The Only Male Student in the Academy

085. Living Doll Raid (1)

“It looks like a dungeon.”

That’s how I responded to Marie’s suggestion.

During the rest of the vacation, Marie and I were in a dungeon…. Doesn’t sound bad.

Even if I was left alone on the floating island anyway, there was nothing to do other than train my skills or prepare for the second semester class.

In that case, it might be better to go around the dungeon and grow even a little more.

“More, the dungeon…”

But Marie’s reaction was strangely different from what I expected.

His face seems to have hardened a little.

“Why is that? Are you tired of dungeons?”

“Ah, no…! Eh, as long as I’m with Ariel, uh, anywhere is fine…! Even hell…!”

“Hell is a bit like that…”

Looking at Marie, who blushed slightly, I think. I thought maybe I hadn’t said something.

‘Come to think of it, the only thing I want to grow during the rest of the vacation is my circumstances.’

Various incidents will occur in Chapter 2 as well. In preparation for that, I want to become stronger than I am now.

But there’s no way Marie could know such a future.

Marie might have wanted to spend her vacation more happily like a student.

‘I see…. Did Marie just want to play?’

Go to the sea, swim, or go to a festival with all your friends.

Isn’t that a scene you often see in comics?

Perhaps Marie wanted to spend her youth.

“Then, where should we go to play?”

“Eh…?”

“At the sea or at a festival… Maybe it’s a bit difficult. How about going to see a play at the theater?”

Come to think of it, Marie lost all her friends when she became a phoenix. Maybe she was thirsty for playing like this.

Maybe she wanted to go to the sea or to a festival…… If she goes to such a place, she may meet Lucius, who is attacking the heroine.

So, she once suggested going to the theater.

“Go, I’ll go…! I, never! Definitely! Even with my life…!”

“No, it’s heavy…”

Judging by how desperate they are, it looks like they really wanted to go out and play.

‘Perhaps she wanted to go with her same-s*x friends.’

Isn’t it? Since this world is a worldview of lilies, would Marie’s love object be a woman? Then, am I, who is excluded from the dating target, rather closer to a same-s*x friend? … ?

Because of the worldview, the concept of chastity is quite complicated, but…… , You’d better not think too deeply about it.

To be honest, I also wanted to play because it was vacation.

Marie seems to want to play too, so it would be nice if she could play with her.

It must be that much sense.

“……Theater.”

In an inaudible voice, Maurice Aiba muttered.

A wide space where only silence descends.

In the middle of it stands a tall tree with black leaves.

Its stems do not stretch out straight, but grow strangely twisted like vines,

It looks like the hand of a chariot devil and also looks like a howling monster.

Under such a bizarre tree, a girl is asleep.

Dark-colored hair flows like a river, and a gothic dress covers her body, which shows doll joints everywhere.

His skin is pale. Also, black makeup is put on around the eyes, and the dress she is wearing is all black.

I thought it was like a human, but also like a ghost.

A doll that slowly opens its eyes at the boundary between the living and the dead.

The raid members held their breath at the sight of the doll moving,

The doll looks blankly at us with expressionless eyes.

Living Doll.

Haunted doll.

‘I never thought I would be able to deal with the Living Dolls before Lucius did.’

A Living Doll appears in front of Lucius only once, during the winter vacation of the first year.

That is the first and last chance to defeat the living doll. In other words, it is a fairly rare monster in Unknown Saga that can only be defeated once per playthrough.

To be faced with such a monster, a strange sense of exhilaration resembling tension spreads throughout my body.

“Tank, move forward.”

The clear voice of Jin Kartix, the leader of the raid, rang out.

Hearing those words, the adjutant of the 1st party started shouting,

The party leaders of each party started singing back.

“First party, ahead of the tanks!”

“The 2nd party, ahead of the tanks!”

“The 3rd party, ahead of the tanks!”

First, the tankers of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd parties made up of student knights moved forward.

Following that, the tanks of the 4th, 5th, and 6th parties gradually pushed forward to form a defensive line.

[…] ….]

Living Doll raised her hand.

Then, I thought the ground moved a little, and ceramic dolls crawled out.

Not only that.

Tree branches seemed to be shaking, and from there, stuffed toys fell one by one.

“Coming! Get ready!”

The dolls moved as if fidgeting,

Within seconds, it starts running towards the tanks.

– Kwaaang!

– Boom!!!

Explosions explode as soon as the dolls throw themselves at the tankers,

In an instant, a sense of urgency is felt in the calm air.

“Don’t panic! Stay calm! Don’t be pushed back!”

The second party leader, Siegfried, shouts.

She is a big woman who blocks the explosions of her puppets by holding up a shield herself.

Explosions that shook the air continued, but even so, Siegfried and other tankers held their shields upright without being pushed back.

