Ed subjugation battle (9)
When Assistant Professor Claire arrived at the duty officer’s office, the entire place reeked of alcohol.
“… ”
“Keuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.
It is dawn and the sun has not yet risen.
She braved a sudden downpour and arrived 20 minutes early than the originally scheduled time.
The sight she saw when she entered the duty office was Professor Kalide sitting in his work chair, pulling his head back and snoring.
The office desk was filled with all kinds of tobacco and bottles of distilled spirits. It seemed more accurate to describe the inside of the office as a cave rather than a place for people to live.
“Professor Kaleid… ”
Senior professors take turns as the on-call worker in charge of night work at the Trix Building.
This is because a certain level of decision-making power and authority is needed to deal with emergencies or changes that occur at night.
Most of the time, the advisor and his student handle the work as a group, but since the youngest professor in the elemental science department is Assistant Professor Claire… He had to work with Professor Carl Reid at all times.
Of course, night patrol, checking for changes, checking security of major buildings, etc… All the chores were the responsibility of Assistant Professor Claire. In fact, even Assistant Professor Claire did not find this unfair.
However, what makes Assistant Professor Claire’s head hurt is Professor Kallade’s work attitude.
Claire is said to have been born with good fortune, but is she paying the price for all those blessings all at once?
To that extent, Professor Kallade’s presence was like a disaster for Assistant Professor Claire.
“Professor Kaleid… wake up… ! You need to sign the checklist… !”
Professor Kalide is completely drunk and snoring in his sleep. He has even covered his face with a book to block the light from the lights.
Eventually, Professor Kallade stood up with a crunching sound and looked at Assistant Professor Claire with blank eyes.
His bushy hair on the back of his head is sticking out, and his beard, which looks rough even at first glance, is sticking out.
Even though he is a professor and wears a pure white gown… It just looks miserable because of the pieces of tobacco and spilled alcohol stains here and there.
A fearful elemental wizard who was said to have single-handedly destroyed half of a group of demi-humans who once attacked the imperial capital.
There was a time when even the strict laws of the imperial family could not stop his temperament as a massacre, so he was even called ‘the outlaw’ Kaleid…
Now, it was a measure that could not be more pathetic.
“… “Are you here?”
Assistant Professor Claire almost burst into tears.
Although Professor Glast had a somewhat strict temperament, he was an instructor who handled all assigned tasks neatly.
Of course, as he was a thoroughly human being, being under him was not an easy task.
However, after accepting as my advisor a person who was the complete opposite of that… I think Professor Glast was more like a fairy.
Because at least he was a person who did his job.
“Uh, since when have you been sleeping?”
“Don’t worry. “I even remember greeting you as you went out on patrol.”
“It means you fell asleep right away… !”
Professor Kalide staggered to his feet and spat out the chewed tobacco crumbs in his mouth onto the ashtray.
And in order to breathe life into my still drunken mind, I gave my body a big break.
“Professor Kaleid… ! If Vice Principal Rachel passes by like this, what are you going to do? ! I heard you were reported to be at the Trix building tonight… !”
“Even so, that woman was just passing by… “I vaguely remember her.”
“Hehe… !”
After Principal Obel Forcius, Vice Principal Rachel holds the greatest power within the school.
Lately, it feels like he’s been at odds with Principal Obel, but the fact that he’s a far superior superior to a junior professor doesn’t change.
As Assistant Professor Claire’s complexion turned pale, Professor Kalaid waved his arm as if he was okay with it.
“It’s okay, it’s okay. I’m in a relationship with that woman. Hey… A woman who used to tremble at the sight of minor demi-human soldiers during the war years is now the vice principal of an academy of this size. “Time flies.”
“Oh, no… Even after seeing this, I just passed by… ?”
“What are you going to do? She’s the one who put me on unscheduled night shift in the first place. Well, suddenly she said she was empty… ”
“Well, really? No matter what… .”
Professor Kalide roughly picked up a piece of tissue, blew his nose, then balled it up and took a shooting stance toward the trash can in the corner.
After a moment of preparation, I threw it with a swish, and the piece of toilet paper flew in a parabola, hit the outside of the entrance, and settled on the floor.
“That woman is not only timid, but she is also cunning. Why would you take it upon yourself to manage the on-duty personnel schedule, something that only low-level employees do? “It must have all been intentional.”
