How to Survive at the Academy Chapter 159

Creffin subjugation (10)

The dagger lodged in Kreffin’s left arm cut through his flesh with a crackling sound.

The tip of the dagger that had pierced his wrist stopped at the corner of his eye and trembled.

I clenched my teeth and tried to push the dagger with the weight of my body, but Creffin managed to hold on and brandished his tentacles.

– Poo!

I took a defensive stance for a moment, but I was pushed back by the impact and rolled on the stone floor.

With a dagger in one hand, Creffin stood up with a chuckle.

When he brushed off his left hand, the wound began to heal in an instant, but he frowned as if the pain remained.

“Until the moment you die, you can’t imagine that you will die.”

Kreffin stood up with a chuckle and picked up his longsword again. Then he drew the magic of the Mebuler back into his grotesquely twisted left hand.

― Whoa!

Dozens of tentacles pour out again. Tentacles with bizarre chunks of flesh attached to them made me feel sick just looking at them.

― Aww!

– Crisp! Kaaaaaa!

However, more than half of them were slaughtered and disappeared due to the magic that spread along with Merilda’s cry.

The scale of Merilda’s wind blades is different from normal elemental magic. The blade of magical power extending in all directions devastated the surrounding area, and even Krepin himself was caught in the aftermath of the magical power.

– Push! Push shook!

A few strands of his flesh fell off and wounds continued to form, but Mebula’s magic somehow minimized the impact and healed the wounds.

However, its power cannot be infinite. Creffin has yet to fully accept Mebuler’s magical power.

In the end, if you want to deal with Mebula’s magic, you have to use his own magic to some extent. Of course, the result is overwhelming compared to the mana he puts in, but it is not a situation that completely replaces his mana.

Crepin, who has fully embraced Mebuler’s power, is tricky. So, it was necessary to make a quick match.

The moment Creffin tried to get back into his stance, the dagger in his left arm exploded. My body staggered momentarily because I was unaware of the explosion caused by the spirit ceremony, and that moment became the timing for me to dig in.

– Woe!

As soon as I hit the floor, I instantly felt a sense of floating in my body.

Merilda’s wind magic was making my body movements lighter. I closed the distance with a faster movement than I thought, drawing out magic and returning the dagger.

Kreffin also doesn’t get hit twice. Avoiding Merilda’s rushing feet, float her body and rise above the mansion grounds.

His fighting style started to become a little more cautious.

He climbed over the railing and floated in the air with the moon in the background… It cannot be dealt with in close combat.

― Whoa!

Magic power began to gather in his hands again. This is a known attack pattern.

Summon ‘Evil Eye’. Among Kreffin’s behavioral patterns, it is a means of attack that appears almost at the end. Using it already means admitting that the situation is not good.

Of course, there was no reason to leave it alone. He called out Lacia while firing five or six magic arrows.

– Wow!

The magic arrow that was heading into the air exploded, and water spread like a waterfall in the sky above the mansion site. In that brief gap, Lacia jumped out from among the waterfalls that bloomed due to the ‘Water Source Appearance’ and bit Krepin on the shoulder.

“Keuaaaagh!”

Creffin screamed and tried to throw Lacia away.

The wound continues to heal, but the pain in the body remains the same. Since the human mind has limits, it was clear that constant attacks would knock it out.

Crepin fell down with his shoulder bitten by Lacia. Was this sudden attack pattern completely unexpected?

I ran towards him as he fell down the mansion grounds, and I ran in the same direction.

“I’m chasing you! I have to finish it for sure!”

[If you do something wrong, you will fall and die! ]

“Take care of yourself! You have a lot of magic power left!”

[Please! ]

As I stepped on the railing and threw myself into the sky, Merilda’s wind blew through my body.

Merilda’s Spirit Ceremony – After floating for a while while receiving the rising air current, she began to fall again under the force of gravity.

Only the rustling of the wind and the fluttering of the collar filled my ears.

At the end of the field of vision, down there, I could see Crepin, who managed to shake off Lacia and fall.

– Quaang!

Perhaps he is not familiar with the operation of magic yet, he is trying to somehow bring out the power of Mebula… It raised dust like that and was put out in the central garden.

― Whoa!

I also received Merilda’s wind magic and rushed towards him while minimizing the force of gravity.

– Quaang! Kaak!

