91 – 91. Reversal (7)
“I think this side is going to collapse!! Bring me something to hold out more!”
“Those who wash their hands over there, go to the tap and scoop some water!”
The inferiority complex of the lower classes has long since disappeared since the first day of the Majang Conformity Test.
There is no room for refutation that it was resolved in a positive way after twists and turns. It was unexpected, but there were also guys who struggled and showed results.
Therefore, it was clear that there should have been no sit-in at Dubegwan following the atrocities of the nobles.
In front of the regressor’s eyes, the Duvet pipe was emitting the same two types of smoke as before.
‘What happened!!’
A fire and splash-out are intertwined, and a disaster-like situation is going on inside, but his body knows that and still finds a way to enter.
‘Here…! It hasn’t spread yet!’
I can’t survive the flames and that thick magi storm and jump in with my bare body, so I once sought to rescue the remaining people by infiltrating inside with the members of Tembris.
The only way to enter is through the ventilation.
Here, I pulled out one frame and threw it on the floor, so I could clearly see the inside.
I want to bring the others over here, but that’s not a good way considering what’s going on on the third floor.
There was no problem getting inside. Of course, the problem is that you can’t go outside using this method on the contrary.
So what about it? Since we all intend to escape from here, there is no need to go this way. What if it fails? If it’s not enough to repeat the same result, the worse disaster of annihilation will come. Therefore, it is meaningless if you cannot succeed in the first place.
Because I’ve been there once in the same way, I have a rough idea of the location. This is the first floor.
From here, if you run all the way to the left hallway, you will come to a wide central hallway, and if you run further from the central hallway, you will pass through equipment rooms and you will see a laboratory where artificial mana stones were synthesized.
First of all, from there. I had to deal with the beasts who had the most trouble in the Duvetian rescue operation.
However, it is not so easy to reach the target point.
‘Oops!’
-Kreuk?
If I hadn’t quickly got out of the hallway and disappeared, I would have been caught.
‘Twinhead Fenrir…If one is already down…’
It was safe to say that time was not on man’s side.
Of course there is a time limit, and the monsters are gradually shortening the remaining time.
Due to the nature of splash-out that spreads upward from the first floor, it first affected the second floor, where laboratories are lined up.
On the second floor, where demons are studied and analyzed, captured demons are placed in neutralization facilities, but what if a demonic storm strikes there?
The Demonic Beasts, who lost their power and were captured alive, regain their strength in the dark and thick demonic energy, enter a frenzy, and become even stronger.
With this, the bondage is easily released. Those monsters would roam the building.
Like that twin head Fenrir who came down to the first floor.
Damn, that’s why I was going straight to the lab…
I thought that if I went straight to the laboratory as soon as I entered the Duvet Hall, it would be best to manifest a demonic field and deal with those demonic beasts.
‘I can’t help it. I have no choice but to deal with him by aiming for an opportunity.’
Beasts that went berserk? That is only part of it.
If you can’t get rid of those coming down from the 3rd floor, not the 2nd floor, this place is just a cave that produces monsters.
The academy, the institution that takes the lead in dealing with demons, must do something before one of its main buildings turns into a cave.
Also, the only time I can use my hands is now.
“I don’t know if it will work… Whoa.”
Concentrate your mind through deep breathing. You might ask me to do some kind of meditation in a collapsing building, but I can’t deal with the beast with my bare body, isn’t it?
Remembering that the duration of the test had not yet expired, Junon was about to unleash it again.
And the magi answered his call.
“Good…!”
It is in good condition unlike back then. There is no problem with the condition. He is said to be berserk, but it’s only about one. If you beat him with all your might, you should be able to deal with him.
Running to the guy who turned his head towards the laboratory, Junon stabbed the mana-filled fist as it was.
-Keheeng!
“This way, not that way.”
When Junon’s strike hit the vital point he was aiming for perfectly, Fenrir collapsed and couldn’t get up.
