134. Battle to recapture the Cultural Center (1)
“Oh, did you know my name….Did you hear it from Miss Entirus?”
She asks me that with narrow eyes.
His eyes seemed to be wary of something.
With a strange sense of contempt, it seemed that he quite hated me as a male student just like the other female students.
“You’ve brought quite a few people.”
Instead of answering Hilka’s question, I say that.
Looking up, I could see about 6 female students besides Hilka.
That was not the case. Dusty, bloody.
Some of them were carrying an infected girl on their back.
“…….”
Hilka trembled when I saw the infected.
Feeling like a child, as if hiding a test paper with a score of 0 from your parents somewhere.
She tried to maintain her composure, but it was clear that her eyes were shaking with anxiety.
She must have known that too. What did she mean by bringing in an infected person?
“Come in.”
I slipped out of the way.
Then Hill Car opened her eyes wide in surprise.
“…Can I come in?”
“Aside from you, there are other injured people inside. I’ll make a decision with Anderson-senpai later, so please follow the instructions for now.”
“Belaram Anderson…. You are the Vice-Chief of the Leading Department….”
Upon hearing that name, everyone stroked their hearts as if relieved.
Belairam, the deputy head of the leadership team, is a person who symbolizes justice and order in the academy. That’s why I think it’s more reliable in situations like this.
“Stop procrastinating and come in quickly. The infected must be quarantined as soon as possible.”
About an hour has passed since the apocalypse occurred.
The situation has been somewhat lulled.
Still, monsters from the abyss continue to attack, but barricades and turrets are blocking them all.
Since all the windows on the 1st floor of the building and the magic battle are blocked, there is no unexpected invasion by the monster from the abyss.
Since the wounded were also in a state of healing to some extent, they were able to operate with sufficient power, and guards were set up in shifts.
Even after Hilka, there were quite a few survivors who visited the magic battle and the building. They also treated me and became a reserve force.
Of course, there were survivors who brought the infected with them,
“…Infected persons are kept in separate rooms until the situation is resolved.”
Belairam said so with a sigh.
I feel uneasy about putting them in the same building, but they are still the same student.
Since it can come back to normal, you can’t throw out the infected. Belairam judged so.
“But you’re going to become that kind of monster later…? To think you’d have people like that…”
“There’s no guarantee that things will return to their original state, right? …According to the rules of adventurers, people who have become monsters are not treated as human beings.”
“When will this situation be resolved? When will it be rescued!”
But there were also people who said that.
Regarding him, Belairam is speechless for a moment.
In a sense, that is also a theory. Considering that there are situations in zombie movies where the infected are let in and things go wrong, it might be right to kill the infected right now.
At that point, Belairam was hesitant.
Should we take risks with the possibility of saving even one more person?
Or will you discard all the infected to make sure the few people in front of you are saved?
Unsure of which one was right, Belairam was about to lose his composure.
“Don’t make a fuss.”
As Belayram, he may not be able to control it.
With that in mind, I stepped forward.
“…What, the duke’s idiot. Why are you interfering?”
“I told you not to make a fuss. Shut up and listen to me from now on.”
“What?! What are you!”
“I am the second son of Duke Beheritt.”
I took out a pocket watch from my pocket.
This pocket watch, which she has had since the beginning of enrollment, is Ariel Beheritt’s basic equipment.
It has the shape of a dragon and a sword, which symbolize the Duke of Beheritt, and it was also an object proving that he was a member of the Duke of Beheritt.
“I don’t think there’s anyone higher in rank than me here. So from now on, I’ll take control.”
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“About the toothless tiger abandoned by the duchy! What authority do you have!”
“If you don’t mind me bringing up family names, look out the window. Do you know where the automatic turrets guarding this building come from?”
I snapped my fingers.
Then one of the turrets explodes.
“!?”
“I gave the order to destroy the turrets. I can destroy all turrets with a single finger.”
“Are you threatening me now!?”
“I don’t care if you take it as a threat. Think about it. It’s thanks to whom you guys are able to survive.”
I gestured at Tia.
Then, Tia nodded her head and sprinted to the place where the shell had just exploded. And start installing new turrets there.