If you keep tanking like that, now it’s the dealer’s turn.

The first to jump out were the bandits.

Thieves from each party, including Nina, killed their presence and went round and round.

Living Doll doesn’t seem to realize that.

Just standing there blankly under the tree.

Thieves aim their weapons at Living Doll, which is full of gaps.

“Rogue, entering.”

Jean Kartix gave instructions in a short voice.

Her voice was never loud. But all thieves have good ears.

The thieves, who picked up Jin’s voice without any problems, attacked Living Doll at the same time.

There was a thief wielding a sword,

There was a man throwing a throwing weapon,

Among them, there was also a thief who struck down an ax.

All sorts of attacks hit the living doll, but

-Kang!

It made only a dull sound without even being scratched.

[…] ….]

As if nothing had happened, Living Doll looked at her surroundings with a blank gaze.

Then, the black leaves of Bass began to fall.

The thieves acted quickly. I took a big step back, probably deciding not to touch the leaves.

Bad smell.

From the ground where the leaves fell, the ground began to rot along with a terrible stench.

In the place where all the vitality was taken away by the leaves, only the aura of corruption lingers.

“Be careful not to touch the leaves! Healers support the tanks with barriers!”

Jean Kartix shouts once more.

Then, the healers, including Della, put barriers on the tanks.

However, the timing is slightly different.

I felt like we were playing separately.

Maybe that’s why Jin squints his eyes slightly,

She pulled out the sword from her waist without saying anything in particular.

“The main tanks and melee dealers of the 1st to 6th parties follow me. The rest and the 7th and 8th parties support me.”

Having said that, Jean Kartix ran forward.

Tankers smash their shields at the crowd of puppets.

With the tanks opening the way, melee dealers, including Jin Kartix, jump forward.

It was by no means a clean entry. Again, there is a difference between the student knights who have received specialized training and those who have not.

However, the number of heads was high.

The clumsy linkage is torn apart and pushed in by an overwhelming number of people.

“The 7th party, support fire!”

“The 8th party also fires support.”

Belairam shouted, and I gave instructions to the members of the 8th party accordingly.

The leading members of the 7th party fire arrow attacks and magic attacks.

In the 8th party, I use throwing attacks, Marie and Claire fire magic attacks, and Della also activates divine attacks.

About half of the doll’s forces are pulverized by the pouring ranged attacks.

As the puppet’s forces decrease, the balance of power is also broken.

Tankers push further and push back the rest of the puppet army, and the priests launch a holy attack on the black leaves and clear them away.

Melee dealers, including Jin Kartix, move forward without any problems,

Within a moment, they reached the front of the Living Doll.

“──.”

Shortly after saying the name of the skill, Jin Kartix swung his sword.

A lightning-quick attack hits the Living Doll in the neck,

The sword bounced off like water flowing, and then swung back toward that shoulder.

It seemed like he did, but this time he bent in and aimed at her breasts,

His legs were cut, his arms were cut, his face was cut, his hands were cut, his feet were cut.

Quick and natural movement.

It was like a never-ending dance.

Everyone in the room realizes why she took over as the attack leader after Jay Kae.

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He must have belonged to the Magic Combat Department, but he knew that he was good at handling swords.

However,

[…] ….]

As expected, only minor scratches remain on the body of Living Doll.

Even Jean Kartix was unable to properly injure the possessed doll.

Even slashing her in the chest, slapping her on the shoulder, and putting her arm through it. Hard as a rock

Looking at Jin Cartix with an emotionless gaze,

She waved her hand.

“……!”

Jin took a defensive stance at the movement of the living doll.

When I saw that, I clicked my tongue.

.

‘I can’t do that.’

I couldn’t stop it. I had to avoid it.

As proof, Jin was turning his back on Living Doll.

“…Tsk. You got hit.”

Jin clicks her tongue. She had an expression of incomprehension.

But there was no need for her understanding.

As it is, Jin approaches a nearby student and swings her sword.

“Aagh!”

The student was unable to react to the unexpected attack. He slashes her shoulder and falls out.

Jin’s momentum is unbreakable.

As she is, she runs to another student and starts swinging her sword.

“Avoid! I’m being dominated now!!”

Jin desperately calls out, but she is one beat late.

Another student is knocked down by Jin’s sword.

At this point, the students also understood how things were going.

The fact that Jin is being manipulated by Living Doll.

“It might be something like a curse! Priests, memorize the prayer of Haeju!”

“The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd parties retreat for the time being, recovering the injured and reorganizing! The 4th party overpowers the raid leader!”

When Jean Kartix was dominated by the Living Dolls, Siegfried, the 2nd party leader, stepped forward and gave instructions.

It wouldn’t have been a bad decision.

