The Noble Lady of Lust

Chapter 79: Don’t Underestimate Humans

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POV: Silvia

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she was at the wizard training camp, practicing as was common, after class, until it was time to meet her friends and learn runes, but suddenly a lot of things happened.

She didn’t understand what was going on. At one point she was practicing his magic handling when suddenly a series of explosions occurred, and not long after, many creatures began to appear.

She panicked, as she had never seen beasts in person, let alone demonic beasts, which she was able to recognize thanks to the lessons.

However, even though she had never fought in real battles, she quickly regained his composure and began to attack them.

In all honesty, she did it simply out of survival instinct, terror and fear were invading her, if it wasn’t for her affinities, she wouldn’t be able to form any consistent spell, and only because of this she was saved from being killed when a beast approached her.

She also noticed that her spells did not do much damage, but she was able to keep them under control as the students began to gather.

She quickly looked around and saw that about thirty students were gathered. Unfortunately, some reacted too late and fell victim to the monsters, but now the remaining ones were together.

Certainly, there were many facilities in what encompassed the training ground, but they were all close together and this was the closest to the exit, so the most resourceful ones managed to get here, even if they were not stronger than the beasts.

They could cast spells and other things to escape, so everyone here is the majority of the survivors from the surrounding area.

Unfortunately the demonic beasts gathered at the only exit, and slowly cornered them.

But most wanted to survive and began to help those holding them at bay in the hope that the instructors would arrive.

This should never have happened; the academy is one of the safest places in the kingdom. But the reality is this, and one must adapt.

They attacked, and while they did not kill everyone, they did not allow them to get close, casting spells of obstruction and defense, as well as weakening, some even wielded sealing magic, allowing them to be kept at bay.

This continued for a few minutes, and she had already retreated to the back to recover mana, giving up his place to another to fight.

It was at that moment when, suddenly, the sky lit up, or rather, the roof of the gymnasium, which already had openings and was falling down as a result of the beasts and misguided or poorly aimed spells.

She, for the first time in her life, saw that magic circle that was extremely complicated to the naked eye. She could see that it was made of over hundreds of runes, numbering in the thousands, all in perfect harmony that resonated.

She has always had a great magical sense, so she clearly understood that this was something beyond what a student could do, and her hope was stoked, believing that an instructor had arrived.

But no matter how hard she looked around, she couldn’t see him. Still, she needn’t have worried, as she was sure that spell would be enough.

At that moment, among the murmurs of the students, she could hear a familiar voice, it was low and could be heard a little far away, but undoubtedly she could recognize it since she heard it every day, lately.

She could not identify its origin, but she was sure it was somewhere in the surrounding area, although it should not be here, so with curiosity, she tried to locate it in the crowd.

As she concentrated, she strengthened her ears and heard him clearly. He was chanting in the magical language as if casting a spell, it was a complicated chant and she felt that if it was her her tongue would get tangled, what surprised her even more is that he stopped chanting for a moment interrupting the chant:

”Shut up, bitch! You won’t let me concentrate. Fiat lux, et nox exstinguatur, omnis umbra evanescat!”

Yet he continued afterward as if nothing, something she did not believe was possible, without affecting the spell, and reimplanted himself if it was indeed Chris’s voice but at that moment.

”IRA CAELORUM.”

BOMMM!

Finally, out of the circle fell a bolt of lightning. Instinctively, she knew what was coming and covered himself with a barrier using what little mana he regained.

She watched as the light consumed all the monsters in range, and when it finally consumed them, it stopped growing and dissipated. Only a large perfect circular crater remained, and all was silent.

Finally, she was able to identify the source of the sound, and at the exit she saw the boy with black hair and blue eyes peek out, as if checking something, and then quickly left.... Silvia did not know what to think in that situation, but it was not the time for that.

A boy, who apparently was one of the princes of this kingdom, started to lead the students saying that an instructor had saved them and that we had to meet more people. That’s what Silvia also thought a moment ago, but... now she wasn’t so sure.

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POV: Eirlys

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At that moment, Eirlys was fighting demonic beasts while many other creatures surrounded them, and more kept coming.

They didn’t know where they came from, but after some explosions in the distance, they began to appear.

Around her, there were nearly 100 student warriors fighting desperately. The creatures numbered approximately 70, but each of them had a power equivalent to at least four stars, according to a boy who claimed to have an ability to measure the strength of the monsters.

