I Became a Time-Stopper at the Academy

63 – Subjugating the Underground Hideout (2)

Flower, flames raged here and there.

Landau and Luisa slayed the vampires who were at a loss for what to do with the blue hell fire.

I kept pulling the trigger of the shotgun to keep the enemies running toward Elianne and Delia from approaching.

I drank magic potion in between.

It’s a pity that she had prepared a lot before coming to the island. Without Ellie Anne’s information, she would have been completely depleted of magical energy.

“Ugh!”

Benedetta cut her arm in a vampire blood attack.

I know my weakness, so I’m getting rid of it relatively smoothly, but my opponent is an A-class demon.

You can never look at it lightly.

“I will heal you!”

Delia walked right next to Benedetta.

Then he used green healing magic on Benedetta’s left arm, which was bleeding.

It was a shallow wound, so it healed quickly.

Benedetta said “Thank you” And hit the [Inferno Flame] At the vampires again.

Thanks to the sunlight turned on like Elianne, they were also in a hurry to avoid the fire of hell.

Because if your clothes burn and your skin is exposed, you will die in the sunlight.

‘It’s strange.’

I couldn’t check it because I was dealing with the incoming vampires.

The priest.

He is the leader of a cult that vampires believe in.

In the game, because of the existence of the priest, the warrior party came out quite difficult.

He has low direct attack power, but casts powerful buff magic on his followers.

By using the stone field.

“Die, chief human!!”

While I was thinking, I heard a loud voice behind me.

Looks like he thought killing me would break the morale of the party members.

That’s not the case…….

It doesn’t exist.

Because Luisa, Elianne, and Delia, who like me, will panic.

It was time for me to realize that I was a person who shouldn’t be in a party.

Red blood flew towards my back.

I tried to avoid it using the [Time Stop] Skill.

“Who knew you would let that happen?!”

Poof—.

Caitlyn threw her dagger.

I got stuck in the heart of the vampire who attacked me.

The vampire died without even screaming.

“Are you okay?”

She came next to me and asked.

“It’s okay. Thank you for protecting me.”

“What, what. As a party member, it’s natural!”

She blushed and ran towards the vampires.

Her role is to infiltrate and disturb the enemies as much as possible.

She played a risky and difficult role, but she did it well.

There were only about 30 demons left.

Approximately 7 people.

Including the invisible priest, 8 people.

“I, I don’t want to die!!”

The female vampire ran towards the aisle.

As soon as she realized that her situation was turning against her, she immediately ran away.

But she had no intention of letting go.

Bang—!!

I pulled the trigger and fired her shotgun.

All 12 small magic bullets hit the female vampire’s body.

She didn’t die, but she fell on her side in shock.

“Haa—!”

Luisa threw down her spear.

One of her skills she acquired from training with Klava.

It was a javelin.

“Gaah!”

Unfortunately, I couldn’t hit the heart.

But Louisa was already right in front of the female vampire.

I just pulled out the spear stuck in his body and stabbed him in the heart again.

One, two, three, four….

The hearts were destroyed one by one.

There are no visible vampires in the underground hideout.

“Looks like you got it all done.”

Eliane approached me and said.

… That word is a symbol of inauspiciousness.

At first glance, it seemed that the situation was over because no one was there.

But the priest was nowhere to be seen.

I couldn’t hear the jingle of the stone pole.

“Just in case you don’t know, let’s search.”

“”Yes.”” “Yes.”

We walked around the underground hideout together.

I thought maybe the priest was hiding and trembling, but that’s probably not the case anyway.

Because in the game, he made the disciples under his command almost turn into zombies while fighting.

Unlike the entrance and passage, this place was quite spacious.

I searched every nook and cranny while removing the vampire corpses, but I couldn’t find anything.

The only place left now is the altar.

I went closer to the altar and checked it.

A large magic circle was drawn, but nothing was placed on it.

“Wait a minute….”

“Why is that?”

“Why is there nothing on the altar?”

I don’t know what they’re trying to summon, but the purpose of these cultists is to sacrifice them.

Then there must be an offering on the altar.

At least there should be a corpse bag I saw yesterday around, but I didn’t see it.

I assumed one thing.

If all the offerings were collected, what would the priest do?

When an intruder suddenly enters from outside.

“Hiding around here!”

You must have already sensed our danger from the four vampires who died yesterday.

Then, from the priest’s point of view, where summoning is the top priority, winning the fight against us is rather a second priority.

It is safe to use the cultists as bait and move to another place with the sacrifice.

However, the movement range will be limited.

No matter how priestly he is, he is a vampire after all.

It’s hard to imagine that he would take the risk of going up to the ground in broad daylight.

“Joe Joel! Here!!”

Rando shouted loudly.

Pointing at the base of the altar with a finger.

A small groove was dug at the bottom of the altar.

