chapter 38
38. Search work
Demon worshiper.
A group that literally worships a demon god.
Among the devils who tempt you with contracts that promise strength.
It was a group with a risk similar to that of the most powerful high-ranking demons.
If the devil gives you strength in exchange for your soul.
Demon worshipers demanded faith and service in exchange for ‘demon energy’.
It has the advantage of not having your soul taken away by the devil.
However, once you begin to accept ‘Magi’, you will feel a sense of mental exaltation and intoxication, as if you were taking drugs.
I keep wanting more ‘Magi’.
In order to receive more demon energy, you become obedient to the demon worshiper.
And once you receive a certain level of magical energy, you can increase your magical energy on your own.
Depends on how strong the devil you contract with is and how much of the devil’s power you can accept.
Unlike a contract with the devil where limits are set.
The limit is determined by how well you handle demon energy.
From the moment you first receive Magi, the vessel begins to expand.
If you look at it from a distance, accepting the demonic energy provided by the ‘demon worshiper’ was the way to become stronger.
For example, the Dishonored guild that attacked the Academy not long ago.
A group of villains under the command of a group of demon worshipers.
He gained a lot of notoriety while operating a killing squad, so it was clear how high the status of demon worshipers was in the underworld.
However, it is not about showing up and working in person.
Disguising themselves as various religious groups or volunteer groups.
They created a camouflage guild like ‘Grace of Light’ that looked normal on the outside and secretly gathered believers.
“Oh my, I broke the wall because I couldn’t control my strength.”
The cadet who fell for the demon worshiper’s preacher relaxed his shoulders with an embarrassed expression.
I thought I was doing this to show off my power to Roxer, who was jealous.
It was caught by an evil preacher who manipulates believers by dealing with insects from the devil world.
It was because I was controlled by a demonic bug inside my body.
“I never thought my potential would be awakened like this just by having faith.”
I looked at my fist with a surprised expression.
Rokseo showed a tremendous desire to unleash his power.
Those words were quietly uttered in order to provoke him.
It was a similar method to when I caught Osu, who was defeated by Rika a while ago.
“Okay, you seem interested as expected?”
She is given the nickname ‘Beelzebub’, one of the evangelists of the demon worshiper who controls it.
Roxer smiled with satisfaction at the gaze of the cadet who was being controlled by an insect from the demon world.
The reason she was targeting Roxxer was simple.
By making him a believer, who has become the biggest topic of discussion recently.
If you make someone say that they became stronger after believing in a certain faith.
If you introduce this, everyone will definitely come to gain faith.
“hehehe, if only that one becomes my children’s home… The other children are my children’s homes.”
She prepared all kinds of tricks to somehow make him her believer.
Hopefully, he will have a desire to conquer, and Cadet Rika will have a lust for him.
She may even be able to make Jane, who seems to follow him, into a believer.
If you evangelize one person, you hit the jackpot, so ‘Beelzebub’ for short, Beel moved on to the next level.
“Now, it’s time to wake up~”
She controlled the other cadets she caught and planted them all over the academy.
He began to awaken the seeds of the monster with a sinister smile.
The plan was to show the monsters attacking Roxxer’s location and instantly defeating him.
It was a simple matter since she controlled the monsters anyway.
After that, I made the cadet say a prayer of thanks.
The plan was to come down as if he had descended, praise his achievements, and seduce the Rokseo cadets.
If you only believe in the faith she teaches.
It is a false statement that he can make all the potential she has now into his own.
But.
“…What a bug.”
Roxer immediately used her overclock and with her internal blows, Sengdo destroyed the bugs Beel had planted in her body.
Beel and Beel were embarrassed because their vision was cut off for a moment.
“Huh…? My, my power!!?”
The complexion of the cadet, who was intoxicated with a sense of omnipotence, turned blue as he received more demonic energy through the bug.
‘Yes… ? Wasn’t it supposed to get rid of it?’
Since it didn’t appear in the original work, even Roxer, who thought she had simply removed the parasite, was confused.
Is it because sometimes in this work, there are things that use special bugs to increase regenerative power?
“Kaaah-!!! Where’s my power!!!”
The guy who broke the wall and proudly boasted about it.
