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50 – 50. Defense of Osoptera (2)

The center of the Levant Academy, which runs through the western city of Levant, is no longer quiet.

The stillness of the morning became louder than usual as evening approached.

Because between these wide buildings, human voices broke the silence.

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It was human voices and screams that filled the evenings at Lebrand Academy.

‘What the hell are those guys doing?’

As I expected, we should be able to defend ourselves smoothly here.

Although I hate it terribly, here, using that method, only Osopteras can easily organize it.

No matter how much Aris and Erica hate and despise me, they will make that much sense. No, people’s lives depend on it in the first place, but isn’t that natural?

And unlike back then, the number of avant-gardes is sufficient. But can you hear people screaming? It sounds like you’re about to lose.

‘f*ck… What happened!’

While swearing and wearing protective equipment, the sound of horses hooves can be heard from behind.

-Dagdak, dagdak.

“I found it, Junon!”

“Sylvia?”

There was a possibility that the current academy was surrounded by demons, and he is also an ordinary person with no experience in combat.

So I deliberately told Sylvia to come home a little late.

“I told you that there are monsters here, didn’t you hear?”

“I came knowingly. I’ll be able to help.”

“Haa, that one can’t be all there is. Besides, they’re not the monsters you only see in mock battles.”

Since most of the academy students only encounter witch beasts through mock battles, they are discouraged, saying that it would be okay if they actually appeared.

It’s not just for the arrogant nobles.

Even commoners have a tendency to take it easy, thinking that it would be okay since they had played a mock battle with the Talbrut Acro Witchbeast.

Then I meet the real witch and realize my foolishness. So, you should prevent that from happening in advance.

“No matter how much you raise the assimilation rate and have a mock battle, facing the main body is different. So run away now.”

I thought that if I said this, they would understand, but Sylvia did not back down.

“I know because I fought a giant kud rat in the first semester exam. I can do it.”

“That’s because it’s weakened! If they come in droves…!”

“Weakened…?”

For a moment, I felt sorry for him.

The Giant Kud Rat at the beginning of the semester was weakened by Mystellis. There is no way Sylvia knows that. You better excuse yourself the other way around.

“Anyway, the monsters you saw aren’t originally the ones that go one by one. I just said it because it’s dangerous if they attack you in groups. It’s not too late now, so go back quickly.”

Then Sylvia put on a sullen expression,

“I hate it.”

She again showed her stubborn refusal.

“I promise I won’t hold you back. So… Junon, can’t I?”

“…”

It wasn’t like the Sylvia I’d seen before.

From the evaluation at the end of the semester to the evaluation at the beginning of the semester and until today. There were many times when I listened to what I had to say.

For some reason, I listened to most of what I was saying, and there were times when I even said that I didn’t have to.

But she never said no.

She never once expressed her intention as now that she would come forward herself and that she would reject me.

That’s how she said she couldn’t back down from Sylvia’s point of view.

I couldn’t help it, so I tried to roll some Shinjanggu.

Actually, the conditions were fine. In fact, I already confirmed Sylvia’s skills when she caught her first beast, and I heard that she did well in team activities by catching a giant kud rat in the initial evaluation of the semester.

At that level, the chances of a major accident being very low.

“Okay. Instead, even if I’m in danger, I’m not allowed to act alone unless specifically instructed.”

“That’s…”

“It’s a life-and-death matter, Sylvia. That one impulsive action could put me in danger, or you could be attacked and isolated.”

“…Yeah. Okay. I’ll do as you say.”

I’m glad I didn’t insist.

I know you’re worried about me, but considering the number of them, this is a real beast battle that can’t be compared to mock battles.

Just because a few Osoptera leaked into the city, a significant number must have already arrived.

A group of humans who are not united can never defeat a group of monsters.

“Listen to me from now on, Sylvia.”

In the worst case, the academy might cross a river of no return just like that time with the invasion of these Osopteras.

***

“Uhaa- I’m dying, really.”

“What kind of beast are you at the academy. Does this make sense?”

This time, I found John and Noel, who were isolated somewhere. Although complaining, the two are learning at a good pace.

So, by making use of the memory of the evaluation at the beginning of the semester, I was able to persevere like this.

