Episode 45. Terror and Determination
Mid-December.
From today, the academy will go on vacation after a week of festivals.
Even if it was a festival, it was far from me.
Most of the guys who used to be active in clubs were opening a festival experience center or store exhibition that I had prepared so far, so I, who didn’t belong anywhere, just watched.
Not only the Faculty of Magic, but also the Faculty of Knights prepared various things, and because of this, events or happenings always occurred when playing characters from the Faculty of Knights.
‘The place where the terror takes place this time is a small stadium. End-of-year event tournament.’
Rodlen Academy originally held two tournaments.
Official Spring Tournament and End of Year Event Tournament.
However, in the case of the year-end tournament, it disappeared after the terror.
‘At least from the time I played the game, there hasn’t been a year-end tournament.’
It was an annual event, but I thought it was abolished after the terror attack.
The difference from the Spring Tournament is that the Spring Tournament has a strong sense of actual combat that is reflected in actual performance, while the Year-end Tournament is a traditional event in which only seniors participate.
Since it was an event tournament, participation was free only for seniors.
Generally, the students of the Faculty of Engineering accounted for the majority, and the students of the Faculty of Magic participated as if sprouted from a drought.
“mom! Look at that!”
“Wow, that’s really amazing. Shall we take a look?”
During the festival, people were crowded because the public was allowed to enter.
There are various reasons for prospective freshmen, students’ families, and those who just long for the academy, but the end of the year was always like this.
I reached the destination while avoiding the crowds.
The building was a small arena where event tournaments were held.
Unlike the Grand Arena in the Faculty of Engineering, it was a little smaller, but year-end event tournaments have always been held here.
“Yeah. There are quite a few participants in the Faculty of Magic this year, right?”
“I know. It’s good that we have more things to see.”
As I passed the chattering people and entered the building, I saw a place that sold snacks to eat while watching the tournament and a passageway to the spectators.
‘I can enter freely.’
Civilian access was allowed, so there were personnel everywhere to prevent accidents, but it was meaningless.
In the first place, the academy seemed to be confident that there was no one who dared to attack Rodlen Academy.
Even though it was attacked not long ago.
‘Damn you bastards.’
The empire was late.
That arrogance has already grown irreversibly.
‘Is that why I’m collecting sins?’
To open the world of gods and become a god directly.
That was all I could think of.
First, I decided to find Carlos Alven or Diene Alven.
As the festival lasted for a week, it was difficult to pinpoint the exact time of the attack.
If you’re next to Carlos, you’ll be able to stop it somehow.
It was then.
Coming out to the crowd, I was able to catch a clue that I never thought of.
‘Had?’
Hazal, who had fled from Volorik, was standing in the stands and looking around.
Around him, people who seemed to be students from the Faculty of Engineering were chattering happily, but he didn’t seem to care.
The main culprit of this terror is a fanatical cult of Zefar.
It had to have something to do with him being here.
I went straight towards him.
“Good. Are you all right?”
Everyone present stared at me as I suddenly appeared.
And Hazal hardened her complexion slightly and received my greeting.
“Alumnus Adrias. Long time no see. Fortunately, I got out of the warlock’s scheme safely.”
to get out.
On the subject of running away.
In the world, it was just a black magician and treated as missing, but only I knew the truth.
As soon as Hazal pretended to know me, the Knights Faculty students nearby said, ‘Ah, the wizard who defeated the warlock!’ I pretended to know.
And none of them showed any sign of doubting Hazard.
“I am very fortunate. Are you okay?”
“yes. As you can see, it’s fine. I’ve been recuperating for several months.”
After saying that, he said goodbye, saying he had business elsewhere.
The students of the Faculty of Engineering said goodbye to him even though they felt sorry for him.
‘The future has changed.’
I’m not sure yet, but if it weren’t for the Voloric incident, Hazal would be the villain the first playable character would be fighting.
If he took part in terrorism, the original future would be gone.
I saw Hazal heading somewhere and cautiously followed him.
He moved, carefully checking his surroundings as if someone was following him, but he seemed inexperienced to notice my tailing.
Hazal arrived at a festival store not far from the small stadium.
However, since it was so remote, there were not many people, and the signboard said Introduction to Swordsmanship, so no one paid any attention.
‘Zefar fanatics weren’t the only ones in the academy.’
Is it the hideout of fanatics?
When I entered the store just in case, a student there greeted me warmly.
“welcome. We are a shop that discusses swordsmanship.”
Discussing swordsmanship within the premises of the Faculty of Magic.
It was obvious that he did not like to receive guests.
