Chapter 119

Chapter 119 Strongest Sage, Leaves It to the Leader

"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 .

Well, the formation this time is quite simple though .

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!"

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 .