Chapter 153

Crepin Subjugation Battle (4)

―Kwagwang Boom! Kaang!

The ground began to shake. It’s not just a few explosions in a building. The very foundation of this underground research facility is shaking.

Since it is an underground facility, the vibrations can be felt as they are. Dust began to fall between the bricks surrounding the outer wall of the hall, blocking the view.

―Tuk tuk tuk.

A few grains of sand fell and bounced on Arwen’s pale cheek.

“It has begun.”

Arwen, who lowered her head along with a meaningful voice, also began to tremble here and there.

-bang! The Quagga River! Pabababak!

― Whirring! Whilick!

“Aaaah! What is that!”

Yenika screamed in surprise. Something broke through the ground.

It’s a tentacle with unpleasant flesh stuck to it. The size is not small, but the number is also quite large.

Just looking at it, tentacles sprouting up here and there, oozing nauseating mucus, reaching towards the ground.

Something is happening on the ground.

Without looking any further, the descent of the evil god Mebula is taking place.

“Crazy...”

A curse escaped me. I came to Rosstaylor’s mansion to find out Crepin’s weakness, but I had no idea that I would have to fight against Mebula.

As expected, the moment Crepin witnesses the descent of the evil spirit, he crosses the river of no return.

The most clear evidence that an experiment for the descent of the evil god Mebula was being conducted in the basement of the Rosstaylor mansion under Crepin’s leadership.

There is no need for piles of documents. Mebula’s ugly tentacles that fill the ground will serve as clear evidence.

It is true that he is a crazy man who tried to take the power of disaster into his hands by sacrificing many distinguished guests and renowned scholars of Sylvania Academy.

However, no matter how crazy he was, he was cautious when he had to be cautious. No matter how impregnable Lucy was blocking the path, she was not the type of person to draw on the power of an evil spirit so carelessly.

There were probably other variables.

If all goes according to plan, it is not yet time for Crepin to attempt the descent of the evil spirit. As far as I know, it won’t be until next semester that Crepin will begin preparing to summon the Mevuller in earnest.

The reason is...

“Princess Fenia...?”

“...Ed!”

Suddenly, my head started to feel cold. Yenika, who couldn’t stand the vibration and couldn’t move her body, called out to me as if she was worried.

“Ed! It looks like it’s going to collapse soon! We need to get to the ground quickly!”

“....”

When I cast my gaze towards Arwen, she lowered her gaze and smiled.

“You don’t have to worry about me. Hurry and escape.”

“...I beg your pardon?”

“My father would never let me die. He can’t do that.”

As she said that, Arwen smiled leisurely under the ceiling that was starting to collapse little by little.

Combined with the pale expression, it feels like a ghost, giving the viewer goosebumps.

Yenika was hesitating as she looked at that. I hesitated for a moment, then gritted my teeth and ran, holding Jenica’s hand.

As I ran past the prisons I had just passed, I came across a laboratory full of all kinds of research materials. Here too, unpleasant-looking fleshy tentacles were extending toward the ground.

As I ran through the labs, I picked up whatever materials I could find and flipped through them to read them.

The research itself seemed to be nearing its end.

It was around the time when the main character’s generation was entering their second-year winter vacation that Crepin came to Aken Island and attempted to descend as an evil spirit.

In other words, even if we estimate it less from now, there is still half a year left.

However, if you look at the research data, most of the research is almost in its final stages.

Research on the magic formula and flow of magical power has been completed to the point where it would be no problem to attempt the descent of an evil spirit right now.

Now all that remains are suitable sacrifices.

– Coincidentally, there is no day when high-quality offerings gather in one place as much as this social gathering held at the Ross Taylor mansion.

It was clear that Crepin’s research speed was ridiculously faster than that of Jeongsa. Since the completion of the research has been advanced by almost half a year, it is not strange that the evil spirit is attempting to descend sooner than expected.

To find the cause, we have to go through numerous events.

Without going into detail, let’s just get to the point: Princess Fenia did not run for the student council president election. That’s the only reason I can think of.

In political affairs, Princess Fenia became the student council president and used the academic and imperial power to constantly suspect and keep Crepin in check.

However, the current student council president is Tanya Rosstaylor, who is quite friendly to the Rosstaylor family.

Although Tanya was suspicious of Crepin’s actions, she did not try to actively confront him, the head of her family.

