#302. The Vampire’s Shadow (4)
Kaisel sent the wounded who could no longer fight to the rear.
This was also to request reinforcements from Rudbout, who was waiting in the Magic Airship.
‘I wonder if Senior Tirp of the 3rd Division is okay.’
Tirp was assigned to the 3rd Division led by Dean Shainas.
It was advantageous for the undead because there were many radiant magicians deployed, but it was difficult to feel at ease considering the fighting power of Digor Trigger that they had faced earlier.
“Professor, if you just go through this passage, you’ll probably come to a wide open space.”
Kane spoke cautiously to Kaisel.
“Beyond that is probably the audience room where the head of the household and the executives are. I have never been in there, though.”
“I see.”
“So everyone will be guarding in front of it.”
The Trigger family’s final line of defense.
Now the fight to break through there will begin.
“… … .”
The professors and seniors around me also had nervous expressions.
If we’re not careful, we might have to fight a decisive battle with the Trigger family leaders with just the power we have here.
Everyone can’t help but be nervous.
“Eriol, just a moment.”
At that moment, Harut approached with his black hair fluttering.
“We’ll deal with the leftovers, so you should save your strength as much as possible.”
“Senior Harut… … .”
“The executive who showed up earlier was no ordinary guy. The one in charge must be even more incredible than that.”
Harut looked at me with cold eyes.
“If you have a secret weapon hidden away, use it in the fight against Gaju. Unlike Professor Kaisel, you don’t seem to be at the level to fight a long-term battle yet.”
Harut’s eye was sharp.
If he hadn’t been concerned about the condition of his hair, he would have been a capable player who would have competed for 1st and 2nd place with Gast in last year’s joint league.
“Don’t waste your energy on useless things. Professor Kaisel might need your help.”
“senior…….”
“Of all the wizards here now, you are the only one who can interfere with Professor Kaisel’s fight. Anyone else would only be a hindrance.”
After speaking in a cold voice, Harut swept back his hair.
“You’ve been fighting nonstop lately. You shouldn’t push yourself too hard.”
“Yes, thank you for your advice.”
“Huh, what about thanks?”
I was truly grateful, but Harut just scoffed.
“I’ve been busy and haven’t been able to properly serve you as a senior, but I think you should at least say this much.”
“Come to think of it, what did the third-year seniors do in the first semester?”
“Well… … .”
While we were having that conversation, we sensed a presence ahead.
“Professor Horizon.”
“Professor Kaisel! You’re safe!”
Horizon was waiting at the crossroads.
I was with the professors and teaching assistants assigned to Unit 1.
“It looks like there are quite a few casualties.”
“We suffered considerable casualties in the fight with the executives. We were able to repel them, though.”
“Was it by any chance a vampire?”
“Yeah, and you guys too?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“Tsk, I see.”
Horizon sighed, clicking her tongue.
“It seems like we’re the only ones who got here.”
“Is there any news from the 2nd and 3rd divisions?”
“Yeah, maybe it already happened.”
When I heard Horizon’s words, my heart sank.
There must have been Senior Tirp in the 3rd Division… … .
“Professor Kaiser, what do you think we should do?”
“For now, I think it’s right to keep moving forward. It would be faster to ask them directly what happened to the 2nd and 3rd divisions.”
“Hmm, I guess so.”
“It seems like the leadership is ahead of us. So let’s just… … .”
Kaisel paused.
I sensed something unusual at the front.
‘Gloomy waves… …!’
It was similar to the sound of Digor appearing earlier.
But the numbers were large.
I felt like… … there were three.
“You have made it this far, wizards of Ars Magna Academy.”
“… … !”
Masked men appeared.
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The number was again three, and I felt a strong energy coming from the man in the middle.
“I am Lionel Trigger, the number one member of the Trigger family. It is a pleasure to meet you.”
“Number one in the hierarchy… … !”
“On the right is Craig, number 2 in the line, and on the left is Aaron, number 5 in the line.”
After finishing their introductions, Lionel looked around.
“It seems like you guys took 3rd and 4th place. As expected, you guys are the best magicians in the world, Ars Magna Academy.”
“Lionel Trigger… … .”
Horizon said, glaring at Lionel.
“There must have been wizards who took a different route. What happened to them?”
“Don’t worry, Horizon.”
Lionel replied in a cool voice.
“Craig and Aaron here subdued them all, but no one took their lives.”
“You haven’t killed him yet?”
“Of course, after all your life force is drained in the extraction room, you will become weak and die.”
“… … !”
Does the extraction room mean a room where life force is extracted?
“Instead of sucking blood directly like a vampire, has the policy changed to sucking life force through a mechanical device?”
Kaisel glared at Lionel with cold eyes.
“As expected, your executives are vampires… … true ancestors.”
“I already knew that.”
Lionel took off his black mask.
On his forehead he had a third eye, just like Digor.
Craig and Aaron, who were next to them, also took off their masks, and they also had three eyes.
“Lord Lionel… … Then you have been deceiving us all along.”
“Don’t say that, Kane.”
As Kane opened his mouth, Lionel smiled and answered.
“Without us, the Trigger family would have declined like the Artian family, valuing tradition.”
“what…….”
“700 years ago, the Trigger family’s assassins were drug-addled fanatics.”
“A fanatic?”
“Didn’t you study properly? It should be written in history books that the Trigger family originated from a religious group.”
As Lionel said, the Trigger family began as a religious group.
