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"I must go to Elton City immediately."
"You mean the Chief himself, sir?"
"That's right."
"That's where Elton Academy is. Hugo Molton, Sirims Andrian, and recently Leo Martian have returned. Going there in person could be dangerous... Keuk!"
Odin Nasar's outstretched hand sucked the spy's neck in.
Odin Nasar growled, clutching his subordinate's neck.
"Do you think I'm afraid of some measly academy?"
"Kuh-huh, n-no, sir."
Thud.
Odin Nasar roughly threw his subordinate down and stood up.
"He took out even the Deputy Chief. It's time for me to step in personally. Prepare the Special Assault Unit."
"Yes, sir!"
The Special Assault Unit.
The elite combat unit of the X-7 base, consisting of 12 members.
The final force to wipe out everyone involved when intelligence operations go completely wrong.
Odin Nasar stood up and left the secret space.
After he had completely left above ground.
Crack, crack.
The stone table, which had already been struck several times, finally cracked and crumbled.
Davian Naone's lodgings.
His friends had all gathered for the first time in a while.
Nubes was carrying a whole oak barrel full of beer slung over his shoulder again.
"Let's raise a toast!"
"Why a toast again?"
Nubes raised his voice at Davian's lukewarm reaction.
"What do you mean, 'why again'? It hasn't been that long since you received a commendation at the end of the first year, and now you're getting another one. A special commendation at that!"
Bellum chimed in.
"That's right. It's something to celebrate. Even getting just one commendation before graduation changes your value. And you're already getting your second!"
Luna put her hands together and looked at Davian.
"Amazing, Davian. A spy detector. How did you even think of making something like that? They say the capital is going to install Davian's detectors at every gate."
"Not only that, but they're going to make everyone living in our Elton City go through a spy detector."
"Is a world without spies finally opening up?"
Latia also nodded.
"Amazing, Davian."
Bonita accepted the beer Nubes offered.
"It's something to be commended for."
"Right? Come on, come on. Drink up, drink up. Today is a celebration of Davian's second commendation!"
Eventually, Nubes, who had placed a glass of beer in everyone's hands, shouted.
"Hooray for Davian!"
"Hooray... isn't that a bit much?"
"Really? Then, to Davian!"
At that moment.
An alert only Davian could hear rang out.
Ding.
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[Quest: Hold Out at Home!]
—Hold out until the academy professors, including Dean Hugo Molton, arrive.
—Outside the house is more dangerous. Buy time and hold out inside the house.
—You cannot win with a head-on fight. Just hold out until the academy faculty arrive.
—Reward: 35K Mana Points (x2)
—Failure: Death
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A quest that appeared suddenly.
An enemy you cannot defeat in a head-on fight has appeared.
The penalty for failure is death.
The quest notification window never says nonsense.
'It's dangerous.'
He didn't even notice how much the reward was.
"Everyone, to your defensive positions."
"What?"
"What are you talking about all of a sudden?"
His friends looked at Davian with bewildered expressions.
"Have you forgotten what we practiced? To your defensive positions. An enemy is about to attack."
"Enemy? Who?"
Davian didn't know either.
"I don't know. A strong enemy."
Davian shouted towards the stairs to the second floor.
"Mons! Sarah! Enemy!"
Mons ran down the stairs with a thumping sound.
"Numbers?"
"I don't know."
Sarah followed, running down the stairs.
"Grab the bombs?"
"As many as you can."
"As many as possible?"
Davian nodded.
Sarah, sensing the crisis, opened the door leading to the backyard and ran out.
"Latia, Liber, Karin, and Nubes, to the rooftop. Bonita, Bellum, and Mons, with me to the front yard. Everyone knows their positions, right?"
His friends and Mons nodded.
"What about me?"
"Luna, you stay here with Belus for now. If there are any injuries, whether on the rooftop or in the front yard, go there immediately."
"Got it!"
Davian grabbed Liber's shoulder.
"Your role is the most important. You know that, right?"
Liber nodded vigorously.
"I know! Trust me!"
"Karin, you haven't practiced, so follow Latia's instructions."
"What? Latia's instructions?"
"This isn't the time for a power struggle. We could all die."
"Just who is attacking that you're being like this?"
"You'll know when you meet them."
Davian went to the bookshelf and pulled out a book.
Actually, it was a switch to operate the device, not a book.
Woooong.
The sound of a mana stone vibrating could be heard at the same time.
A magical barrier formed around Davian's house.
A barrier that could block both magic and physical force.
At that moment.
Thud.
A dull vibration came from outside.
The sound of the barrier being attacked.
Thud.
Once more.
"To your positions!"
Latia, Liber, Karin, and Nubes headed to the rooftop via the stairs.
Davian, Bonita, Bellum, and Mons opened the front door and ran out to the front yard.
Thud!
A powerful magical attack struck the outer gate.
More precisely, it struck the barrier that surrounded the entire house in a dome shape.
Davian jumped up to the rooftop in one go.
"How many are there?"
"About ten that I can see right now. They're surrounding the house."
Thud.
"If they keep hitting the barrier like that, it'll eventually break."
Liber, sitting in front of a complex device, replied.
"I guess so. Where should we open it from?"
Davian quickly scanned his surroundings.
"Three o'clock. Close it immediately if more than two get in."
"Got it."
Liber operated the device.
A device that Davian designed and Liber commissioned from his family.
It formed a barrier around the house with twelve high-grade mana stones and was designed to individually dismantle the barrier by dividing all sides into twelve directions.
