22 – The forest where monsters lurk (3)

It was harder than I thought to distinguish superiority and inferiority in monster hunting.

Raeli actively jumped in and killed the monster, and Fran also poured magic if he was bored.

I have the advantage of information, but the time to amplify mana with the base of the star is too fast.

The penalty for this was quite a bit bigger than I thought.

If I could use magic, I would be overwhelmingly number one, but that’s not possible.

Then, strangely, all three of them achieved an exquisite balance.

“Raeli, can’t you look at me funny?”

“after! Of course.”

Even though she was a franc who received an S rank in Amman, it was hard to see that her magic was specialized in hunting.

If it wasn’t for demons, it wouldn’t have been very efficient in catching the monster-like scumbag.

That’s why Raeli was able to perform a lot compared to his ability.

“I counted them, and there are 12 of them, 13 of Raeli, and 12 of Argal.”

“It must be difficult to choose a winner?”

“Yeah, I’m number one.”

I like Raeliya, but the practical test is about a week away.

It was impossible to predict who would overturn at any time and who would lead.

In addition, their grades were expected to continue to rise as much as their enthusiasm.

If this goes well, wouldn’t it be that Frank takes the top and bottom seats?

Since you haven’t seen the Raeliya handwriting, your grades will be limited.

However, there is a possibility of belonging to the first class that she could not enter with her skills.

It wouldn’t be bad to see a familiar face in the same class.

That’s true.

An intense sense of magic.

I feel something from a little far away.

“…it’s a demon.”

The light atmosphere became heavy.

Demons are demons.

An enemy you must fight to the death.

Fran said with a cautious face.

“Can you possibly know the strength of the demons?”

“Twice as strong as the demons that appeared during the grade test.”

“Ouch… .”

Raeli shook her head and looked at me.

“Argal! Can’t you crush the demons like back then?”

“Nothing is impossible.”

“Then, why don’t we check the demons first and fight them?”

It’s not that dangerous to watch from afar, so let’s try that.

As they said, let’s reach the place where the demons are located… .

“…Reinhardt?”

“Why is that person over there?”

This was unexpected for me too.

Even if he had mastered Amman Magi, he couldn’t tell if there was a person next to him.

There, the swordsman was fighting the demons.

The swordsman pulled out his sword, and the demon was thoroughly slashed with blood flowing all over his body.

Even a demon that was twice as strong as during the test, it must have been difficult to overcome the swordsman.

-On!

thud!

The demons quickly collapsed.

The swordsman seemed to have no interest in collecting demons’ ears and raising his grades, so he left the fallen demons as they were.

He shouted loudly as if he had noticed us nearby.

“Come out!”

After walking out of the forest, the Sword Saint crossed his arms and sighed.

“To see your face here… .”

It was obviously looking at me.

However, something was strange about the reaction.

The atmosphere welcomes me.

…Has the relationship between me and the Sword Saint been this good?

While I was wondering if I had instilled too much etiquette, Fran raised a reasonable question.

“Reinhardt, you must remember that there were other party members, so why are you alone?”

Come to think of it, it was.

There were many recruiting offers for S-rank Reinhardt, and I remember joining one of the parties.

It was different from Asher, who rejected everything.

Reinhardt confidently replied, “What’s wrong?”

“I kicked them all out.”

“…Yes?”

“They said they were so confident in their skills, but they were trash that didn’t help at all.”

“aha… .”

“It was frustrating, so I was catching monsters by myself.”

Fran’s face is contemplating whether to nod her head or give up saying that she is such a human being.

He is such a human being franc.

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Just give up.

Raeli then asked.

She had quite bad feelings towards the Sword Saint.

“therefore? Hunting alone? Then keep doing it.”

“I don’t plan on doing that. It’s to meet better teammates.”

I guessed something from the words of the swordsman.

better teammates.

It didn’t even exist outside of our party.

Because there were two people who received an S grade.

As expected, the swordsman suggested it.

“So, can I join your party?”

“No.”

“Impossible.”

Although their rejection was stronger than I thought.

The Sword Master made a puzzled face.

“There won’t be a party member like me.”

“There is no dog class like you.”

“You’re going to join our party after arguing with Argal?”

