24 – The forest where monsters lurk (5)

Somehow he managed to mend Changsung, who was full of wounds.

Nearby, the swordsman was watching with his arms crossed, Fran disinfected the wound and bandaged it, and Raeli sat on the floor for a while and took care of the things in her bag.

It was better for her to pack all of her stuff into one bag than to have her carry both of mine at the same time.

…Isn’t it actually a warrior’s party if there are only saints and archmages here?

It’s a warrior party without a warrior.

Something like this can happen

you have to do it once

I approached Changsung, who had been cured to some extent, and said.

“Thank you.”

“…What?”

“I should say thank you.”

Shouldn’t we be thanking Fran for bandaging Changsung’s leg?

When I asked about the obvious reason, Changseong shook his head and refused.

“Sir, I hate it.”

“You don’t like it?”

When I lifted the dagger slightly, Changseong crouched down even more.

…is this interesting?

I couldn’t see her like this before returning.

Changsung mumbled with an expression of regret for the world.

“It’s because of you… .”

“me? Why?”

“I used up all my strength fighting you… . You sprained your foot.”

Certainly, creativity is creativity.

It’s because even now, he’s showing his tough personality.

I was worried about hitting him one more time, but I decided to let him go this time.

Anyway, the more Changseong is like this, the more he will receive proper character education from me in the future.

How ruined the warriors party was due to the personality of the Sword Master and Chang Sung.

Geomsung was fine on the outside, but on the inside, he was dirty like a serpent wrapped around his body, and Changsung could be considered a social misfit.

As a person who witnessed that, I wanted their thoughts and personalities to go in the direction of improving as much as possible.

…The repeated hardships like today may have made them that way.

It’s not a bad personality, but it’s gotten worse.

Fran did not seem interested in whether or not Chang-sung apologized.

Even putting the bandages on makes me feel like I’ve done my job.

As a person to person, I was not making an effort to have a conversation.

“Then shall we explain it from the beginning?”

Somehow, since Chang-seong also joined as a new member, he told me the story I had been talking about from beginning to end.

Changsung mumbled upon hearing that.

“The only way is to join the hero… .”

“By the way, I know we’re joining the hero, but how do we find the hero?”

Raeli brought up an important issue.

Certainly we don’t know where the champion is.

However, there is an indirect way to know.

“Monsters and demons are flocking to one place.”

“Then it’s obvious.”

What are the monsters going to do?

Because there are warriors there.

Raeli was taken aback.

“Then isn’t it already a crisis?”

“It’s not enough to worry about yet.”

Raeli’s question was whether quite a lot of test takers could die.

There was no need to worry yet.

Among those many demons, the real ones are just watching.

As if they had been hiding demonic energy all this time, there were many beings that were suddenly revealed as soon as that barrier was created.

As well as middle-class demons… . At worst, the demons, which were presumed to be high-level demons, could be seen.

upper level demons?

The story of the upper level demons was different.

Isn’t it a level where the current warriors can’t win even if they use their full strength?

It was strange when it came to this.

How did you survive more than half of it?

It would be a miracle even if the hero lived alone.

Even if the hero is the Great Pentacle here.

It was clear that the Demon King had laid the groundwork for the academy, but I had no idea how it was.

The fact that I became an executive in the Demon King’s army was also a long time ago after the hero graduated from the academy.

As I didn’t know what was going to happen, I had to be prepared to some extent.

Be prepared to use black magic even in front of a hero.

**

I did block the monster once.

All of them were just students, but even so, talented people from all over the country gathered.

Although there were some casualties, they were able to block it.

That doesn’t make the situation any better.

The atmosphere was at its worst, and hope was nowhere to be found.

It’s like being trapped in a forest where you don’t know how many monsters and demons are staying.

“If I shoot magic high into the sky, won’t the examiner come?”

Some people insisted on this opinion, but the hero shook his head, saying that it was meaningless.

“It is blocked by the barrier.”

Someone asked what the hell it was.

“A barrier, what the hell do you mean by that?”

The warrior sighed.

I struggled with whether I should explain this or not.

Talking to them couldn’t give them any hope.

But I couldn’t help but say it.

Or maybe I shouldn’t have brought it up in the first place.

I can’t shut my mouth in the yard where all the eyes of the examinees are focused on the hero.

“A barrier suddenly appeared that covered the entire forest. It is a barrier that is physically impossible to break through from the outside.”

The hero’s words were truly hopeless.

Doesn’t that mean you can’t rescue them from the outside?

Then there was only one last hope left.

someone eagerly said

“Yo, hero, can you do it?”

“…What?”

“Can you save us? right?”

The warrior couldn’t speak.

If she was alone, she was confident that she could endure whatever hardships and dangers might come.

He had a divine protection and a blessed body.

Even if you are close to death, there is a chance to be revived once.

But can we save everyone else?

It was not enough for her alone to protect that many test takers.

Monsters attacked from all sides, and she could only block one.

The warrior longed for it.

even one person

I hope that a strong person who can block the empty side will join us.

Then she’d be happy to take care of the rest.

Even if my bones are shattered, I will block it and support it and endure it.

This small difference will make the difference between whether half of the students here die or most of them survive.

And it’s not like there weren’t any students with these skills.

Asher, Reinhardt, Fran… . and to that man.

Argal.

Will he come to help?

Wouldn’t it rather reveal its true colors and attack us with the demons?

I was worried about that.

“For now, let’s go back, since we haven’t even gone into the woods that long.”