Isn’t it just a handle or decoration?

I put my hand in the groove once.

The wind went through.

There is room under this altar!

I picked up the shotgun and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

The altar was shattered.

And they found a square-shaped hole in the place where the altar used to be.

“These are the stairs… !”

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Eliane gulped as she peered into the hole.

I never thought there would be another underground underground.

It was an element not seen in the game.

The forced retreat yesterday created this variable.

It is useless to blame the past.

I suppressed my nervous heart with a deep breath.

“Go in carefully.”

At my words, all the party members silently nodded.

Caitlin led the way down the stairs in the order of Lando, Luisa, Benedetta, me, Elianne, and Delia.

It was even narrower than the passage at the entrance.

It was almost like a rabbit hop.

I have reached the exit.

A rectangular space like a warehouse appeared.

“Kuh…. You’ve come this far, you disgusting humans.”

A vampire holding a stone scepter.

It was the priest.

Behind the priest, there were fragments of corpses presumed to be those of the cadets.

On top of the magic circle.

“However, the summoning is already at an end. No matter how wise you are, you can’t stop it.”

Ellie Anne retorted, snorting at her.

“No, I can stop it. You just have to cancel the summons.”

The priest laughed heartily.

Eliane’s words were not wrong.

Actually, that was the only way to stop the summoning we had already started.

“For the liberation of the great monarch!”

The priest blew blood.

Toward her own heart.

“”… !!””

I was about to commit suicide!

Is this crazy zealot giving his life to that lord or something?

[Time stop] Was activated.

Because I didn’t reset the skill with the pistol beforehand, I could only stop for 4 seconds.

I pointed the muzzle of the shotgun at the body of the priest.

I have already confirmed several times with other vampires that this will not kill me.

I can only knock myself over.

Bang—!!

Four seconds expired when it exploded.

The 12 magic bullets are already right in front of the priest.

The magic bullet hit before the blood.

“Ugh?!”

With a panicked voice, he fell backwards.

Benedetta screamed.

“You must not let yourself take your own life!!”

Lando and Luisa tried to run at the priest.

However, the priest attacked the two by spurting blood while lying down.

I did my best to stop the priest from committing suicide by driving magic bullets into the priest’s body again.

The question is, will the summoning be stopped even if suicide is prevented like this?

In the end, I have to somehow change the priest’s mind, but by what means?

‘In the first place, who is the ruler these demons are talking about?’

Explicitly, there is only one demon lord.

That’s why most of the users thought he was just a demon king.

In the first place, the uninhabited island side’s goal was to kill all the vampires on the uninhabited island before the summoning magic started, so I didn’t pay much attention.

“I ask you one thing, priest.”

“A cheeky human being.”

“Who is the monarch you speak of? Are you the Demon King?”

The priest frowned strongly.

I could tell just by looking at his face.

The Demon King is not a summoning target.

“There is definitely only one great monarch of ours. The one who rules the night from time immemorial.”

“… Maybe a vampire lord?”

“Hmph, you know it well for a human.”

“… ….”

I lost my pulse.

I thought you used a skill to stop the summoning of the Vampire Lord.

He is literally the lord of vampires.

The best of all vampires.

Of course, it is the most threatening among vampires, and its power is said to be comparable to that of the previous demon king.

“Landau.”

“Yes.”

“Just kill me.”

“Yes? Are you okay?”

Nodded.

I doubt my instructions, but Lando trusted me and raised his sword.

Dadada, he ran to the priest and immediately thrust his sword into the priest’s chest.

The priest vomited blood and died instantly.

Benedetta asked me quietly.

“I do not question Sir Joel’s judgment. However, as far as I know, the Vampire Lord is a very scary being….”

“… I will know when summoned.”

I just sat on the floor.

I waited for the Vampire Lord to appear.

Said, turning his head towards Lando.

“Be nice to me because I’m going to be your second lover.”

“Yes? What the hell is that….”

Pang—!!

A black pillar rose from the magic circle.

It was similar to when Lando awakened his strength as a hero.

All party members swallowed saliva loud enough to hear.

Only I wasn’t nervous at all.

The black pillar gradually disappeared.

The person inside the pillar appeared.

“”Vampire Lord… ?””

All the party members tilted their heads.

When you think of a ruler, it’s easy to think of a man.

But the vampire lord is not a man.

Has the appearance of a young girl.

To the point where I can’t tell if he’s in his teens or in his twenties.

“Ah! What are these corpses!”

The Vampire Lord descended from the corpse.

Be careful, as if worried about slipping.

I didn’t jump even though it wasn’t that high.

Growl—.

The belly clock rang loudly.

It was the sound coming from the Vampire Lord’s ship.

“I am hungry….”

A powerless girl with stomach skin clinging to her back from starvation.

That was the current state of the Vampire Lord.