Chapter 351: BRS on duty!

Chapter 351: BRS on duty!

Sofia summoned a cup and filled it with blood. Drink up, this ones on me.

Thanks

Shaking, Astelia greedily gulped down the contents of the cup, it instantly helped sooth her nerves. Sofia lent her a hand to stand back up.

Thank you I Sorry you had to see me like this.

Sofia waved her off. Its nothing; Vampires do vampire things. Stress makes things worse, it looks like.

It does. Astelia confirmed. Now what do we do? Is it even safe to continue?Witness the debut of this chapter, unveiled through Ñôv€l--B1n.

With a shrug, Sofia started walking back toward the students. Even if its not, we will deal with it. I was looking forward to fighting the boss with you, so we cant stop now, right?

Your way of casually shrugging dangerous things off is scary, Astelia told Sofia as she floated up to her.

Hang out with me a bit more and you will get there too, Im sure. Just ask Alith the real question is, what do we tell the students?

It was Astelias turn to shrug. You handle it, Im starting to get a bit tipsy

I should have grabbed a smaller cup

What happened to Clint?! was the first of the many questions the students had for the two teachers.

I dont want to lie to them And theyre not stupid, they clearly saw that something was wrong I should probably just hide the thing about assassination until this is over. Ill tell my class after the event ends.

Finish your meal, Sofia told them as she sat among the group, taking out a loaf of bread and some dried meat to snack on. I cant explain in detail but Sofia started, stopping to drink some water, In short, Clint had been acting weird for a bit. Turns out he was afflicted by something nasty, so the priest of Death who had been on the lookout for our safety took him to the headmaster. Thats all it is.

He was really acting a bit strange since yesterday one of Astelias other students mumbled to himself. Is he going to be alright? another asked.

Sofia finished chewing on her bread and answered, Hes with the best healers I know, I wouldnt worry too much. You should all just focus on the competition. The half-boss of the dungeon is coming up soon, since Evans group is lacking a member, you nine will all fight as one large unit from now on. Organize yourselves accordingly.

Sofia and Astelia continued to supervise the students as they adventured through the overgrown halls of the dungeon. With Clint gone, things progressed without a hitch; the first few battles as a large compound group were a bit messy, but they rather quickly fell into a good rhythm and the flawless encounters afterward continued all the way until the half-boss.

Still, Sofia had this nagging feeling that something was waiting to go wrong. What if the true goal of the assassination was to get the priest away? Was the question that looped in the back of her head. Every so often she checked her storage ring and the sight of the emergency catalyst in there helped quell her worries somewhat.

Your party has defeated [Steadfast protector of Mezanthil - lv. 183]

Now its my turn!

And that is it for the general safety rules. Any questions left? Astelia asked the group of students.

Shaily was the only one with a question, Can I send sprites to attack when you fight to get some experience?

Sofia shook her head. Not at first. Well have to be sure to understand what were going up against before anything. Then we might let you in specific circumstances. And you absolutely wont when were up against the boss. But this kind of easy leveling doesnt really work well. The experience is proportional to your contribution to the fight so even if the monsters are worth enough experience to get you to level 99 in one go ten times over, youre only going to be getting scraps.

I know, but it feels like a waste not to since you and teacher Glacier are both already at the filter. But if you say so, then I wont insist.

Youre right, but your safety goes first. I dont want a monster to suddenly decide to attack you because one of your sprites flew too close or something. Pareth will be your protector but theres nine of you and only one of him, so lets not make that too harsh on him.

In the worst cases, a teleporting monster could use your link to the sprites to teleport right besides you, Astelia added.

Understood! I wont do anything unless you ask me to, Shaily accepted.

Good. That applies to all of you, Sofia added, Now, lets go. Do you need any preparation, Astelia?

Armor and blades ready, Im good to go!

The armor and blade in question were all new, Sofia recognized Zereis runework on the Orichalcum armor, while the blades were a slick design no longer resembling real swords with a handle. They were just a collection of ten extremely sharp thin mithril spikes floating behind the Vampires back.

Its still surprising that your [Orbital blades] skill can work on mithril like this, Sofia told her as she summoned her own armor.

Astelia giggled. It shouldnt be able to, but I modified it enough that it can. Im not really controlling the blades as much as I am contorting the space around them to make them move.

Do you even still need that skill now with your specialization?

Yes, it helps with multitasking. I need to focus hard to use the specialization on so many targets but [Orbital blades] makes it completely effortless, at the cost of a skill slot and a bit of lost flexibility, Astelia explained as she walked up to the door separating the group from the second half of the dungeon. How do you usually explore dungeons? Just pick a random direction? she asked, Im not too used to this.

Bookie appeared in Sofias hands.

Let me introduce you to the Bird Reconnaissance Squad, she announced with a large grin.