“…..Still strong, as expected.”

Kiara, standing in the middle of a widely spread magic circle in the academy’s underground barrier maintenance room, frowned as she said that.

An overwhelming amount of mana was leaking from her body, enough to make any Hunter below A-rank faint just by looking at it.

Now that she was S+ rank, the amount of mana didn’t matter much, but she could feel her overflowing mana disappearing every time an external impact was applied.

Probably a quite powerful being was attacking the connection to the barrier from the outside.

If this attack breaks through, the academy is finished.

‘It’s okay, it’s part of the plan.’

Her plan is simple.

To eliminate the New King Church’s minions hiding inside the academy.

She heard that high-ranking believers or Cardinals could be immediately detected using special mana, but the minions were not strong enough to be easily detected.

So, this is a plan to eradicate those people all at once.

A plan to annihilate those that Ha-yeon is fighting.

This plan was prepared after hearing about the appearance of the New King Church.

Given the nature of the New King Church’s movements, the New King Church’s pawns would inevitably enter the academy and be attacked someday.

Rather than just being attacked, the idea was to use it in reverse to eradicate them completely.

That’s why Ha-yeon was the most necessary person for the plan.

While Kiara maintains the barrier, she will clean up all the minions running wild… because she is the only one who can end the events that will take place in the final event of the plan.

If her prediction is correct… if it becomes the final plan, Kiara’s mana, which is full in a container as big as the Pacific Ocean, will definitely hit the bottom.

“…..Sorry for suddenly dragging you into this.”

I’ll be in your debt for a bit.

Sword Demon.

“Is this the end?”

Ha-yeon let out a small breath, shook the blood off her sword, and put it back into its scabbard.

It was not much killing, so she flinched at first, but she quickly calmed down when she thought that these guys deserved it.

Anyway, she is currently in Building 2.

That is, the 2nd grade building.

Ha-yeon, who had dealt with all 25 members of the New King Church in the 2nd grade building, took a moment to catch her breath and headed to the 3rd grade building.

It hasn’t collapsed yet, but no one knows when it will fall.

‘When will the attack end?’

Hoping that it would end when one side’s attack, whether inside or outside, ended.

With only that hope, she eliminated the internal enemies.

‘More than that, if they’re attacking Elysia Academy…’

Isn’t a Cardinal attacking from the outside?

She walked with such chilling thoughts.

“Cardinal, huh…..”

Honestly, she had fought the New King Church once, but she thought it wouldn’t have much to do with her.

Even more so with a Cardinal.

Unreleased S-rank.

The fear of the unknown is quite great.

Moreover, it is an unknown that has escaped even the System, an existence outside the norm.

“…..What’s the use of thinking about this?”

Even if she thinks about it now, she doesn’t know much about the existence of a Cardinal, so it’s difficult to think deeply.

So, she stopped thinking and headed to the 3rd grade building.

The place she arrived at not long after.

‘As expected, it’s 3rd grade?’

Most of them are A-rank.

Cheon-seo-a, who is in the same generation and has no one to follow, is an exception.

A-rank is originally a great guy.

Moreover, there are occasionally A+’s.

That’s why it feels like they put a lot of effort into this side, but as expected, the New King Church is being pushed back.

I should help a little.

“Northern Demon Swordsmanship, 1st Form.”

Wind of the Storm.

The sword shook and immediately took the head of the enemy in front.

The guys who had been huddled together, reduced from about 40 to 17, immediately noticed.

“Everyone, change direction!!”

“Too late, you bastards.”

Northern Demon Swordsmanship, 6th Form.

“Moonlight of Transcendence.”

She swung her sword in the shape of a crescent moon.

Then, a bright light burst out and instantly killed 6 people.

“You guys in the back! Magic!”

Designation and one word.

It was a simple word, but as expected, they were 3rd graders, so they understood it perfectly and poured magic at the guy at the end.

The guy who was defeated individually flinched, but the guy realized that he could neither escape nor win as long as there was a big enemy called ‘me’.

So, they used their last resort.

“Quorruption Explode.”

Suicide bombing.

It was their last resort.

“You crazy…..!!”

She quickly covered her body with the cloak behind her, but as much as they had come with a determination, the suicide attack was also powerful.

“…..Ugh!”

Bang!

A purple explosion filled the surroundings.

An attack aimed at Ha-yeon, who was standing next to it.

The damage that the cloak couldn’t completely block hit the unshielded area directly.

Wow… it’s been a while since I felt this much pain.

It’s a little numb.

“Did I even bleed?”

Since it’s Dragon’s Millennium Armor with quite a bit of exposure, there was quite a bit of bare skin, and those parts are blocked with mana.

