I Became a Time-Stopper at the Academy

87 – Balbino (2)

Asmodians specialize in magic.

Of course, like the two demons in front of us, they also carry swords and spears.

However, unlike normal swordsmen and spearmen, they are much closer to magic swordsmen and spearmen who attack by mixing with magic.

Of course, whether it’s a wizard, a magician, or a magician, what I’m going to do is fixed.

Bang—!!

Bang—!!

I hit the shotgun on the bodies of the two demons.

The sudden shooting seems to startle you for a moment, but

“Something like magic bullets!”

I quickly deployed shield magic all over my body.

Certainly, these demons were superior to the vampires on the uninhabited island.

I didn’t use [Time Stop], But I blocked all 12 magic bullets that were approaching at the same time.

But I am not attacking alone.

“Haa—!”

Louisa, who received Elianne’s support magic, thrust the tip of her spear at the demon holding the spear on her right.

Asmodian spearman responded and swung his spear.

Louisa’s attack was blocked as spears collided with each other.

“Haap—!!”

Lando aimed at the upper body of the demon holding the sword on the left and swung the [Pure Blood Dwarf’s Last Sword] Diagonally.

The demon swordsman immediately raised his sword horizontally to block the slash.

The two demons laughed.

It doesn’t seem like a big deal.

I told Lando to save [Mana Supercharge].

It’s meaningless if you don’t use it to fight against Balbino after using it against these kinds of rubbish demons.

The important thing is Balbino.

“Suck!”

Benedetta created two magic circles under her feet.

And then, as if jumping backwards, I pushed the two magic circles with the soles of my feet.

In an instant, the magic circle arrived on the floor where the two demons were standing.

It is said that the demons developed shield magic, but that is just a front.

I didn’t expect the magic circle to slide under my feet, so I didn’t hit the shield until there.

“Oh no?!”

“This human b*tch!!”

Lando and Louisa are already in a situation where they continue to pressure the two demons from the front.

I think it’s better to step back and avoid it than to deploy another shield spell underfoot.

Because we don’t know exactly what type of magic circle is under our feet, we’re not even sure if the shield magic will last.

As expected, the two demons ran backwards.

But as expected, Benedetta had that in mind.

I swung the staff from bottom to top with one wrist snap.

Then the magic circle on the floor of the corridor stood obliquely.

The two demons just opened their eyes wide in the air.

Hwiuwoong—!

A cold blizzard moved towards them from the magic circle.

“”Aagh!!””

The bodies of the two demons slowly froze.

It was [Freezing Snow], An ice type magic.

I fired the shotgun again at them, who were slowly slowing down.

Twelve magic bullets shattered each of their frozen bodies.

The broken pieces of meat were scattered in the hallway of the inn.

[The demon has been killed.]

[Acquired 103 EXP for .]

[Experience of Exceeded 350.]

[The level of Has risen to 3.]

[The demon has been killed.]

[Acquired 95 EXP for .]

[Remaining EXP required until : 447]

I never thought I would level up the [Time Stop] Skill here.

I quickly opened the status window to see how it changed.

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[Time stop]

Rating: ???

Level: 3

Description: 4 times in 24 hours, the time of living beings other than the user can be stopped by 8 seconds.

——

I can use 32 seconds for a day with just the skill!

96 Seconds when combined with [Pistol of Thought Offender].

You can stop time for a total of 1 minute and 36 seconds.

Mass production of magic potions compensated for the lack of magic power.

As the [Time Stop] Skill reached level 3, there was a lot of leeway.

In fact, most of my fatal weaknesses have been eliminated.

“Let’s go in quickly.”

“”Yes.”” “Yes.”

The door to the inn room where Balbino stays is locked.

Of course I shot it with a shotgun and made a big hole in the wooden door.

With Caitlyn in the lead, he quickly entered the hole.

The reason we rushed was simple.

Balbino is a Demon who is relatively quick to judge the momentary situation.

As much as he sends his magic to the cadets who lost in the tournament, of course he doesn’t have much magic right now.

In such a situation, we’ve invaded, but we’ll judge that it’s better to just run away than to fight with insufficient magic power.

“Father!!”

A middle-aged man opened a window and tried to jump out of it.

Not a suicide, of course, but an escape attempt.

As Delia screamed, the middle-aged man hesitated to jump.

As expected, no matter how much the demons were, it seemed that they could not simply ignore the daughter of the former human.

The reason why he fell into a demon in the first place is because of his first daughter.

“… Is it Delia?”

“Yes.”

She slowly approached Balbino.

When Louisa or Landau saw it, they tried to stop it, saying it was dangerous.

However, Elianne and Benedetta, who noticed my intentions, stopped them.

I also just stayed still, and both of them kept their mouths shut.

In advance, Delia was given one instruction.

Catch my father so he doesn’t run away.

… I didn’t know how to level up, so I tried to use her daughter as much as possible.

If I knew how to level up, I would have handled it myself.

“I never expected to see you again like this.”

“…… Me too.”

Still, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to randomly interrupt a conversation between a father and a daughter that they share after a long time.

No matter how much Balbino has become a demon, he basically has a personality that cares for his daughter.

I will not recklessly kill Delia.

“Delia.”

“Yes.”

“What is the color of the line?”

“Yes… ?”

Is a father a father?

… Out of the blue, Delia’s nun’s nun’s outfit was a problem.

“Because Joel likes it.”

