Academy Munchkin Enslaved

38 – It was too much to catch them all at once.

‘This is not an ordinary monster attack. But that doesn’t mean it’s magic.’

An empty city and suddenly an attack raining down on me from all directions.

It was so fast that I couldn’t keep my eyes off it, but I calmly developed the thought acceleration and calculated the magic.

“Sylvoria’s Shield.”

There is at most one magic that can be calculated in that short moment.

Instead of worrying about what kind of magic I would use to defend against the attack, I instinctively wrapped an ice barrier around me like an igloo.

Tititing-

A resonating noise as soon as the magic is fully cast, like metal colliding.

Obviously the things that flew towards me were feathers, but their strength meant that they were more than metal.

The moment when you feel fortunate to have used physical defense.

If I tried to defend the feathers with magic like Flame Bastion, it was clear that those feathers would have stabbed me without burning.

I felt a strange sense of difference from the feathers, and I must have reacted to it instinctively.

-Hee hee hee. Smart. Is it because he is also a foreigner?

And then followed by the sound of playful laughter.

I slowly dispelled the spell.

“… Monster?”

And the scenery that came into my field of vision was about ten monsters looking down at me from the air.

No, it was a strange shape for a monster. It took the shape of a human from the face to the thighs, but it had wings instead of arms, and the lower thighs were like those of a bird.

“Harpy… ?”

To put it bluntly, it is the same form as the harpies that often appear in fantasy.

And when I read a book about demons in the library for a while, the harpies were also described.

And then, as if my guess was correct, the harpy with the biggest and most colorful wings let out a chuckle.

“Right! It’s been a while, but there’s a person who recognizes you. No, is this also a foreigner?”

“… How did you know I was from another world? Rather, did you all do this?”

“Don’t worry. Because he didn’t kill humans. Did you just cook it?”

For a long time, the demons did not appear on the continent, so they said they were almost forgotten.

However, along with the recent prophecy, strange phenomena have occurred all over the continent, so data on the demons have begun to be dug up again, and thanks to this, I have read books about the demons in my spare time.

It was purely out of curiosity, but I didn’t expect to meet them so quickly.

My plan was to return home before the demons invaded the continent in earnest.

“Then Miya is just sleeping somewhere… “

“That woman’s daughter? We already have him. My purpose is you.”

“… What?”

Harpies generally like to play pranks.

It is said that their songs have the effect of causing insanity.

They said it was also their job to put everyone in this city to sleep, so I thought that Miya was also sleeping somewhere in the city, but

According to that harpy, it seemed that Miya had already been kidnapped by them.

And seeing that I have a purpose, it means that they approached this city targeting Miya and me in the first place.

… But why?

Even if I said that, there would be no reason for Miya to be taken by demons.

“I want to go wild in my heart~ but I have to follow it quickly. You can’t increase the concentration of demonic energy too much already. Will you finish soon?”

A song that started at the same time as the harpy flapping its wings.

I quickly started calculating the mental system defense magic as I knew it.

In an instant, mana would hit the floor, but it was better than having your mind controlled.

Because mana can be recovered once you endure.

In the first place, I’ve never received a mental attack in real combat. They say that even in the world of adventurers, there is no time to receive a mental attack except when encountering a specific monster.

As I did not know the level of the harpy’s mental attack, I had no choice but to block all the gaps that would squeeze into my mind.

-… Over there!

And then other voices from far away.

It seemed that they were soldiers of the Dearheart family.

It was clear that he found me confronting the harpies and came running.

“Wait… Stop!”

However, there was no time to cast mental defense magic on them.

The sound of the song was already spreading, and it was clear that my cry had not been heard because it was buried in the sound of the song.

Because everyone was running towards this direction with an urgent look on their faces without knowing anything.

‘Ah, those assholes… ‘

Of course, I knew that they came running to protect me, but I couldn’t help but feel pitiful when I heard the harpies sing one by one.

In the meantime, I was still calculating the mental defense magic, so I couldn’t do this or that.

Only the dearhearted knights and wizards fell, and I was barely able to recover a certain level of mental barrier and mana beyond a certain level.

“What is this… Did you say Lee An-gun? What is this?”

However, among the troops of the House of Deerheart, there was one who was not affected by the Harpy’s song.

A person who is fine alone while most of the soldiers have collapsed and are showing abnormal reactions.

It was Heimd Barden, the leader of the Knights of the Deerheart family.

Did you say in the article that he is currently one of the best players?

I don’t know much about the power of Aura that knights use, but if I roughly compare it to a wizard, it seems that it can be said that it has reached the level of 6th tier magic.

It is said that he is capable enough to stand shoulder to shoulder with the emperor, but it made me realize how much of a monster the Duke of Dearheart, the head of the family he belongs to, is.

“I felt unusual energy in the city, so I went out myself, but they are something.”

“I am a demon. And, that song is an attack on the mental system. Are you okay, Captain?”

