Case 65: Demon’s infiltration.

Case 65: Demon’s infiltration.

Let's think about it for a second.

The illusion dragon went berserk. That means that the professors somehow lost control over the whole magic ritual, or, they purposefully kept it going just to kill all the students.

Now, the latter doesn't make much sense, if they wanted to kill the students, they could have just summoned a berserk dragon from the beginning. And to begin with, they didn't even need to summon any dragon, the professors are strong enough beat all the students here, except us, anyway.

So, the only possibility left, is that the magic got hijacked at some point, leading to the dragon not disappearing when it went berserk, hell, its corpse is still in the arena, the magic is still running.

Either way, we need to get hold of the situation first.

Flying out from the window of the observation room, we landed on the arena, where everyone is currently panicking, staff member frantically running around carrying injured students.

The whole arena almost got obliterated, actually, those spells from the dragon were nasty.

''I'll go help them!'' Anna said, running off to the distance.

''You guys go help too, I'll find more information.'' I said to the remaining three.

''No need to ask.''

''Of course.''

''Mhmm.''

Now, let's find the leader girl first, she might know something.

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After flying for a while, I found my target at a corner of the arena, I could see the girl in black earlier sitting against the wall, together with... My classmates?

Most of them are injured in some way or another, currently being treated by a few supporters. Let's approach them first.

''You guys alright?'' I said, drawing their attention.

''You...'' The girl muttered.

'''' Sylvia! ''''

Oh, hey Nick, mister protagonist, and the two mage girls as well.

''Did they tell you to battle the dragon even when it went berserk?'' I asked them.

''No.''

''I didn't hear anything about this either.''

''Me too.''

Well, I need to find the professors now, I guess.

''You.'' The girl called me. ''Did you finish the dragon?''

''Hm? I did.''

''Thanks.'' She does a 90 degree bows.

''No problem, I just did what I should.''

''What are you going to do now?''

''I'll find the professors.''

''Let me go with you.''

''Sure, if you can move.'' She's got quite a lot of wounds though, but I feel like I can't stop her here.

Shit.

''You guys stay here to guard them, I'll go out.''

''Wait, wha-

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Flying out of the room, I quickly gathered all my party members spreading across the arena with my telekinesis.

''What's wrong?!'' Tina exclaimed.

''I'll be brief. The professors got attacked by demons. The illusion magic got hijacked. And, there might be something suspicious about the staff here.''

''Understood, find and capture all the staff members first?'' Liana asked.

''Yes, just in case, go in pairs. Liana and Emy, Tina and Anna, I'll go alone.''

''It's dangerous!'' Anna said worriedly.

''Anna's right.'' Emy added.

''...Fine. I'll join Tina's team then.''

Fuck it, no time to argue.

''Ah, you two.'' I called my fellow elves. ''Look for Justia and her companions first, they're nearby.''

Almost forgot about them.

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Shit, where did all the staff go?! We've been flying around the vicinity for a while already...

''Do you guys remember which direction they went??''

''Sorry, I don't.''

''I didn't pay attention...''

They got us good this time, huh. I'll remember this, whichever motherfucker it is.

''..Huh?''

That's the staff uniform!

''There's one over there!'' I point at a man carrying an unconscious student just outside the colosseum, increasing our speed as I spoke.

''He probably got left behind! Look, he's limping!'' Anna shouted.

Landing right before the man, I instantly use telekinesis to lock him in place.

''Huh?! What is this??'' The man exclaimed.

''Where are you going?!''

''Eh?! I'm going to the clinic, of course..?''

''Why didn't any of you went to check on the professors?! They got attacked by demons!''

''What?! This wasn't an accident?! The leader said that it was the professors messing up the ritual...''

Shit, so they most likely got deceived by the demons in disguise, huh. Explains why Anna didn't feel anything odd about these guys.

''Guide me to the clinic, fast.'' I said, picking up the guy with telekinesis, and fly into the sky again.