“Intention? What is your intention… ?”
“well. “It’s obvious, but there’s no reason for me to think deeply about it.”
Assistant Professor Claire tilted her head and looked at Kalide.
He gulped and licked his lips as if he felt an unpleasant sensation in his mouth, and then he stood up with a shaky body.
“what… “I’ve seen her face for a long time, so she probably knows enough about me.”
“If you know enough… ”
When you think of Professor Kalide, what comes to mind… . Most of them are pathetic.
First of all, I never work. To the point where I wonder if it’s really right to pay a salary to a person like this.
“… ”
Now that I think about it, something on my office desk is messier than I thought.
Alcohol bottles rolling around and smelly tobacco powder falling here and there are common sights.
Claire has to clean up everything before her shift.
But, apart from that… There were documents uploaded that I didn’t normally see.
“W-what is this?”
“Reporting documents from the living quarters. “The living quarters are not under our jurisdiction, so we just threw them nearby.”
“Well, it’s closer to the Maxes Bridge… ! You don’t have to check… ?”
“Checked. Umm… What was it… ”
Professor Kalide spoke as he uncapped a bottle of distilled liquor in the back of his office.
“hmm… Actually, I think I checked it in a dream… I definitely remembered it in my dream… ”
“please… .!!! “Professor Kalide!!”
Assistant Professor Claire was in tears.
If a report comes up at night like this, there is a possibility that it is urgent or important. First of all, this is something you need to get into your head.
It had been left on the office table for hours, so it would be a shame if it got caught in the upper part of the room.
Just to check the situation, I lifted up the documents without even brushing the rainwater off my clothes.
– kkieeikik
Late morning. Night duty office.
No one comes in unless they are on duty. Time and place are like that.
However, the girl with reddish-brown hair came in through the rain… He was looking at the two people with his merchant robe hat pulled back.
“you… ”
“hello.”
At least among those who are professors of elemental science, there is no one who does not know the girl’s name.
Currently a second year student, while also serving as the stock manager of a large commercial company… This is because, as a student, he was an honor student among honor students, sitting in Class A.
“Who is this? “Snake Snake from 2nd grade class A is here.”
Poor posture, sitting astride the table with your feet up.
Professor Kalide, who is just getting out there, can be called a model for bad teachers… She doesn’t seem particularly embarrassed by her appearance.
“What happens to the duty room of the Trix building at this late hour?”
Lortel came in, shaking off the rainwater, took a seat across from the table, and smiled like an adult.
“I was wondering if Vice Principal Rachel was here.”
“I think I should first explain how I came up to the Trix Building to look for someone at this late hour.”
Assistant Professor Claire was sitting next to the table, unable to say a word.
It was late in the morning when not even the moon was visible due to the falling rain.
The sight of Lortel trudging through them… Because it looked like a ghost.
However, Lortel is a living, moving person.
He looked a bit tired, and his clothes were very dirty here and there… The dignity that flows through the person itself still remains.
Lortel glanced at the report document that Assistant Professor Claire was holding out of the corner of his eye, and seemed to have roughly guessed what it was about just by reading the large letters.
“As you reported, something happened at the Elte Company.”
“I don’t believe in written reports. “If it’s not an eye-to-eye conversation, I think it’s less credible.”
You’re so lazy that you cover up the fact that you didn’t read the written report.
Assistant Professor Claire seemed to be in a daze, but Professor Kalide was sly as if to ask what was wrong.
“Whatever the Elte Company is doing in the living area, it has nothing to do with us who are on duty at the Trix building in the teaching building… Why did you come all the way here? ”
With as much slyness as Lortel, Professor Kalide lit a fire at the beginning of the year.
“Rachel, that woman has done it again. “She is a woman full of energy and ambition.”
“… ”
“It would be great if I had the corresponding ability. Obel must be going through a lot.”
Professor Kalide said to himself, puffing out smoke.
As a senior professor, it is not desirable to openly gossip about your immediate superior, the vice principal.
However, when it comes to desirability… In the first place, Professor Kallade was a person with no desirable aspects.
“I feel like things are going to get a little more cumbersome, so I’ll have to talk to Vice Principal Rachel, who is the decision-maker on the academic side.”
“You know I won’t be curious about the details.”
They say that, but they don’t explain the situation at all.
Claire was dumbfounded, but Kalide instead snorted and looked satisfied.
