Surviving as a Villain at the Academy

40 – Demonic Water Flood. (1)

Recently, various rumors have been swirling around the island. There are rumors that demonic beasts appear much more frequently than before. It wasn’t just a rumor. In reality, demonic beasts were proliferating like crazy in the system.

“Is this ever going to end?”

A knight of the Capital Defense Force wipes his sweat and speaks to an old knight who appears to be his superior.

“I don’t know. Something…… “It’s not unusual.”

From noble mtl dot com

“I don’t remember ever having this many demonic beasts appear.”

“It’s something I’ve never experienced before. I guess I’ll have to report it to my superiors. If possible, even the Imperial Knights may have to come forward.”

“You mean the Imperial Knights?”

“Okay. A large-scale demonic flood may occur. In the first place, this is not a place where the demons we have defeated now reside. But the fact that they are here…… It came in droves. “Because they are pushed out by other top predators.”

“Top predator… ….”

“A new magic world may have been opened. Where our eyes cannot reach. “I think the first thing to do is to return to work and report to the higher-ups.”

“Yes!”

The young and old knights immediately returned to the Capital Defense Force and later reported what they had seen to their superiors.

And that fact was conveyed to numerous noble families, including the imperial family.

* * *

I was reading the documents his father handed me. It was a letter from the imperial family saying that the number of demonic beasts and demons had recently increased near the islands.

As expected, it seemed like a flood of demonic beasts was about to occur. In less than a month, there will probably be so many demonic beasts that they will spread out on the streets.

“I guess it’s starting soon?”

“Okay. Fortunately, it’s still as I saw it. “Now the demonic beasts will be rushing down towards the islands like crazy, and the Capital Defense Force and the Imperial Knights alone probably won’t be able to stop them.”

“But then wouldn’t nobles from other regions send private soldiers?”

“It takes too long. It’ll probably be over before they get there. “The question is how much civilian damage there will be before that.”

I don’t know if this is a worldview that has things like space movement magic circles or portals, but unfortunately, there is no space movement magic circle in this worldview. This is because if there is such a thing, you have no choice but to skip several events.

So I didn’t make it…… Thanks to this, it seemed like we could create a situation where Ruslan could be active. Perhaps the nobles would like to send private soldiers to gain the Emperor’s favor, but they would never be able to do it in time. The attacks of demonic beasts do not increase gradually, but increase like crazy starting from a certain moment.

“Oh, well… …. The top priority of the Imperial Knights is the protection of the imperial castle. “It will be difficult to save civilians with the Capital Defense Force alone.”

I nodded at Asti’s words.

“That’s right. So, they will try to recruit academy personnel. “The purpose of establishing Selus Academy was to train knights, wizards, and priests.”

“There will probably be a backlash against using young children. “Aren’t they mostly children of noble families?”

“The backlash will inevitably fade away soon.”

“Why?”

“If you see demonic beasts invading the system, you will think that you need to recruit all available manpower. And above all…… “As long as I, who can be considered the highest-ranking noble, jump in voluntarily, there won’t be many people who will try to save themselves.”

“Ah-hang.”

“So, we just have to watch Ruslan work hard and assist him from time to time. Don’t die. “At the same time, we save civilians.”

“Wow, you become a devil and work to save people. “Maybe I lack the qualities of a devil as much as I thought?”

“You are a different devil than the devil known to the world from the beginning. “He was originally an angel, so what?”

“That’s true, but…… “That’s just the way it is.”

Asti laughed awkwardly.

“I know that even when you were an angel, you were very active in saving people.”

“That’s because at that time, she was in the prime of her life as her father’s daughter and had a strong sense of justice. Not now but.”

For someone like me who knew why she became corrupt, her words somehow sounded sad.

It’s because of a sense of justice. I know that it was not a sense of justice.

The reason she fell was because of the indifference of the heavenly god Deus toward the human world.

When humans first appeared in the world and achieved a certain level of civilization, the war between hell and heaven broke out, and the screams of people in pain continued in the human world.

