I Killed an Academy Player - Chapter 70

[ Nazrea, City of the Dead (1) ]

Mamilla Hotel room suite in downtown Merkava.

The security and safety against monsters established by the existence of the Guardian Academy. The benefits of the abundant capital made up of the citizens gathered as a result brought about the prosperity of the city.

A top-class hotel in the heart of the city. You can only stay for one night in a suite at the Mamilla Hotel, which has the quality and service worthy of being the best hotel in the city, and costs a hefty sum of money.

Bishop Renault Lijunan’s voice shows no sign of lowering his voice while enjoying a glass of high-quality wine that is over 80 years old on a top-of-the-line cowhide sofa.

“Are you saying that?”

thud! And the wine that was on the side table spilled out. The bishop is not concerned about the fact that it is a high-end item that can only be purchased with gold coins.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t know that magic bandits would run amok on the platform…”

-Kaang!

The wine glass that was thrown without hesitation shattered on the forehead of the man who made the report.

The bright red color of flowing wine. The man didn’t move even though something sticky was dripping down.

“Useless guy. I can’t believe that a guy who is the leader of the glorious Cross Assault Team that follows God’s will can’t even solve a problem like this.”

Cross Assault Team.

It is a fanatical secret unit that annihilates the enemies of Catholicism in the shadows. Their individual combat power was nothing compared to that of the Knights of the Temple, but they had no status or name, so they were convenient to use as expendable items.

“These are items entrusted to us by the Eastern pagans. Find them somehow. If not, at least get a replacement!”

Renault gave obvious instructions but prepared in case it did not work out.

“Tell those dark-haired gangsters! Tell them the route and schedule of the academy’s carriage.”

“…What does that mean?”

“You idiot! Don’t you think we need to buy time? If we form a bandit group and steal Boramae’s supplies, wouldn’t there be justification for changing the schedule?”

“Oh, I understand.”

As the leader disappeared, Bishop Renault looked down at the splendid view of the city seen through the terrace.

I don’t like anything.

The current situation and the prosperity of this city that have defied God’s will.

But Renault Lijunan knows. That gods exist in this land. And their arrival is not far away.

“All for the coming of paradise.”

He saw God.

* * * *

The venue for the group exhibition has been announced.

16 people from Boramae Academy Gap-eul Soldier Team.

16 people from Merkava Academy ABCD team.

The venue for the group exhibition in which all 32 academy students participated was as follows.

“Nazrea… City?”

Arisha yawned and looked puzzled, perhaps because she had woken up a little too early because she was scheduled for a team competition.

“Where is Nazrea City?”

In the central part of the El Ras Kingdom, there is a dead city called Nazrea. It is a place so famous that guardians also reside there.

Marie opened her mouth as if she knew the city’s history.

“Wow, this place is famous as the Undead City.”

“Uh, Undead City?”

“huh.”

Marie took out a booklet from the outer robe she had prepared for the start of the team competition.

“Nazrea was a prosperous metropolis 300 years ago. But now it is a ruined city.”

“Uh… it’s a tragedy. Why did it perish?”

“A warlock named Drakon brought undead to the city. He used a large-scale black magic called the Undead Legion.”

“A warlock?”

Immortal Legion. To put it simply, it is a great magic that causes the largest number of dead as magic power allows, centered around a magic circle.

“That’s really ominous.”

“The problem is that it is a special barrier that will maintain the magic even after 300 years.”

“Yes. Even now, Nazrea is a city of undead, with undead constantly roaming around.”

“Even after three hundred years? Is that possible?”

“It is possible if the movement of a special celestial body coincides with timing that is close to a miracle.”

Marie, the wizard, immediately went into explanation as to whether she was familiar with Nazrea’s undead phenomenon.

“A super blue blood moon occurred 300 years, 3 months, and 24 days ago. It is a very rare lunar eclipse in which the super moon, blue moon, and blood moon phenomenon occurred simultaneously.” A rare

lunar eclipse in which the Super Moon, an Advent phenomenon in which the Moon appears enlarged,

and the Blue Moon, which occurs every 2 to 3 years like a leap month,

occur on the same day as the Blood Moon, in which the Moon appears crimson due to instability in atmospheric conditions.