“I think there will be a report coming from the bachelor’s department soon. Because Ed Ross Taylor and Elte Company are involved, there could be trouble over the embezzlement of public funds. It’s just a pain in the ass to have gossip… “I’m trying to get it done in advance.”
“Ed Rosstaylor? “Suddenly, a random name pops up.”
Professor Kalide made a noise, then lowered his legs from the table and swished the tips of his toes.
Then he stands up with his hands in his pockets.
As I was looking down at Lortel, I felt a strange sense of intimidation rising from me.
“Isn’t that the name of the guy who had a hard time during the end-of-semester exam? “I hinted to you to come see me if you wanted to learn some high-ranking magic, but I guess you were so busy that you were having accidents.”
“well. “What happened in the Ross Taylor family is not necessarily that senior’s fault.”
“Okay, well… It’s perfect to use. Politically, it is a precarious position, and the name is well known… ”
Professor Kalide naturally assumed that Lortel’s intentions were dark. It is believed that the reason Ed Rothtaylor was involved was because he was an easy person for Lortel to exploit.
Lortel was already used to that kind of gaze.
“Honestly, he was a guy with nothing to like about him. Kids, if you come to learn magic, you should feel fresh and fresh. His eyes were already rotten… “He’s blunt, like someone who’s been through all kinds of hardships before, so there’s no point in teaching him anything.”
“To begin with, Professor Kalide, you hardly ever teach.”
“no… thing… It’s loud, Claire. Actually, it’s him, whatever. It doesn’t matter. Even if he is a student who is predicted to be a good person, what’s the point if he doesn’t learn from it? “It’s a shame for a guy with a bright future, tsk.”
The tone is as if he is half drunk. Meanwhile, Professor Kalide was opening a bottle of alcohol.
“But still, there are only three types of people I absolutely hate.”
A person who worked in the teaching profession and doesn’t even look like a professor.
When they saw Professor Kalide puffing up his arrogant face, everyone commented in unison.
“A guy who throws away his drink, a guy who doesn’t pay back the money he borrows. and… ”
“… ”
“… “You bastard playing pranks on my student.”
However, in any case, he is a person who has been teaching for quite some time.
Even though he may have become a pathetic old-timer to the core, he is a person who draws a line that cannot be compromised until the end.
Beliefs that remain at the bottom sometimes rear their heads even when you think you have completely abandoned them.
“Do not worry.”
However, Lortel, who accepted it, looked rather relaxed.
Although she always seemed relaxed, she spoke to Professor Kalide in a calmer voice.
“Because that person is mine. “I will take care of it myself.”
Are you making excuses to avoid the situation, or are you sincere?
Professor Kalide looked at Lortel insinuatingly, then quickly spit out the tobacco and blew on the bottle.
Eventually, he exhales loudly, making a sound like he is happy, and speaks.
“Sounds good. Young ones. There was a time when I too had a fiery love. “Ugh.”
“… ”
“I don’t know how I ended up hooking up with that blunt guy, but how far has the progress gone? From the looks of it, it looks like they were at least smacking their lips, and kids these days are fast at preparing for their lessons, so they couldn’t have slept together… ”
-Pow!
Professor Kalide, who was struck in the face by a pile of books that bounced out reflexively, fell backwards along with his chair.
The pitcher was Assistant Professor Clare.
“W-what are you talking about! “That’s a crime, Professor Kalaid!”
Professor Kalide, who fell to the floor in a drunken state, wriggled several times.
Assistant Professor Claire also thought it was a mistake. I never thought I would do the atrocity of throwing a book at my advisor.
No matter how reflexive it is, I think this is too much… Surprisingly, Professor Kalide was just lying there looking blankly at the ceiling.
Surprisingly… Is this someone I can just treat… ?
At that strange thought, Assistant Professor Claire broke into a cold sweat.
In front of Lortel, who seemed to be strangely avoiding her gaze, Claire spoke quickly.
“Vice Principal Rachel hates the Elte Company so much that it won’t be good for you to meet her now. Rather than meeting in person, it would be better to leave a written message… Lortel… ?”
Anyway, I don’t think anything good will come of having Lortel and Vice Principal Rachel meet.
Claire, who made that decision, tried to settle the matter, but ended up speechless.
