Chapter 64: Heist (4)

A sky-blue line cuts between the monsters recklessly rushing in. As a sword strike containing dense ice mana is engraved among the monsters, Yelena activates her Stigmata.

Crack-

As the sword path freezes, the line becomes a surface. Most of the monsters burst and die from the inside due to the suddenly increased volume.

“Huu, you still don’t know where?”

“Yes… it’s not a good situation to use tracking magic right now…”

“Tsk.”

Yelena’s sword shone again. Two bone golems are caught in a net-like slash and cut into dozens of pieces.

The situation was not good. Yelena herself had experienced countless such melee situations, so she could still hold on, but the problem was Regina.

Regina’s one-on-one combat ability is superior to that of academy teachers. However, perhaps because her body is inherently weak, she quickly gets tired and collapses when entering a multi-person battle.

This kind of attrition battle should not be prolonged. No matter how much she protects Regina while moving, perfect escort is impossible in a melee.

The area near the training grounds was already close to a mess. Monsters continue to pour out of the magic circles opened in the air.

Thanks to the efforts of the teachers, the number of magic circles was reduced by half within 20 minutes of the outbreak, but breaking the magic circles didn’t mean that the already summoned monsters went somewhere.

“Really, if she goes around alone next time, I’ll let her have it.”

With a nervous voice, the sword strikes became even faster. Yelena was also starting to get anxious.

Sian is not a girl who will die so easily. She has a second Stigmata, so she can protect herself.

What Yelena is worried about is that Sian might get hurt while trying to save others. She was a foolishly kind girl. It was likely to happen.

“…”

Between the sticky mana that filled the academy, a cozy and warm mana was felt. Yelena knew this feeling. The mana of Sian’s midterm exam group member, Elissa.

“This is… Elissa’s mana…?”

“Perhaps Sian is also over there. I’ve seen Elissa and Sian together a few times.”

As she muttered that, a corner of her heart felt uncomfortable for some reason. Why is she always hanging around with that girl named Elissa these days?

It was okay until Regina. Yelena didn’t have the mind to completely monopolize Sian. She didn’t have the right to control Sian’s human relationships.

Still, as she kept seeing her friends increase like that, a corner of her heart ached. Yelena only opened her heart to Sian, but it seemed like the attention Sian could give her was gradually decreasing.

“Really, when this situation is over, I’ll definitely get compensation.”

So, Yelena muttered that and ran towards the whale floating in the air.

A huge mass crashed into the middle of the skeleton group. The undead, which were painstakingly patched together with mana from already rotting bone fragments, could not withstand the impact.

With a loud crash, the dormitory’s flower garden is swept away by the splash. Only broken and shattered bone fragments remained in the flower garden that was once swept by the wave.

As soon as the skeleton group was blocked, Elissa staggered. As soon as I quickly supported her waist, Elissa leaned on me, blushing.

“Huu…”

“Elissa, are you okay?”

“Yes. I can recover from this quickly. It’s just that my body, which was always full of mana, suddenly lost mana, so I’m just temporarily short of mana.”

“How long does it take to recover?”

“About 3 minutes. It really doesn’t take long.”

I felt anew how amazing Elissa was. Mana excess patients usually have a very high limit of mana they can hold in their bodies, but to recover the whole body in just 3 minutes?

However, I didn’t have time to be lost in thought. Although I smashed the rear, I couldn’t do anything about the monsters that had already entered the building.

From behind us, a heavy impact sound of Kung- was heard.

“Ugh, are they already up?”

“It’s okay. I can deal with this much.”

I quickly spread my senses. What is felt beyond the door are two heavy presences and the rattling sound of many bones. And one person.

The heavy presence is probably a bone golem. And the rattling bone sound is the low-level monsters. The presence of a person is probably that guy named Alex.

I re-gripped my sword and muttered.

“We have to deal with that guy named Alex here. If we can’t deal with the person with the search ability, we’ll keep being chased.”

“Ugh, I understand. I’ll do my best to help.”

Kuung- the steel door shakes again. The thick steel door is dented as if it was hit by a battering ram. The sound of bone golems preparing to charge again was heard.

