Became a War Hero of the Academy - Chapter 8



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008. If you want to show off your skills (3)

‘I was wondering who would come to stop me… this is unexpected.’

I thought that a nearby cadet leader or trainer would stop me, or that Frederick, who still had ill feelings toward me, would step forward.

I looked at Michelle and tried to exert strength in my frozen hands.

As expected, it didn’t even move.

‘… That’s amazing.’

Some might say this is just common remote magic, but as a MAGA veteran I can tell.

Although it may seem easy at first glance, it is by no means an easy task.

Even at a distance of more than 100 meters, he was able to pinpoint only my two wrists with such precision and speed.

A difficult magical ability unless you have an exceptionally high ability to control magical powers.

I can’t believe you did that without even blinking.

‘His skills are too good to be kept as a staff member, even after looking at him again.’

Of course, the problem is that their specialization is too strong when used as combatants.

You don’t have to worry about that from now on.

As I relaxed my grip, Michelle also put her wand away and dispelled the spell.

“That’s enough, Colonel Carter.”

She, who was at the back, slowly walked down and reached the very front of the stands.

“Right, Captain?”

“…….”

The cadet captain next to me just looked back and forth between me and Michelle and nodded with a displeased expression.

I already knew what that meant.

“Enough? What do you mean?”

I tilted my head for a moment.

“Ah, so you’re saying… you tested me, Captain?”

“Rather than a test….”

“It was supposed to be a welcome party, but it was actually a test. It wasn’t even a kid, man.”

As I taunted with all my might, the provoked cadet captain glared at me and slapped me back.

“Why, can’t I test it? I’m sure you wouldn’t want someone unqualified to enter Carvena.”

“of course.”

“But why….”

“Then, should you have asked for permission to test it from the beginning? Was it really necessary to fool people by calling it a welcome party?”

I wasn’t really fooled though.

I continued speaking immediately before my opponent could argue further.

“Well, it was probably a kind of initiation ceremony. They wanted to show the sight of a special forces veteran struggling against a low-ranking demon.”

“Hey, look, Carter. No, Instructor Carter. That wasn’t my intention at all….”

He looked around the stands, leaving the cadet captain behind, who was pretending nothing happened, and said.

“I came to Carvena as an instructor to teach practical combat tactics. I did not come as a combatant. Do you understand?”

An uncomfortable silence followed my words, which bordered on admonition.

Some of the gazes that stared at me were clearly hostile.

Surprisingly, Frederick, who had been his arch-enemy, looked quite relieved.

I lowered my head slightly with a sigh.

It was a brief greeting to Michelle.

“If you have nothing more to say, I will take my leave now, Chairman.”

* * *

As soon as Eugene Carter left the scene, Michelle Bernhardt left with a cheerful smile.

Other professors who were watching this also stood up from their seats.

“I’m really glad I was able to avoid the worst, but I hope you don’t drag me into something like this again. Okay.”

“Now, just wait a minute, Nigel!”

Trainer Nigel left the scene as soon as his horse woke up from its stun.

Rubia Magnus sat quietly for a while with a somewhat impressed expression on her face, then realized that there was no one around and hurriedly ran outside.

The cadet captain, left alone on stage, gritted his teeth and expressed his anger.

“Damn it…!”

“I told you, don’t underestimate that Carter guy.”

The cadet captain stroked his forehead as he watched Frederick come down to the stage.

“…I admit it. I was short-sighted.”

but.

“This is just the beginning, Director.”

… You still haven’t come to your senses yet, huh?

Frederick was about to say something, but he just kept his mouth shut.

Eugene Carter’s performance was quite surprising to him as well.

If they keep up their good work, we might see him reform Carvena sooner.

So Frederick nodded moderately and turned around.

“I’ll be waiting.”

A smile appeared faintly on the corner of his mouth.

* * *

Six days have passed since the welcoming ceremony.

The current date is February 28th, the day before the start of the semester.

From early morning, I was heading to the demon zone with Ruby.

“I owe you a favor again.”

“No, not at all.”

Although she might have grumbled at least once, she was smiling the entire time while moving over two kilometers.

