Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 52: Holy Grail of Sin
About a minute after Miriam chased Engel out, the other three students from the Yew Fir class, who felt a little worried, left the ward together.

They went down from the second floor to the first floor and turned from the main door to the side door, which did not take long.

But when they found Miriam, he had already fallen to the ground.

"What happened Miriam, were you attacked? Where is Engri? Where is Engri!"

Seeing Friend No. 1 (so he thought) falling down and Friend No. 2 (so he thought) disappearing, Grenville, who was so confused that he couldn't maintain his "master" posture, couldn't help but roar.

Among the three, only the more careful Iris noticed some noises when she went downstairs. She had a vague feeling that there must be a conflict between Miriam and Engel, but she was not completely sure.

Engel's usual performance completely confused the other students of the Yew Fir School. Therefore, even if more evidence was presented to them, they probably found it difficult to believe at first that Miriam would lose so easily and thoroughly.

"Cadet Miriam, are you, are you pointing us in the right direction?"

Merci came close to Miriam and saw how she stretched out her arm and pointed diagonally forward even after falling down, and she made a guess.

"What should we do? Should we go look for him? I feel like there might be danger."

Iris said with a worried look on her face.

"I, I can go by myself. I'll be careful! Please take care of student Miriam first!"

After thinking about it for a while, Merci took on the more dangerous task.

Merci and Miriam, who were close to Ritas and received instructions from him, both developed a strange sense of mission to "protect other classmates" during this turbulent night.

After Mercy finished speaking, she quickly walked towards the direction Miriam pointed.

However, before she took a few steps, her foot seemed to be tripped by something and she fell to the ground.

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After being speechless for a moment, Iris quickly walked over and picked up Merci from the ground with one hand.

"Oh, that hurts, Cadet Iris. Don't worry about me. I've already fallen down, so I won't fall down again."

"What's the principle?"

Iris ignored Merci's words and just casually and smoothly carried Merci on her shoulders.

Although Merci is generally light, under normal circumstances she is not so light that she can be weighed like a feather.

"Student Elise"

"You can't catch up if you're slow, and I run faster. Also, Merci, didn't you call me by my name before?"

After hearing what Iris said, Merci recalled that when school started, the two of them were indeed closer in the same dormitory. But later, due to various things, some distance between them had unconsciously developed.

"Grenville, take care of the sleeping guy. Then hold on tight, Mercy, let's go!"

While Mercy was hesitating, Iris, who had already made up her mind, instructed Grenwell and then started running at high strides.

"The academy is quite large. If we keep running in the direction Miriam pointed, can we really find Engel?"

“This.”

"It seems like there's a ball of light exploding over there? Anyway, how about we go over there and take a look?"

"Over there. If I remember correctly, it should be OK. OK, let's go over there, Iris!"

Soon, the two girls disappeared into the night.

"What the hell happened tonight!"

Grenville, who was left beside Miriam and was always out of the situation, scratched his head with both hands and muttered to himself in annoyance.

Earls College, Tree House area.

Although the academy did not deliberately conceal it, only a few people in the academy knew that the tree house led to the Shadow Mist Forest. Moreover, even if they knew this, most people would not have the courage to actually use this passage in the tree witch's "home".

Only in some extreme circumstances would someone consider using this "hidden exit".

For example, this day.
"Unlike you poor wizards who only start learning magic when you are adults, if we adventurers can't make a name for ourselves at the age of fourteen, we will have to go back to farming!"

The figure of the young man jumped high and smashed the heavy hammer in his hand to the ground. As the ground trembled and cracked, two people dressed as workers near the point where the hammer fell were knocked down by the aftermath. The moment they fell, another figure appeared tacitly, quickly and skillfully, and tied them up.

The young twins of the Silver Dragon Adventure Group moved freely in the small-scale battlefield. Their captives had increased to five.

"The adventurer industry is not as cruel as you say! It is because of people like you that people's prejudice against adventurers becomes more and more serious!"

Haniya, the "military advisor" of the adventure team, jumped out from behind the young boy Sonny and slapped him hard on the head.

"Hey! 'Ugly Elf', what are we going to do with these guys we caught?"

A voice came from behind.

Hania looked around and saw that the adventure team had captured a total of eleven prisoners that night, including the students who approached stealthily, and he couldn't help but feel a headache.

It's not that difficult.

If it was a head-on confrontation, it would be hard to say who would win between the adventurer and the master wizard. However, in this kind of outdoor surprise encounter, the wizards who were generally unable to cope with emergencies were no match for the Silver Dragon Adventure Group who were good at sneak attacks.

However, Hania had a serious crisis of confidence in Earls College.

There were eight members of the Silver Dragon Adventure Group present. The rest of the group, along with the leader of the adventure group, continued to stay in the dense forest.

The specific commission of the Silver Dragon Adventure Group was to monitor the situation deep in the Shadow Mist Forest. Guarding the hidden exit of the academy for Ritas that night was just a temporary addition. Moreover, there happened to be some suspicious movements in the forest that night. Therefore, it was necessary to assign some people to investigate the situation.

