Damn Academy chapter 105

105 – The Circulatory System (7)

“Wake up.”

Cecile tapped Bertan on the shoulder.

Then Bertan wrinkled his brow and became irritated. He didn’t wake up easily, probably because he fell asleep late at night because of his vigil.

“Ah… hmm. Why not….”

“You have to move.”

“Ah… hehehe, it hasn’t even popped up yet.”

“The distant lights are getting closer to us. Even the dark clouds are gathering. The entrance is all plain, so there is no place to shelter from the rain.”

“I… There’s no guarantee they’ll be looters. If you use a barrier, you can block the rain. Can’t you sleep a little longer?”

“You idiot, you can’t move once you install the barrier. Are you going to stay here for the rest of your life? And I received the stitch, but it was already looted by the Teina group.”

Hearing those words, Bertan jumped up to his feet as if his spirit was clearing up.

“What, what?”

“It’s literally. Tina said that all supplies had already been stolen. If our leader can stop all the looters, we can just sleep.”

Bertin rubbed his eyes and looked around. Except for him, the other group members had already completed their preparations to leave.

Looking at the expression on the group member’s face, I couldn’t say anything more. It was because Martha, Cecil, and Tricia all had tired faces.

This group was vulnerable to looting. It might be possible to resist, but it was impossible to stop the combatants from the Ministry of Magic who were determined and rushing at them. Of the group members, only Marta had the least strength. If they were plundered and all potions and magic tools were taken away, they would have to walk the road to hell.

And Bertan was the weakest in this group.

After the checkout, he got up quickly and put the blanket in order.

Marta made a noise.

“We should have brought a kid who is good at fighting.”

Even during the entrance exam, they had to go through the humiliation of being forcibly disbanded due to their weak power.

At that time, we were lucky enough to get together again, but there was no guarantee that we would be lucky this time as well.

Cecile immediately dismissed it before the atmosphere got worse.

“What can I do with something already made like this? Let’s move before it’s too late.”

They got ready and started marching.

As if I was dissatisfied with being hunted and being chased, all the team members’ movements were sluggish.

And, Trisha’s face was particularly sullen.

Cecil noticed this and spoke to Trisha quietly, matching her steps.

“Why are you so low?”

“Sister….”

Tricia looked up at Cecil once, then she let out another weak eye.

Cecile’s group was already well known as the members were known to others, and moreover, thanks to Cecil’s rare magic tools, they were a walking treasure trove to the marauders.

Cecile smiled and patted her on the back to reassure her.

“Don’t worry too much. I’ll promise. We will never be looted. My sister has plans.”

Marta also stood by and encouraged Trisha.

“Right. Cecil is not the only one who will drool and run to you if this foxy gibae asks for help.”

“….”

She didn’t tell her whole story. From Cecil’s point of view, Trisha seemed to be caring about Damian, whom she had previously wanted to include in the group. She even suggested that she work with the Iris group, which Damian was a member of. Something didn’t work out, and the plan was all canceled.

Do you think things would have been different if Damian was with you?

Leader Bertan, who was following them from behind, sneaked in.

“It might be better to work with another group. Elias has been forced to fall out with us, but their group can join us if we ask for help. Elias Group has Victor. It will be easy to defeat the raiding party.”

An unparalleled genius from the Claudinas Brotherhood. I was talking about Victor Dmitri Barton, who ranked 3rd in the combat department’s entrance exams.

Trisha seemed to be concerned that her group’s morale would drop, so she put on her face and pretended to be okay. She agreed moderately, but she couldn’t completely hide her regret.

Bertan was conscious of Trisha’s attitude and added a word.

“It would have been nice to have one fighter in the group. But one person isn’t enough to stop these determined predators. Wouldn’t it be the same if you were in a refugee situation?”

Even if he came, nothing will change.

I was implicitly targeting Damian, the person Trisha recommended. To this she did not respond.

After going on like that for a while, when there was no light following them, they took a short break on a low mound.

Then Cecil called Marta aside from behind a tree to discuss future plans.

It was the same as Martha and Cecil who felt uneasy and uncomfortable. Being hunted and being chased was not very pleasant.

“I must go to the danger zone.”

Martha replied with a confused expression.

“There is no other way… ?”

Most of the looting teams are made up of high-ranking students. As long as they were targeting Cecil Group as their top priority, it was only a matter of time before they were caught.

The only way left is to move to the danger zone that everyone avoids.

“Yes.”

“Whoops, I’m suddenly envious of Elias.”

Elias was also a friend who always went out with them. But this time, Cecil’s group was full, so they had to move to another group. But as luck would have it, Elias formed a team with Victor.

Cecil looked at Martha’s face blankly before saying,

“Shall I bring one?”

No matter how victorious he was, he couldn’t stop all marauders. If it was a raiding party formed by people who were only a few ranks behind him, even Victor would have a hard time.

Cecile knew one person that no raiding party dared to touch.

If that man is you, he’s probably putting all the trifles aside and heading into the danger zone to cut the head of the mightiest one.

“Who?”

