I Possessed a Character in an Academy Without a Protagonist – Chapter 73

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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Kwaaaaang…!

“Wow. Damn. That’s flashy.”

Light burst out from afar.

For a moment, I thought the sun had risen.

It was only a brief moment later that I realized it was the raging flames on the rocky mountain.

This crazy bastard…

Is he even human? He’s a siege weapon.

I don’t know what I was thinking in the past, giving such tremendous power to a mere supporting character like Ainz.

But now, he would no longer be a mere supporting character.

He had advanced from a third-rate villain with arrogance and inferiority to a hero.

If I saved him, he would surely become a useful comrade.

With that thought, I ran through the rough forest.

“Kroaar!”

“Oh, geez.”

The deeper I went into the forest, the larger the Fenrir became.

I didn’t have time to take them out one by one.

The only advantage was that the number of magical beasts had noticeably decreased now that I had come this deep.

“Cough…! Ugh. Damn it.”

The problem was that the rate of mana energy accumulation was also fast.

I hurriedly took out an antidote from my bag and gulped it down.

One bottle… should be enough.

I think I can reach the lake I’m aiming for.

“This is truly a famous sword!”

At first, I only swung it aiming for their vital points, but in fact, there was no need for that.

Even if I roughly aimed at the legs of the rushing beasts, didn’t they get sliced off like nothing?

Of course, it was partly thanks to the extremely fast speed at which they were charging, but it would still be impossible unless the cutting power was quite good.

That old woman, was she some famous blacksmith?

I didn’t remember leaving a blacksmith famous enough to leave a name in Whist Forest.

‘Well, I guess she’s an appropriately excellent blacksmith.’

Excellent, but not to the extent of influencing the main story.

But where did I find a blacksmith of this level?

I should remember it.

If I ever need to make a sword later, I’ll find her.

Whoosh…!

The raindrops fell little by little, and soon it turned into a downpour that made it hard to even keep my eyes open.

If it rained, it was good for me.

With this much water around, there would be no need to go all the way to the lake.

Ainz might be making a tearful face by now.

Because the fire had been completely extinguished.

This seemed to be enough.

“Go back, Ainz.”

I stopped there and stretched my arm up high.

There were a few things possible even with my mere 1000 mana.

Illumination magic was one of them.

If I poured out all 1000 mana, it was possible to shoot up a brightly shining flare for a short time.

But I was not just shooting it up.

I was shooting it up mixed with light and highly concentrated mana energy.

No matter how intelligent the magical beasts were, they couldn’t resist this combination.

No matter what they were doing, when they saw it, they would instinctively flock to it.

Like a cat’s gaze being drawn to a swaying feather.

Boom…!

The mana-laden flash soared into the sky with a thunderous sound and illuminating the darkness so that it could be seen from anywhere in Whist Forest.

No, this would be visible even from the village.

“It’s working like a charm.”

In an instant, everything around began to shake.

Was this the level of vibration that could occur when all the magical beasts gathered in one place?

I was about to do something that scholars who studied magical beasts would be sorry for.

Because their seeds would dry up.

“Damn it. So many are coming.”

As the magical beasts running from afar densely filled my field of vision, my teeth slowly began to chatter.

No, just getting trampled by them would kill me right away.

Although I couldn’t see well from a high place, it was clear that at least tens of thousands of magical beasts were rushing in.

It was natural since all the magical beasts in Whist Forest had gathered.

“That bastard Ainz. He should have left by now.”

I had no choice but to believe he had left the forest.

Because I couldn’t wait for him any longer.

‘Selection and Concentration. Use 5 seconds on Mana Resonance.’

As soon as I used the ability, I began to convert all the surrounding mana energy into mana.

The mana energy that melted blood vessels and destroyed internal organs in just a few seconds was no longer a deadly poison to me at this moment, but power itself.

In other words, this place full of high-concentration mana energy was the most optimal place for me to run wild.

I had been saving my ability for this moment.

To use Selection and Concentration for even one second longer.

To decompose as much mana energy into mana as possible.

Fortunately, there was no limit to the amount of mana and mana power stored in the body.

‘Convert mana to mana power.’

In an instant, the mana power flowing through my body exceeded the maximum of 1000 and easily surpassed 100,000.

It felt like power was overflowing from my body to the point of spilling out.

Because when mana power exceeds the maximum, it gradually decreases until it reaches the maximum again.

I had to start quickly before the loss became too large.

“Deploy technique…”

The magical beasts got entangled with each other, and soon, pushed by the force from behind, they came rushing in like a high wave.

It was literally a magical beast wave.

I closed my eyes and concentrated on the technique.

The attribute was electricity.

Reinforce it a bit so it can withstand the unprecedented amount of mana power that will be contained, and if you didn’t want to see the technique explode midway, it was better to make it as simple as possible.

The effect produced by executing the completed technique was electric discharge.

In other words, discharge.

“Discharge!”

As the technique interlocked, my hair began to stand on end.

My whole body glowed white and-

Kwa-zik-zik!

It spewed out white lightning in all directions.

The magical beasts that had approached right in front of me instantly turned bright red and burned black, turning into white ashes.

The lightning spread through the raindrops, drawing a radial spider web.

It must have fried the entirety of Whist Forest.

…If my calculations were wrong, it might have even reached the village.

“Cough…!”

“…”

I fell to my knees with a thud and took a deep breath.

In no time, the ground was filled with white and soft ashes.

Thinking that these were all the corpses of magical beasts made me want to vomit, but I held it back.

