How to Survive at the Academy Chapter 56

Glast Subjugation (5)

“Please. I need to save Ayla. Help me just once.”

Taily bowed her head, and the wounds were already quite large.

It was a wound from the pursuit of Professor Glast, the first phase of the final battle of Act 2.

Ziggs Epelstein, who was training on the outskirts of the professor dong, was puzzled to see such a taily.

From a position that did not know the exact situation, Taylor’s sudden request for help felt too out of the blue.

“What’s the matter, Taylor?”

*

The Soul Library is a structure in which a large hall is filled with all sorts of bookshelves.

There are many valuables on the outermost bookshelf along the outer wall.

Of course, really valuable and legendary magic items are lined up around librarian Reina’s table in the center of the Soul Library.

It’s close to impossible to approach that side without getting hit by Reina’s detection magic, so it would be better to search that side after this subjugation is over.

“♬ ♪ ♩ “

Reina’s hum echoed in the spacious library hall. She had a gloomy, low-pitched, eerie voice.

First of all, let’s go around the outskirts, grab some replicas of small books of magic, and find some magic engineering items that can be disassembled and reassembled.

In particular, the ‘Thunderbolt Generator’, a magical engineering item stored in the bookshelf in column C, can be used to create a trap with an alarm, and the ‘One-way Light Dimming Device’ can create a window that allows light to pass through only one side.

Rather than being too greedy, let’s take care of only that much, and finish the rest by taking books that can be used when studying.

Really valuable magic engineering supplies can be taken care of when you can slowly rummage without Reina’s notice.

Hiding between the bookshelves, I slightly poked my head out and looked at the center of the hall.

The librarian Raina, who is humming at the table… is floating in the air.

Reina is a non-human monster. As the ‘Banshees’ whose souls are bound to this library, even if they approach within a radius of 20m, their unique detection magic detects intruders.

As if floating in water, the hem of Reina’s skirt floated around in the air.

That’s how Rayna floated among all kinds of books and was patrolling the library periodically.

Reina’s patrol pattern is quite familiar. Even if he enters the battle, he knows how to attack to some extent, so he can deal with it in any way.

However, that Raina is a valuable experience for Taily.

If Taily’s Sword Formation Ceremony or other swordsmanship skills are not sufficiently trained, difficulties will arise against Professor Glast’s Aspect Magic.

Where is that, if I can’t show my strength against the disastrous bosses I’ll be dealing with later… Especially if the sword ceremony doesn’t reach a certain level, there’s a high possibility that I’ll have to take responsibility for those enemies.

It’s too hard work, and I have neither the ability nor the will to take responsibility in the first place. So, I decided not to touch the boss monsters in Professor Glast’s secret laboratory as much as possible.

Well, in fact, just because he didn’t catch Reina doesn’t mean that Taylor’s strength, which has already grown, will not noticeably weaken.

Where is Raina? Even if you skip most of the bosses, you won’t lose your growth right away. There is no problem as long as you catch the ‘Resurrected Devil of the Underground Waterway’, which is most helpful for growth.

But… there’s nothing wrong with being careful just in case.

I hid between the bookshelves and packed parchments and recipes in my arms.

“Whoa…”

He periodically walked between the bookshelves and avoided the gaze of Reina, who was patrolling as much as possible. At the same time, he took whatever he could get his hands on.

Since it’s hard to figure out what kind of recipe it is unless you open it and read it one by one, I decided to take as many as possible, thinking it was just a strategy for quantity rather than quality.

When I came to my senses, I was quite satisfied that my arms had become heavy.

[Now, I don’t think my eyes will reach the exit. Mr. Ed! ]

Mug told me in a whisper.

Not yet. You can’t be careless just because it’s out of sight. Reina’s detection magic has nothing to do with sight.

Banshee Reina does not judge the presence or absence of an enemy only by sight, but detects the enemy by detecting magic within a certain distance.

If you don’t wait until you go a little deeper and act, you’ll get caught.

I calmly moved between the bookshelves, patiently waiting for Reina to show a gap.

– Koo Goo Goong, Kung.

“…hmm?”

When I came to my senses, the earth’s axis was shaking little by little.

The sound of something humming in the distance.

At first, I ignored it because I thought it was an illusion, but when the books on the bookshelf started shaking, I started to feel a sense of crisis.

is it an earthquake

I know there was no such event.

I thought it would be a simple happening, but soon the trembling reached a level that could not be ignored.

[Eh, Master Ed! ]

“…what?”

Mug called me in an urgent voice. It was already to the point where I couldn’t keep my balance properly without holding on to the bookshelf.

To Rayna, who is floating in the air, these vibrations may not mean much, but other bookshelves are different.

