The Only Male Student in the Academy

055. Inferior Marie (1)

It’s hot.

It is very hot.

Painful. Sick.

Is being burned so painful?

“Ariel… Stop it… If you just kill me…”

“Shut up for a minute.”

Somehow, I run while enduring this pain.

It was never easy.

It would be difficult to carry a burning horse, but monsters continued to pop out.

“Kuaaa!!”

It was the flaming wolves that approached with a cry.

Direwolves. Weak monsters set at level 20 in Unknown Saga.

However, the fact that his body was on fire was obviously dominated by the phoenix.

There is only one person doing this. It must have been the work of Elpis Bamir.

“.”

Explodes the water bomb to knock the wolves away.

The flames of the wolves are extinguished with one shot of the water bomb, and the peeks die at once, leaving the road open.

However, monsters continue to attack one after another.

They weren’t monsters that I couldn’t overcome.

The purpose of Elpis Bamir is to induce Lucius and his party to destroy the ‘Sealing Stone Statue’, but he does not intend to annihilate the Lucius party.

That’s why it’s just a little annoying enough to hold on to a direwolf’s ankle for a moment.

…… The problems are endless.

‘I can’t go all the way to the ground…….’

The flame behind his back is getting stronger.

I’m holding on somehow with potions, but I’ll burn to death if I keep Marie by my side.

Of course, before that happens, Marie will transform into a phoenix and try to kill me.

“This is enough, Ariel…!!”

Marie pushed me away.

I lose my balance and I fall, and Marie also rolls on the ground.

I tried to say what I was doing reflexively, but I held my breath.

Marie is breathing heavily.

Status is…… It doesn’t look very good.

‘…… I can’t stand it anymore.’

The limit was visible.

“Ariel… Please leave me… Please kill me… I don’t want to kill Ariel…”

Marie said painfully.

I, who had been carrying Marie on my back for a while, are also in pain from the burns.

Mari, who continues to burn, must be even more painful.

“That’s what life is all about.”

Life is a series of pain, and pain is proof that you are alive.

I got up.

Apply medicine to the wound and apply a bandage.

Loosen up your muscles by moving your wrists and moving your shoulders. Check the items you have one last time.

“Honestly, I don’t know if this is a good thing.”

I have two principles.

First, to maintain the original.

In the original story, Marie dies. So, in order to follow the original story, Marie had to die.

Second, to promote my survival.

My survival is not threatened just because a dog dies. Rather, if I try to save Marie, my life will fly away.

Nevertheless, I am here in violation of two principles.

“The world spins like gears interlocking, and if I can take care of my own life in it… I’ve thought that there’s no problem with that. But now that I think about it, I think I’ve been living with regrets until now.”

I remember staring at the lights on the monitor in a room with the lights off.

Memories of Kim Il-hwan are now being forgotten. But then the smell of regret still lingers in my nostrils.

There were enough diverging points.

There was also the option of studying during school days. But it was me who didn’t.

I don’t think I was self-taught. He should have been taught painting by someone else.

If that was the case, my talent might have bloomed earlier.

If that was the case, I might have had more time.

In that case, I might have put more effort into it.

If I had, I might have had a wider range of options.

Life is the C between B and D.

A series of choices between birth and death.

Since I have always been wrong in choosing options, I wonder if I regretted being in that small room.

“I save you.”

I don’t yet know what I will become in this life.

I just hope that I can live my life without regrets.

The flames rage and attack me.

I’m going to explode a water bomb at close range.

The flames are about to hit my body, but before that, the water bursts in front of my eyes and hits my body.

Thanks to that, I didn’t get burned, but my whole body hurts thanks to being hit by the water pressure.

But there is no time to be in pain.

Because the ice spear flew right in front of my eyes.

“.”

I have seen Many times.

At the right timing, I threw a fireball and bounced the spear out of the air.

There is no time to turn to the offensive.

One of them launched And immediately swung her arm at me.

The arm he wields becomes a flame whip and hits my body vigorously.

Grind your teeth and drink the potion while holding on.

‘I really want to die….’

Since I came to this world, I am fighting the toughest fight.

Inferior Marie.

As she is the boss of Chapter 1, Phase 1, her original difficulty is not set too high.

It’s just a gateway to the 2nd phase boss.

However, the standard is for five people.

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Lucius, Tia, Ron, Lapisca, Rose Epeltane. It was designed on the premise that these five people would fight together, so it’s weak…. It is never an enemy to be dealt with alone.

If I had been a wizard who knew how to use water freely like Rose, I would have been able to deal with it, but unfortunately I don’t have that level of ability right now.

‘… But you don’t have to win.’

Fortunately, that is one thing.

You don’t have to beat Marie. All you have to do is put Marie back to normal.

You can already guess how.

Since the ‘Sealing Stone Statue’ continues to give Mari strength, it’s just a matter of waiting until Lucius breaks the ‘Sealing Stone Statue’.

“To do that, I have to defeat the ‘heterogeneous hero’, but…”

That ugly monster has such a name.

The ‘Heterogeneous Hero’ is the guardian of the seal that protects the ‘Seal Stone Statue’ hidden deep in the dungeon.

In order to break the ‘Sealing Stone Statue’, you must defeat the ‘heterogeneous hero’ first.

It has a gimmick in which the ‘heterogeneous monster’ revives if the ‘seal stone statue’ is left unattended even after defeating the ‘heterogeneous hero’.

