Surviving as a Villain at the Academy

37 – Planning. (3)

Adrian Deus was still praying faithfully in the church.

The results of today’s priest exam were more satisfactory than expected, so the corners of her mouth rose slightly as she prayed.

The number of faithful believers was definitely increasing. An increase in believers also meant an increase in outstanding priests.

There have been cases where people who have received the grace of God, hidden without knowing, have finally found God and their talents are in full bloom.

It is clear that the number of people seeking God has increased, perhaps due to the recent demonic incident.

That would mean that God’s will could be made more widely known.

But the joy was short-lived, and she felt a strange sense of regret. Recently, she said there was no strong paladin to represent the church.

She said, ‘This is why she shouldn’t just take the priest exam, that’s what she said…’ … ‘It’s a shame.’

If you look at the occasional reports that the skills of the church’s Holy Knights or Judges are noticeably declining…… It was not just a matter of focusing on the priestly exam.

New paladins and judges were needed. She asked the church and academy to increase the number of paladins and judges, citing the example of the Demon Lord incident, but the church still opposed her words.

The first reason was the lack of manpower, and the second reason was lack of money. It was such a realistic story that Adrian had no choice but to accept it.

She was extremely disappointed about that.

At Selus Academy, there were students who clearly had the qualities of a paladin. Perhaps, if you lead them well, you can transform them into quite powerful paladins.

But Adrian also knew. Even those with such qualities end up becoming ordinary knights, but they do not willingly set out to become paladins.

The rules of a paladin are much stricter than those given to general knights. Maybe you don’t want to bear the weight of that discipline.

Adrian also felt sorry for that.

‘Maybe it’s a fault that the rules are too strict…’ …. Would it be a good idea to lower the strictness of discipline a bit? Deus, the Supreme. ‘What should I do?’

She asked God, but as expected, there was no answer from God. This probably means that the trivial matter of expanding the Paladins should be taken care of.

She knows too. It is said that no one has heard the voice of God in the past hundreds of years.

But again she believed. That one day someone will hear the voice of God.

In the end, the world flows as God wants, so if someone with the right qualifications appears, God will definitely give his voice to the world.

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Adrian was fine even if it wasn’t him. If only someone could hear God’s voice and lead the world to right.

But suddenly, she began to feel a terrible magical energy in her senses.

This level of magical energy was so powerful that even she had never felt it before.

Adrian felt goosebumps growing all over his body.

‘What on earth is this…? … !’

Although embarrassed, Adrian raised his divine power to its maximum. Soon, a brilliant brilliance erupted, and he began to gradually drive away the demonic energy that had spread over the academy.

She quickly left the church. She had to go to the source of the demonic energy immediately. She immediately rang the huge bell in her prayer room and summoned everyone in the church.

“Everyone felt it, right?”

Everyone nodded to the saintess’ question. It wasn’t just Adrian who felt it. The priests of the church are each deeply religious and full of divine power. There was no way such people could not have felt these waves of demonic energy.

“Let’s go. To the source of demonic energy. “It seems like something similar to the Demon Lord has appeared again.”

Soon, the sound of the paladins putting on their armor was heard, and the priests finished arming themselves for battle.

The saintess also picked up a large hammer as tall as her own instead of the Bible she usually carried and struck it on the ground, and then she ran towards the source of the demonic energy.

* * *

“Wow… ….”

Asti and I watched from the air as the saints, paladins, and priests moved, and I was amazed. It was like a scene from a movie as they advanced through the fog of demonic energy, emitting a stream of divine power.

“This saint seems to have received a lot of God’s grace. “Seeing how I can bring out such brilliance in my demonic energy.”

“That’s right. Adrian Deus is the highest level saint of all time. Of course, if you are sincere, I won’t be able to stop you at this level…… “You didn’t even intend to do that in the first place, right?”

“That’s right. By the way, it seems like Ruslan is slowly overpowering Andromalius? “I think he’s quite a monster.”

Just as Asti said, a fierce battle was taking place below us. Andromalius, due to his characteristics, was unable to exert his full power against Ruslan, but he was doing quite well, and Dantalion was constantly shooting out magic and threatening Aris and Ruslan.

