240 The Crisis of Nacesai City (1/2)

”Will you be able to endure?”

An old man with a worried face asked another old man who seemed tired.

”Somehow. The academy is our last point of resistance; if we let them enter, the fate of all our students would be worse than death. Swordmad, thank you for remaining here until now. You had no obligation to risk your life for us.”

He knew very well that there wasn't anyone in the current Nacesai Academy for who Swordmad would risk his life.

”Sainac, I am sure that if Yale were here, he would have chosen to help. Moreover, that lass, Ange, was kidnapped due to my negligence. Who would have thought that the Roanmad Clan would pretend to be in a crisis to lure Ange and kidnap her? Those who are attacking us are the same ones who allied with the Roanmad Clan to kidnap her; I can't forgive them.”

Sainac nodded, he knew very well Swordmad's temper, and he wasn't someone who could be tricked without expecting retaliation. However, helping the Nacesai Academy wasn't necessary to retaliate; he could just attack them crazily, and they would have severe losses.

The two of them had been taking turns to maintain the protective barrier at the strongest point since the city started to fall. A lot of clans surrendered to the attackers from the neighbor city, while the rest had died or turned into slaves. Those like the Roanmad Clan who changed sides since before the attack obtained a better position than those who surrendered after being unable to battle against the attackers.

”I can endure here a bit more. Go to check the current state at the barrier.”

Swordmad nodded and left the room where Sainac was controlling the formation; without the two of them taking turns, the academy would have fallen long ago like those clans.

The Nacesai Academy seemed a battle camp after a big battle finished; there were a lot of students and teachers injured from the moment when the attack started. Although they avoided casualties thanks to their quick reaction in controlling the barrier actively, the number of injured people in that short span of time wasn't small.

The barrier could expel anyone who wasn't a member of the Nacesai Academy when fully activated even if someone was already inside, so they stopped a lot of battles at the critical moment saving a lot of lives.

”Those bastards of outside aren't that strong, but their numbers are too high. Even if I join hands with Sainac, we won't be able to finish before the academy was destroyed.”

There were only two people at the Elder Rank in the opposing party, but the number of people at the other ranks far exceeded those of the Nacesai Academy. Moreover, those teachers and students weren't specialized in that kind of battles. Thus, the situation would be dire in a direct battle.

They had even tried to poison everyone outside the barrier using the best poison of the poison teacher who was an expert at the Master Rank, but the attackers had enough healers to avoid that poison from provoking true damage.

Swordmad looked to the rows of injured people who were being treated by all the healers they had at the moment, sadly the number wasn't too high. Ange's master was the one who was in charge of distributing the healers, but even with that kind of efficiency, the healers couldn't heal everyone and was a matter of time before someone died due to the injuries.

If Ange hadn't been kidnapped, even though she was still at the Apprentice Rank, she would have been able to mark a difference with her powerful healing skills. The fact that she could use Time Healing made her one of the best healers of the academy despite her low level.

Sadly, the other students weren't so impressive. Aizu was one of the top healing students at the Nacesai Academy, but she was only at the 2-star Novice Rank, and her healing abilities were far too lacking for the current situation. It was easy to imagine how effective the other students were, seeing that even of the top was like that.

Swordmad continued his way to the barrier when Zack crossed his way; he was in charge of delivering supplies to the injured ones thanks to his speed. He was at the 4-star Novice; after being crippled and healed, he started to train like a madman, and his achievements were top-notch for a student in the Nacesai Academy.

However, in that situation, all he could do was run carrying supplies with him. The healing magic wasn't enough for everyone, so they were also using a lot of conventional medicine that was being refined at another part of the academy; a lot of people like him were running all the day transporting the newly made medicines to the camp with the injured people.

Swordmad didn't greet anyone; he had crossed with everyone a lot of times since the attack started.