I Killed an Academy Player - Chapter 153
Bad Saint Woman (3)
The standby order for mobilizing the Guardians is similar to Jindogae in Korean terms.
When something happens, gather effective power around the area. All citizens of the kingdom have an obligation to respond immediately.
Bringing together guardians who are not related to the central military power would be close to Jindogae.
“They say we have to wait, too. I guess the problem is worse than we thought.”
But that also applies to the association’s official guardians. Strictly speaking, we are still students. Originally, they would be excluded from this mobilization order.
“Corin. Our Guardians’ promotion was just completed. From now on, we are first-class Guardians.”
“There were legal issues, so things were handled incredibly quickly.”
The Guardians I founded… The Corrin Guardians have an unbelievable registered power.
From me, an exceptional first-class knight, to Arisha, the swordmaster of Aden.
Marie is the eldest daughter of the great southern nobleman Dunaref and a semi-special vampire wizard.
Bicheon Yacha Hwaran, an apprentice nun of the New Order and under the strict management of Merkava and the New Order.
There are two powers with ‘special’. Alisha and I are practically semi-special. Considering our performance reports, the association will have no choice but to mobilize.
Because of this, the Corin Guardians were promoted to level 1 in a hurry without any detailed review process.
This is because there is a law that Grade 1 Guardians are given first priority in the mobilization standby order.
“What on earth is going on? Wyverns have been flying around since a while ago, and the situation seems to be more serious than I thought.”
Alicia looked up at the sky as if she was anxious. And among them is our wyvern.
-Flutter! Flap!
A group of people, flapping their wings violently, land at the wyvern landing site within the office premises.
Cranel Luden and Yuel… and Runia and the Ogeums who were on their cover mission.
When they went to greet them, Runia threw two large heads out of the wyvern’s luggage net. These are the heads of ogres.
“Whew~ I guess it was a quick decision.”
“It was an educational material, but since it was an emergency communication, we processed it quickly.”
The neatly cut cross section of the ogre was impressive. If Cranel and Yuel had processed it, such a clean cross section would not have been possible.
“Corin… I came… because you asked me to return…”
“What on earth is going on?”
Cranel and Yuel passed by the ogre’s head as if embarrassed.
Originally, the two were entrusted with subjugating ogres as training to prepare for passing the exam, but this is what happened.
“We don’t know the news yet. But it will come soon.”
In any case, it is safe to say that most of the current Guardians members have been summoned.
And I was able to hear the reason from Ms. Josephine and Master Erin, who came through space transfer.
* * * *
“I heard that student Estel was kidnapped by the wizards of the Magic Tower.”
“A saint?! Isn’t that a big deal!”
The first to react was Arisha. Next, Hwaran showed a vague but reaction.
“Isn’t it a big deal?”
“How does the royal family come out?”
“A mobilization order may be issued to the east.”
“…….”
It seems that Runia, including the Ogeum sisters, has become deeper in thought.
The East is the sharpest forged blade that the kingdom can mobilize.
Arisha Aden and Runia Aden. Just by recruiting these two, an ‘army of knights’ can be mobilized, so the kingdom will not miss the opportunity to have these two people in the Merkava.
“Corin. Did you expect this?”
“To a certain extent. I didn’t think I would do it so quickly.”
The magic tower is going too far. Even in the original work, they were the ones who acted as if they had no backs.
Well, when paradise arrives, the existing infrastructure and the world will probably end because it is a good trend…
“But considering that, I don’t even seem surprised.”
“It’s an induced movement to some extent.”
Information that would not be known to those of us who have yet to receive a standby order. But everyone probably guesses who the culprit is.
“As you may have guessed since everyone has been poking around here and there, the culprit is the Magic Tower.”
Just because it was faster than expected doesn’t change anything.
We’ve made enough preparations, and the time has come to explode the bomb.
“Let me brief you in advance now. We will occupy the Iron Islands, the country of wizards where the Magic Tower is built.”
* * * *
The saint’s prayers reach the sky.
The prayer that reaches God grants the saint what she wants.
The saint’s prayer will definitely come true.
But now the saint’s voice cannot reach the sky.
