Chapter 99 – Compatibility

Episode 99 – Compatibility

Tick! Tick!

While the hands of the clock rang quietly, a magic circle was emitting light in the center.

The person standing in front of him was a red wizard.

The magical power of the flame rotates ceaselessly around him, who looks as if he has embodied the flame itself, materializing a magic circle.

Ethan looked at the scene and yawned slightly as if he was bored.

‘It’s about time.’

Before we knew it, it was 3 PM.

The bomb was supposed to explode at 5 o’clock, so there are only two hours left.

If the goal was to destroy the Academy, things were going well, but Ethan’s goal was not that.

Bombs are all devices for one thing.

No, not just the bomb, but all of the Dark Church members occupying this clock tower.

‘Hyeon. Welcome.’

This time, I will push him to the limit and take off his mask.

As he was getting nervous, the door burst open and a large tiger beastman dressed as a repairman entered.

“Hey! “The academy has noticed the operation!”

The flame wizard’s eyes turn to him at the shout.

“You noticed?”

“Okay. We are currently searching for the bomb led by the student council. Some have already been discovered.”

“… Ethan. How did this happen? “Didn’t you say you wouldn’t get caught?”

Flame Wizard, Baltar.

He is well versed in magic and has excellent knowledge, so he immediately predicted that Ethan was hiding something.

Baltar is also a high-ranking wizard and has a strong position within the church, so if he uses it carelessly, it will be difficult to handle the aftermath.

No matter how much he was an apostle, he was still too weak.

“That’s what I want to say. Didn’t you guys act carelessly?”

“… If he’s planning something else, you’d better be careful. Do you understand?”

“But much. Who are the people who noticed Krak more than that?”

Actually, I know who they are.

There is no one other than Deborah’s foresight that can reach the result right away without any clues.

The answer was as expected.

“We are in company with the highest priority target of annihilation called Abel. To be exact, it seems that the Gray Magic Tower Master’s disciple was the first to find out. “I don’t know how they found out.”

“Hmm… If you’re a disciple of the Gray Magic Tower Master, it’s annoying. It would be a big problem if I went outside the academy. If this happens, we will have to change our strategy.”

The time has come to implement the second plan of the operation as planned.

Baltar asked, crossing his arms.

“What are we going to do?”

“I’m calling them here. So let’s deal with it all at once. Then there is no problem.”

“Did you even think of a method?”

“That’s all you have to do is send a letter. With my space magic, that’s easy. The content is roughly as follows: If you don’t come together, I will explode all the bombs. Is it okay?”

Ethan grinned proudly.

Baltar, as if he did not like her smile, distorted her stark face and turned her head towards the magic circle again.

“Do whatever you want. I still have to complete the magic circle. Just make sure they don’t come here.”

Coo coo coo coo…

With those last words, Baltar began to pour his magic into the magic circle again.

*

After the two-person three-way game, Deborah and I hurriedly headed to the open space behind the gym, leaving behind the commotion.

This was the place where we decided to gather.

All other party members had already gathered in the vacant lot.

“We are here.”

“Everyone has been waiting a long time!”

“Oh, welcome.”

“I came at the right time.”

Alyssa and Pernia welcome you.

In comparison, Abel and the rest of the group were all listless.

After briefly saying hello, they sat down in a circle and looked at a letter.

“What is that? “A letter?”

“Ah, Luan. Would you like to see this?”

When I took the letter Abel handed me and opened it, Deborah hurriedly joined me.

I read the text slowly.

[Come to the top of the clock tower right now. The bomb you’re looking for is here. If I tell anyone about this, I will explode it immediately.]

The content is extremely simple.

That’s why it’s more threatening and embarrassing.

“Abel. Who and where did you get this?”

“It’s me. “It suddenly fell from the sky on the way here.”

“In the sky?”

“Huh. According to Uni, it looks like he used space magic.”

“It’s space magic…”

I think I know what kind of guy the culprit is.

If Ethan Gloucester is in the dark, he didn’t just send this because he noticed our actions.

He would have also considered that the plan might be exposed by Deborah.

In other words, this may have been the purpose in the first place.

‘Are you trying to kill Abel?’

As of now, that is the most likely possibility.

Thinking of all sorts of hypotheses and variables, I asked Abel about his doctor.

“Abel. What should you do? Would you like to go to the clock tower? Otherwise, I’ll tell people.”

“Of course I should go. They’ll be watching us. If you don’t move as I want, the bomb will explode right away.”

“… I thought so. Are other people the same?”

Everyone looked at me in the eyes and nodded firmly at my words. Alyssa was the only one who looked away, but everyone knew that it was not denial.

It’s a lot different from the game, but these guys are still all nice.

I returned the letter with a sigh.

“Then let’s hurry. “If you hesitate, you don’t know what you might do.”

“Huh! Let’s all go!”

Abel led the group and ran to the clock tower.

I ran next to him and secretly asked Deborah for a favor.

After a while, we arrived at the clock tower.

[No entry]

This fucking sign.

