episode_0049

flew in the sky No, I flew in a dark space.

I felt a small movement inside my arm. Her sudden action of following me.

And the subject of the sudden action was now excitedly firing light bullets downward.

Until now, she may have never properly demonstrated her abilities. Her abilities are too dangerous to be used on humans.

Jang Ah-hyun was demonstrating the power of the light bullet today.

Strangely, she seemed excited. He said no, but does he think that his safety will be safe because he is close to me?

As we fly together toward the anchor shining in dark red light, I feel a relaxed excitement coming from her.

“Do you have enough mana? Do not use them all.”

“Yes, there is still more than half left.”

Thanks to her good condition, she flew without making an emergency landing and arrived near the pillar of light in the center of the square where the anchor was expected to be.

Below, countless monsters opened their mouths to greet us, but they were burned by my magic and reduced to ashes.

“Umm… There must be an entrance somewhere. Since it is a historic site, there will be an entrance for maintenance personnel to enter and exit… .”

“No, it was a forced breakthrough.”

He answered in a firm voice. Currently, behind me, my students are fighting for their lives.

So, you have to finish it as quickly as possible.

He grabbed the great sword in his right hand and spread his legs. I lightly swept the already crumbled streets of the square with my feet.

Denying the dark silence that had descended upon the sound of my footsteps, I cheered stronger than usual.

“Wow!”

I slammed the great sword on the floor with all my strength.

I feel some resistance. In a direct and devastating blow from my great sword, all of the asphalt pavement in the square crumbles and flies away, revealing its true nature.

─Kwasik!

In a place where the ground has been hollowed out by more than 3 meters, there is something like a blood-red protective shield between me and the underground fortress.

It shows a strange twitching motion, as if it is alive. It seemed like he was hurt by my attack and was in pain.

The protective shield that was slightly torn by the great sword regenerates quickly. When I saw that, I put even more of my weight on the sword.

“Uaaap!”

The great sword glows white as my magical power is pushed to its limit. It is a similar color to Gideon’s Mana Weapon, but its output is beyond imagination.

The sword body, which is 1.7 meters long, heats up to extremely high temperatures and crackles, emitting plasma. The acrid smell of burning chemicals emanates from the protective shield pierced by the blade.

Jang Ah-hyun looked surprised when she saw me. The force and heat I felt up close was so intense that I took a few steps back without even realizing it.

Put your legs back and step away for a moment. It was a preparation process to push the weight completely into the right hand.

In the brief moment before the sound of shoes hitting the floor was heard and the torn shield was regenerated, I jumped high, put my full weight on it, and slashed down with my greatsword.

─Wow!

And soon, the great sword is pierced all the way to the handle with the sound of a single shot tearing something tough.

A tremor, as if a dark red membrane were screaming, rises through the sword. Is he even throwing out a word?

Eventually, with the sound of glass breaking, the dark red film shatters and scatters.

The broken pieces instantly melt like cotton candy in water and disappear into the black atmosphere.

“Seo… Are you successful? What is this?”

“It’s a barrier. How on earth did this place have such a strong barrier?”

With the fly spell, I was stepping through the air. The underground fortress built when this city was called Tiflis, not Tbilisi, was truly huge.

There was a huge cavity about 20 meters down and a passageway that looked like an ant cave at first glance. It was a truly enormous underground fortress.

” I think this cavity was used as a prayer room. There are like chapel chairs.”

I nodded slightly at her words and took a deep breath. There was definitely a strong feeling in front of me.

We took steps towards that final goal.

Rustle rustle.

The closer you get to the huge energy, the more bones you encounter. Was someone trying to build a wall out of bones? Were they trying to build something like an Aztec skull tower in this underground fortress?

As we headed toward the deepest part, where the anchor was expected to be located, the bones formed a mountain, and it had reached a point where it was impossible to move forward without removing the bones.

“This is it.”

The bones blocking the door are kicked hard and the wall of bones collapses with a loud sound. Could it be a bone tomb like the catacombs near Rome?

If that’s true, I was a little concerned because it felt like I was destroying cultural heritage, but I couldn’t move forward without leaving it as is, and I didn’t have time to spare, so I moved forward by destroying as much of it as I could.

But these bones, if my prediction is correct… .

“Umm… .”

Jang Ah-hyun lets out a small sound as she watches him strike the wall of bones blocking the door with a great sword.

“These bones are extremely weathered. It’s strange that it crumbles so easily if you touch it. No matter how old it is, for it to weather this much… .”

When she touches what appears to be a femur lying on the floor with her toe, it shatters and scatters as if she had kicked a lump of dry dirt.

At that sight, she tilts her head and frowns slightly.

‘It seems you have realized it to some extent.’

Finally we entered the final stage.

The place where this story ended was a huge cave.

“Ah.”

… What we saw there was a purple dodecahedron floating in the air.

