episode_0317

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“Failure… !?”

“What… !! why… … !!?

What happened… !!

What’s going on… … !!”

Students are agitated as they see the dungeon seal failing.

I thought I had passed a critical moment, but the chaos came again, and I looked at them full of confusion and bewilderment.

Vivian was gritting her teeth as she looked ahead to an unusual future.

“There may be something going on in the Mage Corps… … !!

Then we will quickly provide support… … !!”

“Notice to all academy students!!

This is an urgent warning to stop all dungeon defense missions you are doing and return to the academy as soon as possible!!

Delivering it again!! Everyone, please return to the academy!!”

As a result, when a messenger from the academy arrived and notified them of their return, the students each struggled to get up from their seats and began to retreat from the sealed dungeon.

In the meantime, Eloise, feeling the anxious eyes of some students looking at her, continued her explanation, reassuring them like a professor.

“Umm… The academy is probably protected by the historic anti-invasion magic camp…

Even if you defend it, it would be more efficient to do it at the academy…

I’m sure it’ll be okay… Everyone, let’s get back to you… !!”

Even though they were adults, they were just kids who had just entered the academy.

“Sigh… We’re going to die now… … ?”

“No… !! It’s not like that, so let’s go back first. Huh?”

How admirable it is that people who lived in an era of peace showed this much courage and strength while enduring a bloody battle with a monster.

After this, there was a long line of students returning, following Deborah, professor Eloise, and teaching assistant Lucia, who were leading students to the academy as investigators of the public order police department that protects the people’s lives.

Of course, there were some who did not leave, like Vivian, Ranie, and Henia, but most people focused on retreating.

In the meantime, Vivian felt Deborah’s eyes looking back at her and smiled lonelyly at her, who seemed to have a lot of questions she wanted to ask.

“…… Then let’s go to the academy… !!

Be careful so that no one gets left behind!!”

“Make sure people around you take care of the injured… !!

Just like we did until now, let’s join forces until the end!!”

Looking at the students leaving after completing their duties so well, Vivian was soon looking back at the remaining students.

The Henias, including Ranie, who followed Vivian in the first place were Henias, and surprisingly, a few more people remained by her side.

“Aren’t you guys going back?”

“At a time like now, it would be safer to be by your side than at the academy.

That would be better for Verdi.”

“You’re just rolling around in your head again… Yui, you too?”

“That’s right… … I am…

Should I keep what’s left out of loyalty?

Still, if I can help…

Because I want to help… … ”

“Good. Let’s leave it at that. then… … ”

The gate is still open at the top end and in the middle, allowing monsters to leak out.

Vivian’s eyes blinked a few times as she stared at it for a moment, but then slowly closed.

And when she opened her eyes again, she saw Vivian’s tightly closed lips beginning to open, and other people’s eyes were focused on her.

“Okay… We too… …

Now let’s go back to him… … ”

Although they successfully closed the small dungeon, they failed to block the large dungeon gate, so no one knew what would happen in the future.

However, Vivian’s only choice now is to preserve as much power as possible in her current state.

At least for the day when a rescue team is organized later and the moment of recovery comes.

Vivian turned back and headed towards Floraz, with the intention of evacuating with everything they had built.

“Go back to Floraz and take only the important things.

and… Aurora is probably taking care of herself…

Just in case you didn’t know, Mademoiselle… Just one or two people went to the third branch.

There’s no time, so let’s move quickly?”

“Yes!! Queen!!”

Vivian gave orders to all the Henias, then picked one of them and led Serkov and Verdi to the den first.

She returned to Floraz, a place she might not be able to see for a while, and was preparing to leave this place.

“Really… It’s changed a lot… … ”

“It’s all useless now, but.”

“You’ll be back. Someday… ”

I gathered some documents from the desk drawer, swept up valuables, and wrapped them neatly in a cloth.

Vivian, who let out a weak laugh at Yui’s comforting words, was thinking about what would happen in the future, and suddenly remembered something and asked Yui for a favor.

“I wish I could do that.

Oh, there’s someone coming to visit.

Will you wrap this too?”

“Yes, it won’t take long.

Welcome back.”

“Thank you. I’ll be back soon.”

Vivian left her office to Yui and immediately started running outside.

Just as she had thought about earlier, she was loudly calling out the names of the girls she had to go back with.

“Lily!! Greta!!

I’m leaving now!!

Hurry up and come out!!”

As Floraz had grown considerably in size, her voice, shouting as she ran through the large window, echoed in the hallways, and she had been wandering around for a while, calling out to the girls she had ordered to hide.

“Lily!! Can’t you hear my voice!?”

“Queen!! Queen!!”

At that moment, I started hearing Henia’s voices calling me from somewhere.

Vivian looked back for a moment, remembering the girls who had not shown up.

However, she felt a strange sense of discomfort from the voices calling her, so she had no choice but to frown and run towards the voices.

“Queen… !! Ugh!!”

Vivian, who had just been running at first but then became more urgent as she soon heard strange hitting and bursting sounds coming from the right hallway of Flora’s, which was close to the lobby, was soon able to reach the place where Henia had been calling her.

“Queen… … !! Here… !!”

