Chapter 148 – When Flames Shed Tears (02)

“Big!”

Academy guards began to be murdered.

Because I had given them a drink in advance to lighten the mood in my own way, and because I knew where they were guarding and when they were changing guard.

Targeting the shift hours when their guard was at its weakest, the workplace was burned down and those who came out were assassinated by traitors or operative soldiers from among the teachers who had been waiting in advance, and the academy guards were annihilated in an instant.

Rather, it would have been safer to stay in the training hall. The dormitories were being raided and students were being taken away without being able to escape, and now the only ones left were our Class F students who were having a drinking party in the training hall.

“Huh? What is this?”

When the surroundings suddenly became noisy and a fire broke out, the students in class F were startled and tried to stand up and respond, but most of them were too drunk to move well.

Kay and Gordon were bigger and tried to protect their friends, probably because they were less drunk, but since none of them were carrying weapons or equipment, there was a limit to what they could do with their bare bodies.

In times like this, the people who can help are, of course, the magic class students.

Push!

“Aaaaah!”

One of the duke’s soldiers who was running was hit in the thigh by Olivier’s magic bullet and rolled on the floor.

In his hand, he held a makeshift weapon made by breaking metal tools used at a construction site. Seeing him surrounding him without caring even if one of them fell, the students in Class F hurriedly started to protect each other with each other’s backs.

“How on earth did this happen?”

However, for the academy students, who worked by suppressing bandits rather than exterminating monsters without killing them, they could not help but be scared when they suddenly saw humans rushing to kill them.

Above all, since the Duke’s soldiers had no place to retreat anyway, they rushed forward without caring whether they died or their comrades died, and the students of Class F, who were supposed to overwhelm these soldiers with their natural skills, were so scared that they did not fight back properly. I couldn’t do it.

Chang!

Even Marian, who always carried a sword, was embarrassed because she was carrying an artificial sword instead of a [Famous sword], And she tried to protect her friends by dealing with the duchy’s soldiers. After striking and breaking it, he lay down holding the sword and other soldiers aimed their weapons at Marian to stab him.

“Class leader! It’s dangerous!”

If you die here, you really die.

In the first game, I was forced to survive with my equipment removed or the mission was to defeat a certain number of soldiers, but my friends who were unlikable or hostile to me did not listen to me, so I moved freely and was killed, so several of my friends died from the beginning, and I continued to Part 2. Although it passed.

But!

Whoa whoa!

Now I was there.

Patter-patter!

Only then did the friends of Class F come to their senses after being hit by a storm of blood falling from the sky.

This is the first time that the ‘wooden sword’ has been used with full force and swung without the protection of the system.

I’ve crushed monsters without leaving a trace before, but this was my first time crushing humans, so I was out of breath, but for someone who had already prepared themselves, it was a shock that was somewhat expected.

“…”

“Now is the time, Kay!”

With his large size his his, Gordon attacked the Duke soldiers who were surprised by my attack, crushing them with his size

“Aaaaah!”

The two operative soldiers stabbed underneath Gordon in the side with an improvised weapon, but fortunately it was not a properly made sword, so it only caused a large wound and did not cause fatal wounds. Kay and several students quickly snatched the improvised weapon and struck Gordon with his fist. I knocked them out.

“Gordon! Are you okay?”

“Ugh… I was just a little annoyed.”

In the meantime, Marian came to her senses and used her false sword to unilaterally push the Duke soldiers and make them retreat, while I intentionally swung my sword menacingly while holding a wooden sword covered in blood.

Pump!

After crushing one unlucky soldier, I jumped in to deal with the three soldiers rushing at Marian. They exchanged opinions with each other’s eyes, pushed Marian away, and rushed at me.

Whirlick-

Now, with his strength so strong, he swings the wooden sword around once to shake off the blood, then swings the blow right in front of them, striking the air.

Wow!

Just as the shock wave spread, they suffered internal injuries and flew backwards with blood gushing out. Only then did the Duke’s soldiers see me, Kay and Gordon, who had seized the improvised weapons and were holding them in their hands, and Seri, who was trembling, and the blizzard was coming from behind with gritted teeth. I had no choice but to step back as I saw Deitz trying to sing and Olivier waiting with his ten fingers raised.

“I didn’t know kids could be this annoying.”

A woman who until recently was a female employee in a second-class area and was snooping around the women’s dormitory cleaning or doing laundry is coming forward.

However, the moment when the rich scent of mana emanating from her body, the hood she wore on her head was thrown off, and the maid’s uniform she was wearing was torn by the wind, revealing her true attire, the students of Class F realized that she was by no means an ordinary worker. I was able to guess.

‘Is this how it goes?’

Originally, it was done in a way that took time and got captured as my friends died, but as I and other friends played an active role and accumulated damage to the soldiers, it seemed like one of the duke family’s Four Heavenly Kings stepped in and subdued us.

To counter that, I took out my wooden sword and filled the [Shadow Pouch] With air.

The moment she raises her hand, the students in her F class suddenly grab her neck and fall down.

“Pfft!”

“Huh!”

