Chapter 197 – Academy’s Strongest Canteen Man (2)

Evil is powerful.
Of all the evils I’ve faced, there’s not a single one I’ve dealt with as easily as devouring a scone from a dessert tray.
Destructive evil, great evil, extreme evil, and even the devil.
They were all beings who had passed the threshold of death several times and were finally erased from this world.

“Take as much time as possible. “I’ll be back soon.”

Needless to say, Antiope is the one who survived until the end.
The Night Banshee was called the prostitute of the Empire along with the Dragon of Destruction, the Necromancer of the Sea of ​​Blood, and the Knight of the Dead.
Her evil is a hideously strange, adulterous darkness.

If Antiope, who could not even kill Terra, attacks Parenzia, who will be able to face her head on?
However, Adela and Liv, who heard my request before departure, shook their heads side by side.

“Please go slowly.”
“Don’t worry about us.”

I tried not to let these two people go through war.
Now, I guess that’s just my greed.
Both of them are worthy archdukes who help protect Parenzia.

“If you feel in danger, run to the Akasha Pavilion.”
“Yes, got it.”
“Adela, don’t steal bread while I’m away.”
“Oh, I won’t eat it.”

Everyone else was so busy that they were the only two who saw me off until the end.

“I will be back.”

With that, I left the academy with a greeting.
The last sight I saw before leaving the store was two people waving their hands and seeing them off.

***

The streets were busy.
As long as the enemies used the warp gate, the walls were meaningless.
The guards urgently evacuated the city’s residents, and all shops and stores were closed.
I walked slowly toward the west gate, opposite them.

“Huh?”

At that time, a familiar building caught my eye.
It was a jewelry store called ‘Rus Chopard’ that I had visited several times before, even though there was nothing special about it in the commercial district.
Because there were so many expensive items, it took time to apply defensive magic, so one clerk remained and was hastily packing up the luggage.
The door was still open, so I went inside and asked.

“Are you still open?”
“Yes?”

A sharp-looking employee with blond hair pulled back looked at me.
Did you remember seeing it before?
Somehow the features seemed familiar.

“No, we’re going to close. “The products here have already been sealed.”
“…”

The person over there seemed to remember me and made an impression that could not be seen by anyone seeing me for the first time, especially a customer, and continued to organize things.
Still, when I didn’t leave, he sighed and pointed to an uncovered shelf on the wall.

“The accessories over there are cheap, so you can just take them out. “Take your pick if you need it.”

That’s a good thing, because I couldn’t even afford the expensive ones anyway.
I quickly grabbed a few of the prettiest looking rings.
Darling, Esther, Caroline again… I’ll have to tell this to Lehel later.
If you get the chance, go to Sacreure.

“Give me these.”
“…”

Seeing the four rings in front of him, the clerk opened his mouth blankly, as if he was at a loss for words.
While she was unconscious, I was searching her pockets and realized that there had been a mistake.
I didn’t bring any money.
I wasn’t going to pay the toll and cross the border to invade the castle.

“Oh, I don’t have any money…” … Wait a minute. Let’s see…”

Among the things I own, what is the most valuable?
I searched my pockets and found something just right.

“I’ll calculate this instead. Since it’s a jewelry store, we also accept artifacts, right?”

Although he did not usually carry any precious metals with him, there was only one artifact he had used in the past.
It was the necklace that Erzsebet gave me, saying it could block Caroline’s Holy Ghost 〈Question of Truth 〉.
Although it is a used item because it has been used once, it will be enough to buy a few hundred rings with tier 1 basic magic that I have chosen.

“…”
“Hey… ?”

When I handed over the necklace, the clerk stood there with a shocked expression on his face for a while, holding it in his hand.
And after a while, he slowly blushed and turned his head.

“Ugh, trash…”

What are you saying, this lady?

***

Access to the western forest, which had been swept through by a single monster wave, was strictly controlled.
That was the place where we had agreed to depart.
By the time I arrived through the west gate, everyone but one person had already gathered.

Terra, dressed in shabby work clothes, stands with his magic cannon on the ground.
Hubblet looks towards the west, sharpening his sword as usual.
Even Caroline returned to her usual clothes.
The number of people required to go to Seongguk was almost the same as in the past.

“What are you doing?”

I asked Terra, who was busy waving her hands in the air.

“We are installing 〈 magic attribute mines 〉 throughout the city.”
“In the sky?”
“Huh. “The moment the transfer begins, the coordinates will be distorted by the 〈 distortion field 〉 installed in the city, and those who survive will be filtered out by mines once again.”

In other words, they are aiming for the devil’s head to the extent of taking all the damage.
It’s not like I haven’t considered taking it to the other side of the continent.
As Erzsebet said, if you don’t protect it properly, it will only be taken away more easily.

“What about Nova?”
“It’s coming now. “We should leave now.”
“Excuse me…”

Caroline, who could be said to be the only newcomer, asked cautiously.

“Then won’t we also be subject to magical interference when we go to the Holy Kingdom? “Monarchs are particularly well-defended.”

If the transfer fails due to magical interference, the coordinates are misaligned and the entire body is torn to pieces.
As a native of her holy country, she seemed to know Monarch’s defense facilities well, but I shook her head.

“We don’t use that method. “It consumes a lot of magic power and, as you said, it is dangerous.”
“Then… ? “You really want to break through from the border?”
“No.”

