CH 30.2

Eisel blankly listened to the words of Kashif Derek, the head of the club.

“See the section marked on this map? It was divulged by the mercenary who had been living in a cemetery for seven years. From now on, we plan to drive down the ridge of the northern hill and hunt at least three Predfish, but you guys…"

Blah! Blah!

The head of that club was especially talkative.

But, no one interrupted.

It wasn't that they were being polite.

But, the position of 'special club head' at Stella was such that he could lead students to hunt real demons with full authority.

Because he had the right to.

After explaining the plan to his heart's content, the Head turned to Eisel.

“Eisel? You only need to trust your seniors. We'll take care of everything.”

Currently, she was not affiliated with a club. That hunting outing was only joined temporary because there was a vacancy in the club created by a senior in the second year. Even that was subject to condition that he would participate in club activities in her stead after the hunt was over.

Of course, even counting her out, a fair number of freshman join this club. Clubs that allowed special outings were extremely rare, so they were very popular.

It would be really great luck to be able to temporarily join a club like this and go hunting with the seniors...

“You know? Just trust me, you have nothing to be afraid of.”

“Yes."

It was very intrusive to see this Head trying to butter up to her.

'Kassif Derek...'

He was the eldest son of Viscount Derek. She heard that he belonged to a fairly famous family that had made a fortune in business a while ago.

And, Derek tried to seduce Eisel using his family as the background. The fact that she was broke with nothing was famous.

Although Eisel was bullied at school, her appearance was so gorgeous and radiant that it was inevitable that she would be loved by men. She was used to being a target of such flirting in the public.

'You have nothing but yourself.'

It was funny to approach her with that mindset, but she didn't show off. Hunting was essential to build performance for scholarship money, and a club that would accept her was extremely rare.

It was impossible for freshmen to create clubs on their own. In particular, clubs that allowed special outings where activities such as hunting could be carried out outside was all the more impossible.

If she got kicked out of here, there might really be no opportunity next time.

'Let's wait. Just be patient for three years.'

With that thought in mind, Eisel forced herself to reveal a smile.

“Huh! When are we leaving?”

“Shut up, fool. Didn’t you learn how important each of these briefings are?"

"I know... You're just repeating the same thing over and over again.."

Hearing the chatter from the side, Eisel was delighted inwardly.

'Senior Denmark and senior Ben.......’

'At least, in this club, they do not consider me a ‘child of a traitor’, but ‘just a freshman.'

Eisel felt at ease for the first time in a while, knowing that someone regarded her as a junior.

"What? Denmark! Do you think you can survive for a long time with that mindset in real life?”

Head Kasif screamed in anger at his sarcasm, but he ignored him and flexed his big muscles.

“Never mind, I don't want to listen to it anymore, so let’s skip it and go quickly.”

Then he jumped up from his seat and started walking somewhere. It was in the opposite direction of the plan Kasif had been bragging about and briefing.

"You! You! Hey! Wait! It's the Head’s order!”

"Ew, that idiot. Let's just follow him. We're all priest, so it's hard if we don't have the only knight in our club."

“That one...”

The knight position was rare, with only 1 out of 10 magic warriors. Because there were very few mages who wished to take the lead in fighting.

Currently, there were four members of the club, including Eisel. It was something to be thankful for even having one knight in between.

"Hmm, Eisel? Don't worry. I will take care of everything no matter what happens because of such a short-haired bastard."

"Yes. Please."

It didn't matter what the senior did or said. But, she just wanted to hunt quickly. After taking the staff and following Denmark, who rushed out first, the sound of pounding and violent commotion resounded already.

Unusually, Denmark used to enjoy 'magic combat', which was common in the old days. It was not as much as Baek Yu-Seol, but he was also very good at it.

He was a man of extraordinary and firm convictions.

Compared to martial arts, fighting with a magic circle wrapped around one's fists provided inevitably greater efficiency in killing demons.

Nevertheless, perhaps because his unique reaction speed and physical ability were so outstanding, Denmark's practice performance was always top-notch even within the second year.

Squeeze! Doom!

“Hey, you ignorant bastard! What if you destroy everything!”

"Uh? Huh? Sorry! Haha!”

Denmark's punches were very violent.