Due to the fire burning everywhere, there was a lack of oxygen around them, and in a state where they were so excited that they were out of breath, the oxygen around them was suddenly fixed and cut off, and the students of class F collapsed on the spot with their lungs being squeezed in pain.

As the air pressure around her rapidly lowered, oxygen was drained from her body as if she were a diver, and she suffered a great shock. If she made a mistake, her body could burst or blood vessels throughout her body her her could rupture and she could die, but she did not care. I wasn’t using it.

Only Marian, who instinctively sensed danger and held her breath, and I, who had previously used the [Shadow Pouch] To contain air and wrapped it around my mouth in the form of a [Shadow Mask] To block it by injecting air, were the only ones holding on. Meanwhile, protecting Ophelia. The man rushed forward and hit Marian’s neck with his hand as she panicked, causing her to faint.

Whisk.

Class F was annihilated.

“Huuuuuk… “

As the oxygen remaining in the [Shadow Mask] Was being released, the magic was dispelled and the air around it returned to its original state. Judging by the faint smell of blood coming out, it seemed that quite a few of the friends had suffered internal injuries.

Some of my friends were barely able to come to their senses and struggle, but I was so restrained that I couldn’t move my body properly, and I was the last one standing in Class F.

The reason was simple.

“Lady Ophelia. As you commanded, only ‘Aren’ was left untouched.”

Her man, who is a henchman of her duchy and covers half of her face with a mask carved out of crystal, bows down to her and calls out to her.

The friends from Class F who fell on the training ground, and me standing on top of them.

Lastly, Ophelia is coming up to the training ground from the same spot.

Above her head, instead of the previous red eyes, glowing golden eyes were burning in flames, along with the true characteristic of [The power of the perfected bloodline].

Howling!

Ofelia controlled the flames to surround the training ground to prevent anyone from escaping, and above, I stood between Ofelia and her fallen Class F students, as if protecting her friends.

It was a sight I had already experienced once.

Do you follow the academy route, or go through the rebellion route with Ofelia?

At that time, my friends protected me, several people died, and in a state of great shock and fear, the protection of my other friends was taken away one by one, and I was forced to stand in front of Ophelia. The only difference is that now I am standing in front of Ophelia holding a bloody wooden sword. .

“Are you surprised, Aren?”

Perhaps to reassure me, Ophelia began to speak with a smile but a trembling voice.

In the heat created by the fire, her red hair was fluttering like a living flame, and at the center of it, golden eyes were shining, proving her completed lineage of her.

“Duke… No, my father has made a decision. So from now on, I will rebel against the kingdom.”

It was a calm tone, as if he was saying, “I’m going somewhere to have fun tomorrow.”

When I saw the lines made up of letters off the screen, I felt shameless, but when I entered this world, the voice I actually heard.

Ophelia’s trembling voice made me so choked up that I wanted to scream at her to please stop.

“So, Aren…”

She held out her hand.

If I hold her her hand her her her, I will be choosing her her her her her treasonous her route her her her, and while I refuse her offer her her her and stop her with her wooden sword, the Cylians who hastily retreated while Ophelia hesitated at the sight of her Of her, stormed in and came out. Rescue her her her F her classmates her her her.

That was the way to proceed with the academy route.

One by one, my fainted friends came to their senses and were looking at the scene, and now I had to make a choice.

‘The Cylians cannot invade due to time constraints. She’s alive or dead, and even if she’s alive, she can’t physically come in. Then…’

“Ophelia. I have no intention of giving up even one person who is important to me.”

Previously, you had to give up to progress the story. But I won’t do that now.

Because I learned that each and every friend that I shared time with, laughing, talking, and rolling around with him in person, as well as when I saw him outside on a screen, was very precious.

“…”

Ophelia, as she was in her first meeting, looked quite surprised when I rejected her.

Since Ophelia was the one she liked the most, she probably thought I would follow her.

However, as a result, my refusal led to antagonism with Ophelia, and while Marian, who had a high level of favor with her, stood up and held on, Cylian rushed in and saved me.

Seeing that several of her friends died while saving me, Syllian’s favorability dropped and from then on the difficult road of hardship began.

Now… It will be a better academy route than then.

“I see.”

Is it because favorability is lower than before?

Ofelia was not greatly shocked.

As if she wasn’t expecting it to begin with, she managed to control her emotions with just a slight biting of her lip and let out her her her her own her her her

She previously wielded the Crimson Greatsword with both hands to hide its strength, but now she can wield it with one hand.

“Then let’s fight, Aren. You have to defeat me to protect her other friends, right?”

As I watched Ophelia raise her sword as if she resigned, I lifted her wooden sword.

‘If you attack with a wooden sword, you can really die’

Currently, I am not receiving the academy’s non-destructive correction.

I had no intention of killing Ophelia with my own hands.

Kwasik!

I, who was holding a wooden sword dripping with blood, threw it on the floor.

Pak.

When the training ground was dented by the attack power of the wooden sword, Ophelia’s golden eyes asked me why, and I took out my secondary weapon, the [Old Iron Sword].

“Because you are my precious person too.”