episode_0065

“Kino! Nick!”

When Lulu’s father, Sir Kino, and Bandi’s father, Sir Nicholas, enter the situation room where the professors are gathered, most of the professors pretend to know them.

“What’s the situation, Yuso?”

Yuso, a fourth-year magic professor and female bobcat known to Sir Nicholas as Yuso, is crying.

“The situation is out of control! The Dean and Vice Dean went to the scene, but it seems like they didn’t get much done… Senior Dia is also busy maintaining her illusions!”

In the place Professor Yoo So pointed with his finger, surrounded by incredibly complex vision tools, was the 7th grade fantasy school professor Dia, a female rabbit, sweating profusely and spreading her magic power in all directions.

“Kino, Nick! Help me!”

At Professor Dia’s scream, Sir Kino and Sir Nicholas rush over to help control it, and the rough terrain in the arena reflected on the screen can be seen somewhat calming down.

“Sa, I lived.”

“What the hell is going on?”

Professor Lana, a female cheetah who was assisting Professor Dia, sighs as she looks at the screen, but it seems like the professors still don’t know about the eyeballs.

“There was something on the stadium rooftop.”

As Kino Kyung says this, he manipulates the screen closest to the professors in the situation room and shares with them the screen with the eyeballs that they had seen in the VIP room.

“Oh my god, what is this?”

Professor Yuso grimaces in disgust, and Sir Nicholas shares with the professors what he heard from the Duke of Rhys.

“Why is it in the middle of the empire? It was there during the last mock labyrinth incident?”

Miri, a first-year magic professor and a female chicken that Ain knows well, tilts her head. What she thought was a simple anomaly has an inexplicable commonality to it?

“Didn’t you say you can’t stop the game?”

Professor Dia nods at Sir Nicholas’s words.

“If I stop this, not only will the stadium be engulfed in a magical storm, but I will also be in danger. Could you please connect me to the professor and dean in advance?”

“Okay, Professor Dia.”

At Professor Dia’s request, the professor begins to use the spell in advance, and Sir Kino and Sir Nicholas begin to focus on helping Professor Dia to find the optimal wavelength of vision power to control the situation.

-This is Ivory.

“Dean, this is Professor Miri. Kino and Nicholas have reported the cause of the current situation.

-…Please call me.

Dean Ivory’s low voice tells us that she is tired from running around.

Professor Miri calls Sir Kino and Sir Nicholas.

“Kino, Nick! The Dean is calling!”

“Okay. This side is set to Delta 1161, that side is set to Epsilon -255. Maintain the error range of 8. ”

“Eww, margin of error 8? I’m not sure!”

Sir Kino and Sir Nicholas, who handed over control to Professor Yuso and Professor Lana, gather around the professor in advance.

“Sister Ivory.”

“Senior Ivory.”

As Sir Kino and Sir Nicholas greet each other, Dean Ivory, whose upper body is only magically projected, smiles tiredly and greets them.

-Kino, Nick. It may not be the right time to say hello, but I heard you found the cause?

In response to Dean Ivory’s words, Sir Kino and Sir Nicholas briefly explain the situation and its cause, and Dean Ivory’s expression becomes serious.

-I see. That’s why I felt the aura of the liberator, even though I didn’t feel any magical power or visionary power. Professor Dia’s fantasy magic is close to art, but it can’t embody that kind of aura.

“My daughter, Ion, and Countess Youngae of Iron Foxtrot went to the rooftop.”

– It’ll be a waste. The only thing I can feel from that side is Cadet Lulu’s magic. I guess you opened a level 4 spell slot.

“Then. Our son-in-law is not ordinary.”

“No, Kino. I’m proud of my son-in-law, but now is not the time for that.”

Professors Kino and Nicholas knew about Ain’s secret, but other professors, including Ivory, thought, ‘What does student Lulu getting a level 4 spell slot have to do with student Ain?’ They had no choice but to let it go, thinking that there must be something between the two.

-If I’m not mistaken in sensing the aura of the Liberator, I can find it. When Lulu, Ion, and Hoyo Cadet return, tell them not to search anymore. It’s dangerous, so Butterfly and I will handle this alone.

After saying that, Dean Ivory cuts off communication and leaves the situation under control to the professors.

“Oh my goodness, I couldn’t even get the error control below 10 during the professorship exam, but now that the situation is urgent, I got a 6!!”

While Professor Yoo So was crying, Sir Kino and Sir Nicholas were watching the screen with worried expressions.

I don’t know what happened, but as the earthquake and ground upheaval gradually subsided, the other students and I breathed a sigh of relief.

