Chapter 62 – Anomalies (4)

Edmerek is here.

I was able to infer quite a lot just by finding out that fact.

First of all, the reason why outside support couldn’t come, must be because he was fighting Edmerek’s men in the middle of the day.

Edmerek himself must have hidden himself and entered the dungeon alone.

Causing chaos with his minions, he alone infiltrates to achieve his ends.

Because this is a tactic he often uses. I’ve been through this a few times as a newbie.

I’m working hard to block the attack, but there’s nothing more disorienting than when the clone body is released from the main base.

“However, there is one weakness here.”

“I don’t know where the hell did you know this, but… I’m curious. Isn’t that the archbishop’s weakness?”

“Yes. I really want to hear it too, Brother Yandel.”

Let’s run to the place where the next distress signal was and talk about what we’ve learned so far, Vincent and Helena’s eyes twinkle.

I didn’t say anything, but I must have been very worried. If it wasn’t for Edmerek, I would have taken a few people and run away right away.

“Edmerek’s authority is too strong. Lets think. If you swallow it and then vomit it up after a few days, you can create alter egos with various abilities? There can be no restrictions.”

If that were the case, the turbid Unity Church would have pushed back with its double body and knocked down several countries.

Edmerek’s authority is great, but… I have a very simple problem.

The point is that every time you create an alter ego, the amount of power invested in that alter ego is reduced.

And if the alter ego dies, the power invested in the alter ego cannot be regained forever.

“That’s why the clone we just killed was weak compared to the Archbishop’s clone.”

“But. Everyone’s strength is a waste. It seems that you gave it just enough power to win. Or even if it fails, it’s worth it.”

As Vincent said.

“If I had told you this far, you would have noticed, but I’ll put it together again.”

In order of proximity, go to the place where the rescue signal was and kill Edmerek’s alter ego.

Unfortunately, the party just before was virtually wiped out, but if there are still people who can fight, they will join us.

That’s how Edmerek’s power is reduced, and our side is bulking up, and finally we catch Edmerek by digging it out.

First of all, this is the basic goal.

“Of course, it won’t be easy. Edmerek isn’t an idiot, and there’s no way he’ll just watch his weakness being attacked.”

He’s extremely reluctant to change his plans, but he’s not obstinate when knives are shoved right up to his throat.

“But I think this is the best we can do right now.”

If you feel strongly in the middle, you should run away right away, but… Maybe the entrance side is rather dangerous.

Because Edmerek couldn’t have left the only way out intact.

But it wouldn’t be easy to hold on until the outside professors came to help.

Of course, you’ve been prepared to buy enough time for yourself to think.

I know this well because I’ve been bullied several times at H&A. Edmerek, this guy has a knack for creating a platform he can’t escape from.

In the end, the only possibility is to hunt Edmerek, who is excited about hunting us, in reverse.

Crisis is said to be an opportunity.

I skipped the tutorial, but I didn’t expect an event that could kill everyone if I did it wrong.

If we just win, the turbid Unity Church will be weakened at once.

The large conspiracy that will be entangled with Edmerek in the middle will naturally be shattered.

It’s a bit unsettling to deviate from Diljjaknu, the standard way to capture Edmerek, but… Still, he is there.

How many times have I caught Edmerek, but can I fail?

***

It was a reckless plan, but Vincent and Helena followed suit.

No matter how much he continued to restore his physical strength with potions, he ran through the forest and ran and ran without stopping to deal with Edmerek’s duplicate body.

Thanks, the result was good.

A rabbit-type clone that smashes rocks with kicks, or a turtle-type clone that hides in a hard shell and blows high-pressure water streams.

Apart from that, praying mantises, cats, and wolves. In addition, it seems that they ate two at once, and even their bodies resembling a duck and a raccoon.

It was able to deal with a considerable number of clones.

However, Edmerek started responding to this side faster than expected.

Once I rushed along with those I could fight with, the clones ran away.

If they failed to get away, they would somehow seriously injure one of us.

Fortunately, I still have plenty of potions in my inventory, and there are quite a few priests who have joined.

No matter how seriously injured, as long as he didn’t die, he could somehow be saved.

What… Just because you’re alive doesn’t mean you can fight all of them unconditionally, so you can’t help but give your strength little by little.

