorozu also decide to hide from Izuku's point of view, using the building derelicts as temporary shelters and traps.
Izuku expects that Todoroki or Katsuki will try to avenge their defeats on the Yuuei Sports Festival, and also that they would think carefully before plan an attack.
Instead Izuku notice that Katsuki jump using his quirk to propel against the vampire, while feels that Todoroki was nearby, waiting the best chance to attack.
"Fools!...", Izuku grins, and casts the Witcher Sign Yrden Supercharged Glyphs against Katsuki, disable their quirk and drain partially his stamina. Then deliver a uppercut punch that thrown away some meters.
Todoroki then release streams of ice, just to be deflect away by the Witcher Sign Quen Exploding Shield.
"Honestly! Are you planning to defeat me, or to get hurt by the cross-fire ?!", Izuku glares, "After all, knowing All Might, they thought that sheer raw force will defeat a stronger man...", and warns, "If you want to defeat, did you learn your past mistakes ?!"
Todoroki and Katsuki gives a grin smile, and a defiance pose, "Don't act to be superior, Deku! I'm just warming up!"
"Whatever!", Izuku sighs and prepares to the real battle.
All Might stare and watches, knowing that the winner of this group of four will want to fight against him, "Aizawa… Is that your really wanted to test ? The strongest vampire, against the strongest human ?"
Within the formed stand-off, the final act finally begins.
To be Continued...