261 – Mighty Enemy
A few minutes before darkness descended on the Academy.
People wearing robes with a dragon symbol on their backs quietly landed on the roof of the main building.
The masked man in front of them spoke bluntly.
“From now on, we will proceed according to plan.”
Then, a woman with bright light green hair next to her twisted her hair and quietly spoke.
“But are you really sure? “I threw away my consciousness and ran like this, but what if ‘Dragon Beak’ is fake?”
“It doesn’t matter. “It would be better than continuing this meaningless ritual.”
The man with a face full of tattoos, who was quietly listening to her story, nodded to her.
“What is clear now is the message we received. “To carry out the ‘prophecy of the Apocalypse’ means that it has been forged.”
“By a mere petty thief. “How on earth did he figure that out?”
“You can find out that later by catching him and interrogating him. “For now, focus on securing the dragon beak.”
Even though their thoughts were different, the goal they pursued was the same.
Only for the second coming of the dragon.
Under the command of the masked man, they began to disperse in an orderly manner.
And the masked man who remained on the rooftop until the end eventually stretched out his arms to the sky and muttered something for a long time.
As soon as the spell, written in an ancient language that no one could understand, came to an end, an ominous darkness quickly spread around his fingertips, instantly surrounding the entire academy grounds in a semicircle.
“The professors at the academy must have figured out the situation by now.”
They are top-notch talents who cannot let down their guard hastily.
No matter how Drakan is, victory cannot be guaranteed here at the Academy, their home base.
But it’s okay because the goal is not an all-out war.
It will be difficult for professors to move easily for at least an hour while this curtain of darkness remains.
“Disperse and find beings with strong souls.”
His descendants, the phantoms, emerged from the darkness and scattered in all directions according to their master’s orders.
The first step is over. Now all that’s left is to maintain the tent here and wait for your comrades to secure the dragon beaker.
He looked down at the academy where Abi Gyu-hwan had come for a moment and then turned his gaze to the side.
“So, you’re not going to move? “It looks like you have some special business to do here.”
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“What…?”
When the scenery outside the window suddenly turned pitch black and I hesitated without realizing it, Catherine, who quickly grasped the situation, pulled us back and frowned.
“It’s an enemy attack. “It’s faster than I thought.”
“It’s an enemy attack…”
“I expected that Drakan would come after Miss Granger if he got the information. So, I tried to head to Edinburgh as quickly as possible, where there were few people and defenses had been built, but… “It looks like the other party got the information much faster than we expected.”
Has Drakan finally awakened and attacked as feared? It was truly the worst situation.
When I looked back, I saw that Gina was angry that something like this had happened, but she looked quite nervous.
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Why now? Wouldn’t it have been much better if they had barged in while Gina was protected in the executive branch?
On the other hand, Catherine accepted the current situation more positively.
“It’s better. If it’s an attack within the academy, the professors will respond and it will be resolved well. “Maybe we don’t even need to come forward.”
I hope that happens, but unlike ideals, reality always flows in a direction that is close to the worst.
What an enemy!
With an ominous sound, the hallway outside the class we were in became cold and frozen.
The advance of ice was like a violent tsunami, devouring and freezing everything in sight.
The good news was that this was a very sparsely populated place within the academy.
After confirming that there were no victims in the hallway, I let out a sigh of relief, but then realized who was responsible for this situation and my body began to tremble little by little.
“Hmm. “Is this place a disaster?”
There is no way I can forget that voice.
How could I forget the only Drakan I had ever met in person, and who would have almost been killed if I had not been careful?
Siegfried.
The strongest ice wizard and a vicious, maniacal killer.
Luckily, he didn’t find us and tried to just pass by, but if we sent Siegfried to another floor like this…
“We have to stop it.”
Katherine and Gina also nodded to my desperate request.
“The enemy has shown himself, and we cannot let him go.”
“Do you think I’ll just let the crazy guy who dares to steal my magic go?”
Yes. No matter how strong the opponent is, if the three of us fight together, we have the power to beat anyone.
We left the class and showed ourselves openly to attract his attention.
“Oh. The flies were hiding. “He just quietly hid, why did he come out?”
“That’s to destroy you!!”
