Lady on the Beam
The other rooms on the first floor are basically the same, with four-person rooms being the majority. There are also a few two-person dormitories further back, which are not much different in size from the four-person rooms, but have a more complete range of private spaces and furniture. They obviously belong to students with more prominent family backgrounds.
But no matter how glorious they were in their lives, now only chaotic shadows remain.
We also encountered some dangers along the way.
Although these mad monsters will not cooperate with each other, when they happen to appear in the same place, the magic attacks they launch at the same time are indeed quite astonishing in firepower.
At first, Morina tried to use magic barriers to protect Ximu like Ruisha did, but she soon found that she could not keep up with the opponent's speed. She had to change her strategy and wanted to lure one of them away to relieve the pressure on her.
But just when she successfully attracted the enemy's attention and wanted to lead him elsewhere, a sticky attack suddenly poured down from the rear and was about to cover her head in the next second!
"careful!"
At the critical moment, her body suddenly felt lighter in the air - and when she reacted, the disgusting pile of decay fell right on the spot where she had just stood.
"Find a secluded place to hide—they have a lot of weaknesses, so it's not difficult to deal with them. It's okay."
Before the last syllable of her words had completely faded, the silver-haired girl who had pulled her away disappeared in an instant. When she reappeared, she had already drawn the attention of all the monsters back.
She dragged a black shadow, wandering among multiple enemies. She was not afraid even when she was brushed by those star-like attack magics. She even used her movement to deliberately guide the direction of the opponent's attack, and suddenly turned around or disappeared at the critical moment, letting those attacks fall on them.
Amidst the hail of bullets composed of magic, Ximu shuttled around as nimbly as a fish, sharp as a weapon, and cunning as a devil.
In a trance, Morina seemed to be watching a sharp and gorgeous sword dance up close - and this extremely beautiful performance ended with several heads falling to the ground, coming to a perfect end.
Although there was no blood on the dagger, Ximu still habitually turned the blade and made a rotating swinging motion.
So handsome... No, now is not the time to think about these things.
Morina pointed at the enemy in slime monster form still lying on the wall, and Ximu nodded, seemingly not surprised.
"This one is relatively weak, so I'll leave it to you. Didn't you say before that you wanted to see if you could save the soul?"
Looking at the monster whose face was nowhere to be seen, and who was just twisting its body instinctively and slowly turning towards them, Morina felt a sense of relief. She immediately raised her staff and began to chant the spell of purification.
A magic circle decorated with holy tree patterns unfolded under her feet, and the golden and green light spread from her body to the top of the staff, like a blooming flower.
The wriggling alien suddenly stopped, and the same emblems bloomed and scattered around it, as if telling the story of the passing of the four seasons, the birth of spring and the fall of autumn.
The moment the flower on the top of the staff withered, the monster slowly slid down the wall and disappeared bit by bit under the golden and green light.
Is this considered... a success?
Ximu looked at Moliina, but the latter was obviously a little tired. Not only was her breathing heavier, but her body was also a little crooked, and she looked very exhausted.
"It seems like it should work. At least the entire spell was cast intact... Whew."
The short-haired priest waved his hands, adjusted his breathing, and slowly stood up again. "If this monster doesn't appear again, it means the salvation was successful..."
"Okay, I'll keep an eye on it."
It is indeed difficult for ordinary people to distinguish whether these things that have turned into a pool are the same person. This matter can only be left to professionals like Ximu.
If these "outsiders" can break the rules here and completely purify these creatures that have become monsters, they can indeed fundamentally reduce the number of enemies here, and it will be much safer for them to move around in the academy in the future.
But... looking at Morina's expression, you can tell that this kind of magic consumes a lot of energy and obviously cannot be used as a daily means.
It seems that when encountering an enemy, it is safer to kill them first.
However, if it could be confirmed later that the exorcised enemies wouldn't reappear, then Morina could use it to deal with the monsters hiding in tricky positions first. That way, situations like this one where they were targeted by concentrated fire wouldn't be so dangerous...
Just as he was thinking seriously, Molina suddenly came over and raised her hand to ask, "Well...um, can I use a potion to restore my magic power?"
Ximu was confused: "If you think it's necessary, just use it. Why are you asking me?"
"Even though Ruixia seems to have a lot of money, we're trapped here after all. There's no place to replenish our supplies, so the more we use them, the less we have. 'Rebirth' consumes a lot of energy, and my magic power is almost exhausted. But if I meditate here to recover, I don't know when those monsters will appear again..."
