How to Survive at the Academy Chapter 154

Creffin Subjugation (5)

―Quaaaaaang!

Explosions across the sky lit up the skies over the Duchy of Ross-Taylor.

The light from the explosion magic that Lucy manifested covered the area, and the shadows of the huge tentacles stretched along the ground.

The territories living in the vast Roth Taylor estate… I saw the sight that embroidered the night sky without missing a single one.

The same goes for Princess Fenia, who is running towards the mansion of Ross Taylor with a detached squad of 10 people.

“oh my god….”

Princess Penia paused for a moment and looked up at the sky.

After the sun went down, he ran straight ahead and succeeded in reaching Ross Taylor’s estate. Still, there is a long way to go.

Even if Roth Taylor’s territory and the imperial capital Chloeron were right next to each other, considering the vast expanse of the imperial capital and the territory, it was very difficult to reach it in half a day.

I was running thinking that I had to reach it by the time the sun rose… The flame that adorns the sky.

That direction was the direction of the mansion that Princess Fenia had been running to.

“That… seems to have manifested the highest level of magic.”

Among the elemental magics, the magic that has risen to the highest rank is… Even within this empire, there are few people who can write. It is a manpower that is so rare that it can be identified.

It’s just that it’s not the magic tower located in the northeast, nor is it the emperor or Chloeron where all kinds of manpower gather… It is strange that magic of such a scale was manifested in the mansion of Ross Taylor’s estate.

“Princess Fenia.”

Her closest aide, the escort knight Claire, who followed her, spoke in a low voice.

“I think you should change your mind right now. Something… not serious.”

“…”

“The imperial castle must have been in trouble just by rushing out to a place like this without saying anything. To let the princess go into the danger zone from here… is to abandon one’s duties as an escort knight.”

With only his loyalty to Princess Penia, Claire followed him this far in the middle of the night. Even if he was punished, he was so loyal that he acted according to her wishes.

However, from this point forward, it definitely crosses the line. If Princess Fenia was allowed to go to her danger zone and she was seriously injured, there was a high possibility that it would lead to punishment beyond her discipline.

“I understand your position, Claire.”

Nevertheless, Princess Penia did not turn her head.

The day before leaving the academy, I remembered the man who was sitting in the princess’s reception room with serious eyes.

If the man died here, Fenia would regret it for the rest of her life.

“I have to go. Even if there’s nothing I can do about it, I have to see it with my own two eyes.”

* * *

The annex of the Roth Taylor mansion was already half-collapsed, like the other buildings.

Half of the employees who managed the annex fled in fear, and the other half had already fallen under Crepin’s clutches and were under the control of Mebula.

The servants, whose body parts had turned into hideous flesh, stepped out of the way. Kreffin made his way between them and climbed to the top floor of the annex.

The side of the central mansion is already full of all kinds of distinguished guests that would make the evil god Mebula salivate. After sacrificing them all, the power to handle Mebula’s power for the rest of his life will be in his hands.

The price is to turn the world into an enemy.

The annex of the old-fashioned and luxurious Ross Taylor Mansion was already covered with Mebula’s flesh and was becoming ugly. Tentacles sprouted here and there, and chunks of flesh twitching ominously. The annex, which has already turned into a living organism, feels as if it has entered Mebula’s body.

If you climb the stairs on the 1st and 2nd floors and reach the 3rd floor, you will find a large hall.

The walls had already been demolished in half, and drafts were blowing through. The third largest hall after the main hall and party hall of the central mansion. It was ‘Roth Taylor Hall’, named after the family name.

Crepin took the big hall in his eyes and went upstairs again. There were already a lot of magic formulas that reacted with the heavenly law circle.

The vast sky seems to come into my arms. On the roof of the Ross Taylor Annex, Crepin held up the imprint of her left hand toward the sky.

A huge amount of magical power was manifested, and eventually the heavenly court started to work little by little.

