I Killed an Academy Player - Chapter 71
[ Nazrea, City of the Dead (2) ]
The massacre site at the Kanna Inn left behind gruesome corpses.
“Uh…what the hell is going on?”
“Jaeger…look at these corpses.”
“What… Ugh!?”
Students notice the transformation of corpses with their heads blown off and their hearts pierced.
A rotten corpse that is too wrinkled to be the life of a human being and exudes a gloomy spirit. Priests and nuns came forward to help students who were still unsure of the situation.
“This city has been repeating the same time since the incident 300 years ago.”
“Ordinary life during the day becomes a land of the dead at night.”
A land that cannot be purified.
For 12 hours starting at 7 p.m., this city becomes a city of the dead.
The number of undead rampant in Nazrea at the time of its destruction was truly 1.2 million.
No knight, wizard, religious force, or state power can purify 1.2 million undead in half a day.
“What about during the day? They say they purify during the day…” ”
You’ve probably seen that this place is normally in the form of a normal city. There are troops guarding the city, and knights and wizards of the time also reside there. ”
In other words, if you do something foolish, you will be classified as an enemy of the city and attacked.
“Of course, it’s not that we haven’t tried. Up to 30 large-scale cleanup operations have been carried out so far.”
But it failed. The current city that has returned to night is proof of this.
“From now on, I will announce the contents of the group exhibition.”
Kang Ryun’s voice drew the students’ attention from the undead corpse.
“Each team is divided as follows, and each team must retrieve the ‘Moonstone’. The period is from now until the third morning. You can also give up early.”
【Boramae Academy】
Group A: Kang Yu-hwa, Shin Jo-woo, Watanabe,
Jun Ji-Woon-Yeong, Eul Group: Choi Seok-min, Han Jin, Jin
-hwa, Jegal Su-ah, Byeong Group: Jin Harang, Lee Hyeon-do, Jeong Seok-kwon,
Kim Jong-in, Jung Group: Ramli, The Crocodile, Ok Chang-hwan, Dang Jin-seok, Sugiyama Zenjiro.
【Merkava Academy】 Group
A: Marie Dunarev Isabel Kirmin Russell Crombel Eristina Rockwell Group
B: Reina Adele Aira Crowe Renee Zellweger Clark Arius Group
C: Yuel Maximus Decimus Meridius Zukabar Tigris Yuelium Group
D: Corin Locke Arisha Aden Jaeger Hinzpeter Lac Bergman
The team members announced at this event were sent out of the inn with only a brief explanation and a backpack containing essential items.
Nazrea, the city of the dead.
They were isolated among 1.2 million undead.
* * * *
Night begins.
The cries of the corpses sound like a song.
The paradise of those who cheated death is revealed in the moonlight.
A night when the sun sets and the moon rises. The bell announcing the end of 300 years ago rang throughout the city.
The name of the fortress is Nazrea.
A corrupt resurrection spreads throughout the destroyed city.
A grand ceremony that began with the occurrence of a super blue blood moon.
A dark age that brings about the immortal legions.
The living, if you can run away, try running away.
If you can get through this night, you win. Otherwise, in all cases, your death will mark defeat.
1.2 million dead pour out their jealousy and malice towards 32 living things.
The opening declaration of a hopeless fight was replaced by the sound of clanking bones throughout the city.
“run!”
“Ugh…! Zombies! There’s even a damn ghoul in the mix!”
“Skeleton in front of Mr. Lark!”
“What! This scale? It makes no sense!”
A skeleton approaching clattering.
A ghoul dropping putrid flesh.
Ghosts flocking in with their blue eyes shining.
The appearance of those classified as monsters or demonic spirits is somewhat familiar to guardians.
But these numbers and this scale make no sense.
Magic is also a discipline that studies the laws of phenomena. In order to come to a conclusion, you have to go through a formula called a process.
However, this city is a cauldron of the devil that denies providence. It is something that soars infinitely without concern for conservation of mass.
“Huh…! Huh! Does this make sense?”
Lark Bergman. Although he was promoted to level 4 wizard, his experience was of higher quality than expected.
He has valuable experience fighting against an unreasonable enemy called Marie Dunaref, but this time is on a completely different level.
“So Soul Warrior!”
The Great Library of Merkava. Activates the secret magic obtained through hidden Grimoire.
The ghost knight who was born at once picked up the wizard and gained mobility that could not be defeated by the knights, so he chose to run away without hesitation.
Corin was unable to recognize the spirit due to special circumstances, but he roughly guessed it by looking at his friend’s condition floating in the air.
“Lark! Can you see the bell tower over there?”
“Uh huh!”
“We have to clear a path! Cast maximum power magic and prepare to run!”
