I Killed an Academy Player - Chapter 67
[ Festival Eve (2) ]
It’s already been a month since the Typhoon Bat incident. There’s a lot of noise around the academy these days.
“There’s a lot of talk about the festival.”
The reason the students are so excited is because of the festival that is just around the corner.
“It’s a big event that happens once a year.”
At Corin’s words, Alisha looks more worried than excited.
“…Parents will come too, right?”
“Right. But are your parents coming?”
“Maybe… your sister won’t come?”
Even in middle school, if there were parent consultations, my older sister, Alisha, came instead.
“Did you meet Runia during vacation?”
“No. It looks like she was busy hunting monsters in the east. I also returned around the time the nest subjugation battle was over.”
For a different reason than Arisha, who is still afraid of Runia, Korin is also unimpressed by this festival.
This is already his fourth festival, including the previous one. Should we say that he is an experienced newcomer who also participated in the Legendary Festival where all four major academies were mobilized?
“Hey, shouldn’t we make a team faster than that?”
“Okay, I have to prepare for the individual, doubles, and team matches!”
“You can only go to two festivals.”
“Oh right.”
Jaeger, like a knight, expressed his intention to participate in the individual match and Lark in the doubles match. Individual battles are definitely at a disadvantage for wizards.
“Where are you going to participate, Corinne?”
“Double clothes. For your information, I’m taking you with me.”
“Ugh……”
“What are you talking about? It’s a fixed party.”
Arisha does not have the right to veto.
“What about the team competition?”
“In team competitions, the distribution of teams is random, so we don’t have a choice.”
For reference, the group preliminary round of the festival each year exceeds 1,000 participants. Only 4 teams are made up of 4 people.
“But aren’t the individual and doubles matches also selected by lottery? Even if Corin wants to compete with me, there is a possibility that both will be selected….” “An announcement will be made soon
. Level 2 and above will definitely participate in one of the matches except the team match. “Give me a seed ticket.”
“Ah~”
Is participation in the doubles match compulsory? Arisha suddenly seemed to have doubts and asked Corin.
“But why don’t you go out with Marie-senpai? What am I saying… honestly, isn’t Marie-senpai the strongest?”
“Senior Marie is going to have an individual exhibition.”
“Huh? A wizard’s individual competition?”
“It looks like the individual winner’s prize is coveted.”
Wizards are weak in individual battles. First of all, because of the casting time, the battle wizard class usually specializes in firefights.
“Well, I think Marie-senpai will win this individual match by a landslide.”
Marie has a non-standard volume called Deokgu. A powerful bodyguard that can compensate for the wizard’s greatest vulnerability.
Moreover, Marie herself is physically capable of blowing away a decent knight with a clumsy punch.
“Look over there!”
“What is it? What is it?”
The classroom was noisy at that time.
“Wow, look at that outfit. Is it similar to the Oriental Shinseon uniform?”
“You idiot, it’s just an Eastern style.”
“Wow, that person is pretty.”
As I look outside, I see three people walking in the middle of the academy. Just by looking at their Oriental-style clothing, you can tell that they are from a foreign country.
“You’re finally here.”
Doseon (道仙) Gangryun.
Swordmaster Kang Yu-hwa.
Openwork dog (鬪脚犬) Photo Hyeok.
These are the main characters in Act 3, “Bicheon Yacha.”
* * * *
“…Are you saying that now?”
Josephine, the head professor at Merkava Academy, was astounded by the request made by an elderly man visiting from the East.
“I only made a natural request as a legitimate blood relative of that child.”
“Transferring a student from this academy to Boramae Academy. This is unacceptable behavior.”
As soon as Kang Ryun, a senior professor like himself, arrived as a ‘group competition selection judge’, he requested a meeting with Chairman Eriu and Senior Professor Josephine.
The content of the interview was that he wanted to transfer his blood relative, ‘Kangran’, to Boramae Academy.
“A year ago, we had a tragic accident. Tragically, the center of that accident was my niece.”
“……I know.”
“You kidnapped my niece, taking advantage of the time when she was distracted by the tragedy that devastated the castle. Now that we have discovered her whereabouts, it would be a natural step to retrieve her.”
“Dutch students are in a special situation. You probably don’t know that, right?”
“I just want my niece back.”
“……”
Kang Ryun’s argument was extremely valid. In reality, Kang Ryun is Hwaran’s uncle.
“As you know, there is a beast inside that child’s body.”
“Thanks to that child, the Dutch student’s body is alive. And that was the will of Kang Yu, Chairman Eriu’s close friend and the student’s father.”
“Hmph…! That’s up to us. Do you really think that beast can be social in the first place?”
“of course.”
In fact, Hwaran spent the first semester without incident. She didn’t show much aggression and they were forming a relationship, albeit a narrow one.
Josephine refuted this in order to prevent what would happen if she were taken to the East, but the visitor, who had been silent until now, spoke up.
“I want you to prove that.”
He was a large man with a generous appearance. He, dressed in a slightly worn-out design of a holy robe, is Bishop Renaud Lijunan, dispatched from the Catholic holy site of Jeruem.