But at the two of them who fell and crawled on the ground, Junon fired cruel words.

“Get up. Staying like this won’t solve anything.”

“Hey… I’ve just dealt with four monsters, but I’ll rest a bit more…”

“I’ll rest more and then what will I do when all the Osoptera I’m blocking now come this way?”

Noel’s mouth shuts as he tries to confront the complaining John.

“I don’t have time. I have to join the students right now. Otherwise…”

“”Otherwise…?””

“If all of the remaining academy students are sliced like meat, they’ll be chewed up and eaten. Even if they run away, they won’t be able to escape much. Do you think humans can win against monsters in terms of endurance?”

-Gulp.

John and Noel’s neck belts rise and fall. They would have made sure that they were never in a position to fool around.

“Sir… Why do you keep getting caught up in this?”

“I thought it was strange during the evaluation at the beginning of the semester. I guess our salesperson is like this.”

Even so, in order to obey Junon’s words, he shakes his butt and grabs his weapon.

“So, what are we supposed to do?”

“I’ll do as you say. Junon, if it were you… You’d make our lives in order. Wouldn’t it?”

They had already seen Junon properly in the evaluation at the beginning of the semester, so they were ready to accept it this time as well.

Junon laughed at the reaction of the two and spit out again what he had asked Sylvia to do.

“”What?”

And jumped up.

“Junon, common sense? Does that make sense?”

“Yeah dude! I barely managed to get them all done, but the students at this academy couldn’t catch them!”

“Sorry, but it’s true. They seem to be fighting over there, but if we don’t step up, they’ll all die. Then we’ll be there.”

“No no no!!! That’s ahhhhh I know that. But then, what’s the difference with just four more people intervening!”

“Isn’t that what Noel said. If you intervene, you’ll die… You mean you have to get out as fast as they can while they’re wasting time?”

“But… You said you couldn’t run away. If you did, where would you go?”

“Is that so…?”

This is what I conveyed to Sylvia, but the academy students alone cannot stop those Osopteras.

She was like that even before returning, but that fact doesn’t change.

“Yes, it’s the same even if you run away. I’m sure you guys have experienced how well they run, right?”

Thanks to this, John and Noel recalled the jumping power of those who jump on their hind legs. In an instant, shadows form around the eyes of the two. It seems he doesn’t even want to think about it.

“So that’s it. When they jump up, they’re noticeably slower, so it’s possible to intercept that much and hold on while procrastinating.”

“To endure…”

“They’ll come. Reinforcements. So we just have to hold on.”

I figured out that the current situation didn’t go as expected, and all I can hope for is how to create aggro from them.

John and Noel frown as they cover their noses as they look at the buckets of glistening fluid.

“Ugh… So you want us to do this?”

“Ugh… The smell…”

Now that the plan is like this, it’s understandable that John and Noel are worried.

‘But you guys are better.’

Likewise, Sylvia frowned at the smelly liquid that stung her nostrils, but it was a completely different reaction from the two male students.

She has one thing in common that she faced the beast directly, but she has something Sylvia doesn’t have, both of them.

In the case of John and Noel, all she had to do was cover her nose, but Sylvia covered her nose and her mouth with her hands. This is a huge difference.

Thus, unlike Sylvia, I guessed that these two would be enough to create a gap from the monsters.

John and Noel begin preparations, and he begins informing Sylvia of her operation.

***

Beasts sometimes appear on the border of the Principality of Ardelion.

In fact, in a way, they are also living things, an individual that has adapted to the circulating ecosystem of Mother Nature.

Thus, it is common to see rice paddies, fields, and small ones appearing in places such as old waterways like Kud Rat.

However, no one would have known that such a large group would be watched by the academy, a key institution in the principality’s capital Lebrand, which is said to be the safest.

“Aris! The vanguard here…!”

“Senior Aris…! I can’t stand it any longer!”

“Aris-sama…!”

“Let’s take a turn… One more.”

Aris, who has experience at least, is gathering the remaining students and fighting back, but even this is not going well.

“Erika, this is fine, take care of the urgent ones first!”

“Okay!”

