Chapter 101: An Incident Occurs

Rest, who rescued the trio of magic academy students, rendezvoused with Captain Yugroot, who had taken separate action.

As Rest arrived, Yugroot was in the midst of battling a massive serpent. The serpent, with wings resembling those of insects, attacked Yugroot while soaring through the air.

“Shaahhh!”

“Hmph!”

Yugroot repelled the serpent’s biting fangs with his spear. However, as he attempted a counterattack, the serpent spewed venom from its mouth.

“This is troublesome!”

Yugroot activated wind magic while swinging his spear to repel the venom. Despite being on the defensive, Yugroot was protecting an injured student and Nakua, a student from the priestly department, who were behind him.

If Yugroot had been alone, he might have successfully countered the serpent after dodging its attacks. However, the injured individuals hindered him from retaliating.

“Wind Blade!”

Upon assessing the situation, Rest immediately activated magic. Enhanced by casting multiple spells simultaneously, sharp wind blades flew and severed the wings growing on the serpent’s back.

The serpent, now deprived of its wings, fell to the ground, causing a small tremor.

“Shaa!?”

“I got it!”

Yugroot immediately moved and swung his spear. The blade at the tip pierced the head of the serpent, which had fallen to the ground. The serpent thrashed its thick tail on the ground several times, but eventually succumbed, ceasing its movements.

“…Rest, huh? Thanks for your help.”

“No problem, I’m just glad you’re okay.”

Yugroot withdrew his spear and turned to face Rest. He raised a slight eyebrow at Rest, who was acting alone.

“What about Danila and Thomas?”

“They’re taking care of the injured and heading back to the entrance of the plains. But more importantly… did you notice the distress signals earlier?”

“Yeah… I saw them while fighting this snake. Several distress signals were coming from deeper into the plains.”

Yugroot grimaced as he poked the serpent’s corpse with the tip of his spear.

“…This creature should have been further into the plains. I don’t understand why it’s here.”

“So… what should we do now?”

“This is undoubtedly an unexpected situation for the academy. Let’s retreat to our starting point for now…”

“Hold on!”

Rest shouted, abruptly turning towards the depths of the plains.

There seemed to be no abnormalities in the plains, at least within their visible range.

“Hey, seriously…?”

However, cold sweat trickled down Rest’s spine.

Through magic perception, he had sensed multiple presences, far more than just one or two monsters, heading their way.

“What’s wrong, Rest?”

“…Monsters are approaching us. Not just one or two, but in large numbers.”

Furthermore, among the monsters, there were also signs of students participating in the beast hunting festival, either being chased by the monsters or joining them.

“We should leave here quickly… I’ll cover the rear. Yugroot-senpai, take care of the injured.”

“Wait! If we’re going to detain the monsters, then I’ll…”

“Your strength is greater, Senpai. There’s no time to argue, so please hurry!”

“Dammit!”

Yugroot, with a frustrated growl, picked up the injured and stood up.

“It’s a captain’s order. Don’t push yourself and make sure to return alive!”

“Understood… You go ahead.”

“Let’s meet outside the plains!”

Yugroot dashed across the plains at a speed that belied the fact he was carrying people. Nakua also hurriedly followed behind.

“…Sorry, but I can’t just retreat easily either, Senpai.”

Rest muttered to himself as he watched Yugroot’s retreating figure. The momentum of the monsters rushing towards them was strong, enough to potentially overflow beyond the plains.

(At the entrance to the plains. Viola and Primula are in the operations tent…!)

If the monsters continue to pour out and chaos ensues, it will put the two of them in danger.

(My father-in-law is also here as a guest, and there are academy faculty members and the Knight Commander as well. They shouldn’t be threatened by just any ordinary monsters… But still, I want to minimize the danger to them as much as possible.)

“I don’t know what’s causing them to run around like this… but I’ll thin them out as best as I can.”

The monsters were already approaching within visible range.

Rest, with cold eyes fixed on the distant enemies, began to gather magic energy.

“[Stone Bullet].”

And then… from the tip of his arm, held like a sniper rifle, he fired off magic at supersonic speed.

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