136. Battle to recapture the Cultural Center (3)
“Are you still using Elpis Bamir’s voice?”
[Yes. Because there is no other human form to bring.]
“I heard that Elpis Bamir was unskinned.”
[Even though he’s skinned, he’s using illusion magic. Don’t you know? I don’t know if I’ll be able to use the appearance of Elpis Bamir again.]
“Hmm.”
Well, it’s what she’s called ‘the bookmaker’, so she’ll do it well.
With that in mind, the ‘professor’ decides not to care about him and gets to the point.
“An unexpected situation has occurred on the floating island.”
[Yes, I heard that before.]
“Then the story should be quick. Right now, the Floating Island is overflowing with Demon Beasts. Thanks to that, the ‘Target’ has also been separated from the original party.”
‘Professor’ looked at Tia, who was walking next to Ariel, and said.
Tia, the last descendant of the forgotten hero.
With the blood of a hero, she can pass on her hero’s power to someone she trusts deeply in her heart. The result is Lucius.
And the power of the hero is the power that the current demon king army most desires.
It’s the only way to break that damn seal.
[Are you saying that the ‘Target’ is wandering around alone?]
“It’s not like that. There are about 30 beggars next to me.”
[Are you evacuating?]
“It doesn’t look like that. There’s a princess in the Cultural Center building, so they must have gathered like that to rescue her.”
[Hmm, I think I know roughly what the situation is.]
Through the communicator, I can feel the bookkeeper nodding.
She is easy to talk to because she is quick to understand. I wish I could just get in touch with you.
“If you’re aiming for it, it’s probably only now. There’s no Lucius who has the power of a hero.”
[Don’t rush, Professor. I know your skills, but there are 40 opponents.]
“Most of them fall apart. The only ones that stand out are Erra Blainclet and Jean Kartix.”
[The academy’s strongest, the next leader of the student knights. Professor, don’t you know your position?]
The bookkeeper speaks with a sigh.
[Now, you are the only one left in the academy. If you are also discovered, it will be annoying in many ways.]
The demon army sent two spies to Philea Academy.
Disguised as a student named Elpis Bamir, a ‘bookmaker’ melted among the students.
Disguised as a professor at the academy, a ‘professor’ melted among the faculty.
The ‘Bookmaker’ gathered information from students and sometimes instigated them.
The ‘professor’ gathered information among the professors and was occasionally involved in the operation of the academy.
Controlling both the students and faculty at the same time was the existing strategy of the Demon King’s Army,
Now, it is also a collapsed strategy.
Anyway, in order to break the ‘first seal’, the ‘tactician’ needed to show up.
So, Elpis Bamir is no longer on this floating island, and now only the ‘Professor’ is left.
[Philea Academy’s security breakthrough has become more difficult than before. If you are also discovered, the alert will go up one more level.]
That’s how the bookkeeper explained it.
The security set by the headmaster guards the entire Floating Island, and that is why monsters whose strength and intellect exceed a certain level are caught the moment they enter the Floating Island.
So the spies who are going to infiltrate Philea Academy have no choice but to weaken themselves. And that was only possible among the current demon king’s army, ‘teachers’ and ‘professors’.
“I know. But isn’t the information you can get from working as a professor anyway extremely limited? Because Philea Academy is a student-centered society.”
[…] So, are you saying you want to give up your professorship?]
“As needed. Even if you get caught this time, if you’re lucky, you might disguise yourself as a student and infiltrate next time.”
[It’s better not to touch the principal…. I heard that there is also Erea Blainclet. Don’t step out.]
“This is a great opportunity. The target is far from the party.”
[If you’re going to aim, you should have moved as soon as the situation broke out.]
“I couldn’t help it.”
Because these monsters have been attacking themselves as well.
It was effective that this incident confused the academy and tore the Lucius party apart. However, aiming at the same monster himself was a hindrance.
[I can’t help it. Those monsters are not the power of the Demon King, but the power of the hero.]
“Bookmaker, I think you have to take a certain risk. Now is the golden opportunity.”
[I agree it’s a golden opportunity, but you’re always too aggressive…. Let’s do this. How about giving it a try without taking the risk?]
“Hmm?”
[Are the things I left behind?]
That’s what the ‘Bookmaker’ asks.
Of course I have them all. Because the ‘professor’ secured everything on the day the bookkeeper left the floating island.
[There is no need for the ‘professor’ to step forward. Do you know the word leejay?]
There were about 20 students in the basement of the Cultural Center.
But among them, there are only a handful of people, less than 10, who want to survive. The other 10 were seriously injured.
“Are there any infected here?”
“Infected people… Have all been sent outside.”
Jin replied as if it was difficult to say.
“Those monsters didn’t seem to be particularly targeting the infected. So, as long as they don’t leave them with the injured… I think it’s fine for now.”
