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As Richie said.
If this massive building collapses,
there's no guarantee even Davian can survive.
I continuously sent mana to my legs,
but it still doesn't budge.
If someone had tied me up, I could cut or break free and move,
but since the brain's command isn't being transmitted, injecting mana is useless.
Heh heh heh.
Richie, watching the collapsing space, moved leisurely into the darkness on the other side.
Davian's gaze followed Richie.
Rumble.
The sound of a stone door opening.
It's dark, so I can't see well,
but it seems there's a secret passage somewhere over there.
'This must also be part of Professor Billian Disipulus' plan.'
Since Richie, who cast the mind magic, is gone,
the brainwave manipulation through the medium will soon disappear.
However,
thud, thud.
Judging by the speed at which the building is collapsing, I'll definitely be crushed to death before that happens.
Eventually, stones began to fall from above Davian's head.
I can block them with an ice barrier for a while and cut them down with an ice sword, but I can't hold out like that forever.
I need to summon Glacier.
"Glacier..."
At that moment.
"Davian!"
A familiar voice.
"Latia? How did you get here...?"
"What? What are you doing standing there blankly? Let's get out of here!"
Thud, thud.
Whoosh!
Davian extended both hands, spewed out a waterspout, and immediately froze it to create temporary pillars and a ceiling.
It won't last long, but
it can hold for a moment.
"Latia."
"Ah, what! Hurry up and get out!"
"Give me a piggyback."
"...What?"
"I said, give me a piggyback. I can't move."
"Why can't you mo... Ah! Did you meet Professor Billian? Or Richie?"
"Richie. Let's get out of here first. It looks like this place is about to collapse."
Latia approached Davian.
Looking at her up close,
Latia's clothes are torn in several places, and she's bleeding.
It seems the path here wasn't easy.
"Get on."
"Come over here."
"Ha... Can't even turn your body?"
"Nope."
Latia shook her head and bent down in front of Davian.
"Here."
Davian reached out and wrapped his arms around Latia's neck.
"Oof!"
Latia, putting some effort into it, lifted Davian up as he was.
"You're strong?"
"I've been working out hard. You told me to."
"Let's go."
"Okay."
Latia ran with Davian on her back,
Bang!
Davian, from behind Latia, fired magic repeatedly, splitting the falling rubble or blasting it away.
"Latia! That way!"
Latia sprinted towards the direction Davian pointed.
But after all, she's just an eighteen-year-old girl who's been working out a bit.
The situation was hopeless.
'At this rate, we can't escape the building...'
Latia's mind became complicated.
Running with Davian on her back was too slow.
To reach the place where the light is coming in before the building collapses,
it was impossible with Davian on her back.
However,
Latia tightened her grip on Davian's legs even more.
'I can't leave Davian behind!'
At that moment.
"Huh?"
Davian, who was on Latia's back, slid smoothly forward and turned around.
"Davian? Did the mind magic wear off?"
Davian nodded.
"Thank you, Latia. Leave it to me now."
Davian lifted Latia up in one hand.
Thud.
Holding Latia in one hand,
and firing magic with the other,
Davian began to run at a dazzling speed.
Rumble. Thud.
The old student hall completely collapsed.
Latia, watching the scene from a short distance, asked.
"So, Richie is buried down there?"
"No. He seems to have escaped somewhere else."
"Looks like he dug a secret passage."
Davian nodded.
"I underestimated Professor Billian Disipulus too easily. Why didn't I think about it beforehand?"
"What thought?"
"If he's able to raise mind magic to that level, it means he's incredibly smart. He already told Richie that I might come and had all the preparations in place."
"Really? Ah... So, that's why you were so thoroughly defeated and standing there blankly?"
Davian quickly turned his head.
"Thoroughly defeated and standing there blankly? I'm the one who blocked Richie's attack with pure willpower."
"But why were you standing so blankly in the collapsing basement?"
"I wasn't standing there blankly. My legs just wouldn't move."
"Isn't that the same thing?"
"It's not."
Bellum's voice was heard from afar.
Turning their heads, they saw him running with the guards.
"Latia! Davian! Are you okay?"
That night.
The 2nd-year dormitory lounge.
"So, what do we do now? We didn't find the medium after all."
Davian looked back at Liverte.
"Didn't you find Professor Billian either?"
"Yeah. I asked all the assistants, but he's completely disappeared. No one knows where he is."
"He must have noticed we were digging around. It's likely he's hiding in the same space as Richie now."
"Where could their second hideout be? Davian."
Davian shook his head.
"I have no idea."
Liverte asked.
"Where on earth did they hide the medium again? I feel like we've searched everywhere worth searching. It's a mind magic that covers the entire academy, so they must have planted the mediums in each area, right?"
Bonita nodded.
"Right. I don't see anything special in the common areas or in our 2nd-year area either."
Luna lowered her head and looked out the window at the sky.
"Looks like it'll be a full moon soon? Not many days left."
Bellum also lowered his head and looked at the moon in the night sky.
"Huh? But what are those birds? What kind of birds fly around so much at night?"
"Birds? Oh? It's true."
Birds?
Davian was startled and looked out the window.
At the same time, the contents of the 1st-year mind magic class came to mind.
