I Stayed Loyal When My Teacher Was Betrayed

38 – Calamity of the Demon Tower 8

Flames rising everywhere.

The entire demon tower was burning intensely as if trying to consume everything.

And within that center of flames, the ‘enemies’ were rampaging fiercely…

Demons.

At this moment, abruptly emerging from within the demon tower, they set fire inside and unleashed a merciless slaughter. Seeing them, Rokia raised her voice urgently.

“What… What is happening here? Where are these guys coming from?”

“I… I don’t know either. They suddenly appeared…!!! Urgh!”

“!!!”

A mass of flames flew towards the secretary who was speaking.

His body, hit directly, began to burn instantly.

“Ah… Aah…”

Witnessing someone being engulfed in fire and dying while having a conversation.

Rokia was momentarily captivated by shock and failed to respond in time.

Just then.

– Shaaah!!!

Sudden streams of cold water poured down from all directions.

The flames that had engulfed the secretary were extinguished instantly.

And…

“Aren’t you going to snap out of it? It’s not the time to be dazed.”

“Ah… Ye… Yes! Ah… I understand!”

Raising her staff, she urged them with a cold voice.

Rosetta.

Rokia regained her composure belatedly and started giving orders to the wizards inside the demon tower.

“For now, don’t worry about the surroundings! Focus solely on defeating the demons in front of us!”

The emergency action plan learned from Rosetta just before.

Amidst the urgent situation, according to the teaching that urgent matters should be dealt with first, she immediately instructed the wizards to engage in battle.

Following her instructions, the wizards started focusing only on the battle in front of them, rather than putting out fires or protecting items.

It was a simple command, but the action plan issued by the leader successfully corrected the confusion of the wizards.

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“Then let’s go too. First, we need to defeat the demons.”

“Oh… I understand! Rosetta!”

Rosetta started to gather her magic power and move forward.

Behind her, Rokia also began to construct spells while holding her staff.

The magic performed by the two wizards with the power of the archmage.

The resulting wave of magic caused the demons inside the tower to begin feeling instinctual fear.

“What… what is this?”

“! It’s…it’s them! Attack them first!”

“I sense an unusual power. Attack them first!”

They immediately drew the aggro of the demons.

However…in this situation, they completed their spellwork without any hesitation.

And then…

“!! Argh!”

“This…this is…!”

The next moment, white knights began to rise from the ground.

They were not real knights, but were made of magic, and their number reached as many as 200.

They immediately rushed in all directions, supporting the wizards who were engaging in battle with the demons.

And of course,

The method they used was far from perfect and quite unorthodox.

“Kraaaah!”

“This…this cowardly…krrrrugh!”

The knights provided a strong support from behind.

The demons and their summoned monsters were quickly overwhelmed by the white swords the knights wielded.

1:1 confrontation does not come into play… such regulations were easily disregarded due to the one-sided outcome of the ambush.

Of course, the non-exterminating demons and monsters held their ground, but they were also unable to fully regain their composure amidst the attacks coming from all directions.

Thus, in the urgent situation, the situation turned around and started to gain a positive outlook.

However, even within this seemingly smooth flow. The tension in Rosetta’s face remained unresolved.

She realized it through the battles.

Among the demons, they belonged to the lower tier.

It meant that despite their grand methods capable of disregarding even the great barrier, these guys weren’t as strong as they seemed.

“Their presence is lacking… Considering the fact that they employed such extravagant methods that can even ignore the main fortifications, they are not that powerful…”

Their role was nothing more than hammers and anvils, beings at the level of anvils.

They were somewhat suitable for successfully defending against enemy attacks, but when it came to their own attacks, they felt inadequate.

The fact that the situation couldn’t be resolved with just this much made the reality evident.

However… Even if that was the case, considering it now would be too much.

The important thing was to focus on extinguishing the urgent flames in front of them while temporarily ignoring everything else,

As such, Rosetta concentrated on leading the white knights forward, smoothly maneuvering the battle while postponing a detailed analysis for later.