Erica hastily arrived at the alumni where Aris and the Witchbeast appeared for the first time, and it has already been over an hour since her resistance.

Considering the number of students, I thought it was worth dealing with.

An E-class monster called Osoptera. He’s not so threatening that even an average person can repel him if given a light weapon.

But the numbers were the problem.

No matter how much they are henchmen, if they go beyond a group and gather at the level of a group, it becomes quite burdensome.

If you are an experienced and competent team, you can defend easily by maintaining your formation, but it doesn’t seem easy to continue a continuous battle.

─Why are there so many!!!

─You fired something so strong earlier, does it make sense that there are so many left?

─This is all because you guys didn’t block it properly! Incompetent avant-garde bastards!

“Shut up and intercept one more. Is it time for us to fight each other?”

I don’t know how many times Aris has gone out like now.

Aris is also a stopgap, but she needs to maintain this system, so she cautions me many times, but they show no momentum to stop.

And then, things eventually break out.

“What are you guys doing… Where are you going in the middle of a battle?!”

─We’ve done everything, so let’s get out!

—That’s right, block the rest yourself!

Upon hearing her words, Aris almost rolled her eyes. What are they doing now?

“Are you crazy?!

As if they didn’t want to say any more, they forcibly broke through one side of the beast’s encirclement and fled.

And Erika was the only thing left from the waist of the human side, which had been emptied in an instant.

It was as if that stupidity had isolated only one person. Also, a healer who increases the duration of this battle the longest.

Thanks to their unruly behavior, the core of the formation has been exposed.

“Wait a minute! You guys…!”

“No!!!”

In an instant, about six Osoptera attacked Erika from all sides.

-Pain!

Aris hurriedly raises a lotus flower, followed immediately by an explosion.

With the acrid smell of burning, the crumbled corpses of Osopteras collide with the ground one by one and start to scatter.

However—.

“Aris…S…”

The only one has already touched Erica’s body and collapses.

The non-human blade that had pierced through the clothes had already pierced Erica’s stomach deeply.

“Sorry… Cool!”

The liquid that flowed back down the esophagus spewed out of Erica’s mouth.

A liquid of the same color as that that flows from the pierced stomach to the forelimbs of Osoptera.

It was blood.

“Buffer! Only one person who can afford it…”

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No, you can’t afford it.

The level of endurance is the limit. The East Gate could not be defended because no one could afford it.

Persist once. Slipping away again After holding out again, when they could not withstand the mass offensive, they retreated again using Donghana as cover.

“Aris, from this side…!”

“The front is about to be breached! Senpai!”

“The three support wizards have completely run out of mana!”

She

She asks me to give her directions here and there, she asks what to do but she can’t give her directions any more as she is.

‘Why are you so… Dizzy?’

That was the limit.

I don’t even have a voice worthy of command.

I tried to use her mana, but her body couldn’t move.

Mana drain.

The lotus flower that had been hastily bloomed to deal with the things that were attacking Erica earlier was the last one.

Aris’s body is already exhausted from the excessive use of her mana, and her eyes slowly close.

“Everyone, ────!!!”

In the darkness of her vision, Aris heard someone’s cry.

‘Is it support…?’

It was a human voice.

She didn’t hear all of them vividly, but she seems to have been told to take a certain posture.

It’s completely different from the arrangement that Aris ordered earlier, but he must be someone who knows the command system.

“─! ──!”

He is shouting something. As if there were clouds in his eyes, his vision was blurred and he couldn’t even see the outside properly.

Yes. Maybe it’s the reinforcements.

It is possible that troops who returned from defeating the beasts may have arrived.

Otherwise, who will take command here?

Something touches my hair. The body no longer has strength.

It felt like some unpleasant liquid was dampening my hair.

When I felt the fishy scent, I figured out the identity of the liquid.

Perhaps. Blossom. Erica’s.

I have to say first of all the serious injury of Erica, who was pierced through the body by Osoptera’s front leg.

I wanted to squeeze her strength and ask her to heal Erica, but Aris couldn’t lift a finger from her.

Aris eventually fell asleep as her hair rested completely on her heavy eyelids.

“I don’t have time. If you want to live, do as I’m told!”

She never heard his voice.