episode_0143

My breathing is getting faster.

My body began to tremble violently.

In this situation where there was not even an inch of hope in sight, things were getting dark before my eyes.

When I turned my head to the left, I saw a knight in pitch-black armor and Lily clashing their swords fiercely.

This time, we turned to the right, where Ariel and Iris were blocking Richie’s brutal attacks, hiding their expressions of difficulty.

And besides that, I could hear the desperate screams of students fighting against monsters here and there.

A horrific sight that could be understood even if it were called hell.

‘Uh…I have to do something…’

I tried to somehow roll my confused head.

What is the best choice I can make right now?

What can we do to get through this situation without anyone getting hurt?

Should I help Lily..?

No. Lily seems to have some free time, so Iris and Ariel..?

Or maybe help the most desperate students defeat the monsters?

It’s hopeless.

Whichever way you help, it will take time. And in the meantime, you never know what will happen on either side.

The scale of the enemies is unimaginable, they are formidable foes.

I could never have imagined that such a tragedy could happen.

I still desperately hoped that this situation was just a nightmare.

But what I see before my eyes is a cold reality.

Nothing was solved by ignoring it.

Think about it.

I have to think about it.

How to protect everyone…

I bit my lip until it bled, and forcibly squeezed my unruly hair with my hands, trying to find a path to hope.

Not long after that.

I wonder if my efforts were in vain.

Only one path came to mind.

The only being that can stop all these attacks.

A being that can easily stop the legion commanders who each exude monstrous strength and the monsters with vicious temperaments.

I had no choice but to go find that being.

“Iris! Ariel! Lily! Just hold on a little longer!”

Once the decision was made, there was no more time to hesitate.

I broke free from Sephir’s power that was blocking the flow of my mana through my body.

Then the alien energy disappeared from my body, and my original black hair and red eyes appeared again.

Their voices came to my ears as I immediately returned to my original appearance.

“Hey….Hera-nim..?!”

“Sera?”

Iris looks at me with her eyes wide open in shock, and Ariel looks at me as if she doesn’t understand what happened.

I kicked the ground with my body back to normal and ran towards them.

And without stopping there, I stepped on the ground once more and flew up, charging at the giant lich that was glaring at me.

[How strange… how can you use the traitor’s abilities?]

“Well.”

As I exchanged a few words, I charged up Marie’s mana and kicked Richie with all my might.

[Do you think it will work?]

Then, with a huge explosion, his body shattered into pieces under my feet and quickly scattered into the air.

An attack that would have killed him instantly without even feeling any pain if he had been living a normal life.

But the strong attack was in vain. His shattered remains quickly began to gather back into their original positions.

“Ugh…!”

Without hesitation, I blew all of Marie’s mana floating around in my body into my lungs.

Then, a great pain, as if my organs were freezing from the inside, stabbed my lungs.

After that, I exhaled towards the scattered remains of Melum, drawing in the cold air that filled my lungs.

Then my breath spread around, and in an instant, the ground between Melum and me was frozen solid, without even an inch of warmth.

“Sigh…”

As I exhaled, a cloud of cold air began to escape from my mouth.

Marie’s existence is a blue dragon.

As a dragon, she can use all kinds of powerful magic, but the nature of her mana is inherently ice-like.

Thanks to you, I was able to use this kind of magic too.

Of course, it’s incredibly hard and painful every time you use it…

[You’re being cheeky.]

“It’ll take a while to play.”

[Hahaha!! That’s right. Struggle as much as you want. No matter what, your destruction can never be avoided.]

Ignoring the voice of Melum coming from the empty space, I looked at Iris and shouted.

“Iris!! Where’s Harris?”

“Yes..?! Ah..no, more than that, why Hera? Sera..? Huh..? Huh..?”

I quickly approached Iris, who was looking at me with a confused face, and grabbed her shoulder and said.

“Iris! I’ll explain later. Right now, I need Harris..!!”

“Ugh…!! Wait…just a minute..!!”

