Bellbroke Subjugation Battle (3)
― Kieeeeeek!
There is no business due to the quantity.
Velbroke’s monster summoning pattern was not originally designed to be destroyed.
After having my scales cut off and my skin torn by the sword saint Taily McLore… it is a struggling pattern to stop him from climbing up my body and stabbing my heart.
There is only one way to break this pattern.
It is not about eliminating all the monsters, but rather defeating the main body of Velbroke and sending back the summoned monsters as well.
In other words, defeating the flock of monsters does not mean we can see the end of this disaster.
In the end, this disaster will only end if you defeat Belbroke, who is dragging a huge chain high in the sky.
– Whaaaaaa!
The rising wind blade swept through the monsters on the road to the Trix Pavilion.
I frowned because the magic consumption was greater than I expected, but the first thing I had to do was clear the path.
The hill road leading to Trix Hall. As I continued along the road, cutting down all the gremlins that filled the area, my school uniform was already covered in dark red demon blood.
Still, there are no major wounds on my body. As long as there is no disruption in combat ability, everything can be recovered.
At the end of the low hill, I got off Merilda’s back and ran up the wooden stairs, and soon the Trix Building came into view.
[ …I guess something big happened here too? ]
Merilda, who returned to her human form and landed on the ground, left her thoughts after seeing the sight of the Trix Pavilion.
The Trix Building, which always stood tall here with a neat appearance, was half destroyed on the right side of the building and near the rooftop.
In addition, the area around the road leading to the lobby was already covered with demon blood and corpses.
No matter how many monsters there were, they would not have been able to break through the Trix building where the core personnel of Sylvania Academy were working together.
I walked quickly across the corpses and entered the huge glass door.
The huge lobby of the Trix building, which I have been to several times, is spread out directly on the first floor. However, it is a bit different from the usual hectic scene with many faculty members and visitors coming and going.
Broken glass was scattered everywhere, and broken chairs and furniture were rolling around on the floor, making the landscape look like a ruin.
Several faculty members were lying unconscious at the counter or on the seats, and some of them had already lost their lives due to severe bleeding.
When the monster tribe swept past me, I could not bear to run away. Even though the place was guarded by executives, it does not mean that there were no casualties. This is because the attack by the monster tribe was so sudden.
[It’s quiet. ]
“Ayla and Tailley must have gone to look for the Sage’s Seal, so they are likely to be on a higher floor.”
I saw signs of battle without stopping my fast pace.
No matter how you look at the huge traces of sword strikes embroidering the wall, they are traces of swordsmanship. Here, Tailly fought a battle with the monsters.
It’s strange. So where did all the faculty and staff go?
Isn’t it strange that not a single executive from the Trix building, which actually forms the leadership of this school, is visible? At best, you can only see a few corpses that were killed by monsters.
I just followed the stairs up to the upper floor. I went up to the second floor, ran across the hallway, then went back up to the third floor, ran around and looked around, but I could barely see any living humans.
Isn’t it strange that no one is in this building, the center of Sylvania Academy’s administration?
It was the moment I went up to the 4th floor.
– Boom!
I was finally able to find a human shape.
The 4th floor of Trix Building, where office and conference facilities are located. Among them, there was one person who kicked down the door from the main conference room.
His body was staggering, holding his side, as if he had already been seriously injured. If you look at the side that is being clenched tightly, the bleeding is already at a serious level.
Was it due to Velbroke’s magic or the monsters? I decided to run straight down the hallway and help the survivor. Because I had to ask what happened here and the circumstances.
“Whoa, whoa…what’s going on here, student? “In this… situation…”
The moment I saw it up close, I immediately recognized who the survivor was.
White hair neatly rolled back, wrinkles on the forehead that clearly show the passage of time, and nasolabial folds. The eyes look solemn but sharply raised.
It was Vice Principal Rachel Theislin.
“Vice Principal. “How did you get hurt like this?”
“Are you… Ed Rosstaylor, a third-year senior… Ugh…”
Vice Principal Rachel quickly recognized me by looking at my face and glanced back. As if he was being chased by something.
