(Back to the other students)
Boom!
A blast of fire magic successfully hit and killed the Undead.
Louisa: "Good, that's the fifth one, now for the rest..." Louisa said while counting how many Undead remained.
They managed to defeat 5 Undead Mages, 1 Undead Berserker, and 3 Undead Knights.
However, the problem was that they were all exhausted, due to the sudden increase in enemy strength, making the situation even more serious than usual.
The only strategy Louisa could think of was to defend.
However, one of the students from Louisa's Dralan Club appeared and informed Louisa of something.
Unio Student, Dralan Club: "Princess! This is a big problem! The Necromancer summoned the Lord of the Undead to aid him in fighting Wim and Lucius!"
Louisa: "...What?!"
It was a huge problem, a disaster, even.
Wim and Lucius had to face the Necromancer, who was now accompanied by the Lord of the Undead.
Louisa: "Can the two of them defeat him?... No, that's impossible..." she thought.
In terms of strength, Wim and Lucius were below the Undead Lord, a Level 6 monster.
Added to that the Necromancer, a Level 5 Dark Arcane who could control monsters of a higher level, the difference was stark.
In fact, this battle could be compared to a mouse fighting a vicious cat.
But there was no other way to stop them now, as they had to focus on what was in front of them.
Dralan Union Club Student: "Princess..."
Louisa: "...There's no other way, we have to finish this right now!"
The group members raised their trembling hands at Louisa's firm words. However, they could see how much Mana they had left, and their hands were no longer shaking. It might have been their first time in real combat, but it was a good thing they had survived this far.
Meanwhile, the other group was still holding on.
Morian used her lightning magic to finish off the Undead Knights. Destroying one Undead Knight
Kurreung… Kwaauk!!
One Undead Knight is down, but there are still two remaining.
Berserker Undead: "Roaaar!!"
Morian: "!"
Ken & Edward: "Morian!!"
However, the Berserker Undead started attacking Morian while he was off guard. Luckily, Ken and Edward came to hold him off, even though they looked battered.
Edward: "Are you okay?"
Morian: "I'm fine."
Ken: "Then, please help us now, human. I can't hold on much longer."
Morian: "I should be the one saying that."
Kwaang!!
A lightning strike knocked the Berserker Undead back, but he still managed to hold on.
Morian, Edward, and Ken now looked exhausted. Judging by their slightly labored breathing, their trembling hands as they held their wands, and their wounds from the previous battle, they were about to fall.
However, thanks to their dedication to getting back up, they were still able to stand and prepare for the final blow.
Berserker Undead: "Roaaaarrr!"
The Berserker Undead began to roar like an animal and charged towards them with all its might.
Most likely, the Undead wanted to deliver the final blow.
Closer, closer, and closer...
Suddenly, the Berserker Undead lost its balance in its run and fell to the ground.
Bruuk!
Morian Edward Ken: "...Huh?"
Sensing something was wrong, they slowly began to approach the Undead.
Edward: "...He... Isn't moving?" he asked when he saw that the Undead was no longer standing.
However, it wasn't just the Berserker Undead; the other Undead also stopped moving and collapsed to the ground, as if their Summoning spell had been stopped.
Benny: "This... can't be..."
Then they all began to gather back to the center, noticing that all the Undead there had collapsed and couldn't move anymore.
At that moment,
They saw two figures approaching them.
It was two Unio students who had come from the Necromancer's battle.
Wim and Lucius.
From this scene, they could only conclude that:
Wim and Lucius had defeated the Necromancer and the Undead Lord.
After confirming this fact, they heard someone fall to the ground. They acted like dominoes in a chain, and a series of voices rang out.
Everyone: "... We're safe!"
They cheered their victory, some crying, others hugging and rejoicing.
Now, everything was fine. They were fine.
Meanwhile, Lucius and Wim managed to regroup with the others.
Everyone was shocked by their condition.
Lucius was quite badly injured, but Wim was even more so.