There’s a better way.
That’s why we gathered in the western forest where there are no eyes to see.
I said, pointing to the sky.

“I’m going to fly.”
“What?”
“And at full speed.”

Even thinking about it now, I feel really sad.
This method could not be used during the Great War.

“What do you mean…”

Before Caroline could answer her next question, one remaining person arrived.

“Sorry, I’m late.”

With a huge dragon with black wings.

***

Six hours after Lewis and his group left.
There were dark clouds in the sky.
Demonic energy spewed out from the dark sky and Changcheon screamed.
A black shadow enveloped the city, and the karma that began to mix in the air fell like dusk.
The students of Parenzia Academy, where they can feel the breathtaking karma, all looked pale.
And–

Pudduk!!! Kwaduk!!
Damn it———!!
Kuuuuung——!!

Electric light flashed in the sky, and a piece of meat covered in blood fell in the middle of the commercial district.
The flesh enveloped in black smoke was charred and melting.
Professor Roylen muttered softly as he pushed the students back and checked the corpse of the dead monster.

“Transfer magic…”

To be exact, it was a body that was torn apart due to a misalignment of coordinates due to a failure of transfer magic.
Magical interference was activated due to the 〈 distortion field 〉 surrounding the entire city.

“Everyone gather in one place!! “Students of the knight club are in charge of the vanguard!!”

A rain of corpses fell across the city.
There were demons, but the majority were demons.
Their skin contained a terrible venom that quickly polluted the land and buildings.
No one has ever set foot on land alive.
On the contrary, the expressions of the students who had been repeatedly nauseating brightened slightly as they became worried that the city would be filled with corpses.

However, that was only for a moment, and soon after, a small explosion was heard from the outer castle of Parenzia, where the 〈 Distortion Field 〉 was installed.
This is because the number of demons coming from the demon world was so large that the coordinate settings were overloaded.
As each second passed, a huge number of enemies died, but little by little, monsters began to appear that had overcome the interference and succeeded in metastasizing with intact limbs.
Then Terra’s arrangement shone.

Kwaaaaang——!!!!
Boom, kwaaaaang!!!!

Thousands of 〈 magic attribute mines〉 floating in the sky crush the surviving enemies once again.
The students also raised their staffs in the air, intent on killing the demons before they hit the ground.
Numerous magic shots were fired into the sky, and ice ducks took flight on the floating island in the middle of the academy.
Lehel was watching the whole scene from the chairman’s office.

“More than half of the artifacts, excluding the east and north gates, were destroyed. “They say the magical interference won’t be able to be maintained for even 10 minutes.”

In addition to her, Darling, the lord of Farencia, was also present in her director’s office.
At her words, Lehel turned her gaze to her table.
An urgent breaking news came in from the crystal ball that was broadcasting the Mon King War, illuminating the skies over Parenzia where they were located.

Click.

After breaking her spell, Lehel opened her desk drawer and stored away her crystal ball.
She then locked the drawer key and handed it over to Darling.

“Are you going?”
“Yes, I have to go. “What about you, Viscount?”
“We need to rally the soldiers. “The facilities that need to be protected, from shelters to waterways, are beautiful.”
“Okay.”

The number of demons safely setting foot on the ground was increasing.
It seemed like the 12th Alliance and the Roshoar family were planning to send in all the troops they had been blocking in the north.
If so, no matter how hard the students try, they cannot stop it.
Unless the great wizard who single-handedly saved the royal capital in the same situation in the past steps forward.

“Look, Chairman.”

Lehel, who was about to open her door and go out, stopped her steps when Darling called.

“It looks like you’ve made up your mind.”
“…”
“Good, I wonder what else I can say to you.”

A conversation we had once in the not-too-distant past.

“Your boredom was enough to pay for boarding the ferry called Parenzia Academy.”

However, unlike back then, his tone was full of deep respect.

“It’s so heavy that the ship doesn’t rock even in a storm.”
“…”

Lehel came out without answering.
The world was engulfed in darkness, and not an inch of the bright starlight could be seen.

The light source engraved on the celestial sphere represents hierarchy and announces the manifestation of magic to all creatures under the sky.
But with darkness overhead like that, doesn’t it seem as if the world is denying magic?

Ruk ruk!!!

He untied the rosary that was wrapped around his wrist.
The beads made from dragon bones had powerful magical power and flew into the sky, emitting light.

The royal capital of Thessalon.
Greenwood Forest in Baldur’s Nightmare.
And to Parencia.
Yunhoegong’s unique magic spell, which brought about the annihilation of demons at the cost of life, was cast.
Lehel, who hit his light source directly into his celestial sphere, declared to the demons pouring in like a swarm of bees from above.

“Ruler.”

The magic power trapped in a small body explodes, spinning an irreversible cycle of reincarnation.
My heart was pounding as if it would explode and my sense of life returned.

The end of life is approaching.
A flash of light passes by.

With happy memories.
Because the face of the person I loved came to mind.

Lehel says wow! He grabbed the hat that seemed like it was going to fly away.
And I smiled, leaving behind the flowing tears.
There are no regrets in this life.

Because I said I would wait for you next time.

“All of you.”

Hold your head up proudly.
Extend your left hand forward.

“It’s time to end this life.”

I’ll show you if I meet him again.

A beautiful and happy smile.