The Only Male Student in the Academy

087. Living Doll Raid (3)

“The body is made of wood.”

I check the flamethrower’s fuel one last time and look around at my comrades.

If I were to say “Colleagues,” There would only be two of them.

Claire is a tank that has been teamed up many times over the years.

And Maurice Aiba, who joined us again.

“The tree is the body? Is that true?”

“Yes. The ghost was actually on the tree side, not the doll side.”

To be precise, it is said that trees and dolls are connected to each other. It must have been the setting that they share one soul with each other.

However, because the initiative is on the tree side

In the end, the living doll strategy was that if the trees were not removed, there would be no porridge or food.

“So what. Did Ariel know from the start that she had to go for the tree? Where did you find out?”

“…….”

If you ask me like that, I have nothing to say. Of course I figured it out by playing the game.

I thought I would be asked this kind of question, so I tried not to come forward.

“It’s just a gut feeling.”

“Intuition… I mean.”

Claire looks at me with disconcerted eyes. What the heck….

But then, shrugging his shoulders, Claire straightened his grip on his sword.

“So? What am I going to do?”

The situation is urgent, so I won’t go further than this. A face that seems to say so.

I shoved my left hand into my bag, holding the flamethrower in my right hand.

What touches your fingertips is the touch of glass.

Immediately throw it at the tree.

“What is the role of a tanker? To block.”

A thrown glass bottle hits a tree and breaks, spilling the oil inside.

Immediately press the flamethrower’s activation switch,

At the same time, he threw a bomb with his empty left hand again.

– Bang!!

Explosions erupt and flames engulf the place.

However, it is still only scorching the bark of the giant tree, and it does not feel like it burns well.

I heard that just because you set fire to wood, it doesn’t burn right away. This is because the tree itself contains water.

Besides, the opponent is not an ordinary tree. It is a demon tree.

It is harder and tougher than ordinary wood, and it is not flammable in terms of feel. Rather, I think that it is closer to the incombustible nature.

Still, the fire does not die out.

By continuously throwing oil bottles, the flame grows even more.

-Go oh oh oh…….

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A sound comes from the tree.

Wind noise. But it also sounded like the voice of a ghost.

As if telling me to stop, leaves fell in torrents,

Tree trunks suddenly rise from the rotten earth.

It stretches out like tentacles and aims at my neck.

“.”

As Claire swung her sword as usual, a wall appeared from the ground and blocked the tree trunks.

Then Mamok also changed his strategy.

Instead of stabbing through the roots of a tree, it winds around as if climbing a wall.

What climbed up the wall along with that tree trunk——stuffed dolls and porcelain dolls.

Dolls are throwing their bodies from the top of the wall.

“──.”

Maurice Aiba, who had been silent until now, jumped up.

By the time she got into her action, she was already in front of the puppets’ noses,

All the dolls are cut in half by the sword she wields.

Items that were once dolls are becoming garbage that is difficult to recycle.

Just when you thought the fleeting moment had passed,

Only me, Claire, and Maurice Aiva——only the three humans could stand here.

“……What is that?”

Claire from the side makes a surprised expression.

Maurice Aiva’s strangely fast movements.

To think that he was only a sophomore, he was already at a high level.

Claire stopped in disbelief at her monster-like appearance,

Me too, watching from the side…… I was perplexed inside.

‘… What kind of identity is it?’

With that level of skill, you would be a name-class even in Unknown Saga.

But I don’t know anything about her name, Maurice Ibarra…. Is there anything i missed?

She achieved 100% achievement in 1532 hours of playtime, and even I don’t know about her.

Her doubts deepened, but…… , Now was not the time to think about such things.

A change occurs in the demon tree in front of my eyes.

Purple fruits began to bear one by one from the tip of the branch.

At first, it starts as the size of a plum, grows to the size of an apple, and eventually inflates like a soccer ball.

But it doesn’t stop there and expands more and more.

At some point, the fruit grew to the size of a car wheel.

