143. final exam (1)
“This is Luna.”
Seria looked at Luna with calm eyes.
“Ohh~ You guys fight all the time, so you get along surprisingly well, right?”
Luke shrugged and looked at them alternately.
“Then Luna, get out of here.”
“Then next…”
The moment Seria naturally tried to call the next person.
Luna cut her off.
“I refuse.”
“what…?”
Seria’s look of disbelief.
“Luna. I heard it wrong, right?”
“No. You heard me right.”
…there were no variables.
Luna faithfully carried out the plan exactly as we had previously discussed.
“I. Luna Iaros refuses to join the warrior party.”
Luna bowed her head and firmly expressed her intention to refuse.
“why…”
The homeroom teacher looked at Luna with an interesting look.
“There’s no turning back. Luna. If I refuse now, I want to try again later. Can’t I do this?”
“I’ll say it again. That Luna refuses to sit in the warrior’s party.”
Seria, biting her lip, seemed to have something to say, but soon turned her head and started calling the next person.
“Who am I going to call next?”
Seria’s gaze met mine.
“…Sirius.”
Ah… Seria.
You don’t know why I was given the name Sirius.
The truth I hadn’t revealed to her until now.
promised betrayal.
“I am…”
In the air that has already cooled down due to Luna’s refusal.
Luna looked at me intently.
have to tell
I had to say
“I don’t think I can be with the warrior.”
I felt that the atmosphere had become so serious that it was incomparable to when Luna refused.
“…Sirius. Didn’t you like warriors?”
The one who broke the silence was none other than Luke.
“…yes.”
“Hmm~”
Luke, who stroked his chin, turned his head to look at Seria.
“Hero, you have a very good hit rate? I picked two people, but they said they didn’t want to go together?
“…why.”
Unlike Luna, Seria did not hold back this time.
“Why aren’t you with me? Yuwol-ah. Look at me.”
I hung my head and said nothing.
“Say something!”
Seria walked in front of me.
“Why aren’t you going?
As I kept turning around to avoid looking at her, Seria reached out her hand toward my body.
“Look at me and let’s talk.”
But her hand couldn’t reach me.
It was because the cold-eyed Luna cut off Seria’s hand so forcefully that it made a clicking sound.
“You don’t like it. Warrior.”
The smile on Luna’s lips made Seria’s expression even more terrifying.
“…It’s you.”
“What.”
“What did you do to Yoo-wol?”
“No? It’s the result of respecting Sirius’ wishes to the end, right? Sirius?”
I’m sorry Seria.
“That’s right. I will refuse to join the warrior party with my own will.”
“I can’t… I can’t! This is invalid. This can’t happen!”
Seria’s scream made the homeroom teacher look troublesome.
“Hey. Warrior lady. I can’t take the test again. You asked me to move it forward, so I overreacted and prepared.”
He took a deep breath and said something to me.
“Think about it too. Sirius. I can’t correct it. This.”
But I had already made up my mind.
“it’s okay.”
“Yuweol!”
Seria called my name in a voice almost crying.
“I’m sorry… I’m sorry…”
As I apologized to her, Seria’s blue eyes began to glow with a deep despair.
“…Ah. You’re being threatened again, right?”
A blue aura began to swirl around Seria’s body.
“Stop it. Seria.”
Luke spoke to her in a warning tone.
“If you’re a warrior, be like a warrior. Calmly judge and act.”
Seeing his rather serious expression, Seria turned her head and looked around at the rest of the people who hadn’t been called yet.
“Arin. Zeke. Natasha.”
Unlike a moment ago, Seria called out three names at once.
“Will you guys join me?”
“Mu… Of course! Hero! I’ll do my best!”
“I’m going too.”
“Ha ha ha!
On the other hand, Kairin, who said nothing, frowned.
Let’s just say, the selection of the warrior’s party members is entirely up to Seria’s will.
It was impossible to protest.
“Then, hero. This party’s Seria, Arin, Natasha, Zeke. Should I report to the superiors with these members?”
Seria nodded.
