Chapter 539
They happened to run into Airi and Nokote at the entrance.
Airi's eyes lit up slightly upon seeing Luo Mio.
"Teacher Bianca."
Luo Mio walked over and patted Airi's head, then smiled at the two of them.
"Go inside, it's time for class."
"Yes."
"Yes, I understand."
——
"Let me see, we still have some extra time... we can go..."
At this moment.
"Buzz—!"
Suddenly, a loud chime rang out from the Clock Tower located on Block 1.
It wasn't a gentle tone, but rather a frantic, violent pounding sound.
Upon hearing the sound, Luo Mio turned her head to look in the direction of the bell.
"That voice is..."
Then a beautiful girl with short blue hair appeared behind him.
Sheris, one of the three harmonies, is also a third-year student.
Sheris said urgently to Luo Mio.
"Teacher Bianca, Legri asked me to come and tell you to come over."
Luo Mio nodded in response to Sheris's words.
"Understood."
——
As dawn broke over the fortified city, the city-wide alarm bells rang out, accompanied by... the roar of Wyvern soaring through the sky.
Several Dragoknight hovered and flew above Crossfield, alerting the city's residents to the attack by the 'Phantom Beast'!
Meanwhile, in Crossfield's fourth dragon hangar.
Led by Legri, several instructors and high-ranking figures from the city quickly convened an emergency meeting at the academy.
On the other side, sergeant candidates such as Lisha, Lux, and Kurokushifa were dressed in their uniforms and waiting for orders, gathering in the Dragon hangar.
A short while later, Luo Mio, Sheris, and Kururu also appeared in the Fourth Dragon hangar at the same time.
Upon seeing Luo Mio appear, Legri nodded to her.
"Now that everyone is present, I would like to announce the mission to all sergeant candidates."
"The reason for the alarm is probably clear to everyone: the appearance of the Phantom Beast. According to the report from the scout Dragoknight at the front, a large Phantom Beast has appeared."
As she spoke, Legri pointed to the map and addressed the group.
"The location where it appeared is the ruins in the southwest. Based on the time of its appearance, it is estimated that it appeared in the middle of the night. The three fortresses located between the city and the ruins have now been breached, and the first fortress is facing an emergency."
"Currently, the second and third fortresses in the rear have dispatched Security Department of the Dragoknight to subdue them. However, the enemy is a large-scale Divine Beast. In order to prevent the aftershocks of the battle from damaging the fortress city, our Royal Military Academy will also organize a counterattack force and prepare for battle."
"Stand by orders and be ready to strike at any time!"
"At the same time, we have requested support from the capital."
Upon hearing this, several of the girls in the hangar breathed a sigh of relief.
Luo Mio also narrowed her eyes slightly upon seeing this.
Kurokushifa to the side, also spoke up in a low voice.
"It seems that some of the young ladies of Academi have been living in peace for too long."
Luo Mio nodded.
"Although they are sergeant candidates, the vast majority of students in the academy have never been on the battlefield and participated in combat, so it is normal to face this situation."
At this moment, Lux, Airi, and the three members of the Trio Sheris, Tirfa, and Nokote, said their goodbyes.
As the Knight Order's of the Royal Military Academy, they must be the first to rush to the scene in case of any emergency.
Although being part of the Knight Order comes with generous benefits, there's no such thing as a free lunch. Given the current situation, they should be the first to head to the location of the large mythical beast and join the battle.
Meanwhile, Kurokushifa and Philphi, as the holders of the 'Divine Machine Dragon', are stationed in Crossfield to prevent the occurrence of three Phantom Divine Beasts appearing in succession over the city, as happened a few days ago.
Watching Risha and Sanwa leave, Krul Sifa also spoke up to remind Lux.
"You'd better not get your hopes up too high for reinforcements from the capital, Lux-kun."
Lux, who was hearing Kurokushifa, was also slightly taken aback and looked at Kurokushifa to ask.
"What do you mean, Classmate Kurokushifa?"
"It's just the literal meaning."
Hearing this, Lux asked in confusion, "But these students are all officer candidates, right? How could the capital not send Dragoknight army to support them?"
Airi smiled wryly and raised her index finger to Lux.
"The sound is too loud, brother."
"The military situation in the New Kingdom is far from optimistic. Although five years have passed since the last coup, the army is still short-handed. You should know this best, brother."
Upon hearing Airi's words, Lux instantly realized what she meant and lowered his eyes.
Because he knew who was responsible for the current shortage of manpower for the New Kingdom's Dragoknight...
But...
Lux raised his eyes to look at the sky, lost in thought.