It’s annoying enough, but the guardian of the seal is such a monster.

Even breaking this seal requires the strength of a hero.

‘Can Lucius do well….’

The 2nd phase boss, the hero of Lee Hyung, has a problem with mobility because one leg is heavy.

Therefore, there is a limitation that this type of hero cannot fully demonstrate his skills compared to the power he originally possessed.

The original story is for Lucius to attack that point and finally defeat the heterogeneous hero.

Will Lucius be able to defeat the boss well as in the original story?

… Now, there is nothing I can do other than trust Lucius.

So the best I can do is to hold Marie from going back to the boss room where Lucius is.

“.”

As Marie murmurs to her, her magic circle rises from beneath her feet.

Then, a cold wave came over her and covered her whole body.

My body became heavy in an instant.

“Crazy…. Now that I’ve been victimized, this is a bit of a dick….”

Is a wide-area magic that wraps a certain area in cold air.

Basically, it is a crowd control that applies a slowing effect and freezes it when combined with a water attack like a water bomb.

In that state, Marie holds out her hand as she casts her magic.

Hot flames gather in it and become a fireball.

Mari’s magic as a frozen wizard and her ability as a phoenix are being combined.

“…I can’t avoid that.”

Due to the slowing effect, his mobility was severely reduced. That attack is unavoidable.

However, he knew that if he got hit, he wouldn’t even break his bones, so he gritted his teeth and threw the bomb at his feet.

– Bang!

As it flies, its body is greatly pushed back.

Due to the strong knockback effect of the bomb, I barely got out of the range of .

It hurts so much….

But there is no time to be hurt.

A fireball flew in and I had to roll over again to avoid it.

“Ugh…, .”

Throws a Mountain Eater at Marie while avoiding it.

It was a blow of conversion, but Marie held out her hand.

You can tell just by looking at the shape of the gathering of mana. .

Creates a thick ice shield that blocks the Mountain Eater’s powerful explosion.

After that, it’s Marie’s turn again.

This time Marie spreads her wings and makes her charge.

I lifted her left arm and fired her pre-equipped spider hand upwards.

Quickly pull her body up to avoid Marie’s rush.

Marie turns around and looks at me.

She stretches out her hand and this time shoots .

Forcibly cutting off the spider hand in the middle, I fall and avoid it.

“Heuk…”

Feeling the shock of falling to the floor. Fall damage.

Immediately restores HP by spraying a potion on the body.

When you wake up enduring the pain, Marie is about to wield a flame whip.

Roll and roll.

There is no time to rest.

If I take a break even for one beat, I will die.

‘… This doesn’t take time.’

I thought while dodging Marie’s attack.

The difference in compatibility was more serious than I thought.

Most of my attacks rely on throwing, but Mari blocks them all with one .

In addition, Marie can use her flame whip and shoot fireballs while using her magic.

Since I don’t have many defenses, I’m in a hurry to avoid it, but if Marie spreads , She loses even her mobility.

The only thing holding out somehow is potion.

Thanks to the potions he bought and made, he didn’t lose his life.

Even so, every time I dodge an attack, I get hurt a little bit somewhere.

Even if it’s not like that, I can feel my stamina declining.

Sooner or later the time comes when I can’t move.

“Huh…. Heh..”

He lets out a rough breath.

Meanwhile, Marie raised her arms up.

A rain of flames pours down.

Rain of flames falling here and there heats the spot red, creating a ‘region of flame’.

The scorching heat penetrates from beneath your feet.

I wanted to avoid it, but the entire floor was already stained red.

One of the patterns of ‘Inferior Marie’, ‘Fire Zone’.

A pattern that continuously inflicts field damage to the entire map.

This pattern continues until the battle is over.

“.”

At the same time, Marie cast her spell again.

It was like a death sentence.

The heat disappears in an instant, and a chill that seeps into the bones arrives.

Marie creates a fireball while trying to be buried in the cold.

The inevitable blow will come soon.

Drink a potion.

—–

[Potion of Partial Enlargement: Arm]

Crafting Rating: 7

Quality: Poor

Effect: short

: A mysterious potion that temporarily enlarges a part of the body when drunk. Increases the range and damage of some attacks. It also has damage reduction and interference reduction effects. Instead of

, There are some side effects. Side effects appear different each time you drink it.

This item can only be crafted with the Skill.

—–

As soon as you eat, the reaction comes right away. The left arm began to swell like a balloon.

It makes an ominous joint sound and its arms stretch like plants.

It was a visual that made me question whether it could be called an arm.

It was disgustingly muscular, and even at first glance, it looked like it was well over 3M in length.

Swing your arms at the right timing.

The fireball fired by Marie hits my left fist.

– Grasp!

It hurts.

‘It hurts….’

It was weaker than the pain I was prepared for.

My flesh burns and my skin turns red, but more than that, my arms are huge.

Just as inserting a sword into a giant’s arm feels like a toothpick to them, being gigantic has huge advantages in terms of defense.

Use the damage reduction effect to endure pain and cast magic with your right hand.

“.”

A flying arrow of fresh blood.

Pierce Marie’s outstretched shoulder.

Marie’s body staggered greatly.

Since she had just fired the fireball, she probably wasn’t prepared enough.

Was released from under my feet, and the cold frost subsided.

Exhaling, I drank the potion.

I think I figured out a way.

It is not about enduring.

You have to win.