How to Survive at the Academy Chapter 157

Creffin subjugation (8)

Cagan! Kang!

By the time ‘condemnation’ hit the floor, the decision had already been made.

Kwa Dang Tang! Kugoong!

Arwen, pierced by Ed’s dagger and pinned to the ground, coughed and spattered the blood he was holding.

Ed sat down on Arwen as it was, and applied more force to the dagger that stabbed him in the shoulder. His hands clenched tightly around the handle, and the force of stabbing him to the floor grew stronger.

“Kerhee -eup … Kerry ….”

Arwen is a skilled swordsman, but he is not the type with absolute strength.

Once they are overpowered by Ed, they cannot easily escape. Ed wasn’t unaware of that fact, so he held on to the dagger while crushing Arwen.

“Keuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…”

Arwen tried his best to stand up several times, but as the bleeding from the dagger continued, his body began to lose strength little by little.

Soon, the struggle ends, and the flinching arm is quietly laid down on the stone floor.

Ed, who had been suppressing Arwen with gritted teeth, gradually relaxed his body. He realized that he had no more strength left to resist Arwen.

Arwen closed her eyes and spoke.

“Finish it.”

“Sister Arwen!”

At that time, Tanya, who barely managed to stand up, shouted.

Tanya staggered towards Ed, who was sitting on the back of Arwen.

“We don’t need to do this.”

Tanya said with a teary face.

Tanya, who has just entered the battlefield, does not fully understand the whole situation. Even so, she could clearly see the fact that the girl in front of her was Arwen, who had hugged and cared for her before.

“I don’t know what happened to you…”

Tanya is one of the people who has seen Arwen up close.

She was praised as more suitable than anyone else as the heir to the Ross Taylor family, and she must have understood even the deepest feelings of Crepin.

As he was the first designated successor, there was a high possibility that Crepin also interacted with Arwen without hesitation and without hesitation.

If so, he was also the person who understood the darkness within Krepin the fastest than anyone else.

Even so, Arwen did not deny him. Tanya couldn’t believe it.

“…We can do it all over again. Just, let’s talk.”

“One thing is certain…”

Arwen spoke clearly even though he was covered in blood.

“When my body is free, I will raise the sword again. With my will.”

“There’s no reason to do that!”

Tanya came running crying and looked at Arwen and talked.

“Look at this situation now. The mansion is all destroyed, monsters are floating in the sky, people are dying… Is this really what Arwen sister wanted? You wouldn’t have wanted something like this!”

“Ed.”

Arwen spoke with her eyes closed.

“Finish.”

The moment Tanya heard that and was about to say something more, Arwen stopped talking first.

“I, too, should rest now.”

Upon hearing that, Tanya was left speechless.

Arwen’s body, crushed to the ground and barely breathing, cannot be said to be fine even with empty words.

It is said that part of the body was restored with the power of Mebula, but the original body was already in a half-corpse state.

While participating in Crepin’s research for a long time, he endured great pain and survived to the end. He knew that when he died, his next targets would be Ed and Tanya.

In the end, he led this body into battle. He was stabbed as well. Not to mention the agony in his body. Mebula’s powers carry terrible pain, he himself said.

“It was a hard life. I suffered a lot.”

“Was it worth it?”

Arwen just smiled at the question.

She walked behind Kreffin all her life. She is his one and only daughter, she is his glorious heir, she is his only interest in doing evil by claiming pure evil.

To affirm him, he turned his head away from the moral code, bowed his head to his departing brothers and sisters, and shook his head to his vassals who dissuaded him.

Then Ed has only one question to ask Arwen.

Was it worth it?

No answer came back. It means to look at the crepe and check it yourself.

Ed gently closed and opened his eyes once, and raised the dagger. A ceremonial dagger used in various ceremonial events at the Ross Taylor Mansion. When Ed first started his wild life, he was carrying only a handful of tools.

The blade of the dagger, which had gone through all the battles before birth, shone in the moonlight.

It was the moment when someone’s long journey ended.

* * *

After entering the territory and running at full power for a long time, the mansion site finally began to approach.

Princess Penia ran along the trail with her body attached to the horse’s head, and the escort knights accompanying her also sped up the horse’s speed in order not to be outmatched.

Even on top of a galloping horse, a monstrous creature in the sky now catches my eye.

The eyeball lump monster covered in bizarre lumps of flesh clearly looked like Mebula, the evil god who commanded the age of mythology.

What is unbelievable is that there is another monster that is exchanging one-on-one sums with the Mebuler.