Elissa staggered but raised her mana. The magic circle that was spreading radially under her feet draws water from around.

[Elissa (Lv.45) activates her unique magic ‘Surging Waves’]

Crash!

At the same time, the steel door shattered.

Looking at the steel door that flew towards Elissa like a cannonball, I drew my mana-enhanced sword. A flash-like sword strike cuts the door exactly in half.

Thud-

The steel door, split in half, crashed to both sides with a loud noise. At the same time, the torrent of mana felt from behind.

“Sian, dodge!”

As soon as I leaped to the side, the mana gathered at Elissa’s fingertips was shot out like an explosion. Elissa, who gave up precise mana control, wildly shot spheres of water mana towards the steel door.

The bone golem is smashed, and the skeletons protecting Alex are shredded. Embarrassment appeared in the eyes that lost their vitality due to the fake Stigmata’s rampage.

I didn’t miss that gap. The Stigmata flickered once, narrowing the distance between me and him.

The guy who had just crossed the door quickly drew his sword. After lightly avoiding the brutal diagonal slash aiming for my neck, I avoid the ensuing kick and approach his blind spot.

However, my slash fired from his blind spot was deflected with a clanging clash. The guy, who twisted his body at an impossible angle, blocked my sword.

“…!”

[Alex (Lv.20+34) activates the fake Stigmata ‘Hawk Eye’]

Blood spurted from the guy’s black eyes. The eyes, strengthened to the limit, followed my movements. There was no blind spot in the multiple slashes that were fired, burning his life.

I fell into thought, avoiding the swirling silver sword paths.

“Tsk.”

Clearly, Alex supported with the search type. So I thought that his close combat ability itself wouldn’t be that strong, but the resistance was unexpectedly strong.

I thought I could fix it with my second Stigmata if I did well, but was it already wrong?

To fix it using the fake Stigmata, the opponent’s incapacitation comes first… but in a state where a Crusader-class might appear at any time, the risk was too great.

“I’m sorry!”

Sharp mana formed on the sword. I didn’t have time to drag out the battle like last time. When the Stigmata flickered again, the guy’s fake Stigmata missed my movement.

While the embarrassed guy was looking around, I moved above him and re-gripped my sword. The guy who belatedly found me quickly raised his sword, but it was already too late.

Kiiiing-

With a soft starting sound, the sword that had cut the sky was filled with mana. When I slashed the sword vertically, Alex was cut down with the sword.

“Huu…”

Taking a light breath and cutting off the part where the fake Stigmata was engraved, I quickly grabbed Elissa’s hand. There was no more time to wait here.

Since the fake Stigmata holder who was looking for Elissa is dead, our location is already known to the fake Stigmata holder.

“Let’s go, Elis…ugh?!”

I, who was about to jump down to the rooftop with Elissa, felt the mana gathering in front of my eyes and took a step back-

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Crack-

A half-beat late, a barrier made of bones was erected in front of my eyes. Elissa’s embarrassed voice was heard.

“What is this…!?”

“Was it a trap?”

Was the reason for bringing a tracker ahead of time to make us stay here? This, it’s become very difficult.

Even if the physical ability of a Stigmata holder is strong, it is impossible to jump more than ten meters while holding a girl. At least with my physical ability.

“…”

I could hear the rattling of bones behind me. It was a sound with a dangerous energy, different from ordinary bone golems.

A necromancer wearing a black robe is seen among the bone golems. The final boss of the midterm exam event based on the original work.

“Hmm…”

My eyebrows furrowed at the voice that made me feel goosebumps just by listening. I quietly counted the remaining number of Blinks.

The cooldown is not yet fully charged. Even though I don’t use mana thanks to the sword, it’s not like I can use the Blink ability without a price.

Besides, even though I, who has been working as an adventurer for 5 years, is still dizzy with companion Blink, can Elissa handle this properly? It’s the first time she’s experiencing Blink today.

Even if the Blink cooldown is restored, the Blink that Elissa can withstand is about three times. So hold out as much as possible and then leave.

Thinking that, I drew my sword. Hoping that Yelena and Regina saw Elissa’s magic.