But if the combat dynamics don’t match, just change the opponent.

Deon and Lovenhalf engaged in conversation while facing the monsters.

“What about Riche?”

“With my father.”

“Oh, did you say the headmaster and parents are coming for a meeting today? That’s fortunate…….”

…Fortunate?

Lovenhalf felt doubtful about what I said and questioned Deon.

“But Derkedion, Lordwick, how much energy has he accumulated?”

Most ability users tend to restrain their ability usage once they reach their thirties.

Due to the energy accumulating as a side effect, from that point on, it’s reasonable to assume they would use their abilities while depleting their life force.

Moreover, considering that Blake extensively used his abilities during the war when he was young, his energy was likely more accumulated than other ability users.

‘Lordwick, isn’t it dangerous?’

Although he possessed exceptional swordsmanship, superior to usual knight commanders, facing this many monsters would require him to use his ability.

However, Deon’s face surprisingly remained calm.

“My father is fine.”

“Really?”

It seemed like there was something I didn’t know again.

Lovenhalf, facing the monsters rushing from the side, became lost in thought.

Suddenly, he released his ability strongly, freezing two creatures at once and stood still.

“…You know, Derkedion, I made a somewhat strange assumption.”

Lovenhalf’s expression was unusually serious.

Deon, wrinkling his nose at the breath of the fallen monster in front of him, asked, “What is it?”

“Just a wild guess? I find it strange too.”

Meanwhile, a monster resembling a scorpion, twice the size of an adult, emerged from underground.

Deon and Lovenhalf simultaneously avoided the tail swinging like a crossbow arrow.

“Okay, tell me quickly.”

“Well, monsters aren’t intelligent, right? Even if we say the closest monster came from the Lom Desert, which is about a five-day distance by words alone, they wouldn’t have gathered here on their own, right?”

“Probably.”

“Someone must have guided them to the academy, as if they had the coordinates of the destination.”

Deon and Lovenhalf continued their conversation, assuming it was just a discussion based on their thoughts.

Lovenhalf confronted the monsters while saying, “And today is the day when Lordwick, the Duke of Lordwick, visits the academy.”

“…You.”

Deon, who was strangling the throat of a fallen monster with his ability, looked at Lovenhalf.

Lovenhalf nodded slightly.

“Because there are students in the academy, someone has to protect the students from the monsters. Just like what we’re doing now.”

As Deon and Lovenhalf fought against monsters on the east side of the academy, it was likely that there were others fighting monsters elsewhere.

For example, someone like Lordwick, the Duke of Lordwick, whom anyone could rely on in such situations.

Lovenhalf resumed his assumptions. Unlike what he hesitated to say earlier, his voice was filled with strength.
“If someone intentionally sent monsters to make Duke Lordwick use his abilities? It wasn’t a secret that he was visiting the academy today. I knew it too.”

Deon’s gaze changed. This was not an improbable and empty story.

If Lovenhalf’s assumption was correct, there was no need to find out the “why.”

Why? To make Duke Lordwick use his abilities and shorten his lifespan.

“How about it?”

“Not a bad assumption.”

Deon nodded.

If the assumption was correct, the one who sent the monsters was targeting Blake.

And among the people with Blake…

“Riche might be in danger.”

Before Lovenhalf finished speaking, Deon moved his steps.

The destination was the west building where the headmaster’s office was located.

Above the heads of the two who were moving to change their location, a large shadow loomed.

“Another bird-type monster?”

It was tiresome. But they had no choice but to defeat it quickly.

Lovenhalf and Deon, raising their heads, were left speechless with surprised expressions.

“Huh? Oppas!”

Why was Riche waving at them from the sky?

Moreover, what she was riding on was a red bird-type monster.

…Monster?

“Derkedion, isn’t that a monster…?”

“…….”

Deon looked at Riche with a bewildered expression.

What is she riding on?

“Dad went to deploy protective barriers with the professors. They said they need someone to watch over the surroundings while the professors cast the barrier spells.”

Riche explained the situation to Deon and Lovenhalf.

Including Ian, who was with Riche, the four people, including the transformed Zeekbert in the appearance of a bird-type monster, were flying in the air.

“It’s a subterranean-type monster!”

Just before. It was momentarily confusing due to the vibrations from the headmaster’s office.

Blake, the headmaster, and the professors, all of them, were skilled enough to handle emergencies.

After organizing the monsters to some extent, the headmaster instructed the magic and the professors to gather and cast protective barriers. Blake, at the headmaster’s request, moved to help them.