I Stayed Loyal When My Teacher Was Betrayed

22 – The Heart of a Teacher 2

Suddenly appearing and boldly proclaiming their declaration, two people.

Observing them, the owners of the four noble families chuckled lightly.

“What are they saying now?”

“How dare these ignorant lowlifes…”

“Well, they’re the ones we need to kill. Let me personally take care of them!”

The four people fiercely stood up from their seats.

At this point, they also knew that the person in front of them was quite powerful.

Otherwise, Valkyrie, a master adventurer, would not have bowed down to those four people, even though the blood was mixed up like garbage.

However, they were confident in their abilities.

Although they were older than the past, they were grandmaster adventurers during their prime.

They believed that no matter how great the opponent is, it would not be their enemy.

So, after instantly defeating those things that dared to attack them, the four of them immediately pulled out their usual weapons while thinking about using this as an excuse to put pressure on Obelin.

Daggers and bows, staffs, and Talismans containing divine power.

Holding what they were familiar with in their hands.

The four immediately engaged in combat.

“I’ll kill those demons. You guys deal with witches and betrayers.”

“Got it.”

With those words, the wizard stepped forward energetically.

He immediately deployed magic and attacked the demon with it.

“Die!”

Flames emanating from his staff

It was not ordinary flames but rather condensed fire containing high temperatures.

It flew towards the demon at the forefront, melting everything around it.

If it was a common enemy, he would die before burning completely.

The wizard smiled, thinking that it would be enough to shield him from them.

Only until now.

-Pop!

“What…happened?”

The flame suddenly disappeared from the air.

It disappeared so vainly, like extinguishing a candle.

It was impossible.

In order to prevent it, they had to respond with extreme cold or strike back with the essence of water.

However, the demon in front of them didn’t feel anything in particular.

Only silence to the point where you couldn’t hear the sound of wind or breathing,

Right then, when he was feeling perplexed by that fact, the demon began to rush towards the wizard at a terrifying speed.

“This…guy!”

The wizard quickly prepared another spell.

However.

-Bam!!!

“!!!”

A moment of excruciating pain.

Precisely piercing his shoulder, the strike of the crimson witch.

Consequently, the wizard’s magic was instantly nullified.

“This…this bastard! How dare he be so cowardly…”

“Cowardly? I remember that we’ve never agreed to a fair fight. And look ahead.”

“!!”

The wizard belatedly turns his gaze forward.

However,

It is already too late.

-Bam!!!!

Seizing the fleeting opportunity, the demon thrusts its claws forward.

With that strike,

The wizard is sent flying without even having a chance to defend himself.

“What…wha…what is this…”

Rapidly drifting through the air, the surrounding scenery blurs.

Not fully aware of the extent of his own predicament, the wizard is left motionless, impaled on the wall as if dead.

“!”

“What…what is happening…”

His fellow wizard meets a pathetic end.

He, who once believed he could even defeat the Demon Lord, now finds himself helpless and stunned, while the faces of the three remaining colleagues are filled with astonishment.

At that moment,

“Don’t just stand there in a daze! Counterattack!”

In an instant, the assassin steps forward, swinging a dagger.

Though his body is not what it used to be, his attack is still razor-sharp, piercing through the vulnerable opening of the demon’s body.

-Bam

“Tsk!”

Narrowly raising his arm, the demon manages to block the attack.

The assassin, who had been aiming for the jugular while watching the flowing red blood, could not help but scowl.

“Quite impressive, recognizing the danger and defending yourself in that situation. But…”

“!”

Swiftly drawing a dagger from the opposite hand, the assassin sliced towards the demon’s throat without a moment’s hesitation.

But…

“!!!”

-Whack!!!

Another magic bullet flew towards him. The assassin swiftly moved the dagger to defend himself, but the impact was enough to make him drop the dagger from his hand.

And.

-Swish!

The assassin dodged the demon’s kick, pulling back his body, and the thrown dagger created a slight distance between the assassin and the demon.

“Ugh… annoying brat. Hey! What are you all doing? This witch is providing continuous support, so why aren’t you…?”

Expressing anger, the assassin reproached the ranger and cleric standing nearby. But as he looked around, he found himself speechless.

“S… sorry, we also want to help, but…”

“Goodness! What is this guy doing here?”

A belated realization.

It was not a simple, stand-offish scene, but the sight of the witch and two warriors having an intense battle. The witch was breaking through the cleric’s sanctified barrier and deflecting the ranger’s consecutive arrows, all while preparing to aim at the assassin with her free hand.

Performing multiple formidable tasks at once, she showed no signs of exhaustion… rather, her anger only seemed to fuel her output, surpassing amazement to become alarming.

This unbelievable sight was something not even his former wizard colleagues from the heyday had displayed.

The assassin could feel a sense of fear that they had dared to provoke a being they should not have…

Maybe this monstrous witch was even more dangerous than that cursed Obeline, causing him to freeze in fear for a moment.

At that moment…

“Don’t lose focus during battle.”

“!!!”

A sinister voice coming from behind.

With the thought of an assassin, belatedly trying to turn around, but…

– Thud!!!!

“!!!Aaaahhh!!!”

A sudden, immense pain.

From the excruciating agony of a broken spine, a desperate scream erupted from the assassin’s mouth.

And then.

“It’s over.”

“!!!”

The demon’s claw piercing into his eye.

Sharp and scorching like molten steel, it pierced through the assassin’s eyeball and brain.

“Th… th… this is i… impossi… impossible…”

Due to the brain injury, the assassin was unable to speak normally.

With a finger, the demon cleanly finished off the one whose brain had been damaged.

“Next is…”

The demon turned its gaze toward where the others were.

However, it immediately decided against engaging in further combat and retracted the claws that were protruding like blades.

Since the situation no longer required her intervention…

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“Gah!!!”

“This… this monstrous being!!!”

The merciless witch unleashing brutal attacks.

Their fear and confusion intensifying at her appearance, as if facing their archenemy for the first time, even though they had tried to kill her.

In such a situation, her fearful and antagonistic presence made little sense to them.

However, they wouldn’t have much time to ponder this mystery.

As if suddenly, the two found themselves being overwhelmed.

However, the combination of the wall and the ranger in the side was almost invincible in the first place.

With careful adjustments, the ranger’s arrows were shot out, blocking all the enemy attacks, creating a perfect battle line in the east.

However, it was of no use to the monster-like woman in front of him.

The wall was being broken by the relentless attack, and the ranger’s attacks were not reaching the woman at all, no matter how hard he tried.

Even the arrow that had caught the dragon was powerless against the woman, a shocking reality.

And finally.

“This…this! The wall!”

The sacred wall that had been maintained with all its power.

The moment it was shattered, the faces of the two were filled with horror.

And.

– Kwa-gwang!

With an immense shockwave, the two were swept away.

After casually ending the situation, Rosemary, still desperate, ran to where her disciple…Edward was.

“Master.”

“Are…are you okay? I saw you got hurt earlier…”

Hastily inspecting his master’s wounds.

In response, Alex smiled lightly and said,

“It’s okay. Since it’s not poisoned, it shouldn’t be life threatening.”

“That’s not the problem right now! How could you handle the sword like that…even when I told you not to handle your body carelessly…”

The master spoke with regret in their voice.

Immediately after that, she asked the sharp-featured priest, Mist, if he could use healing magic.

“Uh…yes.”

It was a sudden situation, but Mist approached them as quickly as possible.

As she watched, Rosemary felt a painful sensation in her chest as she looked at her disciple’s wounds.

‘I wish I was the one hurt…I wouldn’t feel this heartache.’