Trap

Everyone quickly took shelter in the corner of the cafeteria, avoiding the rampaging Chimera.

The Chimera forcibly broke through the door and entered, and the impact collapsed the wall, blocking the only exit, so there was no way to escape.

Someone threw a chair to break the window, but the window protection magic activated and only bounced the chair back.

The protection magic on the windows, meant to block external attacks, ended up trapping us inside the cafeteria.

Everyone swallowed hard at the Chimera’s enormous size and the oppressive footsteps that went, *kung*. *kung*. *kung*. with each step, and as they chewed on their lips in anxiety, someone quietly stepped forward.

The girl with beautiful silver hair and a slender figure lifted her head and stood confidently in front of the Chimera with a leisurely gait.

The Chimera snorted mockingly at the small girl blocking its path, raised its fist, and slammed down hard as if to catch a bug.

*Kwaaaang*!

The floor of the cafeteria cracked from the impact, accompanied by a rough bursting sound.

I briefly made eye contact with the girl’s crimson eyes as she dodged the attack.

The Grand Duchess of the North, and Roel’s beloved lover.

The heroine who had the most popularity with the readers.

She’s second in the combat department of the second year, pushed back by Roel, but her talent is a monster that doesn’t fall behind Roel.

Ilia van Praks.

In the fleeting moment after dodging the attack, Ilia summoned a black greatsword larger than her own body and swung it horizontally at the Chimera’s forearm that had attacked her.

From the side, it looked like she swung the large greatsword lightly, like swinging a tree branch, but the Chimera’s forearm, which was the size of a human torso, fell to the floor and rolled away as if it were a lie.

“Kuaaaaaaaa!!!!”

The Chimera, seemingly enraged by the attack, let out a roar and swung its arm to attack Ilia.

But with quick movements, Ilia kicked off the table and dodged the Chimera’s fist, then swung the greatsword in mid-air and beheaded the Chimera.

Before the students watching the battle could cheer at the blood spurting from the Chimera’s neck, the Chimera, which had already regenerated its severed forearm, grabbed the greatsword embedded in its half-severed neck.

Ilia, who was holding onto the greatsword in mid-air, hurriedly let go of the greatsword and barely managed to avoid the Chimera’s fist by kicking the Chimera’s chest.

When Ilia reached out into the empty air, the greatsword embedded in the Chimera’s neck glowed and turned into powder, and before she knew it, the greatsword appeared in Ilia’s hand.

While Ilia and the Chimera were fighting again, I endured my fear and desperately approached the Chimera to find a weakness in its body.

The ‘Rag Chimera’ was created by synthesizing all sorts of monsters. In the original story, Roel also struggled considerably against the Rag Chimera. Even if you cut off its arms, it quickly regenerates with the troll’s regenerative power, and thanks to the ogre’s berserker characteristic, it went even more crazy as time went on.

The way to defeat this crazy monster that doesn’t die even if its heart bursts and regenerates is to find and destroy the core that maintains the ‘rag’.

Roel simply killed the Chimera by turning it into dust with immense power, but it was Ilia, not Roel, who was in this place now.

While Ilia and the Chimera continued their chase, I found a very small purple light on the Chimera’s back, where all sorts of monster flesh were stuck together.

As soon as I found the weakness and pulled myself out from under the table where I was hiding, the Chimera lost its balance and fell in front of me, with flames engulfing it.

*Kwaaaang*!

Whether she had imbued magic into the greatsword or not, the greatsword Ilia was holding was rippling with intense flames as if it were burning.

I quickly moved away from my spot after seeing the Chimera’s yellow eyes on the floor turning red.

A sign that berserker mode was being activated.

No sooner had I moved to avoid it, the Chimera lost its mind and shook its arms and legs, smashing all the tiles on the cafeteria floor, as if a child was lying on the floor in a store, whining for a toy.

The cafeteria building shook as if there was an earthquake due to its actions. It was hard to keep my balance.

As Ilia swung the greatsword with the flames of magic burning towards the Chimera that had fallen and was flailing its arms and legs.

The enormous magic that filled the sword burst out and burned the Chimera’s body, but.

The Chimera, with its insane regenerative power, stood up despite its body being on fire and threw its huge body at Ilia, who had attacked it.

“Keuwaaaaak-!!!”

The Chimera, with its eyes completely red, began to attack Ilia by swinging its arms indiscriminately.

When Ilia, who barely managed to dodge the increasingly fast attacks, was catching her ragged breath, I took out a spear from the spatial storage.

I only had enough magic to use magic once. In other words, I had to aim for the perfect opportunity and attack the core in one blow.

There was no need to risk approaching the Chimera to attack the core.

After obtaining Patulga’s grimoire, the cowardly and vile fighting method I had planned prioritized safety above all else.

I licked my dry lips and waited for the right moment, watching the fight between Ilia and the Chimera.

When the Chimera roared and charged, Ilia swung the greatsword that spewed out boiling flames and clashed against it.

I realized that an opportunity had come when I saw the Chimera taking steps forward while taking the flames spewing out from the greatsword with its body, as if it was having a contest of strength.

A fleeting moment.