The timing of this miracle, which only happens once every hundreds of years, gave rise to a special magical phenomenon. To put it simply…

“During this period, special magic waves flood the ground. Great magic that is activated by drawing in this magic power will receive the permanent protection of the moon.”

“Uh… So?”

“A permanent spell that infinitely resurrects the undead has been applied to the entire city of Nazrea.”

“…….”

Alisha looked like she was asking why she was leaving such a dangerous place.

“It is impossible to purify Nazurea. It is large in scale, but purifying the city in one night… or even half a day, is impossible even if the kingdom does its best. “What does that mean, Marie-senpai?” “

Ugh

… .You’ll find out when you get to the city! I came here once last year!”

Anyway, Alisha, who recognized that it was a dangerous place, suddenly raised a new question. ”

…Why are you holding a team match in a place like that?”

“If you don’t go to the center of the city, It’s not that dangerous. “Maybe they’ll focus their activities on places where low-level undead are located?”

But no one could be sure.

Although the city is now only used as a venue for group exhibitions by students of priests’ training courses, Nazrea is clearly a demonic world.

There are reapers here. The God of Death exists.

* * * *

-Kieeeee…!

The auditorium is flying smoothly. You can see thin clouds outside the window.

Four passengers, including Hresvelg, are transporting students and professors to the audience. They were flying through the sky with her on her back.

“Whoaam~”

Alisha nodded while reading a booklet about Nazrea, and seeing as Marie was not there, she must have gone to the kitchen to boil potatoes. By now, the

individual and doubles matches were being held at the academy. They would be losing. For your information, the students participating in the group competition, like Marie and us, had competed in advance.

I was worried about this team competition.

‘If it went as planned, it would have been a quest to steal eggs guarded by a pseudo-polygon.’

The affair has changed.

Originally, Nazrea is an external stage visited during the main scenario.

First of all, it is a side story that is closer to a sub-scenario than the main scenario, but at least it is not a stage used as a festival theme.

“Chief Professor Kang Ryun changed the group stage. 」

When I heard this news from Ms. Josephine, I was a little surprised. In

past festivals, a representative of the Academy on a business trip coordinates the content of the group exhibition. It has become a tradition to consider the fairness of the organizers using the home ground. The content of the group exhibition itself

is It’s bound to be decided and coordinated when the advance team arrives, but it’s not changed in such a hurry.

It’s definitely an aftereffect of robbing the old school’s carriage a week ago.

‘It’s just buying time.’

The important items from the Palmundungap Daeramyeoljin, which will make up the final stage of the group exhibition, were stolen, so it is necessary to find them or find replacements. It

must be embarrassing because special items that would have been smuggled to avoid customs inspection were stolen

. “I heard that the supplies I was bringing were stolen by a group of magic bandits. Is

this your fault?” I could tell for sure that it wasn’t me. What I did was the Gugyo side, which was smuggling the goods, and not the Boramae side. In other words, Bishop

Renault and Kang Ryun were in a relationship over time. In order to make money, they staged an act of robbing their own wagon.

To create a justification for changing the contents of the group competition.

‘That pig. His head works well.’

That guy is also the guy whose name is written in my kill list. He is a typical religious villain, but thanks to his social position, his power of action and influence are not usually annoying. In the first place, the

entire upper class of the Catholic Church are fundamentalists who dream of the ‘arrival of paradise.’

[Legend of Arhan Heroes] No matter which route you take, one of the forces that will inevitably be destroyed is the Catholic Church of Zeruem Holy Site. That means they are useless. ‘The problem is the messenger of Nazrea…’

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Nazrea [Death God]

A powerful being that appears in the main scenario. It is a being closer to a spirit rather than a monster or demon.

Commonly known as the Grim Reaper. If the scenario goes as planned, the player will face this angel of death.

Immortal Nazrea 300 years ago . A spirit guide who has become resident due to the Legion incident. There

is a high probability that he will appear in front of us.

-Flutter! Flap!

The sound of flapping wings has changed. The passenger is preparing to descend and has begun to slow down.

“Ugh… now. “I boiled all the potatoes!”