They were very radical and employed a group of assassins to execute members of hostile sects.
Drug-addicted fanatics risked their lives on assassination missions, believing that if they succeeded in carrying out the assassination, they would go to heaven even if they were killed on the spot.
“At the time, the leaders of the Trigger family were developing a powerful drug to further enhance the capabilities of their low-level assassins. If they took the drug alone, they would gain the fighting power to kill any target with certainty.”
“Wait a minute. How could such a drug be used in such a time… … .”
“Of course, the side effects were severe. It was a drug developed with the idea that it wouldn’t matter if the patient’s heart stopped beating and died on the spot after completing the mission.”
“… … !”
“They thought that assassins were just disposable commodities.”
Lionel continued his explanation.
“We didn’t like that very much. After taking control of the leadership at the time, we changed all the policies. We reduced the use of drugs, strengthened psychological education… … and introduced magic to greatly improve assassination techniques. Yes, the blink magic ‘Blink’ was also developed by us.”
“Blink too… …!”
“It is all thanks to our ancestors that the Trigger family has survived without falling behind the times, Kane.”
Lionel continued speaking to Kane, who could not hide his shock.
“The reason you are still able to operate with some degree of free will is because the leadership of the Trigger family has changed. If the policy from back then had continued… … you would have been addicted to drugs long ago, sent on an assassination mission, and then died.”
“… … !”
“You should be thanking us, Kane.”
Kane trembled with his mouth shut.
He seemed shaken by Lionel’s remarks.
Looking at that sight… … I slowly opened my mouth.
“I don’t know why Kane should be grateful to you.”
“what?”
“You guys aren’t taking that policy out of respect for the human rights of the Trigger family, are you?”
I said, glaring at Lionel.
“Isn’t that why you did it that way? I think reforming it that way will help your plans more. Aren’t the low-level assassins of the Trigger family just tools to you?”
“… … .”
“You didn’t even ask the Trigger family for their opinion directly. Don’t justify what you did.”
After saying that, I turned my gaze to Kane.
“Kane, you need to come to your senses.”
“Eriol… … .”
“You are someone who has already disobeyed orders from your superiors and betrayed the Trigger family. I don’t know how they brainwashed you, but you can definitely overcome them.”
“… … !”
The Trigger family’s assassins were not subject to any torture or persuasion.
However, Cain betrayed the Trigger family and joined our side after being persuaded by me and Kaisel.
This is not because Cain’s will is weak, but because he possesses a free spirit that is not bound by the brainwashing education of the Trigger family.
I believed that Kane could escape their control.
“Eriol is right, you vampires.”
Horizon said, gritting his teeth.
“You were just cultivating the power to take over the world. Didn’t you pour your heart and soul into training assassins so that you could assassinate transcendent heroes like the Yeomcheon Sword Master or the Gwanghwi Sword Master before they appeared?”
“… … .”
“Huh, you can tell just by looking at the fact that you infiltrated Kane and targeted Professor Kaisel.”
Horizon raised her hand, glaring at the silent vampires.
“I have nothing more to say to you guys. After we defeat you all, we will rescue Professor Brunhart and Professor Shainas.”
“Will that be possible, Horizon?”
“Hey, don’t underestimate me.”
At that moment.
A fierce fire spell was unleashed from Horizon.
“I already noticed that you guys were hiding an ambush.”
“… … !”
Kwakwakwang!
Horizon’s flames covered the ceiling.
Then, the assassins hiding in the ceiling suddenly appeared.
“This must be their final defense line! Sweep them away with all your might!”
“Yes, Professor!”
At Horizon’s command, everyone began to attack.
Then Lionel, Craig, and Aaron also started moving, generating black energy.
“I will deal with you.”
“Kaiser Valencia, you… …!”
Kaisel stood against the three vampires without any fear.
Then Aaron raised his hands with an angry expression.
“A young wizard who hasn’t even lived a hundred years… … Kyaak!”
“joy……!”
A hellfire spear flying from the square struck Aaron.
Horizon casted her magic behind Kaisel.
“Don’t even think about dealing with it alone, Professor Kaisel!”
“I know, Professor.”
As the Academy’s troubleshooter, Kaisel has defeated numerous powerful enemies.
Horizon, the elemental wizard with the strongest firepower in the Academy.
The two department heads worked together to corner the three vampires.
‘Even if Craig and Aaron are like that, Lionel seems stronger than the other executives… … I wonder if that’s okay.’
I used my attack magic on the assassins while watching the battle between Kaisel and Horizon.
It’s right to conserve your strength as Harut advised… … but if it’s dangerous, you should go help.
‘Is the head of the Trigger family waiting alone out there?’
The situation is that even the top executives are listed here.
It doesn’t seem like there are any other powerful people left… …I wonder if Gaju is alone in the audience room over there.
“Eriol, think about complicated things later. For now, just support others.”
“Yes, Senior Harut.”
When I took Harut’s advice and tried to support my seniors in their fight against the assassins.
Suddenly, I felt a faint ripple behind me.
‘This is… …!’
The moment I stopped using the alcohol and turned my head in a hurry.
I made eye contact with a woman who appeared out of thin air.
“You managed to notice it. That’s great.”
“… … !”
She was a woman with a pale face.
She had long, jet-black hair and was wearing an equally jet-black dress.
The only color on her face were her two red eyes.
“As expected, you are… … a child worth talking to.”
Before I could even react, a cold hand reached out and wrapped itself around my face.
