Chapter 46

I used the wireless transceiver to contact with Shiki-san, and told her about the girl who is hiding in level 1—— which is about Sumire .

Other than that I also explained about the matter with the level 2 survivors, and told her the information about the black dog that they saw .

「Has level 2 been cleared?」

「It is mostly done, next is only level 3 . 」

「It ends here huh, I feel that your decision to retreat is correct . 」

Shiki-san’s judgement is quite fast .

When it is time to retreat, we should retreat .

We still have some strength, hence we have to retreat .

As long as we can return safely, we can come back again .

It seems that a certain military man had said something like that . Now that we have entered a real battlefield before, the meaning of these words has really got to me .

I looked at the ceiling .

Perhaps there are surviving girls on level 3 . Maybe they are suffering under the abuse of the orcs right now, even though they are about to die, they are still hanging on, hoping for our rescue .

If we retreat here, they will probably never be able to see tomorrow’s sun .

About this, Shiki-san had mentioned it before .

It is because the time limit is approaching, that is why we attacked the dangerous main school building .

But now, that’s the limit, we cannot take anymore risks . The girls who are on still awaiting rescue on level 3, are abandoned by us just like that .

「Mmm, from my MP, doing it like this is correct . 」

「Mia, but then——」

Tamaki looked at Mia with a protesting expression, but Mia just slowly shook her head .

「We cannot fail, not even 1 mistake can be made . 」

Hearing that, Tamaki kept quiet . These words are very apt . Tamaki lowered her head with unsatisfied expression on her face .

「This is also something that cannot be helped, Kazu-senpai?」

Arisu seems to be unsatisfied with my decision too, but she who believes in me, swallowed back her words .

「Mmm, just until here . Until now, everything has been proceeding smoothly, but once we reach level 3, it may not be so . Moreover there are unknown enemies up there, the risk is too great . 」

「B . . but, Kazu-san——」

Tamaki raised her head, still unwilling to give up . I looked at her .

「Th . . that, Kazu-san, perhaps there are survivors up there . 」

「I know, but we still have to retreat . 」

Tamaki looked at me with an almost crying expression on her face, Arisu placed her hand on her shoulder .

「Believe in Kazu-san, okay?」

Tamaki closed her mouth as though she is desperately enduring something . Her teeth are clenched tightly while she kept on shaking her head, and her ponytails shook vigorously up and down .

「Sorry, I actually made such a selfish request, that was too pathetic of me . 」

「Don’t say that . 」

I placed my hand on Tamaki’s head, and caress it gently .

I can understand her feelings . But before that, choosing a path that everyone can survive is my responsibility .

Okay since we are going to leave, then follow the plan . I asked the girls that we saved「if they could move」, the girls then attempted to stand up even though their steps are unstable .

But in the midst they became unstable, thankful Arisu and Tamaki helped to support them . It seems that wishing for them to move by themselves… . . is a bit hard . Forget it, this is something that can’t be helped .

「I understand, I will call Shiki-san and the others over . 」

I used the transceiver to get the support party up to level 2 . In the meanwhile, I had Arisu and Tamaki keep a lookout at the corridor . Shiki-san and the others with Sumire, walked up the stairs nervously .

「Kazu-san, Sumire-chan and these girls, are they the only 4?」

「Mmm . 」

We cannot drag it any longer . The 3 in the classroom, and the one that Tamaki brought over—— I handed the 4 of them to Shiki-san and the others .

「Okay, now we just follow the order and go down the stairs……」

Just everyone came out to the corridor——

We just happen to bump into 3 orcs that are walking down from level 3 .

Maybe it is time for a change of shift, or maybe they wanted to come and rape the girls that are here .

The orcs got a shock and stayed motionless on the spot……

Anyway the timing is really bad .

I immediately shouted out:

「Arisu, Tamaki!」

「Yes!」

「Understood!」

Arisu and Tamaki closed in to the orcs quickly . Even though they are in a panic, they still gave a warning cry upwards, and made a pose for engaging .

But it is too late .

Tamaki closed the distance between them in a moment .

Then she used her giant axe to split one of the orcs into halves .

At this timing, Tamaki and Mia leveled up, and we are sent to the white room .

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In the white room, we looked at each other . This is bad—— everyone gave a troubled expression . 」「Level 3 should have noticed the situation just now…… right?」

「They should have noticed . 」

I do not know how many orcs are on level 3, but they will probably gather first then come and attack us .

Even if it is just a little bit, until Shiki-san and the others leave, we have to buy as much time as possible .

「Arisu and Tamaki will take charge of blocking the stairs, as for the space inbetween——」

「There is only this method . But they were to use the stairs on the other side……」

I am very clear on what Arisu is worried about . There are stairs on the left and right side of the main school building, and both route can access level 1 to 3 and even the rooftop .

If the orcs were to come down from both stairs, there will be a team that will reach level 1 . Then Shiki-san and the others will be in danger .

What should I do? I crossed my arms and think, and without noticing, I looked towards Mia .

