I’m the Slit-Eyed Character at the Academy, but I’m not the Mastermind - Chapter 205
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Episode 205
Episode 205. Maestro Volcan of the Battlefield (12)
Knock knock knock.
Knock knock knock.
The sound of bones crashing filled the surroundings.
Gulp-.
The members of the punitive force, including Kiel, swallowed dry saliva.
Skeletons closing in on the encirclement with each passing moment.
As the purple-black eyes got closer, I swallowed more frequently.
Because I was feeling scared.
Undead. Beings that don’t die. Those who can’t be killed.
It was a punitive force that realized their fear as soon as they fought a single battle.
“Kiel.”
“Lindbergh, what happened to the wounded?”
“I moved it to a place where it can’t be seen as much as possible.”
“What are our numbers now?”
“… … If you had eyes, wouldn’t you know? There are so few that you can count them now.”
Lindberg smiled self-deprecatingly.
Only then did Kiel regain his sense of reality.
‘Thirteen… … .’
Yes. The people you see are all of the punitive force and their full strength.
That number included the Lucid family’s nanny, but without her, there would have been only twelve.
That wasn’t the only problem.
‘Now there is no Adonis.’
Kwarrung-!
Thunder and lightning struck incessantly from the palace that was facing away.
Adonis must be active.
‘If he had been here… … he could have easily dominated this battlefield?’
Adonis’ overwhelming martial power.
If he were there, the skeletons before my eyes would have been nothing more than a rolling bucket of skulls.
Should I have caught Adonis?
If that had been the case, it might have been possible to withdraw troops to transport the wounded to safety.
“… … .”
Kiel shook his head, trying to shake the thought away.
That is not the way to victory. It is only the way to preserve one’s own life.
‘This is the child who should have been active as a spearman in this expedition from the beginning. He should not be used as a shield to protect us.’
When Kiel had gathered his thoughts, Lindberg, who had been hesitating, opened his mouth.
“So, what are we going to do now? Retreat with the wounded?”
“No, I can’t back down. I have to defend this place.”
“Why?”
“It’s been three minutes since Adonis went inside. The one who clears away those skeletons in the blink of an eye is still fighting? Something has happened.”
It’s not just Adonis’s story.
Elester and Lucia are also there.
It was clear that a fierce battle was unfolding.
A fierce battle of wits where even those called monsters could not easily seize the opportunity to win.
‘If they just wave their fingers, these skeletons will be shattered… … .’
That also consumes stamina and mana.
The skeletons that keep resurrecting will be a huge burden.
“So we have to defend this place. Not let a single one of them in. That will be our… … last mission.”
“… … Okay, I understand. I’ll tell the others.”
Lindbergh left for the others.
Kiel, who was looking at his back, hit his own head hard.
‘The last mission’? I blurted out those ominous words.
Lindbergh is a very intelligent man, so I’ll leave that out.
‘To plant the seed of anxiety in Lindbergh… … Idiot!’
It was when Kiel was self-harming with his head wrapped around his neck.
Kwarrung-!
The thunder rumbled in the palace without stopping.
Although much of the palace had collapsed, the view was not completely clear.
I frowned slightly and looked in that direction, but all I could see was golden lightning and magic.
‘Is Lucia okay?’
Kiel was active in this battlefield, showing a good performance and trying to impress his presence on Lucia.
At that moment, I suddenly remembered it.
The appearance of Edwin, the friend who gave me the opportunity to talk to Lucia.
Edwin, who was always cheerful. It was time to recall his smile.
Edwin turned into a skeleton and aimed his bow at himself.
That was the last thing Kiel remembered seeing him.
‘shit!’
Just as Kiel was about to hit his head again, someone grabbed his hand.
“Kiel, are you okay?”
“Lady Sylvia… … .”
It was Lucia’s friend, Sylvia.
“Don’t be self-deprecating. It’s not your fault those kids ended up like that.”
“I should have been more careful. If only I had thought a little more… … .”
Wow-.
It was warm and smelled good. I felt a slight vibration on my back.
A feeling and smell that you can never feel on the battlefield.
Kiel soon realized that Sylvia was holding him tightly and patting his back.
