The strongest sage of disqualified crest

Chapter 111 Second Academy, Fights Demon

"The road disappeared.... Shall we go back then?"

"Yes, I think we should. The other demons don't seem like they'll come even if we wait here anyway."

Alma and Ruli decided to go back to the capital.
The two then noticed something.

"Eh? The demons, so easily... and making magic circle by herself... Eh?"

Lilia has been frozen.
Ruli waves her hand in front of her, but there is no response.

"...What to do?"

"We're in the forest with monsters roaming around.... I think we should go back together."

After saying that, Ruli pokes at Lilia.
Lilia restarted from that.

"...Ha! I'm sorry! It was just too unreal so... I've got to do my job as a liaison, please excuse me!"

Lilia ran on the highway after saying that.

"Being a liaison sure is hectic...."

"She has to cover so much area and gather all the info after--!?"

Ruli who was going to reply to Alma got surprised about something and stopped speaking.
And then Alma also stops moving like Ruli did and asks a question.
No. Rather than a question, it's more like a confirmation.

"Did you notice just now?"

"Un. A huge mana was... That's the capital isn't it!?"

"I think so."

They felt a huge surge of mana from the direction of the capital.
This would have been fine if it was from the barrier, but intuitions of Alma and Ruli who had been staying close to Mathias and even fought with demons several times told them that the mana was of demons.

"Looks like we'd better return quick."

"Yes! Let's hurry!"

Thus, the two began to run to the capital.

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A bit later.
Ruli and Alma went to the school and straight to the dungeon.
Of course they're heading to Mathias.

"Mathi-kun!"

"Good work, you two. Looks like it went well."

"Un! But, right after that, mana, a huge surge of mana...."

"Ah. It appears they've gone and done the last resort."

Mathias replied Alma.

"....Last resort?"

"Yeah. A magic to travel over a long distance by sacrificing a demon's life. ...Well, demons know no such a thing as self-sacrifice so they most likely ganged up on the weakest among them and made it to be the sacrifice."

There is no need for consent to be a sacrifice of the transfer magic.
Thus, something like this can happen.

"Th-their own comrades..."

"I guess you could call it's really like demons... so then what should we do..."

Ruli asked for a way to deal with this even while being surprised.
Apparently, Ruli has gotten accustomed to the thought process of a combatant.

"As you can see, I can't take my hands off these--please buy a bit of time. Use this spell art to augment the arrow. I've told the school and the kingdom about the situation already, they should be cooperating with you."

Mathias drew a magic circle on the ground that was twice as complex as spell arts Ruli had done so far.
Moreover, this time they aren't going to shoot down demons that are in the middle of a transfer but challenging them head-on.