139. Before Infiltrating the Student Hall (1)
[This is Jin. The death of the armored monster has been confirmed.]
[Thanks for your hard work, Ariel Beheritt. Leave the rest to us and take a break.]
The situation at the Cultural Center has been almost settled.
By defeating Evans, there are no more obstacles. Erea immediately defeated the Lord of the Abyss.
The rest of the monsters in the abyss are like ragtags. As there was no more command and control, the monsters of the abyss fell into confusion and were defeated individually.
“It’s a pity. I tried to wash it, but it came clean quickly. The power of magic is really great, but it feels like stealing other people’s work, which makes Rachel really sad.”
Rachel looked at my clothes, which had been cleaned by Erua’s Magic, and said as if she was really sorry.
Currently, I was sitting in the hallway on the 3rd floor and taking a break.
There were no particularly serious injuries, but there are a few things to check.
“Looks like you showed up at the right time. When did you get here?”
“It was really just a while ago that I came. I’ve been looking for you ever since this incident broke out. That’s because I came to Philea Academy as your escort.”
Rachel smiles.
“I was able to find the boy because I was caught by my monitoring network. So I immediately moved to the place where the boy was. In order to immediately prepare for anything that happened to the boy.”
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“It’s a monitoring net. I’ve never heard of such a thing.”
“Yes, if you think you’re hearing this for the first time, don’t blame yourself. It’s literally the first time I’m saying it.”
There shouldn’t be anything in Rachel’s slave contract to hide from me, she said.
Nevertheless, the fact that the existence of the monitoring network has been hidden until now is probably because the existence of the monitoring network is an exception.
Rachel came here on orders from Vincent.
The content of that order was to spy on someone at the academy. And if I reveal the details of this order, I have been threatened with death.
Rachel can’t reveal the details of the order because she has to put the safety of my life above all else.
The reason Rachel has been able to hide the surveillance network from me all this time is because she is a system created to carry out Vincent’s orders.
‘Although I care a lot about what that surveillance network is like.’
For now, I decided to pretend I didn’t know. A wrong step could lead to a confrontation with Vincent, or Rachel to lose her life.
Whatever it was, Rachel’s watch helped. It was also a phase that could be dangerous if done wrong.
It’s really fortunate that things worked out,
In the original way, it would have been easily solved without Rachel stepping out.
But that didn’t happen because there were variables.
“By the way, this infestation is particularly gigantic. If the infection level goes up, will it grow this much?”
Did you read my gaze? Rachel says so beside her.
I had the urge to shake my head at that question.
Never has an infected student grown this large.
However, I experienced a similar situation in Chapter 3.
‘…… Did the professor step in?’
Codename ‘Professor’.
There are two fakes in the academy.
One of them is Elpis Bamir, and she has already left the Floating Island with the code name ‘Book Master’.
And the other one is ‘Professor’, still hiding among the faculty.
From the beginning, the Demon King’s Army took a strategy to keep track of the situation at Philea Academy every moment by planting one spy among the students and one among the faculty.
It is in Chapter 3 that one of the remaining spies, the Professor, begins his full-fledged activities,
For some reason, it seems that he started his activities right after Chapter 2 just started.
‘This must be because the apocalypse broke out 4 days early.’
Normally, the professor wouldn’t act so quickly. Even because of the intention of the bookkeeper, the professor tends to act very carefully.
If you examine Evans’ body, you’ll probably detect a potion reaction.
From here on, it’s a realm of speculation, but the professor must have paid attention to this situation where Tia was away from Lucius and the others and fed Evans with a ‘blast potion’.
Probably the goal was to defeat us around Tia with Evans, and the professor kidnapped Tia.
‘But even if it’s not a berserk potion, Evans…… Why did you become so strong?’
Berserk Potion only grants crowd control immunity along with the gigantic effect.
I feel like Evans’ infection level has risen too much. There must have been only one student with such a high infection level.
There is something fundamentally different from the original.
I still can’t figure out what it really is, but I don’t think we should go over it halfway.
