Chapter 79
"Swarm of monsters at the capital!? That'll be a catastrophe!"
"We've got to hurry back and evacuate everyone--"
"Hold it there . No need to panic . Its mana has fallen into disorder because of the explosion earlier, and the outbreak location has probably shifted 10 kilometer away from the capital . "
I calmed the two who fell into panic when they heard that the outbreak would be at the capital .
"But it's a large swarm of monsters isn't it!? 10 kilometers are virtually nothing! Even if we've put defense around the capital . . . . "
"It might be a swarm, but there won't be that many monsters . "
The number of monster appearing from this magic depends on the user's affinity with summoning type magic .
The outbreak magic this time wasn't performed by a strong demon or one with good affinity with summoning magic, thus the scale should be limited .
And I've added several damping on the seal magic I put on it .
"No . That's too few . At the lowest . . . it'll be around 3000 . Well, just think that there will be 5000 dungeon floor 10-class monsters . And also a few bosses . "
"Floor 10, 5000! And what are bosses . . . . "
"A boss is like the master of a floor in a dungeon . Their strength differs on a case by case basis, but even the weakest one is floor 20 class . "
"And there will be several of that!? The capital is over! Things may be different if there are multiple Mathi-kun with us . . . . "
"Well, there might be only one boss though . "
Well, if there's one boss, that doesn't mean it'll be easy to beat .
Rather, if the mana that can be used to create multiple boss is concentrated on one, beating it will be exponentially more difficult .
"It still looks hopeless though . . . Mathi-kun, why are you so calm?"
"Don't tell me you can split yourselves!?"
"No, I can't do that but I know a way to deal with it . "
"Way to deal with it?"
"Yeah . The academy students will have to help, doing so will almost guarantee us to succeed in intercepting the monsters . Rather, it's a chance to collect lots of magic stones . "
The monster outbreak will probably happen after we've finished setting up the barrier .
Only the location of the outbreak has changed, the time of it happening is still the same .
"I don't think we can win even if we gather up all the students . . . . "
"That's true for the students as they are now . . . . But they won't stay that way . "
My barrier creation plan might look like it's just using the students as laborers, but in actuality, it's a highly effective method for training .
"I agree that everyone has become far stronger than they ever be ever since they learned through Mathi-kun's method . . . . But still, can they really win against 5000 floor 10 monsters?"
"They can . I will take care of the boss though . "
I get on Iris's back while saying that .
" . . . Normally this would have sounded absurd, but hearing it from Mathi-kun makes me feel that this will really work, it's so mysterious . . . . "
"I mean, Mathi-kun himself is a lump of absurdity . . . . "
"Well, we'll talk about it again after the barrier is complete . For now, let's go back to the capital!"
"Yes!"
We left for home as we conversed .
Iris speaks out along the way .
"Um, what should I from now on . . . . "
"Now that you mention it, I hadn't thought of it . "
Climbing Iris's mountain every time we need to go somewhere far sounds quite troublesome .
Having Iris close to us for its treatment is convenient for Iris too .
But, there would be a huge uproar for sure if Iris landed in the middle of the city . . . .
Right when I thought this far, I recalled a certain special magic that dragons have .
"Iris . If I'm not mistaken, dragons have a magic to turn themselves into a human right? Can you use that at present?"
"I've barely ever used it, but I should be able to! That magic barely uses up mana too!"
"Then you should stay in the capital while pretending to be human by using that . . . no wait . There's a better way to this . "
" . . . Better way?"
"Yeah . --Iris, won't you go to school?"