He screamed as if he had lost his country and felt guilty.
To make matters worse, the villain attacked the academy last time.
Something came in this time, why?!!! The broadcast exploded with the sound of a siren.
‘…I don’t know anything.’
Rokseo decided to bury this matter in his grave.
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Not long ago, there was an attack by the Dishonored guild.
Now, the Awakened Academy has been attacked by monsters that escaped from the laboratory.
Thanks to the executives planted in the academy by the demon worshiper camp.
Somehow it was possible to hide the fact that the cadets who were manipulated by the demon worshiper’s preacher had hidden the seed of the demon.
But something big had already happened once before, so I couldn’t just ignore it this time.
Is it because these things only happen in first grade?
“No-!!! Why are you holding our vacation hostage to conduct a search operation when the faculty and staff were unable to properly track down the matter?!”
According to what an angry Erin said, the main first-year cadets were selected to hunt down traitors.
If that is not found, the compilation of grades will be delayed and vacation will also be pushed back.
As a result, the six first-year cadets selected, led by Jane, gathered in the lakeside classroom after class.
The professors gathered the most trustworthy cadets.
Among them was Osu, who did not even know that he was being controlled by a demon worshiper’s preacher.
This was because the professor in charge of Myoban was his cousin.
The sewage was pushed in because there would be a significant advantage if this search operation was completed successfully.
-“Anyone who uses spatial movement freely can explain everything that happened. Do you know who I’m talking about?”
Ohsu remembered what his uncle said and swallowed a sinister smile.
Myoban’s professor had been dissatisfied with Rokseo’s behavior for a long time, so he always punished Rokseo.
I did not view Rokseo’s sudden change positively.
He was one of the professors who taught the history of heroes who just said let’s expel him.
To put it bluntly, I thought Roxer’s sudden change was a contract with the devil.
In fact, his nephew was entangled by things worse than the devil.
“Well, let’s finish this quickly. After all, the most suspicious person is already there, right?”
So Osu sat down near Rika and shrugged his shoulders.
I was kicked before by an overwhelming speed difference.
I fell for the whispers of the demon worshiper’s preacher who appeared after the defeat, and without knowing that he had accepted the demon energy, he believed that he had unleashed the same potential as Roxer.
Of course, the preacher is now hiding the bug that controls him in another space for fear of it being discovered by Roxxer.
In a state where he was not being manipulated, he followed his true nature and openly accused Rokseo of being the culprit.
“…Who.”
Rika, who caught a whiff, crossed her arms and glanced at Osu.
“You know, that stalker bastard. His ability to move through space explains everything? He brought villains into the academy and escaped the monsters from the lab. He said it was a hunting practice evaluation at that time. Did you know? He also caught a villain. Did you hit it?”
She said it without hesitation as if it were obvious.
“And hiding your power doesn’t sound like anything. Didn’t you just make a contract with a high-ranking devil to get stronger?”
He glanced at Jane and harshly discounted her prediction and Roxer’s efforts.
That action seemed to represent those who gave Roxer an unfavorable look.
However, what makes sense is that Roxxer’s actions were all similar to those of a person who made a contract with the devil.
“You said you hit it hard…?”
After hearing that, Camilla held her red hair as if it were bothering her.
Also, the elixir that Roxxer gave out cannot be obtained through ordinary routes.
The piece of paper that Roxer left behind when he beat Erin in her test bet was an item that couldn’t be found no matter how much he searched the market.
In other words, these were things that a cadet could never save alone.
“Yes, he made a contract with the devil, but he probably did it to pretend to be upright. Could it be that he’s deliberately trying to create a fake hero by collaborating with the real Dishonored guild? By making a contract with a devil strong enough to defeat Jane? “
“…That could be possible….”
“…It’s a bit far-fetched, but…”
Camilla and Erin had a faint positivity towards Osu’s words.
Not everything he said was true, but he certainly had reason to be suspicious.
But it was an uncomfortable time to completely doubt it.
“He looks like he understands something. I’ve been watching him all day.”
Rika lightly pounded Erin’s head with her fist, looking at her with a straight face as if she were going to kill her.
Meanwhile, I don’t know about that, but all day long Jane was busy replaying the battle with Roxxer in her head.