They were very destructive, and he caused damage to things by chasing and trying to intercept the flying Predfish with Hyper Jumps.

It was a bit annoying for Eisel to keep up with the changing terrain on the battlefield and even her vision was obscured by him, but the difference between priest's performance with and without a knight was clear.

Given sufficient casting time, Preist was able to use very powerful magic.

Ka-boom!!

A pillar of six bolts of lightning fell from the sky

After striking down, it hit the six Predfish.

All six died instantly.

"Oh, oh...?"

“What? Are you pretending to be a freshmen?”

Kashif, who was hastily casting magic, had a shocked expression on his face.

It was not a level of magic that only a first year student could cast.

Casting speed, destructive power, and impeccable accuracy.

It was perfect with nothing missing.

“Hey, we chose a talented freshman, didn’t we? Us seniors will be left in dust by her soon!”

When Ben patted her on the back and said something like a joke, Eisel laughed softly.

“It was nothing really.”

She was a Class 3 mage. This was a Level 2 Danger hunting ground, so given enough time, she could easily build up results.

So, with the overwhelming fighting spirit of Denmark at the forefront, she leisurely used magic, and the hunting continued.

Bang!

A violent roar echoed from a distance. At first glance, they did not appear to be the action of those mercenaries. Eisel could the noise and mana waves. They seemed to be mages at the same level as them.

"It's a battle sound filled with hot passion."

“There must be someone nearby. Wait. Let's not reveal ourselves and pass by. It's difficult when hunting grounds overlap from other teams. Head, agree?”

“Uh, yes. Okay. Let's do it.”

In fact, the leader of this party's battle was Denmark, and the leader who judged it was Ben. Kasif was just a clown.

He headed to the place where he heard the sound of battle through the alleyway between trees, and there were eight people gathered in one place.

No, to be precise, it was a situation where 5 and 3 mages were confronting each other.

Some of them were familiar faces.

'Hong Bi-Yeon and Edna...?’

On one side, there were girls whose names were unknown, including Edna and Hae Won-ryang.

On other side stood Hong Bi-Yeon and her group members.

"Hey! What bullshit! I cast a spell and shoot it down with magic first?"

“Nonsense, you were in the territory where we were hunting. That's ours.”

A quick scan over the vicinity revealed the corpse of a 'Big Predfish', which was said to be extremely difficult to find, strewn across the ground. As it was a demon worth Level 3 Danger that appeared very rarely, they would never want to lose it.

'Hong Bi-Yeon...'

Eisel lightly bit her lip.

Since the enemy who killed her father was none other than the Magic Knights led by the older sister of Hong Bi-Yeon.

But, she didn't do anything stupid to reveal those feelings. It was still a time when she had to hide her fangs and hold her breath.

‘I wish I could pass by quietly…'

Although Edna and Hong Bi-Yeon were in the same Class S, there was a feeling of awkwardness for some reason.

However, there was a nosy person who couldn't let this situation go.

“Wait a minute, juniors! Let's calm down, haha."

It was Head Kashif.

“Oh, that bastard is really....”

"Hmm? What's wrong with him all of a sudden?"

Ben made an annoyed expression, and he couldn't understand the maniac's action.

It seemed that Stella's juniors, and even those who were quite beautiful, were fighting, so he just wanted to intervene.

"What's going on? If you have any concerns, let me know."

"Senior? Shut up and go on your way.”

“What, what…?”

Stella's hierarchical order must be maintained even if it was apocalypse, but there were exceptions.

Adolveit's princess was so ill tempered that she couldn't care less about a nosy senior who clearly seemed to lack wisdom. Edna didn't bother to say anything, but she didn't have a very friendly face either.

“You, what did you say to your senior?"

"Idiot."

The moment when Eisel was about to let out a deep sigh, wondering if the senior would come out unscathed, something happened.

An unknown, unpleasant sensation dominated her entire body.

She was trying to inform the trustworthy Ben of that strange sensation, but an anomaly occurred before that.

Crack! Crack!

Dozens of pure white remains of hands began to pierce the ground and reach out into the world!!

With that alone, anyone present could fully understand the situation.

“S-Skeleton...?”

It was the strongest and worst magic on earth, the necromancy, that made the traces of the dead live again in the world.