Edmerek forces us to consume, and this side minimizes it with plenty of potions and saves other students.

A sluggish war of attrition that continued from a certain moment.

No matter how much potions and buffs he used to keep his body in top condition, he couldn’t help but be mentally exhausted.

Students getting tired. However, Edmerek’s body was still not found.

At the next place we arrived by forcibly holding on to the will that was gradually weakening… I was able to meet a familiar face.

“Oh-ho-ho-ho! Did you think you would be my opponent just like this?”

The tone is good, but the tone is a little too girly.

Her hair was a rare shade of blue, and was styled into an even rarer bun.

The elongated ears, a symbol of the High Elves, bogged up and down proudly, and the well-groomed features were wearing a strangely unlucky smile.

Elisha Sylvan Glenciel.

She tore off a piece of her winged body and looked at me… No, she opened her eyes wide as she saw the students piled up behind me.

“Oh? Yandel, you can’t… ?”

That would be the case, because other students were gathered behind Elisha as well.

I think I know why Edmerek started responding faster than expected.

I would have thought that not only me but also Elisha would be wandering around, knocking down her body and saving other students.

With his alter ego dying in all directions, he must have thought it would be dog death if he insisted on it.

She approached Elisha, who looked surprised, with a broad smile.

“I’m glad you’re safe, Miss Glenciel.”

“I’m glad you’re okay too. No matter how much effort I put in, there’s no way I’ll be knocked down by cultists of this level. Yes. Not like that.”

As if she knew that, her confident smile melted away her tension and fatigue.

If so, the story is different.

More duplicates must have died than we thought, and our power was expanded at once.

Could it be because my expression was too bright? Elisha crossed her arms with a meaningful expression on her face.

A posture that highlights the mana pain that is not inferior at all even compared to Karla.

“Whoops. Was it nice to meet you? I bet it is. Yandel, you seem to have come to save others like me, but leading the weary and injured is a completely different matter!”

“Yes?”

Are all our children fine? Mentally, I’m a little tired.

“Even as a commoner, you’re not used to it, so it must have been even more exhausting!”

“What… That’s true.”

So I put Vincent and Helena at the fore, not me.

Vincent is from the Grenadines, a thick-bones military family that everyone acknowledges, even if he looks like that.

Helena does not receive special treatment, but it is widely known that she is a candidate for sainthood.

Overall, even the class A students with high noses would nod their heads when it came to what the two of them were saying.

Of course, Elisha didn’t know that, so she told her with her eyes looking at something very pitiful.

“But rest assured. Elisha Sylvan Glenciel, the successor of the Sylvan Magic Tower and a high elf, will carry your burden for you!”

“Um….”

“Oh? Are you worried that I might steal your ball? I’m not that unscrupulous. When we get out of here, we will write the report together.”

“No. I believe in that part. I don’t mean that….”

“Then what? No way… No way… You don’t believe me, what are you talking about… ?”

In disbelief, she shook her head with a wry smile in Elisha’s trembling eyes.

“That’s not it, it means you can’t get out of here right now.”

“Yes?”

“The Archbishop of the Cloudy Unity has decided to attack. There is probably a trap or ambush at the entrance that is incomparably more dangerous than now.”

“Archbishop? Why is such a giant… No, how are you here… ?”

As expected, I knew it was an attack by a cultist, but I guess I didn’t know who it was.

“First of all, I’ll explain while treating the students on Glenciel’s side.”

“What… Yes… Oh no. Divine power is difficult to recover, so you should use it sparingly, Yandel.”

“Yes. I know. Unlike mana or aura that can be easily recovered with potions, you can only fill it with prayer or natural recovery. So, except for some unusual wounds, I will recover with potions.”

“But potions are too wasteful. If the archbishop is really targeting us like you said, then we should save the recovery method as much as possible.”

“I have a lot of potions.”

“No matter how many, if you want to treat all of these people….”

It was getting annoying to explain, so I just opened the inventory.

Clattering.

“…….”

Elisha opened her mouth wide as she stared at the pile of potions on the floor in an instant.

“Damn, how many potions did you buy?! Even all of them are senior level or higher!”

“Because I’m the type who values ​​household medicine a bit.”

“This is not at the level of household medicine! Supplies!”

In the end, Elisha screamed at her excrement.