More problematic than that was that the Hajal that had entered earlier was nowhere to be seen.
‘Is there another aisle in the store?’
I wanted to look around the inside of the store, but the opponent blocking my way was annoying.
Is this guy a fanatic too?
One of the scary things about the Zefar Church was here.
It’s an ideological problem, so it doesn’t show on the outside.
That’s why there must be a lot of fanatics that couldn’t be revealed in the game.
I thought for a moment and then asked.
“I think a student just came here. Where did he go?”
“yes? What do you mean? Didn’t anyone come?”
From the other person’s subtle reaction, it was possible to confirm that he was lying.
I immediately wrapped mana around my body and shot forward.
Perhaps it was an unexpected response and speed, he just stared at me blankly, then passed out after being struck in the jaw by the handle of my sword.
I hid the fainted guy somewhere out of sight and searched the surroundings.
Then, from the inside, I was able to find a passage that went down to the basement.
‘I have to finish it quietly by myself.’
Black magic could not be used.
It’s festival season now, so they must have placed warning magic everywhere to prevent any accidents.
The moment Nickel and Timur were summoned, it was obvious that they would notice the occurrence of black magic.
However, the only ones to be wary of in the Zefar Church are the executives.
There was no way a person with the level of an executive would be dangerously here, so he was confident even without black magic.
Going downstairs, there was a long dug tunnel.
I could see uniform traces of it being pierced by magic.
‘Did it lead to a small stadium?’
Are you going to explode and attack from below?
I couldn’t figure out how the actual terror was carried out, but at least it seemed like it was intended this time.
As I entered, I started to feel the presence little by little.
The tunnel was made in a straight line, so there was no cover, and I had no choice but to be caught by the time I started to see two people who looked like fanatics in the distance.
“Who are you?”
“How did you get in here?”
No questions and answers.
I immediately kicked off the ground and charged into them.
However, they were also formidable, so it was not difficult to block my sword.
“What are you doing bastard!”
“Aren’t you a wizard?”
It seems unexpected that I will wield a sword because I am wearing a robe.
But what can I do? I am a real wizard.
‘Greece.’
The opponent who slipped by the unexpected magic was decapitated by me.
“crazy!”
The one remaining saw his colleague dead and started to run inside.
But I wasn’t going to miss it.
I set up an earth shield in front of him to block the escape route and ran forward while flying a rock spear.
The opponent blocked the Rock Spear and tried to jump over the Earth Shield, but it was already overtaken by me.
Fuck!
“Aww!”
I slashed his back and stepped on the opponent’s body lying on the floor with my feet.
“Is it the Zefar Church?”
“This fuck! What are you doing bastard!”
Education is needed.
I immediately pierced the opponent’s shoulder with my sword.
“Keah!”
“Answer the question. Is it the Zefar Church?”
“that’s right! That’s right!”
“What is the purpose of this tunnel?”
“I don’t know. You fucking bastard!”
Poo-wook.
I killed the screaming opponent and brushed off the blood on the sword.
Anyway, if the Zefar Church is certain, there is nothing to know about its purpose.
just block it
‘The sound is loud, but it’s rather good.’
It’s time to disrupt the enemy’s work.
* * *
As soon as the day of the festival dawned, Vivian Velokan headed straight for the Faculty of Magic.
Having pondered over how many times she should visit Adrias, she decided to pluck up courage using the festival as an excuse.
‘Playing together at the festival… ….’
because it’s natural
After moving over to the Faculty of Magic in the morning, she started wandering the streets alone to find Adrias.
If you’re lucky enough to meet, it’s meant to be, or it’s just unavoidable.
While wandering around thinking positively, a small stadium caught my eye.
One of the most popular events at the festival was the year-end tournament.
In addition, since the location of the small arena was also the Faculty of Magic, there seemed to be a high probability that Adrias went to the small arena.
She immediately entered the arena and snooped around, finally finding the Adrias she was looking for.
‘But that… ….’
The man talking to Adrias was familiar.
Upon closer inspection, it was Hazard, who was said to have gone missing in Voloric.
‘You were alive.’
I found Adrias, but I couldn’t approach him easily.
Faced with him, I had no idea what kind of expression to make or what to say.
The thought of standing in front of him made my face heat up.
Just as he was thinking about it alone, he saw Hazal leaving and Adrias secretly following him.
‘What are you doing?’
I don’t know what kind of conversation they had, so they secretly chased after me, but for now, I thought I had to follow them, so I followed them carefully.
I don’t know what happened because I followed them quite far away, but the two gradually headed to a place where people were rare.
