Hate me, Miss Witch

Chapter 26 All eyes are on me (three-in-one)

The flames soaring into the sky dyed the dim sky on the outskirts of the imperial capital red.

Outside Saint Laurent College, Kahn, the dean of the Alchemy School, looked at the huge wall of fire rising into the sky, cutting off the student dormitory area from the outside world, with worried eyes.

"Where are the principal and vice principal?"

"The principal has not been back to school for two years. No one knows where he is now."

A dusty tutor wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied: "The vice-principal said three months ago that he was going to the star realm to find the cubs of the world-traversing beast. Now he should be lost in some dimensional rift."

"What about the branch deans of other colleges?"

"Some are out on academic projects, some are on exchange visits with the vassal alliance, and one seems to be participating in a multi-person sports... Noble banquet, he probably won't be able to come back in a short time."

The young instructor glanced at Branch Dean Kahn cautiously: "Now in the entire academy, Professor Kahn, the only four-ring master present."

"These ignorant old bastards!"

Professor Kahn cursed angrily and crushed the wooden staff in his hand.

Of course, he also knew that he couldn't blame his colleagues for this matter.

Under normal circumstances, even if those secretive organizations wanted to make some big news, they would never choose to come to the imperial capital to cause trouble.

This is the core hub of the entire Foresta Empire, filled with powerful people.

Even if those thugs really succeeded in causing trouble, it would be difficult for them to escape from the imperial border while being pursued and intercepted by the strong men of the imperial capital.

It is a loss-making business that injures the enemy eight hundred and loses one thousand.

In contrast, those border cities with chaotic security, few powerful people, and close proximity to the border where one could easily escape to the Lost Realm were undoubtedly better choices for trouble spots.

For this reason, Saint Laurent College has never had such a vicious violent incident since its establishment. Naturally, there is no sense of crisis or vigilance at all. The defensive measures in the school can be described as a complete face-saving project.

But who knew that it would be the Ashes Order who came this time.

Compared to other taboo organizations classified as heretics by the Theocracy, the Order of Ashes can only be regarded as quite satisfactory in terms of size and number of strong men.

However, they have one biggest characteristic -

That means you have a strong head.

Other taboo organizations will also consider impact and loss when acting in order to preserve their own strength, avoid losses to high-level powerhouses, and pursue maximization of interests.

But the Ashes Order, a bunch of arsonists who shout "burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, and burn"—you never consider such things as battle loss ratio.

Even if captured, these arsonists would just shout Anhura Akbar and Ryusei Ichijo before turning themselves into a giant bouquet of fireworks.

It can be said to be a complete self-destruction truck, and everyone dislikes it.

No matter how powerful a force is, they can only secretly curse their bad luck when encountering the Ashes Order.

Professor Kahn lost control of his emotions for a moment.

But he soon calmed down his emotions and looked solemnly into the distance.

He could feel that a vague spiritual power had locked onto him.

Patriarch of the Order of Ashes.

As the only fourth ring present, the opponent had been targeting him from the beginning.

Although he hadn't taken action yet, the cold feeling made Professor Kahn feel like a light on his back. He knew that the patriarch might launch an attack at any time.

This is also the reason why Professor Kahn did not take action to crack the flame circle.

His intuition told him that even though he was in the fourth ring, he, a professor who taught and educated people all year round, was no match for the murderous patriarch.

"It seems that we can only continue to drag on in this stalemate. This is the Imperial Capital, and time is on our side."

"Unfortunately, Professor Kahn, time is not on our side."

A steady voice sounded. This was a middle-aged man wearing a military uniform with a resolute and solemn face. The collar of the military uniform was engraved with a black vulture pattern.

Behind him, a huge beholder was floating in mid-air.

The hundreds of tentacles were waving in the void, and the mental power fluctuations slightly shook the surrounding air. They should be using some kind of large-scale perception type skill.

The officer waved his hand, and a blurry screen of light appeared, showing the scene perceived by the demon beast in his eyes.

I only saw dozens of thugs wearing black robes and holding sickles patrolling the central square of the dormitory area that was blocked by a wall of fire.

