The first year's movements were somewhat unnatural from earlier.
　Loki thought it would be good to avoid fighting a bit more. No matter how much, the battles were happening too frequently.

　As if to confirm such a hunch.

'We've moved out of Group 11, 46 and 50 area.

　And on the other side.

Group 37 away.
Why!

　One of the teachers hurriedly put a consensor to his ear.

'I want a response. You're out of the area, return now!

　The teachers, including Loki, watched quietly.

'Are you listening to me?'
..........

　There's no response, and a noise runs through the air, letting you know that it's been cut off immediately.

　Loki pauses for a moment. The current number of reinforcements is not enough to keep up with them. The current number of reinforcements is not enough to catch up with them. In the meantime, another group of people will be far off route.

'Maintain monitoring.
But.....

　Loki won over the natural bewilderment.

'It's okay,'

　Loki could feel a dark cloud hanging over his disgust. It was obvious that he was acting on his own accord.
　He may be overconfident in his own power, or he had a knot in his throat that made him look for demons as part of the process, although he didn't know why.

　Loki opens his heavy mouth to the consensor as if it was his fault.

'I'm sorry, five groups have headed out of the area. Over here.........'

　Before I could finish, the reply came back.

''I knew it........''
The "Hail Mary　You have noticed it!
I have a hunch.

　An earth-shaking sound of something falling over the comm.

'Don't worry about it, I'm on my way.'
We'll have to take care of you.
If I know where they are, send reinforcements to the edge of the area, one by one.
Okay. The coordinates are ..........



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　Ars pulled the chains as soon as he finished his communication.

　A large amount of what looked like crumbling black ashes were dancing around him.

　Ars widens his field of view (...) before heading in and checking it.
　He was using spatial interference magic to explore if there were any strong-looking demons within a 1km radius.
　In Ars's brain, the space he grasped could be projected in three dimensions. Because it is duplicated as an object, the size and shape of the monster can be accurately determined. On the other hand, it is not possible to accurately determine the rate of the monster because it cannot be determined by magic power like Loki.

　I could only guess from my general intuition and experience. Even so, they never missed by a wide margin.
　The people around them opened their eyes when they saw that there was almost no reaction from the demons themselves, regardless of the rate.

''The closest ones are these guys?''

　As soon as I checked, I was on my way.
　It wouldn't even be an overstatement to describe it as god speed.
　Even the trees that were supposed to be a hindrance can't block Ars. Even those are sprinting as if flying to a foothold.

　The distance to the nearest group was well over two kilometers, but it took less than three minutes for Ars to get there.

　It's natural to be wary when someone wearing a mask suddenly appears in front of you.

''Who are you!''

　It was the man walking at the front of the line who raised his voice. His short, dark brown hair was trimmed and in his right hand he carried an ornate sword that looked expensive.

"This is a reinforcement unit dispatched from headquarters.
"Tsk--　You've already noticed.

　He clicked his tongue and carried his sword on his shoulder.

'You are out of the area, please return at once.
'Sorry, we'll just keep going. I didn't think there was a rule about not going outside the area.

　Ars asks quizzically.

'You're the supervisor, aren't you?'
Yeah, but,

　The group had long since lost its function as a group. The supervisor took the initiative to hunt the demons and make them go along with it. The supervisor, who was supposed to be assisting the first year students, had taken the initiative to partition the group. This is an action that undermines the significance of this actual battle training.
　Ars speculated languidly that it must be a group of upperclassmen who had packed the chancellor's office.

　The freshmen behind him wandered their gazes around as if they were frightened.
　One of them, a male student, weakly mouthed his approval.

''Senpai, let's do as that man says.
"Shut up and stop telling me what to do!　Do you guys want to move up in the rankings?　Then obey!

　I shouted crisply and angrily. The boys shrank back in a jittery way and shut their mouths.

'Is that what you mean?'
'What?　------kahaha!

　Turning around, Ars drove his knee mercilessly into the supervisor's pigeonhole.
　Making him comatose in an instant.

　As it was, he grabbed the collar of his clothes and dragged it lazily.

''There's no one in their right mind...''

　He takes one look at the group as he spits and turns his mask-covered face to the group.

'You guys get to the area once you're in the area, and if you go straight west you can get to headquarters.

　It was a stunned sight, but the nod of approval was soon returned.

'Thank you,'
I'll take this one myself. If you follow me, you won't run into any demons.
Okay, I understand.

　Ars ran in a straight line to the west.
　While carrying the man, he proceeds to slaughter the demons he sees in an instant. A knife - the magic power from the blade of the entity that is not a knife - forms a magic sword like a sword.

　It's a distance of a few hundred meters to reach the area.
　When I arrived in less than a minute, two reinforcements were waiting for me.
　I guess they are still wary of wearing masks.
　I'm not going to be the only one who can do this.

I'll be on my way to the next one right away, so you guys can take this guy to the headquarters. If it gets in the way, I don't mind dumping it.
What--!

