169. Community of Destiny
Sullus said.
It’s stupid to walk the path without talent.
Still, if you really want to walk, put in a lot of effort.
If you don’t, Schluss bluffs that he won’t teach you magic.
I complied.
I continued to practice magic whenever I had free time, or even when I made time.
The technique was deployed and dismantled, and repeated every day until exhaustion came.
However, there was a weakness that could not be remedied even after several days of repetition.
That was the direction of the spell.
If you rely on your senses to determine the direction of your magic, it will always come out differently than you intended.
Of course, I could have made it work correctly if I had written the part that instructed the direction in detail in the spell.
However, when rapidly deploying spells in close combat, it was best to skip all of these time-consuming tasks and focus more on security.
That’s why I decided to put all magic related to ranged attacks behind me.
Instead, what I practiced over and over is-
Wheeae liquid······!
“Hey!”
That was how to deal with the flash of light in the form of a whip.
In the case of the whip form, it was all connected from one end to the other, so it did not deviate from the laws of physics.
If so, I was able to use it with the sense of handling a real whip.
In addition to that, I practiced using magic and wielding a sword at the same time.
The result was this scene.
The whips that rose up around me flew like a shot, blowing away the assailants, and cutting those who approached them instantly.
I felt like I knew it now.
What Schluss said was true.
Maybe I can really become a magic knight…!
“Wrap me!”
“·······?!”
At that time, they gathered together in one place with the shouts of the person who seemed to be the leader.
It was a moment when I was confused as to what the plan was.
“Trie! Aim for Yusek’s heart! Now!”
“Huh?”
Schlus was screaming in excitement.
I felt chills from that appearance.
A situation so dangerous that Schluss panics…?
Wedge juice······!
But no matter how much I swung the whip, I didn’t know that their thick barrier would break through.
Then should I wipe it all out at once with fire magic?
But if I did that, my aim would be inaccurate and I might end up roasting the professors…!
“Tree! Get down!”
“What?!”
At that time, Schluss urgently pressed my head to the floor.
A wave of mana was emanating from the front, strong enough to be felt through the skin.
I don’t know what it is, but it’s dangerous.
If I run out and cover myself, will I be able to save everyone?
“Aagh!”
It was at that moment when he twisted Schlus’ arm and stood up.
Quang!
Something flew in with the sound of the wind.
I couldn’t feel the waves of mana that had been pouring out like crazy anymore.
Bewildered, I looked at the place where they were, and saw that the guys who formed the barrier were falling down one by one.
All with a huge hole pierced through their bodies.
The leader of the assailants, who was finally revealed, sat down with the left side of his chest open.
It was precisely to target and remove the heart.
“Is that Erica…”
Schlus looked back and muttered quietly.
The direction he was looking at was towards the school…
Schlus was staring at a building so far away that he couldn’t even see it with the naked eye.
***
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“Graduate students. All confirmed dead.”
Finally, after examining Yusek’s veins, the professor made a decision.
I ended up killing them all.
No one was captured alive.
Of course, I had no intention of blaming Erica for the sniping.
If it wasn’t for Erica, everyone here would have died.
“It was an amazing timing. Iris, it must have been what you said to Erica, right?”
“Ah…? Yes? Hmm… What… That, let’s just say that?”
Iris kept avoiding my gaze.
That sounds suspicious.
But now was not the time to argue over useless things.
“I just saw one of them running behind. I’ll go after him.”
“Stop it. How are you going to pursue it with that body?”
“Every second is in a hurry.”
“Leave it to the imperial police. Get yourself treated.”
“·······.”
Ludwig grabbed me by the shoulders and commanded firmly.
I’m sure my arm was smashed, but…
Damn it. That was right.
Even if they caught up, there was no other way to fight now other than body-butting.
I couldn’t even send Trie for that reason.
I can’t reveal that guy’s identity to Trie yet.
“Okay. We’ll descend.”
The situation was over.
I decided to leave it to the professors to clean up the corpses of graduate students and Untier, and I turned my back.
I was going to trudge down the mountain like this.
But at that moment, my eyes blurred and my body leaned forward.
“Ah…”
As if she had been waiting, Iris was right in front of her with her arms spread out.
A sight that seems like I’ve seen it before.
The moment I was about to fall over to Iris-
“Oops. Be careful, Schluss.”
“·······.”
I was grabbed by the scruff of the neck by Triae from behind.
Right after that, I passed out.
Her last memory was of Iris, who couldn’t keep her smile and a displeased expression popped out.
***
Shluse sleeps like a dead man with bandages wrapped around his arms.
Staring at that peaceful face, Erica cupped her chin.
“What the hell is this…”
There were so many things that happened today that I couldn’t sort them out.
First of all, her internal circuit was manipulated by Iris out of the blue, and her body was sealed.
Because the magical energy she could emit was also limited to a very small amount, after gathering her magical energy little by little for a long time, she was able to use magic to forcibly erase the spell implanted in the internal circuit.
Then, when I came out of the dormitory, I saw something…
A huge pillar of light rose through the black sky.
As soon as I saw the pillar of light transform into a sword, I realized that it was Schlust’s work.
After that, a dizzying fight ensued.