Landing on top of the flower bed in the central garden that had been devastated, I hated the weight and drove the dagger back in. This time it was the right forearm holding the longsword.

“Quaaaaagh!”

Since the power of Mebula had not yet fully penetrated, Creffin seemed to feel even greater pain.

He screams and complains of pain, but it’s not over yet.

I took a big leap backwards with my dagger stuck in it.

What comes into his field of vision as he lies down is not only the night sky full of creepy stars.

At the same time, the spirit in the shape of a huge wolf jumped off the roof and swung its massive paws at him.

― Quaaaaaaaang!

It was a shock as if an entire container fell and was crushed. A normal human being would have no choice but to die instantly.

However, Crepin, who has manifested Mebuler’s magical power, boasts a tenacious life force that is truly disgusting.

Of course, thinking that there was no way it would end here, I prepared for an additional attack… .

―Koo-Goo-Gung, Kung!

The ground, unable to withstand the heavy impact, collapsed.

It is an unstable ground as countless tentacles spring up and bore holes. There was even a huge laboratory in the basement, so it wouldn’t be strange if it collapsed right away.

As if Merilda’s attack had become the decisive blow, the entire floor of the central garden collapsed and was sucked into the underground research facility.

―The Quagga River! Kak!

Lacia, who quickly rushed in, protected me, but she couldn’t stop me from falling.

So Kreffin and I crashed into a large hall in an underground research facility.

-Break! Kang!

― Whoa!

The dust rose, and the view of the underground facilities came into view again. It was the same huge scepter in which Arwen had been threaded through the greatsword.

However, the ceiling had completely collapsed, and the night sky could be seen clearly. It is the shape of a gladiatorial arena that has been dented like a coliseum.

In the center of it, you can see the figure of Kreffin, who has risen up, sloppy with grotesque flesh. She was still alive.

The grotesque flesh had eaten his entire left arm, and was now spreading to half of his upper body. The more you go, the more actively you accept the magic of the Mebuler.

If you try to handle Mebuler’s magic beyond the limit, you will lose your sanity. Like servants wandering around the mansion.

Crepin has been studying Mebula’s magical power for a long time, so his understanding is different. That’s why he can handle a deeper level of magic than others, but going crazy when he crosses the limit won’t be any different.

However, despite struggling in pain, he managed to hold on to his consciousness.

The sight of him having more than half of his body eaten by flesh is familiar. Awakened Crepin… In Act 4 of <Sylvania’s Failed Swordsman>, he is the last semi-final boss you have to deal with before slashing Mebula.

In fact, subjugating Mebuler is more like a raid, and it is enough to familiarize yourself with the attack pattern and insert the ‘Divine Killing Sword’ into the appropriate part. That’s why the tricky Awakening Crepin was close to a real boss.

He shoots all kinds of instant death patterns, periodically summons tentacles to attack the back row, recovers his own health, and resurrects several times when he feels dead… A really nasty boss.

The visuals are terrible, and the boss fight itself takes place in a building full of flesh. Because of this, it is a boss left as a trauma for many players. Difficulty with difficulty, atmosphere with atmosphere. A terrible enemy in every way.

He exhaled his breath and raised his body, and he could no longer be called a human being.

The grotesquely moving flesh squirmed and drew out the mebuler’s magical power.

“I didn’t want to draw power like this until I went to subdue the imperial castle.”

He once again gathered his mana in the ‘evil eye’ that was spread out in the sky.

The moment the evil eye gathers magical energy and is completed, hundreds of difficult-to-evade rays cover the area.

In <Sylvania’s Failed Swordsman>, it was an instant death upon being hit. How about in reality?

One thing is for sure, you don’t have to check it directly because it’s right.

The moment I gathered mana from my hands, the massive wolf broke through the collapsed debris and rose again.

Even in that shock, there were only a few scratches. High-ranking spirits cannot be easily injured in any way.

Merilda’s wind covered the area, and I charged in order to dissipate its mana. However, the fully awakened Crepin’s power is enormous.

He gathered his mana and raised his left arm, which had become too ugly to even call it a hand.

“Stop! Merylda!”

When I called out, Merilda quickly stopped moving without questioning or questioning. The heavy wolf’s body stopped and dust flew.

‘The Blade of the Void’.

It was an instant-kill weapon that gathered mana and then released it for a while, bursting the hearts of all living things moving around it.

