The Academy's Barbarian-Chapter 216
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5.
After repelling the attack of the monsters.
An emergency meeting was held at Flute's City Hall to assess the situation and discuss what to do..
A total of dozens of people attended the meeting..
Representative of magic engineers, Professor Melt.
Chief of Defense, Owen Hereith.
Here, the mayor and administrator of flute, and the president of plum academy. Most of them were composed of those who held important positions in the flute..
On the other hand, there were also a number of people who did not fit well with this position. Compared to the other attendees, the four men and women had very young faces..
It was Ulan's party..
“But who are they?”
“You look like a student…….”
“you're right. Arsene's cadets.”
As some of them were muttering puzzledly, Professor Melt jumped the ball. Then most of the attendees widened their eyes..
“what?”
“Hey, are you sane now??”
“Calling students from other countries when it is not enough to induce evacuation? If you do get hurt, will you be responsible??”
roarers.
I deserved it.
Arsene Academy is an educational institution where most of the nobles of the Ruben Empire and other countries belonged..
If there is an injured person, of course it will receive a strong protest from the country..
“stop all.”
At that time, a person appeared to dissuade the excited and shouting attendees..
Flute's Chief of Guards, Owen Hereith.
He looked directly at the attendees and told the truth in a calm voice..
“I was the one who invited the cadets to the meeting..”
“……what?”
“Are you? why?”
“Those here are the heroes who made a great contribution in this defense battle..”
In a calm tone, Owen explained in detail the performance of Ulan and his party in the defense battle..
That Ulan is the strongest of Masters. Furthermore, everything including the fact that Dillia is also an archmage.
“If it weren't for them, there would be many casualties, and maybe the city gates would have been breached..”
“Besides, since you said you would help me fight the beast, I decided it was right to accompany you to the meeting..”
Following Owen's explanation, Professor Melt also explained why he brought Ulan's party..
After a while, the dissatisfaction and criticism of the attendees disappeared in the blink of an eye..
It was a natural reaction.
The archmage and the strong of the master said they would help, but there was no reason to refuse.
“Hmmm! So let's get into the main topic.”
After all the uproar has gone.
Representatives who convened the meeting, Flute's mayor, briefly summarized the current situation..
For unknown reasons, a large number of monsters raided the northern border, and in the process, some of them broke through the defenses and reached Flute..
Here, with the help of Ulan's party, he managed to stop the monster, but after that, contact with the northern border was lost..
This was the current situation.
“ok, if so…….”
“It's probably safe to say that the northern border has been breached by the Witchbeast by now..”
“Then it's not the time to be like this!”
“Hurry up and get defensive..”
When the situation was over, opinions quickly gathered in one place. Fighting a defensive battle against the hordes of monsters that will soon come here.
The president of Flume Academy, who had been silently listening to the conversation, looked at Professor Melt..
“Professor Wirathim.”
“yes sir.”
“Can the magic barrier be activated??”
“We are currently in a state of readiness. We plan to operate as soon as a swarm of monsters is observed..”
In Flute, there are several magic barriers that have been set up in preparation for a bay..
However, since the amount of mana consumed to maintain the barrier is large, it is usually left inactive and activated only when necessary..
“Got it. I leave that up to you.”
After nodding once.
Then he asked Owen..
“Lord Hereith's garrison?”
“Significantly insufficient to counter the demons.”
“Even if you add conscripts?”
“Yes, even with the support of wizards, you cannot defeat the Beast in its current state. but…….”
“but?”
“If Arsene's cadets in the shelter cooperate, it will be worth fighting for..”
At Owen's sudden words, the president and others put on troubled faces..
It was because if the cadets who did not voluntarily were forcibly mobilized into battle, there was a high possibility that it would escalate into an international conflict in the future..
“Are the cadets here enough??”
“A master would be able to fight dozens of monsters alone.?”
“There's also a wizard.”
Master and Archmage.
Two powerful men who are treated as strategic weapons in the world are together in the defense battle, but is there a need to borrow the power of the cadets??
Then Professor Melt and Professor Owen shook their heads in denial..
“No matter how great a wizard you are, your magic power is never infinite..”
“Also, Masters are human beings like us after all. If you fight for a long time, your body will naturally get tired and feel tired..”
What they both said was the truth.
The meteor shower that can be used with the archmage's magical power was limited to three times, and even the master's body would get tired if he kept fighting..
There was just one thing I overlooked.
“Wrong.”
“……Eh?”
“i am not tired.”
That Ulan is a monster.
Through the imprint of Kazan obtained from the hero's ordeal and the numerous elixirs taken so far, Ulan's physical strength has exceeded the normal range..
and the result.
Ulan proudly revealed the truth.
“I've never fought until exhaustion.”
“…….”
Following Ulan, who did not think much of what was shocking, Dillia, who had been silent until now, took a step forward and opened her mouth..
“Ulan's, say, right.”
“that word……?”
“Other, cadets, even if you don't have it, it's okay. With me and Ulan, as long as there's a monster, I can, as much as I like, block it, because.”
A plain tone as if confessing the truth.
Professor Melt and Owen made embarrassed faces at the confident answers of the two..
“Big! All right.”
“Then, I will suspend the mobilization of Arsene's cadets and prepare for battle as it is..”
The magic barrier and troops are ready.
With this, the readiness is perfect. The mayor of the flute nodded his head with a serious face..
“nice Then, until reinforcements arrive from the capital, let's all work together to protect Flute from the monsters..”
After the measures are completed.
Just as the meeting was about to end.
“Excuse me.”
A clear voice bloomed like a flower.
A voice never heard during the meeting. People immediately looked away, and there was a black-haired girl with her hands raised..
