Academy Light Attribute Vampire

64 – Forest of the Elves (10)

Inside the throne room.

“Something just…”

Just after Rai suddenly jumped out the window.

The audience room was full of people standing in a daze, unaware of what was happening in front of them.

“A person suddenly fell through a window…”

“…Now is not the time! We must send reinforcements to the World Tree quickly!”

“Reinforcements…?”

“Mr. Elgrid!”

Elgrid, who finally came to his senses at Veronica’s scolding, began gathering dispatched troops.

“It is believed that … One of the ringleaders, Siriel, kidnapped Miss Elena, her sister! Come on, send reinforcements..!”

It was then.

-Kyaaa!

Screams came closer and closer outside the castle.

Quaaang!!!

“What?!”

“Is it an enemy attack…!”

With a tremendous sound,

Something got stuck inside the audience room.

“Cough Cough!”

After a while, the dust cleared and vision returned to normal.

The center of the audience room.

Above the hollow floor,

A black-haired boy was pinned with an elf girl in his arms.

“… Mr. Lai?!”

“Even Ms. Elena…!”

Cool.

‘… It hurts terribly.’

Anyway, holding Elena with one hand,

I had to release enough mana to be able to physically interfere with my other hand, so I couldn’t control my strength.

As a result, the landing failed like this.

“Oh my gosh…”

Let’s get up off the floor while brushing the dust off our bodies.

“…”

I was in the same posture as I was preparing to run out at any moment,

I saw the knights staring blankly at me.

Ah.

That’s right. I asked for reinforcements to be sent.

“… Temporarily stop!”

The king gave orders to the knights in a loud voice.

First of all…

I wonder if you haven’t recovered from the shock yet?

I looked at Elena, who was sitting on the floor in a daze, and opened her mouth.

“Helena, are you okay?”

“Uh… Huh? Thanks…?”

‘It doesn’t look that good…’

But fortunately, it seems that we arrived on time.

Let’s look at Elena’s condition.

Her messy hair and some scratches on her skin,

And there’s nothing wrong except for a little man burning beside her…

“Huh?”

What did I say?

-…?

I didn’t see it wrong.

A small man in red with his entire body on fire next to Elena,

I was floating in the air.

“Helena…”

“Huh?”

He pointed his finger at the burning man and opened his mouth.

“Who is that…?”

“Who are you talking about…? Huh?”

When I follow my finger and turn her head, Elena,

Looking at the place where her fingers stopped, her eyes widened.

“Nonsense…”

Then he looked at me and looked in disbelief,

He spat lines that could only come out of a horror movie.

“Rai… Do you see this?”

Now then.

-…That’s right, I’m not a thing.

The man on fire began to dispute Elena’s words.

**

Just like that, some time has passed,

I told everyone what I saw in the world tree in front of the king.

A group of villains who infiltrated the World Tree,

And even Cyriel, who attempted to kidnap Elena, and Riden, his henchman whom we saw earlier.

As my eyewitness account continued, the inside of the audience room was filled with silence.

“Huh… How did that happen…!”

“The World Tree… The symbol of Alfheim…”

And then.

-Keee

With a roar of enormous size that evokes physiological revulsion.

– Deed Deed Deed Deed.

-Kleurrr!!

-Wow woah…

An army of countless monsters,

It began to appear in front of the World Tree.

“What is that…!”

From common monsters such as Hellhounds and Forest Orcs,

-Grrr…!

Even powerful named monsters such as Twin Head Owls and Drakes.

The roar of monsters that suddenly appeared in empty space,

It resonated throughout Alfheim.

“Nonsense…”

A very unreal landscape.

‘…That’s it.’

It was the ability to guess.

During the episode of dispatching to Earth, the last practice in the first year,

An incident where a sudden monster wave occurred inside the gate.

If I remember correctly, that must have been the ability of one of Dimension’s executives, ‘Burimi’.

‘… You’ve already moved up to the executive level?’

Strangely, there was almost no mention of Dimension’s executives in the story.

If only the executives, who showed unusually high combat abilities, were active,

Merhem may have fallen into the clutches of Demention long ago.

In the case of ‘Crazy’ or ‘Burimi’, which were mentioned at least,

Both possessed a mysterious ability that could not be obtained normally.

Among them, Burimi suddenly summons monsters from the air like that,

He handled the summoned monsters freely and drove Seong Jin-ha and his guild to the brink of annihilation.

‘Rather than that.’

The current situation is more important.

Right after the demons appeared,

The royal palace formed a subjugation party as quickly as possible and went in front of the World Tree in preparation for an unexpected event.

And I found something strange.

“… The monsters don’t attack!”

The army of monsters surrounding the World Tree as if it were the center,

Despite the fact that the subjugation team came close enough to be seen with the naked eye, they showed no signs of attacking.

“What should I do?”

“… Enter the World Tree!”

As soon as the subjugation party tried to enter the gate protecting the World Tree.

“Wow!”

Quang!

In an instant, the monsters began to expose their sharp teeth towards the subjugation party.

Nevertheless, since it was a subjugation party that was aimed at subjugating monsters from the beginning,

I went straight into battle, but…

“Quaaagh!”

