Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 91 Palace
"You didn't do this on purpose?"

When Ritas said this, he felt a strong sense of déjà vu.

"Professor, how did you become like this!"

As Miriam asked, Ritas's sense of déjà vu became stronger.
In the huge lava space, Miriam, Ritas and three others gathered together.

In the following time, both sides briefly recounted what they had encountered so far.

After hearing that Miriam encountered the black cocoon but did not encounter the shadow vines, Ritas fell silent.

"Did you really see Engel? Were you mistaken?"

Iris asked in surprise after listening to Miriam's description.

At first, she thought the change in the maze was an accident. After meeting Ritas, she began to feel that it was a planned conspiracy. And now, the name Engri Wilvedo reappeared after a long time, which made her feel weird.

"Who is Engel?"

Xia Lu asked with a puzzled look on her face. The other three people created an atmosphere that excluded only her.

In fact, she and Engri had met once. On the night of the Summer Festival, when Engri attacked Malik Azan from the shadows, Xia Lu was also on the battlefield. However, she naturally could not know the name of the attacker, nor could she associate the other party with the name "Engri".

Since Xia Lu transferred in, almost no one in the Zishanmu class has mentioned Engel.

In the past, Engel's friendship with others was so superficial that many days after that night, some people in the Yew Fir class still did not realize that one of them had not come to class for a long time.

"Engri is the student in our grade who has been on leave from school."

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"Anyway, I'm not sure if what I saw was Engel."

Miriam, who had been following Engel's figure for a long time, was no longer sure about the matter.

If there were anyone in Yew Fir class who was concerned about Engri's appearance, it would probably be only Ritas, the mentor, and Miriam, who had some issues with Engri.

Miriam didn't know if he was being too self-indulgent. He'd assumed that if Engel had seen him, he'd react. But the reality was that Engel continued to move forward with a purpose, no matter what he called out behind him, there was no response.

Moreover, what made Miriam doubt herself the most was Engel's last words.
"Fell into the quicksand?"

"Um"

Facing Iris's doubts, Miriam scratched his head and nodded.

At first, Miriam didn't know that there was quicksand over there, he just saw that Engel disappeared suddenly. But when he got closer, the ground under his feet began to flow rapidly.

This is also the reason why he finally had to break the wall and fall into the lava area with the quicksand.

"You look like you just fell into a trap."

Xia Lu, who had already given up the question "Who is Engel?", made such an inference.

At this moment, Xia Lu's face was showing more and more excitement as she was eager to try.

Because this newly developed advanced maze likely didn't have a complex terrain. Therefore, all the traps would gather everyone in the maze to one place—the most dangerous one, where the maze boss would appear.

"Engri"

The huge eyeball did not join the conversation of the others, but was just thinking silently. At this time, he had basically made a decision in his heart.

Because Engel was a rather unusual student, his presence in the academy was like air, and he would prick anyone who approached him like a hedgehog. Therefore, his presence could eliminate many answers.

First of all, in the three-day practical test, there was only an attack on the third day, which means that the targets of the maze incident were among the students of Green Vine, Orange Glow, and Yew Fir.

Secondly, the appearance of Engri further locked the target on Ritas and Miriamuri of the Yew Fir School class.

In the end, Miriam and the others did not encounter a large number of monsters and special shadow vines.

then
Ritas analyzed the situation and realized that he was the biggest problem at the moment.

"Tsk."

Ritas wanted to know why.

Who or which force is targeting such a diligent and harmless professor of magic?

At the same time, he felt a little relieved.

Because, he had always suspected that this was a conspiracy planned by the four villain organizations against the star mark holder or the brave Miriam.

Now, many issues are becoming clear.
"Student Miriam, Student Iris, Student Xia Lu. Can I ask you a somewhat strange question?"

Next, it’s time to solve the problem.

Soon after.

Looking at Miriam's figure running away with some parchment, the lava area turned back to the three people before.

"Student Iris, Student Xia Lu, it's not too late to change your mind. You can also go with Student Miriam. Or, although the possibility is very low, there may be another exit somewhere in this maze. You can try to find it."

While talking, Ritas was not idle either.

He was still using the giant eyeball to construct a complex magic circle on the ground. At this moment, the magic circle was almost complete.

"Professor, you should know my purpose."

Xia Lu responded with a smile.

As for Ritas, he didn't really know the answer. He just roughly guessed that Xia Lu wanted to defeat the maze leader herself.

Nowadays, there are only a few advanced mazes left on the continent. Moreover, even if those advanced mazes produce maze leaders, it is probably not Xia Lu's turn to fight against them.

Therefore, for Xia Lu, this is a rare opportunity to face the maze leader directly.

But what good would this do for Xia Lu?
Ritas temporarily gave up thinking because many "whys" are often answered with "no why" in the end.

"I feel that even if what the professor said is true, there is no place in the entire maze safer than being next to the professor."

Iris, who was the most nervous among the three people present, said this with her clenched fists covered in sweat.

"Thank you for your trust, Cadet Iris. However, you may not be able to simply hide aside from now on."

Ritas's magic circle is complete.

And the next moment, the huge eyeball was suddenly punctured.

The arms that stretched out from the inside of the eyeball began to tear the monster's skin to the sides.

Ritas, who was curled up inside the monster, crawled forward when he got out.

His body was covered with the liquid naturally present in the monster's body. If it was a more handsome man, such as Miriam or John, such a scene might not be beautified into a pleasing bathing scene. But it was done by Ritas, whose face was covered with blue-green liquid and whose eyes were still wide open.
Iris and Xia Lu seemed to be watching the birth of some evil creature.

