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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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“Wow, they’re moving quite fast, aren’t they?”
The tiger-eared woman turned her neck and looked down at Elgrid’s security forces rushing towards them.
In the past, they were corrupt trash who could easily make backdoor deals, but after the royal inspector Heini Rosales caught their connection with a former pirate executive, they had been completely overhauled.
In fact, thanks to that, the Tudogs had completely cut ties with drug dealings in Elgrid.
“Horan, what should we do?”
At another Tudog’s question calling out to her, Horan stretched and pointed her chin at the approaching security forces.
“You guys handle them. I want to deal with that woman who looks like a maid.”
“Understood.”
“Charlie and Hare, come with me. I heard the dean and other professors are quite skilled in magic too.”
“Yep!”
“Understood.”
Charlie, a small-framed man who looked flippant, and Hare followed behind Horan.
However, leaving them behind, Horan arrived right in front of the academy dormitory with just a few leaps and grinned, pointing her finger at the maid.
“Come down, or should I go up?”
“……”
Straightening her burning clothes, Bertia leaped from the collapsed wall and stood in front of Horan.
“Hmm, it’s a shame you’re a bit injured.”
Worrying about the enemy’s condition was often used as a form of provocation, but it didn’t seem like Horan was using such a tactic.
She genuinely felt sorry for Bertia’s injuries.
Bertia, the former leader of the royal secret forces.
She had no choice but to retire after being injured during a mission, so her combat abilities were not as good as before, but her keen senses were still alive.
‘She’s strong.’
Even at her prime, she couldn’t guarantee victory against her.
The tiger-eared woman in front of her had that level of intimidating presence.
“Let’s start right away.”
Horan smiled and clenched her fist.
As the white bandages wrapped around her hand and the sleeves of her robe slipped down, her scarred wrists became prominent.
The type who became stronger by carving her own flesh.
Bertia raised her dagger with tension.
She had to buy as much time as possible here so that the princess could escape or hide.
Bertia was prepared to give her life, but unfortunately, the situation unfolded in the opposite of her wishes.
“How dare you try to sacrifice your life on your own!”
Her golden hair fluttering, Elise landed gracefully and joined the battle, holding her golden saber with a blade that looked like a twisted branch.
“Ah, Lady Elise!”
Bertia was startled, but Elise was already glaring at Horan.
“There’s no need for needless sacrifice. Doesn’t it all end once we kill the enemy?”
“But Lady Elise!”
Before she could shout anything, other girls landed beside Elise.
Hayun, the swordswoman from the East, and Sen, the former assassin.
“This is rather fortunate. Instead of chasing them, we have a chance to wipe them out at once.”
“Tudogs, you finally showed up.”
The two drew their weapons and aimed at Horan, and Horan also looked at them with interested eyes.
“Hmm, a swordswoman using a shortsword… and that artificial white hair, a Chokugen Faction member?”
“I’m a former Faction member.”
Sen clearly stated that she had completely left the Chokugen Faction now. If Daniel had seen it, he would have applauded her with tears of emotion.
“It’s not an organization you can leave just because you want to.”
Despite her words, Horan’s expression looked extremely satisfied. Like a big eater sitting at a table full of food.
“Anyone else? If there are more, come out quickly. I have a habit of eating delicious things together.”
“How arrogant.”
Elise smiled and activated the magic in the rings she was wearing. Numerous enhancement spells that even Daniel had acknowledged poured onto Elise.
“This is quite……”
Even Horan couldn’t help but be surprised this time.
She didn’t expect such level of magic to be engraved in the rings.
With Elise’s explosive growth, the top priority changed from Bertia to Elise.
But at that moment,
“Horan, this is a mission.”
A flippant and light voice.
Unlike Horan who had arrived at Aios Academy with her innate physical abilities, Charlie, who was a bit late, had a green light emanating from his sleeve.
His hands were hidden by the large robe he was wearing, but the ominous light drew everyone’s attention.
“Huh?”
All the support magic surrounding Elise’s body disappeared.
And it wasn’t just that.
The mana nearby began to disappear, and eventually, it became a situation where even simple magic couldn’t be used.
“Tsk, I wish it was a battle, not a mission. But I can’t ruin it because of my greed and disappoint the leader.”
Horan, who was lamenting the weakened Elise, hopped in place and charged forward.
“Let’s start!”
Bang!
“Ugh!”
Naturally, it was Bertia who blocked the path between Elise and Horan.
She was already in tatters from her original injuries and from blocking the fireball, and with just one hit, she was blown away, rolling on the ground.
“Bertia!”
“Don’t get distracted!”
Horan’s hand, which had been swung greatly, this time aimed at Elise right behind.
Elise hurriedly raised her sword, but with her current state, she couldn’t face Horan’s heavy blow head-on.