In other words, while there was “internal unrest” at Earls College, things were equally turbulent outside.

So, this is the best magic school on the continent as rumored?

"Anyway, just pile them together first, and then get a cart later."

Just as Hania was temporarily commanding the rest of the adventure group, suddenly almost all members of the adventure group seemed to sense something and looked up.

I saw a "flying" shadow getting closer and closer to the tree house.

Hania gestured to stop the other adventurers who wanted to shoot down the shadow, and then watched it fall to the ground not far away.

By now, everyone in the adventure group could see clearly that this was actually one person.

"Oh no, I think I screwed up."

The blue-haired young man with blood all over his face climbed up from the ground and looked at the members of the Silver Dragon Adventure Group.
"I have never seen you before. But since you are here, you are probably adventurers commissioned by the dean. So, don't rush to point your weapons at me. I am John, the captain of the Root Laws Execution Team of the academy."

"I need your help."

As John finished his words, the wound on his forehead broke open and another trickle of blood spurted out.

"You are from Genlusi? How can you prove this?"

Haniya looked at John in front of him suspiciously.

In fact, he was not doubting John's identity. After all, as the military advisor of the Silver Dragon Adventure Group, he still had the necessary information.

However, John's behavior looked very suspicious, so Hania was unwilling to let down her guard.

"Although there are many ways to prove it, I don't actually need to prove that point. Because... you will soon be able to clearly distinguish who is a companion and who is an enemy."

As John spoke, a huge object appeared in the distance and slowly moved towards the tree house area.

After seeing the other party clearly, the expressions of the knowledgeable Silver Dragon Adventure Group couldn't help but change.

First of all, there was not one person over there but a group of people.

Secondly, this group of people dressed in college uniforms were "crawling" on the ground.

Their eyes were all white, and they had no self-awareness. Moreover, their lower bodies seemed to be dragged into the shadows, and only their upper bodies were struggling to move forward with their palms and arms. Behind them was a huge cup-shaped object covered with mud-like things. From the mouth of the cup, a black strip of something stretched out, wrapped around the necks of the dozen or so students who were crawling, like a rein to tie up a horse.

On top of the cup-shaped object, there is a person whose original form can only be barely seen at present.

The main target of Ritas and others' action that night was Malik Azan.

As his filthy face showed, Malik was not in good condition either. Because the inside of the cup-shaped object was too chaotic, the adventurers could not tell whether most of Malik's body was submerged in the mud carried by the cup-shaped object, or whether he had merged with the object.

“Is this also magic?”

Listening to the students howling in varying degrees every time they advanced a certain distance, Haniya, who felt like he was watching a scroll of purgatory, suddenly asked such a question.

"Although, in theory, magic has infinite possibilities. But I insist that this evil method has nothing to do with magic."

While John was explaining, Sonny, the youngest and most energetic of the Silver Dragon Adventure Group, could no longer bear the sight before him, and rushed forward with his heavy hammer. "Don't go!" "Wait a minute!"

Haniya and John's voices of obstruction rang out at the same time, and a chain flew out from Xia Lu's wide furisode, which was closest to Sonny, and wrapped around Sonny's ankle, tripping him and dragging him back.

"You can imagine the situation now as if Malik Azan has taken hostages. If an attack is launched against him, those innocent students are likely to be used as shields."

"So, Mr. Captain! Why would you go after such a dangerous opponent all by yourself?"

Haniya frowned slightly, looking at John who was still very suspicious and had blood on his forehead.

"I also have many reasons that I cannot explain in a short time. Anyway, I have a plan. Can everyone in the adventure group cooperate with me? I believe that as adventurers, you have also accepted commissions such as rescuing hostages, right?"

"You outsiders just have all kinds of prejudices against adventurers! Adventurers normally don't receive this kind of commission, although we have participated in it!"

"It's good that you have participated. Then, please listen to my battle plan. I have temporarily given a name to the magic I plan to perform next, called 'Omnidirectional Illumination'."

After a brief discussion, John's battle plan officially began.

Actually, it's pretty simple to sum up.

John will cast a spell that emits strong light from all directions, compressing the shadows of Malik and his party to the extreme. During this spell, when the shadows of the kidnapped students are separated from the "monster", the adventurers rush forward to kill the monster and rescue the students.

In order to ensure the success rate, John adopted a special chanting method.

He took out a piece of paper with a magic circle drawn on it, spread it on the ground, and then stood on it.

As John began to chant, the magic circle began to emit a bright white light, and then gradually turned into light blue as the magic took shape.

But John was obviously not satisfied with the result, and he just stretched out the end of the chanting spell, making the chanting process longer and longer.

Until suddenly, the magic circle under John's feet turned bright red.

Suddenly, all-round illumination exploded above the heads of Malik and others.

The "magic burst" that can be observed and controlled is the special spellcasting technique developed by John.

As if in the blink of an eye, except for a stupid voice shouting "Ah! My eyes", the rest of the adventurers successfully got close to Malik.

Seeing the black paper-like monsters that really rose from the students' shadows, the adventurers endured the discomfort and took out their weapons to smash the monsters.