Gina shouted and attacked first with her typical battle mania.
A bird of flame leapt out of the air and fiercely rushed towards the enemy.
Siegfried, who was leisurely looking at the scene, waved his hand upward and a pillar of ice rose from the ground and pierced the bird’s body.
“Summoner? “Are you a dragon beaker?”
“I don’t know anything about that! Search!!”
Her summons pouring in with shouts. However, none of them were able to break through the ice and all fell apart like an egg thrown at a rock.
“They are just empty shells that are flashy on the outside. “You are weak.”
Gina did not blink an eye despite Siegfried’s calm ridicule.
That’s because she only attacked with flashy summons on purpose to attract her attention.
I succeeded in sneaking back, taking advantage of that moment, and took out the card and threw it at him.
Three daggers sticking out from the card flew towards the back of the enemy’s neck.
“It’s obvious.”
Suddenly, the opponent turned one of her hands back and protected her neck with ice.
But it was too early to be disappointed.
Even this was just to attract attention, because it was actually Catherine’s explosive magic that struck straight down from above the head!
Siegfried frowned and belatedly raised his head, as if he hadn’t expected this.
It was too late to react. I expected a scene where a cool explosion would hit the guy’s face.
Bam!!
Suddenly, a large man broke her window and entered the hallway, throwing her body and colliding head-on with Catherine.
“Gagging…!!”
A collision that made you feel like your whole body was being crushed.
Catherine is pushed away by the impact, breaking the wall and flying all the way inside the class.
Siegfried looked at her and smiled awkwardly as he patted the dust off her clothes.
“Huh. I almost thought she was going to die. “It was really dangerous just now.”
“So I told you not to let down your guard, right? “What would have happened if we hadn’t arrived on time?”
“It’s because I sent a signal as soon as I spotted the dragon beak.”
Two men and women chatting in a way that is completely unsuitable for the situation.
The light green-haired woman who appeared with the large man on his shoulder also had a familiar face.
A woman who cast a suggestion spell on Rapano, Leah, and even Rachel and tried to use them as test subjects to summon a dragon.
Her name is Veronica.
‘···Damn it!’
I should have expected that in addition to Siegfried, other members of the Drakan organization would also move together.
Now that I think about it, the fact that it got dark outside the window was the ability of the most difficult of them all.
Because I had put aside my worries about Drakan, it took me some time to recall her original knowledge.
In that case, the identity of the big man who just dragged Catherine away must be Dietrich.
If all of the Drakans moved, there would be one more person besides her. At this point, Drakan was a small organization with a total of 5 people.
But you should never ignore it. The combat power of each and every one of them is such that anyone other than the executive director level can beat them.
To put it simply, they were people who had reached the level just below the transcendental, that is, the limit of what a human can reach.
Can the academy faculty alone defeat them…?
Kwaang!!
The shock of Dietrich and Catherine’s confrontation resonated even here.
She must have suffered enormous damage because she had just allowed the surprise attack to take place. If the one-on-one structure continues like that, one day I will run out of stamina and collapse.
I wanted to help, but I couldn’t move because there were two Drakan members blocking my way.
Even if I help, will it help?
I was confident that I had become stronger in my own way, but I only showed myself as helpless in comparison to the overwhelmingly powerful person who had reached the transcendental level. What’s different about dealing with Drakan?
Even if we try to utilize the knowledge of the original work, we don’t know much about them. We only know the general characteristics at a glance, but because it is a very secretive group, not much information has been revealed in the story.
What should I do?
What should I do…
“Cro. “You just watch from behind.”
At that time, Gina, who was next to him, slowly walked forward, glaring at the enemies.
“Because I will protect you.”
The appearance of the third dragon. The magical power wavered viciously and slowly began to take shape behind the girl.
And when she witnessed that scene, she was more happy than anyone else and jumped up and down.
Veronica looked at the dragon that appeared behind Gina with a smile full of madness.
“Ah… Finally.”
“Hey. “You can do what you like later, so secure it first.”
“Don’t worry. “I’m already doing it.”
Immediately after the conversation between the two, Gina suddenly stopped and moaned.
“Tsk…!?”
And Veronica, who was smiling with her eyes, also slowly tilted her head.
“Huh?”