A sinister snake. A fox whose true intentions are unknown. She was a girl who only heard stories like that, and even Assistant Professor Claire was strangely discouraged when she encountered something during elemental science class.
However, when I saw him subtly avoiding eye contact and frowning, and his face subtly blushing… Assistant Professor Claire couldn’t believe his eyes.
Wasn’t she a girl who had endured for such a long time in the backworld of commerce, where all kinds of terrible news were heard?
She must have maintained a poker face even in the face of much more insulting language or an attitude that scratched her pride…
The sight of him holding back from flinching at Professor Kalide’s trivial dirty talk… She really looks like a girl of that age.
Was he even able to make an expression like that?
Unable to get used to that feeling of disparity, Assistant Professor Claire was speechless for a moment.
*[ It’s done. That thing can’t stand up. ]
Rain seeped through the broken outer wall of the VIP waiting room.
As a few raindrops seeped through Yenika’s hair, a spirit in the form of a huge bird spread its wings over Yenika’s head and covered it.
-To-duk, to-duk.
The rain fell equally on Taily, who had collapsed and was struggling.
“Kaaaaaaaaaa!”
Tailly pushed the floor again and again to get up… Eventually, his body slowly began to lose strength.
[There is no point in going any further than this. Let’s wrap things up, Miss Yenika. ]
Tyke, a horse-shaped spirit that felt like it was made of clay, spoke while snorting.
Yenika quickly gathered up her surprised thoughts while conserving the magic power of Tarkan, who had been reverse-summoned and disappeared.
Tarkan was a spirit with quite strong power among high-ranking fire spirits.
The position of the highest-ranking fire spirit, Theorpis, was so powerful that a change in status to the highest-ranking spirit could not even be dreamed of… Among high-ranking spirits, it is a spirit that is respected by most beings.
Even Yenika could not have imagined that she would cut down Tarkan like that. Tarkan’s shell can easily take any external shock… Since coming to Sylvania, no one except Lucy has ever penetrated it with pure firepower.
However, that alone was not enough.
In the end, in order to overcome Yenika’s elemental magic, you have to rely on the advantage of the compatibility of elemental properties, but even that is meaningless in front of Yenika, who can handle all kinds of spirits.
Strong.
With that alone, not even all the famous students in Sylvania can present their business cards in front of Yenica.
Yenika, who was already born with a strong sense of sensitivity, grew even more ridiculously than expected while interacting with Ed Rothtaylor.
Now, it’s not enough to break through with Taily’s power.
So, Tailly’s journey ends on the 3rd floor of Elte Trading Company.
Tailie, who was gradually losing consciousness, soon completely lost all strength in her body.
My efforts to raise my body by gritting my teeth and maintaining consciousness eventually subsided.
“Ugh, ugh… ”
When Taily’s movements completely stopped, Ziggs came up from the stairs downstairs.
Since there were no major injuries, there seemed to be no difficulty in holding the body together. In the first place, Tailly had no intention of hurting Ziggs, and only focused on clearing a path.
“It’s over, Senior Yenika.”
“huh.”
Yenika nodded quietly as she slowly reverse-summoned the spirits.
Ed’s message to prevent Taily McLaure from breaching the Chamber building as much as possible.
The series of plans to use the commercial building as a battlefield to cause confusion, check Tailley’s specifications, and even stimulate his growth if possible were achieved.
From the beginning, all they had to do was block Taily’s path, but Clevius’ intrusion made things a little more complicated.
Not only that, Tailley had stronger willpower than expected, so it took longer and had more trouble.
“I didn’t expect it to last this long… ”
“I will take care of the unconscious Taily. “Go back and get some rest, Senior Yenika.”
“huh. I need to tell Ed about the situation. “I’m going back to camp.”
Yenika put the magical engineering supplies back into her bosom, shook out her wands, put them away, and spoke.
So Yenika… I quietly looked up at the rainy sky.
The purpose was to test Taily, but what was the reason for being so interested in Tailley’s skills?
To put it bluntly, Yenica did not have a very good impression of Tailley.
This is because he kept showing hostility toward Ed or making aggressive remarks. However, if we look into the cause, Ed’s behavior during the entrance exam was the most fundamental reason, so he did not necessarily blame Tailley.
Although he was just that kind of person, Ed was strangely interested in Tailley’s specifications.
On one hand, it seemed like he was really praying for his growth… Yenika also couldn’t hide her curiosity.
