Chapter 258 – The Bad News (2)

Three days after losing contact with Helena.

News came that Solaris, the headquarters of the Righteous Church of Light, was besieged by a group of monsters.

“Are these bastards finally crazy?”

How long has it been since I and Iona were robbed of the main executives and the monsters they were collecting?

Why have you been hiding all this time in order to wait for the right time?

I couldn’t see the actions of those guys who were just screaming without thinking about the preparations they had put in so far or the future.

… Come to think of it, it’s true that he’s crazy because he’s a fanatic.

Heaving a deep sigh, he asked Iona, who had come to inform us as soon as an urgent report was sent to the academy.

“What about the situation? How is the situation?”

“It’s dangerous, it’s dangerous. They said that they were in a state of confrontation using Daeshinjeon as their stronghold right now… You know? Who has the advantage in a siege battle between monsters and humans.”

If the monsters in the past were just bizarre animals that were created in the process of adapting to mana.

The current monster received the blessing of the evil god and was reborn as a more vicious existence.

If the evil spirit they follow dies, all of them will perish together, but on the contrary, if only the evil spirit that gives them strength is in good health, they can survive for a long time without food.

They prey on people just for fun and taste.

In addition, the evil spirit’s mental contamination replaces negative emotions such as fear and nervousness with madness controlled by it.

And madness in battle is another word for morale.

Doesn’t get demoralized easily and requires very little food? At the same time, it’s a considerable army with individual strength.

If it’s just a simple turn, humans are at an overwhelming disadvantage in siege warfare.

“But still. Fortunately, thanks to the Yandel student’s warning, I must have been prepared to some extent. It’s like being trapped in the temple, but Helena will be fine as there are no casualties except for a few civilians.”

“… I didn’t expect it to attack so quickly.”

I smiled bitterly and looked at the crystal ball connected to Helena.

They are the ones who have been preparing for the fall of the righteous light for a long time, but now it is too fast at the moment.

Maybe they changed their plans. It’s not completely corrupt… Poisoning them with tainted beliefs and making them unable to use their strength, or driving saints who are connected to God crazy.

I don’t know exactly what it is, but it’s probably something like that.

Did you feel impatient because the saintess appeared too early?

Anyway, the important thing now is not why the cultists attacked Solaris.

“I need to go get Helena.”

“So it should be, so it should be. I’ll make up a reasonable reason for her absence.”

“Ah, did you know the size of the enemy by any chance?”

“I just don’t know the scale. It’s just that the messenger said that everything he could see was green.”

“It’s a greenskin. It’s no joke that they have one head.”

No matter how many there were, they wouldn’t have been surrounded by goblins, probably orcs and trolls.

Are they, after all, the reckless roar’s followers?

Counting the number of them is beyond imagination, but the monsters that appear are almost fixed.

Orcs, trolls, ogres.

It is divided into many types in detail, such as whether it is a warrior or a shaman, named or not, normal species or mutant, etc., But first of all, those three species are set as the basics.

If you add a pinch of nasty monsters like Minotaurs and Cyclops, that’s an army of reckless roars.

If you look at the level of the monsters, they are several levels higher than the Fisherman and Undead combination I faced last time.

It’s unnecessarily hard and unnecessarily strong.

Carla also thought the same, and she gently grabbed my arm and leaned against her body.

“Master… You’re not saying you’re going alone this time, are you?”

Eyes swaying moistly, as if they would shed tears any moment.

Unlike Iona’s bloody eyes. Looking at the ruby-colored eyes that were a little clearer and deeper, he lightly brushed Karla’s hair.

“What are you going to do alone? Things are different now than then.”

It was different from the past when there was no one around and Iona would be in danger if she retreated even temporarily.

The fact that the battle has ended means that although they are surrounded, they are holding on well anyway.

It’s not to the point of being relaxed, but it’s not what happens right now.

It’s enough to ask for help where it seems to help.

“Elisha. Contact Iris and explain the current situation. I’ll be looking for you in a little while, so get ready.”

“All right.”

