Who is not a lawyer?

And just at the door, he met Airi and Nokuto.

After seeing Luo Mio, Airi's eyes lit up slightly.

"Teacher Bianca."

Luo Mio walked over and patted Airi's little head, then smiled at the two of them.

"Come in, it's time for class."

"Yes."

"Yes, I understand."

-

"Let me see, there is still some extra time...I can go..."

At this time.

"Buzz!"

Suddenly, a loud bell rang from the clock tower in Block 1.

It was not a gentle tone, but an anxious, violent and crazy beating sound.

Hearing this voice, Luo Mio also turned her head and looked in the direction of the bell.

“This sound is…”

Then a beautiful girl with short blue hair appeared behind him.

It was Sharis from the Triad, also a third-year student.

Sharis said to Luo Mio anxiously.

"Teacher Bianca, Laigree asked me to come here to inform you to come over."

Hearing Sharis' words, Luo Mio also nodded.

"understood."

-

In the fortress city at dawn, a bell rang to warn the whole city and... the roar of a flying dragon was heard in the sky.

Several Drag-Knights were seen hovering in the sky above Crossfield, alerting the people in the city of the Abyss attack!

And in the fourth Machine Dragon hangar of Crossfield.

Several instructors led by Laigree and high-ranking city officials quickly held an emergency meeting in the academy.

On the other side, Lisha, Lux, Krulcifer and other officer candidates put on their uniforms and gathered in the Machine Dragon hangar while waiting for instructions.

After a while, Luo Mio, Sharis and Kruluci also appeared in the fourth Machine Dragon hangar at the same time.

After seeing Luo Mio appear, Legli nodded to her.

"Now that everyone is here, I would like to announce this mission to all the officer candidates."

“I believe everyone knows the reason why the alarm bells sounded. It was because of the appearance of an Abyss. Now according to the report from the scout Drag-Knight in front, a large Abyss appeared.”

As she spoke, Laigree pointed at the map and spoke to everyone.

"The location where they appeared is in the ruins in the southwest. Judging from the time they appeared, they should have appeared late at night. The three fortresses set up between the Fortress City and the ruins have been breached in the security network around the ruins and the first fortress, and they are facing an emergency situation."

“At present, the guard troop of Drag-Knights from the second and third fortresses in the rear have been dispatched to subdue the enemy. However, the enemy is a large Abyss. In order to prevent the aftermath of the battle from damaging the Fortress City, our Royal Officer Academy will also organize a counterattack force and prepare for the battle.”

"Now, be on standby and ready to attack until you receive the order!"

"At the same time, we have requested support from the capital."

After hearing this, several of the girls in the hangar breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing this, Luo Mio narrowed her eyes slightly.

Krulcifer beside her also spoke in a low voice.

"It seems that some of the ladies of Academi have been living in peace for too long."

Luo Mio nodded.

"Although they are officer candidates, the vast majority of students in the academy have never participated in a battle on the battlefield, so it is normal to face such a situation."

At this time, Lux and Airi said goodbye to Lisha and the three members of the Triad, Sharis, Tillfa and Nokuto.

As the "Knight Order" of the Royal Officer Academy, they must be the first to go if anything happens.

Although they were well-paid members of the Knights, there was no such thing as a free lunch. In the current situation, they should be the first to go to the location of the large Abyss and join the battle.

Krulcifer and Philphie, as owners of the Divine Drag-Ride, were stationed in Crossfield to prevent the appearance of three Abysses in a row over the city like the previous few days.

Seeing Lisha and the Triad leaving, Lulcifer also reminded Lux.

“You’d better not expect too much reinforcement from the capital, Lux-kun.”

Lux who heard Krulcifer’s voice was slightly startled and asked while looking at Krulcifer.

“What do you mean, Krulcifer-san?”

"Literally."

Hearing this, Lux said in confusion: “But the students here are all officer candidates, right? How could the Royal Capital not send a Drag-Knight army to support them?”

Airi smiled wryly and pointed her index finger at Lux.

"That's too loud, brother."

"The current military situation in the New Kingdom is not optimistic. Although it has been five years since the last coup, the army is still understaffed. You should know this best, brother."

Lux reacted instantly after hearing Airi’s words, and he lowered his eyes uncontrollably.

Because he knew who was the reason why the New Kingdom was short of Drag-Knights...

but...

Lux raised his eyes to the sky and thought.

Luo Mio who was standing nearby came over and looked at Lux, and said while looking towards the southwest with him.