Geomsung scratched his head and took something out of his chest.

It’s a check with only a white space in the middle.

He wrote the numbers on the checks in elegant handwriting and handed them out to us.

“If you recruit me, I’ll give you this amount of money.”

“uh… .”

Raeli’s eyes widened.

When I checked my check, I laughed at the nonsensical number.

How many balls are there?

“I don’t need this kind of money, do I?”

The only thing that made me nervous about this was francs, which were not greatly lacking in finances.

Even Raeli resisted the temptation of a huge amount and returned the check with trembling hands.

“Yeah, right! I don’t even need this money!”

“There is a saying in the world.”

The Sword Master muttered and handed us another check one by one.

same amount.

same check.

and two sheets.

“…if what you’re trying to do doesn’t go well, think about whether the money isn’t enough.”

Reinhardt’s full name is Reinhardt Rousselmani.

Russelmani is the name of only three dukes in the kingdom.

Certainly, I wonder where the power of the Duke’s family is going.

Even Franc flinched a little at this amount, but in the end he kept his pride.

“Huh, heh! Money can’t shake me!”

But in the end, it was Raeli who collapsed.

As the daughter of a poor rural viscount family, it seems she couldn’t stand this amount of money.

“I-I’m sorry, Argal… .”

“why?”

“money… . can’t i get it? The other day, my father overworked himself quite a bit.”

I wondered what kind of group he had done, and he remembered the enormous wealth that Viscount Karis had given him the other day.

It was a combination of treatment and consolation money, but I felt it was too much.

Is the management of the estate stumbling?

“Raeli, don’t you have any pride?!”

“Poetry, what kind of pride are you in front of noisy reality!”

“It is not like Raeli to receive the evil of the world that tormented Argal!”

“…was I the villain of the world?”

Fran was harassing Raeli in this gap as she gave up her pride.

…At this point, maybe they’re just getting along.

The swordsman complained about his treatment, but that didn’t break the board.

yeah, that was weird

It means that the Sword Master is not the kind of person who takes pride in himself and even pays bribes to do this.

“Reinhardt.”

When I called the Sword Saint, the two girls who were about to quarrel stopped.

…Still, I’m glad you kept quiet in an important situation.

The Sword Master faces me with clear eyes.

“What did you see?”

“What does that mean?”

“What did you see, that you’re not behaving like you?”

“Well.”

The swordsman hesitated for a moment before making a proposal.

“I’ll tell you if you accept me.”

“I will.”

As they were the parties to the conflict, Fran and Raeli, whom I thought I would never accept, looked at me as if it was unexpected.

The Sword Saint also had a slightly surprised face because he accepted it so willingly.

At that time, I did not intend to put it deep inside because I had a fight.

I even hit him once.

The swordsman nodded and said what he saw.

“…I saw a mid-level demon. I’m not sure, but if you see that you can communicate under the pressure, you’re probably right.”

A word that shocked everyone.

Unlike low-level demons, intermediate-level demons have intelligence.

At least five times stronger than the lower level demons.

He wasn’t the kind of guy who would come out on the academy entrance exam.

At the same time, he brought up an even bigger problem.

“Signal bullets are also dead. It looks like there is something going on.”

“Yes? Does that make sense?”

“If in doubt, give it a shot.”

Frank hurriedly took out a signal flare from his bag.

I squeezed it with both hands and pointed it upwards towards the sky, then pulled the trigger.

There was no response to the signal flare.

“Ah… ?”

Wouldn’t it be possible to quickly escape and inform the examiner if it was the beginning of knowing the dangerous fact?

Raeli, who came up with the idea, said.

“It’s been a while since we entered the forest anyway, so go back!”

“no use.”

The swordsman informed the cruel truth.

“From behind, mid-level demons are besieging us.”

Fran looked at me.

I who knew the location and strength of the demons even from far away.

It is a gaze filled with doubts as to whether it was possible not to know until now.

explained why.

“They hid the magic.”

Of course, it wouldn’t be hidden from me.

I probably hid it from the examiners who were supposed to observe and adjust this test.

There was also a priest who healed the injured, so if the mid-level demons openly revealed their true identity, they would have noticed the incident.