And underneath, there was a mountain of bones piled up. How many people is this worth? My head felt dizzy for a moment.

The bone fragments that my feet step on make a crunching sound and are crushed like stepping on cheese.

“Hot!”

I immediately swung my sword and released half a moon of sword energy.

─Quaang!

The white, blazing half-moon flying towards the icosahedron-shaped dimensional anchor is blocked by something and explodes, making an explosion sound throughout the Great Sky.

The echo of the explosion echoes within the cavity.

It’s a barrier. The red color was lighter than before, but a barrier that seemed much thicker was blocking the path.

Any scratches caused by the explosion are immediately regenerated. It really was a blink of an eye.

“Professor, no way… .”

“Yes.”

Dust is blowing this way. Bone fragments swept away by the explosion of my sword energy blow towards me in the enclosed space.

The powder piles up on my suit, and the unique phosphorus scent of bones fills my nose.

When I looked at her next to me, I saw that her clothes were also covered in dust, like clothes that had been left unattended for a long time.

She covered her mouth with her hand and coughed softly.

Her eyes flutter and she opens her mouth in a trembling voice.

“These are all people who were alive not long ago… Is that right? All the citizens of this city are here now… Oooh!”

“Yes. These monsters sacrificed their lives to create a barrier. Just to protect that anchor.”

I pointed at it with my chin.

A barrier that has been cut with the lives of so many people that it is impossible to count them, and it is a sin to even imagine them. It was a strong barrier that was difficult to break through.

That solidity came at the cost of the lives of countless people here.

Yes. This underground fortress was a place filled with the strong scent of death. At that realization, I felt mildly dizzy and held my head up.

“… If that’s the case, then these bones’ bodies have all melted away due to the fog and even their bones are weathering away. that… And these smells… .”

“… .”

She stumbles and clamps her mouth tightly with her left hand. It seemed as if he was vomiting, and his eyes were slightly wet.

This must be her first time seeing such mass murder. I feel like my mentality is shaking. Even though it’s considered the age of an adult, it’s only just passed the age of maturity.

Aren’t we still at an age where we believe in justice in the world and have heated discussions about it?

This was a scene that could have deeply traumatized her. A small sound of her teeth chattering could be heard.

I sigh a little internally and lightly place my hand on her shoulder. She turns to me slightly when she feels the rough but warm touch on her shoulder.

She looks at me with blood flowing from her hard bite on her lip.

“I understand your feelings. But first, shouldn’t we get our work done first? For that, I need your help.”

“… What should I do?”

I breathed a small sigh of relief. Because her eyes were burning with will again.

She clenches her fists and stamps her feet lightly. I guess my sense of shouting to bring her was just for this moment.

This space is probably a more intense isolation space than anywhere else. A barrier close to absolute defense based on the lives of countless people.

A barrier this strong would most likely not break even if hit by a tactical nuclear missile.

There are probably three types of people who want to destroy this. Either you don’t know much about this barrier, or you’re just a reckless idiot.

─And you can really break this barrier.

Fortunately, I fall into the latter category.

“Because the barrier is so strong, it takes some time to pierce it using the traditional method. So let’s do it this way. I will create a gap in the barrier, and you can shoot through that gap.”

“Me?”

“Yes. This is something only you can do.”

She catches my gaze for a moment and nods. After confirming her will, I lightly tapped her shoulder and headed to the front of the barrier.

And the moment I was about to raise the great sword,

─Jeee!

The dodecahedron inside the barrier begins to glow. At the same time, the air trembles and even more pure magical energy comes rushing towards us.

The dimensional anchor was reactivating again!

“The anchor is being activated again. Let’s get this over with! If you say one, two, three, I’ll shoot you. Is that okay?”

I looked at her and nodded. And just as she was clenching her small fists and trying to agree with me,

“Yes, professor. Leave it to me, eh, ehhh!”

Her answer did not last long.

Suddenly! Along with the noise, she heard a strange noise coming from her legs. It was a sound as if bones that did not fit together were being forced to fit in different places.

Her screams echo with that horrifying sound.

“Ahyeon Jang!!!”

As soon as she screamed, I reflexively ran towards her. He threw away his sword and ran desperately with his bare fists.

A tod came out of the floor and hit her leg.

I was flying at a speed that an average person couldn’t even see with the naked eye. No, it was flying.

It flew towards her like a cannonball with just one move.

In terms of time, one second could have been split hundreds of times, and in the meantime, I raised my fist. The target is the head of that damn toad-looking monster.

Before my fist touches the guy’s head, the sound I didn’t want to hear rings out.

Like a flash, time slows down infinitely. The damn toad opened its mouth and took a big bite out of her side.

At that moment, the wind flow changed abnormally, and saliva overflowed from the corner of my mouth, which seemed to be dumbfounded.

─Quaaaang!

The wall collapsed with an explosion. My body, which had become a bullet, crushed Todd into pieces of meat and landed against the wall just as it had come.