In the four corners of the square, hundreds of students staggered to the ground.

However, apart from being restrained by hemp ropes, there were no casualties. Most of the students did not even have minor wounds on their bodies.

In the center of the square, a dark altar was being quickly built.

From time to time, pitch-black illusory fireworks puffed up in the sky above the altar and dispersed into the surrounding fire wall, serving as the eye of the formation to support the existence of the sealing fire formation.

Deeper inside the altar, there seems to be some deeper evil force gestating.

Even just looking at it through the projection light screen made the professors present feel a chill.

"These arsonists should be preparing to use these students in the dormitory area as sacrifices to launch a fire ceremony."

The middle-aged officer's voice was calm: "According to the magic power fluctuations detected by the beholder, once the fire ceremony is completed, at least half of Saint Laurent Academy will cease to exist due to the power it unleashes."

Seeing the arrival of the officers, Professor Kahn couldn't help but feel relieved: "Lieutenant Colonel Sieg, you are here...and other support..."

The middle-aged officer named Sieg glanced at Professor Kahn and shook his head: "I am the only fourth-ring supporter."

"After learning the news here, the great nobles of the imperial capital put great pressure on the military and the command bureau, requiring all available forces to strictly defend the main city, especially the upper city where they live, and prevent Invasion of all cultists.”

"In a short period of time, there should be no more support from the Imperial Capital."

A trace of astonishment flashed across Professor Kahn's face: "However, the Ashes Order is clearly a provocation to the majesty of the empire..."

"Of course we will respond in the most serious manner to the empire's provocations."

"However, for those great nobles, the best choice to fight back is undoubtedly to beat up the drowned dog when the opponent escapes, rather than actively stepping into the trap arranged by the opponent at this time."

Lieutenant Colonel Sieg looked at the astonished Professor Kahn in front of him and shook his head slightly.

He didn't say everything fully.

In fact, the great nobles in the imperial capital were already mentally prepared to sacrifice Saint Laurent College in this incident.

Of course, if the hostages locked up in the academy this time included the children of the nobles, the situation would naturally be very different——

It is entirely possible to force the military headquarters and the command bureau to use all their strength, or even mobilize private armed forces secretly controlled by the nobles to come to the rescue.

However, the time of the Ashes Order's attack was well chosen. It happened to be at sunset, and the noble children who were originally studying at Saint Laurent Academy had already returned to their mansions in the imperial capital.

Those who are still in the academy are basically civilian students who are helpless in the imperial capital.

For the great nobles in the imperial capital——

They have no background and can only be regarded as a group of civilians with some talent at best.

Instead of forcibly rescuing the opponent when he knew that there was a strong person with the fourth ring, he might even lose the power of his master beast master in the opponent's counterattack.

On both sides of such a scale, one can draw conclusions about which is more important without even looking at it.

After hearing what the officer said, Professor Kahn was silent for a moment.

After a long time, he spoke again: "Lieutenant Colonel Sieg, you and I will join hands to confront the Patriarch..."

"It's hard."

Lieutenant Colonel Sieg's voice was still serious: "According to my perception, he is at the high level of the fourth ring, at the same level as me, and he should not be an ordinary person among the patriarchs of the Ashes Order."

"With you as a fourth-level midfielder, it's not difficult to suppress him and gain the upper hand, but it's extremely difficult to win quickly within half an hour."

"According to the fluctuations detected by the beholder, the internal sacrificial ceremony should be completed within twenty minutes. By then, even if we defeat the patriarch, it will be of no avail."

"But no matter what, as a member of the military, I have to try."

The middle-aged officer summoned a giant bear-like pet beside him: "Actually, besides this, there is another way to break the situation."

"The Patriarch of the Ashes Order is held on the outside by us, and the arsonists inside the Fire Wall are the second ring."

"If the students of your school are strong enough, they may have the opportunity to destroy the altar from the inside. This will not only prevent the sacrifice ceremony from continuing, but also break the blockade fire formation, allowing the army and mentors to enter and rescue the hostages."

"Students inside..."

