All-Master Player Of The Academy [EN]: Chapter 274

137. Not Leaving You Alone – 2

Normally, dormitories are closed during vacation.

But this time, it was different.

*Was it because Rowena used her influence?*

Ian glanced at the dormitory, which was open despite the vacation, and quickly turned his head.

Danju was standing in the dormitory garden, holding a sword.

“Slow.”

His sword flashed like light.

Blanche, barely managing to block it, staggered back. Danju quickly rushed in and kneed him in the side.

“Ugh!”

“Your spear is slow for the son of Killord. No, beyond that, you learned from Ian, and this is all you’ve got? How are you going to help that guy with that?”

“Tch!! I haven’t even shown half of my skills yet?!”

Even though he was hit hard in the side and it must have hurt.

Blanche gritted his teeth, enduring the pain, and thrust his spear.

Danju, dodging it, spun around and struck him in the head with the hilt of his sword.

Blanche rolled on the ground from the head-splitting impact, and Danju quickly pursued him.

Blanche gritted his teeth and endured, facing Danju.

Ian, watching them, turned his eyes elsewhere.

“Do you think you can handle magic with that level of skill?”

On the other side, the Magic Photography team was training.

Hairal, who had come because of the Titan modification and got caught, was teaching magic to Haryun, Oerina, Wildy, and Grajin.

“Tch!! Energy Bolt!!”

It was a simple Energy Bolt, but it was strengthened thanks to the enhancement method learned from Ian.

Hairal snorted at the magical bullet created by Oerina, with multiple magic circles overlapping.

“Hmph.”

At that moment, the flying bullet disappeared.

It was an advanced technique of erasing magic with magic.

Grajin bit her lip as she watched her perfectly replicate the technique that Ian could use.

“Earthquake!!”

Meanwhile, Grajin, who had completed her spell, held out her staff.

A powerful 6-circle magic unfolded.

Hairal, glancing at the cracking ground, slammed her staff down.

Then, the shaking ground stopped.

“What?!”

“Fire Storm!!”

At that moment, dozens of sparks enveloped Hairal’s body, and a huge explosion occurred.

When Haryun, who had used magic, smiled with satisfaction.

“Ugh……?”

A huge pressure was felt in the air.

It was Gravity.

Hairal, who had already flown into the sky and dodged the magic, said in a cold tone.

“Enhancing magic is good. But if the casting speed is slow, anyone can dodge it.”

“Ugh…….”

“Thunder Storm!!”

As Wildy’s staff was pointed at the sky, dozens of lightning bolts fell on Hairal.

However, Hairal blocked it with a simple shield and attacked Wildy as well.

The four mages were completely defeated by Hairal.

Nevertheless, they were getting up without giving up.

Ian turned his eyes away from them and looked at the others.

All the students remaining in the academy were training harder than usual.

“What are you looking at so intently?”

Perhaps sensing Ian’s gaze?

Aranse, covered in sweat, approached and chuckled.

He, too, had been sparring with other strong individuals.

“I heard you were going to meet the Sword Saint. Aren’t you going?”

“I’m going later. Why? Do you want me to go?”

Ian shook his head at his smirking face.

At that moment.

Footsteps were heard in the distance.

“Ian.”

It was Helid.

Approaching, he handed over the reports from the guardians he was connected with.

“Monsters are moving, huh.”

“Yeah. But the numbers are quite large.”

Just looking at the approximate numbers, there were nearly ten thousand.

And the quality of those monsters was also a problem.

There were no weak monsters among the gathered monsters.

Well, of course, they were included.

But they were merely food for the other strong monsters.

“I’ll get more information from the other guardians and figure out the other routes of attack.”

“Did you become a guardian? Are you really close to the guardians?”

“No. I got help from my father.”

Helid tapped the paper and grimaced.

“Anyway, there are too many. And they’re moving in an organized manner. That means…….”

“Surely someone is dominating and controlling the monsters.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

Helid sighed, agreeing with Aranse’s words.

Until now, nothing like this had ever happened.

“Who on earth is moving them? Is Rubellin doing it alone?”

“I don’t know.”

“I’m even wondering if someone who can use a little black magic can move that many monsters.”

“It’s not impossible.”

At that moment, Hairal, who had finished training, approached.

She took the paper in Ian’s hand, read it, and nodded.

“I can also control monsters to some extent.”

“Oh? Lady Hairal. Is that true?”

“Yes. Monsters are creatures driven more by instinct than reason. By stimulating that instinct and acting accordingly…….”

Hairal explained quickly.

Aranse, who had been listening for a while, grabbed Ian.

“Can you understand?”

“Yes. It’s not a particularly difficult theory.”

Aranse, a typical swordsman, couldn’t understand even half of it.

He thought about calling the other mages, but they had already been defeated by Hairal and were passed out.

“……In this way, if there is considerable mental power, it is possible to control a large number of monsters.”

“I see.”

“However, in the process of controlling them, the caster’s movements are inevitably restricted. In other words, if the command of the attacking monsters is released…….”

“The one controlling the monsters, Rubellin, can move in earnest.”

“That’s right.”

“Then, to get Rubellin to come out, we need to deal with the monsters first…….”

“Yes. The monsters either have to destroy this place or be annihilated by us.”

“It would be nice if there was a wall. Should we build one now?”

“It’s too late.”

The academy has walls, but the villages around the academy don’t have defensive facilities like walls.

If they had time, they could build them, but how could they build them now?

They couldn’t just let the monsters devastate the academy and the village and then let Rubellin move.

Aranse looked at Ian as Helid felt sorry after hearing their conversation.

