The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed - Chapter 271



272 – Turning Song

Roel sensed my presence in an empty place in the previous world and ran straight to where I was with Ilia. But now Roel is not visiting me even though I am closer than before.

What is the reason? As I was wondering what the difference was, Ellie said in a voice that it was no big deal.

“Maybe they just can’t sense you?”

I immediately shook my head at Ellie’s words.

“That won’t be possible. Even though the distance was far away, Roel said he felt my presence. “I couldn’t have known I had arrived at the Academy.”

“No, maybe you didn’t know.”

I tilted my head in response to Ellie’s strong denial. Looking at his confidence like this, it seemed like there was a reason for thinking that way. As if my prediction was correct, Ellie immediately explained the reason for her denial.

“Because Roel is currently in the basement of the imperial palace.”

“… what?”

“There is even a very old and ancient defense magic in the imperial palace that cannot be dispelled. “It is a place filled with all kinds of magic and artifacts to prevent external attacks, so Roel’s senses in the basement of the imperial palace may be confused and he may not be able to sense your presence.”

No, what surprised me was not because the magic installed in the imperial palace was so powerful. When Ellie said that Roel was currently in the basement of the imperial palace, the thought that immediately crossed her mind made goosebumps run down her back. Ellie must have read my stiffened expression after hearing the explanation, and looked at me with worried eyes.

“Don’t worry too much. This room also has various defensive magics installed since the time of the first principal. “No matter how much you are Roel, you cannot force your way into the room without my permission.”

“No, I wasn’t worried about that.”

“… then?”

In response to Ellie’s question, I looked straight into her obsidian-like eyes and asked.

“Is Roel alone in the basement of the imperial palace?”

Ellie must have sensed something in response to my question, and she cautiously opened her mouth with a slightly anxious expression.

“No, everyone is gathered there except me. Roel offered to stay with me, but I decided to stay at the academy. “Because I promised to stay here and protect the academy.”

At those words, I wiped my face with one hand. What does it mean that Roel is in the basement of the imperial palace with his lovers? I know it clearly without having to look at the setting book.

The story flow of this world has entered the latter half of the story. Roel graduated from the academy with his lovers and formed a party of warriors with the support of Bella, who became emperor. And in the basement of the imperial palace, everyone is gathered together and waiting for their moment.

I was finally able to realize at what moment I came to this world.

I looked at Ellie. I calmly did a final check as Ellie pursed her lips, as if showing anxiety.

“Didn’t Bella tell you something?”

Ellie seemed to remember something at my question, and her eyes widened.

“You gave me a gift a few days ago and told me that if there was any problem at the Academy or the Imperial Palace, I should leave here and head to Liberty City in the south without looking back.”

Now it’s clear. This world is now facing the final story of the novel. It is the most important day in the later part of the story. The day Bella’s story comes to an end. Yes, today is the day that Bella befriends the religious leader who attacked the imperial palace.

Bella, who became the bait herself, plans to lure the demons and the church’s forces to the capital and then unleash the magic installed in the palace to destroy the palace and the capital.

Aiming for an opportunity to reduce the power of the church and the devil and hold them back, Roel’s warrior party uses the long-distance portal installed in the basement of the imperial palace and Rosalind’s space magic to move to the collapsed eastern border and kill the devil lord stationed there. It was a plan.

I tried to explain what I realized to Ellie. When asked how she knew, she would say she had heard it in a previous world. However, before I opened my mouth, a horrifying alarm magic sound that felt like tearing metal rang out throughout the academy.

Cuuu!

The academy building began to shake as if the earth was shaking and an earthquake had occurred. All kinds of items in the room spilled onto the floor, and artifacts mounted on the walls made loud noises and radiated red light.

Ellie, whose mood changed sharply, radiated magical power and looked back at me.

“The academy’s security barrier has been activated. “The number of enemies detected around the barrier is countless.”

Ellie bit her lip strongly and took out a wand from her pocket. Ellie took one look at my face and somehow nodded her head.

“… I have to go. You’ll be safe here for a few hours. “Ross, as soon as I can make a passage while I buy time, you can go back to the original world.”

“Wait a minute, Ellie… !”

I urgently called Ellie, but she only smiled bitterly, activated her magic, and went somewhere. At the sudden separation, I just stared at the spot where Ellie had disappeared for a moment, dumbfounded.

I couldn’t even say my final goodbye properly. I received a lot of help, but I couldn’t even say thank you properly. It’s a breakup that leaves an uncomfortable feeling. I let out a deep sigh without realizing it, feeling a sense of regret.

The air in the room had a faint sweet strawberry scent that had not yet disappeared.

***

I activated the security spell and moved to the central staircase of the main building.

Among the students who were evacuating to the auditorium on the first basement floor in an orderly manner as trained, Principal Leora’s face was visible. As if she had spotted me, she approached me, leading the professors.

“Ellie, we’re going to go out and secure the security barrier.”

“Do you need my support?”

Principal Leora shook her head at my question.

“No, I don’t know what will happen in the future. “There may be an enemy trying to bypass the security barrier and target the students who took refuge in the main building, so I need you to protect the main building.”