“I’m going to take Sirius with me after this test is over. Please tell me that.”
“Heh heh. That’s why you shouldn’t take the test as the same member.”
“Then I’ll take you as a porter at least. What?”
Seria’s obsession was terrifying.
“I think I’ll finish it soon and need some time for a personal interview. This.”
Seria’s gaze felt as if her skin was prickling.
“Okay. Then, the four people designated as the warrior party now.”
A party of warriors centered on Seria.
“And the rest of those who are either rejected or not chosen.”
With Luna as the main axis, the remaining people gathered.
“We will divide into two parties and proceed with this test.”
As Luke snapped his fingers, a soft green magic circle began to glow on the floor.
This is… a space magic circle.
Just like what I saw in the rift, Luke also seemed to be transporting us to a separate space.
“From now on, I will send you guys to the test site.”
“The way to determine the winner is very simple.”
“Kill ‘that guy’ over there.”
There was no word about ‘that guy’ at all.
Certainly, there were specific instructions to defeat the evil dragon Bartina before entering the previous squadron, but this time there seemed to be none.
Arin raised his hand.
“Teacher! You say ‘that guy’ and ‘that guy’, but what the hell is that guy? Is he a demon?”
“…Go and see.”
He smiled bitterly and answered her question.
“I’ll warn you in advance. It won’t be easy at all. This is a test to see if you can really reach the Demon King.”
“It could be a more powerful opponent than the Peanus you defeated.”
…above Peanus?
No matter how much he was defeated by Luna’s hand, he was ranked 9th in the Asmodian ranks.
Even though their fighting power was weak, they were a great demon.
But you’ve captured such an opponent as a test partner…?
If that’s not the case, would it be another dragon instead of Bartina?
“Have you any other questions?”
Luna raised her hand.
“…I have one thing to check.”
“Talk to me. Luna.”
“If it’s not a warrior party.”
Her expression, which stopped breathing for a moment, was full of confidence.
“What if we, the rest of the nerds, win?”
“Well… I know it’s never happened before, but…”
Luke’s expression was full of mischief.
“But if you can’t pass this test…”
“It’s better to disband such a party of warriors.”
“It’s saying that there’s no hope with that much potential. That’s why you guys.”
Luke spoke sincerely to Seria and the rest.
“Win. Win and come back.”
Before I knew it, the magic circle started to spin round and round on the ground, as if it had started working.
“Blow your luck.”
Waving at us, he took his foot off the magic circle, and the air around us shook.
The space split and a brilliant light emanated from the magic circle and began to surround us.
And where we arrived…
in the pitch darkness.
This place gave off a desolate atmosphere that made me wonder if it was really the human world.
A black land where not a single blade of grass would grow.
A purple sky different from the human world and the demon world.
Spreading out in front of us is a vast land that meets the horizon.
Among them, a person presumed to be ‘that guy’ was tied up.
There were so many chains wrapped around him that I couldn’t count how many.
And a white mask with red patterns on his face covered his entire face.
“…let’s go.”
Luna was the one who awakened us, who had been watching the situation without rushing to approach it.
“Well. I think he will definitely resist, but at first glance, wouldn’t it be the easiest situation to deal with right now?”
The Raven standing next to me also nodded.
Unlike Seria, who was still wary with only her sword drawn, Luna struck first.
Since she hadn’t pulled out her ring, she couldn’t use magic, so Luna’s spear was shining with blue mana.
But it was never a force to be underestimated.
There was enough mana condensed in her spear that could destroy any number of small houses.
Luna’s spear pierced the atmosphere and flew aiming for his heart, but as expected.
As Luke said, the opponent was not easy.
Meee
A scream that sounded more like a monster’s than a human’s sound flowed from him.
Crumpled.
All the chains that were wrapped around him were torn like pieces of paper and fell to the floor as if they were decorations.
Luna’s spear was caught in his hand and shattered, then returned to the form of mana.
“Hoo…”
Luna crossed her arms and smiled.
“I’ll finish it soon.”
The back of Seria who spat out those words really resembled Rebecca.