
The number of daemons in front of the group was desperate. There were at least sixty daemons, with the weakest being at the fifth layer and the stronger one at the twelfth layer.
When Dina and the teachers saw them, their expressions turned ugly.
“Shopped.” A student whispered with a bitter smile. He probably thought he wouldn't survive this time.
I felt someone walking towards me. When I looked beside me, I saw Louise there.
“... Claus, was this caused by my father?”
I thought for a few seconds about how to reply. In the end, I told the truth in the most educational way.
“She may not have thought this would happen, but in the end, most of this is her fault. The reason so many students died was because of him. ”
Thas right. Although Earl Riea did not know about the daemon, his men caused the destruction of the magic circle that would help protect the students, and many teachers betrayed the institute because of him. It indirectly caused the death of many students.
Louise bit her lips and looked at the ground. I smiled and grabbed her hand, showing her that everything would be fine.
Louise smiled back, but there was obviously a lot on her mind.
At that moment, the twelfth-tier daemon leading the daemons walked forward slowly.
Some teachers put up their guard if a daemon attacked, however, he did not seem to have that intention.
When the daemon was less than twenty meters away from us, he stopped.
Then, he opened his mouth. “Listen to me, students! I am the fifth general of the daemon kingdom, Hwol Alf Dam! Which one of you is responsible?”
Dina walked forward for a moment.
“It's nice to meet you, General. My name is Dina Quintin, the third princess of the Arcadian Empire. General, take your men away.I don't want to cause more unnecessary bloodshed.”
The daemon looked at Dina with an amused expression. Then, he laughed.
“This is my proposal, princess. Command all students and teachers to surrender, and I pledge to my honor as a general that none of them will be hurt. We will take them to the daemon kingdom as prisoners of war and treat them as guests. But if you decide to fight, I will order my men to slaughter and rape until your end!”
Dina's expression fell and clenched her fists furiously.
"you…"
I also frowned. This situation is not good.
The truth is, daemons are stronger than us (if I'm not included). Only that general alone is stronger than anyone in our group.
If we end the battle, I will be forced to fight him if we want to win.
Mmm... Should I make a clone of myself while my real self is disguised as my “guru” and fighting that daemon?
That's a good idea…
But when I was about to do that, I felt something happen far, far away.
I was surprised and looked in that direction. Suddenly, a smile appeared on my face.
I chuckled softly and used the technique to send my voice to Dina's ears.
"Don't worry. Just talk to the general for five minutes and everything will be fine. ”
Dina shocked. But he trusted me unconditionally. He pretended to think about the general's words before putting on a hesitant expression.
“... General, I hope you can give us five minutes to think about it.”
Dina nodded, but when she turned around and returned to the camp, her expression was solemn. Master Tear, Katherine, and the others had similar expressions.
"Daughter, what are we going to do?"
Dina furrowed her brows and looked at me. But I just shrugged my shoulders while smiling.
Katherine watched our conversation and frowned. "Claus, could it be that you have a plan?"
All the gazes were on me. I smiled mysteriously and put on a relaxed expression.
“It wasn't a plan. Just ... You'll understand if you wait a little. ”
Katherine furrowed her brows. Then, an expression of consciousness appeared on his face. “Could you..”.
“No, I won't.” I immediately denied Katherine's guess. "I told you, it needs to be hidden."
Katherine nodded after hearing that. However, the doubt on his face became even stronger.
I kept smiling without explaining anything. Even when Dina and Master Tear glared at me as if they were going to devour me, I did not reveal the reason behind my confidence.
I just want to enjoy a good show.
Five minutes passed slowly. Many students and teachers looked at each other with worried expressions on their faces.
Before long, an unknown student was the first to say what many people were thinking.
“... We have to give up.”
As a chain reaction, some students started talking.
“Y-Ya ..”
“K-We can win against them!…”
"At least, we can survive that way …"
Of course, there were some students who said that they would rather fight to the death, but their words were quickly drowned out by the plea to surrender.
Dina put on a dignified expression and heard every word. However, he remained silent, without revealing his stance.
Even when the five minutes ended, he remained silent. But I knew. He decided to trust me until the end.
"Five minutes have passed, princess." The general's voice came from a distance. "What's your choice?"
All the disciples fell silent, staring at Dina fixedly. Some of them were already prepared to declare surrender if Dina decided to fight back.
But at that time -
"Optional? What to choose?” A voice came from a distance.
Then, a magic circle appeared in the air.
A beautiful woman emerged from the magic circle, her long black hair danced in the wind, and her striking blood-red eyes stared at the daemon coldly.
In his right hand, he held the head of the daemon.
"All of you, dirty daemons, will die!"
Evelyn Humillitie, the Bloody Witch and the headmaster of the Imperial Institute, was finally here.