‘If you look at this, you can tell that he’s a stamina-loving character.’

I often felt her gaze on me, but I tried to look away.

“But it’s really interesting.”

“What do you mean?”

“Why, there’s this thing called a stereotype. About demons.”

She continued speaking, taking my silence as consent.

“I don’t know if scholars like us would know, but I didn’t know that the legendary war hero of the Empire would be interested in the classification levels of demons.”

“I guess I can see things because I’ve caught a lot of demons.”

After those words, the conversation paused for a moment.

A forest of spruce trees was visible in the distance.

Not all demons harm humans.

The definition of a demon is, after all, a beast with demonic powers, or mana.

If it doesn’t pose a big threat to humans, there’s no need to scratch it.

It was for the same reason that a ‘demon invasion zone’ could exist in Carvena.

Anyway, if you don’t know the characteristics of the demon, it’s difficult to defeat it.

Based on the data obtained through relatively low-risk demons, we deal with threatening demons.

That was the standard for exorcism in modern times.

‘Until the apocalypse really starts.’

A wide, long iron bar, like a fence, blocked the entrance.

A faint flow of magical power was felt from the surface of the iron bars upward.

As soon as I saw it, simple recipes came to mind.

‘It releases electricity with an alarm the moment you touch it. A common form.’

In a small nod to our memories as Eugene Carter, we headed to the small management office on the far right.

A man dressed neatly in a business suit came out carrying some documents.

“Instructor Eugene Carter, Professor Rubia Magnus, is that correct?”

“yes.”

“yes!”

“It’s 150 minutes from the time of entry… Please note that it’s only open until 10 AM.”

I nodded, glancing at my watch.

As the man entered the office and started touching various things, the magical power surrounding the iron bars was cut off.

Squeak!

The door swung open with a loud noise.

Rubia grabbed my arm with an excited expression on her face.

“Let’s go, Eugene!”

“Don’t drag it on too much.”

* * *

There are three levels of demons defined by the Empire.

Safety, caution, danger.

This area, District 23, is a demonic zone located between Building G and Building H, and only safe-class demons appear here.

‘We still need to be careful.’

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Actually, I was quite lucky during the welcoming ceremony.

Because my opponent was a trained demon, and I had a perfect strategy for dealing with the Benamaur Red Wolf.

If anything, I was planning on using my ultimate skill, the Eye of Intimidation, and that’s what happened.

but.

‘I’m not the type of person who can just write like that.’

It is a very useful ability against one or two low-ranked demons, but its meaning fades considerably when facing multiple enemies. It also consumes a considerable amount of magic power.

Even I, a 10-year MAGA veteran, have some things I don’t know.

I’ve been doing strength, muscle strength, and agility training every day without fail, but my opponent is a devil.

The story is that when you face the devil with this unfamiliar body, you never know what variables will arise.

There was a reason I went with Rubia.

Although his combat sense is noticeably lacking, he still has a great aptitude for large-scale warfare that is far superior to my current ability.

While walking along the wide, winding forest path, Rubia’s gaze could not stay on one place.

Her clear, shining eyes and innocent smile looked even more radiant under the sunlight.

I paused for a moment, giving her time to observe.

“I guess you don’t usually come alone?”

“yes.”

Rubia answered, examining the small herbs blooming between the trees.

“My subject is completely theory-based, so I don’t have much opportunity to go on practical training… and I also have to be mindful of what other professors think.”

“…but.”

If professors of herbalism or herbology saw this, they might wonder why I am so interested in ashes.

But that was Rubia Magnus.

A woman who took as her motto the statement that “there is no meaningless learning in the world,” which may sound a bit ridiculous at first.

Only then, as if she had realized something too late, did she turn her head towards me.

“Look at my mind. You said you were looking for something, right?”

“yes.”

I handed over an old, crumpled piece of paper.

As soon as she saw something round and drawn on one side of the paper, Rubia flinched.

“Isn’t this a snail?”

“Yes. We have to find him.”

“ah….”

Then, Rubia openly expressed her discomfort.

“I think this one will be difficult. The radius of activity is too wide and the size is too small.”

I knew this would happen, so I prepared something a few days ago.