Fenrir’s heart exploded inside, and he died instantly.
“Is everyone okay?”
“”Junon…!””
Inside the laboratory, those who were hung over by demonic manifestations and attacked Cayden were gathered. Except for John and Noel, who were seriously injured and hospitalized, all of the senior and support positions this year.
Looks like they didn’t commit protests or anything like that. It couldn’t have been.
However, the expressions on their faces are not very good considering that they all came back to life after dying.
“…But, leaving the lab doesn’t change anything…”
“The entrances are all blocked. I can see monsters like before, and there are no weapons…”
“We’re trapped… We can’t get out…”
They continued to cry, but they sat down again even though the laboratory door was open.
At this, Junon’s teeth were grinding.
Puck! f*ck! Puck!
“Ugh…!”
“Junon… You…! Gap!”
“hehehehe…! What are you doing all of a sudden!”
“I beat him because he was so pathetic that I couldn’t see him. You idiots.”
It probably wasn’t just a matter of the three whining people. It was strange.
I heard that only Senia was breathing heavily, and the others were fine. It was clear that these guys had given up early.
“Do you think you just want someone to show up and save you?”
“…Then can we get out with our own strength? How do we break through those two blocked entrances?”
“And Junon, you saw it earlier too. The 2nd floor is a laboratory! How are you going to deal with the monsters again!!”
“I don’t know if I had a weapon! If I could use even that meager magic, I’d do anything! I don’t have a weapon, and I can’t use magic carelessly because of splash-out. What are we supposed to do?!”
They said that while holding on to their battered stomachs.
In the burning building, the front and back doors are all blocked, and like the inside of the laboratory, even the windows are completely covered with debris, so this is absolutely not optimistic.
It literally means being isolated in a building that might collapse. Since the berserk monsters are roaming the building here, the number of enemies has also increased.
But if you give up there, nothing will change in the end.
“So, if you don’t come to the rescue after sitting down, you will face death as it is? You’re being damned. Did you lock yourself in here while talking about manifesting a demon with that mindset?”
“Don’t be mean! We both… We both wanted to do something, but we couldn’t…”
“Have you risked everything just with the will to escape?”
“… Huh?”
“If you’re going to die anyway, even if an arm is cut off, you have to pour it all out, knowing that it will leave ugly burn marks on your back!!”
The voice that was replying couldn’t continue from there.
There is only one person here who really tried to risk everything. Senia, who was barely holding her sword, was still breathing. She was the only one
If these guys don’t change, there’s no reason to save them.
“f*ck. What are you talking about?”
Just sit there and wait for death.
I don’t need these dependent guys in the yard where I have to use everything in a desperate situation.
If you’re just going to give up so easily, helping these guys won’t change anything in the future.
As Junon was about to step into the lab next to him, regretting that he had come into the Duvet Hall, someone grabbed his shoulder.
“Me too… Take me…”
The girl moves again, pointing her sword like a cane to her neck, which is still too weak to make a sound due to her recoil.
Senia. She was the only one who wasn’t going to give up just yet.
Supporting such Senia, Junon entered the next laboratory, which was in good condition.
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“…A maestro, can you manifest it? If it’s hard, just answer with your head.”
One nod. However, the hide is still uneven.
“Wait.”
For now, it is necessary to save Senia’s stamina. In order to make an artificial mana stone, I collected synthetic samples from various places in the laboratory, but it was not enough.
In the lab next door, the samples were buried under the rubble of the collapse, and although this place is somewhat intact, it was not a lab for synthesizing mana stones.
I was about to go outside to look into the lab or warehouse on the other side.
Several footsteps blocked his path.
“Here. The sample was there after digging it up. My hand was slightly burned instead…”
“You…!”
“There are no samples in this lab. Isn’t it possible to escape from here only by making mana stones and using magic powers?”
The other guys who came after me are no different.
