93 Episode (2)
Upon hearing that Gort had escaped from the academy, I immediately started pursuing.
Of course, I didn’t run out without permission, but I got permission from the academy.
The academy had sent a pursuit team to catch Gort, so there was no reason to refuse our help.
I traced Gort down based on the novel, and was able to find out that he was staying at an inn in a small town.
“Don’t even think about running away, Gort.”
Holding Gort by the neck, I said in a clear voice.
“This inn is under siege by my entourage. Serene took care of all your subordinates.”
“… … !”
Since Serine is blocking the visit, there is no place for Gort to escape.
“Ernas this child… … !”
Gort twisted again and slapped my hand.
He could see that he was maximizing the power of his whole body by raising his magical power.
“I will kill you… … !”
As if trying to strangle me, Gort raised his arms and ran towards me.
He lost his temper and was excited.
“It’s no use, Gort.”
“… … ?!”
thud!
Gort, with my fist in the face, flew backwards and crashed into the wall.
Although Gort was large, he could blow it up with one punch.
“Ugh, ah, uh, uh, my face… … !”
Seeing Gort with her nose crumpled, Serine sighed.
“Gort, give up your resistance now.”
“Se, Serene… … .”
“You are no longer a match for Ernas.”
“… … !”
Gort’s face contorted even more.
Hearing something like that from Serine, who had a crush on him, would have been unbearable.
“Ahhh!”
While screaming, Gort ran towards Serine.
But Serene was not agitated at all.
After lightly dodging the rushing Gort, he struck Gort on the back of the head with the pommel of the hilt.
“Uh… … .”
While groaning, Gort fell.
Seeing Gort fainted, Serine sighed.
“The person who was the heir of the 6th master swordsman… It was so tragic.”
In a shabby inn room, he collapsed with his face squashed.
Almost all of the students who used to tease Gort before have left, and the two male students who have followed Gort are overpowered by Serine and lying outside.
He couldn’t even resist properly, and he looked like he was devastated.
“It was a predictable ending.”
Gort had many personality problems.
When he was in Yellow Class 3, he extorted the elixirs of other students to increase his own magical power.
As such behavior was repeated, he lost his reputation, and as his skills stagnated, more and more people left.
But Gort did not reflect on anything. With dissatisfaction and frustration, he waited for something external to happen.
It could be said that it was natural to fall like this.
“Ernas, then I can take Gort back to the academy.”
“No, we are not going back.”
“yes?”
“Gort can be led by other guys.”
It’s not just Serine, Chloe, Schmidt, and Viola who have followed me today.
The new students who had passed the second examination and had come under me were also besieging the inn.
All you have to do is entrust Gort to a few of them and take them to the academy.
“You have to hit the troops on the Waldfeld side that Gort was trying to join.”
I found a letter in Gort’s arms.
It was a letter from a reconnaissance unit infiltrating the western region, asking them to come out of the academy and join them if something happened.
“Would it be okay? Our mission was to catch Gort.”
“No, I have been given this degree of discretion. Now that we have information from the Waldfeld side, we better move quickly.”
“okay.”
Serine nodded her head.
“All right. Then I’ll take care of sending Gort to the academy.”
“Yeah, I also pay compensation to the inn for disruption to business.”
“Do you think breaking the wall is bigger than disrupting business?”
“If I don’t break it, Gort will break.”
Even in the novel, Gort had to break the wall and run away to pursue a chase.
‘then… Let’s move on to the next step.’
Catching Gort is just the beginning.
As an academy’s detachment, I was planning to put the Waldfeld family in a corner.
* * *
“It seems that the Waldfelds are trying to subdue the entire western region by dividing their forces into eight units.”
The command center set up in the main building of the academy.
Here, the main professors of the academy gathered and analyzed information transmitted from outside.
“How many troops do you have? It is absurd to divide into eight units and advance.”
“Even if you divide it into eight, you must have thought that no one would be able to compete.”
“Now that House Lancaster has fallen, there is no house capable of stopping 1 in 8 troops.”
“Their purpose is to quickly take over the entire western region. That’s why we divided the troops like that and sent them in different directions.”
Waldfeld’s forces were terrifying the small and medium-sized families of the West.
As soon as they set foot in the West, they destroyed the Oculus family that stood in their way, or destroyed the estate of the Pestol family that had done nothing wrong, and such rumors spread quickly.
“He said that the Koller family, who was the first to run to and swore allegiance, were very sullen.”
“Isn’t the reason that the estate of the Pestol family was violated because the Koller family, who had been an antagonist for a long time, requested it?”
“The more the story spreads, the more families will swear allegiance to the Waldfeld family.”
“It is already late. In the case of the Paulis family, the gates were wide open and they accepted the army of the Waldfeld family.”
Among the professors who were talking while looking at the map, Professor Valentiano, who was silent, opened his mouth.
“In a situation like this, we have to move quickly.”
“Professor Valentiano… … .”
“They are moving in eight units. But it is difficult to defeat them one by one. The academy doesn’t even have the strength to do that.”
Valentiano reached out over the map.