Thanks to my previous visit to the ‘basement’, I now have enough items and can install any number of turrets.
“You know what the situation is, right? If you don’t want to be under my control, you can go somewhere else. I won’t stop anyone from going.”
“…….”
Survivors looked dissatisfied, but no one tried to rebel against me.
Instead, there was a look at Belairam. As if you want me to do something.
“…….”
But Belairam doesn’t move.
As the deputy head of the lead department, she just closed her eyes.
She values the order of the academy above all else, but she is not a tight-fisted person.
He is smart enough to take the second place in the third grade and is quick to understand.
Knowing that not going against my heart is the way to save the greatest number of people.
“It seems like everyone understands. Then, let’s have a meeting.”
“Meeting…?”
“Looking at the situation, it’s hard to expect rescue. Even if rescue comes, we might have to stay here for a few days, but unfortunately we can’t last long. We don’t have food.”
Of course, he keeps his combat rations in the ‘basement’, which can be reached through the warp gate creation order, but he doesn’t bother talking about it.
And he knows that this situation will end today, but he doesn’t say either.
The reason I ensured the safety of magic battles and buildings was to avoid conflict with Mari.
What I wanted the most was the cooperation of others.
There are about 30 survivors here, all under control now.
“Well, then what should I do…”
“It would be a way to move in groups to where there is food, or organize a search party to secure food and bring back survivors. Anyway, someone has to go out.”
I said so.
As I said before, there are two things I need to do. Finding Marie, and bringing the scattered Lucius group together in one place.
Marie went to the training ground for practice.
Lucius is in the Weapon Combat Department building, Ron is in the Holy Combat Department building, and Rose is in the Archeology Club Room.
But this was also the situation an hour ago.
Marie, who was helped by Claire, must have escaped from the training ground long ago.
Lucius may also be coming here after escaping from the Weapons Combat Division building. Or he may have already moved to another building.
Same with Ron, same with Rose.
In other words, I have to find people who don’t know where they are on this wide academy campus, but it’s impossible on my own without the ability to search.
‘… Why doesn’t Claire’s son contact me?’
No Has come since Claire informed me that Marie was secured. It’s frustrating not knowing where the two are.
Now that this has happened, the only way is to mobilize people to search.
Using food and the search for survivors as bait.
“Hey, I have to get out of here…?”
“Yes.”
“I-I’m injured…! The injured are excluded from the search…?!”
“People with severe wounds defend the building. Those who are not should join the search party.”
“Where is that…!”
“…….”
– Perfect!
She snapped her fingers.
Then the two turrets I had installed exploded.
“Hee-hee?!”
“I keep forgetting that everyone’s life here is in my hands. Shall I bet? If all the turrets are destroyed, who will die and who will survive. By the way, I am confident that I will survive.”
“……Mi, crazy man.”
“Why? Did you think that the duke’s madman would be more gentlemanly?”
“Ugh…”
“If you understand, please quietly distort. Senior Belairam Anderson, will you finish installing the turret with Tia instead of me?”
I held out the bag containing the turret installation materials to Belairam.
Belaram is…… Reluctantly accepts the bag.
“…Okay. I just have to install it, right?”
“There will be about 5 more. I hope you know when they all explode, there won’t be any more.”
Exploding a turret is a kind of performance, but it meant that this performance could not be infinite.
“Then, from now on, we will organize a search party. Of course, considering your safety, we will organize the party as balanced as possible. So, each of you should announce your job.”
“You don’t have to do that, Prince Ariel Beheritt. You don’t have to have a party.”
There was an intrusive voice.
A voice that seems cute and yet somewhat harsh.
“Hilka Mardis. What do you mean by that?”
That’s what I ask the owner of the voice.
Speaking of her impression, it should be said that it is like a deteriorated version of Claire.
The one with the most similar feeling would be Rose in her days as a villain. Wouldn’t it be like that if Rose at that time when her miasma rose a little more gently.
Although he has a dignified and noble appearance, he maintains his own elegance.
It feels like she is one step short of Claire, the daughter of the Marquess of Antirus.