"." "."

After shedding the monster's skin, Ritas slowly stood up and twisted his stiff neck a few times, making a crackling sound.

Then he took a deep breath.

"I, Ritas Berengrom Elson, am right here!"

"Engri Wilvedo, Malik Ezan, or someone else"

"If you are looking for me, then appear before me and make a decision!"

The amplified voice of Ritas continued to echo in the lava space.

One second. Two seconds. Three seconds.
Suddenly, the entire mutated maze began to shake violently.

"Rita.S——"

It seemed as if the angry roars coming from every corner of the maze instantly drowned out Ritas's voice.

"Although the maze may be a living thing, no one should have the chance to fight against an entire maze!"

In the lava space, several shadowy vines like black tentacles suddenly sprang out from the ground, piercing Xia Lu in strange trajectories.

Xia Lu jumped up and lightly avoided the cross-slapping of the shadow vines.

After Xia Lu landed, the shadow vine she had stepped on in mid-air and the shadow vine right behind her were both cut into several sections by something that looked like a sharp blade.

There was hardly a chance to catch his breath before more shadow vines pounced upon him.

After the actual confrontation, Xia Lu felt that these monsters that only targeted Ritas were more difficult to deal with than she had imagined. And just a few "fractional" numbers of shadow vines had already made her feel the crisis. She couldn't imagine how Ritas had escaped from the vine army before.

What about the civilian staff?

"Agnes."

On the other side, Iris chanted magic clumsily, casting a few elemental magic spells from time to time to fight against the mud monsters and fallen demon larvae that kept emerging and approaching from the cracks in the ground.

Although her magic accuracy is above average, as her companion, Xia Lu still thinks that it would be more efficient for Iris to use her wand as a weapon to beat the monsters.

Further away, the wind blade used by Ritas continued to harvest large groups of monsters.

Perhaps it was because these monsters in their newborn state were particularly fragile, the most basic and simple wind magic whistled out with a feeling of being indestructible.

The entire maze continued to vibrate.

The monsters that surrounded Ritas and the other two were already a huge mass, but in terms of the number of monsters in the lava space, they were still a minority.

More monsters just gathered at the periphery, as if waiting for something.

Occupying about one-third of the lava space was a huge magma lake. In this magma lake, there seemed to be a black shadow swaying constantly.

Soon, as the black shadow became clearer and clearer, Ritas and others knew what the monsters gathered on the periphery were waiting for.

Roar--

A huge body leaped high from the magma lake.

It was a giant snake that was dark red in color. Its head alone was as big as a three-story house. However, due to the common problem of this maze, the giant snake was only half-finished. It only had a huge snake head and a very short body that was about the same size as the head.

The moment they saw the snake head jumping out of the lava, Ritas and others realized that this was the leader-level monster of this maze.

The giant snake, like the other labyrinth monsters, seemed to have a mad hatred for Ritas. However, what prevented it from crushing the little human Ritas was the shadow vines that had been in place for a long time.

I saw countless shadow vines stretching out, like reins tightly binding the giant snake, and after fixing it, more shadow vines appeared and began to pierce the giant snake's body.

The pressure from the monsters suddenly dropped.

But Ritas and others, with serious expressions, were not optimistic and believed that this was an internal conflict among the monsters in the maze.

After countless shadow vines pierced the giant snake, they immediately merged with the gigantic maze leader. The sludge monster, originally reduced to cannon fodder, quickly gathered together with shadow vines and became the giant snake's "legs" at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At the same time, a terrifying number of fallen demon larvae also gathered densely at the tail of the giant snake, forming a long tail for it.

Finally, the giant snake, which was still roaring wildly a second ago, lost its luster in its eyes, and a pus-like object appeared on its forehead.

As the pus-like object burst, a human body with a pale upper body and a lower body connected to a snake head appeared.

"Engri"

Looking at the human body with only the upper body, after seeing the other person's face clearly, Ritas whispered the other person's name in disbelief.

Engel, who was connected to the snake's head, was silent for a moment with his arms hanging down, then he raised his head and roared.
"Go to hell and confess to my 'child'! Ritas——!"

Suddenly, the huge snake head opened its bloody mouth and spit out all the lava that its body could hold.

The flaming meteors struck where Ritas and the others were.

Xia Lu and Iris stopped all their movements because they knew that there was nothing they could do at this point. So they just looked up at the burning boulder that was smashing towards them.

boom.
Once again, the entire maze was filled with trembling sounds, and slowly became silent.

"Professor, what did you do to that student Engel that made him hate you so much that he turned into a monster?"

In the dust and fog that densely covered the lava area, Xia Lu's voice was the first to be heard.

"I don't think that student Engel, who is currently a teenager in terms of biological age, has already had a 'child'. And a child in hell."

Then, the voice of Ritas's reply was heard.

As the fog that obscured the vision dissipated, the red light brought by magic shone even brighter under the light of the magma.

This light is somewhat similar to the red light of the protective barrier brought by the magic book pages distributed to students by Earls Academy.

But there is no doubt that the light that now tightly enveloped Ritas and others was even more dazzling and even larger.

In the center of the lava area, which was completely free of smoke and dust, a gorgeous and brilliant shining palace made of accumulated red light appeared.

"Although I have many shortcomings as a mentor, I don't think there is any reason for my students to hate me."

The violent collision had caused a partial collapse of the maze. A huge rock fell from the cave ceiling, crashing onto the crimson palace, filled with illusory colors.

The huge rock did not shake any corner of the palace, but only caused a slight ripple in space.

(End of this chapter)