131. Four days (2)
There is a creation ghost story called Kunekune.
When you go to a rice field in the countryside, there are times when a white object wriggles as if dancing, and two people, A and B, witness it.
A said to B, “What is that?” Asked,
B replies to A like this.
“It’s better not to know.”
And on the spot, B laughs madly and goes mad.
Taking the completely insane B, A goes to a nearby private house,
His grandfather, who has lived in a rural village for a long time, says:
“Tsk tsk, it ended up like this. I’d better keep it for a few years and then release it in the field.”
I’ve seen a ghost story called ──.
Just by looking at it. And just to understand.
Such a ghost story that ‘it ends like that’.
‘… Well, it’s all creative stuff.’
Since it was originally a creative ghost story, the story just now was all made up by someone.
However, what is in front of my eyes is not a fictional story, but reality.
“… Just looking at it, infection?”
“Yes. If you look at it with the conditions satisfied, it will end like that.”
We already know what the conditions are.
There are two main conditions.
1. Both Faith and Spirit stats must be low.
2. You must have accumulated ‘infection level’ while staying for a long time in the Catacombs dungeon of County Findelnerca.
“So don’t look at me too much and try to understand.”
In Tia’s case, her faith level is higher than it looks, and in addition, she is a ‘descendant of a forgotten hero’, so it probably won’t happen like that.
However, I deliberately say that because I was still anxious.
“……Can’t you turn it back to normal?”
Looking at the infected students, they ask that.
You easily believe my words. Come to think of it, Tia was a more innocent character than she seemed.
Since Tia will be the party to solve this matter with Lucius anyway, I decided to give some hints about what happened.
“There must be a culprit.”
“……The culprit?”
“Yes. It was infected by ‘seeing’, so it must have been like this as a result of someone seeing ‘the first something’. Then, if ‘the first something’ is defeated, everything may return to normal.”
“First, something.”
Tia murmured.
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Even though I wonder if he gave a lot of hints openly.
But this should be fine, she rationalizes.
I’m worried about what Tia and Lucius will do in the future, but
Right now, Mari’s safety is more important to me than that.
“These guys are infected, so they won’t be attacked by monsters. Leave them alone and come up.”
“……Yes.”
Tia steps on her steps with a little heavy step.
I climb the stairs with all my tension.
What comes to mind is the comfort of Marie and Claire.
Since I have a relatively high mental stat, I didn’t need to take any special action.
However, things are different for Marie and Claire. Because both of them had low Faith and Spirit stats.
‘For now, measures have been taken.’
When you work in the Catacombs dungeon of Count Findelnerca, the ‘Infection Level’ accumulates.
It rises steeply the deeper you go into the dungeon.
Because of this, Marie, Claire, and I’s bodies had already accumulated some level of infection.
However, it may not have accumulated that many figures. Among the 9-floor dungeons, we were mainly active up to the 3rd floor, and only once each on the 4th and 6th floors.
And I used holy water in between.
This infection level stops rising or even decreases due to ‘divine power’.
Since I was planning the battle using the holy water, we’ve been in contact with the holy water quite a lot.
During the defense battle on the 4th floor, he received the divine skill effect from Della. Every time that happened, the rise in the infection level would have stopped temporarily.
-“…A date? Not with Marie, but with me?”
-“Oh, you said you were going to buy a present for Marie…? I was surprised to hear that it was a date.”
Also, when I went to buy a present for Marie with Rose, I put a lot of thought into the selection. The necklace is quite special.
So, if my theory is correct, Marie’s infection rate wouldn’t have accumulated that much.
‘I’m more worried about Claire, but…… It’ll be fine.’
Claire was a guy with the characteristics of surviving almost all routes even in the Unknown Saga.
And even though this infection broke out around the Student Knights, there was no particular appearance of Claire being affected by it.
… Is it because of Clare’s ‘talent’?
So don’t worry.
With that said, I arrive at the fourth floor.
4Th floor.
The place was also tinged with chaos.
The monster of the abyss is roaming around.
People are gradually starting to get infected.
“…Ariel.”
“I know.”
The monsters of the abyss who came out into the corridor after the students who ran away looked this way.
I exchanged glances with Tia once,
Run right away.
As I ran, the monster in the abyss standing in front also attacked,
Behind her, Tia moves her feet busily while casting the spell accurately. .
Sparks fly and the most advanced monster in the abyss gets electrocuted and falls down.
And the two monsters of the abyss behind them looked this way,
I threw down the throwing ax I had retrieved earlier and swung my sword at the other one.
If you hold both at the same time like that, Tia will activate And the two monsters in the abyss will be hit at the same time.
-Pajijijik!
The stance of the monster in the abyss collapsed with the spark.
If you raise your head slightly and look straight ahead, there are several other monsters in the abyss.
There is no time to knock them all down.
Kick away the monster in the abyss that is convulsing after being electrocuted, and immediately throw a fireball.
