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Squad 5 consisted of 37 students, 1 supervising professor, and 5 teaching assistants.
The supervising professor was Medium Prill.
Among Davian's group were Davian, Karin, and Liverre.
"Our Squad 5 will go to Portus City by crossing the ridge over there. There is a village right beyond the ridge, and we will camp on the plains near it. The camping equipment is already there."
Following Medium Prill's guidance, Squad 5 began to climb the mountain ridge located north of Comes City and Portus City.
All five squads are heading to Portus City via different routes.
They will be able to join the other squads at the large accommodation prepared in Portus City tomorrow afternoon.
After eating lunch midway, the village on the ridge came into view as the sun began to set.
Smoke was rising from everywhere, as if preparing dinner.
"Davian, something's strange?"
Davian nodded.
The colors of the rising smoke were all different.
Some were gray, and some were completely black.
That's not smoke from preparing meals.
"Professor!"
Medium Prill must have noticed something strange as well, as he gestured to halt the march.
"Go find out what's going on."
Three teaching assistants ran towards the village following Medium Prill's instructions.
"You guys wait here until the teaching assistants return. Check your weapons. If something happens, we'll charge straight into the village."
One of the students asked.
"Excuse me? Weapons? Aren't we on a field trip?"
Medium Prill's voice sank heavily.
"You are students of Elton Academy. You're not fresh-faced freshmen anymore. Elton Academy students always fulfill their social responsibilities befitting their status."
The student who had complained briefly lowered his head.
At that moment.
Phew. Bang.
A flare exploded from the village.
The color adorning the sky was red smoke.
A color that immediately signifies combat support.
Medium Prill shouted.
"Maintain formation! Advance into the village! Everyone, run!"
Following Medium's instructions, everyone in Squad 5 began to run up the ridge.
There were quite a few students from the swordsmanship department, but they matched their speed to the running of the magic department students to maintain formation.
Tring.
A notification sound that only Davian could hear.
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[Quest: Defeat the demons that have crossed over into the human realm.
—Reward: 18K Mana Points (x2)
—Failure: Death of all 43 members of the Field Trip Squad 5
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The failure penalty is the death of all 43 members of Squad 5.
'Demons are already starting to cross over!'
Davian, who had gone to Medium Prill's side, said.
"Teacher! I'll go up ahead."
He wouldn't have allowed it for any other student.
But Davian was an exception.
"Okay, Davian. Go and help the teaching assistants!"
"Yes."
Swish.
Davian launched himself towards the village.
The quest window did not lie.
Hundreds of demons were rampaging through the village.
And behind them, a dimensional rift could be seen.
It was the shape of a typical dungeon entrance, except the energy leaking out was different.
'Fortunately, the path to the Demon Realm isn't fully open.'
It was a temporary dimensional rift of a similar size to the one he had passed through during the bonus stage last year.
This must be a phenomenon caused by the Marino Empire bastards messing around with the dungeon cores.
'It's going to happen more and more often from now on.'
Swish.
An ice sword appeared in Davian's right hand.
When he entered the Demon Realm to clear the 1st semester bonus stage of the 1st year.
Up to the Centurion was easy.
He was barely able to win against the Tribune Layren.
And when he met the Legion Commander Jedikah...
He almost died.
He would have died on the spot if not for Glacie.
'It's different now.'
Slash.
The ice sword split the air with a cheerful sound.
The demon's body, which had been running at Davian, was split along with it.
Whoosh!
Bang!
He spewed fireballs with his left hand.
Slash!
He cuts through the demon's sword and torso at once with the ice sword.
Swish!
At the same time, he supports the teaching assistants who are fighting over there with wind element magic.
Slash!
Thud!
Boom!
Davian Naone's demon massacre had begun.
Demon Realm.
Eastern Penrose Continent.
Plegehton Legion Headquarters, one of the five legions of the Penrose Continent.
"A Centurion has been defeated."
The horns on the heads of demons are not for threatening opponents.
Demons use those horns to feel and communicate with each other.
The stronger the demon, the wider the range in which it can sense the presence of other demons with its horns.
Plegehton Legion Commander Jedikah.
Jedikah was vividly sensing the rapidly escalating demon massacre.
"Where is the dimensional rift with the human realm open?"
One of the demons quickly ran up and answered.
"I heard it's somewhere in the southern bedrock area!"
"How many have crossed over into the human realm?"
"Tribune Linoa took half of his forces and headed to the bedrock area."
"You fool. I sent him to find out why the dimensional rift keeps opening. Instead, he's getting beaten by humans."
Legion Commander Jedikah jumped to his feet.
"I'll go myself."
Ripple.
The space in front of Jedikah rippled, and a space-time tunnel was created.
He cannot cross dimensions.
But within the same dimension, he can move directly to any place he wants.
Jedikah entered the rippling space-time tunnel without hesitation.
While academy students and demons were entangled in battle here and there.
Boom!
A powerful magical energy poured into Davian.
Davian erected an ice wall to block the magical energy.
Looking at the source of the magical energy, there was a demon standing there exuding an unusual aura.
The horns on his head were particularly long compared to other demons.
"Are you the boss?"
