The Extra’s Academy Survival Guide - Chapter 154

Booom!

Explosions lit up the sky over Rothstaylor Mansion.

The light from Lucy’s explosion covered the entire area as the shadows of the massive tentacles stretched along the ground.

The residents who lived out in the massive Rothstaylor Estate… Every one of them saw the spectacle taking place in the night sky.

The same was true of Princess Penia, who was quickly heading towards the Rothstaylor Estate with a few companions.

“Oh my god…”

Princess Penia stopped the horse for a moment as she looked up at the sky.

She had run nonstop since sunset, and she had finally succeeded in reaching the Rothstaylor Estate. However, there was still a long way to go.

Despite the Rothstaylor Estate and the empire’s capital Kroelon being next to each other, it was still difficult to reach it in just half a day. Especially considering how vast the land of both the empire’s capital and the estate was.

She traveled as fast as she could, thinking she had to arrive before the sun rose… And then, suddenly, a flame lit up the sky.

And the direction it came from was the mansion Princess Penia was traveling to.

“That… It looks like ultimate magic.”

Among elemental magics, an ultimate magic was the one at the highest rank… There were very few who could use it within the entire empire. As it was extremely difficult to handle, it was a rare power.

However, it didn’t come from a magic tower in the northeast, nor Kroelon, where they had the manpower to use it… The fact that magic of that scale was happening in Rothstaylor Mansion was strange.

“Princess Penia.”

Her closest aide, the escort knight Claire, spoke quietly.

“I think we need to turn around right now… this isn’t normal.”

“……”

“Running away to such a place without the emperor’s approval is enough to cause turmoil. Letting you enter a dangerous area… that would be absconding my duties as your escort knight.”

Claire had followed Princess Penia all the way there in the middle of the night out of loyalty. Even though she followed the rules, she was loyal enough to put the princess’ wishes above all else.

However, going any further would definitely be crossing the line. If she allowed Princess Penia to go to such a dangerous area and get injured, there was a high possibility she would be met with punishment beyond just disciplinary action.

“I understand your position, Claire.”

Nevertheless, Princess Penia didn’t turn her head.

She suddenly remembered the day before leaving the academy, a man who sat in the royal residence’s waiting room with a serious expression on his face.

If that man were to die there, Penia would regret it for the rest of her life.

“I need to go. Even if there’s nothing I can do, I have to see it with my own eyes.”

* * *

The Rothstaylor Mansion’s annex, like the other buildings, was already half-destroyed.

Half of the servants who managed the annex ran away in fear. The other half had already fallen under Krepin’s evil magic, under the control of Mebula.

A part of their body would turn into horrific flesh as the servants got out of the way. Krepin pushed through them all as he climbed up to the top floor of the annex.

The central mansion was filled with all sorts of the distinguished guests that made the Evil God Mebula’s mouth water. Once he sacrificed all of them, the power to wield Mebula’s powers for the rest of his life would fall into his hands.

And the price of it was to turn the entire world against him.

The annex of the luxurious and grand Rothstaylor Mansion was already covered with Mebula’s flesh, becoming a horrific sight to see. Tentacles protruded all over as lumps of flesh wriggled around grotesquely. The annex now felt like a part of Mebula’s body, as if it had been transformed into a living organism.

Going up the stairs of the first and second floor, on the third floor you would find a large hall.

The wall had already been ripped apart as the wind blew through. This was the third largest hall after the main hall and the banquet hall of the central mansion. It was called ‘Rothstaylor Hall’ after the house’s name.

Krepin saw the big hall as he continued upwards towards the roof. There were already various magic circles and spells filling the sky.

It was as if the entire sky was in the palm of his hands. From the rooftop of the Rothstaylor annex, Krepin lifted his left hand, which had the imprint, towards the sky.

As a massive amount of magic power was cast, the magic circle in the sky began to activate.

Krepin Rothsaylor sat down on the railing, where only rubble remained.

The wind grazed his thick blonde hair.

Looking at the magic circle that was activating, Krepin lowered his head as he waited with horrific eyes.

The view from the roof looking down was like hell itself. There are many people dying all over.

However, Mebula didn’t distinguish between life and death for its sacrifices anyway.

“If you decided to become a villain, never look back for even a moment. If you hesitate, that moment will be your end.”

At that instant, a tingling sensation ran up his spine.

As he stood at the top of House Rothstaylor, his unshakable beliefs started to flood his mind again.

“Don’t try to live up to your expectations, don’t dwell on what you’ve lost, and don’t get eaten by nothingness.”

“Only when you stand proudly like that, will you be able to survive to the end and rule this world.”

The voice that seemed to whisper in his ear… It ran through his mind.

* * *

Boom! Boom!

Fwoooosh!

Clarice’s Sacred Magic pushed back the tentacles as Sinir began to cast magic to subdue the soldiers.

However, there seemed to be no end to the soldiers and tentacles that kept rushing into the banquet hall.

“It’s over! We are all going to die!”

“Shit! If I knew this would happen, I wouldn’t have come! This freaking social gathering!”

“Krepin Rothstaylor! It’s that man’s fault! He’s sacrificing us to that monster!”