In the meantime, I turned my eyes to see a woman with a large bite on her abdomen, blood spattering, and falling down helplessly.

“Ahyeon Jang!!!!!”

*

“Damn it! When is Professor Northmund coming? 10 minutes have already passed a long time ago!”

“Aaaah! Die you bastards!!!”

Now the people in the hotel were in great trouble. The waves of monsters came endlessly, and they were gradually forced into a defensive position.

Since I couldn’t stop it on the second floor, I went up the stairs. The calculation was that if the stairs were narrow, it would be possible to hold out while blocking them as much as possible.

That was correct. If you kill the monsters by stabbing them, their corpses can block the stairs, tying up latecomers for a while longer.

However, it was also true that narrow space was not always advantageous for the defender.

“Damn, where are the rest of the kids!”

“6th floor! There’s a battle going on on the 6th floor too! Holy shit!”

Those who were protecting the monsters were also scattered in small groups due to the narrow space.

Now they are scattered a little bit on each floor.

“6th floor? How on earth is there a battle going on on the 6th floor? We’re blocking it on the 4th floor!”

Someone soaked in blood cried out in a despairing voice.

“Exterior wall! They’re climbing up the outer wall! Car, through the window again and again! Ahhh!”

Han Sejun gritted his teeth. The despair that washed over me like a wave was blocking my eyes.

‘Miss judgment! ‘You’re completely wrong!’

I thought it would be easier to block enemies if I used the stairs. That judgment was completely wrong.

Rather, each floor was under pincer attack by guys coming in through the outer walls. And right now, small groups of people are staying apart!

‘Li Jiyuan, you bastard!”

He looked resentfully at the man who was now wielding the Dragon Tide before his eyes.

The original plan he proposed was this:

The leader and the strongest few take the bottom steps. And divide people into each floor.

If the bottom floor cannot be blocked and is breached, abandon that floor and go upstairs to join the combatants on the upper floor and fight.

At first glance, it seemed like an efficient operation that wasn’t bad at all.

This is a strategy that uses a small space to conduct an effective battle and save energy so that the battle can last as long as possible.

‘But why did everyone overlook the fact that monsters can climb over the outer wall!’

Some monsters are very good at climbing walls. It’s definitely something I learned in demonology class. why!

Why didn’t all those guys with good grades raise objections to Li Jiyuan’s opinion?

Rather, each floor was attacked by a pincer attack, and everyone was in danger of extinction. In the excitement of battle, I missed the lamp.

It would have been better to hold a sit-in protest in the hall on the second floor. There is only one entrance there.

『Mr. Sejun! Mr. Sejun!』

Han Se-jun, who cut down a slasher that was raising its claws at him, felt something ringing in his head. It was Nakajima Yue’s mental transmission.

She was speaking urgently to him with her supernatural ability.

『The 6th floor is dangerous! Muriel is hurt! In particular, the staff’s magical power is at its lowest! I can’t last much longer!』

“Damn it!”

Li Jiyuan stopped him as he hurriedly ran up the stairs, swearing.

After breaking through the piled up corpses, a tod was cut into pieces with tidal water.

“Where are you going! It’s not time to abandon the 4th floor yet!”

“The 6th floor is dangerous! A request for help has arrived from Nakajima!”

“You mean that Japanese girl? Oh, indeed. That’s not helpful.”

An Asian-looking woman slashes a monster running through the window and through the hotel hallway, swinging a wide curved sword that looks like a dadao with a clanging sound.

One flying object passed by Han Se-jun’s chest and created another red line.

“In any case, the number of monsters coming through the outer wall is less than that of the stairs. I can probably handle that much!”

“You son of a bitch! It’s because of you that it’s like this… .”

Han Sejun was about to swear but swallowed his words. There is no use in considering right or wrong in this situation. Rather, it only hurts each other’s emotions and interferes with the battle.

Li Jiyuan looks at him for a moment, then turns to deal with a monster coming up the stairs. The sound of the wind tearing pierces my ears.

“… The kids say they’re low on magic power. I’ll just deliver the potion and come back.”

“Okay… If that’s the case. The potion box will be on the 5th floor. Gray and Ramirez have it.”

I guess I’ll have to give up on this place soon anyway. His words continued. This meant that there was no need to come back down.

“Li Jiyuan. My magic power is low, so I use a potion… .”

The female student who was wielding the dadao earlier spoke to him. Was her name Li Yingying?

At her words, Li Jiyuan lightly nods and turns to face the monsters again.

When she makes eye contact with Han Sejun, she frowns.

‘What’s wrong with this faction?’

Is there something strange on Han Sejun’s face? Or is it just that he feels uncomfortable making eye contact with himself?

No, it doesn’t really matter anyway.

Han Sejun clicked his tongue lightly and climbed the stairs with Li Yingying toward the 5th floor.

The cries of monsters were echoing everywhere in the hotel.