“Is that so?”
Her I don’t really intend to blame her. Jin just chose that she couldn’t see the infected as something to protect.
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Since it is like an apocalypse situation, we can respect it. It’s just that I’m a little worried about how much I’ll blame myself after everything is over.
“By the way, how is everyone here? Did you come here in search of shelter?”
“No. We’re here to rescue Her Highness.”
It was Hilka who answered that, not me.
Maybe I didn’t like that I was in charge the whole time. She sneaks out next to me as if she’s going to intervene.
“Actually.”
I briefly explain my situation from there.
That she broke up with her colleague Marina Claire. The magic battle department and the building secured safety by joining forces with Erua.
And that Hilka came.
“I acted from the beginning to save Her Highness. However, there are many difficulties with an impromptu party, so I thought of reorganizing in a safe place.”
Hilka subtly told how she had come to the magic battle department building. It was more her feeling that she was curiously trying to justify herself than her feeling of emphasizing her own actions.
I didn’t really like the attitude, but I just assumed it was. Whether she came to the Magic Combat Department building to evacuate or stopped by to reorganize, for me, it’s a good story.
“I have to save Her Highness right now. Senior Jin Kartix, if you are the ace of the Student Knights, will you help me?”
“…Hilka Mardis, it’s not something you can do with your heart alone. If you do something wrong, all of these people could die.”
Jin said calmly.
Hilka then narrowed her eyes.
“Are you afraid of death, senpai? Isn’t it the loyalty that the people of the Empire should have, to sacrifice their lives to save Her Highness?”
“Even if one’s life is spent, it can be called loyalty only when it is used meaningfully. If it just disappears in vain, that’s reckless. If you can’t save Her Highness even at the cost of all 40 lives here, will you be recorded as a hero? ? Or will I be recorded as an idiot?”
“That’s…”
“Hilka Mardis, I don’t doubt your skills, but you should be more careful when you move.”
Jin said in a serious voice.
Truly, it is the character, dignity, and skill that deserves to be pointed out as the next knight commander.
As a noble, Jin is pushed behind by Hilka. Anyway, Hilka is a member of the princess’ faction.
But Jin is two years older. Although she is only two years old, her experience at her academy, which she has learned so far, has accumulated her experience, so she dismisses her heel car lightly.
And somehow it felt like a gun shot on my behalf.
“Let me explain the situation at the Cultural Center. Outside, senior Bianca Plach… How far did the lead manager talk?”
“I heard that there is a monster wearing armor inside the Cultural Center. I haven’t heard of anything else.”
“I see. …That mutant monster is currently occupying the 3rd floor of the Cultural Center.”
Jin gestures. Then, a person wearing the uniform of the student knights rushed over and gave them a map.
Jin takes a pen from her bosom and marks the third floor.
“His Highness is located on the top floor of the Cultural Center building. The ‘Rooftop Garden’ is originally a place that no one can enter, so it is well protected. In addition, it seems that ‘Vermulet Walsing’ is guarding it.”
“A vermulet?”
I heard Era’s voice.
Without a sound to know, she was looking at her map as well as me next to me.
“Yes, Vermulet Walsing….By the way, he was Era Blainkleet’s childhood friend, right?”
“No. Master’s friend’s disciple.”
Er Ah shook her head.
Er-A, whose human relationships are narrow, has only two people to share her words with. One is Lapisca, who has only suggested doing it once, and the other is Vermulet Walsing, who has been offering it all the time.
Vermulet Walsing is an apprentice of the Sword Saint.
The swordsman considered the adventure king as a rival, but in the end he regrets not being able to defeat the adventure king.
In order to resolve the lingering feelings of such a teacher, Vermulet, the disciple of the Sword Saint, will one day surely defeat Erua, the disciple of the Adventure King…… Well, there is such a cliché-like story.
“Vermulett is strong. So the princess is probably fine.”
Vermullot has never defeated Er Arl, the strongest in the academy, but she is still a student who can fight on a more or less equal level. Even in Unknown Saga, Vermulot was also a character in the ranks of performance characters.
“Yes. With the roof garden’s defense system and Vermulet Walsing’s escort, Her Highness’ safety will be safe.”
“But I can’t leave Her Highness like that forever. There’s no food stored in the rooftop garden.”
“I know, Hilka Mardis. So we have to pave the way, but the question is how to get there.”
“How about an elevator? There must be an elevator prepared for the princess’ call.”
“The elevator has stopped working as if something went wrong.”
Jin glanced back and said. There is an elevator that goes directly from the basement to the roof garden on the top floor.
As Hilka said, the elevator was made only for one princess.
As the Cultural Center building repeatedly expanded, it became too wide up, down, and sideways, and as a result, Christierp had difficulty moving.