“It’s best to gather your forces together and attack the home of the Waldfelds, which are staying south of the Norwert Mountains. Mikhail Waldfeld will be there too.”
“The main camp with Mikhail Waldfeld… … .”
“But, Professor Valentiano.”
Professor Achilles from the north said while looking down at the map.
“Even if you attack the main base of the Waldfeld family, you have no choice but to clash with other troops on the way to get there. Especially… We need to break through the fortress of the House Paulis, which we just talked about.”
The Paulice family is a family that uses a fortress used in the old war as their stronghold.
However, as the story just came out, he voluntarily opened the gate and accepted the Waldfeld family.
“It is difficult to get to Waldfeld’s main camp, ignoring the fortress of the Poleis family, as it is situated on an important road. You have to go back a long way to go the other way.”
“You can’t proceed with your operation by ignoring the fortress of House Paulice in the heart of the West. We have to attack from there.”
The other professors nodded.
It was the moment when the Academy’s first target of attack was determined to be the fortress of the Paulice family.
“It looks like the policy has been set.”
“Oh, Professor Yoles.”
When Yols returned from his absence, the eyes of several professors turned to him.
“How was it?”
“Gort Waldfeld has been captured.”
“Oh oh… … !”
The Waldfeld family has yet to grasp the academy’s trends.
For this reason, it was imperative to prevent Gort from joining the Waldfeld side.
“But what caught Gort… … .”
“It’s Ernas and his aides.”
“Haha, that’s right.”
Valentiano smiled, and the other professors were amazed.
“He’s a really great guy. I can play an important role in this operation as well.”
“But it seems that Ernas does not want to return to the academy.”
“… … ?”
“Based on the information we got from Gort, it appears that they have left to raid the Waldfeld family reconnaissance unit.”
Everyone held their breath at what Yoles had told them.
“No, Ernas would act like that… … .”
“I don’t think it’s bad.”
In front of the bewildered professors, Yoles said in a calm voice.
“Hernas is a promising student for the Grand Duke of Lichtenauer. If Ernas like that stirs up the enemy camp, the Waldfeld family cannot ignore it.”
“Professor Yoles, then… … .”
“How about using Ernas as an academy’s separate building at all?”
“… … !”
Students who have been in Graduate for less than a year are used as separate buildings.
When you think about it in common sense, it makes no sense.
But surprisingly… Among the professors present, there was not a single person who was not attracted to this operation.
* * *
barren wilderness.
Dozens of Graduates were hiding in an abandoned village where people had left.
They were a reconnaissance unit skilled in light magic and stealth, and were tasked with reconnaissance of the western region ahead of their allies.
“Is there still no news from Master Gort?”
“Yeah, no news.”
“If something happens, Master Gort will also move. You won’t have to worry.”
With a map of the western region open, they conversed.
“There was nothing in this area… I’ll have to go to the academy as well.”
“It’s our job to keep an eye on the academy’s trends, but… … .”
“Academy is an educational institution. If orders are issued directly from the imperial family, I will not take active military action.”
“Still, there is a possibility that Calleon Ignias will move independently… … .”
While we were having such a conversation, a sudden thunder was heard from outside.
“what? Is it raining?”
“I never felt like that.”
The man who was near the window got up.
Then I pulled back the curtain that was covering the window and tried to check the outside.
But, at that moment.
“Uh… … ?!”
The neck was pierced by the blade that had penetrated through the window.
“… … !”
Everyone reacted quickly.
He tried to pick up the sword he had left nearby, but it was already too late.
Enemies started running in from all directions.
“what?!”
“These children… … !”
Even if they were in charge of reconnaissance, everyone here was a Graduate.
However, the abilities of the raiders surpassed their abilities.
furthermore… … .
“These guys, are they academy students?!”
“no way… … !”
Among the agitated people, a young man with silver hair moved back and forth.
Blood spattered and screams echoed every time he passed.
“Wait, this guy… … !”
The man who was the leader of the reconnaissance unit raised his voice.
“Is it Ernas Landsstein?!”
“Thanks for noticing.”
A young man with silver hair quickly approached the leader.
The leader tried to counterattack by drawing his magical power to the limit.
But, to no avail.
“… … !”
Quang!
The sword that stretched out like a lightning bolt blew away the leader’s sword.
Although the leader had reached the intermediate grade, he could not receive Ernas’s blue sword at all.
“Ugh… … !”
All of the other colleagues had already lost their lives.
The leader who survived alone swallowed his breath in front of Ernas who was holding a knife to his neck.
“Hey, save me. I’ll give you all the info I know, please… … .”
“I do not need.”
👌👌👌👌👌
Blood gushed out of his throat.
Falling down helplessly, the leader heard Ernas’ voice giving instructions to the other students.
“Search inside. We check how much information they have, and then pass it on to the Academy.”
“Okay, Ernas-sama!”
“Then what’s your next destination?”
“It is the stronghold of the Paulis family. The academy will also advance in that direction, so we support from the flanks.”
In the fading consciousness, the leader felt a hopeless foreboding.
That young man named Ernas Landsstein… A feeling that he might defeat the Waldfeld family.