Professor Kahn's gray eyebrows wrinkled, and then a hint of joy appeared on his wrinkled old face: "Although many senior students have gone out to perform tasks, I remember that the most elite members of the student union just returned."

As he spoke, his eyes suddenly lit up as he looked at the beholder detection screen: "Do it!"

Behind Professor Kahn, illusory light spots in three colors of red, blue and green suddenly appeared.

The points of light quickly condensed and turned into humanoid creatures with tiny wings.

It is an elemental fairy with three attributes: fire, wind and thunder.

And it is different from the general commander-level elemental fairies. The shape of the elemental fairies summoned by Professor Kahn is clearer, and there is already a prototype of a crown on its head.

This shows that his three elemental elves have reached the fourth level and can be called fairy kings.

The three-color light spots condensed rapidly, then turned into beams of light, shooting towards the wall of fire.

On the other side, the giant bear summoned by Lieutenant Colonel Sieg also stood up and let out a deafening roar, and a circle of earthy yellow halo spread out.

boom--

A giant with lava flowing all over his body appeared in the flames, and his fist wrapped in lava struck the oncoming elemental wave.

The elemental wave was broken, but the lava giant also shook a few steps, and the dark volcanic rock on his body cracked.

In a very short period of time, the three master-level beast masters became one and the same. …

And on the other side of the wall of fire.

Almost at the same time, the three strong men with four rings on the outside started fighting.

Several students who had been disgraced and camouflaged among the captives suddenly rose up.

One after another, the figures of mighty pet beasts appeared, carrying a powerful aura, revealing their master's identity as a second-ring beast master.

Those who can be promoted to mid-level beast masters as students of the Extraordinary Academy are all outstanding students.

They are all members of the Saint Laurent College Student Union. They have fought side by side many times and performed many difficult missions of the Adventurers Association.

This time, he discovered the altar, which was the key to defeating the enemy, early on, so he deliberately pretended to be a prisoner and quietly sneaked into the vicinity of the dark altar.

Then, after communicating with each other with their eyes, they cooperated and launched an offensive towards the dark altar.

Holy chants sounded behind them, accompanied by pure beams of light.

Astonishingly, Diris summoned her pure white unicorn, and each of the auxiliary strengthening skills was added to their pet beasts, making the attacks of those pet beasts much more powerful.

This sudden change made all the students present, as well as the external instructors who were using detection skills to investigate, refreshed and looked expectant.

Mature thoughts, sharp tactics, and tacit cooperation.

There are also enhanced BUFF bonuses.

This is the elite of Saint Laurent Academy!
  Break the crisis of Saint Laurent College, become the hero to save the college, and have the opportunity to bathe in flowers, glory, applause and cheers right now!
  However, it was beyond everyone's expectations.

At the moment when the attacks of those pet beasts were about to fall on the dark altar.

Wisps of black flames that seemed to swallow up the light quietly emerged around the altar.

then.

In an instant.

Almost all the pet beasts who approached the altar erupted in shrill wails, and their flesh and blood were burned and corroded.

Even if their master immediately took back the soul contract space, they could barely hold on for a breath.

And the pain that came back from the pet beast through the soul contract made those students turn pale and fell into a coma.

A few seconds.

The student union elite, who had high hopes from everyone, completely announced that they would be thrown into the street and would not be able to make a comeback.

……

"Hahahahaha... Do you really think that we, the Ashes Order, are all brainless lunatics, just showing off a flaw for you to hit?"

"The altar is suppressed by the Lord's token, how can ants like you be able to destroy it?"

Arrogant laughter came from the group of black-robed thugs, and an arsonist who looked like a leader emerged from the crowd.

His undisguised power made all the captive students present feel their hearts sink.

Three rings!

High-level beast master!
  And it’s not the first time.

In addition to the patriarch outside, there is actually such a strong person hidden among the arsonists this time.

Intermediate beast masters are already the limit for school students. The third ring seems to be a bit out of reach for them. They are enough to serve as generals in the military.

This is not just the difference in the number of soul contracts plus one, but also the difference in the upper limit of the growth level of the pet beast from the extraordinary level to the command level.

An almost insurmountable chasm.

The leader of the arsonists glanced around.