As it was, Kreffin Ross-Taylor went and sat on the railing where only rubble remained.

The wind from the sky blows away his heavy blond hair.

Looking at the law circle in action, Krepin waited with his head lowered and his bloody eyes.

The sight of the grounds of the Ross Taylor Mansion below is hell. There may be many casualties.

However, Mebula does not discriminate between life and death of the sacrifice anyway.

― ‘If you made up your mind to become a wicked person.’

― ‘Never look back even for a moment.’

― ‘If you stop, that moment is the day you end.’

In an instant, a fishy sensation rushes up his back.

He has lived at the top of the Roth Taylor family, and his conviction that has never been shaken rises again.

― ‘Don’t try to live up to expectations, don’t dwell on what you’ve lost, and don’t be devoured by nothing.’

― ‘Only when you stand firm like that can you survive until the end and rule the world.’

That voice that whispered in my ear… It was running through his brain.

* * *

―Quaang! bang!

―Hwaaaaaagh!

Clarisse’s holy magic pushed away the tentacles, and Sinir’s magic began to subdue the soldiers.

However, the horde of soldiers and tentacles that kept pouring into the banquet hall showed no signs of ending.

“It’s over! Now we’re all going to die!”

“Damn it! If you’re going to do this, you didn’t come to the banquet! What a social church!”

“Creffin Ross-Taylor! That man led! We’re going to sacrifice ourselves to that monster!”

Amidst the enveloping chaos, Sinir continued to lift everyone’s spirits.

“Stay calm, everyone! Once we get out of the territory, it will be safe! We have to survive and get out, so we can accurately report Krepin’s misdeeds to the imperial family!”

“Yes! I can’t die like this!”

“Ross Taylors… After tasting power for a long time, they’ve finally turned around…!”

Even in the center of the banquet hall, which was tinged with madness, Clarisse maintained her reason and comprehended the situation.

For now, the top priority is to lead the guests out of the mansion.

However, going out right away won’t be a pointy number.

Perhaps the Cathedral Knights are trying to enter the mansion to ensure Clarisse’s safety, but seeing as there is no immediate reaction… seemed to be struggling.

The raised tentacles and the subjugated servants are as powerful as one. In particular, it seems that the servants have become monsters rather than humans.

Brown Bear Knight Knox, whose eyes lost focus, roared. When I wielded a large mace with a huge body, Sinir released defense magic and quickly bounced it away.

In the meantime, the incompetent aristocrats with no fighting skills were just screaming.

“Come to think of it, only the Ross Taylors aren’t at the banquet hall!

They were people who, just a few hours ago, had been praising the history and majesty of the Ross Taylor family.

Inside, there was a jealousy of that mighty power.

Originally, a person with high prestige always had to live with the envy of many people, so even famous nobles harbored jealousy inside them.

Rather, it is more intensely jealous because it seems close enough to touch.

As soon as Roth Taylor’s ugly heart was revealed, he immediately showed hostility, so it was understandable that the other nobles were also aware of it.

“Tanya Ross-Taylor, who claims to be the heir, and Ed Ross-Taylor, who claims to have won the lottery…! Seeing as they’re all gone, they’re all one team! The Ross-Taylor family was all together and plotting this from the beginning!”

“Yes… We must take this opportunity to inform the imperial family and have them all perish!”

While the number of cases was caught, even the idea of ​​overturning the power structure was all the same as if it had been set in a rut.

Although Clarisse was disillusioned by seeing it, her thoughts soon bounced in the other direction.

Ed and Tanya. There really aren’t two of them.

Tanya said she went out to check on the servants, but after dancing with Clarisse, Ed disappeared for no reason.

Clarisse doesn’t think the two of them would have gotten involved in this crazy plan. Still, the situation was becoming dangerous, and he felt that he wanted to ensure the safety of the two of them.

So, the moment I propose to take as many people in the mansion as possible and go outside…

―Hwaaaaaaagh!

A new magic power was manifested from the sky.