Asti, or Astaroth, was so disappointed in Heaven after seeing that scene that he fell and became a devil.

Rather than being an angel who is bound by rules and cannot act as he wants, he would rather become an autonomous devil and help humans.

Why did she fall in love with humans? It’s unknown.

* * *

Anyway, things were going smoothly. Starting with the raid that just happened. I thought something might be twisted again…… Aside from the fact that Dantalion and Andromalius survived, there are no major differences from the original.

Since then, there have been occasional stories of her saintess coming to see Ruslan, so it seems that gaining the upper hand over the devil made a strong impression on Adrian.

I hope it flows like water and passes the candlestick of St. Valencia with ease…… Only then will he be able to defeat Lina, who has combined with the saint’s remains.

Apart from that, it was necessary to think about what would happen after the demonic flood in many ways. This is because Nebiros obtains the saint’s remains as soon as the demonic flood incident ends.

After corrupting the remains and combining them with Lina, there would be a final battle with Ruslan, and my goal was to save their lives in that final battle.

I planned to protect Lina and Nea separately, who weren’t dead. Lina might reject it, but…… I just hope that the sense of betrayal he feels towards me is not that great.

However, after thinking about it a little, I think that Asti can take care of that. Lina and Nea are the final bosses in Part 1, but they are weaker than Asti and I, the final bosses in Part 3. At that time, Ruslan could barely beat the two, so if Asti intervened, he would easily lose them.

You won’t even get caught. Since Asti met me, she hasn’t shown any signs of weakness at all.

Then again, it is something to think about after that. How I will survive at the end of Part 3.

What was the reason for doing everything together instead of asking Asti to do everything in the first place? Isn’t it so that I don’t die in vain in the final chapter of Part 3?

If I let go and leave everything to Asti…… Well. Maybe I won’t survive. So, there are things that move like this all of a sudden.

Then how on earth should we find a way out? I guess I have no choice but to take my time and think about it. By that time, Ruslan will have become a crazy person worthy of being called a real monster.

There will even be help from a saint…… Is there a way to fake death? I’ll have to look for it.

If you can just do that, things will be easier than you think.

I have a headache.

Is it because I worry about the future for no reason? I pressed my fingers to my throbbing temples.

This probably won’t come to a conclusion in the short term. We had to figure out Ruslan’s strength, and we had to be able to use Asti’s full power.

This is the power Asti has. We probably won’t have to take it out right now, but we’ll at least need to test it. I think they will be active from the middle of part 2 to part 3.

Asti’s true power lies more in her familiars than in her magic and melee combat, and I remember that all of those familiars were fearsome.

We need time to objectively understand the power of those familiars, and it wouldn’t be a bad idea to test it during this flood of demonic beasts.

For reference, there were three types of familiars under her command.

Black Spirit Legion, Snake of Curse, Dragon of Sloth.

The Black Spirit Legion was originally made up of fire spirits, but it became corrupted and became a black spirit. It uses flames tinged with darkness and exerts enormous power when dealing with multiple enemies. It could probably turn a decent city into rubble.

Curse snake. It was Asti’s first familiar after he fell and went to hell, and it was also the biggest reason why Asti was able to survive in hell.

On one individual, she can place her terrible curses that not even her demons can easily dispel, which is why the majority of her demons who deal with her fear her. .

Finally…… The dragon of sloth.

As you can guess from the word dragon, it was the strongest familiar among Asti’s familiars.

Asty is a guy who started working by subduing a sleeping guy at the bottom of hell. He is lazy all the time, but when he shows his strength, he is so strong that even a high-ranking demon will have a hard time defeating him.

If you look at the lineup, they are absolutely terrifying. But I don’t know. Because I was wondering if they could show the power they had in the original…… It would be a good idea to test them during this demonic flood situation.

Especially because we planned to protect the system and then sneak out to hunt the subdragon once the situation stabilized.

You can check it then.