You can avoid it only if you stop all movements in time for him to gather his mana. The problem is gremlins and tentacles.

In <Sylvania’s Failed Swordsman>, he had to block the small enemies that constantly came in, and at the same time, he had to figure out and avoid Krepin’s attack patterns.

A group of gremlins descended from the sky and attacked, and tentacles rose from the ground to attack. In the meantime, I stopped moving with my teeth clenched.

― Whoaaaaaaagh!

– Crisp! Pasasak!

― Kieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Then, after a while, all the gremlins in the surrounding area vomited blood and crashed. The Void Blade is a magic that does not discriminate between enemies. Fortunately, that is.

Confirming that appearance, I quickly moved my body again and ran towards Kreffin. However, the ‘evil eye’ had already been injected with sufficient magical power.

chunks of flesh floating in the sky. Beams filled with magical energy were about to pour out of the bizarre piece of flesh that was wearing four or four tiny eyes.

I’ve dealt with him several times, but he’s still very picky. I gnashed my teeth and lowered my stance, thinking that I should somehow block it.

I raised my body’s mana and implemented a defense circle, but no matter how much I thought about it, I didn’t think I could completely block the beam.

The moment you try to hide a vital part of your body with the thought of avoiding at least a fatal wound… .

“Ah ah ah ah!”

A girl jumped down from the sky.

A sudden scream brought her eyes to that direction.

The open sky toward the central garden.

The saintess Clarisse, who was running across the central garden, saw the bottom of the collapsed ground and threw herself.

Against the background of the night sky, a saintess descends while flying her holy clothes. Her eyes are clear of bewilderment, but her lips are pursed.

It seems that the scene descending underground under the moonlight is slowly reproduced.

It looks as if an angel is coming to earth, but in reality, it is just a human who gritted his teeth and jumped down with courage.

In his bosom, he holds a cane wrapped in leather. Her precarious appearance made it clear that she would be seriously hurt if someone had to accept it.

If a weak girl like Saint Clarice fell from a height like this, it wouldn’t end in a broken line anywhere.

My body jumped out reflexively, and I quickly assumed a posture to receive Saint Clarice. The defense formations were scattered as they were.

― Whoa!

As I slid towards the saintess, raising dust, as if tackling, I fell into her bosom and settled down.

Clarisse’s holy robe blew away in the aftermath, and dust rose again.

“Kuh… ugh.. Cool, cool! Holy Lady… What the hell is this…!”

Before I could say anything, Clarisse wrapped her arms around my shoulders and held my head tightly, then twisted her back to Mebuler.

― Whoaaaaaaagh!

At that moment, countless rays of light poured out from the ‘Evil Eye’. The power that destroys the surroundings as if to swallow the whole world is so enormous that it is difficult to block it one by one.

However, everyone is fair before the ‘protection of the Holy Law’ worn by Saint Clarisse. The only people who can kill her are those who are blessed by Telos, her only ruler.

Clarisse closed her eyes tightly, hugged me tightly, and concentrated on the manifestation of the Holy Law.

Only after the storm had passed, did he realize that he was safe without any damage thanks to Clarisse’s holy magic.

“Saintess, why is it so suddenly…”

“I believed that senior Ed would accept it. It’s okay to argue about whether it was dangerous or not later, right?!”

Saying that, Clarisse hugged me tightly. Between our arms was the staff I had asked for from Jenika.

I risked my life to deliver this one, and I jumped from that height. Of course, with only one belief that I will accept it.

It’s beyond dangerous, it’s reckless. However, Clarisse didn’t care and spoke while caressing my cheek.

“Senior Ed, where he was injured…”

The words did not carry on to the end.

― Whoa!

Soon, a shock wave rose again centering on Krepin. Rather than being a means to attack with hostility, it was more of a by-product of receiving additional magic power from Mebuler.

Because of that, Clarisse’s divine protection was unable to exert its full power, and Clarisse herself went out and fell. I, who had fallen off at the same time, supported me from behind, but I gritted my teeth as if there was still a shock.

“Uh, hehe…”

“Holy Maid.”

“are you okay.”

Clarisse stood up, gritted her teeth, and looked straight at Creffin. I frowned at her grotesque appearance, but the determination in her eyes did not disappear.

The left arm that was eaten by the flesh is getting bigger and bigger, and the skin on the body is almost devoid of normal parts.