As I was keeping an eye on it with observation magic, I saw a strangely inflated monster whose body turned red and swelled.
Intuition was telling me to pierce his heart.
There was no time to worry.
When she came to her senses, Erica was deploying and activating an ultra-long-range sniper magic spell.
“I have no idea what it is. Will you explain it to me when you wake up, Schlust?”
I pressed Schlust’s cheek hard.
Erika was just scared.
She wished that Schluss would wake up soon.
But as soon as Schluss wakes up, he’s probably just dodging all the questions and heading somewhere else.
Because Schluss has always been like that.
Erica said she didn’t even expect it.
I blamed myself for not being strong enough to earn Schluse’s trust…
“Erika.”
“Huh? Schluss!”
Then Schluss opened his eyes.
Erika was startled and first handed over the water cup.
It was a schluss that I tried to receive with my hands, but I drool when I saw that it was wrapped in bandages.
In the end, Schluss had to sip Erica’s cup of water and gulp it.
“Chulus. I want you to rest today. So please-“
“Are you okay, Erica?”
“Huh?”
Schlus asked anxiously as he covered Erica’s hand.
Not knowing what that meant for a moment, Erika tilted her head.
“You killed a person.”
“Oh, that? It’s okay. It’s what everyone but me has already been through in the South.”
“Erika. Don’t be pretentious.”
“What are you talking about…”
“A bluff that is obvious is worse than not showing it.”
“·······.”
Following Schluse’s gaze, Erica noticed that her own hands were shaking.
She’s been like this ever since she fired her magic.
She thought that by now she would have stopped for sure.
“This, why is this like this. Why… Why… Why?”
“Is it painful, Erika?”
“No… I’m fine… I’m fine…”
“Be honest.”
“Sir… Yes. It’s painful. It’s painful. It’s scary. Because I’ve become a murderer…”
Erika had to admit it.
The fact that everyone naturally passed through rough gates belatedly, but did not adapt at all.
Trie seemed to have no qualms about killing from the start.
Einz was taken aback at first, but after that he didn’t hesitate at all.
Iris ······ She was out of the question in the first place because she was a saint who could not kill anyone.
Everyone plays their part in extreme situations, but Erica, still afraid of murder, was contemptuous of herself.
She was like a timid coward who didn’t want to get dirty, only she herself, when everyone stepped her foot into her mud without hesitation.
“I am a coward. I am a coward who only knows how to pretend to be noble and arrogant…”
“If you were a coward, you would have shot magic. You are not a coward, Erica.”
“But-“
“What is it like to be a little late? What is it like to be in pain? There is no one who kills people and does nothing. If there is, then he has lost his mind. Little by little, everyone is so painful at first. “The important thing is your courage to think of and save your friends and not hesitate to kill. You were able to shoot because that courage outweighed your hesitation. You saved the lives of your friends and professors. That’s the only certainty.”
Erica gradually felt her heart calm down at Schluse’s quiet, still voice.
Her hand trembled.
But something was strange.
She thought that her frantic beating heart would calm down now, but instead it beat even harder.
When Erica came to her senses and opened her eyes, she could see why.
“Are you calm down now, Erica?”
“Yes…”
Schlus’s face was close.
To the extent that it almost touches the forehead…
“This is enough! Kyaaak?!”
“·······.”
Erica was startled and pulled her head out, and she fell into a chair behind her. She
It was because she mistook her for a chair with a back.
“Is the back of your head okay, Erica? Should I call a doctor?”
“I don’t need it…”
Schlus laughs and jokes.
Erika stopped laughing.
She had a smile she hadn’t seen since she shot her magic.
“Schlus. Can you tell me what the hell is going on today?”
“·······.”
Erica suddenly asked a question and bit her lip.
Schlus paused for a moment and pondered.
It was the moment when Erica lowered her head, thinking that Schluss still doesn’t believe me.
“As expected, it would be better to do it together at a gathering than to explain separately.”
“What does that mean-“
Druck!
At that moment, the door to the hospital room was violently opened.
The ones who appeared outside the door were Schluss attendants, Iris, Einz, and Triae.
Everyone seemed worried, but Schluss’s attendant was approaching the hospital bed with tears in his eyes.
Soon everyone gathered around Schlust’s hospital bed.
Schluss felt that he had become an old man on his deathbed.
It was a moment when everyone was looking down at Schluse and opening their mouths to say something.
“I have something to say to everyone.”
Schlus opened his empty eyes and spoke quietly.
Iris, who noticed her from the tone of her voice, quickly spread a barrier around her hospital room to impede her perception.
“However, listening to this means that you will soon become a common destiny with me. Everyone will understand my precarious political position. If you are afraid to join me, you can leave here.”
“·······.”
A quiet silence descended.
No one, including Emilia, moved her feet.
With a slight smile on his lips, Schluss continued his words.
“Nothing has been announced in detail about the culprits behind the last Imperial University terror incident. First of all, the culprits behind this Untier disturbance and the last terror incident are the same. The term to refer to that group has not yet been decided… ·”
Schlus began to explain step by step, focusing on the facts revealed so far.
He put out as much information as possible to him and his comrades who were to become his community of destiny.
As much as they believed in Schluss, Schluss decided to trust them too.