Quaang! bang!

Mebula’s descent is still incomplete, but that doesn’t mean it’s not an enemy that a single human can handle.

It is like a walking disaster, but there was another such disaster on the site.

The countless magic circles that embroider the sky are all high-ranking magic circles. Just implementing one would require a skilled wizard to do everything in their power.

A wizard who shoots high-ranking legal staff like expendable items. It was hard to tell who it was because it appeared to be the size of a pea at the edge of the field of vision, but Princess Penia was able to tell the difference just by looking at its silhouette. Because it is spherical.

Lucy Meiril, also known as a rare genius in Sylvania.

The fact that she is fighting Mebuler like that is evidently to help Ed Rosteiler.

It was because Princess Fenia was well aware that Lucy Meiril was a strangely friendly human being to Ed Rosteyler.

Tap, tap, tap!

It was the moment when the outer wall of the mansion site was finally visible, and he was about to enter with the escort knights.

-Taang! Caang!

Quite a number of knights were visible in Princess Penia’s field of vision. It was clear that the turquoise vine decorations were engraved here and there on armor, and they were the Cathedral Knights of the Church of Telos.

They were fighting all sorts of tentacles, gremlins, and humanoid flesh monsters protruding from the entrance of the mansion grounds.

“Damn it! We have to break through from this side! More gremlins are coming out from the inside!”

“It’s worth dealing with, but…! There are too many! In order to pick up the saintess, we have to clear all the roads and enter at once…!”

“It looks like we’ll have to set up a separate entrance group! I think we can reach the central mansion where the saintess is by moving away from the main unit!”

The army of gremlins seems to be under someone’s command.

Only enough troops are put in to subdue a target that wanders alone, but a huge number of troops are mobilized against a huge army.

Also, the entrance is too narrow.

Once you enter and come out of the open space, you will be able to disperse the enemy’s forces by moving as a detached unit. Anyway, the goal was not to annihilate the enemy forces, but to rescue the saintess.

However, the only entrance on the huge outer wall is rather narrow for troops to enter and exit. The defensive side has an overwhelming advantage.

Fire! Caang!

As soon as Princess Penia’s escort arrived on the battlefield, they jumped off their horses and joined the fight. He hit the tentacles with magic, and crossed swords with gremlins holding blades.

“Everyone, you…! No…! I’m sorry! I apologize!”

The commander of the Cathedral Knights, who was directing the fight in the rear, saw the face of Princess Penia and quickly knelt down.

The aides who were aiding him around him quickly lowered their posture as soon as they saw Princess Penia’s face.

Princess Penia shook her head and told everyone to stand up. Now is not the time to set an example.

“What’s the situation now?”

Princess Fenia quickly jumped off her horse and rolled up the hem of her dress. She was already covered in dust and her dignity was nowhere to be seen, but Princess Fenia didn’t care.

“We haven’t finished grasping the whole situation either. Since the saintess participated in the social church, we camped out and waited around. But all of a sudden… as you can see…”

No further explanation was necessary. The situation is tense, and you know how things are going right now just by watching.

Princess Fenia bit her lower lip and looked up at the mansion site. Between Lucy and Mebula, all sorts of high-ranking magic on an unbelievable scale was coming and going.

The sight is gorgeous enough to make your mouth drop open just by looking at it.

The night sky was periodically illuminated with magical light. It’s a metaphor that doesn’t fit the urgent situation, but it’s like fireworks, so I’m going to go blind.

It was then.

Kwakwang! bang!

The exterior walls of the Roth Taylor Mansion grounds are thick. On the other hand, it was shattered by high-level magic.

Quagga Gagagak!

Patter!

In an instant, a large hole formed and dust rose. The knights were taken by surprise and took a combat stance. If a group of gremlins poured out from there, it would be like being attacked in the flank.

But the first person to show his face in it… It was Sinir Bloomriver, the head of the Bloomriver family.

She was sweating profusely and out of breath. Before the rest of the knights could react, Sinir looked behind her and shouted.

“Everyone, run out now! The Templars are here!”

The group of honored guests escorted by the spirits finally jumped out of the walls.

“Ouch! Lived!”

“I finally got out of this hellish manor lot! I survived! I survived!”

“Thank God! Thank you for saving this wretched life!”

Seeing the crowd of distinguished guests rushing out, the commander of the Templars quickly ordered his men to protect them all.

When the reliable knights quickly rushed out to protect the guests, the guests shed tears of emotion and sighed in relief.

“We must quickly inform the imperial family of what happened here!”

