How to Survive at the Academy Chapter 236

Subjugation of Velbroke (4)

I was expecting things not to go as planned.

That’s why he was able to make quick decisions and move even in such an urgent situation where Velbroke suddenly rose up and turned the island upside down.

Even this twisted flow, subtly different from the scenario of the < Failed Swordsman of Sylvania > I know… I’m used to it now.

So, once it moved.

Even when Jenika Failover gets eaten by Velosper a month sooner, even when Lortel Kecheln is in danger of being captured by Elte Kecheln, even if Lucy Meiril doesn’t go into darkness contrary to plan, Saint Clarice is corrupted. Even if you don’t have to, even when Creffin unleashes Mebula at Ross Taylor’s estate unexpectedly…

At that time, depending on the situation at that time, I managed to survive somehow by doing the best coping.

However, the reason why I was able to cope with the crisis every time… In the end, the enemy’s existence did not change.

It was because I was able to clearly know who I had to defeat, I knew the means to subdue them, and I was able to organize what I had to prepare for in the end.

However, the figure of the opponent revealed through the window of the supply room… is an existence that transcends all such rules.

Great Sage Sylvania Robester.

He is said to be the greatest genius in human history, left behind many magical research records and achievements, and is the one who founded this Sylvania Academy, as well as a master of Aspect Magic.

And… a person from the distant past.

She is a person who shouldn’t exist in the present.

According to the setting of <Sylvania’s Fallen Swordsman>, he is a wizard who appears as a person from a past era where the magic realm was not as developed as it is now.

And… he is also the one who has maintained the sealing magic of Velbrok, which is sealed in the deep sea of ​​Aken Island.

I checked the words scrawled with a quill pen on the seal of the wise man once again. The hastily scribbled tee is clearly visible, but I was able to confirm the fact that this message was directed to me, not to anyone else.

Sylvania Robester was conscious of being a human being.

Not only that… I swear that it was Sylvania Robester himself who called me into this world.

However, what is the reason why he bothered to leave a message on this sage’s seal?

If he had summoned me personally, wouldn’t it be fine to appear in front of me and explain all the circumstances?

“Didn’t you… find me…?”

There are few possibilities that come to mind.

“Or… a major change has taken place around you… for example…”

The view of Sylvania through the furnishings room window.

Against the background of cracked and cracked hallway windows, the sight of her wearing a robe full of colorful patterns and letting her hair down.

Outside the window, an end-of-the-century scene unfolds, with Velbroke rampaging and Lucy’s high-ranking magic exploding.

Against the backdrop of that scenery, Sylvania let out a grotesque laugh.

Even if you look at it, it was very different from the oral tradition of the great sage Sylvania.

Seeing her giggling in a fit of madness… Vice Principal Rachel, pinned against the wall, widened her eyes.

Only then, the identity of this girl who broke into the Trix building out of nowhere and subdued all the core personnel of the bachelor’s school… began to be predicted.

It’s not easy to know just by looking at it.

It’s because he’s changed a lot from what has been handed down, and he’s a person from the distant past in the first place. It is too unreasonable to ask to recognize such a person right away.

“you are…”

In her fading spirit, Rachel tried to say something, but at that moment, darkness covered Sylvania’s expression.

Unlike just before, when he was giggling and laughing, the great sage spits out words with an expressionless face that gives goosebumps.

“You’ve been through a lot.”

A voice devoid of laughter. The temperature difference made Rachel feel her goose bumps.

“Now rest.”

That’s how the lieutenant’s freezing magic, ‘Ice Spear’, was pierced into Rachel’s heart.

In fact, it was the death of the one who had to control the whole situation as the final decision maker of the Sylvania Academy.

There was only silence in the hallway.

Only the occasional roar of Velbroke, the sound of battle echoing throughout the school building, and the sound of the magic circle continuously pouring out of monsters were spreading.

Sylvania, who let out a few moments of mad laughter in the middle of the hallway, soon stopped laughing and turned her face again.

Then, slowly look around. Do you think that the Trix building has not been completely organized yet?

All the students trapped in the supply room are holding their breath.

The student, tucked under the organizing rack, covered in dust, squeezed his mouth shut and somehow suppressed a groan of terror.

Taylor, who was leaning against the wall in the corner, somehow held back the rising pain and pressed the wound. Ayla also clung to Taylor’s side, swallowing her dry saliva.