I wondered what I was going to do at the time, but now that I think about it, I think they probably secretly brought in bombs or equipment needed for installation.

What did the Academy do to just let something like this in? .

As I clicked my tongue, my companions passed the no-entry sign and went inside.

It was very quiet inside.

The clock tower is often used by students as a date spot, so there must always be staff on site, but there are no people in sight.

Abel seems to have been worried about them.

“What happened to everyone? “I guess he didn’t die?”

“Well. If it’s the Dark Church, it’s enough to kill them.”

“Really? I can’t forgive you. Let’s go up.”

“Elevators are dangerous. “I like taking the stairs.”

I intervened appropriately and led the group to the top of the clock tower.

The clock tower has a total of 10 floors.

For those of us with superhuman physical abilities, the level was not that high, but the problem was the members of the Dark Church who filled the gap.

The first and second floors were left empty in preparation for any unexpected visitors, but dozens of members of the Dark Church were waiting for us from the third floor.

“Be quiet!”

“Just give me your leg and I’ll save you!”

They all seemed to have heard the order to capture them alive and rushed towards them, urging them to surrender.

We applied our experience from the training to form a formation and take the attack.

I hit repeatedly and ran with Yass and dealt with the guys who were aggroed by Abel.

Kwaang!

“Aaaaah!”

The man who had been knocking on Abel’s shield hit her in the side with a shredder, and she fell screaming.

Unable to stand up and crouching on the floor and coughing up blood, it seems like the ribs are piercing the lungs and the blood is flowing back.

I stamped my foot, completely suffocating him, and aimed for my next prey.

In that way, we slowly began to climb the floor while defeating the members of the Dark Church.

And that was when I reached the 8th floor.

Suddenly, a commotion broke out downstairs, and more than a dozen members of the Dark Church appeared.

I thought it was time to step out.

“Leave this to me! You guys go up first!”

“Ha, but!”

“Stop talking nonsense, quickly! There isn’t much time now!”

The current time is 4:10.

While climbing the clock tower, time had already passed and the sunset was slowly setting.

Still, Abel could not move easily, so Deborah, who had asked me to do it in advance, fell out of the group.

“I will help! You guys go first!”

“Are you going to be okay?”

“Huh! All you have to do is hold on! So hurry!”

“… Okay. Please. See you later!”

Abel looked back at her repeatedly to see if he still had any regrets, but at the urging of his companions, she climbed the stairs and disappeared.

I grinned and looked at Deborah.

“Deborah. “You know, right?”

“Yes! Leave it to me!”

“Good! Then let’s go!”

Afterwards, a fierce fight began.

*

-Luan, are you okay?

-I’m fine! Let’s hold on just a little longer!

-Abel!

-Ugh! You can do it! Cheer up everyone!

Different scenes are reflected on both corneas.

Ethan quietly sneaked out of the clock tower and sat on the roof of the building, leisurely peeking inside her.

“Hmm… When will it appear?”

In my experience so far, Hyeon always appeared when Abel was in crisis.

It’s definitely time to come out at this point, but there’s no sign of revealing what’s going on.

In this case, there is only one case.

That is, it is a situation in which there is absolutely no way to step forward.

“Is he in there too?”

Excluding the assumption that she was absent or that Abel was left to die, it is natural that Hyeon is included in Abel’s group.

In that case, the two people left were Ruan Friuli and Jas.

“Who is it?”

That time when I was watching the two with anticipation.

-Die!

-Deborah, be careful!

-Ugh, ugh!

Luan saw an opening, and one of the cult members who broke through his block started shooting at Deborah, as if he had forgotten about the capture order.

Deborah responded by activating her magic, filling her surroundings with purple brilliance.

The magic finally dissipated and what was seen was a cult member who had collapsed with his head crushed and Luan whose abdomen had been pierced by a sword.

Deborah hurriedly supported Luan.

-Lu, Luan. Come to your senses!

Deborah feeds a potion to Luan, who looks completely faint and does not move.

However, since the wound was caused by demonic energy, it does not recover. In order to be cured, you must first receive purification from the priests of the church.

Meanwhile, the cult members come up to the 8th floor and surround the two.

-You insolent bastards! You finally got it!

-Now, let’s go meet her friends!

Confident of victory, the cult members laughed mischievously and pointed their weapons at Deborah.

A moment of desperation.

-Rarrrr!

A whirlpool of flame rushed through the wall and reduced four or five church members to ashes.

A man gets down there.

Armed with a mask, his dazzling silver hair flutters and his brilliant golden eyes scan the surroundings. It looked out of place in this place, stained with blood and traces of battle.

“Hyeon! “You’re finally here!”

Ethan smiled brightly at the appearance of the person he had been waiting for and stood up without realizing it.

Then, his expression his his his hardens awkwardly.

“But where did it appear?”

All of this was planned just to see one face, but it turned out to be in vain.

I thought it was definitely one of the group, but I never thought it was a third party. Moreover, I didn’t see anything coming, so I wondered how it came right through the wall.

Ethan bit his lip in frustration, but couldn’t take his eyes off Hyeon even for a moment.