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A large number of centurions were deployed, and the battle entered a new phase.
Demon centurions.
A level that city guards and ordinary students would find difficult to handle.
However, they weren't a threat to the academy's faculty.
However, their numbers were greater than expected, and they frequently opened and disappeared into portals, making them quite difficult to deal with.
While they stirred up various parts of the battlefield, other demons frequently broke through the defense line and entered the city.
"Stop them! We have to stop them from entering the city no matter what!"
Chasing after and capturing such demons for the safety of the citizens caused the defense line to become disorganized again.
Efforts were being made to maintain the defense line, but the inside wasn't without damage.
A vicious cycle.
Meanwhile.
Davian and his friends were firmly defending the central part of the long front line.
Any demons that faced Davian's party, fighting in a wide triangular formation, were either killed or forced to flee.
There were a total of eight party members.
Davian and Bonita roamed freely among the demons, repeatedly joining and leaving the party.
Latia and Karin continuously unleashed powerful magic attacks.
Nubes and Velum focused on protecting the mage party members without recklessly joining the attacks.
Luna used her wide-range movement ability enhancement magic, which she had recently become fully accustomed to, and immediately poured out healing magic whenever Velum or Nubes was injured.
And Liber.
Perhaps for the first time in human history.
He was succeeding in casting mental magic on demons.
"Wow! It worked! It worked!"
A demon creaked and turned around.
Velum shouted.
"Amazing, Liber? Now attack! Send out mana!"
Liber, who had been groaning for a moment, opened his mouth.
"Um... it's too different from humans. All I can do is make it move awkwardly."
"Then make it wildly swing the sword in its right hand!"
"No... I think I'm starting to understand something... just a moment."
He had confirmed for himself that he could cast mental magic on demons after several attempts.
He deliberately targeted a seemingly strong demon and barely succeeded in casting mental magic on it.
It was the one that had been sending out terrifying mana towards the city guards.
However, holding a large sword in one hand made it look like the demon Davian.
So, he deliberately chose this one and properly cast mental magic on it.
But the internal structure was too different from humans, and he couldn't figure out how to emit mana.
'I think I'm starting to understand... something, something a little more...'
But who was Liber?
He was a genius with one of the best brains in the continent.
'Is it like this...?'
It was a fairly strong demon that he had barely caught.
If it got sliced by another demon, it would all be for nothing.
'Like this?'
Something seemed to be on the verge of being solved.
'If I stimulate here?'
Then.
콰과과과과.
Black mana erupted from the hands of the demon that had been mentally controlled.
However, because it couldn't fully control its body yet, the demon's arms inflated and deflated haphazardly like ownerless balloons, shaking here and there.
Meanwhile, the jet-black mana was shot out randomly, exploding and piercing the bodies of the demons around it.
촤르륵!
Davian, who had quickly returned, created a large ice barrier in front of the party.
"Liber! Can't you control it properly?"
"Ah... that's... wait. I think I'm starting to understand now."
Nubes shouted.
"Huh? Huh? At this rate, the mana will fly towards the city guards!"
The demon's arm, shaking like a deflated balloon, began to point towards the right, where the city guards were.
"Oh well. I knew it."
Bonita, who sighed briefly, leaped to cut off the demon's arm.
Then.
우뚝.
The demon's arm stiffened.
Bonita, who was about to cut down the arm that had been swaying back and forth, stopped her sword and turned around.
Liber smiled and made a V-sign with his hand.
"Liber Specula's Demon Puppet Making. Complete success."
콰과과과!
The demon puppet, now moving its arms according to Liber's will, unleashed mana to its heart's content at its own kind.
Luna next to him couldn't help but admire.
"Wow... Liber. Amazing."
"What's this little thing? Puhaha."
일렁.
The space right next to the puppet demon opened, and a demon that appeared to be a centurion emerged halfway, slicing the puppet in half with a single blow.
Liber, who was enraged, shouted.
"That bastard! How could he destroy the puppet I just finished!"
The centurion glared at Liber once and then tried to return to the space.
쑤욱, 쾅!
Davian used telekinesis to pull the demon centurion out of the opening in space and slammed it into the ground.
"Latia! Karin! Use telekinesis to bind this guy!"
"Huh? Okay!"
Latia and Karin activated telekinesis to grab the centurion's body.
Bonita approached.
"Why? Why didn't you just cut it down after pulling it out?"
Davian turned his head to look at Liber and then pointed with his chin at the centurion who was being crushed on the ground.
"Make a new one with this."
Joy filled Liber's eyes.
"Oh! Thank you, Davian!"
Centurion.
A commander who leads a thousand demons.
For the first time in the history of the demon realm and the human realm.
It was a historic moment when a human was making a demon centurion into a puppet.
However, not all defense lines were as solid as the central part where Davian's party was.
There were too many demons.
Far more demons had died than humans, but the demon army still overwhelmed with an absurd number.
It wasn't just the numbers.
The skills of the demons varied greatly, and some of them had already covered their bodies with the blood of dozens of humans.
In fact.
It was a desperate situation.
Davian, who was firmly defending the center of the defense line, was well aware of this fact.
'There are too many.'
It was on a different level from the demon waves he had experienced in his 3rd playthrough.