That meant that each and every one of those beasts had gone through at least four metamorphoses. No student had yet reached that point.

In fact, the goal for graduation was for students to reach that milestone; if they did, they wouldn’t even have to prove themselves in the final competition.

That would be a free pass, but few had made it in the first generation. Even with the best accommodations, it would be difficult.

But the important thing now was that they were at a disadvantage.

However, one thing she had learned was that metamorphosis was not a definitive indicator of strength and that you could exploit an opponent’s weaknesses, even if he or she was stronger.

Before entering the academy, she had many beasts with his father and brothers, so she did not panic and without hesitation, together with William, with whom she had planned to train before everything started, they cum towards a tiger with two tails and a horn.

They didn’t plan anything, but these days of training had allowed them to understand each other, and they used to train from the time classes ended until Chris arrived for the lesson, while dragging the always sleeping Selene , with whom he had never been able to talk.

She was the first to attack. Being quicker and more agile, she avoided the tiger’s claw and attacked it with a lunge, but it didn’t hurt her.

Then she remembered that the weapon she had was meant for training and not for causing harm. Still, it caught the tiger’s attention, which left William with a wide opening.

”Wait, Will, that weapon doesn’t cause any mortal woun...!” he shouted at him as he dodged the tiger again, but saw William wrap his sword in light.

He didn’t know what it was, but it pierced the flesh of the four-star tiger with ease, killing it instantly.

”That was...” She didn’t understand what had happened the weapons were supposed to have runes that made the weapons non-lethal, but Will ignored that and killed the tiger, so unconsciously from astonishment she asked.

”Ah, that was my skill. Good job stalling it. There are real weapons in the hold; let’s look for them...” replied William.

However, it seemed that the rest had already noticed this and had sent someone with access to the place, being an instructor’s assistant.

They began to hand out the weapons, and she took a rapier, which was of good quality. Thus they began to fight the demonic beasts.

Although they were superior in numbers, they could barely stand up to creatures with four metamorphoses, and that only because all the students were the best of the best.

However, some of those creatures were exceptionally strong, which caused casualties and injuries among the group.

Eirlys, with her remarkable skill, was facing a particularly powerful snake, but although she fought with all her might, she failed to land a lethal blow.

Will, for his part, was able to take advantage of the opportunities Eirlys created, helping her to finish off the monster every time she opened a breach in the beast’s defense.

Their coordination in combat was outstanding, complementing each other with precision.

The confrontation dragged on, and with each serious wound, the fallen students were sent to the rear.

There, some wizards who had casually come to train their physique a bit, cast basic healing spells on them to keep them alive long enough.

Unlike before, this was not a hunt, it was a struggle for survival that came out of nowhere, and for Eirlys and the rest it was their first encounter with the brutal reality of the world, a reality that had surprised them without warning or preparation.

Despite the odds, none of them gave up. Eirlys held out hope that they only needed to hold out long enough until the instructors came to the rescue.

And in the meantime, they would keep fighting. This was the path she had chosen upon entering the academy, the same one that everyone around her had also decided to follow.

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POV: Third person

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”Why are they breaking the treaty?”

said the old headmaster, leaning on his cane as he surveyed the group of humanoid demons in front of him. There were easily over 30 of them, mounted on flying creatures.

They all held out their hands, supplying power to what appeared to be a barrier where the instructors, including the headmaster, were trapped.

They had been there for a while, and after several attempts to break the barrier with force, they gave up on doing so by force.

The director, who from the beginning had not made any movement, with his old voice, began to speak to the demons, addressing the one who seemed to be the leader.

The leader of the demons replied, in a thick, mocking voice, :

”What treaty? That is something that only affects the kingdoms, not us.”

”humh!?, so you’re saying you’re doing this as an independent group? That’s funny, where did you get the resources to do this?” retorted the director.

”That’s none of your business, human. in this is the age of the gods. We demons will prove our superiority, and you will be the first to fall.”

”You talk a lot for someone who planned to attack young people who are just starting out on their journey,” the director said calmly.

”Shut up! I don’t need to listen to your crap.....hahaha but come to think of it That’s all you can do, right?” the demon got angry at the old man’s words but then he remembered something and laughed at the old man.

