Madman in a Fantasy World

30. first event

A flat area where all first year students gather.

With his back to the forest, the professor used magic and spoke loud enough for the people behind him to hear.

“From now on, I will explain to the group before the practice begins.”

In order to prevent strong people from being concentrated in one place, Jo was randomly selected by the professors.

Students from Class A and Class B were divided, and students from Class D and Class E were placed in the remaining three seats to form a group of four.

The monsters in the forest could be defeated alone by students in Class A and Class B, but it could be seen as a professor’s arrangement that was put in just in case.

In her group like that…

“Hi Richie! Same group! Please take good care of me!”

“·······.”

I was paired with two boys from Class E and Arthur, whom I hated until this morning.

I never doubted it, but now that I think about it, I think I’ve been strangely involved with Arthur lately.

Arthur also came to visit him on purpose.

‘Am I too sensitive…’

yes. It’s just cooperation for practice anyway.

After the practice is over, you can ignore it like usual, so you just have to endure it this time.

After all the students gathered in groups, the professor explained the practice they were going to do today.

“Today’s practice is a real combat training to hunt monsters in the forest. Unlike the previous battles between students, they will try to kill you, and you will learn something you couldn’t know through sparring.”

“Professors will be waiting on the flat ground where you are standing right now, just in case. Magical powers will detect the forest and help immediately if something happens, but magical powers are not omnipotent. Be careful.”

“The monsters you hunted in the practice will be reflected in the ranking change that will follow. It is a method of scoring points based on the rank and number of monsters, and fighting between students is prohibited, so it is better not to quarrel. If If a fight between students is discovered, the student who took the lead will be expelled.”

withdrawal from the school.

A word like thunder from the sky from the professor’s mouth instantly became agitated.

“If you have any questions, I’ll take them for now.”

The professor’s words were so clear that no questions were necessary.

If only it hadn’t been for the last sentence.

Even with words that are difficult to ask, someone cautiously raised his hand, saying that someone should take up arms.

“Yes you there. What’s your question?”

“Is that… a battle between students really an expulsion…?”

“Yes. The dean also gave permission.”

dean.

A sorcerer so great that everyone knows, even if you’re not a member of the academy.

Dean and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Journal Academy.

With Lucia Merigold’s approval, teachers are not allowed to disagree.

In other words, it is not something that can only be overturned by students.

There must have been a plausible reason for expulsion, and it would be correct to accept it to some extent.

“Professor! No matter how hard it is, I think expulsion is severe! I think we can improve our judgment and skills by fighting each other!”

Someone said that without even noticing.

The problem was that the person who said that was unlucky Arthur, who was in the same group as Richie.

“Hmm. Who are you?”

“This is Arthur from Class D!”

The fact that a class D student did something that even vain aristocrats wouldn’t do is a good thing to catch their eye, but the first reason is that they are curious about what they are doing right now, and the second reason is that they can’t interrupt the professor. was the second reason.

“Yes Arthur. You said expulsion was too harsh.”

“Yes, it is!”

“Then let me ask you a question. Can you forgive the person who stabbed you in the back during a life-or-death battle with a monster?”

“Yes Yes···?”

“Are you telling us to educate traitors who attack our allies for their own benefit, in the face of the feat of being a monster?”

An act of betrayal by stabbing an ally in the back of the head when it was not enough to focus on the monster in front of him.

Of course, this is an act that should not be done as a human being, and a fight between students is a suicidal act in which allies fight against each other despite the achievements in front of them.

If you don’t want to do it in the first place, you shouldn’t do it.

Arthur seemed to have said something after thinking about it, but if he thought about it to that extent, it was just proof of his stupidity.

In the end, Arthur, who could not refute the professor’s theory, became a jjuguri.

“······Sigh.”

Richie sighed at the fact that his teammates were fools who only had ambitions.

***

– Hwareuk!

The shift chameleon’s upper body melted in one shot of Liche’s fire magic.

Even though it was in the middle of a wooded forest, it accurately attacked only monsters with precise magic control.

I don’t really feel it because I’m always training, but it was a pleasant body that seemed to be stronger than before.

“Oh! It’s Richie! Great!”

If it wasn’t for that guy behind him.

They follow along with two boys from class E, who are the same group, and cut off the tail from the corpse of the monster they killed.

Thanks to that, it was nice that Leechee was comfortable, but since this practice is reflected in the rankings, it would be better for them to go hunting monsters individually, but they continued to follow him.

especially Arthur. Strangely enough, from the beginning until now, he had been following only behind him.

The act of constantly pouring out praises in a loud voice every time I caught a monster was noisy, and I didn’t feel good because it seemed like I was deliberately following and raising medicine.