The shape of a giant mebula visible above the collapsed outer wall.

He had been exchanging magical energy with a small human from afar. As far as Clarisse knows, there is only one magician with ridiculous powers that even Mebula can compete with.

Lucy Meiril continues to pull time against Mebula. It was great news, but the state of the banquet hall was not immediately resolved.

Rather, the situation got worse.

―Quaaaaaaagh!

―Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

―Padak, Padak!

An ear-piercing scream echoed through the banquet hall.

A strange creature that flew down from the sky. The demon, half the size of a normal person, flapped bat wings and held an iron longsword in one hand.

“U-what is that…!”

“That’s a Gremlin…! That crazy monster has started summoning monsters as well!”

The moment a nobleman screamed and ran away, the little devil’s blade pierced his chest.

“Uh, uh…”

A puzzled expression, as if he didn’t know what had happened to him. But after a while, blood trickled down his lips.

“Uh, heck…”

It is the first casualty.

Starting from his death, uncontrollable chaos spread throughout the banquet hall.

“Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”

“Run away! Run away!”

Sinir Bloomriver gritted his teeth at the sudden addition of power. Not only Clarisse, but others with minimal fighting skills lost their composure.

They scream and run out in unison, but most are overpowered by possessed soldiers or tentacles.

Those who kept their sanity were as close to the combatants as possible and trembled, but those who ran away just to run away lost almost half of their lives.

Even those with minimal magic skills, including Cinir, are not weak.

Not only the power to protect oneself, but also the people around you… Still, it cannot cover the entire hall and all the VIPs.

Of course, individual strength is important, but in a situation where pressure comes from all directions like this, the difference in the absolute number of people is also important.

To minimize casualties and escape this mansion… First of all, an absolute head count is required.

We need organized corps, not strong individuals. They are the number of soldiers who can secure the safety of their allies by forming camp against the invading army. Naturally, there is no way to mobilize such forces at this point.

Sinir gritted his teeth and gathered more mana into his hands, but he was already convinced that it would be difficult to save more than half.

It would be difficult to avoid severe punishment even if they killed ordinary people like this, but each and every one of them was a famous guest in the empire.

Even if you crossed the line, you crossed too hard. Creffin has no intention of going back at all.

It seems that I have to prepare myself mentally. It was the moment when Sinir thought so and gritted his teeth.

―Quaaaaaang!

After destroying the outer wall on the other side, the ‘corps’ came in.

It is not a human army. An army of all kinds of spirits appeared with magical powers and began to fire magic at the gremlins and their tentacles.

Even if you estimate the number, it is more than a hundred units. The combined number of lower spirits and fluid spirits was comparable to the army of gremlins that covered the sky.

“This, this…!”

A giant lizard’s eyes are visible through the broken outer wall. Sinir trembled with goosebumps, but the lizard was no enemy.

A girl slipped between the lizard’s forehead and landed on the floor.

Anyone who recognizes that face… She was Saint Clarice.

“Yenika-senpai?!”

“Clarice… Holy Lady…!”

―Keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

―Kaaaaaagh!

In the sky above the mansion, the forces of the spirits and the gremlin army collide. Spirits of the same shape of various animals were engaged in a hand-to-hand combat. Even after seeing it with his own two eyes, Sinir couldn’t believe the sight.

I have heard from her two daughters, Tracyana Bloomriver and Patriciana Bloomriver.

In the third year of Sylvania Academy, there is a legion that walks alone.

If she had been in the same grade as her, Tracyana would never have been able to take the top spot in the Ministry of Magic… She used to talk in fright.

“Where is Ed-senpai?!”

Taking advantage of Sinir’s panic, Clarisse quickly asked Yenica for the key.

“I went to catch Creffin Ross Taylor…! Toward the annex! I need to finish this job quickly and go help…!”

Banquet hall is no longer a word. Blood was splattered all over the remaining outer walls.

