Magic Chronicles : Fallen Race

Sophia seemed to have finally seen her savior.

"Teacher, you must have some way to keep these skeleton monsters from approaching, right?"

"Let's run, quickly! Hurry Teacher! There are more and more skeletons! If we don't run now, it'll be too late!!"

"Teacher, I'm talking to you. Do you hear me? You hear me, right? Run!!"

Seeing the little princess's nervousness, Reji was quite surprised.

He hadn't expected the first one to notice him and know to come to him for help would be Sophia.

"Miss Sophia, you can run by yourself, don't worry about me."

Reji shook his head.

The little princess had once invited him over, probably wanting to set some sort of trap for him.

But after all, she hadn't done anything substantial to harm him, so Reji's attitude towards Sophia was coldly neutral.

Suggesting Sophia to leave quickly.

To die far away.

Just phrased more politely.

Unexpectedly, once again, to Reji's surprise, upon hearing that he wasn't planning to run, she didn't foolishly run off by herself. Instead, as if clinging to him, she also decided to stay.

"Miss Sophia?"

"No! I won't go! Teacher must have some way, I know it! You, you're very smart, you must understand these skeleton monsters!

Please, Teacher, save me... save me, and I'll give you a lot, whatever you want, I can give it to you!"

Maybe it was the kick from the Five Flowers Alliance thug, or being treated so roughly by them, that actually managed to kick the once arrogance and nobility out of the little princess.

Even possibly kicked her brain back into place.

Now, Sophia was desperately pleading with Reji, determinedly not leaving his side, refusing to run off by herself even though new skeletons were continuously entering the venue every moment.

She seemed to have realized that Reji didn't like her, so she merely pleaded without trying to hug or cling to him.

Sophia just braved her fear, shrinking into a corner slightly behind Reji, trembling.

What will happen next to her...

Well, he didn't care.

The bloodshed in the venue now had entered an intense phase, the thugs of the Five Flowers Alliance, who were the hunters before, became prey just like the royalty and nobles.

Even they could not withstand it; the skeleton soldiers, with their resistance to magic and almost no sense of pain, began to suffer heavy casualties. Most people had already lost the will to fight and wanted to escape.

But those who panicked and tried to flee ended up being surrounded by the skeleton soldiers without realizing it and were chopped to death in the chaos.

Now, the ones who could survive were those who grouped together in sevens or eights, backing each other up in formation. Only in this way could they barely resist the skeleton soldiers.

Of course, there were exceptions.

Like the dazzling Vielsia.

Among all the people in the venue who had managed to hold on until now, Vielsia was undoubtedly the most deserving of credit.

It could be said that nearly half of the skeleton soldiers' attention was attracted by her, as spell after spell of the third tier was launched from Vielsia's hands to resist the skeletons.

She was like an army of one.

To her left and right, hundreds of nobles and royals who had fled to her side treated Vielsia as their savior.

It was not hard to see that more and more nobles, upon discovering such a "hero," were desperately trying to run to Vielsia's side.

As a result, naturally, more and more skeleton soldiers were drawn over.

Although Vielsia was still managing easily for now, it's uncertain what would happen later.

"Miss Sophia, how about going to my student's side? She is so powerful; she will definitely be able to escort you safely out."

Reji, who had been paying attention to Vielsia, was like a whispering demon, persuading the little princess once again.

However,

Sophia hesitated for a moment before shaking her head frantically.

Even though it seemed indeed safer over at Vielsia's side.

But wasn't it safe here as well?

Even though they were in a corner and indeed inconspicuous, so far, not a single skeleton had come close.

Moreover, Sophia, whose attention was incredibly focused on surviving, discovered that it seemed every skeleton that had intended to come this way, upon reaching a certain critical range, would suddenly seem to realize something and change direction.

'That's right,'

'There can't be a mistake!'

'Although this teacher's strength is lacking, he is after all capable of being the tutor to that third-tier mage; there must be something outstanding and powerful about him, perhaps in researching these strange and bizarre creatures!'

'If I wanted to survive, I must follow him!!'

'Sigh'

Reji sighed.

It wasn't that he had no way to deal with Sophia, who had fixed her choice on him.

It was more of a feeling that even this little princess could grow up and become smarter, so why was his own idiot student, Vielsia, still such a fool?

Growth comes from pain.

Just like how the demons, after being tormented by the hero, learned pain and became exceedingly cautious and careful.

Just like how Sophia, after being brutally kicked by thugs and crying out in agony, came to realize the reality that she was nothing but worthless.

The elf girl should be the same.

'However, pain does not necessarily have to be physical'

'It can also be mental~'

Reji, observing another group of adventurers who had also noticed him and were heading his way, already had an idea in mind.

"Quick, keep up! Luna! Flame Strike, towards six o'clock!"

With his robust body, Sea Tiger wielded a great sword, flipping over a skeleton blocking the way, while behind him, a searing flame, after a brief buildup, hit precisely a skeleton in the blind spot of Sea Tiger's vision, behind him.

With such tacit cooperation and many more like it, if there was one group among the adventurers that was still entirely alive, without any casualties, it would probably be the A-rank mercenary group the Eagle.

They truly lived up to their A-rank status, with each member remaining calm in the face of danger and working together under the lead of Sea Tiger and with the support of the mage Luna, they even managed to gain the upper hand against the skeleton soldiers for a time.

But it definitely wouldn't last in the long run.

Sea Tiger was urgently looking for a breakthrough. He naturally noticed Vielsia's location, but after seeing the large group of nobles protected by Vielsia, Sea Tiger frowned deeply.

Sea Tiger shifted his gaze, looking for another person, and soon, his eyes lit up when he spotted Reji in the corner.

At this moment, Reji gave Sea Tiger the impression of being simply an observer.

An outsider in this bloody and murderous feast.

Years of experience as an adventurer and honed intuition sharply told Sea Tiger that if he wanted to survive, he had to go to that Teacher!

"Hurry! Follow me!!"

Gritting his teeth, Sea Tiger led the Eagle Mercenary Group not to break out but to fight their way back in, towards Reji's location.

It was very difficult at first.

But as they got closer to Reji, whether it was Sea Tiger's illusion or not, it became easier, and the skeleton soldiers became fewer and fewer.

Until finally, when they completely reached Reji's side, Sea Tiger was ready to quickly defend and counterattack and apologize to Reji for bringing the skeletons over when, in fact, the adventurers of the Eagle Mercenary Group were stunned.

'Where are the skeletons?'

'Why did they all turned back?'