He tried to protect his hands as much as possible by taking off his school uniform, but he couldn’t avoid getting burns and poisoning symptoms on his hands.
As for the water… It looks like the tap didn’t burst. It seems there was no neutralizer.
By the way, this situation doesn’t feel so bad.
“If I had been like this earlier, I wouldn’t have been nagging you.”
“”Sure.””
Enough. With this amount of people, and with these guys who can now manifest the Mirage-state magic field, it’s not impossible to escape.
“There will be other people supporting the pillars outside the dubai. But they won’t last indefinitely. To escape, we have to go up to the fourth floor within that time.”
The suggested plan is a far-off and difficult option that they have to walk here.
So, did the same reaction come this time? Can it be
“Then… We have to deal with the monsters on the second floor ourselves, right?”
“Okay. Then, let’s make it as far as possible and go.”
“Any extra mana stones? Shall I make them?”
“No. Splash out pops. That’s not okay.”
“That’s right. Even if you build it once and come down again, the building will slowly collapse…”
Looking at those determined eyes, it seemed that there were no guys willing to give up.
After a while, the preparations were over. Time is running out, but no one has failure in mind.
Students going up the central hallway.
They face the Twin Head Fenrir group again with their demons in their hands.
Unlike before, it will be even more difficult to deal with as the population has increased dramatically.
“The 1st formation of Kennik. Until they go up to the 2nd floor, all the support mages rely on protection magic. In the melee phase, take care of your heads!”
“”Let’s go!!!””
To escape, the students risk everything to climb to the upper floors of the building.
At Dubekan, which may soon turn into a cave.
***
“Your Excellency…!”
“Okay. How is the situation?”
“That’s…”
There was nothing to call it a positive report. There are still many students left inside the building, and only human power is enough to support the collapsing building.
When using magic, the problem is the splash-out that spreads from the 1st floor to the rooftop.
I’m trying to keep the flames from rising, but I’m using my strength in turns, but even this can’t drag on for a long time.
If you don’t do it right, even the personnel holding onto the pillars of the building will be in danger.
The best way is to make them gather in a shelter, a safe zone, and then recover after the building collapses. However, this is not a simple task.
‘There is a shelter underground, but…’
I’m not sure. Is it really possible for the students to go there and hold on?
I wonder if there was someone who could understand when I sent the signal there.
For the Grand Duke, it was a burning situation.
However, in the meantime, something glittered on the second floor and began to fall continuously.
“Hmm?”
“What is this…!”
“Why do stones fall from inside!”
“It falls again. Three bites already!”
Why suddenly throw building debris outside? Goden, who was watching them from around, picks them up one by one.
“Four, five… Up to six. That seems to be the end.”
As the Archduke had expected, this wasn’t a single stone.
A total of five fragments were scrawled with letters scrawled with a sharp sword.
“This… Signaled the internal situation.”
“What does it say?”
“…They can’t go to the safe zone, and they seem to be heading upwards.”
“Upper… Am I right?”
“Yes. It means jumping. On the sixth, you drew a map on the tied handkerchief and marked the place to jump.”
It is a signal that the road to the shelter is blocked and cannot be reached.
It means going beyond the 2nd and 3rd floors to a designated place that is at least safe in the worst situation.
The students were looking for a way to escape on their own. If so, there is only one thing the grand duke has to do.
“Inject more manpower. Hold on so the pillar doesn’t collapse!”
“”Yes!””
According to the Grand Duke’s instructions, they join the students’ escape with more busy movements.
But Goden still couldn’t take his eyes off the sign drawn on the stone. By the way, this symbol… Is not something students would know.
How can you afford to write letters in an urgent situation? Write a few symbols and you’re done. If there is a place to send a signal using these symbols, there is only one place.
It’s a battlefield.
‘A signal from the battlefield… Who the hell…? And how…?’
Then, what suddenly passed through Goden’s mind was the behavior of a boy he saw during the end-of-semester evaluation.