The Academy's Weakest Became A Demon-Limited Hunter

Chapter 33: Luce (1)

༺ Luce (1) ༻

The academy issued a statement to the students after the dueling evaluation was over; they were currently in the process of investigating the cause of the frequent appearance of demons, and would prepare the best safety measures to ensure that no students were harmed.

The curriculum proceeded as normal, as if nothing had happened. Some students protested that the academy was hiding something and demanded the truth, but they were in the minority.

'Of course, it's not a logical situation.'

An existence that threatens people's lives had appeared several times, yet the academy was going back to its normal operation even though a student or professor almost died.

Even if demons were regarded as natural disasters, it didn't make sense.

However, in reality, the board of directors, the principal, and the academic staff were working day and night to get the situation under control. Unless they had been living under a rock, there was no student who didn't know that fact.

However, by the end of the first semester of year 1 – the Thunderbird Subjugation – the matter would escalate and would become too big, forcing the Imperial Knights to eventually intervene.

And this served as an opportunity to bring together the so-called 'Golden Generation', which included a relatively insignificant princess, a saintess who handled divine power (physical), and a sociopathic priestess from the East. The princess had planned to enter the school from the beginning, the saintess came because of a sense of justice to face the darkness of this world... no, it was because of her love for winning. And then there was the priestess, who had a plan of her own.

I wasn't certain, but it appeared that those with special status or birth tended to have a peculiar way of thinking. If I survived, they, the Golden Generation, would become my juniors.

'But that's for later...'

What mattered now was that the original story had been greatly twisted.

During the dueling evaluation, the final boss of Act 6, Scene 3, Leafa the Illusive, appeared and because of his loose lips, he had leaked some crucial information to Professor Fernando.

The very existence of a 'mole'.

How did I, a commoner, know about this, you ask? Of course, I found out thanks to observing the main academy staff through [Psychological Insight] and it detailed 'Worried about the future because the demons have a mole at the academy.'

In that case, I should prepare for an IF scenario – when the truth that Alice is the 'mastermind' becomes revealed sooner than in the original scenario.

For reference, even Dorothy's [All in the World] couldn't discover that Alice was the person controlling everything from behind the scenes. It was because Alice had a unique trait called the [Red Queen's Paradox].

To conclude, no one could read Alice's psychology or essence.

'Anyway, I have to prepare for a situation where Alice's identity is revealed sooner than expected...'

「Rock Collapse (Rock Attribute, ★4)」

Koooong───!!

"Ugghh!!"

Aaaahh!!

It hurts!!

"I-I thought I told you to keep it within moderation, nothing higher than 3-stars...!"

The yellow glowing boulders slammed into my body, crashing into each other, causing an explosion of mana.

The impact sent my body tumbling across the grass before slamming into a tree.