“Ah… … ”

Vivian, who felt as if she was momentarily losing consciousness as she watched the henias being flung here and there in front of her eyes in slow motion, froze on the spot.

“Catch… !! floor!! Press it to the floor… !!”

“Aaaaa!! He’s so strong!!”

A small girl who, although Henias try to catch and subdue her somehow, shakes them off and throws them here and there.

In the end, she was caught by the hands of numerous henias and crushed to the floor by their weight, but the bodies of the henias holding her above were shaking as the girl moved.

“Queen… !! Lily… … !! Wow!!”

“Queen… … !! how should… !!”

A little girl lying at the bottom of a human sandwich, as if reminiscent of a tackle in American football.

The face that didn’t make sense had already turned purple, and the look from those unfocused eyes was stuck in Vivian’s mind as if it was causing déjà vu.

‘Madame… … !! I’ll do it right away… !!’

It was the same reaction as when I first entered the bar where the dungeon was located and saw someone fighting with Ranie inside.

– Klergeuk Geulgeungreung

“Li… Lily… !! Please stay still… … !!”

The physical ability becomes stronger, producing more strength than most adult men, and no matter what damage is received, it rises again like a zombie. This is a symptom that is presumed to be seen by those who have eaten meat.

‘There’s meat today!! thank you!!’

Vivian, who faced this again before her eyes, gaped and struggled at the unbelievable truth before her eyes.

‘Thank you for buying me, madam… … !!’

“Queen… … !!”

“Everyone step back… ”

When Vivian’s command was given, the Henias hesitated and walked away from Lily, wondering what they had heard.

Vivian’s unfocused eyes seemed to capture the sight of Vivian gritting her teeth and walking forward, as the little girl held out her hand and walked towards Vivian unsteadily.

“You are in danger, Queen… !!

That kid… !!”

“Everyone, stop worrying and go back to what you were doing.

Are you ready to go back?”

“… That’s… … ”

“I told you to go back to what you were doing.

I’ll take charge of this place… ”

As they watched Vivian kick the girl-shaped monster and push it into the lobby, the Henias were finally going back to their work.

“Yes… Yes… … !!

Everyone, let’s get moving!!

Have you finished organizing the counter? !?”

So in the end, the two women remained together in the lobby.

The mature girl, who was now starting to spread the scent of a woman, and the cute girl who had not taken off her youthful frame were looking at each other and walking towards each other.

Once again, the kick that pushed away the short arm was powerful, and this time, the little girl was thrown out through the lobby door, staggering out of her seat as if she had never been shocked.

– Kieeee yep.

Feeling nothing but murderous intent in those unfocused eyes, Vivian walked out of the lobby through the broken door, and before she knew it, she was glaring at the girl with her eyes wide open, with a single tear streaming down her face.

“You were not loved…

It’s like looking at myself…

I just thought to myself like that…

to you… I never gave you my heart… … “

‘Madame… !! Now here… .

Can I call it home… … ?’

“Just… You were just weak… …

Everyone… After enduring it, I stood next to him…

We could be happy together… … ”

A girl who ate an unidentified piece of meat and became no longer human.

I don’t know who on earth mistook it for meat and fed it to her, but before Vivian got angry about it, she was staring at the monster in front of her in a sense of futility.

‘This… … Will this be my future self? ‘

It’s as if that image overlaps with myself, who gave both my body and mind to the monster.

The sight of the girl stretching out her hand forward without focus seemed like she was looking at herself in the mirror.

‘really… Can I call you sister… … ?’

– Kkereeeep kkekeggkegggeeek

I felt like the girl was showing me that this is how humans see themselves.

Before she knew it, Vivian, who had been quietly looking down at the figure of the girl who had walked right in front of her, and the unfocused gaze of the girl who had staggered forward and was glaring at her with murderous eyes, were clashing with each other, sparks flying.

“Things like us…

Why does this always happen… ?

I don’t like it… is not it… … ?”

The moment the girl tried to grab Vivian’s thigh in front of her, Vivian knelt in place as if hitting a player and hugged the girl’s neck tightly.

As if he missed you and didn’t want to let you go.

“I… There’s nothing I can do… … ”

And before the girl could touch her body, Vivian’s arms were shaking like aspen trees as she buried her face in the girl’s shoulder and began to strangle her with all her might.

– Kkeuireungek kiegeng

“I didn’t want to do this…

I thought it would be okay… … ”

-Clud, clatter, clatter.

As the girl’s neck and spine were gradually bending and making strange sounds, something in the shape of a girl was holding onto Vivian’s body, making strange sounds.

Vivian continued to put more strength into her arms as she endured the pain of her hair being pulled, a handful of hair being torn off with a popping sound, and small hands clawing at her back.

‘I’m sorry, Lily.’

– Mutual benefit

Even as the horrifying, death-like scream broke out, Vivian could not let go of the strength she had put on her arms.

As the grip that was pulling my hair lost strength, I felt the hand clawing at my back falling down helplessly.

Vivian’s shoulders were shaking as she held the girl’s limp body tightly in her trembling arms, and only her small sobs that no one could hear were quietly disappearing into the sky engulfed in flames of the ruined royal capital.