At Delia’s reply, Balbino cast his gaze towards me.

Then she frowned.

It seemed that he was the son-in-law of the demon father-in-law.

“Dad, something happened to my sister, so I had to do this… ?”

“… You are now an adult who has found your mate, so it would be right to explain.”

Balbino paused for a moment.

“Ten years ago, the Empire and the Kingdom had a dispute over the contribution of the Lauris Treaty Organization.”

“The issue of contributions?”

“It started when the empire unilaterally demanded that the kingdom increase the contribution rate.”

A story I already knew from Came out of his mouth.

The kingdom was in a bad economic situation at the time.

As the neighboring country, the Republic, emerged as capitalism, the competitiveness of Kingdom-made goods fell relatively in terms of quality and price.

Even so, the kingdom’s finances were tight, so they were tightening their belts.

However, the Empire suddenly demanded that the contribution be paid several times more, so it was too much of a burden.

“At that time, the Demon Kingdom made a proposal to the Kingdom. If you withdraw from the Lauris Treaty Organization, you will make a pact that you will never invade the kingdom.”

A non-aggression pact between the Kingdom and the Demon Kingdom.

In the first place, the Empire and the Kingdom had no choice but to unite against the invasion of the Demon Kingdom.

From the kingdom’s point of view, if the demon kingdom does not invade the kingdom, there is no reason to remain in the treaty body, even paying burdensome contributions.

“Your sister Celestina went to the Demon Kingdom as a diplomat to hear more about it. She, of course, was ordered by the king.”

After hearing this, Benedetta covered his mouth with his hand and opened his eyes wide.

It seemed like he figured out what had happened.

The Empire has caught the movement that the kingdom is trying to sign a non-aggression pact with the demon kingdom.

The Empire immediately led public opinion in the international community by openly accusing the kingdom of trying to betray humanity.

At the same time, the Empire also took a step back from negotiations on cost sharing, as its power would greatly weaken if a kingdom, a powerful country, suddenly withdrew from the treaty body.

“The king of the kingdom must have been concerned that the country would become isolated. He abandoned the non-aggression pact and reached an agreement with the Empire.”

The king had to deal with the fact that the empire had already announced that the kingdom had sent a diplomat to the demon kingdom.

For him, he laid all of her sins on Celestina, a diplomat who was briefly in the Demon Kingdom at the time on his orders.

In other words, the Kingdom did not try to betray humanity, but Celestina, a mediocre diplomat, colluded with the Demon Kingdom to overturn the Kingdom.

“As the empire accepted the kingdom’s explanation, Celestina suddenly became a foreign exchange criminal. As a result, her four older sisters were hanged.”

A father unable to comprehend the death of his eldest daughter — Balbino left Delia and left the house to uncover the truth.

Shocked by the fact that both the Empire and the Kingdom had driven Celestina to her death, he volunteered to become a demon to avenge her.

“I could not forgive the monumental pagoda that was built over an innocent person who was buried.”

“Father….”

Delia quivered her lips.

And Benedetta, who was listening with me.

It is said that the Empire took part in Celestina’s death by simply turning a blind eye to it, but the direct responsibility lies with the Kingdom.

In other words, the fact that his father had killed Delia’s sister, who had done nothing wrong, seemed to come as quite a shock to Benedetta, who had an idealistic mindset.

“Delia, do you still not understand me?”

“That, that….”

Of course, there was room for sympathy for the fact that her daughter died unjustly.

But just because your daughter died unjustly doesn’t mean you can kill other innocent people.

I used [Time Stop] Without hesitation.

Then the shotgun was hit mainly on Balbino’s legs.

No matter how much demons you have, you won’t be able to escape unless your legs are strong.

“Ugh—!”

The world started moving again.

Already on the floor, Val Bino complained of his pain.

I turned my head towards Delia.

“I was captured as promised.”

She gave one slow nod.

Then a window appeared in front of her eyes.

[The quest was successful.]

[Acquired 208 EXP points.]

Delia approached Caitlyn. She

She asked to borrow one of her daggers.

Caitlyn asked with a worried look in her eyes.

“Delia, are you really okay?”

“Yes. As the only family, I will lead the last.”

Delia knelt before her father.

She then took her dagger with both hands and placed the point of her sword over her chest of Valbino.

Valbino said softly.

“I’m sorry, Delia. Leave me alone for the time being It must have been difficult having such a lousy man as his father.”

Delia answered, her tears streaming down her face.

“… No. In my memory, my father was always kind. He is also respectable. So, I want to personally guide you on the way to heaven.”

“I heard that demons do not allow gods to go to heaven.”

“The Lord gave birth to all things. Also the demons. That’s why you’ll embrace the demons as well.”

“Is that so? Still, I’m glad you have someone important to you.”

“Yes.”

It seemed that Balbino accepted the death penalty handed down directly by her daughter.

If you resisted here, I would use [Time Stop] Again to kill you.

Delia tightened her hands on her dagger.

She opened her eyes, probably from the thought that she must never turn a blind eye to her father’s death.

“Please go first, Father.”

“Yes. Delia, you should come later.”

A dagger that descends vigorously toward Balbino’s chest.

Ellie Anne turned her head to her side, probably because she remembered her little brother.

Caitlyn and Lando looked bitter.

Luisa seemed to be praying as she held the cross in her arms with both hands.

At that time,

“Please wait!”

Benedetta grabbed Delia’s arms from behind her.