“That evil demon has social skills? How can he not know that all of this is part of an evil plan?”
“Bishop Lijunan, it would be best if you did not say anything more than that.”
“No! We true believers do not believe your lip service.”
“…What do you want to say?”
“Let’s exhibit that evil thing at this festival. If it’s that evil thing that killed so many lambs, it will reveal its true nature in the heat of violence.”
“…….”
To be honest, she wanted to repeat the correlation of the argument point by point, but Josephine did not have the confidence to engage in a logical confrontation with religious people.
The argument with religious people was not a contest of facts and logic, but an area of emotion and faith.
By their standards, a witch herself would be burned at the stake.
“Are you asking Dutch students to participate in the festival?”
Senior professor at Gugyo and Boramae. Frankly speaking, it is to Merkava’s advantage that the two are arguing over the Netherlands.
Anyway, there are two cases here where demons have sufficient social skills and sense.
It would be easier if you coolly refuted this and didn’t use any unnecessary restraints in the future…
“Good. Let’s encourage the Dutch student to participate in this individual competition. And Professor Kang Ryun.”
“Speak.”
“The Dutch student will decide her own residence. It may not be the same in the East Continent, but here, the legal guardians are Chairman Eriu, me… and the great saintess of Zeon Cathedral.”
“…….”
With those words, Josephine gave the order to congratulate the guests. It is no wonder that she so easily complied with their demands.
“Really… it’s as you said.”
Josephine recalled a conversation she had with a boy a few days ago.
………
……
…
“Please use the inn I designated as the group lodging for Boramae Academy students.”
“…Suddenly?”
Lady Josephine’s eyes are fierce. She still doesn’t trust Corin and is watching his every move. And you might wonder why he is like this.
“Is there any other reason?”
“The academy invited to this festival is Boramae Academy, right?”
“Yes, it’s an annual event.”
“Balthazar’s dogs are hiding at this festival.”
“……!!”
Madame Josephine’s pupils dilate. She considers Corin Locke to be Balthazar’s disciple, so she may find that statement credible.
“Where? Who!”
“I just know something is going to happen and I don’t know exactly. But I can make predictions.”
“then?”
“Gukyo and Boramae. It could be one or both.”
Both are correct.
A struggle is underway to expand the influence of the Catholic Church, which is declining day by day, and Boramae’s spirit magician and some students also join in.
Both group keywords are
events that determine the fate of the most important named character that marks a turning point in the main scenario of 『Bicheon Yacha Hwaran (火蘭)』, and are important events that determine the future direction of the entire El Las Kingdom.
“Professor Josephine, I would like you to monitor the old school.”
“Then student Corin…”
“There is a newly built inn in the outskirts. Let the Boramae students stay there. It is easy to monitor.”
“How can I trust you…”
“You don’t have to trust me. Always doubt. That’s the right attitude. But no matter what I do, my purpose doesn’t change.”
『I will save the world.』
Josephine also witnessed that pledge.
“…….”
Mrs. Josephine sighs for a moment and then gives a sad look.
“Now that you think about it, the newly built inns in the outskirts were built with investment from students…” “
It’s irrelevant.”
“I have information that the owner of the inn that received the investment is a Corrin student…”
“Irrelevant.”
“Recently, a Marie student is moving ingredients there and setting up a street vendor…”
“It’s completely irrelevant.”
“…….”
Secured 100 long-term guests. The planning of all profit-making projects, including daily necessities, food, and round-trip expenses for wagons, was prepared with the national aspect in mind.
People need to grease their throats a bit before living. Don’t be too strict.
* * * *
Academy Central. At the ‘festival venue’, over a thousand students, including me, were looking around.
Jaeger and Lark have similar reactions.
“There should be a lot.”
“I heard that even fourth graders participated.”
“Can we… survive?”
Festival group competition selection. After filtering and filtering, only twenty-five survive.
There are roughly a little over a thousand people, ranging from first-year students who attended out of curiosity to fourth-year students who participated to write at least one line of their specifications.
At this level, it can be assumed that a significant number of students participated.
‘Among the names, Hwaran and Marie are missing.’
It seems that those two only participate in solo exhibitions. As for Alisha…
“Corin~ I’m here!”
Wow, I was far away in the crowd. Survive well, Arisha.
“Nice to meet you all. My name is Kang Ryun and he is the judge for this selection.”
The voice of a middle-aged man rang out from the platform overlooking the festival venue.
“Who is that person?”
“Why the senior professor from Boramae who visited last time?”
“Ah… Is that him? I saw him when I went there the year before last…”
“Then this year’s difficulty level will be hell as well. Ah~!”
There were two mixed reactions. 1 to 2nd grade and 3 to 4th grade.
“Are you famous?”
“I’ve seen it on Guardians… Gangryun, the best true magician in the East Continent…”
Boramae’s chief professor, Doseon (道仙) Kangryun. He is a semi-special magician recognized by the entire association and is famous for his impregnable defense that can never be destroyed.
