Chapter 558: Never Ending Mock Battle

Chapter 558: Never Ending Mock Battle

『Well, let’s give them a little lesson, shall we?』

「Nn!」

The students were frozen in place, unable to make a move to respond to Fran. There was a strong sense of fear and just a tiny bit of motivation left on their faces.

We were told that the purpose of this class was to get the students used to facing an overwhelmingly powerful opponent so that they could know how to deal with them.

I felt a little sorry for them because they were being forced to fight an opponent that they had no hope of winning against. However, this kind of training might save their lives one day if they can experience despair in this class and not stop thinking during their adventures. So, I guess it was in their best interest for us to beat the crap out of them right here and now.

It seemed that the students could also understand it too. They knew that they had no chance of winning after being shown Fran’s power in the beginning. And what was worse is that there was no victory condition set for their mock battle.

There was no condition such as if they can get a hit on Fran, if they managed to hold on for 10 minutes, or if they could escape to a specific location. In other words, all they had left was a future in which Fran would beat them to a pulp.

Even so, I was impressed that they were determined to at least get a hit on Fran before they were defeated. Well, we were not going to make any mistakes though.

『What do you wanna do now? Do you want to scatter stun bolts over a wide area? Burst Flame will do too』

I suggested that we should use magic to wipe them out, but Fran seemed to have a different plan.

While keeping me down, she slowly approached the students.

(I’ll only use Master for defense)

『What are you trying to do?』

(Nn? Breakthrough the front)

And the moment we were about 30 meters away from each other, the students started to move.

From the other side of the wall created by their vanguard, countless arrows and various attributes of magic were released all at once.

The reason for the variation in attributes was probably because it was the techniques they were best at.

Even though we were already so close, their aim was still poor. After all, only about half of them were on the trajectory to hit Fran.

Or maybe it was their purpose. They scattered them far and wide so that Fran could not escape with only a little evasion. That was quite a nice plan.

Normally, she would have jumped away from the spot or used a barrier to block it. However, Fran took neither of those actions.

Without stopping her slow steps, she stared at the barrage of bullets raining down on her.

The students must have thought that she would get hit if she didn’t do something. But instead of being happy, I could see that they were rather worried.

For them, this kind of attack was probably just to probe the other party. But it would be great if they could stall high-ranking adventurers with this. That must be the extent of their thinking.

They looked surprised because it looked as if it would be unexpectedly effective.Fôll0w current novÊls on n/o/(v)/3l/b((in).(co/m)

Well, they were wrong though.

「Fuuh!」

For the students, in a matter of seconds, more than half of the vanguard had been defeated. The astonishment stopped the students from thinking, exposing more gaps.

Fran then continued to attack the rest of the vanguard with her magic release skill and rendered them powerless. In the end, they didn’t even last ten seconds after they launched their attacks.

「S-shoot, shoot!」

「I-If we keep up the attacks...」

「That’s all we can do right now!」

「Wait! Don’t shoot so recklessly!」

The students in the rearguard were also very confused. Some were even casting magic recklessly. Some were wondering if they should run away. Some were trying to rethink their strategy.

In the end, the scattered attacks did not stop Fran, and when the distance between us was less than ten meters, about half of them started to retreat to get some distance.

But she wouldn’t let them escape so easily.

Fran suddenly stepped up a gear and closed the distance between her and the students at once.

The rest was a one-sided beating. Even though they were the rearguard, they also had some experience in close combat, but they were still inferior to the students in the vanguard. In the end, they were unable to do anything and all of them fell after being punched in the stomach.

However, none of the students in the vanguard and the rearguard were unconscious. However, that was what she was aiming for.

「...Hey, if you’re gonna sleep here, I’m gonna one-sidedly attack you, you know?」

「??」

「Eh?」

A puzzled look appeared on the faces of the students when they heard Fran’s words. With anguished expressions on their faces, they were probably thinking hard about the meaning of those words.

But they immediately understood.

「G-get up! Everybody, get up! The mock battle isn’t over yet!」

「I’ll start attacking again in ten seconds」

「Get up! Get up!」

「Shiit!」

Fran only hit them all once each. Their life force hadn’t diminished much as they hadn’t lost consciousness.

In other words, the mock battle was not yet over.

Yeah. I felt a little sorry for them, but I think she managed to give them despair, just like what Inez had asked her.

Later, when the students managed to get up and readied their weapons, Fran completely destroyed them again. The relieved expressions on the faces of the unconscious students spoke volumes about their feelings.

But I now understand why Inez was called the demon instructor.

「Thanks to you guys for finishing the mock battle so quickly, we still have a lot of time left! Rejoice! We’re now ready for the second round!」

She said so to the students who had just regained their consciousness after being taken care of by Deaden.

Well, neither I nor Fran would go easy on them though.