“Ian, is there no way?”

“No, there isn’t. And why would we need to build a wall?”

“No, still.”

“Don’t worry about that and just train.”

Ian said nonchalantly.

Aranse sighed as he walked away.

“For now, the academy instructors are guiding the villagers to evacuate…… Will it be okay, Lady Hairal?”

“Are you thinking of bringing them into the academy?”

“That’s not it.”

There might be Rubellin’s subordinates disguised as villagers.

Therefore, they couldn’t just bring them in carelessly.

The only thing the academy could do was to have them temporarily move through the gate [teleportation portal].

“It’s fortunate that Dean Karzid is taking the lead, consulting with the Magic Tower, and covering the gate usage fees…….”

“Oh. Don’t tell me the Magic Tower is charging money even in this situation?”

Aranse nodded as Helid was taken aback.

“The regulations can’t be helped. But they said they’ll make up for it in other areas next year.”

“That’s a relief. But where are the villagers going?”

“The Scarlet Kingdom. They say they’re providing shelter near Red City. Rakid put a lot of effort into it.”

“If he’s going to lend his strength, he should send troops.”

Fridion, who was teaching the students, approached.

Helid shook his head at him.

“They were going to send them.”

The monsters were moving, and they knew that their target was the academy, but it wasn’t certain.

What if these monsters moved elsewhere?

They could be protecting the academy while their own country was being attacked.

It would be difficult to stop this large-scale wave even with the mobilization of the army.

Therefore, each country couldn’t carelessly withdraw their troops.

It was better to focus on catching the monsters moving to the academy.

Isn’t that what other countries are doing too?

In the end, the nobles opposed it, and Rakid was even going to come with the royal guard, the Crimson Knights, and even himself.

“But Ian directly said it wasn’t necessary.”

In the end, Rakid reluctantly said he would at least protect the refugees, and Ian accepted it.

“Troops would be better.”

Helid grimaced as Aranse sighed.

“It can’t be helped. Ian is stubborn. But Lady Hairal will help.”

“I will help catch Rubellin. But I don’t want to waste my energy catching monsters. Besides, the Sword Saint and the Forest Keeper are already reducing the number of monsters gathering.”

“That’s true.”

“And the Imperial Army is also blocking the monster waves trying to advance north near the Imperial border, and other countries are also moving, so there’s no need for me to do it.”

Hairal refused firmly.

And as she left, Helid felt disappointed.

It would be a great help if Hairal, an 8-circle mage, provided support.

“Still, the Order of the Moon and the Order of the Sun have agreed to help…….”

At that moment.

People were approaching from afar.

It was Aut, the chief priest of the Temple of the Moon in the academy.

“Instructor Aranse! You were here!”

“Have you arrived?”

“Yes. The Holy Knights of the Order of the Moon have come, as many as five hundred! And ten priests have come!”

“That’s a relief!”

Five hundred Holy Knights of the Order of the Moon would be a great help.

As Aranse smiled happily, Willis also came to find him.

“The Order of the Sun has sent fifty priests and three hundred Holy Knights. And the bishopric is preparing a second support force.”

“Thank you so much. Everyone must be having a hard time…….”

“No. It’s just a pity. If Saint Ian had requested it, there would have been more support.”

“That’s right…….”

Whether it was the Order of the Sun or the Order of the Moon.

Both owed Ian a great debt.

Therefore, they were going to recruit and send a holy army to help.

But Ian flatly refused both of them.

In the end, they couldn’t recruit a holy army, and only a small number of elite Holy Knights were able to move.

Aranse sighed as Aut lowered his head dejectedly and explained the situation.

It was a pity, but what could they do?

As they were talking like that.

“It’s a disaster!”

Valentine ran quickly.

Having taken on the reconnaissance mission with the help of the Wind Spirit, she urgently said to those gathered.

“Monsters are approaching through the Fellodin Pass.”

“Is that so?”

“The number is over three thousand…… And the monsters are all powerful monsters of B-grade or higher.”

“Ise and Widron are there…… They should be able to buy us some time.”

That meant there were only large monsters like trolls and orcs.

The Fellodin Pass was only about a day’s distance from the academy village.

So they should start preparing for battle.

“Still, I should tell Ian. I’ll go.”

“Okay. I’ll leave it to you.”

Ian would be in the development lab.

As Helid was about to go to deliver the message, Aranse approached those who were training.

Aut and Willis, who were watching them, also looked at each other and immediately moved.

While they were moving so busily.

Ian, who had returned to the lab, clapped lightly.

-Clap!

With his signal, the door of the ship opened.

-Weeeeee……! Clank! Clank!

Inside the ship, dozens of blue eyes flashed.

As the mass-produced Titans quickly came out, Ian snapped his fingers.

“There are monsters near the Fellodin Pass. Wipe them out. The Guardians are disguised and heading to the village.”

-Cheeeeeek!!

Steam poured out of the Titans’ bodies.

The Guardians’ bodies turned translucent.

Ian, watching them move after preparing, quickly turned his head.

Helid, who had come to deliver the news, was blankly watching the Titans fly away.

“W, what was that just now?”

“What?”

“Those…… are all Titans, right? But they look a little different?”

“They’re mass-produced.”

Even if they were mass-produced, there weren’t just one or two, but hundreds.

Besides, weren’t those things that were just becoming transparent the Guardians of the Forgotten City?

Ian lightly snapped his fingers as he looked at the surprised Helid.

At that moment, the shape of the ship changed.

“That’s not all I prepared.”

Helid swallowed hard as he saw it.