“Hmm…”
A biting wind blows in. Estelle opened her wet eyes and checked her surroundings.
Haystack.
Architectural style made of gray bricks.
It took 3 seconds for me to recognize it as a prison… I realized where this place was due to the unseasonably biting cold.
“Steel Islands. Home of the Magic Tower.”
Rather than a kingdom, it is a stateless zone bordering the North Kingdom in the north and famous for its extreme cold. It is a paradise for wizards.
“You’re quick to notice.”
The owner of the voice was an old wizard with dirty blonde hair.
A young woman who still retains the charm and beauty of her youth. His golden eyes are still sparkling.
Golden Archmage Aedrin. He is the one who subdued and kidnapped me here under God’s protection.
I don’t know what the principle behind disabling my ‘sacred power’ is, but I can’t understand the magic tower’s behavior.
“Why on earth did you do this?”
“Are you asking about motive?”
“The risk is too great just to save a few wizards.”
“You are mistaken.”
Aedrin’s expression was calm. Even after doing something like this, he doesn’t seem to have any worries about the future.
“You should have asked not why you did this, but what you plan to do next.”
“……okay?”
Estelle immediately realized that Aedrin’s purpose was not to rescue the wizard, but to kidnap her. Then……
“Lord, give me the strength to destroy the enemy’s iron chariot.”
Momentary reinforcement. Estelle, bare-handed, threw a fist at Aedrin.
This fist, strengthened by prayer, crushes all things. I could crush Nogu’s old body like a watermelon.
-puck!
But there was someone who blocked Estelle’s fist.
“Hihi, my friend. He’s so healthy and fluttering~”
He was a slim man. A thin man whose entire body is covered with a duster coat, but you can tell at a glance that he is tall.
It was an ominous being imbued with madness and chaos from head to toe.
“My fist… no, this is…”
The divine power is not used.
“Heehee…!”
She is not a knight. Without the power of prayer, she is just an ordinary girl. An ordinary girl’s fists cannot harm the king of beasts.
“Hello?”
“Dun Skies?
I’ve seen it on a wanted flyer before.
A bounty criminal who travels all over the continent, leading beastmen-type demons to commit terrorism. Beast King Dun Skies… Why is he here?
“Our wizard Chinggu! Isn’t he too lively? I guess we’ve already run out of the medicine that our new friend gave us as a gift!”
“New… friend?”
“We’ll have to hurry up with the experiment. The kingdom army and guardians will soon arrive.”
“Hehe! Then…!”
Doon Skies. He started taking something out of my thin stomach like a magician’s trick.
It was a disgusting magic trick. Estelle thought so, but soon she saw him take it out and her eyes widened for a moment.
“Castle… .Shield?”
One of the four holy relics that remain only on record. The Holy Grail. How could it come from the body of a terrorist?
“The Holy Grail? Ah, that’s right. Isn’t it known that way?”
It’s something closer to a large cauldron than a holy grail. Dun Skyes giggled and placed the ‘Magic Cauldron Undri’, which was the holy grail, in front of Estelle. “Is it going to hurt a little
? Our saint’s name.”
The dagger that Sky took out cut Estelle’s wrist.
“Ugh…!”
Estelle, who was not used to pain, grimaced. The dripping blood gave goosebumps.
A body under divine protection. Her arm was cut by something like a dagger. Estelle pursed her lips in disbelief.
“What are you planning to do?”
“Precious blood is useful in many ways. For example… resurrecting a giant who died a long time ago.”
“What…!”
“I said why did you do this?”
The golden archmage looked down at Estelle, who had a surprised expression, and said with confidence. The voice said,
“Getting something isn’t important. It’s important not to lose.”
Stick to the winning side. The Magic Tower’s motive was extremely simple and calculated.
* * * *
Guardians made up of knights and wizards. The association that represents the interests of the guardians and arranges missions is strictly speaking a group of mercenaries. It’s like a labor union.
But is a Guardian a normal job? It’s a place that manages a group of superhumans who can divide villages with swords and burn cities with magic. As such, its financial power and
political influence are by far the highest on the continent. The Guardians we arrived at The association was also showing off its grandeur.