It doesn’t even make sense for the imperial family to move their feet and run around. Because of his lazy personality, the academy produced the elevator and gave all rights to it to Christierp.
“You can’t get to the rooftop garden with a broken elevator. There’s probably only one student in the academy who can fix the broken elevator.”
“…….”
“That means you have to travel by means other than the elevator. If you use the stairs to go up, you’ll encounter an anomaly on the third floor. If you get it wrong, you’ll be annihilated there.”
Perhaps it was because of his experience as an engineering chief, Jin made a cool decision.
And I also thought that most of those judgments were correct to some extent. If everyone here went up the stairs together, they would be completely annihilated.
It needs an operation.
“I guess we have no choice but to divide into teams and conduct a diversionary operation.”
I said so.
There are a total of 5 stairs in the Cultural Center. East, west, south, north, and central spiral staircases.
It was organized to some extent with the story of sending troops to each of these five stairs to spread the diversion.
“Rose Eiffeltain isn’t here.”
Before the operation began, I looked around the survivors.
Christirff didn’t come out of the rooftop garden, so even if it’s not here, Rose, who should have been in the club room, is also nowhere to be seen.
“I’ve never seen Rose Eiffeltain. In the first place, there must be a lot of students trapped inside the Cultural Center.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. Because the cultural center building is so large, there are many students who could not escape outside. So, there may be people who lock themselves in club rooms or internal facilities and hold a sit-in.”
Maybe Rose is like that too. The club room is a place where students leave their belongings, so security is pretty good.
If you are going to sit-in, the club room is a pretty good place.
“Could you contact Rose Eiffeltain?”
“…Unfortunately, she’s never spoken to her. I’ve heard her name.”
Jin shook her head.
Jin possesses .
But she needed conditions to activate . That she should have never had a conversation with her at least once.
In the Unknown Saga, Is not simply a skill for remote communication. It was a skill that was sometimes required to proceed with an event with a specific character.
However, players cannot conduct events with NPCs they are completely unfamiliar with. Was possible only with NPCs whose bond level was at least 1st level.
And since the relationship level 1 was a condition that could be achieved by simply exchanging words, in other words, Was only possible with someone who had a conversation.
“Lucius, I haven’t even spoken to Ron. I sent To Lapisca…”
“You’d better not expect anything.”
Since Lapis Card doesn’t have , She can’t expect a reply.
Among Lucius and his friends, Rose is the only one with . That’s why she purposely came to rescue Rose.
If you secure Rose, she will be able to send To Lucius and Ron as well.
In the same way, Can be sent to Marie.
‘Of course, Mari seems to have no problem now.’
I thought that while looking at Jin.
“I’ve just communicated with Claire. Claire and Marie Ruhelif seem to be in the Sacred Combat Division building.”
“Sacred Combat Division building?”
“Yes. I think I met the knight commander and moved there.”
“Andy Parfum…”
Did you meet that person?
A man like a MacGuffin…… No, in this world it would be a woman.
When I was playing Unknown Saga, I was also one of the characters I hadn’t met much.
“I got a message from Claire. He wants me to apologize for not contacting him. It seems that he was worried that Ariel Beheritt would risk going there if he informed her that he was in the Holy Combat Division building.”
“Is that so…. But please tell me to keep in touch.”
If you don’t contact me, I’m just worried.
Anyway, the Sacred Combat Division building might be the safest building on the academy campus.
This ‘infection’ originated from the Catacombs dungeon of Countess Findelnerca, and the lower the Will and Divine stats, the easier it is to mutate.
Conversely, in a sense, the Sacred Combat Division building, where the personnel with high Sacred stats are concentrated, is the cleanest place. Not only was it the least affected by Apocalypse, but Benit, a Sacred Warfare student, is probably there too.
And the presence of Benit means, in other words, that Nina is also guarding the place.
At this point, Marie and Claire should be considered safe.
‘Then I should focus on my future work.’
After recapturing Rose this time, find Lucius and Ron. After that, if you entrust the boss treatment to Lucius’ party, everything will be solved.
To do that, you must first defeat the ‘Lord of the Abyss’, which is no different from the mid-boss.
“Ariel Beheritt, are you sure that that number will suffice?”
Jin asks.
Climbing the eastern stairs was decided by four people.
Me, Tia, and Era.
And Bianca.
“A lot of people can’t move together anyway.”
Because it is a limited space indoors, even if many people move at once, it will only interfere with each other. That’s why it naturally moved with a small number of people.
Among them, Erea is an existence that is equivalent to a hundred per cent. Bianca also has excellent fighting skills as she is not in charge of the lead department for nothing.
“If you’re confident, you’ll be fine….But please don’t overdo it. If you feel it’s dangerous, retreat immediately.”
“Yes, I understand.”
I nodded and turned my back.
It’s time to start the operation.