“The situation outside… Can you report what the situation outside is like now?”
“There’s no need to explain it too long. It’s just as you expected. “For now, we are holding on with students and some influential people.”
“Okay… First, go to the supplies room… Go to the supplies room right now…! We have to go there first…!”
Vice Principal Rachel quickly hurried my steps. Since I couldn’t be foolish and foolish, I walked as quickly as possible toward the supply room in the corner of the 4th floor while supporting Vice Principal Rachel.
The supply room itself isn’t that far away anyway.
“What’s going on in the Tricks building? “Students and external faculty and staff are in great confusion because no instructions have been given from the leadership.”
“We also immediately convened to the main conference room to establish an immediate course of action. But… in the middle of the meeting… he broke in…”
“You mean he broke in? “What do you mean?”
“Me too… it’s hard to believe it even after seeing it with my own eyes…”
Does this mean that even a monster tribe has invaded?
However, no matter how powerful a monster is, if it falls into the middle of a conference hall where executives and faculty members are gathered, it will be immediately and horribly killed.
This is because all of the executive teachers at Sylvania Academy are strong people who are considered to be the best.
Even if you raid a place where such people are gathered, it will be difficult to achieve any meaningful results.
“I got it all. Supreme Dean McDowell, Dean of the Combat Department, Stan, Dean of the Alchemy Department, Edelweiss, Senior Professor of Monster Ecology, Flavin, Senior Swordsmanship Instructor, Flown, Senior Professor of Elemental Science, Melina… I’ve been hit by everything and can’t move right now. Principal Obel was probably the first to…”
“Do you mean that Principal Obel was also… attacked?”
At that moment… a huge amount of magical energy erupted from the conference room I had escaped from.
The huge amount of magical energy coming from behind is not only great, but its type is also unique.
A huge amount of dark red magic power covers the surroundings. That’s not magical power that can be used to use ordinary magic. It was a special type of magical power called ‘aspect magical power’.
That amount is unusual.
Even Professor Glast, who is said to have reached the deepest depths of Aspect magic among the living, could not use Aspect magic of this concentration and amount. A much greater amount of Aspect magic power than that used with normal high-ranking magic… was about to cover the fourth floor hallway of the Trix Building.
Before I could react, Vice Principal Rachel, who was being supported by me, grabbed my arm and dragged me.
Then he opened the door to the supply room and pushed me inside.
I was momentarily taken aback by the sudden movement, but quickly regained my bearings and was about to ask Vice Principal Rachel something.
Vice Principal Rachel slammed the door to the supply room and imprinted a magic circle on the handle to lock the door.
Then, camouflage magic was added on top and the door was hidden in the form of a wall so that it could not be seen from the outside.
The supply room door has a small glass window so you can see the outside. Vice Principal Rachel can be seen concentrating her mind and gathering magical energy. However, the door to this supply room will not be visible from the outside.
At first, I thought they had locked me in this supply room. However, there is no reason or meaning to do so. Because if I put my mind to it, it would be no problem to break down a door like this.
However, after seeing the camouflage magic being used, I realized that was a wrong decision.
Vice Principal Rachel didn’t lock me in this supply room. It was hidden inside this supply room.
What are you hiding from?
“What on earth is this…”
“Shh…!”
There was even a passenger in the supply room.
As my eyes adapted to darkness in the dark corner of the supply room and the scenery inside came into view, I took a deep breath.
Among the dusty shelves and academic supplies… students wearing school uniforms were hiding here and there.
Are these students who were helping with administrative work at the Trix building? First, the faculty and staff evacuated the students to this supply room and hid them.
Roughly fifteen students were trembling with fear or crying. Among them, the student who raised his index finger and put it to my mouth and told me to be quiet… looks familiar.
“Ayla…!”
“We have to hide, Senior Ed!”
Saying that, Ayla dragged me by the arm to a corner.
In Ayla’s arms was a letter from a wise man who sang that he missed her so much. I don’t know what kind of adventure he went through, but he seemed to have succeeded in sneaking into the Trix Building amidst this chaos and somehow taking the Sage’s Seal.