”oh!.. you say that because you have us trapped here?. You seem to think you can intimidate us because we are a small kingdom, but let me tell you that you should never underestimate humans.”

”ah!?...what big words, but that’s it , humans only know how to use their mouth, I don’t know how they managed to be on our level”

”It’s been centuries since I faced demons like you... and let me tell you, they haven’t changed a bit. The same arrogance, the same mistake, Although you gathered information to plan this attack, which can be seen as nothing more than an embarrassment to your race , it seems you did not thoroughly research what you were up against. Little Astrid, are you finished?”

”Yes, Mr. Director. Second from the bottom, southwest. Third from the top, northeast. Center one, west. First from the top, southeast. Third from the bottom, and the one with the highest altitude in the north,” Astrid replied pointedly.

”You don’t seem to know that we have someone who is good at runes,” the director continued.

”So what if you do? You can’t get through the barrier, that information is useless you can only be rendered impotent,”

The demonic leader replied confidently, although what the woman was saying was not something he should ignore, humans could do nothing with that information, so he only mocked her futile attempts.

”That’s why I told you that you didn’t do your homework properly,”

pakc

The headmaster said as he lowered his staff. A small magic circle formed on the ground. The demon didn’t understand what the elderly human was referring to and was just hoping that the beasts had torn those children apart and finish their work.

It didn’t make him proud, but they were orders from his superiors, and he couldn’t refuse, even if it meant throwing away his honor. As he thought about this...

Acckk

He heard a piercing sound, and looked in that direction. He watched as an earthen spear came out of nowhere and pierced one of the boys that were mentioned earlier. They were key points of his formation and the ones who maintained the stability of the barrier.

Their loss alone would put the rest of them in trouble, but that was the least of his problems. At that moment, he reacted and realized what the elderly human was referring to.

”Damn!” the demon exclaimed as he tried to run towards the rest of the barrier supports, but it was too late.

Acckk... Acckk... Acckk... Acckk... Acckk... Acckk... Acckk... Acckk... Acckk

Each and every one of them were pierced by earthen needles that came out of nowhere.

He didn’t think there would be anyone wielding this kind of magic here, and the barrier had no countermeasures against this.

”!Space magic!!?, are you telling me you know space magic? That’s not knowledge that should be in this place? No, wait, this is space affinity,” the demon said in surprise.

”Well, I see you have good eyes. But it’s too late now, Now yes, little Graham, destroy it,”

ordered the director. At that moment, a muscular, bald instructor stepped forward as the late afternoon sun reflected off his shiny head.

Instructor Graham advanced like a titan unleashed, each step resounding like thunder. Before they knew it, at an imperceptible speed, he was close to the barrier, striking it, The impact of his staff against the barrier was like the roar of a storm.

Bammm!!! Crrack

The barrier was broken and they were finally able to get out.

”Prepare to fight, there are more of us,” said the lead demon.

”That’s not going to happen. Now it’s our turn,”

Said the headmaster as he lowered his staff again. Out of nowhere, the academy’s barrier that had been broken began to regenerate rapidly returning to proper function.

At that moment, the demons and beasts felt that they were suppressed.

Not only that, an aura of suppression began to emanate from the director, it was an extremely intense and suffocating aura. One by one, the demons and their mounts fell, panic beginning to reflect in their eyes as they felt the very air fail them.

The demonic leader himself felt as if someone was holding him by the neck, and now he regretted not having thoroughly investigated this director, whose strength he could not even measure, he wondered if he was so strong why he had not escaped and acted before, but the only thing that came out of his mouth was.

”H-how...” stammered the demonic leader.

”That doesn’t matter. You’ll soon understand why you shouldn’t despise humans. And why despite your supposed racial superiority, there is always a stalemate,”

said the headmaster as a magic circle formed around some instructors, who simply began to disappear. ”Take care of the students.”

”Yes, sir, principal,” the instructors replied before disappearing.

”You know, I’ve been an instructor for the last two hundred years. I gave up on getting strong and thought it was better to grow the next generation, so I went back to my roots and started being an instructor. I have it so engraved in me that as a farewell I will give you one last lesson on why there is no sovereign race in this world.”

packk

Having said this, and with the blow that the director gave with his cane on the ground, everyone, including the director, the demons and the remaining instructors, disappeared from the place, as for their destiny, it was something that only those who disappeared would know.