“I did it…”

I finally did it.

Protecting the village from the magical beast wave while ensuring the survival of Team 1, Ainz, and even the assistant.

I did it without that damn Hertlocker.

Seeing that I can do it too, maybe that bastard Hertlocker wasn’t so great after all.

Even if we had put a chimpanzee in his place, the story would have roughly rolled on.

No.

Without his fraudulently charming face that unconsciously attracted women, it might still be difficult.

“Kuk kuk…”

Unable to overcome the mana exhaustion, I collapsed and lay down.

Was this also the effect of exhaustion?

My whole body was too hot, and I felt sleepy.

“Cough…! This…”

No, it wasn’t.

Seeing the blood spurting from my mouth.

Damn it, was it mana energy addiction?

“The antidote is…”

It was empty.

I must really be an idiot.

I didn’t think about the way back.

Then what about the recovery potion?

That wouldn’t work either.

It would immediately restore my damaged body, but the accumulated mana energy inside would remain the same, so I would quickly break down again.

It was like pouring water into a bottomless pot.

“Ah, damn it… After doing everything well…”

I was just rejoicing that there were no casualties…

This idiot…

Making such a mistake at the very end.

Ah, if Vafe was going to reveal itself, wouldn’t it be now when I was about to die?

“That damn thing…”

Just in case, I raised my right hand, but Vafe was still nowhere to be seen.

This insolent bastard…

Not even showing its face when its owner was dying.

“Ugh…”

I crawled and crawled.

Towards the direction I had come from.

But before I could go far, the sensation in my arms and legs disappeared, and my whole body became unable to move.

Even my senses were gradually breaking down, and my vision was blurring.

Nevertheless, I moved.

No, actually, I wasn’t sure if I moved.

Because I couldn’t feel any sensation.

But I didn’t give up.

At some point, my vision was filled with bright light.

Ah.

Have I arrived?

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“Oh my god…”

Dozens of white lightning bolts struck a point in Whist Forest.

No, in fact, it was the opposite.

The lightning was soaring up from below and reaching the clouds.

For a moment, the entirety of Whist Forest was filled with bright light, and then it darkened again as if it had been a lie.

“What on earth is this…”

Sergei’s mouth gaped wide open.

It was a magic of a scale he had never seen in his life.

He had seen a flame spell that could blow away an entire castle, but he had never heard of a lightning spell that covered an entire forest.

He had never even thought it would be possible.

“It’s Ainz! Ainz is coming back!”

“Ainz!”

The students rushed out upon confirming the figure staggering out of the forest.

He already looked in poor physical condition, eroded by mana energy.

“Professor. Schlus… Schlus went into the forest a little while ago, right?”

“Uh… yes.”

“It’s him. He lured the magical beasts and self-destructed.”

“I understand, so drink the antidote first.”

Looking at Whist Forest, Sergei felt his heart sinking.

He wanted to go find Schlus right away, but the problem was that the place where the light burst out was too deep.

Even now, the mana energy concentration was thickening in real-time, and if he went in there, there was a very high probability that he would never come out due to the lack of antidote.

In fact, if he were alone, he would have entered without hesitation, but now there were students and residents to protect…

‘Damn it. You bastard Schlus.’

Thinking about it, it was also Schlus who had told him to protect the residents and students.

Then did he intend to sacrifice himself alone from the beginning, knowing it would turn out like this…?

No, that shouldn’t be.

There was no way he could have predicted this far.

Sergei clicked his tongue and shook his head.

“The fog is clearing!”

“Ugh. It’s too bright…”

Soon, the fog that had darkened the sky began to recede.

Judging by the fact that it had become much easier to breathe, the mana energy concentration seemed to have stabilized considerably.

They couldn’t waste any more time.

Sergei immediately led the guards and students who were in good condition to search.

“Schlus!”

“Schlus Hainkel!”

As the students moved forward calling out for Schlus, the look of horror never left their faces.

At first, the magical beasts had been electrocuted as if they had fainted became charred black and unrecognizable the deeper they went.

The trees were also burned or charred.

At the sight that clearly showed the power of the spell they had witnessed earlier, the students’ mouths wouldn’t close.

Meanwhile, the worst-case scenario came to Sergei’s mind.

The case where Schlus was nowhere to be found.

The case where he himself had been burned white and turned to ashes by his own magic.

In that case…

‘He wore a ring.’

The only thing left at the scene would be a single ring.

Sergei prepared himself mentally in advance.

As a former soldier, he was used to it, but he didn’t know how the other students would react.

Just as Sergei was getting impatient.

“We found him! Schlus!”

“What?!”

A bright voice was heard from somewhere.

Sergei and the students all flocked to one place.

There, Ainz was smiling brightly and lifting Schlus’ upper body, who had lost consciousness.

His clothes were charred black, but there were no major external injuries on his body.

Seeing his face looking very pale, Sergei felt his heart sinking.

“Ah, but his body is a bit cold. Someone use fire magic to light a bonfire! I used up all my mana…”

“Ainz. Move your hand for a moment.”

“Ah, yes. Professor.”

Sergei placed his hand on Schlus’ chest.

Sergei’s expression became troubled.

Next was his wrist, and then his neck.

Slowly removing his hand and standing up, Sergei closed his eyes tightly.

“Why, why, Professor? Why are you doing this?”

The agitated students.

Sergei couldn’t bring himself to lie to them.

“Schlus is…”

Calmly and composedly.

He had to deliver the cruel truth.

“Dead.”

That his heartbeat and pulse had all stopped.

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