The Goddess Granted Me the [Hatching] Skill and Somehow I Became the Strongest Tamer, Commanding Mythical and Divine Beasts - 38

“Someone, bring a potion!”

“Call the teacher, hurry!”

The scene was like a living hell.

Many students were sprawled on the ground, injured. It wasn’t just the students; the adventurers were severely wounded too. Some couldn’t even stand on their own.

“What on earth happened?”

Someone muttered. One moment, an explosion had gone off, and the next, they had been blown away, leading to this disaster. They desperately wanted someone who understood to explain what was going on.

‘Foolish humans, how dare you disturb my domain.’

A voice came from nowhere.

Everyone looked up, and there, a monster wearing a tattered robe was floating.

It had blood-red eyes and pale white skin. Its cheeks were sunken as if it were a person afflicted with a terminal illness.

The floating monster looked down on the crowd scattered on the ground.

“A Lich…? No, this power clearly surpasses a Lich!”

The national adventurer who had been standing in front of the chapel doors earlier made this declaration. He had rushed to help as soon as he heard the explosion.

A B-rank monster, a Lich. A skilled magic-user who dies and revives by absorbing miasma. With high intelligence and magical abilities, they have no physical body, making them immune to attacks with non-enchanted weapons.

“It’s an Elder Lich! Be careful!”

The national adventurer broke into a cold sweat as he shouted a warning to those around him.

“An Elder Lich?! Why is such a monster here?!”

The academy had brought students here for investigation, and the knights had also conducted extermination training beforehand.

There had been no signs of such a powerful monster appearing at that time, and now everyone’s expressions were filled with tension.

“Adventurers, buy time for the students to escape! Anyone who gets out of here, request reinforcements from headquarters! This thing is an A+ ranked monster!”

A monster ranked above A rank, A+. Even seasoned knights and national adventurers couldn’t defeat it without a large group.

Since it was impossible to fight it while protecting the students, the national adventurer made a quick decision.

“Understood! I’ll call for reinforcements immediately!”

The teacher responded and dashed toward the door to escape outside, but…

‘You won’t escape. Foolish one!’

As the Elder Lich raised its right hand, a transparent wall formed in front of the door.

“What!? There’s a barrier!”

When touched, a film-like surface appeared briefly. It was a barrier cast by a high-level magic user.

“In that case, we have no choice but to neutralize it with magic! Everyone, aim your magic at this barrier!”

The teacher quickly came up with a countermeasure and directed the students, but…

“It’s no use… we’ve run out of magic power…”

Most of the students had already exhausted their magic before reaching this place.

“Are you telling me… we can’t escape!?”

They had assumed they could break through at least with everyone’s combined efforts against an A-rank monster, but an A+ rank was a different story.

Even if they all attacked at once, they would have to prepare for sacrifices.

“What now?”

The national adventurer remained calm, fully aware of their current situation.

In total, there were 19 national adventurers and candidates, one teacher, and 36 students.

While they had enough numbers to take down a large monster, most of them had already used up their magic power.

“We have to at least try to help the students escape!”

“Yes, if we injure it, the barrier’s power might weaken! If that happens…”

Even if there was no chance of winning, they were proud national adventurers. They had regularly handled dangerous missions like this, and despite the dire situation, they wouldn’t give up easily.

“This is what it means to become the national adventurers you aspire to be. Don’t panic over this kind of crisis! Steel yourselves!”

Encouraging those around him, the national adventurer stirred everyone from their despair. Even the candidates’ eyes began to show determination as they steeled themselves.

The national adventurers, candidates, teacher, and students all began rallying, driven by the hope of survival.

—‘OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO’—

The Elder Lich’s voice reverberated.

“Aaaah!”

“Nooo!”

“It’s all over…”

Under the effect of Intimidation, everyone lost their will to fight and collapsed.

‘So this is all humans amount to.’

The Elder Lich scornfully looked at the stunned group in front of him, raising his right hand to deliver the final blow with magic.

Under the influence of Intimidation, they offered no resistance, making it dull for him. The Elder Lich concentrated magical power into his right hand, conjuring a spell. Black flames grew larger, and once the magic was complete, everyone here would turn to ashes.

At the very moment the Elder Lich was about to unleash his magic…

“I won’t let you go any further!”

Klaus and his group stood in the Elder Lich’s way.