"I am Tribune Linoa of the Plegehton Legion. Are you the leader of these humans?"
"I'm the student representative."
"What's that?"
"It's like a class president."
"What's that again?"
Davian shook his head.
"Just die."
"Those are my words."
Tribune Linoa rushed in at a rapid speed.
Powerful and impeccable movements.
As he stretched out his right arm, jet-black magical energy poured out.
Rumble.
A fierce attack.
But.
Not a chance.
Davian raised his ice sword vertically and cut through the magical energy as it was.
Slash!
The magical energy was split into two and brushed past Davian's sides.
At the same time, Davian, who had jumped high, shot a pillar of fire.
Tribune Linoa was also able to avoid Davian's attack without much difficulty.
"Surround him!"
Meanwhile, other demons surrounded Davian and pressured him.
Some of them were Centurions, and they were exuding an unusual aura here and there.
Dozens of demons surrounded Davian and thrust their weapons at him.
The Centurions, who were stationed here and there, spewed out magical energy.
Tribune Linoa mixed in behind his subordinates and occasionally appeared to unleash the most powerful attacks.
After Tribune Linoa joined the fray, the speed of killing demons slowed down significantly.
Meanwhile, the other students and teaching assistants were struggling.
It wasn't that the academy's forces were weak, but there were too many demons.
Even as they were fighting, demons continued to walk out through the dimensional rift.
'The academy will be at a disadvantage if I drag this out any longer.'
Davian wasn't one to be defeated by these guys.
But if he continues to drag this out, the academy will suffer casualties.
For the sake of the quests that will come later, and for Davian's graduation.
He cannot allow the academy's power to be lost.
"Festival of Fire."
Whoosh.
A living flame was born on Davian's palm.
As he simply shook his arm, the small fireball flew to the nearest demon.
The moment the demon hurriedly raised its weapon to cut down the fireball.
Whoa!
The flame grew larger and swallowed the demon.
Then, it quickly increased in size and spread in all directions.
Tap.
Davian flew straight towards Tribune Linoa.
There were demons blocking his way in the middle, but their bodies were easily cut off by wind element magic and ice swords.
He made eye contact with the bewildered Tribune.
"It's over."
At that moment.
Ripple.
The space next to the Tribune rippled.
Tribune Linoa flew his body into the distorted space.
The Tribune disappeared in an instant.
"Damn it."
Demons who have reached a certain level or higher can open space-time tunnels.
This cannot be used to cross dimensions.
But within the same dimension, they can move freely to any space they know.
This is an intense battlefield.
He wouldn't have gone far.
Since he introduced himself as a Tribune, he's the one who leads all the hundreds of demons here.
Davian closed his eyes and maximized his senses.
He could feel the flow of the surrounding air and the flow of mana at the same time.
And.
"Over there!"
He launched his body towards the place where the space was distorted again.
The place where the Tribune reappeared was in the middle of the front line where the demons and academy personnel were fighting fiercely.
Tribune Linoa grabbed one of the students next to him and turned to face Davian.
The demon's dagger touched the throat of the captured student.
The surrounding demons gathered to protect the Tribune's back.
The front was facing Davian.
"Student representative! Put down your sword!"
Of all people.
The one who got caught.
It's Liverre Specula.
Tribune Linoa opened his mouth again.
"Put down your weapons immediately and put your hands behind your head."
Davian looked at the back of the Tribune.
He could see several students running to save Liverre.
But it doesn't seem easy because of the layers of demons.
If Liverre is lost here, the alliance with the Specula family will be broken.
And apart from that reason.
She is a friend who he has lived with for over a year.
He couldn't let her die at the hands of demons here.
Clang.
Davian threw his ice sword to the floor right in front of Tribune Linoa and raised both arms.
"Don't try anything funny and put them behind your head!"
For now, he put his hands on the back of his head as the Tribune told him to and stood there.
"Foolish humans. I didn't think that such nonsense would actually work."
Demons, like humans, receive education in the Demon Realm.
Demons who are born begin to receive combat training at the same time as they start walking and learning to speak.
Among them, the outstanding ones become Centurions, Tribunes, and Legion Commanders.
Although they do not live directly facing humans, the curriculum includes content on how to attack humans.
Tribune Linoa, who was trying out what he had learned, wondered if it would actually work.
And absurdly.
This method he learned from a book actually worked.
'What an incomprehensible race.'
To think that someone so strong would give up his weapon and choose his own death to protect a comrade who has no power.
There is no one as foolish as that.
Humans are a race that is so obsessed with emotions that they cannot make rational judgments.
What he read in the book was really true.
Tribune Linoa raised his left arm and aimed at Davian.
'I'm so angry that steam is coming out of my head. And yet, he can't do anything because of the life of this insignificant colleague.'
Demons have much better senses than humans.
This is especially true for demons with the potential to become Tribunes.
Linoa could feel hot steam rising from Davian's head.
"I'll end it in one shot without pain, student representative."
Tribune Linoa, who was amazed by the fact that such ridiculous nonsense was working.
He only thought that Davian was uncontrollably angry.
He didn't realize that steam was gathering behind Davian's head, where his hands were placed.
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