Yet, she still couldn’t shake off her concern about the person who had yet to disappear…

“Edward… There must have been something happening on your side as well…”

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“Kuk…!”

Edmund, the demon emitting various magic spells right in front of her.

Watching him relentlessly unleash attacks with incomparable power,

At this moment, she…

Demon King Lorquinne was feeling an indescribable mix of bewilderment and admiration.

Perplexity and awe…

And… experiencing for the first time in her life…

An unfamiliar and intense throbbing sensation.

In the midst of these emotions, she couldn’t decide what she should do.

“W-What should I do?… It’s too late to reveal that you were Bernie…”

Demon King Lorquinne,

Though she didn’t show it, she was greatly shaken by the death of her beloved brother Ordein.

Unlike Torcan, who sees him as a cute younger brother, Lorquinne and Ordein had an unfriendly relationship due to being each other’s rivals.

However, when it came to his skill, Lorquinne undeniably acknowledged his strength. Therefore, the abilities of the mages from Matop who killed Ordein instilled a deep sense of caution in her.

An adversary surpassing expectations.

If she continued to be dazed, both Ordein and even Torcan might fall victim to them. Because of that, Lorquinne decided to thoroughly assess these guys and prepare countermeasures herself.

Because of that reason, she created a disguise identity.

Berniere.

By disguising herself as an ordinary human woman, she attempted to infiltrate the adventurer guild to gather information.

Although she wanted to directly penetrate Martop, unlike adventurers who can start anytime, it was not easy to even step foot in Martop without a special connection or clear status.

With the mentality of making a virtue out of necessity, she became an adventurer…

In the process, she had the fortunate opportunity to meet Edmund and Rosetta, the masters, which allowed her to quickly embark on the path of success.

Within just a few weeks, Lorquina became a master-level adventurer, gaining access to most of the information inside and outside the adventurer guild.

Thanks to this, she could clearly grasp information about the four grand sorcerers who ruled Martop and the alliance of races, enabling her to achieve a complete victory in the previous war.

And now, Lorquina, who had gained momentum, decided to completely erase Martop, the problem at hand.

The plan was progressing smoothly,

Now, all that remained was to eliminate those present here and join the inferior demons who were attacking Martop from within.

However, at this moment…

Unexpectedly, the problematic demon, Lorquina, found herself caught in a situation she never anticipated.

“Haat!!”

“Oof!”

– Kwaakwaaang!!

A man was fiercely unleashing high-powered spells towards her.

He was not only someone with the same demon blood flowing through his veins but also the person she had spent almost a year with, subtly shaking her heart since the day they first met.

Edmund.

Originally, she had planned to deal with him reasonably and then knock him unconscious,

But his actions at this moment, unleashing various magic spells towards her…

And it wasn’t for any other reason but herself…

Edmund’s actions, passionately attacking to save Berniere.

Lorquina was being overwhelmed by his actions, to the point that she forgot about her plan entirely.

‘H-How… I need to retaliate quickly… I don’t have time to leisurely think like this…’

It didn’t matter since he was just a lower demon, disposable.

The problem was that if she missed this opportunity, it wouldn’t be easy to attack Martop again.

Nevertheless, Lorquina couldn’t bring herself to defeat Edmund.

From the fact that he effortlessly defended against most of her attacks, it was clear that he was not an easy opponent to begin with.

If the level is this high, it’s right below the highest-level demons.

Moreover, decisively, his words criticizing Bernie, and his actions were pounding Rorkine’s heart as if she were receiving a confession of love for the first time.

At that time when Rorkine was unable to do this or that.

“…Huh?”

A sudden, feeling of an unusual force began to be felt.

At this, Rorkine’s face began to be captured by surprise for a moment…

Looking at her like that, Edmond said in a cold voice.

“This is the end. Release Bernie to us!”

‘…h-heung…’