In the middle of the theater, the technician who was adjusting the screen checked the graph and shouted in surprise.
“The top student on the kill count has changed! Eugene is no longer number one!”
“That, is it? Then, did the crown prince regain first place again?”
The principal, restless as he walked back and forth behind the technician, asked as if he had been waiting.
“no. This is a student named Bernadette or Bernadetta.”
The technician shook his head and responded that he wasn’t sure what was what.
“Bernadette? Bernadetta? It’s an unusual name I’ve heard somewhere… … .”
The headmaster groaned as if he couldn’t remember, stroking his chin.
“Once then, send them out. It’s a good opportunity to showcase the outstanding Sangvis students.”
Then, without hesitation, he ordered. The technician nodded and adjusted the output of the magic stones to show the location of Ber on the screen of the theater.
“Ah, ah ah! Isn’t that student rude to the corps commander!”
The headmaster screamed as a female student with messy blue hair appeared on the screen.
“… … ? what. Is this student right? … ?”
It was also a relaxed look, not looking like the student who won first place in the kill count, just sitting with Fromm doing nothing. There was even a stir among the professors after touching the magic stone again, wondering if the technician had made a mistake.
‘Uh-uh-uh. what to do Maybe it’s a good thing… … !’
The principal panicked and frantically looked at the corps commander.
“… … ? I think I remember seeing it somewhere.”
However, the party commander, Alexei, did not remember what happened at that time. It was as if I had seen it somewhere.
“Is that kid number 1 in the kill count? It doesn’t look like he’s doing anything.”
“That, that. We are still in the situation… … ?!”
aaang!
“Quaaa!!”
While the headmaster stammered to answer the corps commander’s question, a loud explosion and scream rang through the theater.
“ah. Another person got caught.”
“It hangs well.”
At the same time, Ber and Fromm got up from their seats and slowly walked down the building.
Right in front of the building where the two of them were located, a man with a weapon passed out with smoke billowing from his body. Fromm and Ber dragged the fainting man to the ground floor and retrieved the magic stone.
“It’s already the 6th. Aren’t there too many coming?”
“It’s a geographically advantageous location, so everyone must be defending it.”
It was a nonchalant attitude, like handling a rat caught in a trap. Everyone in the theater who watched the scene was at a loss for words in a daze.
“That… … A magic circle?”
“What rescue? Can you stop the video for a second?”
“Can a magic circle of that magnitude be realized with the items given to the Colosseum?”
After a bit of silence, the professors started a discussion with their enthusiasm for learning about the existence of a magic circle mine that they had never seen before.
‘Oh, maybe that’s good! Asking someone else to turn the screen right now might ask a question, so should I stay still? But leaving it as it is… … ugh… … !’
Only the headmaster desperately looked at the corps commander with a slightly serious expression, flustered by the unknown flow, and the emperor, who seemed bored and began to doze off.
“… … What the hell is going on?”
Proud, who had been awake for a while thanks to the consideration of the professors, wanted to go back in again.
* * *
“I’ve said it a few times, but Miss Ver is truly amazing.”
After giving the unconscious man a rough treatment, Fromm spoke in a tone of genuine admiration.
“Although I feel like I’m doing something really mean.”
Ber was shy and responded to Fromm’s praise.
“I never thought I would be able to kill so many just by defending the high ground. It’s all thanks to Miss Ver.”
“Oh, no. It’s not such a big deal. I just applied what I learned… … .”
“The application is great. Belle has a talent. I think you can have a little more confidence.”
At the unfamiliar compliment, Ver shook his head hurriedly and took a humble attitude, but Fromm praised Ver more and more.
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“Is that so? It’s been a long time since I’ve been praised by someone, so it’s kind of awkward… … .”
After several such conversations, Ber eventually accepted Fromm’s praise and smiled. And for a while, he looked at the corpses lined up side by side, no, the unconscious students, and the magic circle he had set up in front of the building.
“Then, I… … .”
“I am?”
“… … A little more, a little more respect would be fine!
And suddenly burst into tears.
“everyone! You are so rude to me! Make fun of vomiting Gretel or what!”
Perhaps it was a reaction to being praised after a long time, what I had endured for so long started to explode.
“Namit Gretel… … ?”
“Well, it’s too long to talk! If you want to hear… … .”
“No, it’s okay not to talk. It sounds like a very sad story.”
Fromm shook his hand and refused. I was sure that it would be a bothersome thing that would be nice to hear.
“Now is the time to show my strength. I won’t be ignored anymore. I’m going to do my best, explode everything, and surprise everyone!”
Berg shouted, raising his finger high in the sky, no, toward the ceiling of the building. It looked like a dangerous switch had been turned on, but it looked fun the way it was, so Fromm decided to leave it that way.