“Follow me.”
Now that it’s come to this, I can’t afford to take care of Tia.
When Tia sees her nod, she understands that she can follow, so I take her item out of the bag.
—–
[Magic Engineering Wind Pressure Generator]
Crafting Rating: 8
Quality: High
Attack Power: Normal
Durability: Normal
: A magical engineering item that temporarily creates strong winds. Can be crafted only when the skill level is 7 or higher.
If you put an item inside the gun barrel, you can send the item to a great distance.
After using it once, it takes time to recharge the gauge.
—–
It was like a bazooka that had been miniaturized enough to be held with one hand.
A long, cylindrical gun barrel painted crudely black. It has a design with a handle so that it can be held with one hand.
I hold on to the handle and press the button.
Then,
-Paang!!
The wind blows like an explosion.
Since the hallway was a limited space, the wind that must have been shot forward had that effect on me as well.
The wind pressure weighs down my body, and I just step on the ground as hard as I can to avoid falling.
The bursting wind blew everything in front of my eyes.
Everything that was there disappeared as if erased with an eraser, and various things, including monsters from the abyss, were pushed far away by strong wind pressure.
I don’t hold back on the wind pressure generator I used once and throw it on the ground.
Now, we can move on.
“.”
Tia shoots lightning as if she knows what I’m about to do.
The monsters of the abyss who were trying to stand up were struck by lightning and collapsed, and the huge body became an obstacle, catching the ankles of other monsters of the abyss trying to come this way.
Meanwhile, I was right in front of classroom F.
“…….”
Quickly open the door, put your sword in front and prepare for an unexpected attack.
However, that action didn’t have much meaning to begin with.
I inadvertently lowered the sword I was holding.
“……What is it?”
An empty classroom.
My mind goes blank in a space where no students are visible.
Did I get the wrong classroom?
Why isn’t Marie there?
Where is Marie now?
“Ariel, over there.”
Tia, who followed, pointed to a place.
It is a blackboard.
On the blackboard were written white letters that looked like they were written in chalk.
Its content is,
[Today’s class on understanding mana management will be conducted through practice. Students, please come to the second training ground.]
“No sh*t…!!”
Hold on to reason while suppressing the swear words that will burst out in an instant.
Why, at this timing? What is a practice class?
“……Ariel.”
Jerk off.
Jerk off.
Ominous footsteps are heard from the hallway.
You don’t have to look back to know what’s going on. But I can’t help but look back.
Front and back doors.
Monsters from the abyss poked their heads out on both sides, trying to sentence us to death.
“Haa…”
Extreme stress. Mental like it’s about to collapse.
Kkaduk. Grinding my teeth, I fixed my sword.
It seems that nervousness is laughing at me.
But even if I am swayed by my emotions, I do not intend to be eaten by them.
Change the goal.
It’s not about rescuing Marie, it’s about getting rid of the enemies in front of you and surviving.
“…Hey, Tia. Do you know how many people are alive around here?”
“Almost, never. Probably.”
“Is that so?”
Most of them are either running away or getting infected.
Above all, it was blown away with a wind pressure generator earlier, so it doesn’t seem like there are at least a living person around here.
I’d rather be fine with that.
I took out the bomb.
“.”
-Quaaa!!!
The heat and smell of the flames reach here.
While breaking down the doors of the classroom, overturning the floor, and leaving scars on the walls, he exchanges the monsters of the abyss with corpses.
Use both hands to throw bombs at the front and back doors to block the monsters from the abyss.
Until now, I have deliberately not used it. I’m afraid the students will get caught up in it.
But now I don’t have time to worry about that. Anyway, Tia and I have become trapped in this classroom.
I couldn’t even call it a hopeless situation yet.
Anyway, the only places they can enter are the front and back doors. Also, the monster of the abyss is not a monster with very high defense.
The monsters of the abyss fall one after another, leaving behind the smell of gunpowder.
If you throw a bomb, the monster in the abyss will die.
If you throw a bomb, the monster in the abyss will die.
If you throw a bomb, the monster in the abyss will die.
If you throw a bomb, the monster in the abyss will die.
Monsters from the abyss are coming.
“…Ha, how many?”
He sighs.
It seems that the fight will be a bit long.
“I found it.”
– Cheung!
The window is smashed and something bursts in.
I almost threw the item there as a reflex, but I stopped my hand the moment I saw the familiar look.
Her silver hair, as if soaked in moonlight, dances.
By the time I realized, the sword had already been swung,
The head of the monster of the abyss flew off and rolled on the floor,
It tears its body apart and cuts it into pieces.
Just a few tens of seconds.
It took less than a minute to make the immediate crisis disappear.
Such a force was there.
“Area.”
Inadvertently called that name.
Then, the transparent shining eyes turned towards me,
“You decided to call me sister.”
Even in this situation, they were forcing me to call them names.