Ruslan struggled with the attacks of Dantalion and Andromalius, who came at the same time, but the situation gradually began to change as Aris blocked Dantalion’s magic to some extent.

With just that little bit of help, Ruslan was completely pushing Andromalius.

“It will be over soon, right? Even if the saint doesn’t help.”

“That’s right. “After all, this incident was planned to show the saint how strong Ruslan is.”

“Is that why you give me a candlestick?”

I nodded to Asti’s question.

“That candlestick will be very active in the future…… The board was laid out so that we could guess in advance. “To begin with, the saintess must be very dissatisfied with the way things are going now.”

“Why?”

“Because the church’s power itself is not that strong. Priests are strong, but…… There are no powerful or famous paladins or judges to take charge of the front lines. “Maybe that’s why Adrian covets Ruslan.”

Asti shook her head at my words and cupped her face with her hands.

“Ah, the saint has arrived. “Are Andromalius and them just a bunch of people to throw away?”

I shook my head at her words.

At first, I was just going to use it as a discard card…… Most of the people currently infiltrating the academy are just looking for entertainment, so I thought it would be better to take a look at the situation and draw them to my side.

What’s more, isn’t there the supreme demon Astaroth behind me? I could really use them. It would be a bit of a waste to throw it away now.

“That can’t be possible. You will be using it for a long time, so it would be a waste to throw it away already. “That’s why we came out here.”

“To save it?”

“You just have to create an appropriate gap.”

As I said that and glanced at Asti, she puffed out her cheeks.

“In the end, you’re trying to exploit me again, right?”

“Exactly. But you definitely paid the price last time.”

“Yes, but…” … Ha. Okay.”

Asti said that and glared down. There was no need for Asti to show himself to them right now anyway. You can just snap your fingers and they won’t even know what’s happening.

Roughly speaking, Adrian will admire Ruslan’s divinity and try to trap Andromalius and Dantalion with a sacred barrier. However, if Asti could break the sacred barrier, they would be able to easily escape.

It’s true that they survive in the original, but honestly, now that things have changed so much from the original, there doesn’t seem to be a need to follow the original’s flow with even those low-level demons. What’s important is that Ruslan becomes as strong as the original.

If you think about it, Ruslan is now stronger than the original. In the original, I struggled quite a bit and got hurt, but now I’m not hurt at all.

And things went as I expected.

* * *

Adrian could not contain his astonishment. That red-skinned devil with a snake on his arm. It was a demon that she could not ignore, as she had to exorcise or exorcise her demons.

“Andromalius? How could the devil be at the academy…? … ?”

The priests and paladins could not help but be shaken by the saint’s embarrassment.

Because it was a situation on a completely different level from when the demonic realm was opened.

Even if it was a low-level devil, the strength and evilness of a named devil was real.

They were beings who could tear people to death very easily, and could defeat even a small army without priests or paladins. It is a being so strong that it cannot even be compared to demonic beasts.

How on earth did the devil come to earth? Where is the devil’s contractor? Too many thoughts disturbed Adrian’s head, but she shook her head once and brought up her divine power.

That wasn’t what was important now. The only thing that mattered now was purifying the demon in front of me.

But…… As the saint looked at the boy fighting Andromalius, she couldn’t help but be even more surprised.

The boy was overwhelming the devil.

That face was definitely a familiar one. Ruslan Ares.

I remembered his face because he was the most talented student in first grade. However, was it a fragmentary skill that was not properly revealed?

Exclamation came out. How great is his talent that he can overwhelm the devil?

Even looking at the way it was going, it wasn’t even a single demon he was dealing with. When the paladins and priests arrived, they were blocking the boy’s black ice magic.

Although they are not revealed, it clearly means that they are dealing with two demons.

No matter how much the influence of the church has diminished the power of the devil, the fact that he has consistently gained the upper hand like that means that the boy’s skills have far surpassed the level of a student.

I can’t believe such a talented person was in an academy like this. Adrian felt greater relief than the threat of the devil appearing on this earth.

However, realizing that it was not time for her to feel relief, she stepped forward onto the ground, grasping the huge battle hammer with both hands.