Academy Slave Instructor

76 – Here are the cultists

Here are the cultists

Pia couldn’t believe what was happening in front of her eyes.

Two novice adventurers brought to the patchwork were dealing with the Plague Tree.

Especially watching Asran’s fighting style, her mouth opens naturally.

He is facing the Plague Tree head-on.

Adventurers do not think of fighting head-on against large monsters. There is a big difference in weight class, and if they are crushed by a huge body, weak people will be helpless.

People have a weapon called intellect, so the standard is to attack weak points or cooperate with each other to defeat strong monsters.

However, Aslan did not avoid the plague tree’s attack and fought head-on.

As a tree spirit, Astara is a benign and benevolent being who cares for vegetation. When that Astara is corrupted, it becomes a ferocious monster called a Plague Tree, and its appearance is burnt, leaving it in the form of a tree.

It is hard to approach by swinging countless branches like a whip, so it draws aggro from the surroundings to disperse attacks or dig traps to deal with it.

“……So f*cking ignorant…”

Lydia and Drex, who were next to her, nodded as if agreeing with Pia’s muttering words.

It was a sarcastic remark, but there was amazement in it.

Innumerable branches swing like a whip, but it confidently breaks through.

She cuts off a branch with a half-cut sword and an empty hand without a shield. She gets hit a few times, but even when her head turns, she smiles like a madman and approaches her.

The plague tree screams grotesquely and slashes its branches like mad every time the greatsword, swung vigorously like an axe, is lodged in its body.

“Cheap, too short.”

Perhaps dissatisfaction with the sword being too short to penetrate deeply, Aslan turns the sword around and starts to slash the plague tree with the back of the sword.

As if struck by a hammer, the body of the Plague Tree was struck by the back of a broad sword and fell in pieces.

It’s an ignorant force that doesn’t know who the monster is.

“Wow.. If you get hit with that thing, your butt will be ripped off.”

At Lydia’s words, Pia unknowingly tightens her hips.

Lydia, who glanced teasingly at her flinching, sees her Zeroa behind her in her Aslan.

The impact of Aslan, who is in charge of the attack in front, is so great, but he is also a great skill.

Zeroa moves back and forth to support Aslan, who has strong offensive power.

It blocks more than half of Aslan’s attacks, and clears away the black mud falling from the plague tree to secure space for Aslan to move.

It’s not a strong poison, but the toxic mud is torn away along with the dirt whenever Zeroa swings her sword as if sweeping the floor.

Asran is moving without paying attention to anything, but there is no case of running into Zero A, who is stuck behind her.

Zero knows her, she moves in advance and supports him according to his movements.

It’s because it’s plain, but in a way, that’s more mysterious.

Drex also sticks out his tongue at the teamwork that seems to have matched the sum thousands of times.

‘You said you were an instructor earlier…?’

Thinking that the word instructor came out while the two were talking, Lydia notices that they are academy students.

The corners of her mouth go up as she sees a young, talented, and promising man.

– Kkeaaa

The plague tree, unable to overcome Asran’s merciless attack, screams like a scream before collapsing.

Lydia runs to Zeroa, who is shaking off the mud from her sword and shield without much inspiration, as if winning was natural.

“Kyaa, you are so strong!”

“Lee, Mr. Lydia?”

Zeroa, burying her face in Lydia’s chest as if clinging to her, stutters her words in embarrassment.

After she hugs him tight and then releases him, Lydia turns her red face and smiles at Zeroa, who can’t meet her eyes, as if she’s cute.

“Maybe it’s that strong? I almost fell for it.”

“Oh, no… Not strong…”

Lydia was talking casually at some point, but Zeroa, who was distracted by the feel of her breasts on her cheek, didn’t notice.

A grinning Lydia brushes the mud off her Zeroa’s armor with her sleeve.

“No, it gets dirty. I’ll do it.”

“Stay still. Since you showed a great side, this sister will help you.”

“Yes, yes…”

Zeroa, who has lived the life of an unpopular, ordinary man, has never received a woman’s active dash, so the current situation is confusing.

