I Became a Time-Stopper at the Academy

37 – Dungeon Transformation (4)

“What, what is this! Why is Stretch Koi here!!”

Team 3 to which Landau belongs.

The face of the son of the Count of Empires, who was in charge of the tank, turned blue.

A male cadet holding a staff said urgently.

“Let’s retreat quickly!”

But the female cadet with the bow objected.

“Where are you going to retreat?”

“I have to hide in the dungeon and wait for the instructors to come!!”

It was the best choice against opponents who couldn’t win.

But if that happens, of course you won’t get good grades.

The son of the Imperial Count gave more strength to the hand holding the shield and said quietly.

“Let’s try it on our own.”

The supporter opened his eyes wide.

Then he turned his back and started running away.

“If you want to die, die alone!!”

“Hey, Hey!!”

[Stretch Koi] Is difficult to kill for them now, but it becomes even more difficult when the supporter is missing.

The count’s son tried to grab the shoulder of the running supporter.

However.

Quaaa—!

A colored carp in the water fired a water cannon towards the supporter.

The supporter turned his head to confirm the strong magical energy, but it was already in front of his eyes.

“aaah—!!”

There was nothing I could do but scream.

The count’s son’s arm trembled as he reached out to grab the supporter’s shoulder.

The body of a supporter, such as the head, arms, legs, waist, etc., Looks as if it has been cut into pieces with a knife.

At what happened in the blink of an eye, Landau, the archer, and the son of the count were all shocked.

Landau remembered something Joel had said.

Retreat is also part of the strategy.

If you have no choice but to run, running is the way to go, but you have to think carefully about running away.

“Whoa….”

Lando took a deep breath.

And they stood side by side next to the count’s son.

“From now on, I will take command.”

“What, what?! How dare you, commoner bastard!”

“… I don’t mind if I just run past them while they’re under attack. I will tell the instructor that you fought bravely.”

“This, this bastard… !!”

Just as the Count’s son was about to grab Lando by the collar, his bowman cut in.

“I will listen to him.”

“What? Did you fall for this commoner bastard?”

“When I die, I will be a commoner and a nobleman.”

The archer laughed at the son of the count and turned his head towards Lando.

“I’m sorry, I’ve been paying attention to this person too.”

“Yes.”

Landau knew that the archer was making a heartless apology.

Just trying to use oneself to survive somehow.

However, in order to catch this [Stretch Koi], You will definitely need a tanker’s help.

He followed Joel’s teaching as much as possible: to be emotional with others, not to be emotional yourself.

The tanker answered while clenching his teeth.

“I got it. It won’t work if you follow the words of this commoner bastard….”

Lando explained to the two of them the plan he had devised.

The operation was so simple that it didn’t even need a grandiose word.

The count’s son hid himself in his shield,

“Here you bastard!!”

Used the [Taunt] Skill.

A colored carp dragged by aggro jumped out of the rotten water.

The carp’s body, which was of a normal size, has grown.

Instantly, it turned its body backwards and swung its tail toward the count’s son’s shield.

Pang—!

“Ugh… !!”

Even though he used both shield magic and defense skills, the count’s son was pushed back.

In the meantime, Lando stood on the side and used the [Mana Boost] Skill.

Lando raised his sword above his head.

A white light gathered on the blade of [The Last Sword of the Pureblood Dwarf] Given by Joel.

The light was longer than the length of the sword and wrapped wider than the width of the sword.

To the extent of dazzling.

In the underpass where the air was stagnant, the hair of the count’s son and the archer fluttered.

“Haap—!!”

With a scream, Lando swung his sword down.

The pure magic power gathered in the blade flew towards the [Stretch Koi].

The Nishikigoi noticed the powerful magical power and shrunk.

But it was too late for him to flee into the water.

“”… !””

Hwiik—, the monster evaporated as it was due to the high concentration of magical energy.

Not even ashes were left.

As if it never existed.

The count’s son and the archer gulped and turned their heads toward Lando.

He gave a small laugh.

The innocent-looking smile scared the two of them.

***

“Ugh… , Huh…….”

A female cadet sat down in the underpass.

Her long light purple hair touched the ground.

Another female cadet walked up to her.

“Miss Benedetta, are you okay… ?”

The Second Princess of the Kingdom—Benedetta.

She nodded at her maid’s words and stood up again.

With wobbly legs.

A [Stretch Koi] Appeared in front of the 5 groups that were advancing rapidly.

No matter how you think about it, it was an extremely difficult monster that was not suitable for first-year training.

“I never thought I would die here.”

Benedetta squeezed her magic staff.

There were already carp-attacked tankers and front-line dealers’ flesh pieces all around her.

Now, in Team 5, only the supporter, the handmaiden, and the magic dealer, remain.

She was a maid who wanted to deny the princess’ words, but she couldn’t.

Already Venetena drained her mana.

I couldn’t come up with a way to survive in a hopeless situation where I could neither defend nor attack.

“Is Heaven warm or cold?”

“… I just want it to be warm.”

“Right.”

[Stretch Koi] With a smaller body walked around in the water in 8 figures.

If she had known she would die like this, she would have just lived to do what she wanted to do, Benedetta regretted slightly.

Forget about her mother’s pressure to compete with her sister to inherit her throne.

I thought about whether the current situation might have happened because of her sister’s work, but realistically it was difficult.