Still, it’s bound to be weaker than other places.

A very, very small wound was made in such a place.

Ha-yeon let out a hollow laugh at that, then brushed back the hair that had been blown away by the explosion and went to the 3rd graders.

“I’m called Sword Demon…. I wonder if everyone knows me?”

“Yes!”

Perhaps because she arrived like a true hero, she heard a very bright voice.

That’s right, the 3rd graders have experienced quite a bit of actual combat, so this level of victory wouldn’t be a huge shock.

I guess they were a little embarrassed that Elysia Academy was being attacked.

“What about the professor’s building?”

“I think it’s still being attacked.”

As expected, the professors would have been attacked at a level that couldn’t be compared to the students.

Thinking that, Ha-yeon said to the 3rd graders.

“Building C entrance bus near the 2nd grade building and the 1st grade building, there are 2nd grade S-class, 1st grade, and 1st grade students. Go and help them.”

“Yes!!”

As expected, the 3rd graders, who live in the Hunter society in earnest, know their position and are very good at reading the room, understood the words very well.

She left the lower grades and the S-class to them and headed straight to the professor’s building.

The professor’s building is not far from the 3rd grade main building.

As if to prove it, she could feel the mana’s wavelength nearby.

Running quickly towards that side, this place is really a mess.

Most of the New King Church are close to S-.

Still, the difference between S- and S-rank is very big, so they don’t seem to be pushed back.

Most of the faculty are S-, and the higher-ups are S-rank.

But there’s no one with a higher ranking than me.

“I wonder if this will work?”

A sudden thought.

A thought I’ve never thought of before.

That is.

“Exorcising Sword.”

Whether those guys are affected by the Exorcising Sword effect.

A sacred aura flowed from the Immortal Longsword.

The effect of the Exorcising Sword is to deal additional damage to all impure and evil things.

Will this power work on them?

The answer to that is.

“Wow, it works.”

It worked.

When she raised her sword and swung a slash, the Exorcising Sword effect was applied, leaving a pure white sword path and cutting off the guy’s neck.

He was an S-rank, but did he die too easily?

Looking at these guys’ clothes, they seemed to be quite high-ranking believers in the church.

Well, there’s no time to worry about that now.

“Mana Beam.”

A pure white beam covered the Exorcising Sword effect on the sword.

And.

“One Extreme Flash.”

Bang!

When she thrust it forward, the beam shot out like a bullet and pierced the guys’ hearts.

As a result, the number of believers who were left, about 15, was reduced to 7.

“Ah, no!”

“No way! Sword Demon already!”

The guys were flustered by the sudden massacre.

The professors also didn’t miss that and launched an attack.

Lightning struck down from the sky.

Pillars of fire rose from the earth.

Other brutal slashes swept over the guys.

Ha-yeon, who was quietly watching the scene, suddenly felt her body’s energy recovering a little.

“Hmm?”

Following the source of the mana, she saw none other than Seia.

She was restoring my energy with Spiritism.

It’s not high-grade yet, so it’s weak, but it’s definitely a helpful effect.

Feeling a little grateful for that, she smiled at her.

Anyway, the situation is roughly settled.

“There won’t be any more now, right?”

She went around not only Buildings 1, 2, and 3, but also the professor’s building, the main building, and the training building, but there were no more remnants of the New King Church.

The damage to the building is at a level that can be self-repaired, except for the fact that Building 2 is almost half destroyed.

“Ha….. Is it finally over?”

Ha-yeon sighed at the sight and stretched her arms towards the sky.

And then she discovered something strange.

“….What’s that?”

What’s in the sky is a crack.

A crack that seems to be distorting and destroying space.

The crack is getting bigger and bigger and filling the sky.

“It’s time to go to war.”

A white robe and a jet-black priest’s robes worn over it.

Hair with a white base and blue highlights to match it.

Unlike his appearance, which looks to be in his 30s, the overwhelming power and momentum felt from his appearance.

The elite of the New King Church and one of the 5 Cardinals, Lightning of Inverse Heaven.

Baek said so.

There was no one behind him.

It’s not arrogance or recklessness.

He boasts that the Pope, the Saintess, and himself also recognize their power and know their level.

So, the decision he made was that he could do it alone.

At his feet, he could see Elysia Academy, which had calmed down for a while after the end of the first invasion.

Above it, little by little.

Cracks were spreading.

The basement of the academy.

Kiara, who was there, finally collapsed, and the supply of mana that had been restoring the barrier was cut off.

“……I leave it to you.”

And with that.

Scraping together the mana that was left as dust.

She infused a single magic into the barrier.