Other students from the combat department and pension department also hid here and there and watched Sylvania through the window of the furnishings room.

Sylvania… walks slowly across the corridor.

I stare out the window, then turn my head around to look at the door to the supply room.

Thanks to the last camouflage magic implemented by Vice Principal Rachel, it will look like a normal wall.

However… Sylvania Robester is a person who has reached an enormous level in the field of magic that no other historical figures can compare.

He lowered his head, then twisted himself up again and walked toward the door to the supply room.

Then, as if staggering, he came to the door of the supply room and banged his head against the glass window.

As the cold touch unique to glass rises on her forehead, the corners of Sylvania’s mouth rise to the point of goosebumps.

The eyes visible through the scattered hair, the light in those eyes, the thready veins protruding from them.

The great sage of madness, who makes you think of death just by looking at it, smiles and looks at the wall and talks.

“——What is here?”

“Everybody get down!!!”

– Boom!!

Before Sylvania could take any action, I first raised my mana and poured the medium-level magic ‘One Point Explosion’ towards the entrance.

Because it was so close-range magic, there was an aftermath of other students getting involved, but I didn’t have time to worry about that. If you stay still, you will surely die.

“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!”

Isla covered her head and screamed, and Taily hugged Isla by the shoulders.

All the other students took a defensive posture and prepared to be caught in the explosion, but the aftermath of the explosion did not spread.

– Hwaaaaagh!

The explosion I manifested was instantly entangled in Aspect Magic and disappeared. It literally disappeared, as if it had been sucked into a black hole.

High Aspect Magic ‘Disappear’.

Magic that turns existence itself into something that didn’t exist in the world, whatever it is that contains magical power.

The characteristics of Ascension Magic are that there is no compatibility, it is impossible to deal with it, and there is virtually no way to neutralize its power.

According to the laws of the world, this huge heat and explosion should blow the entire surroundings away, but my power, which was consumed by the magic of Sylvania’s Aspect, had no effect.

However, it definitely exploded around the door. In other words, it provided an entrance for Sylvania to enter. He must have broken it with his own magic anyway.

“Here it is.”

The students who were hiding in the furnishings room all took a breath and took a step back.

“You guys…you’re kids who have anything to hide from that cunning fox. Just in case… let’s remove the ‘variable’, let’s get rid of it.”

The amount of mana fluctuating around Sylvania is already at an unusual level.

Are the corners of the mouth rising up and down, feeling at least some ecstasy or irrational emotion?

Before Sylvania could take any other action, I quickly gathered my mana and realized ‘Single Point Explosion’ again.

However, this time the magical energy was directed to the inner wall on the other side.

-Quaang!!!

When the opposite direction was destroyed, a huge passageway leading to the outside was opened. Her collar fluttered in an instant at the rushing draft.

“Everyone jump down!!”

I yelled at the students and picked up the most dusty taily by the collar. Taily frowned at the pain coming from his wound, but I didn’t care and threw him through the hole in the outer wall.

4 stories high It’s a height that wouldn’t be strange even if he was seriously injured, but I implemented wind magic and somehow landed Taily.

The students who saw the scene screamed and jumped all at once.

The fear of death makes people hesitate. It’s not easy to jump from the height of the 4th floor, but the horror of Sylvania that is right in front of me is much more terrifying.

The students who jumped down while implementing wind magic each rolled on the floor several times and were injured, but their lives were not affected.

“…”

Of course, Sylvania did not stay still until all the students escaped. Just by swinging his arm, waves of magical energy filled the entire supply room.

Protecting Ayla, who had not yet escaped, I jumped down through the hole in the outer wall.

– Kwaaang!!!!!!

A huge explosion exploded around the furnishings room that everyone had been in just before.

In fact, the time it took for Sylvania to manifest its magic was less than one second.

However, it is too powerful to be a magic that only took that much time to manifest.

The entire fourth floor of the Trix building exploded. After a huge explosion covered the area once more, the wreckage of the exploded building poured down into the front yard of the Trix building.

– Bang! Kwakwang!

“Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

A few students suffered serious injuries from hitting the rubble, but most managed to evade or block them somehow.

Then, they spread out in their own way in the front yard of the Trix building, looking up at the disaster that has arrived.

