Chapter 119
"Looks like it's coming on schedule . "
The day after we defeated the demons and set up the barrier .
We and the academy students went to a plain near the vicinity of the capital .
Needless to say, it's the place we buried the magic devices yesterday--in other words, we're near the site monsters will come out .
Judging from the mana flow, we have around 30 minutes before the monsters appear .
It's mostly just as I expected .
"I don't see any monster . . . . "
"Will monsters really come out when it's this peaceful?"
"I mean Mathias-kun said they will, so they will right . . . . "
The students form a formation while chattering about this and that .
On top of having the help of the guidance magic, there's no for need a complex formation .
"C . . . Can I really be the leader?"
While I was gazing the student, one of them approached and asked me anxiously .
He's Meirad, the leader of this operation .
"Yeah . Monsters will come to this plain, and Meirad will be the leader until there is no more of them here . "
I'm going to quit the school after all, while Ruli and the others aren't suited to be a leader, thus I've selected some students who looked qualified to be a leader and made them into leader candidates .
Meirad is one among them .
"Yes! Mathias-sensei!"
By the way, for some reason Meirad treats me as a teacher .
Or rather, about half of the students seemed to have been influenced by Meirad as they've begun treating me as a teacher .
I'm a student through and through though . . . .
I leave the students while thinking about that and watch over the monster outbreak site and the students' state .
Ruli, Alma, Iris and me are excluded in this operation as we're going to deal with the second wave .
I haven't told them about the second wave, though--
"Lastly, Meirad, recall again what you should do in case the unexpected happens?"
"Yes! I must promptly give the order to retreat back to the capital!"
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And this is the result .
Telling them about the second wave beforehand would ruin this rare chance of training .
Retreating as a group is quite difficult .
We will be handling all of battle involving the second wave, so the degree of difficulty will greatly drop for them, but it should be still a fine personal experience .
--The monsters began to appear while I was thinking that .
Un . These monsters look weak .
Defeating them won't net anything good for us .
However, the students don't see it as such .
"What's with their numbers!"
"There's so many of 'em!"
The students began to get flustered when they saw monsters that kept on appearing .
There's around 1200 monsters .
And there's around 150 students participating in this battle, one to eight, should be a good experience .
"Do not flinch! The number of monster is roughly the same as Mathias-sensei's prediction! Let's subjugate them according to plan!"
Meirad gave an order to the flustered students .
And then the students began to regain their composure and shoot out magic .
Disqualified crest students who aren't suited for long-range attack went forward to defeat monsters that escaped the bombardment .
Just as I thought, Meirad has the qualification to be a leader .
He's quite dependab--
"Mathias said we could beat them! So we'd beat them!"
"There's even magic devices set up by Mathias-sensei!"
"Everyone, let's do as Mathi . . . . Meirad says!"
"Alright, we're winning!"
. . . Huh?
It's different from what I imagined .
Well they carry out the order well anyway, guess it's all OK .
Thus, the monsters kept decreasing as they defeated them one after another .
--And then, the main event finally shows up .