Of course, the numbers might have been similar back then.
But back then, he had to face the demons that had completely surrounded the academy, so it was difficult to even grasp the exact number of demons like he could now.
The problem was the level of the demons.
The level was too different from the demons he had experienced in his 3rd playthrough.
'The legion commander Obilio must be at the very back.'
He even considered breaking through the demon army alone and going to the legion commander.
But.
He couldn't act so recklessly without knowing the exact skills of the legion commander and the still unappeared captains.
Besides, it was doubtful whether he could break through the many demons that filled the field alone.
'But if I stay like this...'
The defense line that was barely holding on was weakening due to the continuous casualties.
As the number of personnel decreased, the length of the defense line also shortened little by little.
On the other hand, the number of demons pouring in increased.
Now, they were surrounded on three sides by demons.
콰과과과!
Davian widely scattered mana swords.
Most of the demons in the front exploded, but.
Demons kept pouring in endlessly from behind.
'Should I use the Wave of Fire to prevent them from approaching and reorganize the defense line?'
The skill Wave of Fire, which can be used once a day.
Using it now would buy him some time to reorganize the defense line.
But after 60 minutes, the same situation would eventually continue.
Perhaps Davian would just lose one of his last resorts.
'The situation is not easy.'
화르륵! 쾅!
He fired a fireball to explode a demon's head.
촤악!
He cut off a demon's arms and legs with an ice sword.
콰과과과!
He launched a mana sword, but.
He couldn't defeat tens of thousands of demons alone.
Davian wouldn't be defeated by the demons, but while he was doing this, the city would be completely destroyed.
And maybe even the academy would be destroyed.
"This won't do."
Bonita, who had pierced a demon's stomach, turned her head.
"Huh? Davian, what did you say?"
"This won't do. We can't stop the demon wave like this. Bonita, don't go too far with your attacks and take care of the others. I'll go see the headmaster."
Bonita nodded briefly.
"Okay."
Then.
The centurion who had been held by Latia and Karin suddenly stood up.
Of course, this was after Latia and Karin had released the telekinesis according to Liber's signal.
"The centurion is coming through!"
With Liber's shout.
쿠아아앙!
Powerful mana swept the front.
The mana of a centurion who commands a thousand demons.
It was a powerful mana that ordinary demons couldn't withstand.
Davian smiled and shook his head.
"Amazing, Liber. Bonita! I'll be back."
"Okay, don't worry about here."
Davian, who nodded, leaped forward.
Davian's trait 'Leader's Dignity' would soon end, and the party member's combat power 20 percent buff would end, but.
His friends wouldn't be affected by his brief absence.
They were Davian's friends who had grown more reliable than anyone else.
"Headmaster!"
"Davian, you've come. The situation is not good."
"Yes. That's why I came to tell you something."
촤악.
A clean swordsmanship that was hard to believe from an old man.
The neck of the demon that was approaching from the right fell off.
"What do you have to say?"
"Would you like to party with me?"
Headmaster Hugo Molton stopped in his place and stared intently at Davian.
"What did you say?"
"I'm asking if you'd like to form a party with me. It would be even better if the Head of the Swordsmanship Department and the Head of the Magic Department joined us. Oh, and Professor Stella too."
Tens of thousands of demons were pouring in to destroy the city.
The old man, Headmaster Hugo Molton, standing in the middle of the battlefield, laughed heartily.
"A party... it's been a long time since I've heard that word. Okay, what do you want to do by forming a party?"
"Even if the defense line isn't pushed back as it is, we won't be able to stop the demons from continuing to advance beyond the defense line."
"I see it that way too."
"Or the defense line could completely collapse."
"I'm worried about that too."
Perhaps the defense line here had already collapsed during his 3rd playthrough.
And then he had completely surrendered Elton City to the demons.
"Let's go shake up the command center."
"The command center? Are you saying we should go to the demon legion commander who's behind us?"
"Yes."
"I've thought about that too, but... it's too dangerous."
"Are you talking about here?"
Headmaster Hugo Molton nodded.
It wasn't that he was worried about being surrounded by demons and being in danger.
Hugo Molton was worried about how long the defense line could be maintained when they were gone.
Davian looked up at the sky.
The battle with the demons had already lasted for more than two hours.
The sun, which had been at the top of his head, was now quite far to the west.
"Don't worry, it's almost time."
"What time are you talking about?"
Then.
Leo Martian, the Head of the Swordsmanship Department, brought Professor Stella Cloud to see the headmaster.
"Headmaster! Stella and I will break through the demons and attack the legion commander ourselves! At this rate, it's only a matter of time before the defense line is pushed back."
"I was just talking about that with Davian."
다그닥, 다그닥.
Sirims, the Head of the Magic Department, who had been riding his horse and running around the back of the battlefield, also approached.
"Headmaster. We have to do something right away. At this rate..."
Hugo Molton turned to look at the people who had suddenly gathered.
They were exactly the people Davian had suggested forming a party with a little while ago.
'Is this a coincidence, or is it Davian's unknown power?'
Whether it was a trick of fate.
Or Davian's ability.
Anyway, they had all suddenly gathered.
The strongest party members of the current Elton Academy.
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