"It seems like you have figured it out."

Lux nodded.

“The Abyss that appeared this time plus the three that appeared in the training ground before, four appeared in such a short time... I don’t think this is a coincidence.”

Lux had served as a guard at the border ruins in the past as part of a request, and the chance of an Abyss appearing was only once a month at most.

However, in the current situation, Lux suspected that the continuous appearance of the Abyss was not accidental.

What Lux didn’t know was that a total of five Abysses had appeared in the past few days.

After a while, the communication device hanging on Airi's ear suddenly lit up.

After answering the call, Airi heard Reli's voice.

"Airi, is Bianca with you?"

Hearing Reli's voice, Airi was slightly stunned.

"Principal?...If you were to say so, Ms. Bianca, you are indeed by my side now."

"Really? Then how long have the knights who went out to fight been gone?"

Hearing Reilly's solemn and serious voice, Airi knew what had happened and responded immediately.

“As for the seniors, they’ve been out for a while now, and they’ve probably already met the Abyss.”

"...This is bad."

"Eh?" Airi paused after hearing Reilly's words. "What do you mean, Principal?"

Kalcifer, Philphie, and Lux ​​who were standing by also looked at Airi. They had heard everything that had happened.

"Under your suggestion, Bianca, I did some research. Just now, I found out the background of everyone in the security department."

“…All the members of the Royal Army’s Guards who went to fight this time are the remaining Drag-Knights of the old Imperial Army. They were previously treated as war criminals and imprisoned in dungeons.”

"--What?!"

Hearing this, Airi and Lux ​​immediately showed surprise.

Luo Mio narrowed her eyes slightly.

"As expected..."

The remaining Drag-Knights of the Old Empire later swore allegiance to the New Kingdom, and some of them who proved their innocence became Drag-Knights of the New Kingdom and were reappointed as non-commissioned officers!

“So, does that mean that the Abysses that appeared in the past few days were all caused by the remnants of the Old Empire?”

"Probably!"

At this moment——

“——Eeeeeeeeeeeeeee!”

A very strange flute sound appeared in Luo Mio's ears.

"This voice..."

At the same time, Philphie seemed to have heard the sound of the flute, and looked in the direction where the sound came from with a slightly empty look in her eyes.

It is exactly the location of the ruins in the southwest!

Chapter 9: “Go and save your princess, and leave the Abyss to me…”

Before the sound of the flute sounded, Lisha, Triad and a dozen members of the Knights were heading southwest. After a while, they saw the large Abyss that caused the fall of the First Fortress.

In a vast wilderness about three kilometers away from the fortress city of Crossfield.

Looking closely, I saw a giant Abyss with a trapezoidal shape and no legs, and a body as thick as jelly, moving at the speed of a child.

On both sides of its left side there is an arm like a spire, and at the top of its body there are two purple spheres like eyes.

Deep inside the translucent body, one can barely see a black and red spherical core, which should be the core of this mythical beast.

Judging from its appearance, it was easy to recognize its true form. It was a slime-type Abyss that had almost no wisdom or intelligence.

Although it has no intelligence, this Abyss has a huge body and is powerful enough to devour an entire city.

And if you want to kill it, you have to break through its extremely thick mucus layer and destroy its core.

Then what needs to be done is very simple.

Then Lisha summoned the Seven Dragon Heads to connect with it and aimed at the Slime Abyss.

With a loud bang, the bright red dragon breath energy beam cannon blasted straight towards the body of the Abyss.

However, at the moment of hitting the opponent's body, the mucus on the surface of the Slime Phantom Beast was directly blasted everywhere. Although the strong impact caused waves on its body surface.

But it did not cause any substantial harm.

What was even more terrifying was that the splashing slime melted all the trees and grass below and turned them into a wisp of smoke.

Lisha narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at the blow she had launched.

Although his attack just now hit the core, its power was greatly reduced due to the mucus on the body surface, and it did not directly shatter the core.

Then Lisha spoke to everyone through the dragon voice.

"Fire at the same time, give me a chance to hit it directly at the core!"

"clear."

But at this moment, a flute sounded.

"This voice..."

Lisha was stunned, but then she saw the large slime in front of her suddenly swelled up rapidly.

The moment Lisha and the others attacked, the huge body instantly exploded!

The terrifying shock and high temperature instantly swept through the entire knight order.

"Deploy the barrier quickly!"

But just as she finished speaking, the roar of the explosion drowned out Lisha's voice.