This is a completely different move from Princess Fenia’s aggressive checks.

I didn’t realize it when I was playing , but Fenia’s actions went beyond simply putting pressure on Crepin politically and also acted as all sorts of sabotage measures to prevent him from concentrating on his research.

Since there was no interference from Fenia, Crepin’s research proceeded smoothly and was eventually completed sooner than expected, eliminating the need to go through the trouble of raiding Sylvania Academy to secure sacrifices. All you need to do is take advantage of the attendees of social events held in a timely manner.

After thinking this far, it became clear why he had called me to this mansion in the name of restoring the Ross Taylor family.

As they attempted to bring about Mebula’s descent, they had planned to kill me all at once by making me a sacrifice.

It is said that both competency and reputation are returning, so it would be a perfect sacrifice to restore their honor by having them restored to the Ross Taylor family.

-bang!

I kicked open the door leading to the outside of the lab. I ran straight down the brick hallway.

Yenika followed, panting and gritting her teeth. It looked so difficult that I picked up Yenika and ran. I wanted to summon a spirit and fly on it, but the space in the hallway was too narrow to do so.

“Wooaaat?! Ed?!”

Yenika, who lifted her body quickly, blushed in embarrassment, but not when she was reacting so indifferently.

―Patter boom! Quagwang!

An axle protruded from the floor of the hallway and extended straight toward the ground. I ran along the uphill stairs, dodging the tentacles here and there.

“Eh Ed... I’m not heavy...?! I’m not tired?!”

“It’s not heavy!”

“Thank goodness!”

I gave a quick answer and picked up the pace. Bricks fell through the shaking ground. If you make a mistake and hit it directly on the head, it wouldn’t be surprising if you died instantly.

After jumping for a while, I finally saw a door leading to the ground. I kicked out the door without another thought.

-bang!

And the sight before your eyes.

I didn’t think that conditions on the ground would be normal. Still, it turned out to be more evil than expected... Both Yenika and I swallowed our breath.

The Ross Taylor Mansion site, surrounded by a large exterior wall, has a total of five buildings arranged in a circle.

The third floor of the most luxurious central mansion is where our exit is located. As it was secretly built in a secret space next to the kitchen, it should have been a dark and corner space, but surprisingly, the view was wide open.

That’s because... more than half of the exterior walls of the central mansion were blown away.

Thanks to this, you can see the entire landscape of the Ross Taylor mansion site at a glance.

There is not a single building in good condition from the spire of the user’s quarters to the annex of the central mansion.

But now is not the time to focus on the condition of the building.

―Hwii Iik.

My hair blew in the blowing wind.

Eventually, Lucy tightened her hands. I grabbed it.

Then the sun rose in the night sky.

The gloomy darkness of the night was lifted in an instant, and for a brief moment, the world welcomed bright daylight.

―Whaaaaaaaa!

―Quaaaaaaaaaa!

It was not an explosion, but a volcano erupted. It sounds like it works. I can’t tell if this is magic caused by humans or a natural disaster caused by God’s anger.

High-level explosive magic ‘Destruction’. 58 consecutive hits.

In addition, the highest level explosion magic, ‘Moment of Creation’.

Even the highest level defensive magic unleashed to protect the area.

In order to implement a single high-level magic, the Academy’s senior-level professors must concentrate their entire minds.

There was a monster here that could embody more than fifty such forms as if breathing.

Lucy, who gave her best, is something that goes far beyond the human category. Without going into detail, it means that he is a monster.

“Ugh.”

Lucy stumbled into my arms, perhaps feeling anemia for a moment. I hold my arms tightly, steady myself, and look up at the sky where night has arrived again.

The shape of Mebula is visible in the rising smoke.

The image of withstanding that ridiculous explosion and leisurely floating in the sky. Although some of the many eyes were damaged, they still did not lose their strength.

It is an effective hit, but not a critical hit.

And Mebula realizes. Who is the most dangerous element in this Ross Taylor mansion?

In an instant, all kinds of magic circles materialize around the mansion. At the same time, rising tentacles rushed in to twist Lucy’s slender neck.

Lucy waved her hand again, destroying all the magic circles and twisting and breaking the tentacles.

Then, after shaking off his clothes, he rushes out to the open wall and looks straight up at the sky.

“It would be dangerous to be near me.”

Lucy said and turned around.