Iris stirred for a moment, then took a small birdcage out of her bag and ran towards me.

“Ha..I wanted to always have you by my side..so I brought you around like this..”

I guess it was because I always carried my bag carefully by hand.

I quickly took Harris out of the cage and spoke urgently to Iris.

“It won’t take long for Melum to regenerate. Send out as much divine power as possible to delay the regeneration.”

“…Yes! If it’s Hera-nim’s words…I’ll follow them.”

Thankfully, Iris follows along calmly even in confusing situations.

I turned around and ran to Ariel, who was looking at me with a strange expression this time, and asked her a favor.

“Ariel…! Can you help Lily from behind so she doesn’t get hurt?”

“Sera..right?”

“I’ll definitely explain it to you later..! Please help me just this once.”

“….Okay.”

Ariel turned her head with an unfamiliar face and immediately started running towards Lily.

It was fortunate that they listened well to what I said.

‘..I have to hurry.’

Even if Iris uses her divine power, Melum’s regeneration will be completed within 10 minutes.

And when he is resurrected, he will become even stronger and threaten us again.

We have to block it somehow.

I looked at Harris, who was climbing onto my arm, and recited an earnest command.

“Find the Demon King.”

At my words, Harris quickly ascended into the sky and began to search around.

I tried to calm my trembling heart and made a firm resolution in my heart.

There is only one answer now.

Adversary.

The only way to stop this attack was for her to do it herself.

* * *

– Kieeek!!

“You’re persistent!”

Robin slaughtered the monster with a big swing of his sword.

Then, from between the split corpses of the monster, another monster jumped out and rushed at him.

But Robin easily dodges it and then swings his sword again to defeat the monster.

“What is this all of a sudden…”

After confirming that the monster had quieted down, he put down his sword for a moment and took a deep breath to regain his composure.

Even Robin, who had an unyielding will and could always keep a calm mind, couldn’t understand this situation.

Monsters coming from all directions.

The demons who took over the academy were of unfathomable strength.

Even the strong professors of the academy, known for its excellent security, were now all scattered in confusion.

Some people were slaying monsters.

Some of you were dealing with a high-ranking demon that looked like a giant tiger.

The majority of the remaining people were together with the chairman, trying to stop the red-haired woman.

-Kyaayak!!

“Oh no..!”

While he was momentarily distracted, three monsters ran towards him.

But unfortunately this time I couldn’t avoid it because I couldn’t get into position.

The moment Robin raised his hand to block it with his bare body-

Pavabak-

There was a sharp wind noise.

In an instant, sharp arrows were fired into the heads of the monsters, and they fell down without being able to put up any resistance.

Then a blonde woman descends from the sky and lands gently on the ground.

She has detailed facial features like a doll.

But unlike ordinary people, her ears were much more pointed and extended to the sides than those of a human.

“Don’t let your guard down.”

She said a few words and drew her bow again at the monsters.

The wind gathered around the bow and immediately flew towards the distant monsters, killing them.

“…Thank you.”

Robin was no exception. He raised his sword and prepared to fight again.

Deep inside, the excitement of meeting another strong person and the shame of having fallen into danger just because of carelessness made my heart burn even harder.

‘I can’t lose.’

Robin, who had made up his mind like that.

He ran straight towards the group of monsters he saw before his eyes.

But unfortunately.

It never happened that he cut down monsters.

Kwaaang-

“….Hmm?”

In a very brief moment, something quickly passed by and the bodies of the monsters in front of me burst like balloons.

A split second when something might have happened to an ordinary person.

But Robin, whose senses were highly developed, saw it at that moment.

Among the exploding monsters.

In the middle of it all was a beautiful woman with jet-black hair, the most beautiful I’d ever seen.

Robin, who was momentarily lost in the beauty he was seeing for the first time, rested his chin on his hand as if something had occurred to him and began to ponder.

“…Why were you crying.”

The expression on her face that I had just seen was vividly etched into my mind.

Her face looks infinitely urgent.

A single sad tear was flowing down her face.