　They don't know what this guy did, but Ars thought about dumping him a few times along the way.



'Group 46 complete. I still think we have a problem with the supervisor.
"I see...
Loki, assemble a team of reinforcements and send one of their best supervisors.
I understand, sir but we've lost contact with some of our reinforcements.
'Tsk!　Still, you need a supervisor, and you'll have to push yourself a little harder.
Acknowledged, sir.




　Then Ars made the fourth group turn back. The trouble with all of that was that the senior students took over the group on their own.

　From the second group, he didn't even listen to them and made them fall into a coma. I was even seriously considering making it look like an accident each time.

　It's now well past noon from the position of the sun.
　According to the plan, the end of the extracurricular lesson should be around the corner.
　The students are supposed to either return to the starting point or gather at the headquarters.
　After that, only those who wish to continue until the sixth period of classes in the evening should be able to do so.

　Ars started running towards the last group.

　The group moving straight ahead to leave the area largely out of the area is going deeper and deeper.

　That area was also away from the area that Ars and Loki had eradicated earlier in the morning. In other words, it's not surprising that there are B and C rates that are hard to detect, if not above A rate.

"Group 11 is requesting assistance.
He's on his way.

　Ars increased his speed even more. The robe dominated, and his sprint like a flash of light left even the demons behind.



　♢ ♢ ♢



'Senior Cubsol, we're going out of the area any further.
Just follow me!

　Tesfia and the others had defeated three demons since the first battle.
　Each time, the third year Cubsol repeatedly pointed out something that wasn't even a swear word, so Tesfia got mad and said, "Then show me how it's done," and that's how it all started.

　He took down the F-rate as he toyed with it and started looking for the demon as if it were a leopard.

　After going out of the area, we didn't encounter any demons for a while.

''Quickly........come out quickly. I'll kill you to death.''

　The group of Tesfia felt threatened by the possessed and bloodthirsty Cubsol, but they couldn't just leave this senior student alone. I don't know what Tesfia felt about that act, but it may have felt like a blame as an aristocrat and as a rank.
　Maybe the act of abandonment made it seem treacherous.

''Now I'm in the triple digits too. I won't fall behind the Fevers of a mere year.''

　Mumbling to himself like a curse, Cabsol cut off the branches that blocked him with his sword-shaped AWR as if possessed by a delusion.

　As a nobleman, he had never interacted with Cabsol's Dembel family, but due to the close positions between their parents, the head of the Dembel family had mentioned the name of Tesfia in the arrows of comparison in some way or another.
　It had become a heavy responsibility, and it had driven Cubsall to the edge. Originally hostile, Cubsall had been resentful of Tesfia's entrance and almost identical ranking to his own.

　Tesfia never found out about it, though.

　And the extracurricular lesson, a real battle to improve their rankings, was the best opportunity to do so.
　Although I have no experience in actual combat, the sassy Favre's daughter slaughtered a demon in front of me and hunted it herself out of vanity. Having been able to hunt it, the hoop was lifted.

''Isn't there something strange about that?''

　One of the members of the school, a female student, overflowed with a questioning look. I'm not going to be able to tell you why.
　It's not because of Cubsol, but because it's outside of the area, yet it hasn't encountered any demons.

　Anxiety cascaded through that one word.

''Indeed....''

　Tesfia also felt something like discomfort. Something like a hint of a presence is somehow felt. So they should have encountered it soon and Cubsol would have been satisfied and could return to his original route.


　Then the six of us followed Cubsol's lead and went out into the open lake.
　It didn't seem to be as wide or deep as a lake. It's just a fantastic, mysterious scene that made me recognize it as such.
　In fact, even though it was deep, it was probably as deep as Tesfia's height. The crystal clear water was a clear reflection of the bottom.
　Tall, massive trees surrounded them, and the shorter ones were empty as if they had been eliminated. The sunlight pouring through the trees from above formed several columns of light.


　The admiration was only for a moment----it (...) made a sound above his head.

　It was natural for all of them to raise their gazes in unison.
　The majestic giant tree in front, the age of the tree wasn't known, but it was definitely the oldest among the countless trees.
　

''----!
What....is that...

　The female student points at him like a puppet.

'Oh ... how about that ... do that ...'
I can't, I can't, I can't, I'm going to die.
'Wow!

　The members turned on their heels without looking at the hunched-over female student.
　They ran like a de-rabbit without turning around. Even though she was about to fall, she was moving her limbs unshielded (shani-muni).

''-------!
'Why!　........why are you here?

　The sound of the tragic voice was more pessimistic than questioning.
　The member who was supposed to have tried to escape shouted, and Tesfia also turned around.

''Why........!

　No one has an answer to that question. It was not a word that Tesfia herself had thought about.

　There were numerous demons emerging from the shadows of the grass in disarray. Their gestures were various and lacked uniformity, but their retreat was cut off and they were surrounded by them.