And at the end of the corner of the supply room… Tailly, who I had been looking for so long, was sitting against the wall.
Yes, you were here.
The key to ending this whole situation. Sword Saint Taily McLore.
“Taylor McLaure.”
“Ed Ross Taylor… You… Why are you here…”
Tailley was leaning against the wall and out of breath… Even at first glance, he looked like he was seriously injured.
Did he get scars from joining the executives and fighting against the monsters? Ayla was nursing him next to him, frowning and clutching his wound.
“You’re hurt…”
This is not good.
It was such a big surprise that Taily, who was now going to have to cut out Belbroke’s heart, was seriously injured.
“A wound like this… is okay… just…”
– Bang!
At that time, another explosion was heard.
The sound of the explosion continued to echo throughout Aken Island due to Velbroke’s rampage earlier.
But this explosion was infinitely closer. The sound came from the same floor of the same building.
“Right now, there’s a monster in this Trix building. It’s different from the monster race… It’s really… a monster that can’t even be dealt with…”
“A monster?”
“Senior Ed.”
Before Taily could finish speaking, Ayla raised her head and called to me.
Then he spoke while holding up the wise man’s seal.
“I want to ask you something.”
Vice Principal Rachel is out of breath after finishing implementing the camouflage magic in front of the supply room.
After carefully checking the door to the supply room that had the camouflage spell on, Vice Principal Rachel slowly closed her eyes.
A monster slowly walks out of the conference room.
It is a beast that has the shape of a human but has no intelligence. The other person has no desire to communicate or explain any reason for his or her actions.
However, it is terribly strong.
Rachel prayed to God. I prayed and prayed that at least that monster wouldn’t notice the camouflage spell on the supply room door.
It happened so quickly.
From the sudden resurrection of Bellbroke to the collapse of Maxeth Bridge. High-ranking staff members quickly gathered in the conference room to decide on the school’s course of action in the midst of this unprecedented unprecedented event in Sylvania’s history.
However, a huge swarm of light appeared in the center of the conference room, and everyone was temporarily blinded by the sudden brightness.
And there was a human who rose from the bright light and gracefully landed in the center of the conference room.
The face is not visible. This is because he was wearing a robe covered in all sorts of brilliant designs. However, the robe is tattered here and there and has stains, so it feels like it has endured for a long time.
He is smaller than I expected and holds a huge wooden cane as big as his body diagonally.
Judging by the pale skin that is subtly visible under the robe hat and the slender hand holding the cane… she clearly has the appearance of a young girl.
The entire staff froze for a moment and were unable to react to the appearance of a girl who suddenly appeared like a fairy in the center of the conference room.
He chanted in such an elegant and graceful voice.
― ‘Oh my.’
It was a voice that sounded as if it had discovered a bug that needed to be eradicated.
― ‘There are so many ‘variables’ here.’
Listening to it made me feel a sense of fear of unknown origin.
The girl waved her hand once. It was a light gesture, as if shooing away mosquitoes.
Then, half of the executives sitting together shed blood. The speed was such that it was impossible to deal with it because there was no warning.
By the time I realized that curse magic had been cast, half of the core personnel had already become incapable of combat.
The girl stood up in the center of the conference room.
And the corners of the eyes that were exposed from the shadows looked hollow and empty.
Rachel, who made eye contact with the girl, could unconsciously feel it. Those are… the eyes of a ‘madman’.
It was the look in the eyes of a madman who had been buried in one place for a long time and whose mind had finally been eaten away.
Rachel jumped up from her seat and asked, “Who are you?”
― Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Belbroke’s scream, like scraping metal, tore through the skies of Aken Island once again.
After hearing that sound, the girl who appeared in the center of the conference room turned her head for a moment and looked at the window. There, a scene unfolds as if a disaster had arrived.
The roar of the Holy Spear Dragon splitting the sky, a group of monsters attacking the ground, dying people, a burning forest, collapsing academic buildings.
After seeing such a scene… the girl finally speaks up.
― Kahak.
– Kak Kak Kak Kak Kak Kak Kak! Kahahaha! Kahahahahaha!
A bizarre and goosebump-inducing laugh followed.