Just as John's battle plan was going smoothly, an unexpected change occurred.

A figure rushed from behind Malik and in an instant he was close to Malik's side. He jumped high and stabbed the dagger in his hand at the back of Malik's neck.

"Oh? That's Ritas's student?"

John, who was maintaining the omnidirectional illumination technique, spoke in a low voice, with a "bad" look on his face.

Obviously, there was a reason why he and the adventurers did not choose to take down Malik directly during the bright light.

Engri suddenly appeared, and the moment his dagger touched Malik, Malik's body collapsed like a ball of mud, absorbing Engri's dagger and the poison needle he shot.

"Roar--"

In the huge cup, Malik turned into mud of different colors and let out an angry cry.

At this moment, the black sludge in the huge cup began to quickly turn into black smoke and suddenly spread around.

"Get back!"

In the blink of an eye, Haniya was shrouded in black smoke. He put down the student he had rescued in his arms and retreated with other adventurers while yelling.

The young twins, who were lacking in experience and strength, were unable to escape the black fog in the first place. Under the stimulation of the black fog, their shadows actually twisted, and the next moment the entire shadow rolled into a cone and pierced their bodies.

At the critical moment, Xia Lu still dodged the stab, but her favorite furisode was punctured on one side, and the large amount of metal objects contained in it were scattered all over the ground. Sunny, who failed to completely dodge, was stabbed in the thigh, and barely escaped from the range of the black fog with blood dripping.

Engli, who was also in the black fog, was in an even worse situation.

Although he used his own speed to escape from the black fog, the large pool of blood on the ground and the bloodstains that spread across the road proved that he was seriously injured.

"Damn it, you mages, can't you have a little coordination!"

A moment later, among the Silver Dragon Adventure Group gathered in a safe place, Hania shouted angrily at John.

And John just shrugged.

Now, the situation on the battlefield has undoubtedly become worse.

Because, as the black fog spread, although John was no longer within the range of the black fog, he found that he could no longer use magic.

John experienced the legendary forbidden magic area firsthand.

The good news is that the adventurers' combat effectiveness is not affected.

The bad news is that after being covered by the black fog, the eleven people who were previously captured by the Silver Dragon Adventure Group and tried to escape from the academy were also controlled by Malik along with those students.

Originally, the biggest weakness of Malik or the giant cup in this state was its slow movement speed. With the addition of the power of eleven cup pullers, this weakness would undoubtedly be improved a lot.

"What is he doing again!"

As if to illustrate the saying "Misfortunes never come alone", as Malik, who had previously turned into mud in the giant cup, turned back into human form, the giant cup also spit out a tumor-like object.

The tumor fell to the ground and split open, revealing a green-haired girl with her eyes, ears, and mouth sealed and her hands and feet tied. The girl was wearing the uniform of the senior department of the academy and belonged to the "Red Sincerity" class.

Facing the green-haired girl who was unable to resist, Malik seemed to still have some deep hatred, and condensed tentacles from the mud in the huge cup.

The tentacles kept whipping the shadow of the green-haired girl.

It was obviously only Shadow who was "injured", but every time the green-haired girl was whipped, her whole body would tremble violently, veins would bulge on her face, and she would groan in pain and despair from her sealed mouth.

Once, and again, and again.

Malik continued to torture the green-haired girl who was completely unable to resist, while the adventurers beside him had anger on their faces.

Feeling the green-haired girl's breath becoming weaker and weaker, before the young twins attacked, it was Hania who moved first.

"Since that monster is trying to lure us over in this way, let's show him what happens when he provokes the Silver Dragon!"

"Oh!"

Following Hania's words, the adventurers once again stepped into the battlefield.

"that."

I don't think Malik's intention is to lure you over there.

John wanted to stop them, but he couldn't say anything because he felt that if he said this, the adventurers' weapons might be used on him.

And
John's eyes caught the back of the green-haired girl.

Above it, a faint green light flashed by.

The next moment, the same light reappeared, confirming that John was not mistaken.

Then for the last time, the green light fixed on the back of the green-haired girl and emitted a dazzling light.

It was a circular pattern with complicated patterns carved inside, and it looked somewhat similar to a magic circle.

Star Mark Emblem.

As the star mark emblem appeared, the green-haired girl's face and figure began to change. After the seal on her mouth and the bindings on her hands and feet were torn apart at the same time, the green-haired girl let out a siren-like scream.

“This time, there is a real problem.”

Feeling the strong vibration spreading from the ground, John and everyone else present were submerged in the gushing green light.

same moment.

Iris, carrying Merci, has arrived near the tree house and the battlefield.

Iris suddenly felt the ground shaking violently, and instinctively sensed an ominous premonition. She turned around and threw Merci far away. Then, as Merci screamed, she was swallowed by the green light.

In Spring City, the Guard Knights’ base.

Ritas was listening with a serious expression to the voice of the goddess in front of him, as the disk that had started moving again after many days began to move.

"Xiao Li Xiao Li!"

"Something big has happened at the academy, at Merce's place!!!"

(End of this chapter)