I’m the Slit-Eyed Character at the Academy, but I’m not the Mastermind

Chapter 206

Boom-!

Crunch! Crackle-!

With each strike of lightning, one at a time.

A skeleton wearing a robe was shattered.

However.

'Not this one either. No, of course not, since I'm being led.'

Skeletons wearing robes.

The number Adonis had already dealt with exceeded several dozen.

But Volkan was not among them.

Whether he possessed a mystical item or created a technique.

Adonis couldn't detect Volkan's mana at all.

No, actually, he was detecting it.

'The problem is that there are too many.'

Every time a skeleton rose from somewhere, the unique mana of a Black Mage was felt.

There were so many that it was rather confusing.

That wasn't the only problem.

Clatter-. Creak creak-.

The skeleton Adonis had crushed regained its form and put on a robe that was scattered here and there on the ground.

It would be pretending to be Volkan and luring attacks.

"Tsk!"

Crunch-!

He smashed the guy trying to get up again, but the shattered bone fragments didn't stop moving.

They clattering and struggling to recover their original form.

But all Adonis could do was kick the bones and scatter them far away.

Because the holy power potions were almost gone.

'I do have two left, but I have to use them in a decisive situation.'

In a state where he doesn't know what ability Volkan has or how many more traps he has set.

He couldn't use the few remaining holy power potions in this situation.

'He has an enormous amount of mana. Considering the number of skeletons on the battlefield... he has already surpassed me.'

It was a comparison made simply based on the amount of mana, but it was an undeniable fact that it was remarkable.

Adonis was a 9-star knight. Because he was an old man of advanced age.

Although he couldn't know Volkan's age, judging from his voice and physique, he would be in his 30s to 40s.

But to surpass the amount of mana he had accumulated in his lifetime.

Honestly, it was hard to believe.

'He may have talent, but there's a high possibility that it's a power obtained through a deal with demons. Either way... a troublesome guy has appeared.'

Crackle-!

Run and smash. Run and smash.

A meaningless war of attrition of stamina continued.

But it wasn't that Adonis was moving thoughtlessly.

Rumble rumble rumble-!!

Elester's casting that started a little while ago.

The mana in the palace and outside swirled around him.

Adonis, who was sensitive to magic power, could tell.

'Triple casting...'

Judging from the wave of magic power, all three would be high-level magic.

He would be trying to end this long battle.

Trying to put an end to the long battle that had been going on for 40 years.

And this was Adonis's scheme.

'The moment Elester unleashes his final blow, Volkan will have no choice but to use a big technique.'

Whether he succeeds in resurrecting Crowley or fails.

That would determine the victory or defeat of this battlefield.

To block Elester's magic, Volkan would have to use his power directly.

'At that time, I'll track the wave of mana and behead him.'

Of course, he wouldn't stop searching until then.

Because the more he drew attention, the freer Elester and Lucia would become.

Crack-! Crackle!

Crunch! Crackle-.

About 3 minutes had passed since he had been crushing the skeletons that kept rising.

Elester unleashed his magic.

-Earthquake & Giga Gravity!

An earthquake, and high-level gravity magic.

The pillars that were precariously standing on the unstable ground began to crack.

Crack- Crackle-.

When tremendous gravity was added to that, the two pillars in the back collapsed diagonally.

Tilt-.

The entire floor of the palace placed on the pillars lifted up and began to flow back.

Skeletons, gems, corpses, and unknown objects were stuck here and there on the floor.

'It was a magic circle made with human lives as a medium. Filthy bastards...'

How many lives had they poured in?

How many lives had been toyed with by those guys?

Elester didn't even want to think about it.

Since the pillars that were part of the magic circle had collapsed, the magic circle lost its power.

Of course, it hadn't lost all its power. Because the main body was the floor of the palace.

Currently, the magic circle had lost about 20-30% of its power. This much was enough to give it a try.

Elester immediately manifested the magic he had prepared.

-Force Hammer.

A huge hammer made of mana appeared above the magic circle.

The faces of the Black Mages stained with the shadow of the Force Hammer turned grim.

"If you like that guy so much, die with him."

As Elester swung his hand down as if wielding a hammer, the hammer above the magic circle struck down on the magic circle.

Boom!

Crack- Crackle!

The magic circle vibrated greatly.

Every time the Force Hammer touched the magic circle, the objects that made up the magic circle flew here and there.

"Hii, hiiiek!"

Among them, one or two Black Mages were also included.

It was when Elester was about to swing the Force Hammer once more.

Clatter- Clatter-.

Creak creak creak creak-!!

All the surrounding skeletons rose and began to run like crazy.

The skeletons that arrived one by one climbed up the pillars and began to wrap around the magic circle with their bodies.

"Lucia! Stop those guys!"

"Argh! You only give me annoying tasks!"

Lucia struggled to stop the rushing skeletons.

But there were too many. The magic circle had already turned white due to the skeletons.

Seeing that, Elester gritted his teeth.

"Alright, let's give it a try."

Flames and freezing magic were useless against skeletons.

The best way to crush those skeletons.

None other than 'physical force'.

-Force Hammer.

Elester, who created one more Force Hammer, began to swing his hands like crazy.

Bang bang bang bang bang-!

Creak- Creak creak creak-!

Mana oxidized like crazy, and bone fragments flew into the air no less.

The fight between the skeletons trying to protect the magic circle and Elester trying to break it.

It was a stalemate. The problem was that there was one variable.

Creak creak-.

The magic circle that was precariously hanging on the pillar gradually began to flow down.

It was good news for Elester and bad news for Volkan.

The palace of 2 stories high. Crowley's bones were huge, so their weight alone exceeded several hundred kg.