Kiel began to see through the blurry vision.
The ribbon tied to Sylvia’s scabbard.
‘Black ribbon… … .’
Kiel knew what that ribbon meant.
The war with the Kingdom of Doron that broke out about 19 years ago.
It was used as a symbol to commemorate the soldiers who died there.
A ribbon with a meaning that few people remember these days.
Only then could Kiel recall.
Sylvia is one of the war heroes.
That he was a man who had lost more friends and colleagues than himself.
‘To laugh at someone like that… … Kiel, are you still human after doing that?’
I owe you an apology.
The fact that we had forgotten their deaths.
He couldn’t understand Sylvia, who couldn’t overcome the pain of war.
I had to apologize.
“Lady Sylvia, actually… … .”
“It’s okay. I understand everything.”
“yes?”
“It’s a good thing that people are forgetting the pain of war. It means there are many happy things.”
There are many ways to overcome pain, but the best one is to overlay it with other memories.
It’s about overlaying happy memories. Memories that are so happy that they can make you forget the sadness.
“Memorial is once a year. That’s enough. So there’s no need to apologize. It’s enough for us to be in pain.”
“… … .”
“So don’t be self-destructive. They don’t want you to get sick, do they?”
Kiel could tell that what Sylvia was saying now was her experience.
A sleeve torn from battle. Scars all over his wrist, visible through the gap.
Kiel closed his eyes quietly in Sylvia’s arms. And he took a slow, deep breath.
Kiel, who had regained his composure, escaped from Sylvia’s arms.
“Thank you for your concern. Don’t worry, I won’t do anything stupid.”
“Yeah. I believe you can do well. Let’s do our best. It seems like this fight is coming to an end.”
Kiel was lost in thought as he watched Sylvia’s back as she turned to face someone else.
‘A married woman’s capacity to embrace… … .’
Asteon immediately came to mind. Asteon lying with the other wounded.
How jealous he would be if he knew this fact!
“One more reason to defend this place… … .”
You must survive.
I’ll brag to you about how Sylvia hugged me so tightly.
“So get up, you idiot… … .”
I wanted to check on Astheon’s condition, but I couldn’t.
Because the skeletons had suddenly come within reach.
Since there were only thirteen people left, each person had to take charge of a very large area.
The biggest problem is… … .
Dagudak- dagudak-.
They were skeleton knights who had completed their recovery.
I used a potion of divine power to get rid of them first, but there were still about twenty left.
‘With Astheon down, there is no way to stop the charge. It is only a matter of time before the formation collapses.’
Do you also have memories of cavalry tactics?
Twenty skeleton knights lined up in a row.
‘We must stop it before it rushes in.’
But if you tell someone to stop that, it’s like telling them to go and die.
If someone were to give me an order, I would gladly follow it. But I didn’t want to pass the buck.
‘I have no choice but to do it.’
This was when Akmun Kiel was loading mana into his calves.
“Haha, I guess there’s nothing I can do about it. I have no choice but to go. Tsk tsk, everyone’s in such weak health… … .”
A very strange way of speaking.
Soon, Kiel saw his nanny standing in front of him, stretching her body here and there.
“Please give me my seat. I’m sure you can do that, right?”
“……yes?”
Boom!
Before Kiel could even ask a question, the nanny kicked the ground.
The nanny reached the skeleton knight in an instant. And.
“Whoaaaa …
He pushed the skeleton knight at the end back.
A powerful strike filled with mana.
The skeleton knights lined up in a row had no choice but to fall like dominoes.
thud!!
The nanny stamped her foot loudly.
Her new form had already reached the skeleton knight on the other side.
Surprisingly, the heads of all twenty skeleton knights were smashed.
Everyone, including Kiel, gaped.
‘They say all the nannies in the Lucid family are monsters… … So that was true.’
The current level of the nanny is in the latter half of the 7th level. She has not yet achieved enlightenment, so she remains in the 7th level.
The majority of the punitive force has just reached 7 stars.
So it was natural that they were surprised.
‘Of course, I did it in a flashy way on purpose.’
It was necessary to instill ‘hope’ in the punitive force and raise their morale.
The nanny glanced at the palace. That was where Lucia, whom she had to protect, was.
