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Episode 87: A Series of Incidents (2)

Barely a minute after meeting, the senior used alchemy to bind Evan in an instant.

“H, hyung-nim?!”

The guy was bound without being able to do anything. At that moment, the senior’s magic circle shone even brighter. The material that had been covering only his lower body spread to his upper body, leaving only his head.

“S, save me! Hyung-nim’s senior is trying to kill me…!”

Evan urgently called me. Evan couldn’t respond because the alchemy blocked his mana flow.

I briefly examined Evan’s condition. Fortunately, it wasn’t to the point of death. It was just binding him, literally.

“Senior?”

“Why.”

“Did that guy do something wrong?”

“Just, I feel bad.”

“Hmm….”

I pondered and approached Evan. Then, I wrapped my hand in mana and thrust it into his waist. My hand easily penetrated the material made of alchemy.

When I pulled my arm out, a sculpture came out with it. I showed it to the senior and said,

“Is it because of this?”

“Get rid of that filthy thing.”

She grimaced and quickly moved away. She hid behind Lana and only slightly peeked out her face to look at us.

‘This is as expected….’

It’s the exact same reaction as described in the novel. Ruina Lindel hated black magic to a level of abhorrence. But she didn’t directly touch it like this when black magic approached.

“So, this is the problem….”

I put my hand into his waist on the opposite side. Then I heard Evan’s voice.

“Hyung-nim… could you get me out of here first….”

The guy looked at me with pitiful eyes. I ignored him and replied,

“Don’t make a fuss and stay still.”

“What did I do wrong to deserve this….”

This time, I showed Evan’s sword, Raman.

“What about this?”

“…Why, are you keep bothering me?”

The senior was even more disgusted and covered her face.

As expected, she hates it because it’s a sword containing the power of purification. Nevertheless, there is no element to avoid. If it had been like that in the novel, the two of them would never have been close.

“What exactly makes you feel bad?”

When I asked that, the senior answered immediately.

“Strangely, you two look alike. In a vague way. That’s why I don’t like it.”

“That’s a strange reason.”

Evan, who heard this conversation, looked at me with aggrieved eyes. Even I, who usually harass Evan, had to agree with that thought. I don’t know where he resembles me.

Well, thinking that the senior might feel different, I said to Evan.

“It seems like you can’t get along with the senior.”

“Don’t say that, just get me out of here! Being inside here, the feeling, the feeling…!”

At Evan’s desperate cry, I asked the senior.

“Can you please let him out now?”

“Okay.”

The senior nodded and immediately released the alchemy. Freed, Evan’s posture collapsed. And he slowly opened his mouth.

“I knew there were many unique people in the 3rd grade, but this is too much….”

His hands were trembling, so I guess he was quite shocked. I left Evan, who was recovering his spirit, alone for a while.

“But where did you get that?”

The senior pointed to the sculpture I was holding.

“They said they found it in Tianis. That guy who fell over there and my brother.”

“It was hidden inside the wall.”

My brother added. And the senior who heard that said,

“A black magician, are you saying there is one? Here?”

“Considering the recent events and this sculpture, it must be.”

“…….”

A chilling atmosphere lingered on the senior’s face. There was no change in expression, but the atmosphere of the workshop cooled down to the point of freezing. But it didn’t last long, and she returned to normal and asked me.

“Do you need help?”

“You don’t have to step up directly. Instead, with this sculpture….”

I said what I wanted. She listened to the explanation and nodded.

“It’s not difficult. It’ll be over soon.”

The senior confidently answered and immediately started working. As she said, the sculpture adjustment was over quickly. She finished the work by manipulating it with alchemy for about 5 minutes.

“It’s done.”

“Thank you. Should I buy you something next time?”

“Apple pie.”

“I’ll buy it when I’m done with work.”

“Okay.”

I finished my work in the workshop and moved my body.

“Senior Ruina! I’ll come again with a cake!”

“…Don’t come.”

Lana noticed my movement and greeted the senior in a friendly (?) way.

“Wow… so that’s what alchemy is like.”

“I’ve never seen that level before either.”

“Stop spacing out and let’s go.”

I took care of the two who couldn’t get out of the alchemy the senior had deployed.

And before leaving. The senior grabbed me and said.

“Never, spare them.”

“Black magicians?”

“Yes. They shouldn’t be alive.”

“Yes, I’ll take care of them completely.”

Faint anger was felt in her eyes. It was a rare sight, so I answered that way. Because I knew why she hated black magic so much.

After that, the four of us, including me, left the workshop.

***

The black magician of ‘Akacheonma’ is one of the main villains and is treated as evil on the continent.

It was a natural story, as they spread plagues and curses throughout the world, and only destruction and chaos remained in the places they passed.

The devil’s hand of those guys is now starting to reach the academy.

Of course, black magicians are insidious and cunning, so they don’t show themselves well to the world. Even if they do something, they hide themselves as much as possible so that they are not noticed.

