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"Bonita, Latia, and Luna, you're a team. Go around and knock out anyone who looks unfocused like Karin did just now. Latia, provide support fire while blocking attacks from the magic department students. Bonita, quickly circle behind like I just did and strike the back of their necks hard with the hilt of your sword. Luna, stick with Bonita and Latia and heal anyone who gets hurt."
"Okay!"
"Got it."
"Bonita, attacking is important, but you need to protect Latia and Luna. That's more important."
"Don't worry. What about you, Davian?"
"I'll move alone."
Bonita nodded.
For Davian, there's no need to form a party for something like knocking out classmates affected by mental magic.
He doesn't know how many people have been affected by mental magic.
But even if they all attacked him at once, it doesn't feel like Davian would lose.
"Let's move now! Once we're done here, we'll go straight to the freshman dorm and do the same thing."
"We can't go to the freshman area, can we?"
"They'll all be open soon."
A staff member affected by mental magic will soon open all the closed doors between the areas.
Davian's priorities are second-year students, first-year students, third-year students, and fourth-year students, in that order.
He wants to save as many students as possible in that order.
The upperclassmen will graduate soon anyway, so the priority is to keep the underclassmen alive until the massive quest opens.
By then, they will be upperclassmen.
"Davian, what about me?"
Libere asked.
"You know what you need to do, right?"
"Huh?"
"What you're doing to Karin right now."
Libere was squatting down, placing one hand on Karin's head.
In his other hand, he held a naturally occurring tripolar magnet specially prepared at his family's request.
A special object that even contained the energy of a mana stone.
"Um... I don't know if this will work."
"Just try it. Once you succeed with Karin, go to the underground practice room and undo the mental magic on the other kids."
Following Davian's instructions.
Libere had spent two sleepless nights studying how to undo mental magic.
He had read over 20 specialized books and papers related to mental magic in those two days alone.
Of course.
Everything he read was stored in Libere's head.
"Ah, okay! I'll try!"
"Your role is important, Libere. It depends on how many allies we can gain."
Libere nodded vigorously.
"Okay!"
As Davian's group burst out of the lounge door, the dormitory hallway was in a state of chaos.
The other classmates were still trying to figure out what was going on.
In that situation, the students affected by mental magic began attacking their classmates indiscriminately.
Bang!
Davian quickly created an ice barrier to block the magical attacks pouring toward his classmates.
He then leaped forward and struck the nape of the neck of a guy affected by mental magic.
The situation was completely different from the second and third playthroughs.
The guards who arrived late could only blankly watch what the second-year students were doing.
Perfectly coordinated movements.
Several students surrounded and subdued a friend affected by mental magic, then struck the back of their neck to knock them unconscious.
Then, a moving team would carry the unconscious friend on their back and take them downstairs.
Bellum Amandria played the biggest role in making this happen.
Bellum, along with Nubes, was responsible for moving the unconscious friends.
At the same time, she quickly spread the word about the situation to other friends.
And, like Davian had done, she told the friends what they needed to do.
In the meantime, she quickly organized teams, taking into account the combat compatibility of her friends.
Based on their overwhelming skill and numbers, the second-year students quickly knocked out their friends who had been affected by mental magic.
Meanwhile.
"It worked! It worked!"
Libere's shout echoed through the dormitory hallway.
He had undone Karin's mental magic.
Karin, after hearing the explanation from Libere, smacked herself hard on the head.
"Did Latia or the others get affected by this?"
"No."
"Ugh, I'm so embarrassed. Damn it."
After uttering a short curse, Karin immediately ran out and joined the fight.
The situation in the second-year dormitory was completely resolved in less than 30 minutes.
Ting.
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[Step-by-step Quest: Survive the Lich's Area-of-Effect Mental Magic Incident (1/3)]
―Phase 1 Complete.
―Reward: 18K Mana Points (x2)
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The first phase of the three-stage quest was completed.
Faster and cleaner than any previous playthrough.
Since the reward isn't perfect, it seems some students were harmed in places Davian didn't see.
Ting.
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[Step-by-step Quest: Survive the Lich's Area-of-Effect Mental Magic Incident (2/3)
―Phase 2. Defend against the attack of the on-duty professor.
―Reward: 20K Mana Points (x2)
―Failure: Death
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It was the quest that killed Davian in the second playthrough.
The suddenly appearing on-duty professor was strong.
Latia had already left Davian in a battered state during Phase 1, so he wasn't in a condition to clear Phase 2.
"Bellum! Nubes! Take all the kids to the freshman dorm! Latia, Karin, Bonita, you stay here with me."
Bonita asked.
"Stay? Shouldn't we go help the freshmen quickly?"
"We four have something to do here. Bellum! Move quickly!"
Bellum, who maintained friendships with most of the classmates, naturally took on the role of leader.
The second-year students, who were confronted with the sudden situation, were soon able to grasp the situation thanks to Bellum's clear explanations. After that, they trusted her words entirely.
Bellum also didn't forget to add the phrase 'Davian said' from time to time to further increase credibility.
While a little less than 200 second-year students ran to the freshman area to save their underclassmen.
Far away, two on-duty professors could be seen approaching the dormitory.
Camilla Lucia, the professor in charge of the Four Elements Magic specialization, and Felix Arrow, the professor in charge of the Archery Department.
Bonita, noticing that the eyes of the on-duty professors were unusual, drew her sword.
"You told us to stay so we could stop the on-duty professors."
Davian nodded.