In the end, the bookshelves that could not withstand the turmoil that came rushing in began to fall one by one. All of them were thankful for the cover that hid me.

As the bookshelves ceased to do their job and started toppling over, the role of the cover that concealed me also ceased to function properly.

As a result, I completely fell into Reina’s field of vision.

“♬ ♩ ———“

Banshee Reina’s hum stopped.

and found me,

“Evee Ee Ee E -EEEEE!”

It screamed like scratching iron and began to emit magic power. For an instant, a sense of distorting the landscape assailed me, and the surrounding bookshelves and magic books began to float in the air.

Objects that were given new life by resonating with Reina’s spirit world magic… began to move and rampage on their own like a poltergeist phenomenon.

[Eh, Master Ed! What should I do! this, this! ]

“It’s okay! It’s easy to run away!”

Reina’s soul is bound to this library.

After taking control of the space with ignition magic, you just need to retreat to the exit and get out of Reina’s range. It’s not very difficult.

He took a deep breath and rolled up his arms. It’s not about subduing Reina, it’s just about running away. It’s not easy, so it’s easy to eat.

I started to draw magic power into my body.

*

It’s not a suit suitable for battle. There was no time to change.

Lortel frowned as the hem of her semi-robe fluttered.

Lortel, who jumped off the wagon, threw one arm at the staff who tried to dissuade him from going back to the meeting room, and looked at the mouth of the underground aqueduct with its mouth wide open.

Two massive stone pillars firmly support both sides of the entrance. As I approached the street where I could see the descent to the basement, the characteristic moisture seemed to cling to my esophagus.

Once under it, a well-ordered waterway stretches out over the basement. The space itself is large, and the stone supports and exterior walls are neatly equipped, so there is no dust flying around more than necessary.

However, even an underground waterway built using top-notch magic technology cannot easily withstand the storms of time.

Mold is blooming here and there, or it is broken and broken… In the end, there is no way to completely remove the traces of the years.

It was not a place for Lortel, who was clad in jewelry and clothes worth dozens of gold coins, to enter. They are luxury items that change the unit of amount recorded in the ledger even if only a few grains of dust are smeared on them.

But Lortel didn’t care and strode into the canal. Non-combat employees were instructed to wait outside and come in to report if the situation changed, as it would be burdensome to bring them in.

“I don’t think it’s a facility that needs an underground waterway on such a large scale.”

Lortel has dabbled in the construction business, and has donated money for all sorts of buildings and facilities. The sense of investment in such infrastructure is also sharp.

The Sylvania Academy is a large school that occupies half of the southern part of Aken Island, but despite this, it would not have been necessary to build such a large underground canal. The height of the floor high enough for one building and the width of the street were too much.

In the first place, there is not much water flowing along the waterway itself. If you dare to soak your feet in it, it would be barely enough to wet Lortel’s thin ankles.

“It looks like it was made for a different purpose.”

In an instant, Lortel had an insight into the suspicious part of the underground canal. I wasn’t sure what the specific purpose was.

When the downhill was over and the entrance to the proper channel was visible, Lortel held her breath.

– Squeeze

– Koo Goong, Kung.

The sound of shallow waves hitting the large waterway in the center of the passage.

And the sight of fragments of demonic golems made of stones imprinted with magic scattered all over the canal.

Anyone can see the traces of battle.

No, it was more like a one-sided defeat than a battle.

If you go a little further and look at the central part of the canal, magic stones the size of a wagon were also rolling down the canal floor.

There was still a little bit of mana left, and the stone was moving intermittently as if trembling, but it didn’t seem like it would be able to reach a significant level of power.

The stones the size of Lortel’s upper body must have been fragments of a medium-level demonic golem, and the fragments large enough to match the wagon must have been fragments of a high-level demonic golem.

If you want to deal with about 10 middle-class demonic golems, you have to bring in students with good grades, at least from the upper grades.

When it comes to advanced demonic golems, it is impossible to break through unless you are a human at the level of a professor.

There aren’t many people who can break through them all alone, all at once. No matter how confident he is in his magic skills, he can draw out Lortel separately and fight, but he cannot defeat him at once.

“…”

Lortel passed between the golem fragments and entered a deeper part of the canal.

At the end of the aisle was a girl who had fallen unconscious.

Lortel knows the personal details of the honor students in each grade. It wasn’t hard to figure out who it was.

Tall for a woman, lightly tied back hair full of activity, and freckles on her cheeks like a charm.

It was Dorothy, the head of the pension department in the third year.

However, it is completely stunned.

Judging by the fact that her clothes are wet here and there, it seems that she was pulled out from the canal after being subdued by someone.