I watched for a moment as Elisha infused her magic into the crystal ball I handed her, then turned her head toward Karla.

“Carla. You go to Fei-senpai and get everything you can. Potions, poisons, bombs, magic tools… It doesn’t matter. If it’s useful in battle, bring as many as you can.”

“Your master. Can I come back here after receiving the goods from Miss Fei?”

“Huh. We’ll be teleporting anyway, so there’s no need to gather outside.”

Finally, she opened her mouth to Iona.

“Professor.”

“Yep. What can I do?”

“Please guide the chairman.”

“Guide? Shouldn’t you just go to the chairman’s office?”

“To the place where the main body is, not the alter ego. Do you know where Professor Iona is?”

“… I’m serious?”

“I’m not joking under these circumstances.”

When I said that, shrugging her shoulders, Iona whimpered for a moment before giving her a nod.

“Good! Good! I’ll take you! But… I don’t know what you’re asking for, but don’t be too disappointed. The chairman doesn’t meet anyone, and even if he does, it’s difficult to help anyone.”

“I know.”

You probably know it better than anyone in the world.

***

She walked behind Iona, past several classrooms still in session.

The feeling of going round and round her hallways and stairs, as if wandering her way, rather than just moving towards a specific place.

Iona isn’t spinning around to fuck me. This complicated and troublesome act is a kind of knock.

The main body of the director is in a small room made deep in the basement of the academy, but the problem is that there is no physical way to get to this room.

Any passage. A complete closed room without even a ventilation fan connected to the outside.

In order to enter or exit, you must first walk through the academy along the designated route and signal to the director.

The academy isn’t just a cool building, it’s like a huge magic circle created through thorough calculations.

The reason why space distortion magic is applied to all buildings is because magic must flow to the objects in each location in order to activate the magic circle.

What… As a result, unexpected side effects such as library ghost stories occurred.

In any case, the academy faithfully carries out the creator’s intentions, and among them, there is an underground magic field that interferes with movement in space.

In other words, it means that the usual chairman of the board lives in a space that is physically and magically completely isolated.

It must be difficult even for Iona to teleport through the obstructive magic field spread by the Archmage.

If you’re lucky, you’ll bounce to the wrong place, and if you’re unlucky, you can think that your body will be broken into pieces and scattered all over the place.

So, if you send a signal to the director by walking along a specific path and pouring magic power, the director in the basement decides whether or not to open the door.

If you open it, you will teleport from this side and move on. If you refuse… I’ll just wander all the time, and I’ll never meet the chairman.

Perhaps even at this moment, somewhere, he was watching me and Iona. Because her magical operation is secretive, I don’t feel any sense of incongruity.

After following Iona for a long time, she arrived at an old warehouse building. It was the moment we arrived at the shaded area behind us.

“Yes.”

Suddenly, dizziness sets in with the feeling of the floor collapsing. Since it was really short-lived, let’s stagger one step forward…

Suddenly, the surrounding landscape changed.

The shady and dark vision suddenly brightened, and inorganic white tiles were regularly laid on the walls and floors.

It is a space where anyone can lose their mind if they stay for a long time because it is white all around and the lighting is strong.

All that existed in it was the central cylindrical water tank and the thick lines extending from it.

… What. Where is Iona?

The moment I was about to frown slightly. Suddenly, a strange voice is heard in my ears.

-Don’t worry. She brought you alone, but Professor Iona is safely on the ground.

“Chairman… ?”

A bizarre vocalization that seems to vibrate the entire space, not just the vocal cords. As I tilted her head, her body floated up and was pulled towards the tank.

“What!”

She floundered in embarrassment for a moment, but then realized that she had pulled me with her telekinesis magic, and she stopped resisting.

– I apologize if I have been rude. But neither you nor I have time.

“… It is. Shall we get straight to the point?”

A pale orange solution that fills the inside of the tank. She asked politely towards the doll floating in it.

“Please lend me the dragon heart piece.”

– Are you crazy?

Why.

Do you spend a little and give it back?