I got up from my seat.
“I’ve had enough to rest. I’m moving slowly.”
“Ariel Beheritt, welcome.”
As you lead her crew, including Rachel, you run into Jin.
Jin is concentrating while staring into the sky, as if he is continuing to activate refraction magic.
“Thank you for coming all the way, but the situation is almost over. It seems that within the next 20 minutes all the monsters inside the Cultural Center will be subdued. Ariel Beheritt will not step out.”
“That’s a relief. But I’m not here to fight.”
“You mean Rose Eiffeltain. It has been confirmed that it remains in the archeology club room.”
Jin sneakily points toward the club room.
“Fortunately, Rose Eiffeltain was not injured. She seemed to have exhausted her mana too much, so she was left to rest in the club room.”
“I see. Then we will go to the archeology club room.”
“Yes, leave this to us.”
“And Kartix senior. We want to leave without seeing Her Highness.”
I said so.
I didn’t like being noticed by Christierp.
Anyway, that person…… The greed for talent is a bit excessive. If you want to be a person with even the slightest bit of speciality, he will send people and try to bring them into his power.
Her problem is that she is a member of the imperial family, and if she invites her, she cannot refuse.
Of course Christirp is not the emperor, but each word of the next emperor carries a lot of weight. He never knows what will happen to him if he refuses.
On top of that, the real annoying thing about Kristiff is that the solicitation doesn’t end with one shot.
If you clumsily refuse, there are cases where the person himself visits and invites you.
‘That’s why it’s better not to notice at all.’
That’s why when I was fighting Claire, I was deliberately arguing in the underground canal.
He has been making such an effort, but he doesn’t want to be caught in any case like this. In particular, there is an element that differentiates me from others who say that I am the only male student.
“Okay. I’ll pretend I sent Ariel Beheritt.”
Jin said so.
I was startled.
I haven’t explained the reason yet, isn’t it too easy to agree?
Besides,
“…You mean covering it yourself?”
“You have to do that to avoid getting caught by Hilka Mardis.”
“However, if Kartix is responsible, Her Highness may come to question you.”
“I don’t mean to criticize you specifically, but Ariel Beheritt doesn’t have a bad reputation anyway. Sending someone like that won’t cause me much trouble.”
On the contrary, there may be people who praise you for doing well,
Jin told me the truth that was a little uncomfortable for me.
“Anyway, you can leave Ariel Beheritt in peace. I’ll cover the rest in moderation.”
“…Why did you do that?”
“When she was on vacation, I owed a lot to Ariel Beheritt.”
After saying that, Jin looked at me and bowed her head.
“I’m sorry at that time. Come to think of it, this is the first time I’ve personally apologized.”
“…Keep your head up. There are others too.”
“That’s right. We shouldn’t bother Ariel Beherit any more.”
She raised her head.
Looking at her face again, I thought she was like a female knight.
Come to think of it, it was. Gene Cartics does not want to be prejudiced by his just and fair personality.
She was that kind of person, so even when she was the raid leader, she appointed me as her party leader.
“Thank you in many ways. Then we will step back.”
“Hey~, Bella is in the magic combat department building~? I just wanted to see Bella’s face, so let’s go.”
Bianca left those words and parted ways.
“Bella” Is a nickname for Belairam. Bianca, even though she looks a bit screwy, loves her Bella Ram so much that she will go to her magic battles and buildings to help her.
You won’t have to worry about the magic combat department building or the cultural center building anymore.
“Thank you for coming to help, Ariel. I’m alive thanks to you.”
Rose greeted me in the archeology club room with a relieved face.
I nodded, pulled a chair, and sat down.
“I have something to tell you. I have a request for you… No, you guys.”
“Please? What is it?”
“I want you to go see Jaca Ancilla with Lucius.”
When I said that, Rose tilted her head in disbelief.
“Senior Ancilla? Why?”
“Cursed clan, you must feel it to some extent. That this apocalypse is related to the student knights.”
People who have just started to become infected have their skin turn white and lose consciousness on the spot.
