Chapter 118: Mistake
Soon, the thieves and the first-year students of Innocence Academy clashed.
The sound of metal clashing and magic flying can be heard everywhere.
The thieves were large enough to raid the carriage convoy but it was a pity that there was not a single one among the many thieves who recognized the academy’s uniform.
The students were indifferently blocking the fierce charge without any strategy of the thieves and since the level difference was extreme it was a simple task.
Innocence Academy, where talented young people from the continent gather, has a high competition rate. Each student had to be considered at a superhuman level compared to ordinary people.
So, no matter how many they were, they were nothing but ‘mere thieves’ and they couldn’t stand a chance.
ᅳSqueak.
“...I’m sleepy.” After cutting off the neck of a thief who ran towards me, I muttered such a word for no reason.
[My disciple, if you’re going to say that, you should at least show some sincerity in acting...]
Sierra, who was watching me from the air, trailed off.Fịndd new updates at novelhall.com
It was true that I was sleepy, but it was so difficult to capture them alive with a sword in this large-scale battle so I was just cutting down the ones I saw in front of me.
Edward asked us to capture them alive only to avoid forcing the students to kill.
Rather, it was Edward’s style not to spare the villains.
There was an experience penalty due to the level difference, so killing more wouldn’t give much experience, and more importantly...
“...Chain.”
Yuri, who was binding the thieves with chains on the other side, caught my eye.
Some of them may have had their first real battle with humans without any protective equipment, so it was also an important experience.
ᅳKwang!!!
Then there was a loud noise from the front and I turned my head and saw a bunch of thieves floating in the air.
ᅳPajijijik!!!
A lightning bolt shoots up immediately.
“I shot the magic wrong, instructor.”
Aizel looked at Edward with an indifferent voice.
Edward, who had been running around the battlefield at a fast speed and helping the students who seemed to be hit by dangerous attacks, turned his head and looked at Aizel and smiled slyly.
“Student Aizel made a mistake...You must not be in good condition.”
“Yes, well...”
Aizel answered sullenly at Edward’s witty words.
My eyes met his. Well, to be precise, it wasn’t that our eyes met, but that we both looked at each other.
“”...“”
“You said it would be better to capture them alive...”
Yuri muttered softly as she watched this.
“...It was a mistake.”
Aizel said that and turned her head.
Sierra clicked her tongue and grumbled about what they were doing in a life-and-death battle. ...She wasn’t wrong. Anyway, the students were dealing with the thieves in their own ways.
In no time, a woman with a large stature and bulging muscles who stood out among the thieves pointed at me and shouted.
“Hmm...”
Lucia made a sound at Amon’s question. It was a difficult question.
She wriggled her lips and finally opened her mouth.
“Well, it’s like metal is stuck here and there... That kind of ‘machine’... Umm... It makes a ringing sound too...”
“...Is it a monster?”
Yuri doubted Lucia’s strange explanation.
It wasn’t easy to explain robots, mechanics, etc. in a fantasy world.
‘Does ringing mean engine noise?’
Aizel, who had been looking out of the window, saved Lucia from this awkward situation.
“There, is that what you’re talking about?”
Everyone’s eyes turned to one side of the window in the carriage as Aizel pointed out with a sullen voice.
It would be strange for me to look at the window too, so I just sat still.
“...It’s weird for a monster...”
“...It looks weird.”
They looked at the otherworldly creature.
“But... It looks like it’s running towards our carriage...?!”
“It does.”
Lucia said in a scared voice and Aizel answered indifferently.
Lucia banged on the wall where the driver was and asked if he should stop the carriage quickly.
“Please stop... Huhu...”
Lucia kept banging on the wall and made a sad face.
There seemed to be no need for that as I felt someone’s presence coming towards us at a fast speed across the desert where the otherworldly creature was.
The driver, who could see outside better, also seemed to notice this situation.
Soon something ran towards our carriage like a bullet from the opposite side of where the otherworldly creature was and flew into the air.
ᅳThud.
Then that something stepped on the carriage and passed by as the carriage shook slightly.
Everyone’s eyes turned to the ceiling of the carriage and then back to where they saw the otherworldly creature.
She was wearing robes or something and a huge and wide sword was visible on her back.
“Is, Ismir...?”
Lucia recognized her and shouted.
She was one of the warriors who specialized in hunting otherworldly creatures, and a veteran warrior who would teach the students how to hunt otherworldly creatures on this field trip.
‘It’s been a while.’
She was one of the main characters of this episode.
And...
[Ismir...?]
Sierra, who was hanging on my shoulder, was surprised to hear her name.
...She was also Sierra’s old friend.