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Bonita is strong, but the opponent in front of her is a teaching assistant in the Department of Magic at the Academy.
They must possess skills of at least a 4-star mage or higher.
It's not a level Bonita can handle.
However, if I were to say, "You're not her match," Bonita would break Davian's fingers and leap forward.
"The Gray Witch will awaken soon. Monsters will rush in too. You can step up then."
"The Gray Witch is awakening?"
At that moment.
Thwack! Crackle.
Davian's ice barrier collided with a powerful force and began to crack.
Snap. Crash!
Behind the shattered ice barrier, Rubens' furious face was visible.
Davian slowly walked forward.
"Let's fight one-on-one. You spy."
"You insolent fool!"
Whoosh.
A large fireball formed on Rubens' hand.
Even at a glance, the magic contained within was extraordinary.
4-star. Or even higher.
"You were hiding your skills. How did you evade Professor Shreem's eyes? I heard rumors that spies from the Marino Empire receive some kind of procedure on their hearts or dantian. Is that it?"
"You little brat, acting tough by relying on numbers. But you're right, I was hiding my skills. Well, now you know for sure that this place will be your grave, right?"
The corner of Davian's mouth twitched upward.
"Oops? I was hiding some skills too."
"Die, you little punk!"
Rubens launched the fireball towards Davian.
The blazing fireball flew straight towards Davian's face.
"Eek!"
"Davian! Be careful!"
Boom.
Pillars of water erupted from Davian's hands.
Tssss.
The pillars of water collided with the fireball, filling the cave with white smoke.
The fireball, which had been flying with fierce momentum, vanished without a trace.
Even though water has properties strong against fire, the power of magic is determined by the size and density of the magic contained within.
The fireball Rubens launched should never have been blocked by magic power at the level of an Academy freshman.
Rubens' bewildered voice could be heard from beyond the smoke.
"H-How?"
"Looks like I was hiding even more skill than you were?"
This time, fist-sized fireballs began to form in Davian's palms.
One, two, three, four...
Latia, who was watching from behind, gasped.
"Ten? At once?"
What surprised Latia was not only the number of fireballs being wielded at once.
Each fist-sized fireball contained a tremendous amount of magic power.
"Davian... Just what is your identity, you son of a..."
Bang! Crash!
Davian's fireballs flew towards Rubens in succession.
Rubens managed to block Davian's attacks by dodging and creating ice shields.
However, the number of fireballs flying in quick succession was too great.
In the end, Rubens had no choice but to take the seventh fireball head-on with his torso.
Boom!
The fireball exploded with a powerful blast.
Following that.
Pop! Boom! Pop!
The remaining fireballs flew and struck Rubens' already battered body.
Rubens barely managed to raise his charred body.
Judging by the fact that he wasn't completely reduced to ashes, he seemed to have used magic to mitigate the impact.
"Just... What is your identity..."
"Me? Freshman. Double major."
"Kuh... Frustrating. But I've already fulfilled my role. The Gray Witch will awaken soon. You guys will all die in this northern ice region..."
Swish!
Davian flicked his arm briefly.
The sharp wind that came from his hand cut straight through Rubens' neck.
"Too bad. I wish you could have seen it when everything else failed too."
Davian slowly returned to the group.
"T-That was amazing, Davian?"
"Did you just beat the teaching assistant in one go?"
"Teaching assistant, my foot. He's definitely a spy from the Empire."
"...That's not the important thing. That magician, Rubens..."
Latia paused for a moment and looked at Davian.
"He's a 5-star mage or higher. Isn't he, Davian?"
Davian tried to play it cool.
"I wouldn't know?"
"And you beat him so easily. Davian, just what are you..."
It was unbelievable.
Latia had been confident that there was no mage her age who could dare to follow her.
But the level of the short magic battle that unfolded before her eyes reached a far higher place.
Latia had no choice but to admit the gap between herself and Davian.
'Amazing. But if it's an achievement Davian accomplished, there's no reason I can't do it too. Starting today, I'll work twice as hard, no, three times as hard!'
It was then.
Rumble.
The cave began to shake violently as if there was an earthquake.
"Okay, everyone, get ready now. Bonita, Nubes, Velum to the front. Luna behind them. I and Latia will stand at the very back. Nubes, don't even think about attacking separately, just block. In the meantime, Velum will attack the monsters that Nubes blocks. Bonita, I'm sure you'll do well on your own, but just don't get too excited and stray too far from the formation. Luna, healing magic ready?"
Velum, who was reluctantly moving towards the place Davian was pointing, turned around.
"Shouldn't we... run away? If the real Gray Witch wakes up, a huge number of monsters will swarm us, right? And what about the Gray Witch?"
Nubes chimed in.
"That's right. If what Rubens said is true, there's no way the six of us can handle this."
Davian, who was taking out magic amplification rings from his pocket and putting them on his fingers one by one, replied.