However, in the case of the Melves I encountered in the magic battle, the building, and the Evans I saw at the Cultural Center, they had already turned into monsters.
“Student Knights… Are you saying this infection was caused by the Student Knights?”
“I didn’t say that. It would be hard to say that it was not related. The infection level of the student knights was unusually high.”
“Then what is the reason for asking me to meet Jayca Ancilla? Does this have something to do with Ancilla?”
“Well, that’s for you guys to check for yourself. All I can say is, I have a favor from Jaca Ancilla.”
“Please?”
“Jay Carr Ansilla said she would meet with Lucius. She seems to have something to say.”
That’s how I explained it.
Well, the reality is a little different.
Jaca Ancilla never asked me to do that.
If I had to argue, it would have been me who asked.
-“I have a question for you next. Beherit, are you the one who will kill me?”
That day, she asked.
And I shook my head there.
-“I am not the one who will kill Ancilla-senpai. Lucius will kill you.”
-“Ah~, was it for Lucius~?”
-“Yes. He will put an end to everything.”
Jayka must have expected this situation to some extent.
No, he must have been somewhat prepared to cause this situation in the first place.
‘… However, something is twisted.’
If it was her temper, she wouldn’t have gone this far.
Rather, she would have made an effort to reduce the scale even a little. However, this situation seems to have grown bigger than the ‘Apocalypse’ I’ve seen in the meantime.
Thanks to this, the original flow and details have changed a lot, but the basic flow is still the same.
If you send Lucius in front of Jayca, you will be able to return to the starting point.
“The key to this apocalypse must be held by Jaca Ancilla. ──And you will be the only ones who can confirm that.”
“It’s an order, Nina.”
Said Benit Findelnerka.
She was feeling that things were not going well.
This is not just an infection. Bennett noticed, subtly, that she was facing a very big problem.
Among the infected, the proportion of student knights is high,
And most of them were people who had been to County of Findelnerca before.
“Investigate what’s going on. Find out what the culprit is and come. Right now.”
“…But, Mr. Benit. In that case, the escort will be shallow.”
“Do you think I’ll be in danger in this situation?”
Benit was annoyed.
This is the Sacred Combat Division building. As Ariel guessed, this is the place most unaffected by the apocalypse.
Priests had already gathered in the building of the Holy Combat Division, and a huge barrier had been completed, so demons could not enter.
Looking at Nina’s hand, it certainly feels like the color of her hand has become much lighter than before.
“However, in this situation, we do not know what will happen.”
“Be silent, follow my words. You can always reappear with the tear of fate anyway.”
“Convergence through space jump is different from constant waiting.”
“Do you think I don’t know that? I know everything, so go quickly. My life is not important right now, but the continuation of my family is more important!”
Unable to bear it, Bennett yelled at me.
Benit was nervous. Because he felt ominous that it would be the worst situation for him.
That is not the realm of calculation.
It was almost an intuition, but that’s why I couldn’t shake it lightly.
“…I understand. Please be careful.”
Nina let out a sigh and took her steps.
I have no particular attachment to Benit.
Maybe even if she died, she wouldn’t shed a single tear of her own.
Nevertheless, since her life was given to protect her Benit, fulfilling the meaning of existence is her only way of life.
Breaking it was never pleasant.
“Huh? What is it? Rose? Oh, didn’t Hear this voice…”
As I left the Sacred Combat Division building, I saw a girl muttering.
This is Ron.
The girl I had seen before at the Count’s residence seemed to be receiving .
“Ah, was it with Ariel… It’s good that Tia is there too.”
Ron nodded his head.
His voice won’t reach the other person, but he keeps talking to himself. Apparently, she wasn’t very used to receiving .
“… What does Jay Carr and Scylla tell us? I’m not sure what, but she just needs to join us in weapon combat and building…?”
Ron nodded and went somewhere.
At the end of that direction, you can see the figure of Marie Ruhelif, who seems to be resting in the corner of the building.
Nina watched Ron like that, and she came out of the sacred battle and building.