Eventually, the fruits burst like balloons pricked by needles,

The contents of the fruit that came out of it…… They are nothing but dolls.

-Go oh oh…….

The sound of the wind again.

Dolls come down to the floor from the bursting fruit.

It is a life-sized doll.

If the dolls that have appeared so far were small enough to barely reach a person’s knees, those dolls born from fruits were almost the same height as me.

The basic shape itself is the same as Living Doll.

Doll joints are visible everywhere, and they are moving like humans.

The difference is that there is no face.

Faceless, hairless mannequin dolls with no personality.

If there is one peculiarity about such mannequin dolls,

It must be that each of them has a weapon.

-Kaang!

A sound of impact is heard from beyond the wall.

It’s the sound of a hammer hitting.

-Kaang! Kang! Kang!!!

The sound of banging on the wall explodes one after another, and cracks begin to appear in the wall little by little.

Tsk.

When I saw that, I inadvertently clicked my tongue.

Throw the flamethrower on the floor, instead rummage through your bag to retrieve an item.

—–

[Magic Engineering Fixed Auto Turret]

Crafting Rating: 10

Quality: High

Attack Power: Normal

Durability: Normal

: A small turret that automatically recognizes and intercepts enemies. Skill level must be 5 or higher to produce.

—–

Shortly thereafter, the wall was smashed.

As it is, mannequin dolls are pushing in.

– Do it, do it, do it!

The turret pours out bullets.

The dolls that tried to approach me beyond the line become a beehive and collapse,

The mannequin dolls that luckily managed to dodge the bullets are already pulverized by Maurice Aiba’s sword.

If you block the offensive like that, Claire will build the

Iron Wall again in time for the defense line.

Then, the branches bear fruit again.

The swollen fruit vomited up the mannequin doll again.

But no matter how many times I do it, it’s the same.

The Created by Claire boasts excellent durability in the first place, so it takes time to break it,

Meanwhile, as I increase the turrets, the defense becomes easier.

Even if the defense line collapsed in the first place, it would be enough for Claire to build the wall again.

There was a scuffle, but in the end it was the dolls who broke.

That’s why ‘it’ just moved.

“Living Dolls are moving!”

That was the voice of Siegfried, who was in charge of the Living Doll.

When I glanced up, I saw a living doll floating in the air.

Her face is expressionless, like a doll’s, and she doesn’t feel any emotion at all, and it’s lifeless.

However, its movements were extremely human-like.

The Living Doll moved her shoulder and moved her arm with a slight movement.

A black orb appears from behind.

.

Dark elemental magic that deals with darkness among the nine elementals that exist in Unknown Saga.

“…….”

Immediately, a sphere of darkness is launched.

Maurice Aiva reacted immediately and ran out and blocked it with her shield.

– Tongue.

The sphere of darkness is blocked by the shield, making a dull sound.

It was truly a perfect defense. There was no superfluous posture or strength control.

Nevertheless, the shield had visible scratches, like a worm-eaten apple.

Dark Elemental is an elemental magic that deals with ‘contraction’.

Darkness originally refers to the absence of light.

The reason why Dark Elemental is a magic that deals with darkness is that it constricts light, leaving only darkness in its place.

However, it is not only light that the dark elemental contracts.

It has the property of constricting all kinds of materials, constricting sound, and even constricting space.

Because of that, it is said that the attack magic of the Dark Elemental lacks firepower compared to the Fire Elemental, but

Instead, the Dark Elemental has a unique characteristic called ‘Defense Reduction’, which distorts the material itself.

It is a magic that shines the more it accumulates.

[…] ….]

Living Doll fires Again, and Maurice Aiba blocks it with his shield as well.

The more the Flies, the more the shield becomes a lump of scrap metal,

Sooner or later it reaches a point where it can no longer be called a shield.

Maurice Aivado threw it to the ground, probably thinking that she couldn’t use a shield.

“.”

Cuts through the

With an excellent reaction speed.

It was a skill that could be called a feat.