“Corrine, this is my first time coming to the Guardian Association.”
“Aren’t you a third year senior, Marie? Lots of practice… Ah.”
Marie became a person of note after awakening as a vampire in her second year. Because of that, Marie did not do any official activities. As a result, if she is a
promising guardian, she is a second year student who is in the prime of her career. There was almost no activity at the time.
“Well, let’s go around a lot with me from now on.”
“Hehe, that’s fine then.” As I
walked through the lobby with Marie and headed toward the information desk, an association employee who recognized me stepped forward.
“Welcome. Director Corin. “I’ll take you inside.”
Thanks to that, I was able to enter the conference room without any formalities.
The Guardian Association’s conference room… It’s closer to an auditorium than an auditorium. There, excluding Marie and I who arrived, there were about seventy people sitting in their seats. There were.
“These people, Corin.”
An order was given from the association to bring only the vice-captain among the Guardians waiting for mobilization, so these would be the leaders and vice-leaders of each Guardian. About
seventy people. By simple calculation, there are more than thirty Guardians here. They seem to have gathered together.
“What are those kids?”
“Are they bringing children to such an important matter?”
“…….”
But there were no students among them. The only ones here were veteran active guardians. It was natural for their eyes to turn to us.
A new group of Guardians were coming into the auditorium where all the nearby Guardians were gathered. Everyone was dressed in formal attire, but one person was wearing comfortable casual clothes.
“Is everyone gathered?” A person
with a rugged look and a shaggy look Middle-aged with a beard. He is the president of the association, a former knight who is probably still active today.
He was also appointed by Master Erin, who maintains considerable influence in the association.
“Without further ado, let’s move on with the story quickly.”
The synopsis of the association president himself was simple and clear. .
The convoy of the New Church, which was transporting sinners, was attacked by a group of wizards and mercenaries, and they had no choice but to retreat. During
this process, the saint took charge of the rear, and after sending an advance unit to check, it was said that the saint was captured alive.
“Giant?”
Teacup. A man who was listening to the president of the association stopped moving.
“Isn’t that something that only comes from legends?”
“You idiot. Giants were real. There are still half-giants in the North.”
“I know that. But there are no giants that have survived until modern times.”
The man slammed his teacup down. He came up with a realistic guess.
“It must be some type of golem. I heard it was created by absorbing the flesh of a chimera and the core of a golem? It’s surprising that a golem of that size was formed, but it’s not impossible if you’re the head of the Golden School.”
“You seem to know a lot about golems?”
“We have a long-standing contract with the Luden family, a famous family of golem magicians. He buys the rare metals we collected at a good price.”
Ah, I remembered that guy. He is Mr. Rendal, a helper who can be met in the character scenario of Golem Master Cranel Luden. Joint
anti-magic technique with Yuel, who has awakened as a forest sage. He was the person who obtained the golem cores needed to manufacture [Master Form Junk Wooden Golem – Luden Warrior]. “
Anyway, it’s amazing that a golem of that size was created, but the magic tower really did something crazy.”
I agree with Mr. Rendall’s opinion . Guardians.
Even if another incident similar to the assassination of the Academy Director had occurred, the reaction would not have been this high.
Estelle Hadassa El Ras, a saint of the New Church and the first princess of El Ras, the continent’s hegemony.
This person is Marie. She is even more untouchable than before.
She is a woman like a nuclear bomb who can simultaneously turn enemies against the most powerful New Church and the powerful kingdom of El Ras. The assassination of the
chairman, which can be delayed by claiming that it was simply a runaway by some faction, and the assassination of the chairman. It’s an incident of a different class.
“The attack on the Magic Tower is a set procedure, right?”
“What about the kingdom’s army? Are the church’s paladins going to join in?”
“It’s difficult for even a magic tower to win against the kingdom’s army. The problem is how much the Guardians will be mobilized…”
Even if they don’t say it, everyone is secretly reluctant to go to war.
It is a natural atmosphere. Now that the situation on the continent is stable and humanity’s enemies are limited to demons. . A large-scale war would be of no benefit to them.
