52 – 52. Defense of Osoptera (4)
As soon as she received Meuniher’s instructions, Dahlia headed for Levant Academy without a break.
It would be much more stable if you arrived with your squad, but you can’t.
-‘Dahlia, you alone have to get there quickly. You know what I mean?’
Meuniher openly advised Dahlia that his squad members arrive at the academy first, even if they are late.
For this reason, Dahlia is heading to the academy as soon as possible by mobilizing everything she has.
“I can see why you said that.”
Looking at the things left behind by the Witchbeasts who crossed the Lilchran Mountains in the western part of Sheet, it was clear that they had predicted that the Osoptera had already arrived in Lebland when Meuniher told them to hurry.
Traces of movement of numerous objects along the road.
Even if I made a cold guess, the number of Osoptera did not decrease at all. There is no significant difference in the numbers seen in Lemteert Village.
This meant that the garrison soldiers did not deal with them at all.
“If you take out all the garrisons… The students…”
I draw the composition of the remaining students in my head, but I can’t get a good result.
Her husband, Meuni Herr, said that with such a idiot, it would be fortunate if the Osoph Terra did not fall prey.
The distance was shortened as it came down to the base of the Lilchran Mountains in advance, but it still takes tens of minutes to catch enough.
It was the worst.
“I hope there are few casualties, I have no choice but to pray.”
In the meantime, the bracelet that Meuniher handed over in Lemteert Village started to glow.
Keying-.
“Wait, this works now?”
Muniher said that this object would send a signal if there was any problem with the academy.
An object that can detect the location of a target in a crisis, communicate its status, and quickly extract and use the magic stored in a pair.
It was the effect of the Blassure Arc.
If this works, it means that the person who has the other side drew magic power.
You can see it as meaning that the situation is so urgent, but on the other hand, since I finally wrote this, I might be able to endure it a little longer.
“At least until the light goes out. Hold on until then.”
The location was at the front gate of Lebrand Academy and Alkaid Hall.
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“Heo-eok… Ugh…”
“Jyu, Junon…”
“Isn’t it okay? Even if it’s a low level regeneration magic…”
“It’s done, so I told you to wait and not use it!”
“That, but you…”
“I’ve been holding out alone for a few minutes already… We just want to watch…”
“Sylvia!”
“…I hope you do as Junon tells you. Guys.”
“”…””
He knows it’s a limit, but he can’t stop it.
Right now, let alone the blockers, even the attackers don’t have the strength to raise weapons, so how can they dispel magic?
The moment this barrier is removed, Osopteras will invade the inside of the Alkaid tube and slice and chew the helpless humans.
Of course I know that the obvious outcome will unfold. How do i solve it There was absolutely no way to dispel the unique magic like this.
The magic power remaining in the Blassure Ark was completely exhausted, and all that was left was to endure to the limit with only one’s own strength.
In the midst of that. Good news arrives
─Stand with that for one more minute!
‘Is it finally here…!’
As expected, the quickest to reach reinforcements have arrived. Probably Professor Dahlia.
“Did you hear that? One minute. Can I leave it to you?”
Junon, who was panting, looked back and said that.
Your voice sounds like you’re about to collapse any minute, but your face says that you’ve finally put your mind at ease.
The last team, watching that, did everything they could to get back into formation and prepared to rotate with him, who held out for a few minutes alone.
Junon, who desperately endured, and the rest of the team rotate. The white barrier fades and then disappears.
It was only a few minutes of rest, but it was enough power to last a minute that the woman who arrived outside said to endure.
The Osoptera crowding into the main entrance of the Alkaid Hall collapsed one by one as their nerves became paralyzed after about a minute had passed.
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“Is everyone okay?!”
Finally she arrives and her sit-in ends. It was Professor Dahlia.
It was a short sit-in lasting only a few tens of minutes, but to them it was a long and bloody battle, as if they had been fighting for hours.
***
The students were exhausted.
It was understandable, given that they had fought against such a large number.
“We’re fine. More…”
“Inside, the most urgently wounded.”
Even these children fight with all their might and are not healthy.
While dealing with the Witchbeast for the first time, their hands trembled, and students were seen holding onto their entire bodies and crying.
I feel sorry for them just by looking at them, but it seems that the student who maintained his rationality mustered courage.
Dahlia noticed the seriousness and asked in the sweetest way possible.
“How bad were you hurt?”
“That’s…”
Not only do they turn their heads, but they even close their eyes tightly. That was enough to say he was reluctant to speak.
“I’ll… Take you there.”
Following a student, I found two people completely unconscious.
The student who took me to the place where the patient was, vomited once, and immediately went back to the entrance saying he was sorry.
Looking at the puddles of blood, it was understandable.
“The blood… Is not this child’s.”
One’s pink hair is stained with blood, but there is no scar. It was mana exhaustion.
Then who is the owner of this blood? It’s the girl next door.
Dahlia checked the affected area by cutting off the cloths tied to stop the bleeding.
“…”
A completely pierced abdomen. It seemed that something sharpened there had been poked in there, only to come out later.
Seeing as he waited knowing that if he took it out urgently, more blood would flow and the speed of death would increase, so it can be seen as very appropriate.
‘I don’t know who did it, but I’m still alive thanks to that.’
On the contrary, since they saw something like this, the reaction of the students must have been extreme.