Nevertheless, the fact that those guys have started to act so openly means that they are confident.

“This is the last one.”

I said as I took out another sculpture from the ground. There are no more tracked signals, so this is the end of the buried sculptures.

“Lana, what about the professors?”

“The professors found them all too!”

“How many?”

“15!”

Evan and my brother reacted to Lana’s words.

“They’re really crazy. We found more than 8, and if you add 15 more to that….”

“As expected, black magicians are beings that shouldn’t exist.”

I listened to the two’s conversation and held the sculpture I just found in my left hand and the sculpture the senior had adjusted in my right hand. Then I infused mana into my right hand.

Pazizik-!

Then, the alchemy contained inside is activated and spreads to the opposite sculpture. The appearance is newly changed, and the engraved magic is rearranged.

The sculpture, which was synchronized with the senior’s and moved away from its original appearance. With this, all preparations are complete.

I handed it to Evan and said.

“The communication tools are all working, right?”

“Yes, hyung-nim.”

“No problem.”

“I’m fine too!”

I listened to the three’s answers and continued to explain.

“When the magic is activated, you will be moved to another place. I don’t know if you’ll fall in the same place, but it’s unlikely.”

The black magician guys don’t gather sacrifices in one place, but divide the area separately. This is in case they get caught like now. So, even if you move through the sculpture, there is a high possibility that you will be far away.

It was separated in the novel, so it won’t be different in reality.

“Don’t panic and figure out the situation first. Don’t even think about moving even if you see students.”

I give them a warning in case, but they won’t act recklessly. Lana, Evan, and Veil were not people who would lose their reason and fight recklessly.

I took out the sculpture from my chest after seeing the three nodding.

“Then let’s start.”

Immediately after, we activated the magic of the sculpture.

***

Inside a prison full of rat noises and bloodstains on the walls.

“Hic….”

“Wh, where is this….”

“I want to go back….”

There, the students were trembling with fear and sobbing.

The students were from various departments, and some of them were 3rd graders. But no one was taking proper action.

That’s because the result of what happened to those who took action was right next to them.

Those who became idiots, their eyes empty, rolling on the floor. That was the end of the students who moved to escape from prison, a sight that was hard to see as alive even if they were alive.

Not to mention the unfamiliar and fear-inducing space. The psychological pressure stemming from it completely limited the students’ actions.

In addition, the curse magic spreading in the space also played a role. The magic imprisoned them so that they couldn’t even attempt to escape.

Powerlessness. That emotion begins to bloom among the students. It was hard to see them as those who thought they could do anything, those who were full of confidence in their talent.

And then.

Squeak─

The iron door opened and a man wearing a black robe entered. The students trembled as he entered.

Blood was dripping from his sleeves, and the evil energy of black magic was radiating, but it was because the students had not returned since being dragged away by that man.

The man looked around the prison. He scanned the students’ faces, shining his eyes as if he were selecting them. Then a female student caught his eye.

“Come out.”

The moment she was pointed out, the female student’s complexion turned blue.

“Come out when I tell you nicely. If you don’t want to end up like the guy who was dragged away earlier.”

Despite the man’s warning, the female student did not move. A situation where death was obviously waiting for her. She couldn’t follow him.

Of course, this resistance was meaningless, but at least she could live a little longer. No matter how much she was possessed by fear, her desire for life was even greater.

“Tsk, annoying.”

The man clicked his tongue and caused black magic. Two skeletons walking out from behind him. The necromancer man used summons to drag out the female student.

“Save, save me! Help me, guys…!”

She screamed and reached out to her colleagues. Some tried to help unconsciously, but the man’s voice interfered.

“It would be better to stay still if you don’t want to end up like those guys in the corner.”

The students shuddered and stepped back at the chilling voice. Death was death, but they didn’t want to die mentally before that. Because that wasn’t living even if they were alive.

“I don’t want to…! I don’t want to die! I haven’t, umph!!”

The man blocked the female student’s mouth with mana due to the deafening noise. He wanted to kill her, but the freshness of the sacrifice was important for the ritual to be successful.

The man closed the prison door so that the sacrifice could not escape. And the moment he locked the door with magic.

A chilling energy swept through his back, and his neck tickled.

He tilted his head in doubt. Then his neck turned more than he thought, and suddenly his head fell down. In the man’s eyes, he saw the figure of the person standing behind him.

“Who are you….”

In response to the man’s words, the opponent leisurely raised his sword over his shoulder and said.

“Trash is talking too.”

He was thinking about what the hell he was talking about for a moment.

Thud

At the same time as his head touched the ground, his vision went dark and the man’s consciousness was cut off.

It was a futile death for someone called the enemy of the continent. Kyle Arden said, looking at the head rolling on the ground.

“Anyway, those black magician guys. You have to acknowledge that they say useless things.”

Then he lifted his foot and slammed his head down with all his might.

Kwajik!