“By the way, is the tool for drawing that magic circle, ordinary chalk?”
When Fromm asked, Ver unconsciously fiddled with the black chalk he had kept in his chest pocket.
“no. It’s an object made from an alchemy experiment.”
It was the Chaosium chalk that Ethel and I had studied until the day before the Colosseum started.
It was a fraudulent item that made no sense in the history of the magic circle so far, capable of drawing an almost semi-permanent magic circle by putting harmless chaos into the line.
“It’s not that great.”
However, he thought of it as just chalk for magic formations that lasted a little longer. That’s why he hadn’t reported to the crown prince yet.
“okay? I’m curious what the principle is. Can you tell me?”
“ah. that is… … . Umm… … .”
When Fromm asked, Ver was embarrassed and slurred.
“This is a secret. I plan on living with this for the rest of my life, so I’m sorry.”
Then he shook his head and refused. Actually, before making a living, it was because he remembered the prince’s sincere threat not to spread the story about the Chaosium.
“Then it’s okay. I guess I asked too lightly.”
Fromm shook his hand, saying he had nothing to apologize for.
“For now, let’s keep guarding this place.”
“yes! We collect corpses diligently!”
That’s how the two of them built up their will and went up to the second floor of the building, and after a while, Kwaang! Another victim increased with the sound of an explosion.
* * *
“I never thought that Ms. Ver would be in first place. What are you doing?”
When he heard that Ber was in first place in Magic Stone, Katyusha expressed doubt as if he had no idea.
“Isn’t there a lot of magic circles spread around the building? Even so, being number one is amazing.”
Even in actual survival games, it is quite common for people camping in good places to get better grades than people who run hard. I’m a little annoyed that actually happened to me, though.
That’s it, and what we need to do first is to get rid of Tarius and Eugene. Fromm doesn’t have great fighting ability, and Ver is Ver. In other words, if you can subdue two first, you just have to pick up the rest.
“Wyvern. How did you detect our location?
“I used the magic of sound.”
Wiburn answered my question right away. I looked at Arya, who was fiddling with her neck.
“Then, Arya’s current state would be impossible.”
“… … .”
Arya shook her head. Then he stumbled to his feet and picked up a violin that had been lying on the floor nearby.
“Arya, are you okay? Even if it’s not with your voice… … .”
Wiburn asked worriedly, but Arya shook her head as if it was okay. Then, holding the violin’s bow to the strings——.
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“… … !”
It was scraped hard as if it would break. It wasn’t a soft sound, but a sharp sound like scratching chalk. Everyone around them flinched in an instant.
“… … Whoa, ha ha.”
Aria closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths. Then he lowered the violin and gestured to ask if he had anything to write.
“I have sheet music and a pen in my right pocket. You can use it.”
“The violin, the sheet music, the pen, what and how much. Let me borrow it for now.”
I was dumbfounded and took out sheet music and a pen from Wiburn’s pocket and handed them to Aria. Arya sat down and started drawing a brief map of her current location on the floor.
‘As expected, you used the reflection of sound waves. Almost like a bat.’
It was as if the sharp sound from earlier had been read through the magic of sound. In the original work, it was treated as something that moved the listener’s heart, but it is surprisingly useful.
‘… … Then, was Tarius aware of this technique?’
Not only us who had dug the tunnel, but Tarius came right in front of us without being noticed. If he had come normally, he would have known his location.
in other words. It is said that Tarius also knew this detection method and its destruction method.
‘How come there are no children who move according to the original story.’
I sighed. In the original work, he was a taciturn archer who played an active role without speaking, but how did he become like this? Contrary to Wiburn being a purebred, the other side was in a very bad condition.
‘Is it because of Eugene? No, is it because of Parabellum?’
Maybe he asked for something along with support, just like he did with Wiburn. Otherwise, the difference between the original and reality cannot be explained.
Arya drew all the pictures. There were two people around here who could feel the reaction.
“One must be Tarius, and the other must be Eugene.”
It seemed that Fromm and Ver were hidden in another building and moved. There is a well-located building a little further out of the detection distance of the sound wave. Perhaps it is occupied there.
‘I wonder if Berg is building a fortress there and taking care of the kill count. It’s roughly expected.’
Suddenly, I started to worry that Ver had secretly brought the Chaosium and started causing a commotion. Or maybe he invented some crazy new weapon with Chaosium and abused it. I had such an ominous feeling.
‘no way. No matter how stupid Ber is, it’s not like that. It will be fine.’
If you do something annoying, I won’t forgive you to the extent of throwing up. It makes me angry just to join Eugene’s team without permission.