The training that had been engraved in my brain based on high intelligence shone.

I instantly recognized the spatial coordinates where the spear would be stabbed and created a dimensional passage using magic.

I erased the thoughts that filled my head.

Everything is focused on one point.

Breath and emotion disappear in an instant, and magic reacts to the beating of my heart.

The end of the dimensional passage created in my mind with the magic drawn from the bottom of my body was behind the Chimera.

I gathered all the strength in my body and hurled the spear towards the entrance to the dimension, which was like an abyss of darkness in front of me.

The tip of the spear disappeared, and as I felt the spear shaft that I was holding with both hands being pushed back, I supported the spear with my whole body and put strength into my right arm to push the spear in.

“Kuaaaaak!”

Behind the Chimera. The tip of the spear that appeared at the exit of the dimension pierced through the Chimera’s congealed flesh and pierced the core that was emitting a purple light.

The moment I confirmed that, I didn’t have enough magic to maintain the dimensional passage. All the strength in my body drained away in an instant, and my legs gave way, and my bent knees touched the ground.

The core had not been completely destroyed yet. I had to move my hand and swing the tip of the spear, but all I could do was endure without collapsing due to the feeling of exhaustion that seemed to crush my whole body.

When the dimensional passage was cut off because the magic had run out, the spear was cut off. As I supported my body with the half-cut spear as a cane. I saw the Chimera reaching behind it to pull out the spear that had been stabbed into its core.

Just as the thought of failure filled my head. A silver flash swept past my eyes.

Whether she had noticed it by instinct. Ilia, who had instantly turned behind the Chimera, struck the spear embedded in the Chimera’s back with the flat side of the greatsword, driving it even deeper.

“Kkeueeeek!”

Whether the tip of the spear had destroyed the core. The Chimera screamed in agony. The congealed flesh burst out, and blood spurted from its entire body.

The Chimera’s flesh, which had boasted a huge size, fell off in chunks as if it had rotted in an instant, and turned unsightly.

Ilia’s greatsword nonchalantly cut off the head of the Chimera, which was screaming like a small child crying.

With a *tuk* sound, I let out a sigh of relief at the Chimera’s head rolling on the floor, threw away the cut-off spear shaft, and sat down on the floor.

As soon as Ilia killed the Chimera. The students who had been holding their breath and praying in the corner of the cafeteria cheered and ran to Ilia’s side.

While watching Ilia, who was instantly surrounded by people and receiving praise and thanks, I organized the situation in my head.

The Capital Defense Force and the Academy Guard Knights should have headed to the sewers. How did the black magician attack the academy?

I don’t know the reason, but if the black magician attacked the academy according to the original story, it was destined that he would die at Roel’s hands, so there would be no major variables.

I leaned my tired body against the broken cafeteria table and waited for the rescue team to arrive with a relaxed mind.

*

About an hour had passed since I sat on the cafeteria floor and waited for rescue.

The broken entrance vibrated, and the debris blocking the entrance floated into the air.

“They’re here.”

“Looks like the rescue team is here.”

One by one, they got up from their seats. As they headed towards the entrance, I, who had recovered my stamina, also got up from my seat and followed behind.

When all the debris blocking the entrance floated into the air. A woman wearing a wide-brimmed witch’s hat appeared with the knights through the dust.

“Students! Are you okay?”

“Professor Dwin!!!”

When I learned that she was Professor Dwin from a student’s shout. I became a little interested and craned my neck to look at her face.

She was the professor in charge of herbal medicine. She was a member of the Order who would later be killed by Roel.

I felt goosebumps at Dwin’s worried expression as she looked at the injured students, as befitting a spy who had infiltrated the academy, and I subtly took a step to the side.

I met Ilia’s crimson eyes, which were looking at me.

Unlike the sociable Rosalyn, Ilia, who was more suited to the word gloomy, was the type of person who didn’t talk unless it was necessary.

Perhaps that’s why. Ilia’s gaze, which was silently looking at me, felt very burdensome.

“Do you have something to say…?”

“…”

Ilia, who had been staring at me silently, turned her body and left the cafeteria.

As I scratched the back of my head for no reason and left the cafeteria, following behind others. I heard regular footsteps, and someone led the Knights and blocked my path.

“Ross.”

The owner of the voice revealed herself from among the Knights.

A woman with ash-colored hair and golden eyes. The top student of the Department of Magic, and the Princess with the wisdom of a snake.

For the sake of the Empire, for her own sake, who would become the Emperor in the future, for Roel’s brilliant talent.

A strategist who has a desire to possess Roel as her own.

Kraine La Bella pointed at me with a gold-adorned staff and said.

“You are arrested on suspicion of being jealous of your brother Roel, endangering your friend Ellie and your brother Roel, isolating the Capital Defense Force and the Academy Guard Knights in the sewers by cooperating with the black magician, and helping to attack the academy.”

“What nonsense are you talking about…”

Before my answer was finished. The knights approached and quickly subdued me, forcing me to kneel on the floor.

“The interrogation of the sinner will use the Church’s interrogation room.”

As she said that, I realized that it was not a misunderstanding, but a trap, at the sight of Bella’s snake-like smile.