“Ah Okay!”
As Lark started casting while riding the ghost horse, undead attacked from all directions.
“Still accumulating Jaeger energy! Take charge of Alisha at 3 o’clock!”
Three knights deal with the undead coming from all directions.
However, the number of undead gradually accumulating is unusual.
Innumerable monsters attack from alleys, buildings, streets… even from the windows of second-floor houses.
“Mr. Corrin! After all, we need Mr. Lark’s fire support?!”
“Securing the bell tower is the priority! All we have to do is block a road!”
Following Corrin’s strategy, Lark is ignoring the undead and casting the most powerful magic he can use.
“Clear the road! Run right away!”
A spearman leaps like a leopard and tilts his upper body. Anyone who knows him knows the technique he will use next.
-Boom!
A spear struck in the air. Instantaneous speed Mach. Lightning rushes towards the undead blocking the street along with a sonic boom that explodes the air.
Corin Locke’s aura-filled spear carved out a white milky way and wiped out the hordes of undead. The Yukpyeon is swept all over the place.
“Rak now!”
At that moment, the ghost rider kicks the ground.
Although he was swept away by the roar of a spear, the remaining undead like remnants obstructed his path. Lark Bergman delivers the final blow here.
“Blow it away!”
The magic unleashed was Kane’s burning skull.
A skeleton gallops right in front of the Ghost Rider, gnashing its large teeth and devouring fire-vulnerable undead.
Although Lark’s magic skills were not very good, the magic that targeted the attributes showed maximum efficiency.
“I will take the lead…!”
With a voice that was closer to a scream than a shout, the ghost rider crashed on the ground and rushed forward on all four legs.
Cavalry charge. That breakthrough power is not something that the melted undead can block.
-Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da!
-Quaak! Kwasik!
The place where the burning skull passed by. A melted ghoul or a burning zombie clumsily tries to block the ghost knight, but in the aftermath of the collision, it floats away and vomits out its internal organs on the knight’s sword.
“Naaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Follow me!
The three friends responded to Lark’s highly uplifted shout.
“Awesome, Knight Lark!”
“cool!”
“This is awesome!”
Three knights and a ghost rider run. A place that has been completely swept away. The four people reached the entrance of the bell tower in one go.
“Open the door…!”
The four people plunge into the entrance with the same momentum they were running at.
“Block the entrance!”
Corin’s decision was to physically block entry by blocking the entrance.
Of course, some of the undead have superpowers, so it’s almost like buying time, but anyway, I’m planning on buying time to recognize the situation and make a decision.
-Quarring!
The chasing skeletons and zombies struggle and knock on the closed entrance, but it is a sturdy iron door. It will hold up pretty well.
“Haa~”
35 minutes since the team match began. Corin Locke’s Group D finally had time to look around.
* * * *
“You’re crazy.”
Since the festival is a competition between the Guardians, a group of superhumans, they often do dangerous things against minors.
But who would have guessed that mining for moonstone is happening right in the middle of this city.
“Wow~ I just caught my breath. What trouble is this?”
“Is this okay? Why did we take this test if there were really casualties?”
“…First of all, we have an HP measuring device. If it is dangerous, we will be forcibly summoned.”
“Anyway, what is a moonstone? Corin, do you know anything?”
“It is a stone filled with the magic power of the moon. It is a rare magic stone. In terms of grade, it would be about grade 2. If it is in good condition, it can be grade 1.”
“Wow! It’s really expensive, isn’t it? Can you harvest something like that in the city?”
“Originally, it could only be found deep in the caldera lake created by a volcanic eruption… but in this city, it’s overflowing with rot.”
“what?”
“Because this is a place where the moon’s magic is recharged every night.”
Oh~ Jaeger and Alisha looked at each other expectantly. As if it was obvious what he was thinking, Lark scolded him.
“The moonstone obtained here cannot be taken out of the city anyway.”
“What? Then you’re in trouble!”
“Of course you idiot. Nazrea is a city that operates under different rules than the outside.”
Just as you cannot intervene inside the city from outside, what is inside the city loses its meaning outside the city.
This is the conclusion reached by the Magic Tower and the Church before the Religious Revolution while researching the Undead City of Nazrea.
“Ha… there was no sweet part-time job.”
“Then how do you get that moonstone?”
“Hmm~ According to the booklet, the undead often devour the moonstone. I heard that the undead that swallow the moonstone emits a green luminous light?”
“Ah, I think I saw a few undead like that on the way!”
For reference, the more powerful the undead, the larger and better quality moonstones you can obtain. Quality doesn’t matter anyway, but it will be an important score in this team competition.
“Let’s take a look around. Jaeger and Arisha are guarding the first floor. Lark is going up to the top with me.”