The magic circle that had been destroyed by more than half wouldn't be able to protect Crowley's bones.

Boom!!

Elester, realizing that fact, struck down with the two Force Hammers.

Of course, it was towards the tilting direction.

Tilt-!

In an instant, one side of the magic circle soared towards the sky.

It was a confirmed fall.

In the end, Volkan had no choice but to use a new magic.

Crunch!!

A huge hand bone rose from the ground and grabbed the magic circle.

'...It's sturdy!'

Elester, who had struck down the Force Hammer on the huge hand bone, could tell.

No matter how much mana he had poured in, it was to the extent that even dozens of strikes with the Force Hammer couldn't break it.

There was a hitch in the plan. However, Elester smiled.

Because he had detected Volkan's mana.

'It's far. I can't move, but...'

'He' is here now. The one who can instantly reach any distance.

The Lightning Emperor Adonis.

Rumble-!

Thunder echoed across the battlefield. Adonis had also detected Volkan's mana.

The problem was that the wave of mana was felt in three places.

'How much mana does he have...!'

That huge hand bone wasn't made with an ordinary amount of mana.

But he used that much mana in three places simultaneously. To hide his location.

'...I can only attack two places.'

Even Adonis, who displayed divine might, couldn't break the physical law of having only one body.

If he missed this opportunity, he might never catch Volkan.

In the end, Adonis had no choice but to choose.

Adonis's third original secret technique.

Gae Bolg.

Rumble-!!

The thrown spear flew, taking in lightning.

Crack!

Adonis immediately headed for the next target. Before the spear even hit the target, he could reach the next target.

Someone wearing a dirty robe among the piles of skeletons.

Adonis's fist moved like lightning.

However.

Clatter- Plop-.

"..."

What he had crushed was a skeleton.

And he could tell by sensation. The spear he had thrown had also pierced a skeleton.

A 1/3 probability.

It was crazy luck for Volkan and tremendous misfortune for Adonis.

"Damn it!"

The moment Adonis kicked the ground, Volkan, who was in a different place, exhaled the breath he had been holding.

"Huff... Huff... What the hell is that monster kid? Where the hell did he come from?"

Adonis. He was a person who wasn't in Volkan's book.

He was so fast that it seemed he could win even if he competed with lightning in speed.

His skills were needless to say.

'A monster...'

It was a majesty that even Volkan couldn't help but shudder at.

Volkan shook his head.

Because even the long and fierce battle was coming to an end now.

'If only Legion Commander Crowley is resurrected... those guys are nothing.'

It was when Volkan was about to hide somewhere else.

"So you were here."

"...!!"

A spine-chilling voice. To the extent that even Volkan's hair stood on end.

When he looked up, he saw a man.

A man standing on a pile of skeletons, covered in blood from head to toe.

Volkan knew exactly who he was.

"Ca-Caron...!"

He didn't know he was alive. Because after the corpse explosion, there was no trace of Caron on the battlefield.

'Even the surviving rats were wandering around like dogs who lost their master. But how...!'

This was Caron's scheme.

After quickly performing emergency treatment on the rats, he intentionally hid the information that he was alive.

Even from his allies.

The information Adonis had received was also a kind of that.

"I received your gift well. In return for that..."

Caron, whose face was covered in blood. His mouth slowly opened.

"I will tear you to death."

*

Training ground of Annwood Academy.

Rezé, the pufferfish rabbit, trembled while stuck to the wall.

"Spa-Spare me!"

"Keke, if someone sees this, they'll think I'm going to kill you."

"A-Aren't you?"

"Of course not."

However...

"You'll just train until you die."

"Eek, eeeek!!"

Rezé began to scratch the wall.

Why was she acting like that when she just had to train until he died?

I really couldn't understand her.

"Harassment is a reason for penalty points!"

"Don't bully my friend!"

Rodelin, who appeared from somewhere, gave me penalty points, and Luna bit my ear and dangled from it.

'Hmm, another peaceful day at the academy.'

It had been a week since Caron left.

It was about time he faced Volkan.

'Come to think of it, I didn't tell him about that.'

The reason Volkan stayed there at this time.

It was to secure the bones of those who were called heroes in the past and the bones of demons, and to make them his soldiers.

Of course, it wasn't an easy task.

After the war ended, each country collected the remains of those called heroes.

But most of the heroes' bones were lost.

'Because the 5th Legion Commander Crowley was a being who wielded the authority of curses, poisons, and diseases.'

Even the bones had all melted away, so Volkan couldn't secure their bones.

He only succeeded in collecting a few bones of dragons, demons, and heroes that couldn't be recovered.

But even they were small.

What Volkan wanted to obtain the most was none other than...

'Legion Commander Crowley.'

Although they succeeded in killing Crowley during the Great War, even the power of the priests couldn't destroy the bones.

Because poison kept spewing out from the bones.

In the end, the human alliance army retreated, leaving Crowley's bones behind.

Volkan had his eyes on those bones.

Because the Legion Commander was worth that much.

'He's certainly a smart guy.'

In the late game, Volkan becomes the calamity of humanity that can't be stopped no matter what.

If such a person makes Crowley his soldier? It's a catastrophe.

However.

'Hmm... Should I have told him?'

The information that Volkan was trying to resurrect the Legion Commander. Maybe I should have told Caron that too.

If I had said, 'Could it be that he's trying to resurrect Crowley?', it could have raised Caron's unnecessary suspicion.

But the bigger reason was.

There was no need to be obsessed with Crowley.

Huh? What do I mean?

The resurrection of Legion Commander Crowley. That was something...

Impossible from the beginning.

--TL Notes--

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