I took out the small leather pouch that I had kept tied neatly in my inside pocket.

“Is it okay if I have this?”

Inside the pocket was a rough, shiny, red piece of iron ore.

Monsters of a dangerous level or higher are usually hostile to living creatures.

This is especially true if the target is a human being.

Some demons are able to track down and slaughter humans within a 5-kilometer radius.

In this case, there is no need to go out and look for the devil. They will come and attack humans on their own.

The problem is the opposite case.

Safe-class demons are not particularly hostile to humans, and even if they are, the degree to which they are hostile is so weak that it is hard to detect. As such, they are also difficult to find.

That’s why we decided to use other means to attract them.

The ‘Zephyrrine hematite’ that I brought was just that.

“Where did you get this precious thing….”

“I asked a favor of an old colleague.”

I thought to myself, what a small world, that the person who had the rare mineral collector job as his subordinate was my colleague Belfour.

‘Of course, if the money is solid, I’ll be the one to thank you.’

If you were trying to buy it normally, you would need at least one gold coin.

The red iron ore, which was filled with magical power, soon began to emit a red glow.

As I carefully placed the hematite that had been infused with magic power on the ground, red dust slowly began to appear on the ground.

“Now all you have to do is wait.”

I took Rubia and retreated about 20 meters.

Fortunately, the wait wasn’t too long.

Rubia pointed to the other side and whispered.

“Eugene! Over there!”

A snail the size of a pebble was toddling towards the hematite.

The shell, which looked like a steel plate attached to a round rock, had an impressive appearance.

“That shiny shell component is hematite, right?”

“yes.”

Although it may look like a common pebble when hidden inside its shell, the stone snail uses the refractive effect of metal to survive.

For the snail shell, which spends its entire life consuming its innate hematite content, the opportunity to replenish it is very rare.

For those whose survival instinct takes precedence over their hostility toward humans, it would be a temptation that would be difficult to resist.

As evidence, in just 20 minutes, over a hundred snails had gathered near the hematite.

“I didn’t know there were so many snails in this forest.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

I looked at Rubia and asked quietly.

“Can you tie those demons up for a moment?”

“…You mean you can’t go anywhere else?”

“It will only take five minutes.”

Rubia caressed the corner of her mouth and took out her wand as if she had made up her mind.

“Parallelize Field.”

The magic circle that had bloomed on the ground began to blink in a darker red than that of hematite.

At the same time, I ran right in front of the magic circle.

The iron snails outside the magic circle were scattered in all directions in confusion.

The remaining number is roughly over 80.

‘I think this will be effective to some extent.’

I activated Mana Devour without hesitation.

* * *

Steel Body D

Makes the body as strong as steel.

“…D-rank.”

It was not a very satisfactory result, although it was necessary to take into account that the target of the predation was the lowest level among the demons.

‘If you look at the ranks alone, that is.’

Still, with a body made of steel, there was no problem in fooling the rabble.

It will be more than enough to preemptively suppress the cadets, and it will also be useful in the future when training Francia and Rubia.

‘Up to C rank against demons.’

From now on, I’ll see through everything.

While I was checking the skills, Ruby cleaned up the area and even collected the hematite.

“Here you go, Eugene.”

The hematite was reduced to half its size.

I bowed my head in gratitude.

“I wonder if I’m forcing someone who is busy preparing for class to come.”

“No, not that much….”

She waved her hand with an awkward smile, then her eyes sparkled again.

“So what were you trying to do in the end?”

“that….”

“Perhaps to obtain reference materials needed for the new demon classification system that the Empire is currently promoting?!”

She was the one who came to her own conclusions.

“Well… I guess you could say that.”

It’s not entirely wrong, so I agreed with it.

Then Rubia muttered something to herself and then seemed to realize something and made a sound.

“also.”

“also?”

“Huh? What did I say?”

Rubia calmly walks over to me, linking arms, after mumbled something.

“I don’t have much time, so I’ll hurry, Eugene!”

“There are still more than 30 minutes left….”

Of course, the rebuttal did not work.

‘I always say that in times like this, there is no point in asking questions.’

Following her lead, I started to organize my plans for tomorrow step by step.

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