‘… … It doesn’t seem like there are any plans to summon demons.’
Fortunately, there is no demon even though the corpse of the legion commander is there.
The demonic curse that fell upon the Lucid family.
If the conditions are met, Lucia will die.
An 8-star knight dies without being able to put up any resistance.
‘This really makes me mad.’
But there was another reason that made the nanny more angry.
That is none other than… … .
‘I’m so busy running around the party venue all day, but you’re making me fight a warlock at this point!’
Lucia succeeded in dieting after several years.
I like Zero, but if you go around the party scene, you might find someone with better conditions.
While I was busy looking for a party venue, I received a summons to subdue the black magician!
It was enough to make the nanny angry.
“Anything that prevents the young lady from getting married… … .”
Pa! Go! Han! Da!
The nanny started to run wild on the battlefield.
The skeletons were torn to pieces and turned to dust, scattering across the sky.
“……hmm?”
Volkan, who was surveying the battlefield from his hiding place, thought.
Over there.
I absolutely must not go.
* * *
Kwarrung-!
Adonis, who was searching here and there in the palace, stopped for a moment.
Because Crowley’s energy is getting stronger.
‘The magic is getting stronger.’
A magic circle surrounding Crowley.
If you use the Holy Sword, you might be able to break it. But.
‘We have to save it. It’s the best card we have.’
It is a holy sword that even he can only use for a short time.
Above all, there was no guarantee that the magic circle could be broken with the Holy Sword.
‘I guess I’ll have to trust Elestar from here on out.’
Kwarrung-!
As Adonis was moving in the opposite direction, something caught his eye.
A person who wears a robe turned inside out.
He was reaching out towards where Aleste was, as if trying to use magic.
‘Volcan… …!’
Although he was wearing a robe over his head, he had the same physique as the Volcan I had seen for the first time.
‘I can feel the mana too. It’s the warlock’s mana.’
Adonis flew in the opposite direction.
I pretended not to see it to make people let their guard down.
A distance of approximately 300m.
But this distance was too much for Adonis, who was called the Thunder Emperor.
It wasn’t a distance that could be said to be far.
Kwarung-!
Adonis arrived in front of Volcan in a split second, literally.
He immediately threw down the window.
The fifth dynasty of the Cassel family.
Twin spears, Narak.
Adonis’ spear split in two.
Two quick stabs, so fast that one spear feels like two.
His attack was aimed squarely at Volkan’s head and neck, hitting him perfectly.
Kkwaduk-!
“… … !?”
But Adonis couldn’t help but be surprised, because the taste was strange.
There was no sound of flesh and muscle being torn apart, and no blood flowing as would be expected from a human.
Yes, it’s like… … .
‘Doesn’t it feel like you’ve stabbed the skull?’
Less-.
As if to prove that fact, the skull fell down with a click.
It was something that could not happen in common sense.
‘He even had the mana of a black magician. So then… … .’
Adonis thought for a moment and was able to come up with a plausible deduction.
‘So you can control anything if it’s a skeleton?’
Drumroll- Drumroll-.
Here and there, skeletons began to rise up.
There are only a few dozen that are visible now. And… … .
Kkwaduk-!
Bone spears formed from several skeletons and were fired at Ellester.
Knock! Knock!
I couldn’t reach Aleste because Lucia was guarding him.
“… … .”
Adonis looked up at the sky.
The fog had cleared considerably. This must have been because the power of the magic circle floating in the sky had weakened.
Phagecic-!
Adonis, who had risen into the sky, looked down at the battlefield.
It’s brand new.
Did it snow? No. Snow isn’t the only thing that’s white in this world.
“… … This is the worst battlefield. No, this is the best battlefield for him.”
Adonis could see.
The sight of the land strewn with thousands, tens of thousands, and even hundreds of thousands of skeletons.
Yes, that pure white thing was none other than a skeleton.
‘Volkan… Was this also one of your tricks?’
This is the battlefield chosen by Volkan.
A place full of death, full of skeletons that Volkan can use as hosts.
‘… … This might turn into a battle of stamina.’
Adonis thought.
Maybe this fight.
I think it might end when I smash every skeleton on that land.