I didn’t say anything because I thought he would take it with interest and like it.

1 hour in that state. An hour had passed since the hunt began.

What happened in the forest?

The number of monsters that could be encountered at least once every 5 minutes gradually decreased, and now they were not visible at all.

Considering the size of the forest, it was strange enough to not be able to meet at all, even if you were unlucky and unable to meet them.

“Go back…!”

Feeling strange, Liche tried to issue an urgent retreat order.

It’s already late.

Two members of the team collapsed at some point.

Arthur and himself were the only ones standing.

“You’re a pretty quick-witted kid.”

creepy voice.

Something like dark, shady fog spread on the floor, and an eerie gaze that seemed to scan the body awoke Leechee’s alertness.

Eventually, the darkness coalesced and transformed into a human form.

The man with jet-black pupils and purple skin was proof that the thing in front of him was a demon.

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More than anything else, the curse on Liche’s body began to react to that nasty magic.

“Asmodians…!”

achievements of mankind.

If monsters feel like natural disasters, demons are villains.

A villain who enjoys killing and whose hobbies are to mock and play with humans.

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Monsters that attack humans with instinct without reason cannot be placed on the same level as demons who enjoy destruction even though they have reason.

“Now you’ve appeared! The mean demon guy!”

While he was looking at the situation nervously, Arthur, who had been still, suddenly jumped ahead.

“Hmm… I see. Is it you?”

“Yes!”

A conversation as if we knew each other.

Even though it was questionable, Riche didn’t have the time to think about it right now.

“Arthur! We must retreat now!”

“Take my sword!!”

“That fool…!”

Although the magical power felt by the demons is unpleasant, it is lower than himself.

Honestly, I thought I could fight alone and win.

It was an opponent that could never be taken lightly by Leechee, who knew the danger of the demons.

That’s why I didn’t move hastily, but wasn’t that stupid guy swinging his sword with a blow of his body.

Right after that, a strange phenomenon occurred in his sword.

A group of pure white light bloomed asrai, and soon changed into a form of sword that wrapped around the sword.

‘Light attribute…?’

A rare property that appears very rarely.

he had it

Suddenly, at Arthur’s sword, the demon scattered the darkness and evaded to the side, and as a counterattack, he threw a fist, but he blocked the attack by raising his sword.

It was a lychee who thought it was worthwhile seeing that even Arthur, who was much weaker than himself, was able to respond.

For that reason, in order to support Arthur, he threw a spear of flame drawn thinly at the demon with the maximum magic control he could.

“no use.”

The magic that touched his body definitely hit the spot, but it didn’t do any damage.

“Magic doesn’t work on me.”

If that is true, why is that demon evading Arthur’s attack?

Accelerated thinking by the battle gave Leechee an answer straight away.

The magic of dazzling light that seems to have been bestowed by God is a fatal weakness for demons.

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Magic doesn’t work, but the physical force of the sword can’t be stopped.

Either way, there was no way Richie could do it.

Not only could he not use light attribute magic, he did not know how to wield a sword.

Even if I tried to help with my modest skills, it would only hinder me.

In the end, the only thing Richie, who was stronger than anyone else in the room, could do was to watch.

‘I’m helpless…’

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Maybe I forgot about it for a while because I was praised as the chief recently.

I became strong to kill demons, but I am still weak.

He was still a frog in the well.

“Eww…”

He gritted his molars.

There is no time to be immersed in emotion like an idiot.

You have to buy some time until the professor’s support arrives.

Since when did you come to accept the irrationality of the demons?

If it’s impossible, just make it possible.

After that, Richie began to focus on what he could do.

When the demons attacked, they threw magic at the ground to break the balance of the body, and sometimes blocked the demons’ vision by installing a wall with fire.

I felt that the victory was starting to decline.

But it was also a time when I thought so.

“This is pretty…! You fight well, kids!”

Suddenly, the arm of the demon was wrapped in black mist, and then it changed into a gauntlet shape.

“Lice! Phase 2 begins!”

Phase…?

I don’t know what you’re talking about, but it was certain that the demons in front of me were stronger than before.

The particles of light collided with the black mist to create splendor.

The speed and power increased noticeably compared to before.

As before, methods such as blocking the view and obstructing the path did not work.

Even Arthur, who used to stand up well, is now visibly tired.

finally.

“Kwueeek!!”

Arthur allowed his fist to the stomach, flew through the air and crashed into a tree.

‘Ah… it’s over now.’

The defeat of Arthur, who was the only one who could damage the demons, signaled the end of the battle.

The moment when Richie gave up everything.

“aaa’a’’

“······Ku!”

Something that flew from the forest hit the demon’s side directly.