Chapter 149: Magic Survival (2)

Chapter 149: Magic Survival (2)

In the end, the match began.

"Ah..."

Anella’s stiff body relaxed after she saw Baek Yu-Seol, who had been standing far away, vanish as he teleported into the stage.

At that moment, the security officers who had been blocking her entrance frowned.

"Student, if you keep doing this, we can't just stand by. Please step back now."

"... Yes."

It was already too late.

Since the match had started, it was impossible to deliver any messages because they would be moved to a completely isolated new space.

Previously, during Magic Survival events, incidents occurred where sponsors secretly provided information to participants or interfered with magic.

Therefore, Eltman Eltwin decided to choose extreme isolation to ensure the participants' safety.

Although the battlefield was entirely fictional, it was even safer since the attacks proved to inflict no harm.

But... Foolish mages.

How could you not even notice the infiltration of a mere dark mage?

A Class 9 mage?

How laughable.

Anella muttered, shaking her head.

She needed to somehow let others know about this, but would anyone believe her words?

Even if someone believed her in the first place, to stop the match, Eltman Eltwin's power was absolutely necessary...

Would the principal of Stella make a move in broad daylight after listening to the story of an exchange student?

It even sounded absurd.

*'Besides... he couldn't easily stop it.'*

In the isolated space, bringing students out again would take a considerable casting time.

So, she had to inform others of this fact as soon as possible.

Was there any other way?

While Anella pondered with a dark expression, someone quickly approached her.

"Hey, let me take a look."

"... Huh?"

When she turned her head, there was a petite girl who seemed to be a middle school student.

When she met her gaze, the girl appeared so cute and charming that Anella momentarily lost her words.

"What are you hesitating for? I saw you searching for Baek Yu-Seol earlier... What's your purpose?"

Anella absentmindedly checked the girl's name tag.

*‘Edna.'*

Although the girl appeared to be a middle school student, her appearance didn't match the impression she gave off.

She stared intently at Anella’s face, and upon seeing Anella’s split hairstyle and name tag, her expression stiffened.

*'Anella...?'*

It was a name she had heard before but she couldn't recall.

Edna had stored all the content of the original romance novel in her head with her exceptional memory, so it took a bit of time to recall something.

*'... Ah, that's right.'*

However, it quickly came to her.

Edna immediately remembered that Anella was a character who had intruded to separate Eisel and Mayuseong in the original romance novel.

Although she was a one-time extra character, she remembered all the villains who disrupted their relationship because she supported the relationship of Mayuseong and Eisel.

*'I know her as a dark mage. Why’s she here?'*

While she pondered for a moment, Anella touched Edna’s shoulder first.

"You're close with Baek Yu-Seol, right? I heard it through the rumor. You used to be lovers or something."

"Uh, yeah. Right... right?"

Only then was Anella able to put on a bright expression.

Edna was undoubtedly a somewhat influential figure even within Stella.

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Even though she felt like she was grasping at straws, Anella requested assistance from a human mage much younger than herself.

———-

Shhh...!

A brisk wind blew, and the scent of grass was noticeable.

While directly killing opponents can earn you points and artifacts, the penalties are immense.

And yet, you have to repeatedly lure Berenkal.

"Sigh...."

It was just frustrating.

In the southwest, a vast expanse of green trees covered a mountainous area so much that the sky was barely visible.

Thud!!

"Ugh...."

Berenkal crushed a girl lying in front of him with his foot.

"Ah, it hurts...."

The girl wore the uniform of the prestigious Dei Celli Academy, and reached out pitifully, but her hand touched nothing.

"Dei Celli isn't anything special either."

A disdainful laugh echoed.

This was the price for letting her guard down, believing that it was a mere 'virtual game,’ and that led to complacency.

The girl's strategy was excellent—taking some of the opponent's attacks, sacrificing some Vital Points, and preparing for a more massive counterattack.

However, she probably didn't expect to feel the actual pain from the incoming attack.

*'Why....'*

She couldn't understand why there was such pain.

But the deep crimson flames covering her entire body paralyzed her thoughts.

Fwooosh!

"Kyaah!!"

"Hahaha."

Interesting.

It was fun.

There was nothing more enjoyable than thoroughly trampling and destroying a student from a prestigious academy who should have been better and more talented than Berenkal.

Sending her away alive might make her unable to participate in magical battles due to trauma, right?

No, but killing was still clean and enjoyable.

That was more fun.

Once the decision was made, he immediately carried it out.

Berenkal brought his finger to the girl's head. Since it might not be bad to burn her head down at this point.

But at that moment...

Paat...!

"What the...?"

As a stream of light poured from the sky, it illuminated the entire mountain range nearby.

Having studied 'Survival Artifacts' beforehand, he quickly recognized what it was.

"Field Scanner...?"

There were only about five in a single match, making them hard to acquire, but they were powerful items which could scan a designated field.

The drawback was that the target's location was revealed after 1 minute for everyone.

Not only the artifact user but everyone in the stage could see the detected target's location.

"Oh no, insane!"

Though he didn’t know who suddenly deployed the Field Scanner here,

He must leave within 1 minute.

If the girl abnormally died and got eliminated here, it would expose the fact that he could commit a 'real murder' within the battlefield.

It was not time yet.

Once participants in the battlefield realized his location, all firepower would be directed at him.

Dash!

Swiftly accelerating to escape the scanning range, he belatedly recalled that he couldn't finish the girl from earlier.

Because of the Field Scanner, everything had gotten tangled from the beginning.

"Wherever you are, andwhoever used it... Please don't get eliminated and wait. I will definitely burn you down."

With a firm resolve, Berenkal concealed his traces.

Flash!

One minute later, the Field Scanner illuminated the mountain range, but nothing was caught.",