Chapter 79

Chapter 79

RATH 79

TL: Eevee

10. We came, we saw, we won (4)

#6 Their story: A certain students story.

I have a bad feeling about this

A student of Mercaria muttered to himself as he navigated through a dark cave.

The event he was in was a classic staple of the imperial festival, the Labyrinth.

The rules of the game were simple.

After being teleported into the Labyrinth, the first to escape the maze was the winner.

And since the map of the maze was shown to the contestants beforehand, as long as you recognised key features on the map, you could know where you were in the maze.

I just have to avoid the other schools students

But the twist was that there were a whopping 400 students in the Labyrinth.

Even if it was a giant maze, it was not easy to avoid fighting when there were a hundred students per school inside.

Lets see

This was actually an event that the weak Mercaria had an advantage in.Reêad latest novels at noov/e/l/bin(.)com

The time one year that the students with monstrous memorization abilities outright remembered the entire map to win just like that, was still a legend in the history of the imperial festival.

Therefore this student was motivated to help his school get the win in this event.

Lets see where was this statue on the map Hhff!

Clack. Clack

As the student pieced together his current location based off the important landmark that was the statue, he heard the sounds of shoes echoing from far away.

Damn it, theres nowhere to hide

The only place where he could hide was behind the statue.

But this statue, one of many that were slightly different from the others scattered around the Labyrinth, was important in determining your location in the maze.

Therefore, being near certain that this enemy would also come to this statue to confirm their location, the student was in a dilemma.

What do I do? Do I beg them to spare me? But this could be livestreaming on the magic broadcast tools

No matter how powerful of a nation the empire was, it couldnt be recording so many people with magic video tools at the same time.

As there were countless other events going on right now in the imperial capital, the probability that one of them would be recording him was close to a miracle.

There were a number of famous people in the student council that entered this event, and there are other famous people from the other academies in this event as well, so the odds of me being filmed is low

But this student thought that it would be his rotten luck that he might be caught out by those atrocious odds.

No, he couldnt discount the possibility that the enemy was someone famous, and a magic video tool might be following him or her.

Alright, even if I lose Im gonna lose with style.

Hiding behind the giant statue, he pulled out a dagger.

Aiming for the moment the enemy would let their guard down to observe the statue, he would ambush them.

It wasnt like he had to worry about dying.

Among the many events of the imperial festival, the Labyrinth was an event that was a favourite of assassins during succession wars, and it was a game where the no killing rule was frequently broken.

And because of that, this event was banned multiple times.

But after new magic devices were installed, ones that automatically teleported you once you took a set amount of damage or injuries, this event became a safe one with no risk of danger to ones life.

And so, if you aimed for the body, and not the neck, you could take out a foe in a single strike without getting disqualified.

Please, dont find me please just keep on going

But the student knew himself that he was weak.

And that his ambush would be easily fended off.

Because even Marcis, the physically weakest school, were still physically stronger than Mercaria!



Clack clack

As the footsteps that were slower than he had anticipated came ever closer to where he was hiding, he tightly closed his lips shut, and peeked out in the direction of the sound of the shoes.

Hmhmhmmm~

Going by the uniform, the student in front of him was a Yugrasia student, and she was humming as she leisurely made her way around.

What?

The Yugrasia student was strolling around daintily in a way that he thought was simply too abnormal for the Labyrinth.

And so, as he watched on despite knowing that he could get caught, the student managed to notice something out of place.

The walls are moving!

His soft whisper was filled with horror.

In the long history of the Labyrinth event, aside from Mercarias horrific tactic known as memorise the map, there were other outlandish victories such as the time when one of Arucias swordsmen smashed through all the walls with sword ki, or one of Marciss magicians literally flew over the walls.

Because of that, the event with the most obstacles and rule amendements was the Labyrinth.

Even the ceiling that glowed faintly, the moment you damaged it, you would be treated as a casualty and eliminated.

Move the walls? Is it possible? A summon shaped like a wall? Or is she modifying the walls with an earth elemental?

The Yugrasia student came right up close to the statue where the student was hiding, but the Yugrasia student didnt give the statue a glance and walked past it with the same leisurely movements she came in with.

Ah, and she said she ended him in one shot, too.

O Lady Sermir, may the enemys descendants be in a better place

Vice-pres?

As a fellow man, I prayed for them to be born in the next world.

But still, if you kicked him there out of nowhere, thats a bit dangerous

But thats what Professor Nicerwin told us to do

D, did he?

Professor Nicerwin is, as we thought, a devil.

To think hed tell them to do that as a fellow man wait, hold up!

He didnt only teach it to you, did he?

Huh? Ah, no, out of the people that participated in this event, he told all the female students

Go thaaat-a-way!

I pointed her in the direction of our rendezvous point and hurriedly activated Lokis shoes.



In this event, the number of male and female participants from Yugrasia were similar to each other.

Although I didnt bother counting accurately, if there were roughly 50 of them, and if even half of them were following Professor Nicerwins advice, then that meant that there were 25 of them.

Meaning, 25 female students of Yugrasia that were being controlled by the devil were

Kuaaaahhhhgh!

You, you girls are all evil!

There it is!

At the desperate screams of a man from a direction far away, I immediately accelerated to my max speed and arrived to where I heard the sound coming from.

Ghhh Im too late.

There was a male student in Mercarias uniform, collapsed and foaming at his mouth.

And there was one of our academys female students, who was facing off against another Mercaria student who was looking back with horrified eyes, while clutching his p I mean, cupping his groin and shivering in fear.

Risen sunbae?

Ill defeat them according to the plan, so head over that way.

Yes, sunbae!

As the female student casually followed the wall and out of our sight, I bowed my head slightly to the Mercaria student.

Sorry, I came too late

Ggghhh you youve done something you should never have done no matter how badly you needed to win!

To the student who looked at me with eyes full of resentment, I had nothing to say.

So that no more casualties emerge Ill make it quick.

And so having lost one man and brought another salvation, I ran my hardest so as to lose as few of the empires futures as possible.

To the last stage of the plan.

#8 Their story: A certain Marcis students story.

Alright, the foundations for our win are set!

Keep your distance!

Even if one of us goes down, just heal them immediately!

Everything according to the plan!

At my words, the seniors started to issue commands to their juniors.

No matter what anyone said, the strongest school in a group was Marcis.

Therefore, we prioritised our first steps in this event in gathering as many people together as possible.

And thus, with the assistance of numerous spells, 20 people had managed to gather in one place.

Although it seemed that it took longer to get together than I had anticipated, 20 people getting together in this convoluted labyrinth was an alright result.

Now, move out!

With people skilled at barrier and defense magics at the rear, healers in the middle, as well as people capable of decent firepower.

And I was a future battlemage prospect myself, one that could even go toe to toe against Arucia students in close combat!

And with this, our victory was

Huh? Huh? Huh?!

H, hang on! What the heck is that?!

All washed away by the giant tidal wave surging from the depths of the labyrinth.

#9 Their story: A certain organizations story.

The Labyrinth was an event marked by countless assassinations in the history of the imperial festival!

Although it was near impossible now due to various safety measures, but we, the anti-empire army who were trained solely to assassinate the emperor!

Buuaaaaghhghgk

Were all washed away as a giant tidal wave swept in.