A mobilization order to mobilize all the Guardians was only possible in the final battle, where the survival of humanity was at stake.
But in this situation, both in the original work and in the previous episode, the president of the association came up with a trick.
“I’m worried. do not do that. “In this mobilization order, the mobilization allocated to our branch is only seven elite Guardians.”
The Guardians sigh in relief at the words of the Association President. There are more than thirty Guardians here. There is a fairly high probability that they will be excluded. That’s it.
However, the president of the association’s words were not finished yet.
“Ah, by the way, the Guardians who are participating in the subjugation of the Magic Tower are allowed ‘unlimited looting.’ Whether it’s material resources… or human resources.”
“……!!”
“What?!”
The Guardians contort in shock. They
are literally allowing looting without any restrictions.
The magic tower has been built for hundreds of years. Raised goods and numerous magic tools. In addition, the magicians themselves.
We will even allow the acquisition of slaves. It was an unconventional proposal in the founding fathers of the current continent, where slavery is illegal and only the worst people are reduced to slavery. Let alone the
church, the kingdom. It’s a bold admission that shows how desperate they are.
“We, the Knights of the Red Hammer, will gladly save the saint!”
“Damn, I’m so pathetic! Our Modern Magic Research Association will be of much help!”
“Chairman! President of the Association! Of course, that also includes the Excalibur Division, right?!”
The audience was devastated by the reaction of the Guardians, distorted by greed.
Unlimited looting was allowed in a war where victory was virtually certain. How much money was made in this one war? Can they make money?
Anticipating such a reaction, the president of the association leisurely watched this chaos.
After waiting for it to slowly subside on his own, the president of the association soon issued a statement:
“The seven elite Guardians have been selected in advance. Guardians who do not belong here will be allowed to send up to four elite guardians each.”
The list of guardians to subdue the Magic Tower announced by the president of the association was as follows.
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1. Red Brotherhood
2. Rounds
3. Fianna Knights
4. Modern Magic Research Society
5. Iron Warhammer
6. Northern Army
7. Corin Guardians
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The Guardians who joined the punitive force breathed a sigh of relief, and each of the Guardians who could not join The absurdity was brought out.
And among them, there was a person with gorgeous honey blonde hair who jumped up and stood up.
“This is so absurd, Chairman of the Association!”
“What? Leader Allen of the Invisible Golden Hand Guardians.”
“The selection of the other Guardians is understandable to some extent! But the case is different with the Corin Guardians!”
Ah, this is a familiar face. He must have been the second son of a fairly large merchant in the royal capital. It was a merchant who gave out valuable missions.
“The Corin Guardians? Who are they?”
“They’re babies made by academy students.”
“They include babies that haven’t even dried?! Isn’t that absurd!”
Although I am a fairly successful rookie knight, I am only a new member of the Guardians for two months. It seems that information about the members has not been widely spread yet. In fact, they deliberately neglect
big missions just to focus on the Magic Tower’s laboratory. “Student Corin
! Think carefully! It’s not something you can handle!”
Leader Allen approached me and urged me to resign from subjugating the Magic Tower. If you’re from this family, there must be something else next. ”
But it would be a shame to just miss this opportunity. We, the Invisible Golden Hands, are Guardians affiliated with the Gold Hands, which are among the top ten in the royal capital. If student Corin transfers Tio to us, we will compensate you without any regrets.”
“What!? Allen, you bastard! “Cowardly!”
“You’re going to participate in the subjugation with money? Is it okay for something like this to be allowed, Chairman of the Association?”
“…..”
The Chairman of the Association remained silent without any particular restraint on Allen’s actions. It was a tacit agreement.
Due to the Chairman’s non-interference, Allen became more energetic and even proposed a specific amount. “If you fail this subjugation ,
I will pay you 2,000 gold coins in one lump sum. What is it like? Of course, even if you end up missing in the subjugation, I will take good care of the four guardians I will dispatch.”
2,000 gold coins, 2 billion won in Korean Won.
It is a reasonable offer that can be tempting in a subjugation where you are not sure how much you will receive in return. But…. …
“It’s fun. Try more.”
Our lovely vice-captain smiled brightly.