And as soon as he saw the shawl covered with a blanket in case he would get cold from his wet clothes… Lortel frowned.

The design of the shawl with cute cosmos embroidery along the outer edge is very cute.

It was a bargain compared to the clothes Lortel was wearing, but there was something called symbolism in that shawl.

Hangers are just as important as clothes.

Who is the girl who always wears this shawl? There is no one who does not know his name in this Sylvania.

“Back at the entrance again! Oooh!”

No one was listening, but a girl appeared from inside crying.

No, there must have been listeners. It’s just invisible to Lortel’s eyes.

“What did I say! Tarkan is right…! Oh, isn’t it? Who did you say this time? Umm… So… At the second crossroads, right, then left, then… left left o o n o Left left… isn’t it…? Was it left left…? My head hurts…”

And he is wriggling his fingers and grumbling in the air.

“I’m sorry… I’m a stray… It took me several days to memorize the way to the North Forest, but it’s too much to ask you to figure out a maze-like place like this at once… And Melis, you both couldn’t memorize all the directions! So much so Don’t be angry…! Both me and myself are frustrated…! Coming back here again… After all, how long has Ed been…”

The reason I stopped talking there was because I met Lortel’s eyes.

“…”

“…”

Only the sound of running water was spreading beyond the dark underground water.

Her light pink hair, neatly braided, is full of dust. Unlike usual, she is not wearing a shawl.

Even the neatly dressed school uniform is full of wet and dusty marks here and there, it looks like it went through a battle not long ago.

Judging from the size and shape of the traces, it seems that there was an additional battle inside the underground canal.

“Oh my, my God. Senior Yenica.”

The relationship between the two cannot be fully explained by the word dog-won-ji. It is something more soggy and filthy than that.

In any case, whether Yenika or Lortel, the position that each other is a thorn in the eye is clear.

Lortel clearly saw the shape of a Tarkan seen near the entrance to the aqueduct tens of minutes ago. Hearing the news of Ed’s kidnapping, he was able to surmise that Yenica would have come running within a month.

However, for Yenika, Lortel’s appearance was completely unexpected.

This is an important fact.

It is said that Lortel’s judgment of the situation was one step faster.

Speaking of Yenica Failover, she is the ace of Sylvania who boasts the most splendid military power among the seniors of each grade.

If you dare to line up by force, she is a girl who is almost in the lead among the rest except for Lucy, who is overwhelmingly ahead by herself.

At this point, there is no need for anything other than Professor Glast’s research team.

I’ll just destroy all the canals by myself, and I’ll secure Ed’s safety no matter what I do.

‘then…?’

Because of Lortel’s cold-hearted personality, she is the type that is sure of self-objectification.

However, there is something that even Lortel overlooks… It is that her way of thinking degenerates when only male and female relationships are involved.

When Lortel will be able to realize the truth and realize her shame… is a story in the distant future. In any case, the image that lingers in Lortel’s head right now is too one-dimensional.

Yenika wields all sorts of spirits to rescue Ed from captivity.

I’m here to save Ed. not injured It was so hard. I was worried. are you okay? let’s go back together I cooked for camp.

Let’s warm up by drinking warm soup. I can’t get into my body, it’s okay. Thank you for carrying me. Yenika, you are the best. I had a hard time being kidnapped out of nowhere. There were a lot of scary parts and I needed help. After all, you are the only one. Yenika, I think you are my life partner. Marriage, what the hell does that mean? I love it so much. Where will the wedding be held? How many children will I have? Where will you build your new home? can we do it well?

Don’t worry, Yenika, I’ll make sure you don’t get a drop of water on your hands. Let’s go. The morning sun is rising. Ha ha ha ha ha ha no!

Although he has tried his hand at almost every business in the world, he is absurdly absurd when it comes to dating business. Now that I’m a little more self-aware… Lortel’s pupils were shaking again without fail.

“Yenika-senpai. What are you saying that Ed was rescued…! It’s really very embarrassing, but he looks like he was seriously injured during the kidnapping…! He’s lying on the bed and calling out Yenica-senpai’s name! Asking me when he’ll be back, he’s in a coma. I’m only looking for Royenika-senpai! At the camp right now!”

Anyway, at least one head was spinning Lortel.

As there is full of circumstantial evidence that the place where Ed was kidnapped is this underground waterway, it is necessary to kick Jenika out of this underground waterway.

“What, what?!”

Yenika was startled with a giggle. Then, clutching her staff to her chest, she ran like a bullet.

I passed by Lortel and heard the sound of my little feet tapping and climbing the uphill road out to the underground water.