Numerous tentacles and the terrible shape of Mebula floated in the sky. A star-studded night sky for sacrifices.

He stood with that strange scenery in the background and spoke to me.

“Are you going to catch that guy?”

“okay.”

“He threw that nuisance at me and ran towards the annex. He was probably thinking of manifesting the law engraved in the sky.”

The blowing wind ruffles Lucy’s hair. Lucy spoke while shaking off a lot of dust.

“That man is probably the medium that summoned that evil spirit. If I can catch that man and subdue him, that lump of eyeballs will be greatly weakened. Then it will be easier for me to finish him off.”

“Can you hold out until then?”

“Hold on?”

As expected, Lucy’s expression did not move at all.

“It’s not me who’s holding on, it’s that lump of eyeballs.”

If I fight until the end, I will win. That confidence is evident, but unfortunately, it is our side that is in trouble.

The longer the fight, the more casualties there are. In fact, the only people gathered here are VIPs.

Also, if Mevuller’s power is fully implemented, the damage may not end only in Lostaylor’s territory.

“So, finish your work well. I’m here to help you with that.”

After saying that, Lucy threw herself into the sky. Meanwhile, he looks at Yenika, who was watching the situation from a corner, and even shows him sighing with his eyes wide open.

Just like that, Lucy created wind and used flight magic to fly towards Mebula.

* * *

―Quagaga River! bang!

“Aaaah!”

“Call the escort! Guard!”

“Save me! Kwaaaaaa!”

The banquet hall had already been in chaos for a long time.

As the outer wall collapsed and tentacles rushed in, those with combat skills began to fight... but all the high-ranking nobles were busy crying and running away.

Meanwhile, the image of an evil spirit can be seen beyond the collapsed outer wall, and even a huge explosion lights up the sky. Everyone is just confused by the rapidly changing situation.

“What are the soldiers doing...!”

In the meantime, Rosstaylor’s private soldiers, led by the brown bear knight Nox, are not moving, blocking the entrance.

A nobleman with fever all the way to his head kicked the privates in the back of the head and told them to move, but none of them even moved.

“Are these guys crazy...!”

“Everyone get out of the way...!”

“...Clarice!”

A banquet hall where the battle is in full swing. Saint Clarisse emerged through the crowd.

The combatants, led by Senir Bloomriver, the head of the Bloomriver family, were guarding the guests. However, there are overwhelmingly more non-combat personnel than combat personnel. It is a structure that is bound to cause damage at some point.

“I need to contact the Knights Templar stationed at the cathedral right now...!”

The situation is such a mess.

Even without the saint’s instructions, the cathedral knights stationed near the territory would have begun to move. However, the situation of not being able to contact the saint directly is not very good.

Although we haven’t been able to bring in apostle-level personnel, there are quite a few excellent combat personnel. Now that the entire mansion was in danger, every single manpower that could fight was precious.

But Nox shook his head.

“Are you disobeying orders?”

“I’m just obeying another command.”

“I beg your pardon...?”

After answering that, Nox... slowly... very slowly took off his helmet.

Not only Clarice, who saw this, but also the high-ranking nobles who were making a fuss next to her and the other people who were in the middle of the battle, all of their expressions froze.

The part that was covered by the helmet... was all covered in bizarre flesh.

In addition, strange tentacles sprouted from its back, making it difficult to regard it as human.

“Ugh...!”

Her legs almost lost strength for a moment, but Clarisse quickly pulled her body back and regained her senses.

She is a girl who has experienced death dozens and hundreds of times. Although he has the calmness to quickly respond to sudden crisis situations, that doesn’t mean he isn’t afraid of the bizarre scene right before his eyes.

“St. Lady... fall...!”

“These privates... they’re all strange...!”

With the sound of flesh splitting, one of the soldiers bent forward. It was the moment when the hand was about to reach the saint.

– Woe!

The flying ice spear pierced the soldier’s arm. And the ensuing freezing spells caused the soldiers to fall one by one.

Senir Bloomriver, an old, middle-aged wizard who was dealing with the tentacles, stood guard over the saint.

“Saint Clarice. Please step back.”

“I’m fine. I have protection that can counter most attacks.”

Clarisse calmly shook her head, but Sinir nevertheless leapt forward and shouted.

“Everyone... we must escape from the mansion! This is a trap for the Rosstaylor family!”

At those words, all the VIPs in the banquet hall swallowed their saliva.