“Uh… to the top?”
For an intelligent wizard, going up and down the stairs may be hard work, but it can’t be helped.
I forcibly dragged Lark, who was panting halfway, up to the bell tower.
If you look up, you can see a large bronze bell at the top of the bell tower. Lark, who came up sweating continuously, was astonished at the scenery around him.
“Ugh… we’re completely surrounded?”
The area around the bell tower was completely filled with undead. It truly befits the nickname of the Immortal Legion.
Even this is only a small part. Think of the zombie wave taking place in Nazrea.
“There’s nothing to be afraid of. Even so, they are level 4 and 5 monsters. The real danger is in the center of the city.”
This is the outer stage corresponding to D or E in the stage called Nazrea.
This Undead City is structured so that you can gradually enter through the Reaper’s quest, so dangerous undead do not appear in low-level areas.
“But… how do we get out? Are we going to hold out until morning?”
“That can’t be possible. If you do that, you’ll be last place. Find the brightest moonstone undead here. Then, you can cast the fly spell.”
“…That’s less than 30 seconds of flight.”
In particular, Lark looks embarrassed, saying that he has no choice but to bet on all four people.
“30 seconds is enough. If you jump from here, you can earn enough to land in a roughly safe place.”
“…Yes, but.”
I guess none of us are afraid of heights.
“But what about the brightest moonstone undead?”
“Stage boss. We have to catch him.”
“eww… It’s hard to buy, but you and Alisha should be able to do it.”
“Leave the battle to me.”
“I’ll use the magic of the distance to look…”
-Grrr!
The unique sound of scraping the ground was heard all the way to the top of the bell tower. . We naturally head towards the group of undead under the bell tower.
“Uh…”
A large… no, this is not enough. There was a giant approaching this way, ignorantly dragging a huge 5m long great sword.
It was as big as Nana Jaeger . A monster four or five times larger than that, with its face grotesquely disintegrated as if it had been melted by flames, with only one eye open.
“Ko Corin.” That…”
“Revenant… Titan…”
Stage boss in the center of Nazrea. Why is that guy here?
“Damn it! We have to run away right away!”
The collapsed entrance in front of that monster will fly away in an instant. It’s faster than expected, but we have to use Lark’s fly magic to get out of the bell tower! “…Uh.” It was
then
. Lark suddenly thought, ‘Something has happened.’ ‘ He looked up as if he had noticed. And before he could react, the ‘bell’ boomed and opened…
“What the fuck!?”
– Bang!
and threw Lark away.
“What?!”
The bell that blew away Lark. He realized when he saw the bronze bell that moved as if it had will.
“It’s a Geist!?”
A type of spirit that possesses objects. It moved the bell and threw Lark off the top.
“Aaaahhh… .!”
Lark was completely thrown away. Before I could save him, the emergency repatriation device attached to Lark activated.
A light appeared in the air and Lark’s body disappeared. He was probably repatriated to the Kanna Inn.
What does that mean? This time This means that Lark was eliminated from the team competition. This means that we have to compete as a party of three without Lark.
“You’ve been crazy since the first day…!”
I floated again and threw myself down the stairs to avoid the bell that was coming down on me.
Geist . ! Isn’t this guy the one who’ll be here too?
“Yegeeouh! Aliciaaaa…!”
“Corrin?”
“Jump up right now! It’s the Revenant Titan…!”
“What is that…”
At that moment, my intuition warned me of danger. I felt something digging into the air. My ominous intuition was absolutely spot on… …
-Quaaaaang!
Something flew in, smashing the entrance.
“Wooooooot?! What?!”
“Big sword?!”
The Revenant Titan threw the great sword towards the entrance!
“Jump up right now!”
The two people climbed the stairs without delay at my words. At the perfect time, skeletons and zombie ghouls attacked. It poured in.
“What are you doing, Corin? Why are you coming down when you tell us to come up?”
“It’s blocked because of the Geist above!”
“What? What about Mr. Lark?”
As he crossed his arms and made an
The undead are rising from the bottom and the top is blocked!” Jaeger
looked astonished. As for Arisha and I, there is a way to destroy the Geist possessed by the bell and jump from the top. But the problem is
Jaeger. He is good at using Aurors. Unlike us, who can handle it easily, Jaegers are not at that level.
Above all, even if you jump from the top, there is no guarantee that you will be able to escape from the undead crowding around the bell tower.
“Arisha! Stop the zombies coming up from below! Jaeger destroys the bell tower with me!”
“What do you mean?”
“You’ve done at least logging, right? It’s the same principle! I’m going to destroy one side and collapse the bell tower!”
“I never thought I’d do something crazy like this from the first day!”