“all right.”

“Please do me a favor. Archmage.”

Principal Leora spoke in a stern voice and led the professors, each armed with a weapon, out of the building.

While watching the students going down to the basement using the central staircase, I swung my wand and used the defense magic newly added to the main building. Elemental magic containing black light drew a single rune and created an opaque film.

It blocked the passage to the central staircase like a transparent wall. As long as my magical power is maintained, I will be able to prevent external intrusion.

I left the main building and looked up at the sky. Beyond the opaque security barrier, I could see an countless number of winged people, like bugs caught in the light. The devil who destroyed the East has finally appeared in the sky of the capital.

The demons spewed out magical energy and struck the barrier with their weapons, but with that level of power, they could never destroy the academy’s security barrier.

This was a special security barrier designed by Master Nelson before his death. By adding my knowledge of elemental magic to it, it was the strongest barrier that complemented even the smallest weaknesses. I was confident that it had a power similar to that of the imperial palace barrier.

The academy building itself becomes the axis of the barrier technique. A large amount of magic stones were placed in advance in the basement of the building, and it was designed to maintain the magic power of the barrier for a long time. The barrier will not collapse unless the academy building itself collapses.

“… .”

But something feels uneasy. He continues to question whether it is safe to judge that the wizard’s senses are truly safe.

Using telekinetic magic, he used trees and statues on campus to build them like a barricade at the entrance to the academy’s main building.

After relieving some of my anxiety, I nodded in satisfaction and looked around. Except for the students in the annex, everyone would have evacuated to the first basement level of the main building.

There are dozens of layers of barriers installed to prevent external intrusion, so you will be able to buy enough time until reinforcements arrive.

“You did something useless.”

I turned around urgently when I heard a voice coming from behind me. She didn’t even feel that anyone was there. It is a dangerous entity that escapes the detection of the magic power that was spread in the air.

The masked man was holding on to a stick with a curved tip as if it might slip out of his fingertips, and was looking straight at me with blood-red eyes visible in the eye sockets of the mask, which had numerous swirls carved into them.

Even though he is wearing a mask, he is someone I know. No, he was someone I could never forget.

It was Iron-Blooded Rene who ended Master Nelson’s life, but it was this man who lured me and Roel into a trap and caused Master’s death.

I said, gritting my teeth.

“Belker.”

The man standing in front of me was Belker, the vice-principal of the Chaos Cult.

“… It certainly seems like it was a talent worthy of a wise man risking his life to save. “Should he have been killed then too?”

Black light emanated from the tip of my wand. It was a synthetic magic in which all elements were mixed together to emit black light.

Belker extinguished the magic itself by half-heartedly moving his staff as if swinging a tree branch.

“In the face of chaos, even the most elaborate magical arrangements are easily distorted.”

“Shut up!”

He shouted harshly and waved his cane. The ground rose up and his earthen hands grabbed Belker, but before he could burst his body, he was scattered helplessly into the dust.

But I had already finished chanting multiple times. 13 elemental magic and destruction magic are activated simultaneously, forming a huge composite magic. Its power is enough to blow away even the capital’s gigantic gates.

As if he couldn’t easily stop it this time, Belquer swung his staff widely and drew a line of magic in the air. Just before the gigantic synthetic magic hit Belker directly, the magical power lines vibrated countless times, creating cracks in space and swallowing up the [power] of the magic.

Belker, who took a step back with both feet on the ground, shrugged his shoulders.

“… “It was dangerous this time.”

“No, it will continue to be dangerous from now on.”

As he spoke confidently, raising his entire body’s magical power, Belker narrowed his bright red eyes and scratched his mask with the tip of his staff.

“Is that really the case?”

An inexplicable feeling of anxiety pressed on my heart as the words were suddenly thrown out. That was the archmage’s intuition. He felt anxious about missing something that he had felt a while ago.

Red light emanated from the tip of Belker’s staff, creating a strange pattern. It was a technique with a structure that even I had never seen before.

“No matter how strong you make the safe… “It’s useless if you can’t protect the contents.”

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Belker waved his staff. The pattern disappeared, and the magic power that had become smoke was sucked into the floor.

―――!

For a moment, the world was silent. But the ground shook madly and silently as if a huge earthquake had occurred. It was a tremor so great that I would have missed it if I hadn’t been gripping my cane.

Belquer glanced at me and then moved his gaze behind me. I followed his gaze and turned my head to see the academy building collapsing with a huge explosion.

“ah… ?”

Debris falling from the collapsed building tore my skin, but I could only stare dumbly. This cannot happen.

Security technicians and professors inspected the building several times a day in preparation for terrorist attacks by the church. There is no way there is a hidden bomb.

But the bomb exploded. The academy building, which boasted perfect defense, ridiculously collapsed from the inside.

There was not even a trace of Ross left in the auditorium on the first basement floor, where many students had evacuated, and in my room on the floor below.

I couldn’t help but scream as I couldn’t control the emotions that burst out from the bottom of my heart.

“Ah, huh, huh… aaah!!!”

I lost Ross again like that.