The sight of him moving his upper body in a bizarre way, as if he was bending his body and making a laughing sound… just looking at him gave me chills.
Rachel frowned and gathered her magic power.
It was at that moment that the other professors, who were still in good physical condition, stood up and tried to subdue the girl.
─If I closed my eyes for a moment and opened them, the sight of the conference room covered in blood was right in front of me.
The girl didn’t even spend 10 seconds destroying all the top professors in the empire.
*Ayla opens the last page of the Sage’s Seal.
And then he lifts the book and shows it to Ed.
There… unlike the neatly written contents of other books, there is a message written that seems to have been urgently added later.
The message on the last page, which appears to have been scrawled with a quill pen, is in Sylvania’s handwriting.
If there is any information you need, just add it to the contents of the book.
However, the text that was added to the last page as if it suddenly occurred to me in the future… seems to be a message to someone that has nothing to do with the contents of the book.
I don’t know why such a message was written down in the book and for whom to read.
From Ayla’s point of view, it was unclear whether there was a reason to write this in the wise man’s seal.
Because Ayla could not interpret the content of the letter itself.
However, it is unusual that Sylvania, who studies everything systematically and efficiently, wrote a hastily written message at the end of this book.
It may be related to this whole situation where Seong Chang-ryong is turning Aken Island upside down.
Therefore, Ayla feels like she is grasping at straws… and asks Ed in this urgent situation. Since he is a human who knows how to use aspect magic, I thought he might know something more.
Can you read this? When Ayla asked that question… Ed was speechless.
“This is…”
Sylvania Robester began her life as a linguist born into a family of translators.
Ancient runes, the language of the demi-humans, the common language of the empire, the northern language, the eastern continent language, and the tribal language… To her, language is nothing more than a process of re-establishing various patterned rules.
No matter how unfamiliar the language, she can master it in an instant with her extraordinary brain.
How far did she see when she reached the pinnacle of Aspect magic and twisted the providence of the world?
What kind of world was observed by increasing and increasing the amount of magical power?
The answer to that… was proven in language written with a quill pen on the back of this wise man’s seal.
“This is… Korean…”
“Yes?”
The Wise Man’s Seal is a legendary grimoire whose entire contents have not yet been fully deciphered.
So, even if there was this unexplained phrase added to the last page… no one could care less and passed by. This was because it was an unknown area where other text contents had not yet been interpreted.
I took the book from Ayla and read the words written in quill.
*You who survived.
I know better than anyone else your life of dealing with death and loneliness.
I am well aware of the dark past of pouring drinks with starlight as companions and averting our eyes from reality while picturing our departed comrades.
I know very well that my dogmatism will be difficult and painful for you at times.
Nevertheless, I have no choice but to bow my head and ask.
The deeper you reach into the mind-consuming aspect magic, the clearer it becomes.
Gradually, the madness that is coloring my heart whispers darkness to me more and more days.
Still, the reason I can’t let go of Aspect magic is because I can’t accept a future filled with endless darkness.
I believe that there is a future beyond the cliff that we cannot yet see.
We believe we can survive to the end and go beyond.
But what if I can’t hold on before I reach the end?
If you end up being consumed by madness and become a person who can no longer look to the future…
– Quang!
Through the supply room window, you can see Vice Principal Rachel falling from the magic of the Aspect. Vice Principal Rachel, who was bleeding profusely… soon collapsed.
And then a girl wearing a robe appears in the hallway.
White hair slowly falls between the shoulders of a girl wearing a robe hat.
In the portrait, her hair, which was always neatly tied back, has become loose and loose.
The corner of his mouth curls up near his blood-stained cheek as he lets out a bizarre laugh.
The eyes are so dull and insensitive that you get goosebumps when you look at them.
“When that time comes, please kill me. If it’s for you to survive.”
After reading the last line, I slowly turn my head and look toward the supply room window.
The girl standing there looked so identical to Merilda that it gave me goosebumps.
― Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Once again, the roar of the Seongchangryong split the sky above Aken Island.
The disaster that had arrived was still ongoing… but
its scale was very different from what I had experienced.