Leaving the pierced internal organs behind, stopping the bleeding and casting continuous regeneration magic were the best measures for them.
But it can’t go on like this.
‘The cut was too deep. It won’t be possible with only medicine or healing magic.’
I need surgery. Before you completely run out of breath.
I checked the patient’s condition, but I can’t perform the operation alone. To begin with, we need one more person.
‘But… The kids here…’
In this place where the sit-in was held, only first to third year students can help with the operation at most.
I know it will be burdensome, but I couldn’t help it. As a doctor, I have no choice but to ask one of the students who has just developed a blood clot to help with surgery.
“Help one person. I need surgery right away.”
“Surgery… If it’s surgery…”
“Are you talking about that senior who was hurt earlier…?”
“…Yeah. It’s the surgery you know. You might have to cut the skin, see the blood and guts.”
“Poetry, I don’t like… That kind of thing…”
“I’m sorry… I’m sorry… I’m sorry…”
“Oops…!”
“…”
When they arrived at the Alkaid Hall, Dahlia strangely felt that the students’ eyes were not directed to this place.
I know, but I can’t put it in my mouth, and there were some guys who tried to turn away and banged their heads against the wall.
A person’s death is right in front of them, but there is no mental strength left to help them, so they cannot readily step forward.
It was the same when I looked at the student who vomited at the sight of blood. All the students averted their eyes and even covered their ears because they didn’t want to remember.
She knows too.
What happens to a comrade who accepts the death of her comrade for the first time on the battlefield.
Some people shut their mouths or close their eyes, some people turn away from reality, and some go insane after vomiting and passing out. But you can’t just blame them.
When life is at stake, everyone takes the first step of fear and trauma.
‘Understand. Because they are still children who are not accustomed to the death of people. But…’
There are people who will surely die if left unattended.
She had to save the dying man immediately.
She may be a bit aggressive, but she has to take one person and save her. If a student named Erica dies, it is certain that more trauma will come to them.
It will be left with such a bitter and painful shock that a person died right in front of his eyes after being pierced through the stomach by a witch beast.
Only one person is required. The one person who can fix a piece of flesh while holding on to the opposite s*x even after looking at the blood and intestines during an open stomach.
‘Among these children, there must be one.’
I am reluctant to even think about it, let alone look at it. There must have been someone who told me not to pull it out from the stomach.
Then there was a male student who suddenly caught Dahlia’s eyes.
‘That child…?’
All students avoid looking towards the place where the two patients are. However, not only one person.
Black hair that reminds me of someone from the past stands out.
The same goes for the direction the black eyes are heading. Unlike the eyes trying to look away, they are looking somewhere behind Dahlia.
It wasn’t fear or disgust. Oddly enough… He was right to say he looked distraught.
Thanks to that, Dahlia was able to notice immediately.
‘It must have been you.’
Junon. The guy who was said to be Meuniher’s disciple.
Dahlia approached Junon, who was only watching.
“Just once, can you help me?”
“…Me?”
“You’ve been watching since before. Only where Erica is.”
If you put a blade under his chin and ask if it’s true, he’ll say yes.
She only knew that Erica’s condition was quite bad, and that Professor Dahlia left without treatment meant that she was in trouble.
Since he vaguely guessed that, he had no choice but to notice.
“That child will die if we don’t operate right away.”
“…”
“It’s my wish to save the patient, but unfortunately I can’t operate alone right now. If I do, I’m afraid it will fail sooner or later. However, with your help, I’ll be able to perform the operation with a much higher success rate.”
“…Why do you ask me that?”
“I’m in the position to ask. If you refuse… I’ll have no choice but to use a method that might endanger that child. I might have to force it on one of these kids.”
Doctors are basically those who save patients. He clings to reason firmly and never lets go of the string of hope.
It blows light into tightly closed eyes, makes the clogged breath escape, and finally makes the heart that is about to stop beat again.
Among those doctors, the first person in the field of healing and western medicine is currently here in the empire. And she’s asking
As a doctor, I want to save the patient, so I need your help.
If you look around, there are not many students who show normal reactions. No, everything is abnormal.
They say people are dying, but they don’t want to see them, they just try to escape from reality by making their own excuses, such as not wanting to see them.
Only one person was worried.
‘If Erica dies like this…’
What will the Thambris party be like?
With one consultation, Junon soon had no choice but to shake off the bridle of her worries.
***
It may look fine on the outside, but in reality, when people see something grotesque and cruel, they often show the opposite reaction. In fact, there are cases like that all the time.
With that in mind, Dahlia left another warning.
“I’ll ask you one more time. Not only will blood flow, but you might have to cut open the flesh and see the internal organs. If you run away then, this child will surely die. Are you confident that you won’t run away?”
“Yes.”
Junon calmly picked Erica up and placed her on a bed that could be used as an operating table.
With a dry face, I washed my hands in antiseptic solution, put on surgical gloves, and finished preparations.
‘This child… What the hell is this?’
As a doctor who has seen patients for decades, Junon’s reaction was too calm.
Anyone would naturally have fear and no reaction at all in this situation where they might feel disgust.
It was strange. As if I’ve seen this many times…
“Surgery. Aren’t you going?”
“…I’ll open it up. Fix it.”
Maybe she got it right.
For Junon, who had to see his colleague die right in front of his eyes and was stabbed to death by his colleague’s blade, the cruelty of human blood and internal organs would have been nothing more than ‘stuff’.