But there was no counterargument. Jaeger put his aura and his ability to accumulate and release damage to full effect.
“Fly . Go…!”
Jaeger’s mace, which had accumulated a lot of power, blew away one side of the bell tower in an instant.
-Quaang!
The bell tower did not move even though it was shattered. Jaeger’s blow only left a large hole in the bell tower.
“What’s left? smash it directly! Smash it with your mace!”
“Got it!”
It was a fairly sturdy bell tower, but when the knights began to destroy it with their might, it slowly began to shake. It
was then. The Revenant Titan swung a 5m long sword at Arisha, who was cutting down the undead climbing the stairs.
“Titan . …!”
Arisha leaps backwards in a daze. The Revenant Titan’s great sword, which ended in vain, completely destroyed the wall of the bell tower. That
means it dealt the final blow to the bell tower, which was already shaking.
“… ..Oh wow.”
Jaeger sighs as if he is sorry. The bell tower collapses with a sigh.
“Let’s run!”
We started running along the wall in the direction of the bell tower collapsing.
-Quarrr…!
A sign of the building collapsing. Is this what it feels like?
The back of the bell tower bends and tilts as if it is about to break.
-Crumple!!
The collapsed bell tower fell across the middle of the city.
-Quargh!
We barely managed to jump out from the pile of collapsed bricks.
“Wahahah… Cough!” ! Cough! When I hang out with you, all sorts of things go wrong?”
“Did you make good friends?”
“I made good friends… Cough! Do you do it?!” We
were covered in a lot of dust, but thanks to that, there was a path. As we ran down Bell Tower Avenue, we looked at each other and laughed.
“Anyway, the first day was a disaster! It looks like Lark was eliminated too quickly and was picked on by a strange guy. For now, let’s run until daybreak!”
“Ooh…! It’ll work out somehow…!”
– Sigh!
Jaeger stops talking. Something happened and I turned around… Jaeger was snatched by an incredibly huge undead bat and was flying in the air.
“Mr. Jaeger?!”
“.. ….Abyss Shrieker?”
-Kyaaaaaaaaaaa…!
A scream-like sound rang out as if it would tear the night sky.
“Wow, everything that’s going to come out is out?”
Now, if only the Wight King comes out, it’s a collection of the three major bosses of Nazrea.
” Mr. Corin. That way.”
Arisha tapped my shoulder and pointed her finger toward the end of the collapsed bell tower street. ”
Yeah, if it had made the atmosphere this much better, I think you’d come out too.”
Wearing a bone crown reminiscent of a crown, I got on a skeleton horse and headed this way. An undead rider glaring at.
Revenant Titan.
Abyss Shrieker…
Lastly, the Wight King.
The three major bosses of Nazrea gathered in one place.
“Mr. Corin… I think we’re done?
“I’m really going to be amazed.”
In front is the Wight King and in the back is the Revenant Titan. Above is a situation where Abyss Shrieker is running around and the balance has been lost.
At the moment when I thought I would give up on the team competition and just be repatriated, a flash of light came down from the sky.
A spear that engraves a powerful silver aura in the air. That unique reverberation boasted a brilliant light that could not even be compared to mine.
“This window…?”
A light that creates a huge amount of dust around the area in the aftermath of the throw. The goal was not to attack, but to create a smoke screen through destruction.
An arm stretched out towards us in the acrid dust.
“Come this way!”
Shiny silver hair caught Alisha’s eyes… and we desperately ran after the light.
………….
…………
……
How far did they run to avoid the pursuit of the dead? In a building somewhere outside the beginner stage.
We could barely find a place to catch our breath.
“Huh… Huh…! Are you hurt, Corin?”
“I’m fine. How about you?”
“Me too. I’m worried about Mr. Jaeger…”
If it were Jaeger, he would probably have been repatriated long ago. The problem is who helped us.
“Thank you for helping me, but that spear technique just now…”
“How are you learning ‘my’ spear?”
The voice is familiar. A pure and clear voice. I was startled and turned to face her.
The person who saved us was a woman in a robe.
Hair that seems to be woven with unique silver and clear eyes as clear as pure water.
She was a beautiful woman whose adultness was felt even if she did not show it in her body.
“Honestly, I was surprised. This is the first time I’ve seen a child that a Shinigami has shown this much interest in.”
There is no ‘sound’ in the light footsteps. A silent step used by extremely trained martial artists to naturally hide their presence.
Skills built up step by step through repeated training without any tricks are all too familiar.
“You…”
Why are you here?
“Hmm… I see.”
He leans his upper body forward and the corner of his eye that was peeking at me goes up. She stroked my head in a gesture that became a memory.
“You are my disciple from the distant future.”
Erin Danua.
The teacher from 300 years ago was in front of me.