“This is a preliminary round to select 25 Guardians to participate in the team competition. Bio hopes for your hard work. Please be careful as the epaulettes given to each person will be eliminated as soon as they are removed.”
With those words, Kang Ryun briefly ended his dry speech.
“Let’s get started. The exam content is… yes, the most important responsibility of a Guardian.”
“Save the citizens.”
Before I even figured out what those words meant──
-Kugugung…!!
The ground began to rise.
“Uh, what is it?”
“The ground is rising?!”
“…It’s going to be a hard time this time too.”
A reaction mixed with confusion and resignation. The terrain was transformed in an instant, without anyone having time to come to their senses.
“Does this make sense?”
Jaeger could barely hold back his swearing…
“Crazy…”
Lark let out a swear word without thinking. This would be an even more absurd situation for a wizard who understands the principles of magic.
The festival venue, where over a thousand students were lined up, suddenly turned into a labyrinth.
[Paljindo (八陳圖) – Palmungeumsaejin]
The arrangement of objects that embodies the principles of Feng Shui and the magic of the magician.
A well-planned formation distorts even the sense of distance in space and boasts absolute defense, enough to take on an army of 10,000 in a short period of time.
In order to destroy a formation once developed, there is no choice but to destroy or transform the pieces that make up the formation or attack the Paljindo itself.
Of course, the difficulty of conquering Paljindo is as damning as figuring out the pattern of a minefield.
“But what does ‘save the citizens’ mean?”
“Isn’t that what you’re talking about?”
There were stone dolls where Lark pointed. Additionally, the following words were written all over the walls:
“One. Citizens can give instructions after touching.
2. +1 point per citizen when delivering a citizen to the destination.
“If you destroy citizens unnecessarily, -2 points are imposed per person.”
It wasn’t difficult to understand the rule.
* * * *
Alisha was able to understand the rules of this selection competition without difficulty.
In short, this is a citizen escort mission.
All you have to do is use your skills as a guardian to protect citizens in a land invaded by monsters and transport as many stone citizens as possible to the safe area.
“Follow me!”
“Miss Alicia! Here’s another new citizen!”
“It’s already the tenth time! We’ll all be gathering soon, right?”
Now she was acting along with other students.
Although I felt it keenly during my training at Hunting Ground, a test labeled as an individual exhibition is not an individual exhibition in the pure sense of the word.
Especially in tests like this, it is much more efficient to find allies to act together and allocate roles.
“A monster appears ahead! It’s a long hound…!”
At those words, Alisha ran through the labyrinth as quickly as possible. Hounds have a habit of calling out to their comrades, so it’s best to deal with them quickly.
-Kung!
Kwasik! And a long hound penetrates in an instant. The stone soldier in the shape of a long hound petrified and soon collapsed.
“Hu~”
These are stone soldiers unique to Jinbeopsa Temple. They must be stone soldiers modeled after monsters for a realistic feel.
Stone citizens are also a type of stone soldier, so I was able to see how much effort and equipment had been put into this attack.
“Huh~ Everyone, did you find the safe area?”
“I’m sending out a familiar to look for it. Since it’s an eight-door group, I think there’s at least one around here…” “
Other people are busy too, so wouldn’t it be a priority to gather as many citizens as possible?”
“What do you think, senior?”
The four boys and girls, including Alisha, worked together and devised ways to win this selection competition.
But they don’t know. In this type of survival, there is a high probability that crazy people will appear.
-Kiyooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
A roar echoing through the closed labyrinth. And the sound of drums.
“drum?”
-Roar, roll, roll! floating!
-Roar, roll, roll! floating!
-Kkisssssssssssssssssssssssssss…!!
“From the front! We’re approaching from the front!”
-Roar, roll, roll! floating!
-Bamparabamba! Bam bam!
A sound echoing in the labyrinth. The owners of the ominous and majestic BGM were gradually approaching Arisha and the others.
And as the image gradually comes into view… people who are speechless begin to appear one after another.
“…………”
“……What is that?”
Stone soldiers classified as stone citizens. There were people who had tied up dozens of stone soldiers as if they were horsemen in a cavalry battle and were running on top of them, roughly tearing up carpets and drum bards that they had obtained from unknown sources.
-Roar, roll, roll! floating!
-Roar, roll, roll! floating!
-Bamparabamba! Bam bam!
-Kiyooooooo!!
-Kkkkkk!!
The boys are so immersed in acting that they let out barbaric howls, pluck bards and beat drums like electric guitars. They are a bunch of bandits.
“We are Mandragora bandits! If you obediently put down your weapon, we will spare your life!”
Jaeger, a bandit with his mouth painted red, tore open his bard and looked down at Alisha and her companions.
Although it was difficult to recognize the overall make-up that made people wonder, “Why is this so serious?”, Alisha was able to recognize the leader of the bandit group.
“……Mr. Corrin?”
The standard of battle royale.
Find friends and cooperate with each other.
The true essence of battle royale.
Plunder everyone else except me.
“In fact, it is easier to take something than to save it.”