Broken Trix Coffin.

Numerous remains floating in the air, caught up in Sylvania’s magical power.

Numerous magic circles were embroidered in the sky. Most of them were Velbrok’s magic circles where monsters were popping out.

Standing on the 4th floor of the Trix Building, which is no different from the rooftop, while the sound of battles and explosions spread throughout the school building… Sylvania looks down at the world.

*”Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”

“help me…! I don’t want to die! I don’t want to die…!”

“Run away! Everyone run away! If you stay here, everyone will die!”

All the students who ran out of the supply room ran down the hill. Some ran at full speed, while the injured tried to get out of here somehow while limping.

Even if you run away with an injury, if you run into a monster, you will die. Rather than running away in different directions in a panic, we should run together as a group to increase the chances of survival.

I wanted to let you know, but I couldn’t because the situation was so confusing.

In the end, the students couldn’t come to their senses and all ran in different directions.

“Kuh, keuh…! I-that’s…!”

Taily stood up from his seat, clenching his wound, and looked up at the Trix pipe.

You can tell by pretending not to be an idiot.

That… is not an opponent you can beat. It’s something you have to run away from.

But Taily McLore drew his sword. Even if it is full of scars, it tries to stand up to the opponent even if it raises its trembling body.

In the first place, that boy had no option of running away. No matter what kind of trials come, you can only bring out all your strength and face them.

There is a paper difference between courage and tenacity. It’s not my business that someone else gets killed because of that, but I had to keep at least Taylor alive.

I drew out all the mana from my body and summoned Merilda once more. Summons of high-ranking spirits, which consume a lot of mana every once in a while, start to put a strain on the body, but it wasn’t the time to think about that.

– Whoaaaaaaagh!

However, even though I raised my magic power, I don’t feel like Merylda accepts it at all.

I furrowed my brow and looked at Merilda’s hard-to-realize appearance.

It doesn’t even have the shape of a wolf. As always, in the form of a human with his white hair neatly tidied up and pushed back… he is looking up at the Trix building.

“Hey, it’s Meryl!”

I quickly got up and ran to Merilda. He held the human form Merilda’s shoulders tightly and spoke while making eye contact with her.

“Get your mind right! If you lose your guard even for a moment, you will die!”

[Uh, yeah… but… that’s…]

He knew that Merilda and Sylvania were special close friends. No matter how long I have lived, I am a spirit who behaves leisurely in everything and contemplates everything… but after this situation, I am embarrassed.

However, it is a waste of time to waste panicking.

“Listen, Meryl. Do you see that… staying sane?”

I pressed Merilda’s shoulders tightly and calmed her down while breathing.

Then he looked up and looked at the Trix building. Watching the students running away… he twists his lips and smiles.

If you try to run away in such a state of confusion, you will only be killed by encountering monsters.

Some students who try to fight without running away are also students of a level that they cannot even compete with.

[I want to share a story. ]

Eventually, in a more calm tone, Merylda finally spoke out.

[What happened… you don’t have to hear…]

Merilda’s words themselves have some truth.

At least, Merilda had no acquaintance with that maddened wizard. There is a possibility that the situation can improve even a little if there is something to be said about Merilda.

However, even in this situation, Sylvania, who is on the roof of the Trix Building… doesn’t seem to recognize Merilda.

It is said that they were such special close friends, but no matter how different they are, there is no way that they have not felt Merilda’s magical power.

An ominous feeling flows.

I frowned again and pressed Merilda’s shoulder as I spoke.

“If you move hastily, you will be killed in one blow. If you pretend to be an opponent with that level of ability, you can tell.”

Aside from whether or not he could recognize Merilda, he had to maintain a state of being able to deal with sudden movements.

Merilda made eye contact with me for a moment, then closed and opened it gently and nodded. It’s not that she doesn’t understand Merilda’s psychology, but she was in an emergency now.

The great sage, Sylvania, lifts up the huge staff.

The flow of magical power springing up toward the sky covers the sky above Aken Island. I don’t know what to do next. There is no prior information, and the principles of action cannot be inferred at all.

One thing is for sure, you can’t leave it alone.

“Run away.”

I rolled up my arms and bent my wrists a few times. I don’t think it’s to the extent that it puts strain on the body yet.

Taily drew her sword and looked at me wide-eyed.