The increasingly bizarre exterior looks closer to a monster.

Crepin bent over for a long time, accepting the magic power, and then suddenly turned his gaze to me.

“You’re still alive.”

Saying that, he took a long sword and leaped.

A group of gremlins pour down from the sky, and the tentacles that rise up still rush at me with only one thought to tear me limb from limb.

Most miscellaneous enemies were swept away by Merilda’s roar, but Creffin gritted his teeth and endured the aftermath of the magic.

– Caan!

I succeeded in dodging the longsword. As it was, he hugged the saintess by the shoulders and rolled her body next to her, cutting off one tentacle near her with the blade of the wind.

“Kyaaaah!”

Clarisse screamed and clung to me.

As I’ve said before, the heads of the Ross Taylor family are baptized by the Church of Telos for generations.

I don’t know what it would be like if it was an attack using the power of Mebula, but if he attacks in a way that uses physical force directly like that, even a saint wouldn’t be safe.

This is because the protection of the Holy Law worn by the saintess does not take effect between believers of the same name.

“Lacia!”

When I shouted that, before I could give any further instructions, a lioness made of water appeared and grabbed the saintess by the collar.

“Kyaaaah!”

With Clarisse on board as if she had been kidnapped, Lacia evacuated to a safe zone far away.

― Hui Yii Iik!

Kreffin turned his gaze toward me, twisting grotesquely again.

“Whoa… whoa…”

I sat down, took a deep breath, removed all of the leather straps that bound the cane, and took it out. A ‘thousand-year-old wooden staff struck by lightning’ with all kinds of spirit expressions imprinted on it appeared.

It is a magical engineering item that takes the Spiritual Art, which you have already become accustomed to, to a higher limit and reaches the limit of sensitivity.

This alone increases combat efficiency incredibly, but it may not be enough against a fully awakened Creffin.

so it’s difficult

I had to subdue him for sure. In order to do so, it is necessary to mobilize additional means.

“It’s a tearful scene. What is that cane like, risking your life.”

Creffin laughed bitterly as his blood dripped.

“There must have been an emotional exchange with the saintess. Whether it was love between the opposite s*x or simple friendship, there must have been times when you felt fulfilled in a relationship that radiated such warmth.”

He continued his story without erasing his laughter while taking care of his twisting body.

“Unfortunately, I, Kreffin Ross-Taylor, are far from any of those things.”

“…”

“Yes, I am ‘pure evil’.”

Creffin raised his sword.

“In order to reach a higher power, stronger power, and a higher position, they use and discard everyone, whether it be family or vassal.

Even the goosebumps goosebumps from the grinning and cheesy laugh.

“That’s who I am. Do you understand now?”

Saying so, Creffin drew in his mana.

The stronger Mebuler’s magical power gathers in the ‘evil eye’.

It is best to get rid of the eye itself, but Mebula’s body is hardly damaged unless it is the ‘New Killing Sword’ of the sword ceremony used by Taylor McLore. It might be possible to inflict damage by hitting a really huge amount of mana like a madman, but in reality it was like pouring water into a jar with holes.

As much as it is a magic that embodies part of Mebula’s body, that eye cannot do damage efficiently unless it is a new slaughter sword.

“Hueup.”

I knelt down and sat down, bending over with my staff clenched.

I was physically at my limit. He had perfected Merilda’s Spirit Ceremony several times, and dealt with the middle-ranking Spirit for a long time.

Even so, I draw out mana and draw out again.

If you have a staff, you can draw magic more efficiently than before.

During the long time I flew to this unknown world and endured, I trained and practiced spiritism like crazy.

Isn’t it now possible to handle even high-ranking spirits without the help of any magic tools?

It doesn’t make sense to say that I’m exhausted now and can’t draw out more mana.

However, I have to draw even more strength against that ridiculous guy.

I took out the last resort that I had been saving and saving in my arms.

Without loosening the strength of his right hand gripping the staff, he gripped ‘Glast’s golden phoenix ring’ in his left hand.

I took in a deep breath, and exhaled deeply again.

If you decide to wear a ring, you have to do it once and for all.

The power of the ring, which draws on future magic power, once used, becomes unable to handle magic power for a while.

That’s why you shouldn’t think of ending it with a half-level attack.

stronger. more sure.

