"Give it everything you've got! As long as we hold on until I chop this old man to death, we win!" Teresa could not fight at full strength because of a slight injury to her arm.
Even so, the Boss-level dean still failed to gain any advantage over her.
The dean had greasy green hair and a prosthetic eye. One arm was a normal human arm holding a dagger, while the other had been modified into a scalpel. He looked rather punk.
"You will pay for your insolence! Ten minutes—just ten minutes, and my lord will descend!" the dean said with a crazed expression.
"Hmph, a rat from the underworld. You dress like a doctor, yet use a thief's moves." Teresa stood with her sword held across her body, her face full of disdain.
They were already underground. Unlike the square room where the Underworld Flower had been, this place looked more like a cavern, with all kinds of corpses arranged around them.
A massive magic circle lay in the center, seemingly carved from flesh and blood. Red patches mixed with white ones, making it utterly disgusting.
Four black poison men stood in the four directions, each facing a team of around twenty people.
[Survivors: 89]
After one battle, thirty-one people had died in total. Only eight had died after Caroso and Teresa met up, and they had all failed to fully carry out orders before dying. This showed just how capable Teresa was at commanding.
Teresa could not help feeling regretful. If the Perus Kingdom had sent adventurers or soldiers rather than students, she could have guaranteed that none of those eight would have died.
They were just students. There was no point expecting them to have a military's discipline.
Before a battle, everyone thought they could