Then, he stayed on top of Diris, whose mental power was exhausted and turned pale due to the release of multiple auxiliary skills in the crowd.

He raised the sickle and pointed it at Diris's swan-like white neck, with a ferocious and ugly smile on his lips.

"I heard that pure white unicorns only make contracts with virgin girls."

"Such a pure soul should be very suitable as the Lord's first sacrifice."

……

"Asshole, let go of President Diris!"

"Stop! You will be judged for your atrocities!"

Seeing Diris who was still stubbornly refusing to bow to the leader of the arsonists with the scythe pointed at her neck, many students roared angrily.

As the student president of St. Laurent College, Diris has always been serious and responsible in her work. She is knowledgeable, sensible, gentle and kind to her teachers and classmates.

Coupled with her outstanding appearance, she has long been the perfect goddess in the hearts of countless civilian students.

At this moment, seeing the goddess in their hearts in danger, many people wanted to rush forward to save the beauty, but they were all tied up by ropes and could not move at all.

And as everyone scolded and cursed, the leader of the arsonists actually stopped driving Diris to the altar.

However, it was not because of those meaningless roars and scolds.

He turned around, frowned and stared into the distance: "Who is it, come out."

"Oh, it seems that there are indeed smart people in the Ashes Order, and not all of them are crazy people with burning minds."

"Yes, if you really only knew how to burn, burn, burn, then you would have been used as a gunman and destroyed long ago."

"Sure enough, the secret forces that can exist in the world for a long time naturally have their own unique ways of doing things."

Some lazy words came from afar.

A man and a woman walked out of the group of houses.

The man has black hair and black eyes, wearing a windbreaker, his hands in his trouser pockets, and his expression is lazy.

The woman, on the other hand, has long hair shawl, and the simple student uniform of Saint Laurent College did not cover up the beauty of her plain white face.

She was a step behind the boy, her pale golden hair fluttering with the heat of the fire.

It was Char and Aurora.

Xia put his hands in his pockets and looked at the arsonist leader up and down: "I'm a little curious, does everyone in your Ashes Order have a scythe as standard?"

"Are you really in the cosplayFFF group?"

Baboon group?
  The leader of the arsonists frowned slightly, not understanding Xia Ya's question.

But soon, he turned his attention away from Char, and then locked it on the blond girl holding the silver gun next to Char.

This blonde girl gave him the feeling that something was wrong.

Judging from his age and perceived mental strength, the opponent should not have reached the third level, and was still in the realm of an intermediate beast master.

But in his mental perception - that girl was like a sharp knight's sword, filled with sharp killing intent.

It seemed that no matter whether it was gold, iron or mountain rocks, once they appeared in front of her, they had the only fate of being turned into powder.

The expression of the arsonist leader became serious little by little.

There is no doubt that the blond girl in front of him is strong enough to pose a threat to him.

Although they are in the same second ring as those stinky fish and rotten shrimps before, they are definitely not the same.

"Char, Aurora."

Noticing the appearance of the two men, Diris raised her head in surprise.

The captured student groups also became commotion.

Some students looked at Aurora with hopeful eyes. This was the real best at Saint Laurent Academy.

Maybe what the elite students of the student union couldn't do before, the man who ranks first in the school in front of him, I heard that a big boss who has been performing tasks in the military for a long time can do it?

Some students, on the other hand, were asking the people around them who Xia Ya was with a confused look on their faces.

"Cough cough."

Char looked around and cleared his throat.

"All eyes are on me. Everyone, I have an announcement."

In an instant.

Students, arsonists, mentors... all eyes are focused on Xia Ya.

Even the three strong men with four rings who were fighting on the battlefield in the distance allocated a small amount of extra mental energy to pay attention.

All the back-up tactics of both sides have been revealed, and the decisive moment has come when they have run out of ammunition and food.

At this moment, Char and Aurora may be the final variable that determines the final outcome of the battle.

then.

In full view.

Xia Ya said words that made all Saint Laurent teachers and students' eyes darken.

"Well, I think President Diris's soul level is still a bit too low."

"Otherwise... let me be the sacrifice first."

(End of this chapter)