In the midst of the chaos, Sinir tried to continue cheering everyone up.

“Everyone, calm down! Once we get out of his territory, we will be safe! If we survive, we just need to report Krepin’s evil deeds to the imperial family!”

“Yeah! I can’t die like this!

“Those Rothstaylors… After all those years having a taste for power, they have finally done it…!”

Clarice understood the situation as she kept her reason, even as she stood in the center of the banquet hall, which was flooded with chaos.

Right now, the top priority was to lead the distinguished guests out of the mansion.

However, even if they left the mansion, that didn’t mean they would be safe.

The Knight Templars were probably trying to enter the mansion to ensure Clarice’s safety. However, seeing as she couldn’t see them at all… they must also have been struggling.

Both the tentacles and the servants who were under control were powerful. In particular, it seemed as if the servants had turned into monsters and were no longer human.

The Brown Bear Nox, whose eyes looked hazy, roared. He ran forward with his huge body, wielding a large mace. Sinir quickly cast defensive magic to deflect it.

Meanwhile, the incompetent nobles who had no fighting capability continued to scream.

“Thinking of it, none of those Rothstaylor bastards are here in the banquet hall! Those guys… They are all doing perfectly fine…!”

A few hours ago, they were all praising the history and the majesty of House Rothstaylor.

But inside, they were full of jealousy for their mighty power and authority.

In the first place, a person who had high prestige would always have to live with the jealousy of others. Even other famous nobles held jealousy within them.

Rather, they were even more jealous, as it looked as if they were in arms reach of having that same power.

So as soon as the Rothstaylor’s ugly truth was revealed, they immediately showed their hostility. The same was true for all of the other nobles who were inside the banquet hall.

“The heir Tanya Rothstaylor and Ed Rothstaylor, who was supposed to be reinstated…! Everyone who isn’t here is with them! The Rothstaylor House was plotting this together from the beginning!”

“Yeah… This time we need to inform the imperial family and destroy the entire house!”

They all had the same thought of flipping the entire power structure through the incident.

Clarice seemed uncomfortable seeing them act like that, but soon even she started to have other thoughts.

Ed and Tanya. Neither of them really were there.

Tanya said she was going out to check the situation of the servants, and Ed had disappeared without a reason after dancing with Clarice.

Clarice didn’t think that the two of them would have been involved in such an absurd plan. However, as the situation became dangerous, perhaps the two of them had prioritized their own safety first.

Then, right as she was going to propose to take as many people out of the mansion as possible…

Booooooooooom!

A new magic power was sent flying through the sky.

They could see Mebula’s massive appearance through the collapsed wall.

Mebula was exchanging magic power back and forth against a small person off in the distance. There was only one magician that Clarice knew who had ridiculous enough strength to fight against Mebula.

Lucy Mayreel was fighting against Mebula. While that was great news, that didn’t solve the situation taking place in the banquet hall.

Rather, the situation had worsened.

“Kyaaaaaaaaah!”

Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaghk!

Flap, flap!

A piercing scream echoed through the banquet hall.

A strange creature fell from the sky. A demon that was about half the size of a normal person. It flapped its wings, which looked like a bat’s, as it held a long iron sword in one hand.

“Wh-What is that…?!”

“G-Gremlin…! That crazy thing even started summoning monsters!”

The moment a nobleman screamed out as he was about to run away, that little devil’s blade pierced his heart.

“E-Eugh…”

He had a bewildered expression on his face, as if he didn’t know what had just happened to him. After a brief moment, blood began to drip from his lips.

“Eugh. Keuk…”

The first casualty.

After his death, an uncontrollable chaos began to spread throughout the banquet hall.

“Kyaaaaaaaaaaah!”

“Run away! We have to run away!”

Sinir Bloomriver clenched her teeth as she suddenly gathered more power. But Clarice, and the others who had minimal combat abilities, lost their composure.

People ran away screaming in unison, but most ended up being killed by the controlled soldiers or the tentacles.

Those who managed to keep their sanity trembled as they stayed close to those who could fight, but the others who had run away ended up losing their lives.

Of course, Sinir—and even those who had relatively weaker skills in magic—weren’t all that weak.

Not only could they protect themselves, but they could also protect those around them… However, it wasn’t possible to protect the entire hall and all the distinguished guests.

Of course, the strength of each individual was important, but the difference in numbers was also important. Especially in a situation where they were getting pressured from every direction.

To minimize casualties and escape from this mansion… they needed overwhelming numbers.

They needed a strong group, rather than strong individuals. A group of soldiers would be able to take position around the guests, protecting their safety. However, there was no way to mobilize such a group at that moment.

Sinir clenched her teeth as she gathered more magic power in her hand. She was already sure that it would be difficult to save more than half the people there.

It would already be an issue if they were regular civilians, but these were all distinguished guests of the empire.

He had crossed the line way too far. Krepin had no intention of going back at all.

It seemed as if he had made up his mind. Then, as Sinir came to that conclusion and cursed his name—

Boooom!

The other side of the wall was torn down as the ‘corps’ came in.