“Oh, are you done?”

Saetbyeol stamped his feet on the ground in confusion, but the rugged terrain that had seemed alive and moving just a moment ago was silent.

“Now I can focus on my exams again. This won’t happen again.”

As I looked around and confirmed that the crystals on the plains were almost in the same position as us, I tried to stop Elfin from making such unlucky remarks…

“Elfin, if you say something like that…”

I couldn’t finish speaking, because in an instant, a huge earthquake hit not only the rough terrain, but the entire stadium, even the flat area.

“Eww, what the heck! What’s going on!!”

The morning star screams urgently, and the audience, who think this is also part of the test, cheers even louder… Wait, what is that? Something red is coming from the ground…

“Come to me right now!! Hurry up!!!”

As soon as I confirmed that, I got on all fours and shouted with all my might, and without any further dissent, all the students from the rough terrain side rushed towards me.

“Ain Youngshik! What the hell is going on!”

“Wow, that’s scary! No one said Tri-Conflict was this dangerous!”

“Gyaaaak!”

As the last of the students gather, I use my spell at the same time that the bright red lava I had seen erupts.

“[Time and space setting current and fantasy dimension, use of ‘Oshmet’s Elastic Sphere’, isolate inner and outer dimension, range 180, lasts until spell slots are exhausted or deactivated!]”

As my order is completed, a nearly spherical polygonal sphere of magical power surrounds us, covering me and all the students, and the surrounding area becomes engulfed in exploding lava.

“Lava!! Lava!”

Ina shouts in panic, and the inside of the sphere also becomes a mess.

Looking back, the lava had erupted on the plains as well. However, since the surrounding area was flat and there was time before the lava erupted, the students dispersed here and there, so there didn’t seem to be any damage yet.

“Ain, look! It’s Crystal!”

As I looked at the place Elfin pointed to, who had tapped my shoulder urgently, the two crystals suddenly began to move forward at a rapid pace.

“Lava! It’s moving because it judged that the lava attacked the crystal!”

I don’t know if this is really what was intended, but I can’t just sit back and do nothing, so I suggest that the students move, and we quickly follow the crystal, taking care not to distort Oshmet’s elastic sphere.

There was chaos on the plains, but even though they were first-year students, they were still Academy students, so several students were running as a group to quickly chase after the moving crystal. Fortunately, there seemed to be no injuries.

“Ugh, there’s lava right next to me?!”

“Don’t be agitated! Get the spacing right!”

Lava erupts around the sphere, causing the students to become agitated, but Elfin is trying hard to control them. The students also do not want to die, so they follow Elfin’s instructions and barely maintain their distance.

“It’s hard to keep up with the crystals. How long will this lava last?”

“I don’t know. Right now, the most important thing is not to get hurt.”

Elfin pursed her lips as she spoke, but I calmed her down. Right now, there is nothing I can trust except the elastic sphere, so I have no choice but to worry about safety even if it is difficult to follow the crystal.

Eventually, the crystal position, which had barely gained the upper hand, shifts ahead again in favor of the plains.

In any case, the students on the flat ground who were risking their lives and running with their individual physical strengths had no choice but to be faster, and it was obvious that less lava erupted on the flat ground than on the rough ground.

“Oh no, they’re ahead again.”

Isul looks at Crystal in turn and says, but there’s nothing we can do for now.

“Opportunities will come again. For now, safety must be the top priority.”

“That sounds right… I can only hope it’s not too late.”

Fortunately, after some time, the lava eruption subsides, and once we are safe, we start running as fast as we can towards the crystal that is far ahead.

“The crystal speed is too fast!”

“Heh, heh!”

The students who had trained their bodies were still able to hold out and were running quickly towards the crystal, but the students learning magic were having a hard time because their stamina was relatively weak and the terrain was not good.

“Ain, look at that!”

Elfin has discovered something again. Looking in the direction she pointed, the two crystals that were advancing at high speeds are slowly getting closer!

“Another intersection!”

The morning star cries out, but what really matters is not the intersection.

“Two crystals will collide!”

The students who were running with sweaty feet at my shouting asked me.

“What happens when crystals collide with each other?”

“If the crystals collide, you lose all your speed and stop. At that point, you have no strategy to use and you have to go for a pure brute force fight. And on top of that…”

As I trail off, the students start moving (“Hehe, hehe, someone carry me…”) and focus on what I’m going to say next.

“If a crystal loses speed, it takes time to get it moving again. If you’re not careful, this can make a big difference.”