In the meantime

Wheein-

“…what kind of wind blows like this?”

“It’s cool.”

A wave of great magic.

Others felt like a big wind, but I knew what it was.

The black magic that covered the whole place was activated.

yes, this is the start

The beginning of the case where the students are being massacred.

It was a guess as to how that black magic was done.

An indestructible barrier.

The barrier to imprison us was the identity of black magic.

Of course, this is something only I can feel.

Those here were full of worries about the mid-level demons coming from behind.

I looked at the sword castle.

“Then Reinhardt.”

“Why?”

Because his actions are somewhat incomprehensible.

Even compared with before regression, it was a little different.

“If we had known this from the beginning, we would have put aside our emotions and cooperated with each other, but why did you take out the money first?”

“…you had a fight with me once, I tried to finish it cleanly with money.”

If you told the truth from the beginning, you said that you would cooperate with each other.

The swordsman didn’t believe it.

…This guy also has a twisted personality.

Is it fortunate that I have a mind to solve it with money now?

Because before the regression, it was more hateful than this.

Fran is ridiculous.

“No, my life is at stake, so what does that matter?”

“Is that so?”

Raeli laughed as if it was absurd.

It was only two checks to the Sword Saint, but to her, it was a huge sum that would shake her heart.

I shook people like that, but isn’t this something we should help each other regardless of money?

There was no need to shake.

Besides, the swordsman gave the money coolly.

“You can have money. You can’t take away what you promised to give.”

“Oh oh… .”

Raeli showed a sign of liking that he had collected money that could be added to the manor.

Fran muttered quietly.

“With this much money, you can buy 5,000 books… !”

The power of money is truly amazing.

Even in this situation, I didn’t show off well, but everyone was liking it.

By the way, Fran, are you thinking of building a house out of books?

I also put the check that Sword Master gave me in my pocket… .

Back to the point.

“I have a plan.”

It was already predicted that the incident would happen.

If so, you just have to carry out the plan that you made in advance.

The first is the easy way.

First of all, how to make sure to save the franc.

The four of us, including the Sword Saint, break through to the edge where the dark magic shield is located, and I break through the shield.

Even though it was impossible to annihilate the scale of black magic, it was possible to create enough space for only us to pass through.

If that’s how you survive, that’s it.

If there’s a small problem, it’s having to use black magic in front of others.

This can be resolved through the bishop’s guarantee.

A bigger problem is that the warrior’s power is weakening.

If it had been before, Changseong, Fran, and Sword Castle would all overcome the crisis together, and it is estimated that Fran and many students would die here.

In this way, the Sword Master and Frank would be eliminated.

If this happened, a bigger disaster could have occurred.

Either all the test takers are wiped out, or the hero dies.

The second is how to help the warrior.

…is the hardest and toughest way.

Anything that is supposed to be a trap and a trap.

Because I’m heading for a warrior.

I had to break through all the carefully designed traps head-on.

My colleague may die.

However, it is not a set ending in which more than half of the examinees die.

could have a better future.

Since it is to save potential talent, this will also help to kill the demon king.

Do you help the warriors and gain the trust of the warriors and better results?

Or should I get a full survival and watch a bigger disaster.

It was a difficult choice.

**

The examiners chatted leisurely while looking out into the quiet forest.

“It’s a little quieter than I thought.”

“Iknow, right. I was scared and expected a signal flare to be fired, but I never thought anyone would shoot.”

They knew they would be very busy as examiners responsible for student safety, but they didn’t know that they would be so free.

“Isn’t that the reason why these students are overflowing with talent?”

“I never thought that the Crown Prince’s intentions would see through the future so clearly.”

In fact, this type of test caused a lot of backlash from within.

Because if you don’t do it right, there will be too many victims.

Students should be raised, what does it mean if they die or get injured by rolling too fast?

Nevertheless, the royal family pushed through this practical test, and the results did not look worse than expected.

Because there was still no student who fired a signal flare.

And this idea was shattered not long after.

A large demon that covers the entire forest.

Black magic on a transcendent scale was cast.

“uh..?”

It was only for a moment that the examiners blankly watched the scene.

The black magic has been completed.

All the students were trapped in the forest where monsters lurked.