Not only this koi, but all other monsters are not suitable for D-class dungeons.

No matter how old she was, there was no way she could swap all the monsters in the vast underground dungeon.

“Here you are, princess of the kingdom.”

A deep, low voice of a man was heard along with the sound of trudging.

Both Benedetta and the maid turned their heads toward the owner of the voice.

A middle-aged man with gray-haired blonde hair.

He was wearing a rather outdated tailcoat.

Once, I wasn’t a cadet.

But he wasn’t even an instructor.

He didn’t even appear to be an academy official.

‘Who are you?’

[Stretch Koi] In the water, a mysterious man outside the water.

Benedetta, whose mana was exhausted and her head was pounding, went through her memories as much as she could.

Because he’s a face I’ve seen somewhere.

A middle-aged man eventually stood in front of her.

At first glance, an ordinary noble man from the kingdom.

But a bleak sensation ran through her body.

‘Evil… !’

It was the first time we met face to face.

It really felt like it was written in the textbook.

Benedetta realized immediately.

The reason why the dungeon’s difficulty suddenly went up was the work of this demon.

For demons who treat monsters like livestock, it is not that difficult to change the monsters in the dungeon.

I don’t know how he managed to infiltrate the academy….

The middle-aged man opened his mouth.

“Benedetta di Varga. As the second princess of the kingdom, she is installed as a princess. Her mother is the second queen.”

“… ….”

A demon who keeps track of her own history.

She could see that it was not an accidental encounter with the demons.

Intentionally approached.

There are two types of demons.

A pureblood who was originally a demon.

Originally a different race, like humans, but for some reason, a corrupted half-blood.

Perhaps this demon is of mixed blood.

It is said that purebloods do not pay attention to each individual human.

“Who are you?”

Benedetta asked cautiously.

She is killed by the demons anyway, but she is killed by the [Stretch Koi], But the death is the same.

However, unlike monsters, demons have intelligence similar to humans, so I wondered if we could get out of the current situation if we negotiated well.

“I’ve never given permission to say it.”

Hwiwoong—.

As fast as the wind, the demons approached.

The demon grabbed Benedetta’s face with a large palm.

Then he slammed her into the wall, impacting the back of her head.

“Keuugh!”

I could have killed him with this attack now.

But I could see that she had adjusted her strength only to the extent that her head hurt.

I felt a lukewarm sensation in the back of my head.

It must have felt like blood was flowing.

In my field of vision, I could only see the big palms of the demons.

“Yes, you bastard! How dare you say who this is!!”

The maid tried to attack her demons.

Benedetta exclaimed hastily.

“Stop it! Then we all die!”

“Ugh….”

No matter what attack the maid, who is a supporter, can’t hurt her demons.

In order to survive, she had no choice but to cater to her demons.

If this male demon covets the body, he must be willing to give it up.

She couldn’t resist anyway, and she couldn’t even risk the lives of her maids to protect her virginity.

“You are quick to grasp the situation, Princess.”

“… ….”

[Stretch Koi] Has been quiet since this demon appeared.

It seemed that either the monster was frightened when it saw this demon, or the demon controlled the monster.

The only way to survive is to obey the demons’ words.

“Princess, answer the question.”

The demon continued to talk through the gap.

“Do you know Celestina?”

“I know.”

When Benedetta was young, she was a diplomat whom she often met at the palace.

Looking back now, she was a very beautiful person.

It was also a name I nostalgic for.

I had thought in my young heart that I also wanted to have pretty blonde hair like Celestina, rather than light purple hair.

“Why did you die?”

“… He was sentenced to death for attempting to overthrow the state by colluding with the Demon Kingdom.”

For a moment, the demon’s hand that held Benedetta’s face gained more strength.

Only then did she realize.

This man has a deep relationship with Celestina.

“Do you believe that too?”

“If it was 10 years ago, I wouldn’t know because I was young too. That’s just what I heard.”

She said it without a single lie.

When I heard that the person plotted such a thing, I doubted my ears, but the king’s decision.

I wasn’t even allowed to ask casually.

“Now that you are a candidate for succession to the throne, do you have any plans to properly investigate?”

“… Even if I sit on the throne, if I overturn the previous king’s ruling, the society will be thrown into chaos. It is impossible unless the whole country benefits greatly by overturning the ruling.”

“I see. I like being honest.”

The demon removed his hand from Benedetta’s face.

A small smile appeared on his face.

As if there was nothing to hesitate any more.

“Do you know what will happen if you tell someone about your meeting with me?”

She nodded and the middle-aged man swung her arm once towards her submerged [Stretch koi].

Then, a thin wave of mana jumped out of his arm like a blade.

In the blink of an eye, the magical blade split the body of the colored carp in half.

After that, he leisurely walked out of the underpass.

Benedetta taking his head off the wall.

Due to the overlap of the depletion of mana and the bleeding, my vision was blurry and it was even more difficult to control my body.

“At times like this, I wish I had a prince on a white horse. Oh, is it difficult to ride a horse here?”

She giggled.

The lady-in-waiting said, “Mrs. Benedetta….” She looked at the princess with pitying eyes.

At that moment, footsteps were heard.

7 People?

Tension ran through both Benedetta and the lady-in-waiting, wondering if it was another demon.

“You must be seriously injured. Luisa, give Benedetta a healing potion.”

“Yes, boy.”

The man she cared about recently.

It was Joel.