“It’s a mental attack… For some reason, I had a dangerous feeling, so I drove them to Auror. It was like that.”

I won with spirit, is this it?

If wizards train their brains to the limit, knights train their bodies to the limit through aura.

At the level of Heimd, it seems that he has an aura that can easily drive away mental attacks.

It’s an interesting power, so I’ll have to look into the knights later.

“My friend is being held by them. We need to get information.”

“It’s a demon… Got it. I will try.”

Even though he met an unknown enemy called the Demon, there was no fear in his eyes.

I wonder if he is one of the strongest knights.

Rather than fear, he seemed to have a burning will to fight even more in front of a strong enemy.

Literally an article. A tribe that puts a body completely different from that of a wizard.

“Stay back. He doesn’t seem like an easy opponent.”

He drew a huge sword and stepped in front of me.

I also wanted to be of some help, but for now, I decided to watch and support in case of an emergency.

Because his eyes looking at the harpies were infinitely serious.

He must have held a sword on the battlefield for many years longer than me.

In addition, among the knights of the continent, he is currently one of the beings who have reached the pinnacle.

The fact that he felt so threatened meant that those harpies could never win at my level right now.

“Ah- that’s annoying. I can’t even fight to my heart’s content. Would it be okay for a while? Guys?”

Nodding

As the harpy, who appears to be a captain, made a gesture of resting his chin as if in agony, the rest of the harpies nodded.

Judging from the conversations that have been going on so far, it seems that they also have limitations in using their powers.

“Isn’t it? Would that old man be okay? It can’t be helped~ That man looks pretty strong.”

Isn’t it?

“Keugh… this, what is this… !”

-Kyahahahahaha

The moment the leader of the harpies smiled wickedly.

The 10 harpies flapped their wings for an instant, and at the same time, a huge waterspout erupted from the floor.

“Keep it off… !”

A huge typhoon connecting heaven and earth.

The whirlwind that rose up in an instant grew in size as it gradually turned into a rougher one.

It was such a force that the ground shook and the building was about to be torn down.

For me right now, the only thing I could do was to wrap the buffs around and struggle to avoid being swept away by that whirlwind.

I didn’t even have the time to think about attacking the harpies.

However, Heimd is standing and looking at such a dragon uphill with a firm attitude.

It was so powerful that it seemed like it would be swept away at any moment, so his feet were firmly planted on the ground.

“… I don’t think it will end easily.”

Then he put on the helmet he was holding in his opposite arm.

And in an instant, at the same time, the armor that protected his body expanded tautly, and his size doubled.

No, it seemed like that.

A force distinctly different from mana. Perhaps the power of knights called Aura.

The aura was released from Heimd’s body at high density, and the aura wrapped around Heimd as if a layer of muscle was overlaid.

It was just releasing an aura, but his body looked so huge that he was overwhelmed.

“Pufu… Woo woo woo… “

And a huge deep breath that made the air rumble.

This time, for real, his ribcage visibly swelled, and as his ribcage grew, he slowly drew back his body and greatsword.

And the moment just before his waist bent like a bow in the reverse direction and the greatsword touched the floor.

“Haap!”

In an instant, along with a short and thick cry, his waist returned to its original direction, and the greatsword cut through the air in a large trajectory.

-Shiik

And the time seems to have slowed down as if it had accelerated the accident.

For a moment, I felt as if the flow of air had stopped, and after that momentary silence disappeared.

Kwagwagwagwagwang-

A huge red sword steel was released from his sword body, and the sword sword, which grew in size in an instant, cut the dragon current in half in just one blow.

“Eh?”

That wasn’t the end.

The place where his sword skill that connected heaven and earth passed.

Following that road, Heimd started to run.

He was so fast that it was unbelievable that the speed of that giant was fast. A speed that is already unimaginable for a human being.

Even though he didn’t receive any buff magic, he crossed the air in an instant with a speed as fast as the wind, with clean movements that made it hard to believe his huge body.

Peat-

And his greatsword cut through the air.

It seemed like an attack aimed at the harpies lined up in the air, but there was still a distance between them and the harpies.

But this time, the red sword blade shimmered along the spot where his sword passed, and it grew in size in an instant.

By the time the sword energy reached the harpies, it was like a whale opening its mouth.

The huge red sword steel bared its teeth to devour the harpies.

And the moment his aura reached the harps in an instant.

“Hmm.”

The harpies swung their wings in unison, and Heimd’s red aura scattered powerlessly into the air and disappeared.

“Aren’t you too greedy?”

“… After all, it was too much to catch them all at once.”

The harpies folded their wings, grabbed their stomachs, and giggled and laughed, while Heimd, on the other hand, frowned slightly.

“Let’s finish this quickly, guys!”

And then the harpies’ attack continued in reverse.

For Heimd, countless number of tens of thousands of feathers embroidered the sky.