Luo Mio walked over and looked at Lux, then looked southwest with him and said something.
"It seems you already know what's going on."
Lux nodded.
"The appearance of this mythical beast, along with the three mythical beasts that appeared in the Training Ground before, means that four have appeared in such a short period of time... I don't think this is a coincidence."
Previously, Lux had served as a guard at the border ruins during commissions, and the chance of encountering a Divine Beast was at most once a month.
However, given the current situation, Lux suspects that the continuous appearance of the Divine Beasts is not a coincidence.
What Lux didn't know was that a total of five legendary beasts had appeared in the past few days.
A short while later, the communication device hanging on Airi's ear suddenly lit up.
Upon receiving the call, Airi heard Relli's voice.
"Airi, Bianca with you?"
Airi was slightly taken aback when she heard Relli's voice.
"Headmistress?... Teacher Bianca is indeed by my side right now."
"Is that so? How long have the Knight Order went out to meet the enemy been gone?"
Hearing Relli's solemn and serious voice, Airi knew what had happened and immediately replied.
"The senior students have probably been out for a while now, and they've probably already met up with the Divine Beast."
"... Oh no!"
"Huh?" Airi paused upon hearing Relli's words. "What do you mean, Headmistress?"
Krul Sifa, Philphi, Lux, who were standing nearby, also looked at Airi. They had heard the entire conversation just now.
"With your prompting, Bianca, I conducted several investigations, and just now, I uncovered the backgrounds of everyone in the Security Department."
"... All members of the Kingdom Army's Security Department who went to fight this time were remnants of the Old Imperial Army's Dragoknight, who had previously been imprisoned in dungeons as war criminals."
"--What?!"
Upon hearing this, Airi and Lux immediately looked surprised.
Luo Mio narrowed her eyes slightly.
"As expected..."
The surviving Dragoknight of the Old Empire later swore allegiance to the New Kingdom. A portion of them, having proven their innocence, became Dragoknight of the New Kingdom and were reappointed as officers!
"So, does that mean the appearance of these few mythical beasts in the past few days was caused by the remnants of the Old Empire?"
"Very likely!"
At that very moment—
"—Eeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"
A very peculiar flute melody reached Luo Mio's ears.
"That voice..."
At the same time, Philphi seemed to hear the flute music as well, his eyes looking somewhat vacant in the direction from which the music came.
It is located at the southwest corner of the site!
Chapter Nine: "Go save your Princess, leave the Divine Beast to me..."
Before the flute music started, Lisha, Sanheyin, and a dozen or so members of the Knight Order's headed southwest. On their way, they soon saw the large mythical beast that had caused the fall of the First Fortress.
In a vast wilderness about three kilometers from the Fortress City Crossfield.
Upon closer inspection, one could see a giant, trapezoidal mythical beast with no feet and a body as smooth as jelly, moving forward at the pace of a child walking.
On its left and right sides, two arms extend out like spires, and at the top of its body are two purple spheres that look like eyes.
Deep within the translucent body, a black and red spherical core could be barely seen, which should be the core of this mythical beast.
Judging from its appearance, it was easy to recognize its true form as Slime-type Abyss that possessed almost no intelligence or intellect.
Although lacking intelligence, this enormous mythical beast is powerful enough to devour an entire city.
Moreover, the only way to kill it is to break through its incredibly thick layer of slime and destroy its core.
Then the task at hand is quite simple.
Risha then summoned the 'Sevens Heads' to connect and aimed it at the Slime Divine Beast.
With a loud boom, a crimson dragon breath energy beam shot straight towards the surface of the Phantom Beast.
However, at the moment of impact, the slime on the surface of the slime monster was directly blasted into a wide spray, although the powerful impact created waves on its surface.
However, it did not cause any substantial harm.
Even more terrifying, the splattering slime melted the trees and grass below, turning them into a wisp of smoke.
Lisha narrowed her eyes slightly, looking at the attack she had just unleashed.
Although my attack hit the core, its power was greatly reduced due to the mucus on my body surface, and it did not shatter the core directly.
Then Lisha addressed the crowd through the dragon's voice.
"Fire simultaneously to buy me the opportunity to strike its core!"
"Clear."
But just then, a flute melody rang out.
"That voice..."
Lisha was taken aback, but then she saw the large slime in front of her suddenly expand rapidly.
The moment Lisha and the others attacked, its enormous body exploded!
The terrifying impact and intense heat instantly engulfed the entire Knight Order.
"Deploy the barrier immediately!"
But before she could finish speaking, the roar of the explosion drowned out Lisha's voice.