Tailly certainly had a strong will and tremendous growth potential, but… This is because Ed is not far behind in terms of his will and ability to grow.
If Tailley’s strong growth ability is said to be his destiny as a protagonist, Ed Ross Taylor’s growth is the result of his own will.
Of course, I am not in a position to understand the huge difference. At least Yenica just affirms Ed as a person to person.
That was when Yenika tried to sort out the situation.
“Ed Rosstaylor is in that camp.”
The voice of the boy who thought he had lost consciousness… . It echoed in the VIP waiting room.
Before I could react, a storm of magical power surged throughout the waiting room.
– Quaaaaaaaaaa!
Yenika and Ziggs reacted quickly and got over without major damage, but the exterior wall of the building couldn’t either.
The exterior wall of the Elte Commercial Building is raining… About one-fifth of it was destroyed just by the release of magical power.
– Quang! Kwaaaaaaaa!
“Ugh… !”
Yenica quickly summoned spirits to block the aftermath, and Ziggs also hid behind the debris to minimize damage from the impact.
Meanwhile, the magical powers that bloomed… It was probably pushed up from the body of Sword Saint Tailly.
Geomseongsik – Implemented in Death Horse, it is the final kick that appears when cornered.
This is a skill that allows you to resurrect in a healthy state and continue fighting for a while before you run out of energy and lose consciousness.
It is a life-changing technique that Luden, the first swordsman, came up with after seeing blood sword techniques, and it is a technique that is usually forgotten about because it is activated only when it is truly pushed to its extreme limit.
However, Tailly, who clashed swords with Clevius, who uses blood sword techniques… In that short period of time, I succeeded in learning everything, even this critical period.
A flame that burns briefly just before losing consciousness.
That is why it burns more splendidly and magnificently.
– Kaaaaaaaaaa!
Is it a sword attack? Or did a beam of magical energy pass by?
It was split in two. This VIP waiting room is nothing else.
– Kiiiiiiiing!
– Kugugoogung!
One clean vertical cut mark.
Climb the stained glass, go through the floor… The traces of that sword image continue very minutely.
Centering on that… This building started to crack.
“what… .?”
Tailly raised the great sword again… This time, he swung his sword diagonally.
The target is neither Yenika nor Ziggs. The goal is this huge Elte Chamber building, which we don’t see anymore.
Like an egg being cut by a thread knife… So naturally, the building begins to fall apart.
– Coogung! Kugugoogung!
The building begins to collapse as rubble and debris fall.
Even if it is the building of the Sylvania branch of the Elte Chamber of Commerce, which must have been expensive, it simply disappears in front of the Sword Saint’s sword.
– Hwiiik!
The most urgent thing is to escape from the collapsing building.
As soon as Yenika and Ziggs made eye contact, they each escaped out the window in their own way.
Ziggs settled down using wind magic, and Yenika came out riding a spirit.
In the vacant lot of Sanghoe, where the wind and rain are blowing… Elvira was seen running out of the already collapsing rubble, holding Clevius.
– Coogung! Couuuuuuuuck!
The grand sight of that large building collapsing.
In the sky, you can even see Traceiana jumping out using flight magic.
He even shows the composure to rescue the employees who were wandering around the company by using telekinetic magic, but even then, a look of embarrassment is evident on his face.
– Quagga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga!
– Quaaaaaaaaaa!
Each sword strike feels like firing a cannonball.
Everyone just looked at the powerful strike as if they were dumbfounded.
Well, isn’t it just a last-minute rampage before losing consciousness?
If you can hold out for just that moment, Tailly the Sword Saint will eventually fall.
There is no reason to put effort into a struggling pattern that will collapse on its own when time runs out. It is an attack pattern that you can easily figure out how to deal with just by looking at it.
Taylor herself knows this. There is not much time given.
so that… . Above the collapsed debris, I saw a path extending towards the northern forest.
Before I could think about anything, I kicked the floor and ran away.
Footprints through the forest and traces of people passing by.
Those are not traces of one person. These are the footprints of a strong man and a woman accompanying him.
The opponent… It’s in the camp in the northern forest.
There is very little time given to Taily. Now I’m really on the verge of losing consciousness.
Before that, he cuts down Ed Rosstaylor.
With that thought… Tayley McLaure ran through the woods.