Davian ran back down to the front yard.
"We're opening at three o'clock."
Mons headed towards the three o'clock direction, taking the lead.
Davian created a fireball and poured mana into it.
The mages on the rooftop also prepared their own magic.
Bonita and Bellum stood on either side of Mons.
Whoosh.
The barrier in the three o'clock direction was lifted upwards.
The sound of hitting the barrier stopped.
No matter how strong a cloth is, it cannot withstand facing the wind head-on continuously.
In that case, you have to open a vent.
Opening a hole is an easier way to overcome the wind than making the cloth thicker.
"They're coming!"
Men with swords were seen running towards the opened barrier.
Boom!
The stone outer wall collapsed in one go.
Of course, since there was no barrier.
Whoosh!
Davian sent a fireball containing all of his 7-star mana flying.
Bang!
The man who was trying to break through the wall in the lead was thrown backwards.
Another man swung his sword and pushed in behind him.
Shriek!
A wind element magic spell fired from the rooftop sharply cut through the space.
Slash!
The man lightly cut down the wind element magic with his sword.
Clang!
The man crossed swords with Mons.
Two more swordsmen charged in behind the man.
"Close it!"
Liber hurriedly operated the device.
Woooong.
With the sound of mana stones vibrating.
The barrier in the three o'clock direction reappeared.
There were three enemies who had entered inside the barrier.
Enough to handle.
There were four swordsmen on this side alone.
There were also mages positioned on the rooftop to provide fire support.
Davian and the Special Assault Unit's three swords began to intermingle chaotically.
'They're skilled!'
Not to the point that they couldn't be defeated.
But not at a level that could be easily dealt with either.
'If these guys had all rushed in at once.'
A terrible situation could have occurred.
Davian's plan to defend against external attacks with the barrier while isolating some of the enemy inside the house worked.
Clang! Crash!
While a fierce 4-on-3 duel was taking place.
Thud.
The barrier began to be attacked again from the outside.
Bang!
A gunshot was heard from the rooftop, from Liber.
Thud!
But it just stuck into the wrong ground.
It was not easy to provide fire support because the swordsmen's movements were so fast and allies and enemies were intertwined.
The same was true for Latia and Karin.
Karin, who was aiming her wind element magic, was annoyed.
"Ugh! How am I supposed to attack when they're sticking so close together like that!"
Latia calmly replied.
"It seems the opponent's skill is not ordinary. Otherwise, Davian would have created some distance on his own."
"Then what should we do? Should we go down too?"
"It might just get in the way."
Latia's words were correct.
If a mage were to get involved in the middle of swordsmen fighting with such momentum, they would be easily killed with a single stroke.
There was a high possibility that our swordsmen would not be able to fight properly because they would be protecting the mages.
Slash!
The Special Assault Unit's sword deeply slashed through Bellum's arm.
Normally, he would have made a fuss and caused a scene, but.
Bellum, recognizing the seriousness of the situation, gritted his teeth and endured.
Whoosh.
Davian roughly pulled Bellum away with telekinesis and slammed him into the house entrance.
The front door opened immediately, and Luna ran out and began to heal Bellum.
Nubes on the rooftop didn't know what to do.
"Should I go down?"
The situation below might improve if Nubes went down.
But if even one of those guys jumped up to the rooftop, Latia, Karin, and Liber would be killed with a single stroke.
At least with Nubes, they could hold out until our side came up to help the rooftop.
"I think it's best to do what we planned with Davian."
"R, really?"
At that time.
Bang!
One of the Special Assault Unit members flew far back.
His front was charred black.
He was hit head-on by Davian's fireball that flew from under his chin.
While he was struggling to get up by supporting himself on the ground with his sword.
Bang!
Shriek!
Swish!
A concentrated attack poured down from the rooftop.
"Kuh-huh!"
The three mages' attacks, which flew before he could even stand properly, were enough to pierce and tear the man's body apart.
"Got him!"
"Now there are only two left!"
Thud.
The intervals between the sounds of the barrier being attacked became shorter.
Thud!
Mons's sword pierced through the stomach of one of the Special Assault Unit members.
Slash!
Bonita, not missing the opportunity, sliced the Special Assault Unit member's neck as it was.
Only one left.
The 4-on-1 match did not last long.
Davian's ice sword split the last remaining enemy's body in half.
Nubes's cheers were heard from the rooftop.
"We did it! We won!"
Karin pointed to the front gate.
"It's not over yet. Look over there."
"Gasp!"
Cracks began to appear in the barrier at the front gate.
Davian in the front yard shouted.
"Liber! Reinforce 12 o'clock!"
"Okay!"
Liber operated the device.
Woooong.
An auxiliary mana stone was activated, and an additional barrier was created at the 12 o'clock direction.
The additional barrier merged with the existing barrier and reinforced its thickness.
Due to the limit of mana that can be drawn from the mana stone, additional barriers can only be deployed in a total of 4 out of 12 directions.
"Open 10 o'clock!"
"10 o'clock! Got it!"
Whoosh.
The barrier in the 10 o'clock direction was lifted upwards.
The swordsmen in the front yard stood facing the opened side in the same formation as before.
"...They're not coming?"
"Damn it."
He thought about running out and entangling one or two of them to bring them into the house.
But the wording of the quest bothered him.
—Outside the house is more dangerous. Buy time and hold out inside the house.
At that moment.
"There! Soldiers are coming!"
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