Marie let out a sad voice and woke up Alisha, who was dozing off. I woke up Lark and Jaeger at the end of the audience. -Gooooh! Soon, the audience

calmly

landed on the ground and 16 students each carried their luggage. Pick it up and get off. There were people waiting for us.

“Welcome. Dear Merkava Academy students, My name is Flamel, the priest who served as the Nazrea exploration guide. You can board the prepared carriage.”

At the landing site where the passenger vehicle landed, another large passenger vehicle is eating food. Boramae seems to have already arrived and headed toward the entrance to Nazrea. Arisha was about to board the horse-drawn

carriage when suddenly everyone got on it. I realized that it was small and cramped.

“The carriage is a bit small?”

“Unfortunately, it was a sudden visit. We couldn’t prepare enough carriages, so I’d like the rest of you to go on horseback… Is there anyone among you students who can ride a horse?” It seems that the

priests here were also slow to respond to the sudden schedule change. It’s unavoidable. “I know how to ride.”

“Oh, I

know how to ride too!” Marie and I knew how to ride a horse.

It

was natural since Marie had her own private ranch, and I learned it naturally after riding around in the previous episode.

“Behind Marie . Can I ride?”

“Yes, hold on to my waist, Isabelle!”

Isabelle sat behind Marie, who skillfully mounted the horse. I also chose a horse and rode on it.

The students who did not ride in the carriage…

“What are you going to do?”

“Ride behind the guy?” Oh, don’t do that. Disgusting. Why are you doing this when you know it?”

“…As expected, my close friend.”

I nodded and fully agreed with Jaeger’s opinion.

“Arisha. Do you know how to ride a horse?”

“Uh… you can’t ride

a horse?” “… weren’t you a candidate for the successor to the samurai family?”

As far as I know, riding a horse in Aden would be almost like living. .

“Ride a horrible creature that kills people with its hind legs? How can a person think like that?”

“…….”

What are you talking about? You have denied the traditional means of transportation that has been around for most of human history.

“If you don’t know how to ride, ride behind me.”

“Uh. Oh well… I’ll decline. I’m in the carriage…” As I

ride the horse towards the guy who is slowly backing away, Alisha freaks out and says,

“My arm hurts. Grab it quickly.”

“Ugh….”

I have to pick him up or a guy. I can’t do that. Why am I so sad that I let a sweaty guy grab my waist? Alisha, riding on

my back, is trembling and wants to get off right now. He made it clear that he wanted to go.

“Marie? What’s wrong?”

“I thought you said I couldn’t ride…”

Let’s lead the horse before Alisha changes her mind.

“Run, Red Toma!”

“Mr. Corin? Uggyaaaat?!

-Quit! Shut up!

A red cuttlefish running at high speed. The sprint was a bit harsh for a beginner, and Alisha swayed as if she was going to fall, then clung to my back.

“Mr. Corinne! Wait a minute! Wait a minute!”

“Hahahaha! This is what Injungcorin’s majunggokto means!”

“Heeeeeek…!”

I was in an uplifted mood after riding a horse for the first time in a long time, so I arrived quickly. Even if a wyvern is too much… wouldn’t it be okay to buy at least a horse?

Now that I am making a lot of money, the god of short-sightedness has already descended upon me.

“Huh… Ko Corin! I’m dizzy. My eyes are spinning.”

“Hey… if you really run, you’re faster than a horse, right?”

“I can’t walk.”

“Ugh… carry me on your back.”

In the end, he headed to Nazrea’s forward base with Alisha on his back.

As we entered the city, a nun with a cross in a different pattern than the priest we saw at the landing greeted us. They belong to the same Protestant church as the Hwaran.

“Welcome. You are the first to arrive in Merkava.”

Perhaps because we ran at full speed, we were the only Merkava students who arrived at the camp. Marie is the type of person who drives a horse leisurely, so she will arrive similar to a carriage.

“Are you going to be briefed right away?”

“No. You will be tired from the flight, so please rest at the inn. You can follow me.”

“Of course.”

At the entrance, there were several priests waiting as if they were acting as guides. We followed one of them, a nun named Lina.