I don’t understand why she suddenly calls her older sister, or why she sticks her body like this.

Pia looks at Lydia and clicks her tongue, then approaches Aslan, who is still chopping down a fallen plague tree.

“Hey, stop it. Have you lost any enemies?”

“Huh? Originally, big guys have a hard time breathing, so you shouldn’t be relieved.”

That sounds right.

When a human who thought he was ignorant and stupid said the right thing, Pia, who felt bewildered, stared blankly at him for a moment.

She thought she was intoxicated with the excitement of the battle, or that she was resentful from being beaten while fighting, but she is thinking surprisingly normal.

Even the most cautious adventurers won’t be as thorough as Asran.

Perhaps it’s unfair that she was speechless, Pia frowns and searches for something to say.

“I can’t tell who the monster is. What is that ignorant power? Are there orcs among your ancestors?”

“Fully developed muscles are indistinguishable from magic.”

“… What are you talking about?”

Athlan has been copying Rai’s words and making jokes, but when the reaction is not good, he shuts his mouth.

Athran, who touched the corpse of the plague tree, asks Pia how much it is.

“I’ll have to go to the guild to know for sure, but I know it’s quite out of shell. It’s widely used, such as alchemy and equipment materials.”

“Ohh- that’s great.”

“But we didn’t bring a porter because we came to investigate the ecology.”

“Still, I have to bring as much as I can. Zeroa! How do you collect this?”

When Aslan, who is in need of money, calls, Zeroa is at a loss for what to do with Lydia’s changed atmosphere, but runs quickly as if running away.

The eyes of Lydia, who is looking sad, and Pia, who is staring pathetically, meet, raise their middle fingers to each other, and turn her head.

Drex laughs bitterly at seeing the two of them doing the same thing as if they were in harmony, and helps Zeroa to collect her materials.

“Did the dew forget-me-not disappear because of the plague tree?”

“No, the cause lies elsewhere.”

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At De Rex’s words, Zeroa shook her head.

“It seems that the plague tree has grown under the influence of fraud and the dew forget-me-not has disappeared.”

“Can you still get your bearings?”

“Yes, we start as soon as we finish collecting materials.”

De Rex stares blankly at Zeroa, who responds while concentrating on her collection.

She is a bit clumsy and doesn’t seem immune to women, but she is a calm and dignified man. She was brought in as an alternate member, but now it is impossible to tell who is the leader of the party.

He is a lot younger than himself, but he has a great attitude.

I don’t know who his teacher was, but he must have had excellent skills and a great personality.

Praising the unknown master, Drex finished gathering and moved deeper into the forest following Zeroa.

While going through the woods with her party, Lydia finds traces of people passing by.

There are too many traces to simply say that hunters or herbalists wandered around.

After hearing her words, Drex tells her to go carefully from now on, and then goes into the depths while being wary of her surroundings.

After going through a thick forest, the group finds a village that is not on the map.

“Are you a bandit?”

Aslan tilts his head.

To be called a village, the wooden fences are built strong and it doesn’t have the atmosphere of a normal village.

Sloppy houses are built around old buildings, and the people walking around all wear similar clothes.

Drex, who was lying down in the grass and observing the village, asked Zeroa.

“Are you sure that energy comes from there?”

“Yes, that’s right. It’s the building in the middle over there.”

At Zeroa’s words, her party all turn their attention to the old building.

It was built solidly with stones, but it is old and broken here and there. The building, which was roughly filled with holes with boards, as if there was no knowledge of architecture, looked ugly and had bone fragments that looked like decorations.

“He is a heretic.”

Drex, who has been observing the village closely, speaks, and everyone looks at him in surprise.

“Look at the decorations hanging around people’s necks. These are the followers of Kertacine.”

Every country has freedom of religion, so people believe in various beliefs, but there are some religions that are not allowed. Most of them are religions that believe in evil spirits, and Kertasine is the god in charge of greed and envy among evil spirits.

As his symbol, the inverted triangle, hangs around people’s necks, the party’s faces turn tense.