Another student argued.

Not even a day has passed since the test started.

If you go back the way you came, you can quickly get out of the forest.

To the examinee who insisted so, the warrior spoke firmly.

“I can’t.”

The hero feels the demon lurking behind him.

At least dozens of intermediate level demons.

A bomb that she alone could never stop.

If you collide head-on with that, you will surely die.

“No, why the hell? It would be better to try something once you reach the barrier! Are you going to go deeper into the forest where you don’t know what might come out?”

“…”

This time, the warrior had a hard time telling the reason.

Dozens of mid-level demons follow them?

The moment we talked, everyone could collapse.

It’s not that morale is falling, it’s that it’s smashed.

She doesn’t know what to do.

Because he is a savior who has not yet accumulated all his experience.

Because he was a warrior who did not even receive the holy sword.

Because she wasn’t yet an adult to lead someone.

I didn’t know how to give him hope.

Still, I had to lead the students.

I couldn’t let everyone die.

As always, the duty of a warrior weighs heavily on her shoulders.

In the end, he told a different story from the truth.

“I sense more dangerous beings behind me. It seems to have blocked the way back.”

“Ahh… . Unbelievable.”

I expressed it as pure as possible, but the despair of the examinees burst out.

It was natural that only bad stories came out in a situation where there was no hope.

There are already some people who are pessimistic about the future situation, saying that everyone will die at this rate.

The warrior muttered to himself.

If I had known this would happen, I would have stopped the test.

Or I’d rather be proactive and recruit an S-class colleague who can overcome this situation.

But the regret was late.

“First, let’s go. If you stay still, nothing will change.”

All she could do was do her best to get out of here.

**

“Are you okay, Mikaron?”

Blash, who barely survived the attack of the monsters, worried about his injured friend and asked.

Needless to say, the location is also a bridge.

He was barely dragging the stumbling Mikaron on his shoulder.

“Fuck, I’m really going to die.”

“Hold on for a while, but there will be a hero and there will be a way.”

The only hope left is one hero.

Historically, it was the hero who always saved the world from the demon king and reigned as the strongest on the continent.

No matter how young the current hero is, and no matter how old he is, such trust exists.

Since there were a lot of injured people, there were a lot of breaks in between.

In addition, a fierce battle had been fought just a moment ago.

On the contrary, if you tried to go in a hurry, the problem would have increased.

Blash sat down and looked at Mikaron’s legs.

The bandage was soaked with the blood that flowed through the wound.

I had to change the bandages.

“Mikaron, you bandage… .”

“I-I’m sorry, but I threw it all away.”

“this.”

Blash’s medicines had already been used up for a long time.

I thought it was a joke when I said that I threw away the luggage because it was heavy, but Mikaron was also thrown away.

There are no bandages available.

“…I’ll borrow it for now.”

However, no one lends him medicines.

A lot of people are injured, and even if they are not hurt, you don’t know what will happen in the future.

Even if Blash promised gold coins, he would not give a bandage that cost only a few copper coins.

He was about to go back with a deep sigh.

Something was strange.

A wave of fear ran through his body and ran up his spine.

When it reached the brain, I turned my head and there was a human figure on the other side.

The form was human, but not human.

There was a monster walking out of the forest.

[Kuh, keuhuh, taste, things that seem to be there, are here in groups, huh?]

A feeling of pressure as if trampling on this area.

A powerful enemy that requires several knights to fight against.

A mid-level demon approached them.

“I will deal with you!”

The warrior immediately ran out.

If a halfway student does not stick well, he will die.

There was no one who could win here unless it was a hero.

It was a natural decision, and I had to do it.

However, the enemy is not the only mid-level demon.

Monsters in human form.

The lower level demons also appeared one by one.

The hero was dealing with a mid-level demon.

It is a dangerous situation for the students who cannot withstand even the lower level demons.

Gooo!

“Keugh!”

– Kagak!

Blash pulled out his sword and barely blocked the demon’s attack.

The steel and the devil’s claws only collided, but all the teeth of the sword came out.

It was a stronger opponent than the lower level demons at the time of the test.

There were only five students who caught the demons.

And only one out of five was here.

One of them, the hero, is struggling to deal with the mid-level demons.

So, the test takers here say that there is no way to counter the demons.

“ah.”

Blash had a hunch.

This place is my grave

I dreamed of victory, but I die like this.

Bang- Kwa-gak- Kwang-deuk!

He blocked the demons’ attacks several times, but the first thing that collapsed was the sword he was holding.

The broken blade of the sword flew through the air.

The demon smiled viciously.

The monster raised its hands high in the sky, trying to put an end to its prey.

In Blash’s mind, it was certain that his head would be blown off no matter which ending he drew.

If it wasn’t for the bright light shining behind me.

shred!

“uh… ?”

The demon’s head flew off.

that’s a moment

The demon’s corpse was powerlessly rolling on the floor.

Blash looked away.

I see a figure of about five in the distance.

A strong light was emitted from the chest area of one of them.

I know who he is.

Everyone ridiculed him as the weakest person in this test.

Even though he captured the demons, he turned away saying that he relied on equipment.

The results obtained by using the equipment will not be acknowledged by the academy and will be eliminated.

It was the opponent I thought so.

He blew off the head of a demon that Blash could never defeat with a single blow.

And he saved Blash’s life.

Raising his hand over the necklace, Argal said.

“Sweep it away.”

All of the S-class test takers who are the only ones with the ability to kill demons.

I came here to save them.