　There were consequences from this current situation, but I couldn't help but think about it.
　Tesfia and his group had been lured in.

　Desperate situation, their knowledge of rate discrimination was only against the common demons they were supposed to represent, but the spider-like demon in front had a B rate no matter how you looked at it, the highest rate among them since it meant there was no A. It was the highest rate among them.
　The demons surrounding them must be low compared to the spiders. Still, it must be higher than the demons Tesfia and the others defeated.

　The ground rumbled. A spider demon jumped down from a huge tree. It was about eight meters long, and it felt so much mass and pressure that it made Tesfia's sword look like a teetotaler. I didn't even know how many legs it had. Each one of them was different and looked like it was a bit of an afterthought. I couldn't tell if the head was a face, either.

　No, it's definitely a face.
　The countless number of red compound eyes, and underneath that what I thought was a slippery black outer layer of skin, opened up like a thread. It is easily recognizable as a mouth.
　There was no sharp edge to the thudgy black teeth visible from it. They were teeth that had been flattened to grind down.

　That's what robs you of the will to live.

''Lie, lie I can't die here.

　Cubsol held his sword in his clattering, trembling hand.
　Magic flowed from that hand and for the third time today, magic was released.

''【Fireball Bullet (Burning Shot).''

　As soon as the tip of the sword is swung down, several fireballs are fired at the spider demon. The magic of simultaneously activating fireballs belonging to the middle class runs while burning.
　However, the spider beast didn't avoid them, it just opened its mouth ferociously.

　The explosive fireball collision ended up being meaningless against the demon. The slightest amount of smoke only scorched the outer skin. To begin with, the fireball released by Cubsol was overwhelmingly lacking in firepower in that huge body.

''Hee--!

　When he sees that it's not working, Cubsol falls on his buttocks in a waist-deep slump. AWR spills out of his hands and he holds his head up instead.

　With Tesfia, he could only use magic as good as the current Bar Ningu Shot. In terms of magic, the Icicle Sword surpassed it, but in terms of power, there was not much difference. On the contrary, I don't know if I have enough time to use it in this situation.
　If I tried to do anything, it could have attacked me at any moment.
　So the members of the group understood that this was true despair.

''We're screwed........''

　The tears of fear were proof that he had lost the energy to fight.
　He fell to his knees and listened to the demon's cries of joy.

'There's still a chance. Don't give up.

　How feeble of words to inspire. I've found myself in a desperate situation.

'How?'

　Such questions were spun as if to blame Tesfia. Of course, there was no way to come up with a breakthrough plan. You can't defeat the B-rate with your own strength. It's clear from the magic in hand.
　You can't throw the spoonful even if you know that.

''That's ... but if we give up like this, we're sure to die.

　The demon is slowly closing the distance. The situation that could come at any time interferes with proper thinking. The only thing that came to mind with not a moment to spare was not to give up.

''That's right!

　Tesfia ran up underneath Cubsol as he remembered and forcefully fumbled with his pockets. Just before the start, the chancellor had said that he was ready to send out a distress signal to the supervisors.

'There it is!

　The magic is poured into it, which is round like an ore.
　Then it immediately flickers white.

　I'm sure this will bring help........

'Help will come soon, until then...'

　There was no one to listen to those words.
　There was no way they could buy time in this situation. Everyone knew it was obvious, if only for a few seconds, but everyone knows that the current location is a long way from the headquarters.

　The situation is still desperate.
　After having already succumbed to fear. Except for Tesfia, even the AWR had been given away.
　Tesfia walked back to Cubsol's front and grabbed the chest of it.

'If you're a supervisor, give me a hand!

　His eyes were moist with tears and his pupils, which were wide with fear, did not reflect Tesfia.
　Looking down, Cubsol's pants were wet.

''..........!　Why, if only you hadn't brought me here...

　Gritting her teeth, a thin drop floated in Tesfia's eyes.
　Tesfia dragged the members of the group, who were shaking and unable to stand, into one place. Some of them were unconscious.

'Fine. I'll scramble to the end.'

　The tears didn't stop rubbing and rubbing.
　No more rubbing, she looked up, poured her magic into her sword and held it up.

　The bleached Tesfia's mind only appealed to live. The presence or absence of odds does not intervene there.
　That's why the magic power, the magic responded to it.

　The spider demon didn't seem to move, just mockingly squealed in an eerie voice, bobbing up and down on its massive belly.

　With that, Tesfia ran towards the demon in sight. There were dozens of C-D-rated demons just to be seen. Still, he couldn't just accept death without doing anything.

''Haaaaaa!

　It froze the ground and stopped the demon in its tracks. But it only lasted for a brief moment, letting the ice shatter as easily as if it were trapped in the C-rate.

　Tesfia didn't show a moment's dismay. It wasn't that she understood. To begin with, she didn't have enough time to assemble a tactic now.
　She could only resist selflessly in this desperate situation.