Having the priest memorize the Haeju prayer.

While backing off, she also sent a 4th party to block Jay Carr. To be fair, it would have been a sensible decision.

So this would be a consequential story, but it was not a correct judgment.

Jaka wasn’t debuffed, so her first problem was that her healing prayers didn’t work.

And the second problem was that the 4th party was made up of normal students, not student knights.

In other words, because they were not trained students, they lacked proficiency in this situation.

“Cheer!”

As Jin swings his sword, three students collapse in an instant.

The 4th party, which rushed to subdue Jin, loses three students and the formation collapses momentarily.

As Jin pushed in and rammed the bodies, the bodies of the priests and wizards floated.

The wizard rolled on the floor and groaned,

The priest banged his head against the wall…… I couldn’t move as if I had passed out.

An overwhelming skill gap.

The inexperienced 4th party was unable to respond properly due to the difference in skills.

“It’s a big deal. I should have sent a second or third party just now.”

Claire, who was watching the situation from my side, murmured.

Exactly as he said. I shouldn’t have sent the 4th party just now.

Although the number of members of this raid is 64, in reality, only the 1st party – 2nd party – 3rd party made up of student knights are elite troops.

The remaining 5 parties are just supporting characters to support the elite troops.

That’s why it’s a party that can’t be expected and can’t be expected.

‘That’s why Siegfried must have sent the 4th party.’

I didn’t want to use the precious 1st party – 2nd party – 3rd party.

That’s why I made the halfway choice of responding with a 4th party, but what appeared as a result was a large number of wounded and rampaging monsters.

“The 1st and 2nd parties, stop me! The 3rd party keeps the Living Dolls in check! The rest defend the tank line and rescue the wounded!”

Despite being manipulated, Jin gives orders quickly.

Even she, who always had a cool look on her face, seemed quite bewildered by this situation. She desperately vomits her voice, sending orders to the raiding party.

However, the camp slowly collapses.

In order to recover the injured, the number of people must be mobilized, and to prevent the camp, the same number of people must be attached.

In the meantime, the Living Dolls re-raised the army of dolls and launched an offensive.

Of course, it was the timing when there was a temporary staff vacancy due to the occurrence of injured people.

“It’s pushed…!”

Tankers desperately try to block the enemy’s offensive, but the situation is different from before.

Due to the reduced number of people, the burden on each tanker is increasing

That’s why the barriers on the tanks are destroyed in an instant.

“Aagh!”

Tankers hit by the attack fall out one by one.

Healers desperately try to use barriers, but the timing is also not right. The gap between untrained and untrained personnel begins to emerge once again.

The front line is gradually moving backwards.

Realize it sensibly.

This is ruined.

This boss fight is clearly ending in failure.

“If we continue like this, we will fail. What are you going to do, party leader?”

Claire came up to me at some point and asked me.

An expression that is neither smiling nor depressed.

Claire waits for my answer with clear eyes.

Looking around, 6 party members except for Nina, who is not here, are looking at me.

“……I have no choice but to decide.”

Jin Kartix, the leader of the raid, is being manipulated.

It seems that the rest of the party leaders are busy handling the situation, so in the end, the 8th party will have no choice but to follow my instructions.

Let’s double check the situation.

The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd parties are fighting hard against Living Doll and Jin Kartix.

The 4th, 5th, and 6th parties are trying to maintain the frontline somehow while assisting them.

And the 7th party is taking care of the wounded under the direction of Belyram.

‘All I have to do is follow the original story.’

And in the original work, Jayka will complete the catacombs dungeon raid within the vacation period.

To help with that, I participated in this raid,

Although I didn’t want to step out.

It seems that I have no choice but to step out.

“Alex, Marie, Della, and senior Benit. The four of you will join the 7th party from now on.”

“What!? What do you mean, Ariel Beheritt! Are you giving up on your party leader!”

Alex swears at my instructions.

There is no time to persuade or explain.

Deeming it a bother, I looked at Bennett.

“Senior Benit, take the three of us and join the 7th party. And help repair the wounded. Can we do that?”

“It should be possible, but…”

“And Maurice Aiva and Claire. You two are following me from now on. And…”

I saw a man standing in the distance.

“The 7th party seems to be busy tending to the wounded, but you seem to be quite relaxed.”

“If you don’t have room in your heart, even things that go well will fail. Besides, our party leader doesn’t seem to have any intention of ordering me, right?”

At those words, I turned to Belairam.

Belairam seemed preoccupied with rescuing the wounded with the lead crew. It doesn’t pay any attention to this side.

Everywhere you look, it is clear that the situation is urgent,

Why does the woman in front of me not lose her smile even in this situation?

… There’s no point in worrying about anything like that.

“Senior Lapiska, if you have nothing to do, help me.”

I said so.