I Killed an Academy Player - Chapter 18

[ Hunting Ground (3) ]

Marie walked through the dense forest, jumping up and down as if playing.

The place where you arrive with lively steps like freshmen who have just entered school is full of real freshmen.

“Ugh…”

“Huh, my back…”

“Are you okay? Are you hurt badly?”

Although it was a polite question, Marie got the answer she expected.

“Yes…”

The voice sounded dejected rather than painful. I guess they had no idea that the gap would be this big.

Genius wizard Marie Dunareff. The official Guardian rank of Grade 1 was not earned through form.

“I’ll look after you this time, so let’s work hard?”

“Ugh… yes.”

“That’s right! I had a hard time like you last year! I’ll be able to do better next time!”

Marie patted the head of the new student who had lost his will to fight without removing his epaulets and then turned her back.

“How can you use only basic magic…”

More than 10 classmates were scattered around the astonished freshman.

“Hmm~ As expected, the freshmen are brave. But…”

There are no kids like that kid.

Marie blushed as she remembered the impressive freshman boy. If you were that boy, you wouldn’t have given up and fought until the end, right?

“It’s difficult~ Then I don’t think it will be easy to subdue it.”

Will I encounter a boy during this practice? The odds may not be very high, but if we encounter it… I get excited just imagining it.

– Crunchy!

It was then. A tree trunk came out from the floor and wrapped around Marie’s ankles and wrists.

“I let my guard down!”

The main character of the voice is a girl with fresh green hair. The girl pointed an antique staff that looked like a tangle of tree trunks towards Marie.

“Forest spirits, help me!”

Little lights pop out here and there at the girl’s request.

These are spirits that naturally occur in the vast forest of the hunting ground. Marie smiled brightly at the sight of her volunteering without any contract.

“Are you that new druid?”

The tree trunk was moved so secretly that Marie did not even notice, and with a single request, the noble forest spirits appeared without delay.

A druid who receives the protection of the forest. It is no exaggeration to say that this is definitely her territory.

“Surrender. There is no chance of winning in the forest.”

Marie understood such confidence when she saw the dozens of spirits surrounding her.

Druids are naturally friendly to spirits. This is because the spirit is imbued with nature, without being touched by the dirt of the world.

A powerful elementalist who naturally receives help from forest spirits without a separate contract. In addition, the vitality overflowing in the forest also became the druid’s strength.

“I’m Marie. Marie Dunareff. Who are you, junior?”

“…Yuel. This is Yuel from Avelorn Forest.”

“Yes, Yuel. But I also have the pride of a senior, so I can’t surrender.”

“Isn’t the captured image not convincing?”

“this?”

Marie smiled leisurely as she looked at the tree trunks tightening around her hands and ankles. And then he gave me strength.

-Squeak! Squeak!

“Are you sorry, Tree?”

When Marie applied force, the stems tore like pieces of paper. As the restraints were released so easily, Yuel blinked his eyelids quickly.

“How!”

“Ugh~ I’m the eldest daughter of a farm family! I’m confident in my strength!”

-You won the arm wrestling competition and received a bull?

“It’s not at the level of power of a farmer!”

Although he moved only the bare minimum to move secretly, a wizard and not a knight could break the restraints with physical force… Yuel was dumbfounded, but still believed in his superiority.

“You know the power of the forest spirits, right? It’s the complete opposite of your senior, who is a water magician.”

“Well, is that really the case?”

-Papapang!

A ball of water that shoots out in an instant. Since it is a beginner magic, it does not have much killing power, but it has sufficient physical suppression power.

“Spirits.”

Yuel communicated with the spirits using only his voice and asked for their help.

The forest fairies moved the giant trees they were nesting in and quickly built a large wall of tree trunks, and water chunks could not penetrate it.

“Hmm~”

The drenched tree trunk soon fell into the ground. Yuel processes blue magic power as if to retaliate against Marie’s surprise attack.

“Bloom, life.”

A huge flower bud blooming from the ground.

When it blooms, what is revealed are not beautiful flower petals, but hideous insectivorous creatures.

“Ugh…”

Marie clicked her tongue at the hideous appearance, but did not let it go out of sight.

‘It is not a creature of this forest. In other words, it is not a creature grown by infusing magic into a real object.’

A magical creature created with pure magic. When that conclusion was reached, insectivorous creatures born to eat something were launched at Marie.