Hearing the sound fade away little by little, Lortel quickly began to deduce where Ed had been abducted from among these conduits.

But that time didn’t last long. The sound of footsteps, which had been slowly receding, grew louder again, and once more, Jenika’s face came out of the corner of the curved road.

“But, Lortel. Why is Lortel telling me that?”

Lortel swallowed in vain.

“And as soon as Ed’s location was identified, I ran like a dart, and he was almost only around the entrance. How did Ed get rescued? Who did he rescue? I arrived first, so how did he get out of my sight?”

For a moment, Yenika’s face froze as she spoke hesitatingly.

Lortel was not taken aback. Rather, he spoke in a cool tone with a bright smile as if a flower bud was blooming.

“No.”

“You’re really too good!”

Yenika exclaimed as she inflated her cheeks to the limit and stomped on the floor.

The way he waved his oak wand and stretched his arms out in the air, on the one hand, looked like he was just swarming.

But even Lortel was not willing to yield.

Ed Rosteyler always seems to be indifferent, but he sincerely expresses gratitude for what he has received and leaves it as a debt in his heart.

The grace that saved me from the danger of my life. At this point, Ed would never take it lightly.

The first person to find and rescue Ed is the one who can truly give the blunt man proper grace. Buying a seal is a grace that is on a different level from doing a lot.

It is not an opportunity given to many people. Only one arrived first. In the world of desperate races, there is no honor granted to second place. It’s a world where only the winner takes it all.

“This is not the time! Lortel! But…”

Anyway, Yenika is well aware of that fact… but it is a situation where Ed’s life may come and go before then.

I tried to express the fact that it wasn’t when I was fighting, but…

“…Lortel came alone, right? You’re not cowardly trying to find Ed by mobilizing other merchants, are you…?”

“…”

“No, I mean… it could be even more dangerous if even the non-combatant employees get caught up in it! Yes!”

Jenika, who managed to add a justifiable reason with difficulty, this time began to express her own fairness as well.

“At first, I asked Lucy for help… but Lucy didn’t listen to me and went for a walk while yawning… She completely doesn’t listen to others and just acts at her own pace… So me and I alone hey.”

“Aha… I see.”

Lortel smiled, and for a while, Yenika and I stared blankly at each other.

Yenika’s cute and lively smile makes it seem like warm dandelion seeds will bloom at any moment.

Lortel, who gave me a calm and bewitching smile that did not suit her petite frame, was also so warm that I felt relieved just looking at her.

“Then I’ll mainly search the eastern side of the canal, Lortel.”

“Okay, then I’ll search the other side.”

Ed’s life may be in danger. Even in such a situation, isn’t it too ignorant to fight and keep each other in check? Anyway, let’s keep the minimum courtesy.

They didn’t say much, but the two seemed to have found a compromise.

However, the moment the two split up and turned the corner, both started sprinting down the canal as if they had been waiting.

Since ancient times, the world of competition is a harsh law.

*

– Patter

The sound of dust falling.

Despite the space deep underground, a ray of sunlight draws a diagonal line in the empty space of the underground library.

The little girl straightened up from her crouching body and stretched out as usual… Shaking her head a couple of times and fixing her witch hat, she looked around.

Should I say I’m ignorant, or should I say I’m dumbfounded?

No matter how thick the surface of the earth is, it is easily sliced ​​like tofu in the presence of a strong force that does not have common sense.

It’s not even high-ranking magic. It wasn’t magic that was forged in any special way.

Just an overwhelming amount of magical power, that’s all. To this indolent girl, even such a basic magical refining process was just a nuisance.

It is a rare monster born with an absurd level of mana sensitivity.

It presses down with the amount of magical power inherent in it, breaks through the surface of the earth itself, and continues to the place where Ed senses it, and emits that magical power.

Even the minimum effort to increase magic efficiency by refining magic or controlling its flow is an area of ​​​​annoyance to a girl.

A simple breakthrough beyond ignorance to the point of nonsense. It’s no different than cutting an apple with a chainsaw.

At this point, this isn’t magic or anything. It’s just violence using overwhelming physical force.

The ceiling of the Soul Library collapsed, filling the hall with shards of scattered marble.

Underneath the indolent Lucy’s feet, the banshee Rayna, who had already lost her mind, was completely subdued and crushed.

“Ugh–!”

Both yawning and stretching felt stretched as always.

Standing on top of the bookshelves stacked like clutter, Banshee Reina’s body was crushed and she looked down at me with a sleepy face…

“hi.”

That’s how Lucy let out a blank voice.

“I’m bored, so I came to save you.”

Holding back the throbbing headache, I swept my face over and over again.

ah….

please…