8. Lost
8. Lost
The news that the whereabouts of several students, including Gared, had become unknown, spread far and wide.
Considering that there have been reports of sightings even just this morning, it must have been a while since something happened. The vigilante group has conducted an investigation on its own, but so far it has not shown any results.
Around the time when you start to have strange doubts.
“How are you?”
The chairman suddenly appeared out of thin air. It’s such a novelty that I’m not surprised anymore. I’m just curious what happened to you.
He said calmly.
“Peer finally moved.”
“…..!”
However, the content was shocking.
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“What?”
Lisbeth, who was next to me, hurriedly asked.
“Chairman, was there a raid?!”
“That’s not it.”
The chairman shook his head and continued.
“From the outskirts, a great nightmare is slowly closing in. You don’t seem to want to see blood directly.”
“Nightmare is… “
“It’s a blood you’ve met before, Alem. He’s the guy who deals with nightmares.”
Blur.
When I remembered the name, I shuddered.
A vicious method of forcibly bringing out bad memories that have been dormant in images and making people devastated. In terms of disturbing the enemy’s nerves during battle, it was considered that no one was superior to him. I’ve been on the battlefield for years, but I’ve never met that type of shaman.
“What do you mean the nightmare is narrowing?”
“You will know when you see it. Because the warriors are falling pick and pick from the outskirts. They seem to be forcibly taken to the world of dreams.”
Me and Lisbeth were shocked.
If that’s the case, doesn’t that mean that all the warriors in Academia will be trapped in their individual traumas? Whether it was possible or not, this was a big problem.
“Is Academia okay?”
“You seem to have prepared quite a lot this time. The technique is very extensive… Thanks to that, it became easier for me to be active as well.”
Chairman smiled and played with me.
“Don’t worry, they did the worst. Since I turned reality into a non-magic zone, it seems that I have prepared an image world where I can use my magic to my heart’s content in order to destroy it, but I would have never dreamed that I had this… “
The chairman’s smile grew more and more evil. I don’t know what it is, but it seemed clear that there was a conversion, so I asked him with relief.
“Then what should I do now?”
“Oh, I’m here to tell you that anyway.”
The chairman clapped his hands.
“Soon we’ll all be forced to sleep, and I’m trying to set you on a proper dream stage. I have a mission that I really want you to complete.”
“Can that be adjusted?”
“Hey, I am the chairman. Anyway, the plan… “
**
When I opened my eyes, the scenery had completely changed.
“This is… “
Forest.
Mountains and Streams It was in the middle of a mountain with thick vegetation.
The leaves covering the sky are so dense that the sunlight hitting the vegetation is breaking into small pieces and pouring down to the ground. The sky visible through the gaps in the leaves was clear, but the ground was completely shaded and moist.
Professor Lisbeth was next to me. She also joined her mission as my escort.
“For now, it seems that you have safely entered the world of images.”
She looked around and suddenly let out a low laugh.
“This must be… It must be my nightmare.”
“Yes?”
I was tilting my head as it seemed that no matter how I looked at it, it didn’t seem to be related to me, but it must have been her image world.
I looked around the forest blankly for a while and said a word.
“Excuse me… what kind of nightmare At first glance, it only looks like a scenic forest.”
“This is a forest in the middle dimension.”
“Was there a place like this in Academia?”
“On the outskirts, Zone 75 to be precise… It’s where I used to do missions. The mission to pursue the warriors from Eros, who were the main culprits of the situation. It was my last mission.”
Saying that, Lisbeth looked around.
“Perhaps, if predictions are correct, soon… “
At the same time, countless and various monster cries spread from deep inside the forest. Birds that felt threatened flew up from all over the place, and the shaking of the leaves gradually got stronger.
Something is coming.
The first thing I put my head into was the dog’s mouth.
“Prepare, monsters will pour from now on.”