With a sword swung in a neat curve, it would be a waste to say that he was simply an excellent fighter.

Cutting through flying magic with a sword is the same as cutting bullets with a cleaver.

But she continued to make such super plays.

Every time the sword is swung, the magic that made up the Continues to scatter,

Like that once, twice, three times, four times……… ,

I blocked almost 20 attacks by myself.

‘It’s great, but…… , I’m being pushed back.’

Due to the effect of , The sword Maurice Aiba wielded is in the process of becoming scrap metal, just like the shield.

The blade has already fallen out enough that it can no longer be called a knife.

While wielding such a powerful weapon to block attacks, it is bound to reach its limit someday.

Same goes for Claire.

It blocks the mannequin dolls well, but the line of defense is retreating little by little.

Nothing in particular was a problem.

The problem was that space was required to install .

Walls are being installed more and more inward.

It was natural. Claire’s tanking method was to block the entryway with .

If you know that the dolls are going to break down the wall, you can block the opponent’s attack by building another wall in advance.

However, as a result, the space we stand in is bound to become narrower and narrower.

It is not a fight that can last for a long time.

“Claire, can you hold out?”

“The way you said it was wrong, our party leader.”

– Tak!

Like Claire kicking a soccer ball, she deftly kicks the flamethrower lying on the floor.

Quickly reach out your hand and catch the flying flamethrower.

“I order you to hold on. I’m more excited that way.”

“…Don’t get excited about this situation. But hold on.”

Instead of strengthening the defense line by installing additional turrets,

Instead of helping Maurice Aiba take down the Living Doll, press the flamethrower’s activation button again.

Flames spread along with the smell of oil.

My sight is already full of smoke.

Hot heat pouring out with acrid smell. It was never a pleasant feeling.

Beads of sweat leak out even though you haven’t moved your body in particular,

Oxygen is getting scarce, making it extremely difficult to breathe.

Still, it wasn’t worthwhile.

As you drop oil bottles and bombs in succession, you can see the trees gradually turning into charcoal.

Mamok’s death was not far off.

“Ariel.”

At that moment, a voice that seemed familiar yet unfamiliar.

When I realized it was Maurice Aiva’s voice, the palm of my hand was about to cover my eyes.

Knowing that it is not human, it is a doll joint that can be seen in every knuckle.

Somewhere along the way, a Living Doll approached.

To strangle me.

“Stay away.”

Maurice Aiba grabbed the Living Doll by the waist.

Meanwhile, Claire slammed her torso against the Living Doll,

Living Doll’s outstretched hand toward me stirs the air.

Instead,

Black magic began to rise from her hand.

.

I plan to shoot

At me from close range.

“You’re doing well, juniors.”

-Charleuk!

Chains flying from above wrap around Living Doll’s arms.

Just like that, the chain was pulled, and the Living Doll’s hand was directed to the wrong place.

The That was supposed to fly towards me flies to the wrong place,

“Enter!”

Along with Bellairam’s cry, the girls in uniforms from Philea Academy came down and started bumping into the Living Dolls.

Suddenly, I look around.

Somewhere there was Lapiska, there was Belairam, and Siegfried was also nearby.

Beyond the wall, Evans was leading the students and dealing with the mannequins.

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There has been a change in the front line.

It’s because I set fire to the main tree. Thanks to this, most of the aggro was focused on this side.

To that extent, the other parties were free.

I was able to push the wires that had been pushed forward one more layer.

You could have used this to help Lapiska and Belairam and save Jin.

After Lapisca and Belairam finish their work, you can help them.

“Raid, gun attack!”

At Siegfried’s cry, the students scream and run.

Mannequin dolls were cut to pieces one after another by the students’ attacks,

Living Doll’s attitude continues to collapse due to the violence of numbers.

In the distance, the students fire their fire magic, making the flames attached to the Demon Tree even bigger.

The power of the overwhelming number of people was showing the light.

The weight of victory has already tipped to one side.

At that moment, the first and last time I heard Living Doll’s voice.

Darkness fell.