I had to draw out all the emotional power that I could draw out with this staff, and even mobilize the magical power that I had paid for it with the ring, and I had to push out a number that exceeded my capabilities.

He closed his eyes and clenched his teeth tightly.

The feeling of blood vessels bursting on the lips that I bit into came rushing up.

Only after concentrating and concentrating, can you fully feel the amount of magic flowing through your body.

It was only after I closed my eyes and focused on the sense of magic that I was able to face my feelings.

The family owner, who claims to be pure evil, leads the floating body and reigns over the night sky. The mebuler’s magic that fills the underground laboratory makes even breathing quicker.

As I continued to exchange attacks with Kreffin, I gritted my teeth.

The one who was born with the destiny of the wicked. A monster that burns the world, seeks greater power, and delights in doing evil.

After hearing that, I finally realized why I kept clenching my teeth. This was also one of my hardships.

“Don’t give a damn.”

It was a soft word.

“Is there such a thing as pure evil in the world?”

Crepin’s expression twisted at the sudden outburst of words. I didn’t care and continued talking.

“I’ve lived watching bastards like you get tired of it. You fugitive bastard.”

The magic power flowing through the body is enormous. An unprecedented amount filled the halls of the underground laboratory.

“Don’t pretend to be a lofty philosopher. Don’t I know you’re just a coward who ran away out of fear?”

Swear words that came out without even knowing English.

I wonder if I, who had been dealing with it silently, felt a sense of incongruity at the sudden threat. Krepin’s expression darkened even more.

Until the first man who shot a man on the battlefield became a maniac madman.

As if he justifies himself that he originally enjoyed killing.

It’s just that he wraps himself up in pure evil and doesn’t want to see the back side of the evil he has committed. Because he is such a madman in the first place.

Creffin Ross Taylor.

At first, he must have become a villain just to survive, to save his life in the swamp of dirty power struggles.

From the ancestors who were sacrificed, to the wife who could not protect them, to the daughter who eventually ruined her life with her own hands, to the abandoned retainers, to those who killed to protect their place.

It’s a life stained with blood, but I wouldn’t want to handle the weight of that death.

“What do you know?”

“I know better than you.”

Enormous mana spurted out with such momentum that it even reached the sky. After putting so much mana into it, I can’t even fathom how much I’ll have to get lost in the future.

Anyway, it’s more important to cut Krepin’s throat right now. It’s time to think about later things.

That’s why I drew out my mana again and again.

Those who have been on a battlefield know the weight of death better than anyone else.

From the senior who was the first to get a bullet instead of me on the battlefield, to the bard who was bleeding and collapsed in the Glockt coffin.

He has endured countless deaths and has never tried to turn his eyes away from them. The corpses are neatly lined up and riding on my shoulder.

Whether it was forced to die, whether it died out of necessity, whether it was my mistake, or whether it died voluntarily. The dead remain a weight of their own, constantly weighing down the spirit.

The tempting whisper to let go of that weight beyond oblivion came to me hundreds of times. It’s as if someone is whispering that it’s good for you to turn your head away and pretend it never happened.

I have never succumbed to that temptation.

I still remember all of those names.

That’s the crucial difference between you and me.

“I hate bastards like you… the most…”

There is no one who does not have a drop of grime on his hands. Where is the person who lives his whole life without committing a single evil deed?

The important thing is only the attitude towards the evil.

― Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Eventually, the fully manifested summoning ceremony engulfed the surroundings and emitted light.

Heat gushes out from the rising Dharma circle.

Utilizing both the power of the wand and the power of the ring to the limit, I will manifest a spirit beyond my capabilities into the world.

The flames sprang up like a mountain.

A wall of flames has arrived on the site of the central mansion.

The ‘highest level spirit’ that only one entity exists for each element.

No matter how extreme I tried, I couldn’t fully summon it… Part of it is possible.

The highest ranking fire spirit in history books, said to have completely burned down a large mountain range in the age of mythology. ‘Theorphis’.

Amidst the blazing flames, its head popped out through the court. The heat rising from an open mouth has the power to equally burn everything in the world.

The ‘Thunderbolt Millennial Tree Staff’ has the ability to realize all spirits regardless of affinity, even if it is a non-contracted spirit.

The highest level spirit ceremony ― ‘Fire Dragon’s protection’.

It was the power of cowardice, burning away all the ‘magic power’ in the area.