Close-range fighter Bonita Fortis.
Long-range fighter Latia Meridiem.
Long-range fighter Karin Obelia.
And Davian Naone who can do everything.
It's a party made to clear Phase 2.
When facing a strong opponent, the number of allies doesn't matter.
Rather, having too many can be a hindrance or only increase the number of people you have to protect.
The opponents are affected by mental magic and their judgment is clouded.
But there are two full professors at Elton Academy.
One is Camilla Lucia, a rising pioneer in applied magic.
The other is Felix Arrow, an archery professor from a historically prestigious archery family.
Whether it's their skills or the combination of the two, they are by no means easy opponents.
Camilla is slow but will powerfully unleash all sorts of unique magic.
Felix, the archery professor, has trained his internal energy. So, even if he's not as fast as a swordsman of the same level, he still has quick movements.
It goes without saying that each arrow has deadly power.
"Latia, Karin. Somehow stop Professor Camilla. Just until Bonita and I deal with Professor Felix."
Latia and Karin nodded, then turned and looked at each other.
Turning back to face forward, the two raised their arms toward where Professor Camilla was standing.
The opponents were full professors at Elton Academy.
But the two girls didn't hesitate at all.
"Bonita, you and I will face Professor Felix first. Be careful. The opponent is a full professor at Elton Academy."
"I'm not naive enough not to recognize who the opponent is."
"Don't even think about blocking the arrow attacks. Dodge them unconditionally. Now, let's go!"
"Let's go!"
Davian and Bonita quickly dashed diagonally to either side in a V formation.
Professor Felix quickly took out an arrow and pulled back the string.
Two arrows were notched into the large longbow.
Twang.
With the cheerful sound of the drawn string snapping back.
Swaaack!
A sharp sound of the air being torn apart echoed loudly.
Even though he just shot straight ahead.
The two arrows quickly flew toward Davian and Bonita, respectively.
A bluish aura was applied to the arrowheads.
Davian rolled toward the direction the arrow was flying to dodge it.
But.
Bonita Fortis didn't dodge the arrow and firmly planted her two feet in place.
'I can do it.'
Bonita raised her sword.
Davian's urgent voice was heard.
"Bonita, no!"
Bonita accurately watched the tip of the arrow flying toward her.
'I can do it now.'
She wouldn't have even attempted it before.
But.
Bonita had been dying of curiosity lately.
After the Harrington Marquis incident.
How much sharper her swordsmanship had become.
She could vaguely feel that she had reached a level that couldn't even be compared to before.
But she had no idea how much that was.
Swish!
Bonita Fortis's sword was swung vertically.
The aura left an afterimage, drawing a blue arc.
The arrow was flying with enough force that the sword would have been repelled if it had been slightly off.
It was about to pierce through anything.
'Got it!'
Bonita's sword accurately split the arrowhead in half.
From the arrowhead to the shaft to the fletching.
The arrow that Professor Felix had shot was perfectly split in two.
Davian clicked his tongue after seeing that.
"Bonita... crazy."
Crash.
This time Camilla Lucia's attack began.
The ground cracked open, and stones popped up.
The popped-up stones were rolled together like rolling a snowman.
The boulder quickly grew in size and came crashing toward Davian.
Clang!
The boulder and Davian's ice barrier collided violently.
Grrrrd.
The boulder didn't stop rolling even after hitting the ice barrier.
Ggrrrk!
The ice barrier was shaved away and gradually thinned.
It was really amazing magic.
It was magic he had never seen before, but its power and speed were beyond imagination.
Just as Davian was about to clear the ice barrier and jump away.
The rolling boulder stopped.
Bang! Boom!
Latia and Karin's attacks had begun.
Professor Camilla had cut off the magic power being sent to the boulder in order to block the two girls' attacks.
'Latia, Karin. It won't be easy. But hang in there just a little longer.'
Davian rushed toward Felix again.
Bonita was already close.
Felix quickly notched the string.
It was as fast as a swordsman drawing a sword.
Twang.
With the cheerful sound of the bowstring snapping back.
Three short arrows poured toward Bonita.
'Don't tell me. Bonita. If you try to cut those too, you're going to die today.'
Ttat!
Bonita stamped her foot hard and jumped.
The three short arrows narrowly passed beneath Bonita's feet.
Fortunately.
She was Bonita Fortis, who knew exactly how to gauge the power of the opponent's attacks and her own limits.
In the meantime, Davian had also closed the distance with Felix further.
At that time.
Felix, notching an arrow, shot the bow behind him.
A thin string was connected to the fletching.
Davian had seen this technique in the previous playthroughs.
Bonita had an expression that asked why the professor was doing that.
At the same time that the arrow flew and stuck far back on the ground.
The connected thin string was stretched taut to its limit.
And.
Thwa-lurk!
Due to the tension of the string connected to the arrow, Felix's body was instantly sent flying backward.
The distance that Bonita had worked hard to close was instantly widened again.
Felix drew the bowstring again even as he was being sent flying backward.
The arrow notched into the string this time was the largest and thickest arrow yet.
Twang.
Kuu-ah!
Another arrow, different from the others from the start of the splitting air, flew toward Davian.
Davian quickly jumped to get out of the arrow's path.
At that time.
Kuuu!
With a rough sound, the shaft of the arrow was bent and the tip of the arrow turned back toward Davian.
The altered path of the arrow was on a path to pierce Davian's heart.
In the meantime.
Felix notched another arrow into the string.
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