With an impact like a rock flying at her, Elise was sent flying and crashed into the academy wall. The wall collapsed, burying Elise underneath.
Two people taken out in an instant.
Hayun drew her sword and used ‘Baldo’ simultaneously, and Sen also attempted a surprise attack she had learned from the Chokugen Faction.
“It’s fast, but too light.”
Horan grinned as she caught the blades of the two with both hands.
But the girls’ turn didn’t end here.
A girl with short brown hair fluttering from the sky, her fist struck Horan’s head squarely.
It was a way of fighting befitting May from the back alleys, deliberately not showing herself, making the enemy let their guard down thinking the people in front of them were the end, and then launching a surprise attack.
“I told you, it’s light.”
Horan, who was hit, smiled instead and swung her hand.
It wasn’t some high-level martial arts technique or a master’s hidden skill.
A simple swing.
It was a simple blow using all her strength, but the impact wasn’t simple at all.
The three girls were sent flying, unable to withstand it.
It didn’t feel like they were facing a human.
A beast.
It was like a beast that hunted and tore apart its prey using only instinct and raw power.
At that moment, people came running from the academy. Hare, who was next to Charlie, pointed at the old man running at the front.
“That man is the dean.”
“Oh?”
“He’s a mage, right? It’s useless if he can’t use magic anyway.”
Charlie, who was waving his right hand emitting a green light hidden in his sleeve.
Thanks to that, the professors with knowledge in magic couldn’t do anything like mutes who had eaten honey, and only the professors who taught swordsmanship or practical skills came out with the security forces.
“These ones look a bit fun, though?”
It wasn’t that they didn’t have a chance to demonstrate their strength, but they were all professors at the prestigious Aios Academy.
Naturally, no matter how outstanding, their level and experience were higher than the female students, so they quickly pushed Horan back.
“Good! This is what a battle is!”
Surrounded by numerous professors and taking steps back, Horan laughed brightly and swung her hands.
For a moment, the professors couldn’t help but feel a chill.
Although they were pushing her, it felt like a tiger crouching and preparing to pounce.
“We can’t give her a chance!”
“If we give in even a little, she’ll break through!”
Noticing that, the professors moved even more intensely to not give her the slightest gap.
If a hole was made in the encirclement, it was clear that this woman would become a raging tiger and run wild.
“Kyaaaaah!”
From the sky of Elgrid, a woman’s scream echoed.
The scream was not only piercing but also eerie, making the professors hesitate for a moment, but it wasn’t magic or any special ability.
Simply fear.
The fear they felt towards the owner of the scream created a momentary gap.
“I broke through!”
The raging tiger instantly subdued three professors and broke through the encirclement.
Separate from Horan starting to run wild, in the night sky overlapping with the round moon, a girl with a huge tail, wings, and horns could be seen.
Diana McLean began indiscriminate destruction, flying around the sky of Elgrid.
“Ah! It’s over.”
And suddenly, standing next to Hare and Charlie was a man with a plain appearance. He stretched with a tired expression as if he had just woken up.
It was a simple action, but the atmosphere was overwhelmed just by his appearance.
“She’ll need to rampage for a while to calm down, so you can play around until then.”
Moreover, only the dean, the sole person here, could notice the depth of that man’s magic.
‘He uses short-distance warp so easily without any fluctuation of mana or signs of exhaustion.’
In addition, in this situation where no one could use magic, he was calmly using magic as if he belonged to a different world.
‘It’s dangerous.’
The dean felt an unparalleled sense of crisis and began to rack her brain to find a way to request support somehow.
“You can’t escape.”
An eerie girl’s voice echoed.
The black-haired girl, Rin, was looking down at everyone from the wide-open dormitory.
From her cleavage, black energy poured out ominously and began to soak the earth. Horan instinctively kept a distance.
“That seems a bit dangerous, doesn’t it?”
“Rin……”
Since they couldn’t use mana, it wasn’t magic.
Everyone had no choice but to be tense, looking at the unknown black energy. Especially Hare, who was startled to see her old friend changed so much.
Only the leader of the Tudogs was glaring at Rin with wide-open eyes.
And he uttered a word.
“Found you.”
Suddenly, the mana began to fluctuate.
In the current situation where no one could handle mana, only the leader of the Tudogs, who had become the sole ruler of mana, was trying to show off his power.
“The earliest apocalypse, I’ve been searching so hard for you.”
The leader began to float in the air.
At this moment, no one could move without his permission.
“I’ll tear you apart and kill you so that you can never use that cursed power again.”
His presence and pressure were strong enough to threaten not only Aios but the entire Elgrid.
But then, a blue flash struck down as if hitting the center of the city.
There, a male student, an elf, and an eccentric mage who used warp magic appeared, breaking the atmosphere.
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Ughh cliffhanger 🙁