It wasn’t a human army. It was an army with all sorts of spirits that were called forward with magic power. They began to fire magic at the gremlins and tentacles.

It looked to be over a hundred of them. The combined number of low-ranking spirits and fluid spirits was comparable to the army of gremlins that covered the sky.

“Th-This is…!”

A giant lizard’s pupil could be seen through the broken wall. Sinir trembled with goosebumps even though the lizard wasn’t an enemy.

A girl slid down the lizard’s forehead as she landed on the floor.

And the person who could recognize her… Was Saint Clarice.

“Yennekar?!”

“Clarice… Saint…!”

Keeeeeeeeeek!

Kaaaaak!

In the sky above the mansion, an army of spirits and an army of gremlins clashed. Spirits in the form of various different animals fought in close combat. Sinir couldn’t believe the sight she was seeing with her own two eyes.

She had heard of her from her two daughters, Trayciana and Patriciana Bloomriver.

A third year at Silvenia Academy. By herself, she was an entire army.

If she were in the same grade as her, Trayciana would never have been able to take the top seat of the magic department… She talked about her with fear.

“Where is Ed?”

As Sinir was dumbfounded, Clarice quickly asked Yennekar the main point.

“He went to catch Krepin Rothstaylor…! At the Annex! I need to finish things here quickly and go help him…!”

It was no longer a banquet hall. Blood was splattered all over the remains of the crumbled walls.

A tentacle quickly rushed towards Yennekar’s neck, but the blade of a mid-ranking dark spirit that protruded from her shadow cut the tentacle apart.

If Yennekar were to go all-out, it would be impossible to touch her, as she was being protected by hundreds of spirits. Those who were seeing it for the first time could only open their mouths in awe.

That type of large-scale battle was her stage.

Even if she didn’t have the confidence to fight one-on-one in a narrow space, Yennekar could fully demonstrate her abilities if she had the space to summon everything.

“We need to have all the guests evacuate and then we need to go towards the annex!”

“Got it!”

Clarice and Yennekar didn’t say much. That was because it was an urgent situation.

“Before that… I need to stop by Ed’s room and get something!”

“In this situation… What are you getting?!”

Yennekar gathered her magic power in an instant as she cast a massive spiritual skill. Dozens of gremlins burned to death as even more spirits appeared in the sky. It was quite a sight.

“Wand! Ed’s wand is in his room!”

* * *

The Rothstaylor Estate, which was next to the empire’s capital Kroelon, monopolized the majority of the peaceful and warm precious land.

Looking at a map alone, it was an important location for distribution.

It was a place that was always full of street vendors, but that night, it was more crowded than usual.

Rothstaylor Mansion’s social gathering was considered the be the most luxurious and extensive event of the year.

Including those attending, there were many important people in the empire that passed through.

And the guests who decided to attend after the third day were also currently on their journey there.

On the western side of the territory, a carriage was coming from the commercial city of Oldek.

From the northeast side of the territory, Commander Magnus, who oversaw the northern corps, was coming.

And even from the east side of the territory, the third princess of the empire, Penia, was coming by riding a horse.

It wouldn’t be surprising to say all the hearts of the empire were gathered here at Rothstaylor Mansion.

However, hell has already descended at Rothstaylor Mansion. Because of Ed’s party, Mebula’s advent took place earlier than expected.

In the sky above the mansion, the evil god of the Mythic age, Mebula, could be seen with its hundreds of horrific eyes. In front of it was a genius magician, who could even be considered to have received a blessing from God, who fought against that calamity one on one.

In the central mansion, gremlins, tentacles, and soldiers fought against the spirit corps.

Tanya Rothstaylor, who had gone to check on the servants near the spire, was overwhelmed by the sudden disaster as she locked the door and looked outside.

Princess Selah, who had run out of the banquet, was escorted by her butler Dest as she ran through the central hallway.

Sinir Bloomriver, the head of the witch’s house, was helping the nobles escape alongside the corps.

Saint Clarice ran towards Ed’s room with Yennekar.

A night in the Rothstyalor estate where everyone was busy.

Getting attacked by magic from the soldiers who were controlled by Mebula, the tentacles, and the blades of the gremlins… A man ran through the mansion’s garden.

He held onto a dagger tightly. The spiritual skill engraved on it cast an explosion. A massive bat spit flames as it flew in the air around him. A lioness made of water bit the necks of the soldiers.

A shockwave was cast from the magically engineered equipment he took out of his pocket, subduing the surrounding enemies. He took out a magic power arrow as he pierced one’s neck, killing it in an instant.

Flame Pillars and Wind Blades defeated the tentacles. The enemies he cut the necks of with his magic power instantly turned to ash, disappearing.

As he destroyed everything around him, he continued to save his magic power until the very end.

He had a gut feeling. Soon, there was going to be a decisive battle to end it all.

The tailcoat he wore became filthy as blood and flesh splattered on it. Nevertheless, his expression never changed as he reached the entrance to the annex.

Inside the annex, there were all sorts of monsters. It didn’t look like it was going to be easy to climb to the roof.

It was time to put an end to tales of House Rothstaylor that he had been entangled with.

He walked forward. Finally, it was time to cut Krepin’s throat.