「Yes, how about using 《Path Wall》?」

「Hmm, are we opening a hole in the ceiling? Or on the ground?」

「No, we will open it on the wall . If we open a hole in the external wall of the classroom at the south side , then we will be seen clearly by the courtyard side . But if we open it at the the classroom of the north side, then it will lead us to inside of the building . If we just down directly, we will be able to escape into the forest . 」

「Oh oh . 」

Mia clapped her hands with a「pat」, seemingly very impressed with my idea . Okay, the strategy is decided .

Tamaki: Level 9 Sword Skill 5／Physical 1 Skill Point 2Mia: Level 9 Earth Magic 4／Wind Magic 3 Skill Point 2

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After returning to the original place, I called Shiki-san who was lending her shoulder to the girls .

「To the classroom at the north side! We will open a hole in the wall, all of you will jump down!」

Just these few words, Shiki-san seemed to have understood everything, she turned and called out to the others .

In this timing, Mia rushed into the classroom at the north side .

She opened her hand towards the wall inside that was facing outside and casted 《Path Wall》, causing the wall to change shape .

I don’t know if the windows will be affected, hence I had Mia used her magic on the place where there are no windows .

In the end, a big hole that was big enough for 2 person to stand side by side was opened on the wall .

On the other side of the hole, we could see the inside of the school and the forest is nearby it .

We also rush into the same classroom together .

I ran to the hole there and kick away the surrounding tables and chairs, opening a path for Shiki-san and the others .

Since the situation has become like this, there is no need to worry about the ones above . I created the noise without any hesitation .

「Come quickly!」

「Understood . 」

Shiki-san supported the girl that she is helping, and jumped down first .

But she didn’t expect her landing to fail and both of them fell on the ground .

But she climbed up immediately and look upwards here .

Good, she seems fine .

「Th . . that, it’s so high……」

「Sumire-chi, do your best . 」

Mia slapped the butt of Sumire who is still hesitating .

「Hurry, while we could still hold on . 」

With Sumire as the first, the girls who were rebuked nodded their heads frantically, and jumped off one by one . As a side note, Mia is younger than them . Forget it, since things have progressed to this, age is no longer important .

On the other hand, Arisu and Tamaki are fighting at the entrance of the classroom . They have defeated the initial few orcs, and defeated another 4 orcs that appeared as reinforcements .

Then the 2 of them met with the third wave which is the 2 elite orcs .

Facing 2 elite orcs, even for the 2 of them, they could not avoid a hard fight .

The elite orcs swung the giant axe, attacking violently . I quickly rush to them, and touch Arisu who draw some distance away from the fight .

「《Haste》」

Arisu’s body is surrounded by red light in an instant, and her movements become very nimble . Making use of the opening from the elite orc’s surprise, Tamaki moved back .

「Kazu-san, please . 」

「Okay, 《Haste》 . 」

Tamaki’s body is also surrounded by red light .

Tamaki jumped forward . Facing the giant axe that the elite orc had swung in front of her, and shortened the distance between them……

She gave a blow that was full of vigor, but this blow only hit the lightbulb on the ceiling . No, she deliberately destroyed the lightbulb .

The broken glass fell on the ground, and in that instant, the elite orcs stopped moving in confusion .

Taking chance of the opening, Tamaki dashed into the opponent’s range……

She swung the giant axe, and pulled out the fruit knife from her bosom .

She had wanted a back-up weapon, so I gave her that knife, and strengthened it with 《Hard Weapon》 .

Tamaki held the fruit knife in a reverse grip and swung upwards strongly, cutting open the elite orc’s throat . The fruit knife that was casted with 《Hard Weapon》, cut opened the bronze-coloured strong skin easily . Just this blow, nearly cut the half of the elite orc’s throat .

The elite orc was taken down by Tamaki’s sudden blow, and its blue blood spray out like a fountain .

「Good, I did it!」

Tamaki kept the fruit knife and picked up the giant axe on the ground and went to support Arisu . The 2 of them attacked ferociously together, and finished off the other elite orc in no time .

And I leveled up at this moment .

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Even though we came to the white room, we also do not have anything else to discuss .

「I am going to raise the Rank of Support Magic . 」

This battle has already ended . For the next battle, it is better to raise the power of Support Magic . The others does not have any differing views .

Next is just to retreat, then we will finally be out of danger .

I clicked enter .

Kazuhisa: Level 11 Support Magic 4→5/ Summon Magic 3 Skill Points 6→1

We returned to the original place .

And heard the footsteps of the orcs coming down from level 3 .

「Okay, let’s escape through the hole!」

I shouted out and jumped down from the hole . I used my hands to support myself so as to divide the landing force . And my legs do not feel too numb, perhaps it is because of my level up, but I feel that my body has become more muscular .

I quickly let out some space and Mia jumped down after me, followed by Arisu and Tamaki, then the 2 wolves .

All of a sudden, I felt a sudden fear in my whole body .

I raised my head and looked up .

Something broke the windows on level 3 and dropped down, landing somewhere near me .

That is a creature which moves with 4 legs and is bigger than the gray wolf . It’s a black gigantic dog .

That dog is somewhere very near me .

The ground began to give out sounds of cracking, and began to shaking intensively . I nearly fell on the ground but luckily I managed to hang on .

When I raise my head, a gigantic creature that was bigger than 3m was in front of me, that pair of red glowing eyes are glaring at me .

Fear caused me to remain motionless .