In the meantime, a nobleman who came to his senses raised his voice.

“More than three high-ranking nobles have already died, and more than ten local nobles have died. The person who orchestrated this must report to the imperial family and be hanged on the gallows!”

“Yes, damn it! The Ross Taylors! They were all lunatics who plotted this!”

“Prepare to send a telegram to the imperial family right away! We must inform the imperial family of how terrible the disaster that is happening here is!”

“Princess Selaha was also present at the scene, but to do something like this… This is truly a challenge to the imperial family!”

Little by little, the nobles began to raise their voices.

Soon after they exchanged stories among themselves, they rushed to the direction of the commander of the Knights Templar.

The moment he was about to tell them to report to the imperial family immediately, the image of Princess Penia came into the eyes of the distinguished guests.

Third Princess, Fenia Elias Chloe. Just saying its name, it needs no further introduction. Among the royal family that all nobles looked up to, she was the most famous girl.

“Pe, Princess Penia!”

“What happened to Princess Penia…!”

“No, in a place like this…!”

A blush began to appear on the faces of the nobles. I don’t know why Princess Penia was on the scene, but if she had been watching the whole situation here, I wouldn’t have to explain how cruel the Ross Taylor family was.

Princess Penia is one of the key figures on the imperial side, and her influence is also great. If you convince her of her situation, her next job is a breeze.

“Respected Princess Penia! Look at this! We saw everything from inside! It’s the Ruth Taylor family’s evil, and it’s a long-planned massacre!”

“The mad patriarch wanted to sacrifice us all as a sacrifice to that monster! We had no choice but to run away!”

“The same goes for all of the Roth-Taylor family! Whether it’s her heir, Tanya Roth-Taylor, or her son, Ed Roth-Taylor, they all deserve to be killed! They’re all in the same family! So are their vassals, and most of them have already become monsters!”

Princess Penia calmly judged the situation while listening to the shouts of the distinguished guests.

The one who is dragging the time against the mebula floating in the sky is Lucy Mayrill, who has definitely joined Ed’s side.

If so, Princess Fenia judged that at least Ed was not involved with Crepin. Rather, it is right to see it as a situation standing at the opposite point.

Otherwise, there would be no reason for Lucy to be holding back that gigantic monster.

After quickly assessing the situation, Princess Penia was about to evacuate the distinguished guests to a safe place.

rush

Several manifested spirits flew in and flew toward the broken outer wall.

The huge army of spirits covering the sky, and the flying spirits… Elementalists who can handle that many spirits are not common in the world.

The spirits, which had hovered over the surroundings several times, were flying toward the hole in the broken outer wall and entering the mansion grounds again, as if their confirmation had been completed.

Before anyone could stop Princess Penia, she jumped on her horse and quickly drove it toward the broken outer wall.

“What, what?!”

“Princess Fenia?!”

The knights were so shocked that they couldn’t even react. Of course, who in the world would dare to openly enter the grounds of that hellish mansion?

However, Princess Penia kicked off her horse and ran after the spirit. She jumped over the wreckage of the shattered exterior wall, and after a brief run along the wall outside her mansion, she finally saw her spirit’s destination.

The sparrow perched on the tip of the girl’s hand, flapping its wings several times, chirped something. It was like a subordinate reporting everything he saw.

What Princess Fenia confirmed beyond the broken outer wall was the figure of the girl who had rescued everyone outside while escorting the distinguished guests. It is clear that she has contributed to minimizing her casualties by commanding the forces of the spirits.

Of course, that girl was covering all the gremlins crowding around her.

He alone saved dozens of high-ranking nobles.

It was a great achievement to receive not only imperial commendation, but even a small title in itself… The girl doesn’t seem to care about that at all. In the first place, he hardly showed himself in front of people.

Rather, he seems very busy. As if there was something more important than this, he was stomping his feet.

“Yeah, okay. It’s important to clear up misunderstandings, but it’s more important to save your life right now… We have to go to Ed first… We can convince him later.”

The appearance of a girl who is quickly exchanging stories with the spirit while bathing in the moonlight.

Only then did the girl seem to have noticed the existence of Princess Penia.

“Eh, yes!”

The girl, who had a foolish appearance that did not match her mighty power, was shocked to see Princess Fenia.

He seemed to be perplexed as he didn’t know what to say as he bit his tongue and burst into tears.

“You… kept the guests, Yenika Failover.”

“I did as Ed asked. Now we have to go to Ed.”