“The number of monsters is too many…! Besides…!”

Monsters flocking all at once,

However, the subjugation team overlooked something.

“The corpses of demons are disappearing!”

“Nonsense…!”

Kwaaang!!

The moment a huge Death Worm broke through the floor and appeared in the center of the subjugation party,

The punitive force felt that something was wrong.

“Retreat! Retreat!!!”

As the corpses of demons disappear,

Other monsters continued to appear.

The punitive force, which continued to fight attrition, eventually decided to withdraw,

Currently, the only thing I could do was put up a barricade and keep watch so that monsters don’t jump out of the vicinity of the World Tree.

In the end…

Inside the meeting room.

“What the hell is this all about…”

El Grid, who was in charge of the World Tree recapture operation, was holding his head.

“…”

After the agreement, each country could not have an army.

The only armed forces a nation can possess are vigilantes such as rangers and knights who protect the king.

Let’s say we’re trying to attract more people here,

There were only a few high elves with high military strength or knights hired to escort him.

After the alliance between countries,

The state’s lack of military power caused by the fact that there was only one common enemy, ‘Gate’.

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“… Besides, more than half of the rangers are incapacitated.”

Siliel, the leader, and Liden, the executive class,

Even the remaining rangers were injured in the first subjugation, so there were not many troops available for operation.

“Then all that remains is…”

“I have no choice but to ask the guild for help…”

“Guild…”

I have no choice but to ask for help from the guild, a neutral armed group…

But.

“…Will be late.”

“What do you mean late?”

“… I don’t know what the enemy’s purpose is, but the fact that he is still inside the World Tree without showing any movement.”

Veronica took over Elgrid’s words.

“…To buy time.”

No matter how you think about it, from the enemy’s point of view, before the guild’s reinforcements arrive,

It is best to get out of Alfheim as quickly as possible.

But that doesn’t mean…

“The enemy still has work to do in the World Tree. Or…”

Something will change if you buy time.

… Either way, if you ask the guild for help, accept his request for help,

It will take about 3 days to form a party and move to Alfheim.

“In the meantime, monsters may suddenly jump out and attack the citizens… Then as soon as possible…”

“You mean we need to eliminate the cause of the problem, right?”

“…Yes.”

Silence settled inside the meeting room.

Remove the cause of the problem as quickly as possible.

If successful, this is, of course, the best strategy.

“But…”

There was no one who couldn’t even think of such a simple idea here.

“…Even at this time, the enemy may serve its purpose.

No matter how late it is, we must gather all the remaining forces and attack by tomorrow night.”

A conclusion after a short meeting.

At least if it’s true.

“The Knights’ forces were not included in the last subjugation party. If the Knights of the Leaf of the World Tree go on subjugation all at once…”

In this expedition, unlike the hastily formed ranger squad,

The point was that he was with the Knights, where the strong guarding the king gathered.

“…Then first send a request for support to the guild, but we need to quickly finish preparations for tomorrow’s expedition.”

Nod.

That’s how the meeting ended.

In order to finish their preparations, each of them searched the house and started to move to the mansion to sweep up useful artifacts and weapons.

And those of us who were left behind.

“… Got caught up in something huge.”

“I’m sorry… I never thought things would turn out like this.”

“No, it’s not the principal’s fault either. What?”

Now, what kind of device might have been installed in the Ranger’s accommodation,

They were talking about the future in a large room in the safe castle.

“Miss Elena… Are you okay?”

“Yes? Ah… You don’t have to worry.”

Contrary to what you said, it seems that you still haven’t adjusted to the sudden occurrence.

Her sister, whom she had dinner with until yesterday, is the ringleader of such a big incident.

It won’t be easy for Elena to accept it either.

“…”

After a little silence,

Veronica smiled bitterly and opened her mouth.

“… First of all, I plan to help the elves with their expedition. Even one person is very urgent… And I have some responsibility.”

It seems that Veronica has decided to join the expedition.

No matter how weak her power may be, she is an ancient witch who has come down to legend.

It would be a welcome thing from the point of view of the expedition.

“You guys can rest here for a while, I’ll go visit Mr. Elgrid for a while.”

Kiki- bang.

So Veronica went outside,

Only Elena and I were left in the room, naturally lost in thought.

… I think it would be good for Elena to give her more alone time.

Now then.

‘…What about me?’

This incident was not related to the main story.

But even so…

‘I’ll have to fight.’

In the end, the dimension and the world tree,

And it was related to fairies.

Thinking about the future, it would be better to prevent incidents that would benefit Dimension as much as possible.

‘A fairy… Come to think of it.’

Sug-

I don’t know if it’s because of my mood,

The pattern on the wrist is clearly shining brighter than before.

At first glance, I recall the image of a girl emitting light that I saw inside the World Tree.

I think I’ve seen it in the memory of the last hero…

“The name must be…”

In my hazy memories,

The image of a man scattering brilliant light calling someone.

-…Rare!

At the time, I couldn’t remember the details because I heard it vaguely, but

For some reason, I remembered that name clearly now.

“… Claire?”

Then at that moment.

-Paaa!!

The light pouring out of the wrist as if it would explode.

The room started to fill up.