"Monsters will start waking up outside soon too. But what if we leave this place? The monsters pouring out of here will overwhelm our classmates from the front and back. We have to hold them back in this narrow cave."
Bonita, who was untying the black string around her wrist, turned her head and looked at Davian.
'Unexpected. For a swordplay newbie to have that kind of side to him.'
Bonita, who had been staring at Davian silently, roughly swept her long hair back and tied it tightly with the black string.
Bonita drew her sword with a swish and shouted loudly.
"Okay! We'll stop them!"
Latia also went to her position and stood there.
"Yeah! There's no reason we can't!"
Luna also closed her eyes tightly and clenched both fists.
"Y-Yeah! If we hold out, the professors and teaching assistants will come to help us soon!"
No, they won't come.
The academy was too far away to notice the sudden changes here.
But Davian didn't bother to say this fact out loud.
Velum lowered his body and whispered to Nubes.
"Hey, Big Guy. We really messed up in choosing our team, didn't we?"
"Looks like it."
Velum, who sighed deeply, straightened his back and began to twist his body from side to side.
"But we can't help it. They say we have to stop them."
"That's right. They say our classmates will get hurt if we don't."
"Okay. Let's do it."
"Let's do it."
Swish.
Nubes also drew his sword and took out the large shield he had been carrying on his back.
"Kyaa! Kyang!"
Rough beastly cries could be heard from inside the cave.
"Gray Wolves. Get ready."
"Huk, huk. Davian, how long do we have to keep holding them off?"
"Not much longer. If it's too hard, take an energy booster. You brought them, right?"
"Ah! That's right. I had that. But if I take it now, the physical enhancement effect won't work, right?"
"Yeah. It won't. But it's better than dying here."
Velum, who was listening to Nubes and Davian's conversation, quickly swallowed an energy booster he had brought.
"Better than dying. Yep."
Davian handed Luna, who was sweating profusely from constantly using healing magic, a handkerchief.
"Wipe your sweat when you have time. If it's too hard, Luna, you take an energy booster too. It's effective for magic depletion too."
Luna's cheeks flushed red.
"Um... Thank you, Davian."
Latia, who was watching their actions, asked.
"What's that stuff you guys are taking? Is it some kind of elixir?"
"Homemade energy booster. You want one too?"
Davian took out an energy booster from his pocket and held it out.
In order to hold off the incoming waves even more and face the last Gray Witch, it was necessary to replenish Latia's magic power as well.
"Isn't that yours? Can I have it?"
"Take it. I brought two, one for you too."
"You brought one for me too?"
"Yeah. We're going on an adventure for one night and two days, you never know what might happen."
It was a lie.
It was all Davian's plan to bring them to this hellish place.
Davian looked at his friends with a proud face.
'Today's experience will be a great foundation.'
Latia gulped down the energy booster Davian handed her.
'Ah... But it would be troublesome if that villain gets too strong.'
It was then.
"Here they come again!"
Along with Bonita's shout, a monster with the torso of a lion and the upper body of a bear appeared in front of them.
It even had a huge club in its hand, whether it was a hand or a paw.
Bonita moved quickly and slashed at the upper body of the monster at the very front.
The leather was so thick that Bonita's strong slashing attack only left a small scratch.
"Damn it! These guys have amazing leather! My sword won't go in!"
Bonita infused her sword-wielding hand with internal energy.
Whoosh.
Bonita's sword trembled finely and began to manifest aura.
Just as the sword seemed to be tinged with blue light, the aura was completed.
Swish!
This time, Bonita's sword deeply cut into the monster's neck.
"Velum! What do we do?"
"Big Guy! What do you mean what do we do! We just have to tank!"
Thwack!
Velum raised his sword upwards and blocked the club swung by the monster.
A tingling shock was transmitted from his wrist to his elbow.
In the meantime, Nubes brought his shield close to his shoulder and charged at the monster who had attacked Velum with all his might.
Thud!
The giant monster was pushed back quite a bit by Nubes' body slam.
"Amazing. I think you've found your calling. Body slam. It's much better than swordsmanship?"
Meanwhile, Latia and Davian began to unleash magic attacks from behind.
Latia summoned a huge pillar of fire and poured it down on the monsters.
"This elixir is amazing! I feel like my magic power is overflowing."
Bang! Boom!
Davian created several goblin head-sized fireballs and precisely lodged them into the heads of each and every monster.
A moment later.
Swish!
Bonita's aura-infused sword cut off the neck of the last remaining monster.
"Looks like this wave is somehow over too?"
Bonita Fortis returned to the formation.
Luna was panting heavily from healing the battered Nubes and Velum at the same time.
It was then.
An icy cold voice filled the cave.
"Is it you? The ones who dared to disturb my sleep."
A chilling resonance.
Nubes and Velum looked at each other in surprise.
Luna's face turned pale in an instant.
On the other hand, Davian calmly glared into the depths of the cave.
'Here you come, point bundle. This time, leave behind the hidden reward too.'
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