“Huh?”

Arisha’s eyes widened as she entered the city.

Nazreah. Undead City. This is because the cityscape is too ‘normal’ to be a city overflowing with the dead.

“Is it normal?”

From the old gate at the entrance to the city, to the fruit shop and bakery baking bread, to the children running around… It’s all a bit old, but it’s a normal cityscape.

“Welcome! Would you like to try some freshly baked bread?”

Alisha was seduced by a bread vendor who solicited customers in a way that seemed too natural for it to be a city of the dead.

“Sniff… it smells delicious. Corin, would you like to buy one?”

“It’s not possible.”

Sister Lina was the one who stopped Alisha from taking out the coin bag.

“Uh… yes. I’m sorry you must be busy.”

“That’s not true. You are not allowed to eat any food here. Didn’t you check the precautions when you came?”

“Uh huh? I’m sorry.”

“Follow the nun’s instructions. First, let’s go to the inn.”

Knowing the reason, I grabbed Arisha and headed to the inn.

The inn we visited was ‘Kanna’, a large three-story inn not far from the city entrance.

“Come on! There are a lot of customers today!”

The innkeeper welcomes us. Inside, priests and professors are keeping their seats, and there are no students in sight.

“Please go up to the second floor. You must come down by 6:40 p.m.”

They moved us to a motel room on the third floor without any further explanation. The number of the room we will be staying in is written on an old, unused wooden key these days.

“Please be quiet. It would be good if you could at least sleep.”

Is it still daylight? In response to Alisha’s question, the nun just shushed and put her finger to her mouth.

“Uh…what the hell is it?”

“Quiet. I’ll explain later. At least get some sleep from now on.”

“yes?”

“It’s not time to stand out yet. We need to take into account that ‘we’ are not the only ones here.”

“…….”

Arisha must have known that I wouldn’t answer even if she asked more questions here, so she calmly unpacked her luggage and lay down on the bed.

* * * *

6:40. We had been awake for 20 minutes and headed to the lobby of Inn Kanna on time.

At the same time, students can be seen coming out of the inn room. Among them is Boramae Student Council President Kang Yu-hwa.

“Huaaaam~”

Everyone seemed to be a little sore as they rushed down the stairs of the inn. Professor Robbie Harmon came down and motioned to us.

“Come over here and sit down.”

“yes.”

Arisha and I are sitting at Professor Harman’s table. Nearby, guests of the inn are noisily enjoying food and drinks.

“Well… Mr. Corin. It’s very different from what I imagined, isn’t it?”

“It’s because I fell asleep while reading the booklet.”

“Ugh…”

Merkava students soon arrived one after another. Sixteen starters, including Marie, Isabelle Jaeger, and Lac, arrived.

Senior Professor Kang Ryun, the initiator of this group exhibition, looks around us as we arrive.

“Everyone has arrived.”

Thirty-two participants in the group event. and eight professors and twenty clergy.

Although a small number of people gathered in the lobby, the place was crowded with other guests besides us.

“58 minutes.”

Most people clearly looked nervous at Professor Kang Ryun’s words.

There were some people, like Alicia and Jaeger, who did not understand the situation, but no one spoke up because they were ‘banned’ from asking questions.

“59 minutes.”

The inn is still noisy. Customers drinking alcohol and eating meat and employees busily serving food. An innkeeper picking out drinks.

“59 minutes and 30 seconds.”

Ordinary daily life that can be seen anywhere. On the contrary, it’s so peaceful that I feel like I’m going to be absorbed in it.

“59 minutes and 50 seconds.”

Suddenly, someone pulled out a mace. They are priests.

“5… 4… 3… 2…”

“What kind of prize is this now…”

“…1. Start.”

As soon as those words were finished, I, the students, and the priests all drew their weapons.

“Kill everyone you see!”

First, my silver spear pierced the temple of the customer who was eating meat next to me. The small ice spear that Marie fired blew off the head of the innkeeper.

“Uh huh?”

“What are you all doing…!”

While the students, who did not understand the situation, were struggling, more than 50 armed men began slaughtering everyone in the inn.

The massacre at the Canna Inn ended in less than a minute.