21 – The forest where monsters lurk (2)

The examiner made the final remark.

“I’ll give you extra points for every ten traces of demons or for each demon’s ear.”

There was no reason not to.

After all, the academy is a place to go back to grades.

Since there is a special class like Class 1, the higher the grade, the better.

Amman, even if a big crisis comes later, you have to do what you have to do.

Fran was especially motivated.

“Let’s all wipe out the demons together!”

We weren’t the only ones motivated.

Other parties were also busy hunting monsters.

Most of them were greedy to get even a little higher score.

Conversely, the warrior is only straight.

I moved to break through this forest with a hasty step.

The reason seemed obvious.

You must have felt the same ominous feeling as me.

However, I was sure as a warlock, but a hero wouldn’t go to that extent.

If that was the case, I would have prevented the practical test at all costs.

There was no reason for the hero to stand still in a disaster that could have killed most of the test takers.

“By the way, which direction will the monsters come out?”

“Didn’t we have to get a scout too?”

I raised my finger and pointed to one side.

“Over there.”

Raeli and Fran both made subtle expressions.

“There are monsters over there?”

“sincerely?”

No need to worry.

Because there really was a monster.

The same goes for demons.

In the radar network drawn in my head, it was confirmed where the demons and monsters were and how many they were.

“Just trust me.”

It was said that it was only necessary to trust Fran’s brain in the written test, and that if he secured the top rank in practical skills, he would be able to rank first.

If you are going to enter the academy, shouldn’t you be ranked first?

There are many benefits to be gained from becoming a senior.

Scholarships, of course, are also given by the school.

Fran and Raeli moved in the direction I pointed with dubious faces.

As I stepped on the rustling bushes, five monsters soon appeared.

Unlike the goblins and orcs that you see on a daily basis, they are monsters that have truly lived with demons.

I’m used to something

It’s something you can see a lot in the realm of the demon lord.

It has a grotesque form, like a monster that is engulfed in demonic energy.

“…why is this real?”

“What a dog.”

Fran crouched down like a cat and said to me.

“Is there a way to just know where the monster is? I’ve never heard of anything like that.”

If I devote my whole body to black magic, it will happen automatically.

It is easy to feel that sense since demonic energy and water child become one.

Even if it regressed, it did not disappear once learned.

It’s just that you have to die dozens of times in the process.

“There are ways.”

“It must be his own secret, but there is no reason to dig it up.”

Raeli took out her sword.

Her eyes were full of hatred for that monster, probably because she had been attacked by a monster once before.

Fran stopped her.

“Raeli, wait a minute.”

“why?”

“Originally, when it’s like this, we have to use magic to attack first.”

As long as the opponent doesn’t feel the flow of mana, magic has a great advantage in attacking first.

Fran started to chant magic.

A magic circle was drawn at a slow pace, and the chant continued while muttering quietly.

He was much slower than I was and wasn’t even shotless, but I knew he was quite talented because I’d seen many wizards.

Raeli was amazed.

“That’s magic.”

It wasn’t the first time I’d seen Fran use magic.

Because I used magic when I was testing low-level demons.

But watching from the sidelines is different.

Because I could see every detail of the magician’s hand.

How to draw the magic circle, how to sing it, and where it ends.

[Lightning beam.]

She used the same magic I used for the level test.

A magic that melts enemies with a strong concentration of light.

Here, it even showed how to use it to disperse the light to deal with multiple monsters.

However, that level is bound to be somewhat lower than mine.

The means used here, as well as the amount of mana mobilized, were different.

“Oh, I didn’t kill him right away.”

Frank was sorry.

Compared to me, it was really insignificant, so the gap felt even bigger.

Raeli pierced that feeling.

“What is that magic? It’s the first time I’ve seen it, and it’s really amazing!”

He made most of the monsters die with a single spell, so he praised it.

The problem is that the magic I used yesterday is also a lightning beam, Raeli.

After feeding Fran with salt, she ran out immediately and concentrated on finishing off the monster.

“Che, it’s the first time I’ve seen it… .”

Frank sulked in shock.

I sigh.

I’ll fight again

Nara also comforted her instead.

“It was great magic francs.”

“really?!”

Where did the sullenness from earlier go? Fran was very happy.

Are my compliments that good?

I don’t even know anymore

I thought I was gradually learning about emotions, but I’m still confused.

“The speed of deployment and the immediate activation for this were almost perfect.”

“Huh, huh… . Whoop whoop.”

Frank nodded with a smile as if my compliment was very good.

In the meantime, Raeli defeated all the monsters and came back.

She put the traces of the monsters in her bag and said.

“What are you doing, I caught everything by myself.”

Fran was quite surprised at the fact that even though she was beaten by Amman magic, she had swept away a large number of monsters by herself.