Cecil fidgeted with her pockets and a smile appeared on her lips without saying a word. As if she had something only she knew.

***

As Luna was walking, she suddenly looked back.

“… What’s the matter?”

There was nothing but a green mound behind it.

“I don’t know. Something seems to be following us.”

“… Did the spirit tell you?”

Luna shook her head. She must have simply felt it intuitively, but Luna’s intuition was vaguely prescient, and she couldn’t ignore it.

Anyone who will follow us.

Well, there is one suspicious person.

There was a good chance that Shion would go around asking about me.

Defeated and since evaporated, the medicine deserves to rise.

I will not know my location and track it, but the problem is that Zion’s path is likely to overlap with ours.

The danger zone is not necessarily a place to avoid. It’s just a place you shouldn’t go if you don’t have enough ability.

There is no way Shion, the incarnation of the desire to compete, can avoid that place. Her desire to challenge herself by deliberately visiting only her strongmen and breaking her seal will lead her to her danger zone.

If Shion finds me, there is no answer. She runs about three or four times faster than me by using artifacts. It was only during her entrance exam that Shion injured her ankle, so she easily escaped, but running away now will not work.

She had no choice but to fight her if confronted with her, but in all honesty she wanted to avoid it.

Once you take out the magic sword and fight, the scale of the fight becomes too large. I didn’t know how to control my strength, and Shion would fight with all his might, so it seemed that the fight would end only when one of the limbs was amputated.

He doesn’t even want to fight with a normal sword. Because I know very well that her skills are not up to Shion’s. In a person-to-person battle, sword skills and experience play a big part, and I don’t have those two. There is a limit to dealing with a sword master’s disciple with a sword method without fundamentals.

I don’t really want to fight a losing battle.

I also hate losing.

What should I do? I don’t think it’s going to go over with a few candies.

Luna looked at me lost in her thoughts and asked cautiously.

“Why… okay?”

You’d better tell Luna in advance.

“There is one person who can come after me.”

“… ?”

“Zion will come to visit me. She may not do you any harm, but know that she does not come for good.”

Luna’s eyes widen slightly, as if interested.

“… Can you elaborate?”

Luna had nothing to hide as long as she was in a group with me.

“He wants to fight me.”

“….”

“He is inexhaustibly fast when it comes to running, so running away is difficult. There is no other way but to fight.”

“Damian… You are a man of many sins.”

“….”

Luna hesitated for a moment before she asked.

“Is the fog okay?”

“… Huh?”

“Can I escape from Zion with just the magic fog?”

“Fog?”

“When I wanted to avoid interference in the house, I made a fog and ran away. If that….”

It’s foggy. Quite plausible. I was used to it thanks to my time in the labyrinth, and I couldn’t beat Shion’s speed, so there was a possibility if I planned a strategy to block my senses.

“Can you show me?”

“Yes.”

Luna takes a few deep breaths and whispers into the air in an unknown language.

Soon after, a blue spirit in the form of her horse appeared around her and she began to run around like a wild horse. As Luna swept the air, the number of her spirits began to increase one by one.

Where those words passed, her thick steam continued as long as her tail.

The spirits wrapped around us in a circle, and within a few minutes, all sides were covered with a hazy mist.

As if a cumulus cloud had settled on the ground. It was so dense that even Luna, who was four or five steps away, seemed blurry.

Luna, who was left with only a silhouette in her fog, asked me.

“… Will this be enough? If the sun is up, it won’t last long.”

I waved my hand in the air. The density is thick, so it can be stirred even with the wind of my hand. The chief of the Ministry of Magic is not the chief for nothing. It was so brilliant that I was speechless for a moment.

For a short while, if you can create thick fog comparable to the labyrinth, it could be very useful for escaping.

“Excellent. Luna, did you play hide and seek a lot when you were young?”

“Yes. I haven’t tried it with anyone….”

That’s enough.

***

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Shion patted the ashes with his feet, where all the fires had been extinguished.

There were traces of the camp. There are only two traces lying in front of him. Was there a group of two? Judging by the lack of memory, it was clear that he was acting secretly. Footprints continue all the way to the northwest.

Are we headed for the danger zone? Or maybe you’re just trying to get around it.

There were few clues to be found. Shion took out a piece of jerky and followed the footsteps chewing it.

At the same time, a piece of dust-stained cloth landed on her eyes.

Shion picked it up right away and confirmed it.

Looking at the texture, it looked like someone else’s clothes. Seeing that the ends of the cloth were scorched black, it seemed that it had not been incinerated because it was blown away by the wind after burning it.

Is there any reason to burn clothes? I couldn’t find any reason other than hiding my identity.

“No way….”

In the meantime, something came to my mind and I slowly brought the cloth to my nose.

Smell of dirt and burnt. And it smelled faintly of herbs.

It was the body odor that came from Candy.

It was proof that he was practicing here. Even with her new co-workers she doesn’t know.

The corner of Shion’s mouth went up slightly.

She is already a veteran in tracking monsters, thanks to her long practical experience. So it was only a matter of time before she saw him again.

“… I finally got it.”