-Jiggle!

-Jiggle!

Insectivorous creatures that open and close their ugly teeth as if they want to eat even the air in the air. Marie lifted her staff and deployed a bullet. The insectivorous creatures were intercepted.

-Jiggle!

Sutan and insectivores collide from the front. With Sutan’s physical power, the insectivorous creatures would be easily shot down. But something unexpected happened to her.

-Clap!

“huh?”

Even though the insectivores that hit Sutan directly were hit by water balls, they did not bounce back at all and actually grew in size.

‘Aha~ You’re eating magic power?’

-Just right!

When Marie snapped her fingers, water droplets formed in the air and swelled in an instant. It is similar in size to Sutan, but the magical power contained within is greater than that.

“Water bomb.”

-Quaang!

A large water bomb exploded in the air. The aftermath swept away the rushing insectivores with a shock wave and sent them flying in all directions.

“Tch…!”

Clever and quick to judge. Indeed, first class.

Analyzing the opponent’s actions and interpreting their techniques to respond is the basics of a battle wizard.

Marie is a battle mage who has attained level 1.

‘But I still have the upper hand in the forest. There’s no way I can lose here!’

Yuel tapped the ground with his staff and responded to the earth.

As long as these forest spirits are on her side, the trees of the forest and the earth will move according to her will.

“It’s soaked, right? Even down to the ground.”

“yes…?”

[Alchemy Magic: Freezing]

-Aaaah!

At that moment, snowflakes bloomed in all directions, centered around Marie. The insectivorous creatures that were pushed out by the water blast were frozen, and ice instantly formed where the water splashed. In other words……

-Kugugung!

The ground suddenly rises. The dirt floor bounces and shakes here and there. As if there had been a sudden expansion.

“Huh?”

The tree trunks in the ground do not respond to Yuel’s response. Yuel was embarrassed as this was his first time.

“A wet tree trunk went into the ground, right? It froze.”

“What is this…”

“You can’t limit the use of magic to the wizard’s main attribute. There is alchemy magic that converts attribute magic to other attributes.”

Marie Dunareff’s special magic is all magic encompassing the water attribute.

A further application here is alchemy magic, which freezes the moisture created in the aftermath of magic.

The tree trunk that blocked Marie’s bullet was put back into the ground, so it froze in the ground.

“Not yet…! I still have spirits!”

As Yuel said, the forest spirits floating in the air are fine. They seemed very angry at the rude person who froze the ground.

“I’m sorry, but I think something even more sorry will happen. I’m going to explode a water bomb.”

“Water bomb? It’s barely that much…”

Yuel inadvertently looked at the staff that Marie had raised. And then I noticed that an unusual magical power was pointing into the sky, and my gaze naturally turned upward.

“Ah…”

A huge lump of water was bubbling.

Water explosion.

It is a beginner magic that explodes and scatters a shaped lump of water with magical heat. At most, its power is at a level where it would be fortunate to destroy a young tree with a shock wave.

Since it’s a beginner’s magic, it probably doesn’t have that much power.

“Water bomb.”

-Quaaaaaa!!

A huge water bomb pouring down. The water explosion grew to a terrible size and became a huge bomb that swept the entire area──

“That spirit!”

Spirits that react according to the desperate druid’s response. They also became thoughtful and moved all the large trees in the forest to protect Yuel. But….

“Bwaaaaang~”

-Kukwakwakwakwakwa!!

It was meaningless resistance in the face of an overwhelming natural disaster.

* * * *

A scene of great destruction, as if a bombing had occurred.

The huge water bomb that blew away part of the hunting ground was a signal of Marie’s landslide victory.

The upper grades who participated in this practice had this kind of power even though they were not allowed to use even intermediate level magic other than defensive magic. This is thanks to Marie’s characteristics.

[Magic amplification].

The deceptive characteristic of amplifying the power of magic, which originally had a limit to its power depending on the formula, could definitely be said to be an ability suitable for a boss character.

A special level that cannot be conquered alone. A hidden character created to form a party and attack.

There would be only one first-year student who could face Marie Dunareff head-on.

“Ah ahhh…! Are you okay? I’m sorry! Yuel was so strong that I got stronger without even realizing it…! Are you hurt a lot?”

“Ugh…”

Yuel sighed in frustration when he saw his senior fidgeting.