Because the doctrine itself is socially unacceptable and human sacrifice is frequent, Kertasine’s followers are treated as pagans no matter what country they visit.

“I need to inform the garrison.”

“There must be evidence.”

Drex answers with a serious expression.

The issue of faith is a serious matter in any country. Particularly, paganism is a very sensitive matter, so it is reported quite frequently.

Of course, most of them, 99 percent, are false reports.

Relentlessly reporting people who look strange in their own eyes, and sometimes reporting innocent people with a malicious mind.

Even the imperial army, which is fairly well-organized, will tell you to go to the temple once you receive a report of heresy.

Imperial troops cannot be moved with a single adventurer’s report.

“What are you looking so serious about? After all, all you need is evidence. Isn’t that hanging bone ornament enough?”

Lydia says it’s no big deal and gets up.

Telling Zeroa, who looks at her worriedly, to trust only her sister, she passes her cumbersome bow to Drex and approaches her fence cautiously.

Lydia approached, avoiding people’s gaze, stepping on her wooden fence with quick movements, jumping up and running, and then she broke in easily.

Lydia goes inside, avoiding the eyes of the person standing on the lookout. She hides in a corner wall and watches people’s movements.

Unlike those who guarded the fence, those inside are not wary of their surroundings.

She was just doing her thing and Lydia moves, recalling the layout of her building she remembered before she came in.

The party watching from outside sees Lydia moving around avoiding people’s eyes.

Sometimes she is obscured by buildings, but she skillfully avoids people and approaches the central building.

“You must have been a ranger before?”

“Poop, what a ranger is, a petty thief.”

Pia laughs at Zeroa’s question.

Seeing that Drex doesn’t say anything else, Pia’s words must be true.

“It’s been a while since I washed my hands, and I haven’t received a bounty, so please don’t misunderstand me.”

Asran stared at her, Drex kept her mouth shut as if feeling burdened.

“I don’t know, I can’t break my habit, where do I go…”

“Pia.”

Pia shuts her mouth as Drex calls her name in an angry voice.

In the meantime, Lydia arrives at the central building without difficulty.

Lydia, thinking that she must be staring at herself by now, waved her hand and climbed the wall to show her leisurely side towards the place where her party is supposed to be hiding.

She’s an academy academy student with a promising future. Just thinking about her is fun.

If she does well, she can say goodbye to the barren adventurer life and bye-bye to the messy guys from the guild she encounters every day.

In particular, her child, Zero Ara, looks innocent, so even if she pushes her a little bit, she seems to come over.

She

I heard that she is an academy student, so I don’t know if she is, but she also looks pretty cute.

Lydia, dreaming of a pink future, may be too preoccupied with herself, so she grabs the window sill and climbs up to meet the man inside.

“……”

Lydia is also surprised, but she is also surprised by the man inside.

Lydia, who came to her senses, quickly threw the dagger stuck in her waist, but she was faster at her man’s cry.

“It’s an intruder!! Oops!”

She fell down grabbing the dagger lodged in her throat, but the man managed to warn the people.

At the sound of her mighty male voice, her people jump out and her arrows fly towards her clinging to her wall.

“Damn it!”

Trying to escape her arrows and get inside her, Lydia sees her group running from her hallway and runs out of her window again.

She’s inside the building full of enemies and below she shoots arrows.

“Ah…”

In her haste to avoid her, Lydia trips and falls off her wall.

In her eyes, where everything seems slow, she sees her companions in the distance.

Her Pia, who always fights back and forth, immediately gets up and runs, but her Aslan catches her.

I don’t know her qualities as her leader, but Drex, who reliably held the center of the party, was grabbed by her waist by Zeroa.

Pia and Drex try to save her, but the other two are blocking her.

‘Yes, that’s right…’

There are countless heretics, so there is no need to take risks.

Still, somehow saddened, she smiles bitterly.

For a while she dreamed of a pink future with them, but Lydia, thinking she only had one party member she could trust, fell to the ground and lost her sanity.