Yenika didn’t explain at length either. Although he succeeded in minimizing casualties, he had not yet foiled all of Krepin’s plans.

The most important thing is to catch crepes. He is the mastermind behind all of this, and the one who mediates the coming of the evil god Mebula.

“Ed… Ross Taylor…?”

“Princess. You can’t listen to those VIPs. I know you want to bring down the Ross Taylor family, but…”

Yenica looked at Princess Penia and spoke straight.

“Now Ed is trying to stop Kreffin Ross-Taylor. Trust me. Ed is a direct descendant of Kreffin, but at least he did not join Kreffin. Even though he is a member of the same Ross-Taylor family, Ed himself…”

“Okay. I’ll believe you.”

Yenica suddenly shook her head at Princess Penia’s cool reaction.

Yenica never thought that Princess Penia would trust Ed so easily.

He thought he would have to convince him with more logical grounds, but Princess Fenia did not doubt Ed from the start.

Rather, if he really manages to stop Krepin, he will be the one who should be honored as a hero who saved the country, not the one who should hang himself on the gallows.

“I’ll just have to meet him and make sure. Where is he now?”

As Princess Penia spoke, Yenica turned her gaze towards the annex of the mansion.

On the roof, there is a Creffin Ross Taylor.

* * *

The sound of climbing the stairs echoed all the way to the roof.

– Caan, Kang!

A greatsword swept across the floor, and soon the sound of hitting the stairs was also heard.

A blond boy covered in blood walks up the stairs to the rooftop.

In one hand, a dagger is held in reverse, and in the other hand, the hilt of the great sword ‘Dan Sin’ is held. It was Arwen’s keepsake.

Luden’s Holy Sword, which has a superiority against all kinds of defense magic and is endowed with acceleration magic… It is now owned by Ed.

The other great sword that Arwen was holding, ‘Day of Dawn’, was heavier than expected, and the elemental magics that were endowed with it were things that Ed knew how to do, so he didn’t bring them separately.

In the first place, Ed had never trained in swordsmanship. So even if you carry a greatsword, no matter how powerful a weapon it is, you can’t bring out its full abilities.

Caang, Kang!

However, there was another reason why he took the sword.

As I climbed the stairs, the sound of a sword hitting the stairs repeatedly echoed across the roof.

Creffin Ross-Tyler has a gut feeling. Ed Rosteyler is coming.

All respect for the family has been burned away, and a monster covered in blood is coming, only to hunt Krepin.

The grounds of the mansion were already approaching living hell, but the annex that Ed had swept away was eerily quiet.

Tanya sat down next to Arwen’s corpse.

He held Arwen’s hand, which was cooling down, and buried his face in her shoulder. Ed climbed alone to Tanya’s rooftop, leaving her mug as an escort to help her gather her mind.

Caang! Caang!

The sound of the blade of the sword hitting the stairs also slowly ends, and then changes back to the sound of being dragged on the roof floor. it reached the roof.

A bloody boy walks under the open sky.

Leading the dragging greatsword on the floor, I glared at Crepin, who was sitting still on the broken railing.

Crepin recognized the identity of the greatsword in Ed’s hand at once.

“You’re here.”

To Creffin’s words, Ed did not answer. Just, he took out Arwen’s greatsword he had brought with him, and he just slammed it into the ground.

Quack!

The greatsword stuck in the floor was soaked in blood.

The reason I brought this sword was to clearly show who I had to cut down to get to this point.

In the end, the road that Ed has always walked is a thorny road. Creffin wasn’t unaware of that either.

From the railing spread out like a throne, Kreffin quietly stood up. The statutes for sacrificial offerings are still in operation. Completion is far away, but the target is already clearly aimed at the nobles.

The VIPs will not know that the magic gun is pointed at them even at this moment.

“It’s been a long journey.”

Creffin speaks softly.

“Let’s finish it now.”

Ed stood next to a greatsword stuck in the ground and quietly looked up.

His relationship with the disorganized Roth Taylor family also ends here. I quietly lowered my head and finished preparing to do my best. Drawing out the mana of her whole body, he glared at Crepin with intense pupils between her blood-stained face.

The Wind Blows.

On the roof of the annex of the Roth Taylor Mansion, a whirlwind of wind swirls around Ed.

As soon as the rising wind died down, a huge wolf howled.

Aww, Merilda’s cries cut through the night sky over the Ross Taylor mansion.

It can be seen at a glance from anywhere on the grounds of the Roth Taylor Mansion.

The huge wolf, overwhelmed just by looking at it, roared from the roof of the annex.