"Depending on the target, the medium can be used in various ways. To create a mana wave that can interfere with the brainwaves of the experimental mice in front of you, you need Uranium ore, three-pole magnets, special mana stones, etc. Also, this can be used as a medium as well. It's the Ratbug, an insect with similar brainwaves to mice. Of course, to use Ratbugs as a medium, you must first cast mind magic on the Ratbugs."
To cast mind magic, lower life forms can also be used as a medium.
There are also creatures with brainwaves similar to humans, the most representative of which is...
"Isn't that a Jinmenju?"
"Huh? Now that I think about it. It's a Jinmenju. Do they usually fly around in such large flocks?"
Jinmenju.
The name was given because it has a head that looks similar to a human face.
It's a very rare species, and
other than the fact that its head looks unique, there are no particular characteristics.
Of course, that's for ordinary people.
The Jinmenju is.
One of the representative animals whose brainwaves are similar to humans.
Davian shouted.
"Damn it! It's started. They didn't wait until it was a full moon!"
In both the 2nd and 3rd playthroughs, the incident occurred on the day of the full moon.
As Luna said, there were still two or three days left until the full moon.
But it was clear that they rushed things because Davian found Richie's secret space.
"Started? What?"
Liverte jumped up and slammed his fist into the palm of his other hand!
"Jinmenju! Animals with similar brainwaves to humans! Medium!"
While everyone was surprised and looking at the Jinmenju flying in flocks in the sky,
Ding.
A notification sound that only Davian could hear rang in his ears.
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[Step-by-step quest: Survive Richie's area mind magic incident (1/3)]
Phase 1. The start of a large-scale mind magic incident. Survive until the academy guards arrive.
The fewer casualties among your classmates, the greater the rewards you will receive.
Reward: 10-20K mana points (x2)
Failure: Death
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The phase description itself says 'Survive'.
It's a story of a quest that's cleared if you survive somehow.
In other words,
it's a quest where you might die if you're not careful.
When the 4th playthrough started.
Davian didn't expect himself to become this strong.
He couldn't even go to the place in the 1st playthrough,
he killed Davian in the 2nd playthrough,
and barely cleared it in the 3rd playthrough, Richie's mind magic incident, a three-part step-by-step quest.
So, this time, he chose friends with low mana affinity as companions.
Bonita Fortis, who doesn't have particularly high mana affinity but wields the best swordsmanship.
Luna Pueri, who has average mana affinity but grows into an excellent healer.
Nubes Arbor, who was born with a massive muscular body and could become the strongest tanker if he concentrates on external force training from the beginning.
On the other hand.
Latia Meridian was not included in Davian's companion plan.
She was like the boss character of the first phase of the three-part step-by-step quest.
Davian quickly turned his head and looked at Latia.
"Why? Is there something on my face?"
"No."
"Then why are you staring at me like that? Isn't that Jinmenju a medium? We have to go out and do something!"
Bang!
"Aah!"
The outside became noisy.
'It's started.'
Richie's area mind magic was cast.
Davian examined Latia's face again.
Latia's focus was still clear.
'Latia... She overcame it.'
Instead, she was calmly taking out mana amplification rings and putting them on her fingers one by one.
The rest of her friends were the same.
Except for Liverte, all of her friends had been confirmed not to have been affected by mind magic in the previous playthroughs.
Fortunately, Liverte also seemed fine.
Now, all that's left is...
Whoosh!
A huge fireball was created in Carin Oberia's outstretched hands.
Her eyes were slightly blurred.
Davian sighed deeply.
"I thought this time it would just pass."
In the end, someone among her companions was affected by mind magic.
Bellum was startled and shouted.
"C, Carin! What's wrong!"
Whoosh!
Carin Oberia, throwing a fireball at Bellum, who was right next to her.
It was too sudden, and
the distance was too close.
However,
Davian Naone, in the 4th playthrough, had grown to a completely different level than in the 2nd and 3rd playthroughs.
Swish!
Davian's ice sword cut between Carin and Bellum.
The fireball that Carin sent was cut in half in the air and exploded.
In the meantime, he created an ice barrier to protect Bellum.
Then, he quickly moved behind Carin.
A speed that Carin, as a mage, couldn't even follow with her eyes.
"Don't resent me too much, Carin Oberia."
Thwack!
Davian's hand blade strongly struck the back of Carin's neck.
Thud.
Carin Oberia, who couldn't even scream, fell to the ground as she was.
Bellum was startled and shouted.
"Davian! Did you just kill Carin?"
"I didn't kill her. I just knocked her out for a while."
Bellum placed his hand on his chest and took a deep breath.
"T, that's right?"
Davian nodded.
"Bellum, Nubes. You two are a team. Move all the kids you knock out like this to the basement training room in the dormitory. If you meet kids who are attacking their classmates because their focus is off, don't fight them, just avoid them. You two just focus on moving the knocked-out kids."
"Okay!"
"Bellum will do the moving. Nubes, protect Bellum."
"Okay! Davian!"
The basement training room with powerful magic protection.
The operation of gathering students affected by mind magic there is the same as in the 2nd and 3rd playthroughs.
What's different is.
This time, they'll knock them all down and then move them.
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