Even Lucius himself tried to carry Wim, who appeared to be unconscious.
Lucius: "Everyone... Please help me."
They all began to help Lucius lay down the badly injured Wim.
Lucius: "Be careful."
Luna and Maria came to Wim's side and began using their healing spells to try and save him.
Maria: "Huh...?"
Luna: "What's wrong, Maria?" she asked, noticing Maria feeling something strange.
Maria: "This is so strange. The outside looks like it's healed. But the inside..." she said, confused, as she looked at Wim's wound.
The external wound had healed, but the internal wound still looked damaged, as if something was trying to cover it.
Louisa came quickly, her usually calm face now showing concern as she approached Lucius.
Louisa: "Lucius, what hurt Wim?"
Lucius: "...It's a lead shot wound."
Their eyes widened as Hearing this, Louisa said, "We need a medical team immediately! If the bullet is made of pure lead, even magic can't remove it! It'll require manual surgery!"
Morian said, "Then we have to get out of this cemetery now." He continued.
Finally, they all agreed to leave the cemetery immediately and take Wim to the academy's medical team.
But before they could continue their journey, the ground around them shook again. From behind the thick fog that still hung over the cemetery, came the sound of roaring and heavy footsteps. From within the open tombs and cracked graves, new creatures emerged, wild monsters, not undead, but monsters from the Ullanor cemetery, such as Leuk, Fangire, and other monsters they had never encountered before.
Benny: "Damn, we're already exhausted by that Necromancer, now we have to face these monsters!" he protested, already exhausted after defeating the Necromancer.
But they had no choice but to fight again.
Louisa: "Everyone, get ready!" she said, raising her staff again. Although her knees were shaking, she remained resolute.
The horde of monsters began to slowly approach, while the students prepared to face them.
Sweat poured from their bodies, their knees and hands trembling. But they had to stay strong, because they had to get out of this cursed cemetery soon.
They were getting closer, only a few more meters—
Bang!
The sound of gunfire pierced the air.
One of the monsters in the front row had its head blown off, its body collapsing to the ground with a large hole in its forehead. Everyone turned toward the sound, and from behind the fog, a red flash of gunfire appeared, followed by a line of heavily armed men emerging from the cemetery gate.
It was Instructor Kryuger who fired the first shot, followed by the troops behind him
The black-armored troops, wearing helmets with red visors and wielding sophisticated Magitek weaponry, were the Arbiters.
Then, troops wearing the uniform of the Military Academy called the Steel Academy also joined in.
Kryuger: "Destroy all the monsters in the way and protect the Students!"
Everyone: "Roger!"
Then the Arbiters and Steel Academy troops began firing their Magitek firearms and magic at the horde of monsters.
Fwooh! Bang! Bang! Boom!
Firing projectile magic in the form of bullets of fire and light, destroying the line of monsters approaching from all directions.
The monsters didn't sit idly by, attacking the Arbiters and the Steel Academy troops as well, but they were held back by the ranks of the Riot Arbiters.
The Riot Arbiters continued to hold off the horde of monsters with their Riot shields, while repelling them with their Magitek Lightning Maces to give their allies time to attack.
Explosion after explosion shook the ground. The sound of magic and gunfire mingled into a symphony of war. The air trembled, and red-orange light illuminated the cemetery, which had now become a blazing battlefield.
This looked like a real war.
Kryuger: "Charge! Clear this area! Don't leave a single monster behind!" He shouted.
Kryuger charged forward, wielding both his weapons: a katana-shaped longsword and a pistol.
He swung his sword, severing the neck of a Hollow Beast that attempted to attack him from the right side. He then fired twice without looking back, then knocked out another creature that leaped toward one of the students with a swing of his Dimension Cutter magic.
Ken: "Wow!"
Mella: "Absolutely unbelievable."
Ken: "So this is the power of the Arbiters?"
The students, watching this, were amazed by the power of Instructor Kryuger, along with the Arbiters and the Steel Academy.