Then he saw Hazal enter a store, followed by Adrias, who had been waiting for a while.
It gave off a strange aura, but Vivian didn’t particularly care.
On the contrary, my heart raced because I thought maybe something might happen to help Adrias.
‘I have to return the favor.’
While fantasizing about it alone, she soon felt that quite a bit of time had passed and hurriedly entered the store, startled.
Feeling strange about the empty store, I looked around and found a passage that could go down underground.
‘Adrias!’
My heart raced when I imagined Adrias was in a dangerous situation.
Could it have been kidnapped? Are you being taken inside and being tortured?
All sorts of thoughts raced through Vivian’s head and she quickly descended underground.
When she went downstairs, she saw a long tunnel, and she went straight along it.
Then, in the space that looked like a small hollow in the distance, I felt someone fighting.
bang!
Someone jumped out with a roar, and Vivian’s complexion hardened when she saw the person jumped out.
“Adrias!”
* * *
The tunnel was deeper than I thought.
And finally the tunnel was over and a cavity was visible.
In the joint, not only Hazard, but also five or six zealots were installing things all over the walls.
You must have heard the sound of fighting outside, but you’re working really hard.
I aimed at the unwary enemies and fired a rock spear right away.
Chain fluid – purpuck!
“A rat is in!”
I felt something strange when I saw him rushing after one person died, but I swung the sword first.
Perhaps there were students from the Faculty of Knights, but their swordsmanship was sharp.
Obviously, if you look at swordsmanship alone, he’s a skill far above me.
But I had an assistant in my combat talent.
Awesome!
“Keah!”
The one whose wrist was cut screamed, and the other one died without a sound as his throat was pierced.
And Hazal, who was in a terrible relationship, was eventually stabbed in the stomach by me.
“What are you….”
As expected, the fanatics were a rabble.
As long as it is not an executive, all of them can be handled by my line… ….
Whiik.
The fighting talent felt alive and sent me a warning.
However, before my body could react, the enemy’s attack was fast and intense.
Kuang!
“Big.”
Blood flowed from the mouth.
It looked like his ribs were broken and his intestines were damaged.
I couldn’t even react to the overwhelming speed and power.
When I barely lifted my head while lying on the floor, a man who appeared to be one of the leaders of the Zefar Church was approaching me with a smile on his face.
‘Payat!’
I would never have thought there would be a Payat with a top-level fighting ability among Zefar’s executives.
This was unexpected.
He’s definitely the guy who only appears after the middle of the game scenario.
“oh. It’s just my kind of rat. You should play with me.”
Of all the many, many executives, Payatra is one of them.
Although his skills were not as good as the Auror Master, he was strong enough to be inferior to Ivy Claire.
A strong player that even my hidden cards, Nickel and Timur, cannot stop.
That’s how he gets closer and I’m preparing to summon the undead to buy some time.
Suddenly, someone appeared in front of me.
“oh. Who are you? 너도 저 쥐새끼랑 같이 온 년이니?”
“….”
Vivian?
How the hell did you even get here?
She blocked Payat’s way and only held the sword without answering.
Thank you for protecting me, but Vivian is no match for Payat.
‘For now, I bought time.’
Now I had to use that time to come up with a solution.
‘If you explode the bomb they planted… ….’
Obviously a lot of people will die.
Besides, Vivian would be in danger too.
But if I want to survive, inducing melee… ….
“I will protect Adrias.”
While he was in trouble, Vivian first started swinging his sword at the opponent.
Vivian, who showed much faster speed than I expected and excellent swordsmanship, engaged in a fierce battle with Payat.
Quagga River! Whiik!
At first glance, it was difficult, but Payat’s smiling expression was ominous.
And the ominous predictions came true, as always.
pop!
“Huh.”
Vivian was kicked hard and fell far away.
Soon, Payat gradually approached Vivian and grabbed her hair with his muscular arms.
“I hate pretty girls like you.”
Soon after, he showed signs of trying to kill Vivian.
I calmed down and realized that the time had come for me to make a decision.
‘Thanks to Vivian, it gave me time to organize my thoughts. Here’s the best I can use… ….’
Vivian must have come all the way here after me.
can’t let her die
‘Vivian.’
Looking at her blood-soaked face, I could see the face of young Vivian, who had been abused.
Then the memories of the month I had with her in the barrier passed by one after another.
I couldn’t bear to see someone die in order to protect me, especially Vivian.
Even if I burn everything… ….
[‘Pure Original Sin’ responds to the host’s call.]
[Do you want to use the special skill ‘Sloth’?]