Molina felt that now was not a last resort. The potion was precious and she was reluctant to use it, but she was also afraid that if she was stingy now, she would miss out on bigger things in the future.
If Ruixia were here, she would probably let her use it directly... He looks like the kind of person who values companions more than supplies.
But Ximu felt that Moliina's frugality at the moment was not unreasonable. If she really encountered a more pressing crisis, an extra bottle of potion could sometimes really turn the tide.
She looked at the surrounding terrain, turned around and asked, "Can we still walk? This location is not good, let's find another place to rest."
"Okay, then let's... Hey? Hey hey hey, what are you doing..."
Just as Moli Na responded, Xi Mu silently picked her up by the waist, leaped over the niche on the wall, and in a few steps climbed up to a long beam that was crisscrossed on the high ground.
"I've noticed this place before. There were some combat puppets hiding here, but we lured them away and recruited them... This location is great. It's high off the ground and angled away from the window, so even if there are enemies outside, it won't be easily attacked. Just meditate here, and I'll watch over you."
After saying that, she found a place and leaned on the arch beam behind her seemingly casually, but her eyes moving around proved that she had not really relaxed and was still alert to the movements of all parties.
How should I put it... Fortunately, Ximu is one of us. If we were on the other side, even if Ruixia and I were combined, I'm afraid we would hardly be her match.
Moli Na sat down cross-legged obediently. While she was resting and meditating, she also vaguely felt that some figures that were wandering around below her had indeed appeared again.
Maybe they were really far away at the moment, and the twisted magicians holding their staffs were just suffering below and did not attack them.
"I've observed that their sensing range is about the same as their magical attack range. Beyond this range, they can't sense anything."
Seeing that Moli Na opened her eyes, Xi Mu followed her gaze and explained for fear that she would worry.
"These people...should all be students here, right?"
As a priestess, Morina felt very uncomfortable seeing those lives that should have been in their prime being twisted into this state.
But Ximu obviously misunderstood the point of her words and echoed, "That's right. Although they are mentally handicapped, the fighting style of most of them is really too simple. If they were teachers, they shouldn't be at this level."
The fight started honestly and in an orderly manner, as elegant and respectful as if both parties bowed to each other and then went on to the ring to compete together - let alone the cruelty of the killing, not even a trace of cunning murderous intent was visible.
The reason they launch attacks may simply be an immune reaction to "outsiders". The malice does not come from themselves, but from some unknown rules that constitute their existence.
Morina glanced at her silently. The latter didn't understand and a small question mark appeared on her head.
"……Why."
Moli Na sighed silently and was about to close her eyes to continue meditating. Xi Mu beside her suddenly remembered something and looked at the magicians below who sometimes waved their staffs to emit a little starlight. Suddenly, she murmured:
"But the magic they use... seems to have a bit of mental interference in it."
"Yeah, you noticed that too?"
Distracted again, Molina simply relaxed, not rushing to recover her magic power. She turned around and began chatting with Ximu, "I heard that the magic of the Moon Goddess lineage is inherently related to the mind and illusions. Fortunately, you were fast, and the effects didn't accumulate before the caster killed you."
This influence is subtle and difficult to detect at first. If you stay in that bright starlight for too long without any precautions, you may unknowingly develop hallucinations, lose control of your magic, or even suffer backlash from the magic due to a decrease in control.
Currently, many areas on the mainland believe in the six major gods, namely the sun, moon, wind, water, fire, and earth. However, compared with the sun and moon factions with higher thresholds, the elemental magic derived from wind, water, fire and earth is easier to understand, so it is easier to get started, and is deeply loved by the majority of magicians, so there are naturally more researchers and users.
Magic related to the sun and the moon is mostly monopolized by the temple. Ximu later tried hard to recall and finally remembered the difficult target he encountered that year. It seemed that he was a moon priest from the temple of the gods.
This kind of opponent skilled in mental magic might not be particularly brave and skilled in combat, but they can significantly disrupt their cognition, deceive their senses, and shake their magical fluctuations...
Fortunately, after years of inhuman training, Ximu quickly adjusted his own cognition according to the opponent's rules, and thus successfully killed him with a knife.
Just one priest under the Moon Goddess is so difficult to deal with... The dean who is said to be chosen by the Moon Goddess must have even more extraordinary power, right?
Although from the old man's previous description, the dean does not seem to be a cruel person, then... could it be some kind of accident?
Did some kind of magic that was still in the experimental stage suddenly get out of control and spread to the entire academy, turning it into a spooky place where the laws of nature collapsed and truth and falsehood were difficult to distinguish?
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