“I beg your pardon…?”

“That’s what I’m going to do no matter how I drag my time, so first go down to Gakhang-dong and find a way to solve the dragon in the sky. Gather all your colleagues and find a way.”

“That… that wizard… what… are you going to do…? Is there a way?”

“There is no way that immediately comes to mind.”

It is not an opponent that can be defeated alone.

I’m not sure if I’ll be able to deal with it even if I gather all my strength in this island of Aken as much as possible.

However, one thing is for sure, anything is possible only if Taily subdues Valveroke.

What is truly fortunate… is that Valveroke has not completely escaped the seal yet.

I don’t know how Velbroke is still struggling to break the seal when Sylvania is running amok like that, but… I don’t know if I can do something about it now.

Taily has the power of a swordsman that can cut through the heart of Valveroke.

At least if my calculations are correct… I can cut the heart of Valveroke with just my specs at this point.

It’s just difficult to reach the heart of Valveroke by destroying countless patterns. If the seal has not yet been completely released, it can be done somehow.

In the meantime, I will solve Sylvania somehow.

how? If you ask me, of course I don’t know how.

From here, all the stages I know are over.

All the journeys recorded in <The Fallen Swordsman of Sylvania> conclude with this subjugation of Bellbrook.

I don’t know what happened after that. I don’t know why the great sage, Sylvania, has descended here. This is an unknown territory where nothing is known.

—Actually, it is strange to know.

As with most things in life… Life is full of unknown territory.

Living at this Sylvania Academy, knowing all the affairs that would have happened in the first place, grasping in advance a lot of information that ordinary people could not know… The time to somehow endure with that information advantage is now over.

The crisis I am facing must be resolved with my own strength and ability. No matter how thick the wall is… You have to break through to survive.

Originally, life is a series of struggles against the unknown.

For the past few years, we have become accustomed to life in which we have known and dealt with all future trends, so we must not forget its essence.

“Find as many of your party as possible and go subjugate Velbroke.”

“Ed Rosteylor…”

Taily let go of her sword for a moment, looked at me with her arms folded, and then spoke.

“No. This… is not something you can handle alone. I only had a bad relationship with you, but still… it’s not like that.”

“Don’t talk too long and go. I don’t have time to say it many times.”

Of course, the ordeal swordsman, Taily McLore, would not leave this situation alone and run away.

That’s why… I didn’t look at him, but at Ayla.

I explained most of the situation to Ayla. As I glared at him, Isla closed and opened his eyes, then grabbed Taily’s arm and dragged him.

“Taily! We have to go to Haksa-dong right now!”

“Ah, Isla..!”

“hurry! The only person who can stand up to Velbroke is you…!”

“Anyway, are you going to leave me alone to deal with a monster like that? Even if it’s an enemy, I can’t let it die!”

“I’m not letting you die, Taylor!”

Ayla grabbed Taylor’s collar and pulled it.

“Senior Ed is also struggling to survive! You need to know that!”

“what…?”

“Don’t talk… I have to go quickly! I don’t have much time!”

When Isla tried to pull Taylor that far, Taily looked back and forth between me and Isla. No matter how ill-informed a human being is, I can understand Taylor’s character who cannot run away from being told to die.

However, now they are in a situation where they have to run away. He is a person who needs to heal his wounds, reorganize, and go to subjugate Velbroke.

The desire to meddle in the process was like a chimney, but for now, it should be meaningful to send it out alive.

Magical power radiates from the whole body.

As I took out all the magical engineering supplies I had, I waved my hand at Taily a few times as if to drive him away, and I stopped paying attention.

“…”

Taily looked at me incomprehension, then gritted her teeth and ran down the road.

Ayla also bowed her head and ran toward the faculty building with Taily leading her.

One thing’s for sure… once Ayla is attached, at least Taylor won’t get lost. That’s the comforting part.

I put my palms on my face, washed my face dry, and exhaled deeply. Then, he brushed his bangs up, tightened his forehead, and looked up at the Trix pipe.

Was it impressive to see everyone running away and glaring at him without losing the will to fight alone?

The great sage, Sylvania, lowers her staff and raises a huge amount of magic power.

The chances of winning were infinitely close to zero.

Even so, I stood upright with both legs firmly planted on the ground.

Because you have to fight.

The reason was enough.