From the moment Claire was born, if she was an aristocrat, I would say that this side has a strong artificial feeling.
“I mean it literally. I’m not in a situation where I’m going to split people up and look for food, because I have other things to prioritize.”
“It’s a priority, what is it?”
“The ‘roof garden’ on the top floor of the Cultural Center building. Her Highness is located there.”
“Your Highness the Princess?”
It took time to understand the meaning of the moment.
And soon after, Hilka’s next words create a very annoying situation.
“Princess Ariel Beheritt, if you are a member of the ducal family, you should be more loyal to Her Highness than anyone else, right? Even at the cost of your life.”
“…In other words, are we all going to save Her Highness?”
“You understand so quickly.”
Hill Carr nodded her head.
I sigh.
Crown Prince…… No, it’s the 1st Princess Kristirf Arfelicia.
Since the name is the longest among the Unknown Saga characters, the character is called the crown prince among users. Although she became a princess in this world.
Christilp is a lazy genius, the pinnacle of nerds.
He rarely moves.
‘In a sense, he was the opposite character to Erua.’
If Erea is a character whose appearance is random, Christirp is a character whose appearance is fixed to the rooftop garden, except for certain events.
A character you can meet whenever you go to the rooftop garden at any moment. However, he is also a person who has a special entrance condition to enter the rooftop garden, so it is difficult to raise the bond level in the end.
Anyway, Christirp is a character that literally symbolizes ‘immobility’, so he rarely goes outside.
Even if the apocalypse explodes, it will be the same.
‘But there’s no way he’s in danger.’
It’s not for nothing that Christirp is mentioned as a Tier 1 character in the Unknown Saga along with Erea. Kristirp, who uses the imperial family’s weapon, is strong in a different way from Erea.
Besides, Christie Lep is as popular as he is from the royal family, so even if Hilka doesn’t bother to go, someone must already be guarding him.
Therefore, there is no reason to go to rescue Christirp, nor to allocate any personnel there.
Hilka is only doing this because she wants to earn credit for saving Christierp.
“You’re not going to say you’re not going? Are you going to pretend not to know the princess’s crisis?”
Hilka says so.
It’s not that the emperor has fallen, but if I don’t go to rescue her princess, I’m saying that she’s a disrespectful bastard.
… Even if it’s a degraded version that’s one level inferior to Claire as a nobleman, isn’t it necessary that the technique is also a degraded version? It’s too childish.
However, it is true that it created an atmosphere that was difficult to ignore as long as the name of the princess was mentioned.
There are many people around me who are watching me, and there are many people who wish that I would be kicked out of the academy.
‘… If I say I won’t go here, will I make an excuse?’
Will Claire be able to deal with it later… ? I think Hilka will tackle Claire in some way.
I speak with the feeling of letting out a sigh.
“Of course I have to go rescue the princess. I’m just a little surprised that your loyalty is greater than I thought.”
“…Why are you suddenly praising me?”
“It’s a situation that I can’t help but praise. It wouldn’t have been easy to ask for help from us.”
“We…?”
Hilka glanced around.
The one in front is Ariel Beheritt, who is called the duke’s madman.
Tia, the last descendant of the cursed Black Eyes Clan, is setting up a turret with Belairam from a distance.
And as if to protect me, standing a little far away was Erea Blainclette, the strongest in the academy and who rejected the princess’ proposal in the past.
“If you’re with us, you deserve to be commended for asking for cooperation without hesitation in reducing your reputation.”
“Ugh…”
Hilka’s face is distorted. Her own thoughts were short, as if she regretted a little.
After all, this guy is a degraded version of Claire. Her number-reading isn’t very good, and she doesn’t have enough imagination about what she’s going to do.
‘Hilka is nothing special. But she.’
But at the point of mentioning the princess, I can’t ignore it either.
What is good?
Change the plan.
“Then, we’re going to go rescue the princess from now on. It just went well. There’s a good chance that there will be food in the cultural hall.”
And in the building of the Cultural Center, there is a club room.
In other words, there is a high possibility that Rose is there.
I can’t believe people can be so braindead.