This aqua-colored girl was friendly to everyone with an easy-going and warm smile.

A gentle and peace-loving girl who has no malice toward others. However, behind it all, there is a vicious side hidden as a first-class battle mage.

In reality, this girl probably has a lovely and easy-going personality. A good-natured person who is kind and hospitable to everyone.

Even in the Druid tribe, which was a narrow society, there was one tribe member who formed a particularly close relationship with everyone.

A person who is kind and builds good relationships with everyone, but is merciless in his actions.

“Ugh….”

“Oh, where did you break it? Should I put some saliva on it?”

“Would that make it better?”

“Okay… But the original Guardian grows up broken! I used to be riding a wyvern while spraying water, and I fell and broke my leg—” Is

this strange toughness like an environmental buff given to the children of farmers?

I can not know. The Sabah world is full of unknown things, both in cities and rural areas.

Yuel had to receive intense worry and encouragement from Marie until he was led out of the forest by the rescue team that came to escort the injured.

“Hmm… Did I use amplification for no reason? But it wasn’t an opponent I could beat with just basic magic without amplification…”

Marie shifted her gaze as if she was troubled. Toward another student who had been staring at him before.

“Hello? I’m Marie. What’s your name?”

Red gaze intersected with golden gaze.

* * * *

In front of the hut, which is the goal point. There was a huge golem standing in front of it as if blocking it.

“…I’m sorry, but first place is mine.”

1st year named golem wizard Cranel Luden. One of the player’s initial party members, excluding Hwaran.

This guy was sweeping up students who were holding out in front of the hut.

“Ha… What day is today? Why do second-class people appear in front of me?”

‘Seeing as they came so quickly, did they make a golemma and run straight away? Are you planning to have a baby egg in front of the cabin in advance?’

You said you planned to catch Arisha, but it’s Cranel after Doron. This means dealing with three of the four named players in one day.

In a game, a situation that is not easy even with infinite retreads is easily achieved in real life.

“You’ve collected a lot of epaulettes, right? If I get those, I’ll be in first place…” ”

How are you? So, among the second-class people, you’re second only to Arisha, right? I’ll crush that proud golem right now.”

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Golem.

An old siege technique that has been passed down since ancient times.

A gigantic siege weapon created using the magician’s techniques around the core.

Humankind has been using golems for a very long time because they can produce destructive power that can even destroy castle walls if they have enough materials and magic power.

The fact that golems are treated as siege weapons means that although they are powerful, they also have fatal flaws.

That heavy body is slow, slow, slow.

-False!

“Kaaak…!”

Cranel fell out of the collapsing golem, unable to maintain its shape.

Pass the collapsed golem, leaving behind only dust and debris, and thrust the spear into its neck.

“Golems are a big target against miniaturized, high-powered weapons. If it were me, I would have gotten a friend to guard me first.”

“……doesn’t exist.”

“huh?”

“Friends… I don’t have any.”

“Ah… I’m sorry about that.”

“K…”

Cranel let out a painful groan as if his shoulder was dislocated when he fell from the collapsed golem.

“Just stay still.”

“What?”

-Boo!

“Huh…?!”

When the dislocated bone was hit, a scream came out of the guy’s mouth. Intelligent wizards are not that accustomed to pain, so it can’t be helped.

“Am I overwhelmingly number one with this?”

“you…!”

While adjusting the dislocated bones, I took the epaulettes I had taken from Cranel. In addition, there are plenty of green and white epaulettes.

“Hehe, but the epaulettes you’ve earned so far still count as your points, so you’ll have points left over to buy a few potions, right?”

“Ugh…”

117 points including Cranel’s epaulettes! That’s an incredibly high score!

It’s the first time I’ve gotten this much score while playing infinite rets in a game. what? Is Lady Luck smiling on me today?

I leave Cranel behind and head towards the cabin. Now it’s time to settle the account.

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[Hunting Ground Training Status]

Level 2 Knight Arisha Aden injured.

Second Class Knight Doron Warsky lost power.

Level 2 wizard Druid Yuel injured.

Level 2 wizard Cranel Luden loses his core.

Of the four named first-year students, two are unable to fight, and the remaining two have lost much of their power.

In addition, there are boss characters that you would never encounter in a nuclear power plant scenario.

No one knows what result this will have. But—

“It’s on!”

There is no excuse for
what will happen from now on to be a result of Corin’s self-employment.