“can i just say?”
The girl who has been silent all this time.
Noah Darshen's eyes twinkled as if there was something he had to point out. Then everyone tilted their heads.
“you……?”
“Oh, the introduction is late..”
Noah bowed his head, realizing that he hadn't said a word in this meeting..
“My name is Noah Darschen from Arsene Academy. He's a shaman from the same tribe as the uhlan here..”
After a polite introduction.
People focused on her again..
“yes, cadet noah.”
“What do you have to say?”
“During the defense battle earlier, I was disturbed by what the soldier from the northern border said..”
“what the soldier said?”
Noah nodded..
Three news from the soldier.
First, there are enemies other than demons.
Second, the fortress will soon be breached.
Third, you have to fight them before they reach the city to minimize damage..
I told people about this, but their response was lukewarm..
“Ah, if it was a report, we heard it too.”
“There's only one enemy other than the Witchbeast.”
“After all, it must mean that there are a lot of monsters that used to live in the eastern jungle..”
There's no way the monsters can move together with the humans, so if we were to identify candidates, there was only one thing left: monsters..
“Also, the third statement must have been simply based on the assumption that the castle gate would be breached..”
“Then they'll come into the city, and of course the damage will be great..”
I might take it that way.
However, this is a foolish idea. Noah shook his head and expressed a different opinion..
“no. I think a little different.”
“hmm? how is it different?”
“A soldier from the northern border reported this with the last bit of energy, bloodied and holding on to his mind..”
However, I don't think it was done to convey a fact that anyone would think of..
When Noah said that, the others also became agitated as if they realized the strangeness only then..
“oh, i heard…….”
“What you say is right.”
“But then, who the hell is the Witchbeast working with? And why should we give up the advantage of Mercury??”
Questions popping up everywhere.
Noah smiled and said.
“We need to find out from now on.”
This is a development that did not exist in the original story..
Noah, of course, must not know.
There are just a few clues to guess.
‘therefore…….’
First of all, I tried to lay enough ground rice and start reasoning step by step. But it didn't have to be.
“bo, report!”
“A messenger from the frontier has awakened!”
The person who suddenly opened the door and came in.
Because he gave the good news.
It was the news that a soldier from the northern border, holding all the truth, had awakened..
Noah let out a sigh of relief as he no longer had to deduce the enemy's identity. You'll hear the truth when he comes anyway.
some time after that.
smart!
With a rather weak knock, the conference room door burst open. The one who appeared next was a messenger wrapped in bandages all over his body..
“Greetings. I am Sergeant Luca Cedric, a magic swordsman belonging to the Northern Border Magic Battalion..”
Demon Swordsman).
These are troops that exist only in the kingdom of Endrark, and mean elites equipped with magic and martial arts of 2 stars or less at the same time..
After Luca's brief introduction.
Soon people started asking questions..
“I heard that there are enemies other than witches..”
“First of all can you tell me what it is?”
“Yes, absolutely. that…….”
The moment I was about to continue the report immediately.
Suddenly, Luca's pupils widened and his breathing quickened. Seeing that he recalled his memories, Professor Melt and Owen supported and calmed him down..
After a while, he barely recovered and soon revealed what his enemies were other than the Demon Beast..
“……I am undead.”
walking corpse, undead.
The moment they heard that word, Noah and Ulan's eyes narrowed. It was because I finally felt like all the scattered puzzles were coming together..
Abyssal magic felt in the Eastern Jungle.
The Lord of the Abyss who came out into the world.
The undead that appeared with the demon.
When all the clues are correlated, there is only one answer that can be drawn. Ulan and Noah muttered in small voices at the same time..
“Lord of the Undead.”
“He is the lord of the undead.”
The moment the identity of the enemy is revealed.
Ulan growled like an angry beast..
Like I want to go to the eastern jungle right now and fight him.
On the other hand, Noah's complexion was dark..
‘ugh! Even if you get caught, you're the lord of the undead.’
Now I understand why Luca said that the only way to win is to fight outside the city..
That's because if you fall under the immortality curse that it spreads, it will rot raw flesh in an instant and even contaminate the soul, turning the opponent into an undead..
‘And if bitten by the undead…….’
The curse also transfers.
In other words, it means that the number of undead increases exponentially, just like being bitten and infected by zombies..
It's the worst opponent to fight across the city.
If even one undead cursed with immortality enters the city, it will only be a matter of time before the curse spreads..
‘So when dealing with the Lord of the Undead, fighting with only a small elite is the correct answer..’
Also, a saint is absolutely necessary..
Of course, the curse of immortality cannot be lifted until the person who applied it is eliminated, but it is possible to stop the progress of the curse..
‘but now…….’
no laurea.
Around the time when Noah's complexion became even more despairing at this fact, the people who heard Luca's report reacted with absurdity..
“Tsk, that's nonsense..”
“you must have misunderstood.”
“The undead are cursed monsters commanded by the Desert Cult, do you know how far away the desert is from this place??”
This wasn't a stupid reaction..
For those who don't know the Lord of the Abyss, that's all they can guess. Then Luca pulled something out of her backpack..
“so i brought the proof.”
Crystal ball spinning in blue.
It is a magic tool and video recording device that is often used in Arsene Academy..
When magic was blown into it, the scenery recorded by the crystal ball spread out on the wall of the meeting room. At the same time, everyone's eyes widened..
“……!?”
surprise, bewilderment, astonishment, fear, etc..
There is only one reason why these emotions surged.
It was because the number of monsters that attacked the border exceeded hundreds, and reached thousands..
A hall full of heavy silence.
Of course I had to.
The monsters that attacked the flute earlier were so huge that they looked like new blood..
50page. everything is according to plan.
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