A haze rose from Lisbeth’s whole body as she finished the unknown rider ceremony. Since it was an image world, it was completely unaffected by the non-magic zone set up by the chairman, and was emitting full 10% of the magical power allowed to the professor.
That’s what I mean too.
As soon as I focused my mind on the Earth Stone, fresh magic melted into my whole body. It was just enough mana. That’s enough.
“I’ll give you an explanation after the battle. Just survive.”
Lisbeth’s eyes were somehow more droopy than usual, and her gentle smile was gone. There must be a reason why this forest is the stage of her nightmares. The other day, she thought it would be nice if I could share Lisbeth’s pain, just as Sui shared her images with me and became my understanding.
Why does the word “Survive” Feel so heavy? Finally, the opportunity to see with your own eyes what kind of bullsh*t the former seniors of Eros had left after escaping had come.
Be alert.
I kept her mouth shut and followed her.
**
“Hmm, hmm.”
The director hummed his hum and entered the deepest world of images.
After removing the curtain of darkness, there were many familiar faces. Peers who would be fine even if beaten to death.
“Hey.”
The chairman twisted his lips and smiled.
“So you finally showed up. You’ve been hiding so well for the past 15 years, are you ready now?”
“Chairman.”
The woman in the lead responded by crossing her arms. Her bronzed skin glistened in the half-darkness. The number one peer, her name was Bambi, and she was the owner of an unquenchable flame.
There were also several peer warriors behind her. I don’t know if I can call them warriors.
“What are you thinking? If we turned Academia into a non-magic zone, we wouldn’t have known that we had magic.”
“Everybody knows.”
The chairman took out a scroll from her arms and held it. However, unlike what he usually wears, it was dyed completely pitch black. Even from a distance, he could clearly see the unholy aura wriggling.
Feeling a foreboding feeling, Bambier twitched the back of her nose.
“What are you going to do with it? Don’t you know that playing with children doesn’t work anymore?”
“It’s okay if you’re kidding, if you’re kidding… “
The chairman smiled and unfolded the scroll. It wasn’t enough that the long stretch of pitch-black reached the ground beyond the waist, and after rolling a few more meters, the end unfolded.
It was a very long scroll. So far, there is no such precedent.
Seeing that, Bambie took a small breath.
‘Crazy… What is the capacity… ?’
Bondi, the sealing ability of the director depends on the ability of the sealed target.
There were almost no limits when it came to sealing something, but he didn’t know how to do anything other than that, so the power of the chairman was determined purely by how powerful the sealed object was. Being able to control Academia’s magic system alone proves his ability. There was no magic beast that the chairman couldn’t seal, so which beast he found was directly related to his strength.
And the seals of the director Bambie had seen so far were, at most, scrolls ending at his waist. It was kind of like that too. The price of the soul that the scroll had to store.
However, that jet-black scroll was not enough to pass easily through the waist, and covered the ground for a long time. It seems that a sticky murderous intention is already rising. An extremely malicious energy overflows from within the scroll.
A cold sweat ran down Bambier’s spine.
‘If that thing comes out of the world… ‘
This was when she was trying to instruct her men on what to do.
“It’s already too late.”
The chairman completely released the seal with a low word.
Chaw ah!
From beneath his feet, the jet-black water gushed out of the world like a backward flow. Disgusting stale water clumps together to create a certain shape.
It must have been a terrible form of monster.
It definitely looks like a human figure, but the head has melted down, and ominous smoke billows from the charred body. It was an instrumental existence that should not exist in this world. Also, it seemed that the fate of those who encountered it would be similar.
The bastard let out a plaintive cry. It was a scratch that drove listeners crazy. Bambi had to resist the urge to cover his ears.
“Kie eh eh…” “
“Hey, f*ck… “
Before Bambie, who instinctively backed away, shouted something to her colleagues.
“Kiii…”
Shimma has finally regained its full form.
Then, she opened her mouth wide, and the sound of crying that burst out from inside shook the world of images.
“Keee!”