A tentacle that instantly flew in aimed at Jenika’s neck, but the blade of the Dark Spirit’s lieutenant protruded from her shadow and cut off the tentacle.

Protected by dozens and hundreds of spirits, Jenika couldn’t even touch her if her sensitivity was brought out to the limit. Anyone who sees its mighty nature for the first time has no choice but to stick their tongue out.

This large-scale battle situation is her stage.

Even if she is not confident in a bloody one-on-one battle with a duel master in a confined space, Jenika can fully demonstrate her ability in a composition in which she collides only with the total amount of power in an open space.

“Let all the distinguished guests escape and we head towards the annex!”

“all right!”

No long words were exchanged between Clarisse and Yenika. Because it was such an urgent situation.

“Before that… I need to stop by Ed’s room and pick up some things!”

“In a situation like this… what are you taking?!”

Yenika gathered her magical powers and instantly manifested a tremendous spirit ceremony. Dozens of gremlins burned, and more spirits appeared in the sky. It was a great sight.

“A wand! Ed’s wand is in Ed’s room!”

* * *

The Ross Taylor Territory, which is next to the imperial capital Chloeron, monopolizes the most peaceful and warm land of gold dust.

Even if you look at it on a map, it is a place that is different from all logistics hubs.

It’s one of those hectic places that’s always crowded with hawkers, but tonight was more eventful than ever.

The most luxurious and vast social church of the Roth Taylor mansion during the year.

Even the attendees were full of elements of the empire.

In addition, the VIPs who decided to attend after the 3rd day are also currently on their journey.

On the west side of the territory, a carriage was running from the commercial city of Oldeck.

From the northeast of the territory, Corps Commander Magnus, who oversees the northern grasslands, was coming.

At the northwest end of the territory, a carriage with a master of alchemy was moving busily.

Also, on the east side of the territory, even the third princess of the empire, Fenia, is running on horseback… .

It would not be strange to say that all the hearts of the empire were gathered in this Ross Taylor mansion.

However, hell has already descended on the grounds of the Ross Taylor mansion. Because of Ed’s party, Mebula’s arrival schedule was moved earlier than expected.

In the sky above the mansion, Mebula, the evil god of the age of mythology, is opening hundreds of eyes hideously. In front of him is a genius magician who is not strange even if he received the blessings of the main god, one-on-one to prevent that disaster.

In the central mansion, gremlins, tentacles, and a group of privates compete with the forces of the spirits.

Tanya Rosteyler, who was checking the servants on the side of the spire, is embarrassed by the sudden disaster, locks the door and looks outside.

After leaving the party, Princess Sellaha crosses the central hallway escorted by her butler, Dest.

The head of the witch family, Sinir Bloomriver, is escaping the distinguished guests with his army.

Saint Clarice and Jenica are running towards Ed’s room.

A night at Ross Taylor estate where everyone is busy.

Receiving all the magic, tentacle blows, and gremlin blades of the servants who were dominated by Mebula… A man walked through the garden of the mansion.

A dagger held in reverse. The spirit expression engraved there draws out an explosion. A huge bat spews fire as it stirs the air around him, and a lion made of water bites the necks of the soldiers.

The shock wave generated from the magic engineering item taken out of the bag subdues the surrounding enemies, and then the magic arrow is stuck in their neck, killing them in an instant.

Pillars of fire and blades of wind subdue the tentacles. The necks of enemies cut off by magic instantly turn into ashes and disappear.

While wiping out the surroundings like that, he saves and saves his mana until the end.

he has a gut feeling It wasn’t long before he had a decisive battle to finish everything.

Blood and flesh splattered and the tailcoat she was wearing was becoming dirty. Even so, he reached the entrance of the annex without changing his expression.

The inside of the annex was also full of all sorts of monsters. It doesn’t look easy to break through to the roof.

The time has come for all the long stories entangled in the Ross Taylor family to come to an end here.

he walked forward Finally, it’s time to go cut Crepin’s head.