Fran and I are different, even Raeli alone is above average.

“Raeli, are you more competent than I thought?”

“More than you think?”

“No, it’s a real compliment.”

Fran also pondered while holding her, as Raeli had done.

I was also really curious.

Within a month, he had gone from being about an aspiring knight to being strong enough to be considered an average knight.

I slashed the goblin’s head with a single sword in that situation the other day.

Amman, even if I was holding on to the goblin, it wasn’t easy at all to blow off the usually bone-hard neck, since it had demonic energy.

…Are you the type that gets stronger when you go through a crisis?

First of all, Raeli had considerable talent in one way or another.

“Then, shall we go next? Argal?”

“Let’s bet while doing it, the one who catches the most wins.”

“bet?”

It was a game that happened to be prosperous and won a bet, but here they were also taking out a bet.

I asked, pondering Raeli’s suggestion.

“What are you going to bet on?”

“Give the winner a wish!”

“Isn’t that too great?”

“I limit it to just a small wish. then.”

Fran nodded as if it wasn’t bad.

I sighed at their words and read the direction of Magi.

“Then you should do it right.”

catch the most monsters

To be honest, it’s a fight I can’t lose.

I smiled as I looked at the two girls burning with enthusiasm.

What kind of wishes are you trying to write?

**

The hope of mankind and the savior of the world.

The warrior was in agony.

It was a dream.

A vivid dream that seems to show the future.

In my dream, she was a warrior who received the holy sword and a transcendentalist who had already reached the transcendence.

Every day, he fought against the Demon King’s army, sword to sword with the officers, and was blocking the army.

It was an urgent news that came in the middle of that.

“The capital has been invaded.”

“…it can’t be.”

Even so, it is impossible to withdraw all power from the tense battlefield.

Only the warriors were hurriedly dispatched to return to the capital.

With a sense of desperation, she headed for the capital.

The teleport magic circle is all messed up no matter what strategy they used.

No matter how quickly we headed to the capital, it took a week.

Even if you run at a speed that transcends humans, that is the limit.

And what she saw was the capital, where everything was already on fire.

The Undead, who seemed to be the army of the King of Death, were destroying the walls and destroying the remaining structures, and the private houses where people lived were left as a heap of ashes.

The worst was royal.

The royal castle, which was the symbol of the kingdom and the object of absolute protection, was half destroyed, so the royal family who could not escape could not be sure of their life or death.

There was a man who sat still watching such a terrible scene.

The warrior intuition.

yes i am the author

The one who led the undead army and annihilated the capital wasn’t the Commander, nor was another demon lord’s officer, but a man over there who looked ugly.

He was covered with a curse caused by black magic.

Also, he accumulated the magic that even a black mage had to gather in one place.

I wonder how he didn’t die anyway.

The devil’s symbol was engraved on the back of his hand, as if he had made a pact with the devil, and the left hand on the other hand was festering with a terribly dismembered wound.

It was painful just to look at.

What kind of hatred do you carry?

Did he want to burn the capital, bearing such pain?

The hero was curious about this, but also angry.

Her enemy is over there.

I draw my sword and approach the being.

“You’re here.”

“You… .”

Even when I checked again, it was strange.

a living corpse.

Even so, they were not undead.

“How are you alive?”

It was the biggest question.

Because the existence that shouldn’t be alive was alive.

he revealed his identity.

“Now, Argal.”

In her dream, she is startled when she hears those two words.

Strangely, however, the warrior who was watching the dream did not hear those words.

Argal murmured.

“That is me.”

“Can such a thing exist in the world?”

“Because it exists, it is here.”

I asked another question.

“Then why did you let them go?”

Perhaps the purpose was to thoroughly destroy the capital city, Argal did not aim for those who ran away.

This is not the Demon King’s method.

Because the method of the demon king army is to exterminate the human species.

Argal answered the question.

“They are not my target.”

If so, what was the original goal of destroying only the capital and the royal family?

What have you accomplished to make such a relieved face?

The hero wanted to ask more, but this ended the conversation.

It was because Argal had taken out a dagger.

He smiled madly.

As if he really liked the battle that was about to happen.

In line with it, the hero moved his sword.

With that, the dream was over.

I thought it was just a dream.

however.

She saw the existence of Argal in reality, not in a dream.

In the academy, not in the burning capital.

Argalo the Wizard, not the Warlock.

Also, the magi that is vaguely felt in him.

A dagger exactly like the one I saw in my dream.

come back to reality

The hero who was advancing through the forest with the students muttered quietly.

“…Should I kill him?”

to destroy the kingdom in the future.

An existence that will become an officer of the Demon King’s army.

believe in one dream

Should I pre-treat?

The warrior was worried.