Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 135 Black Knight

"Oh, is it because the maze and I are not compatible? How come I am trapped by the same thing again?"

"Rather, do you have anything that you are compatible with?"

In the maze controlled by the corpse plague, Ritas was conducting a simple exploration, illuminating the surrounding darkness with torches, and talking with the goddess of bathing.

"Is this 'Corpse Disaster' also crazy? In this civilized society, it has caused such a big commotion."

As they walked, Ritas asked the bathing goddess in confusion.

Using an entire maze to cause trouble is indeed large-scale and destructive. However, the number of people attracted to solve the trouble will also be exaggerated.

If there hadn't been the "terrorist disaster" before, and the corpse disaster didn't know what would happen if it did this, it would be understandable. But now that the ashes of the terror disaster can't even be found, what's the point of this action that is destined to be destroyed?
"It's hard to say. The guys from the Trickery Society are obviously abnormal, aren't they? If they're not crazy, that's actually wrong. Maybe the future dream of this corpse disaster in his elementary school composition is to become a dirty firework or something."

Seeing that Ritas was not in a hurry, the Bathing Goddess knew that she did not need to be in a hurry either, and began to make sarcastic remarks.

Moreover, it was indeed different from the previous maze incident. Except for the big white cat that had been lying down almost since its appearance, Ritas had hardly involved anyone in this incident. Therefore, the small red window that would make the Bathing Goddess panic did not appear.

"Sure enough, these necromancy spells are also taboos in the magic world?"

In response to the Bathing Goddess's question, Ritas nodded.

"Well, although I can understand each of them, aren't there too many taboos in the magic world? Why do I feel like this and that are not allowed?"

The Bathing Goddess said this, recalling the "taboos" she had encountered during this period.

Forbidden magic, soul magic, space magic, necromancy magic, strategic-level destructive magic.
What’s more important is that although these magics are said to be taboo, when they are needed, users still use them freely without any scruples.

The Bathing Goddess was somewhat skeptical as to whether the so-called magic world and taboos had any binding force.

"In theory, if there are infinite possibilities for magic, then there are also infinite taboos regarding magic."

“It’s not a theory.”

"And the situation of the Bathing Goddess is similar to survivor bias. If the Bathing Goddess wasn't always involved in dangerous things, there wouldn't be so many people who encounter danger."

"That's not right! You're talking as if I'm the one who's always causing the problems!"

The Bathing Goddess complained unhappily.

However, she also felt that what Ritas said made sense. If the white disc was picked up by an ordinary adventurer, she might not have had the opportunity to see those forbidden magics until now.

"Oh, right. I also remembered some information about the 'Corpse'. He should have the ability to attach to the undead summons he created. So, once the plot about him is triggered, he will appear on the battlefield from time to time, which is quite annoying. The best way to deal with him is to occupy the area around his support point first, and then deal with him before he appears and starts to act."

"Bath Goddess!"

Listening to the Bathing Goddess's unintentional words, Ritas couldn't help but stop.

".Eh? What's wrong?"

"Tell me more details!"

"How do we occupy the area around the support point?"

"no!"

Looking at Ritas holding his forehead, the Bathing Goddess was stunned for a while before she uttered a sound of realization.

“Oh—I see. The reason why this corpse disaster dared to cause trouble in Suzuran Town is because the one controlling the maze here is not his real body but a clone or something like that. That’s why he is so fearless!”

"Doppelganger."

Ritas pressed his frowning brows.

If the "Corpse Disaster" is the same as the previous "Fear Disaster", using its only life to disgust Ritas, although Ritas is still reluctant, it is not completely unacceptable.

However, the corpse disaster in this maze is like a clone that can be discarded at will. After disgusting Ritas, he can still escape. This is something that Ritas cannot accept.

"Goddess of Bath, I hope you can think carefully and describe the things about the 'Corpse Disaster' clone. At the same time, I also want to ask some questions about 'Nina'."

Ritas thought to himself, "Perhaps I can get useful information from the goddess of bathing." He raised the torch and looked at the far end that the weak firelight could barely illuminate.

"But we may have to wait a little longer. The Corpse Disaster doesn't seem to be willing to let us continue exploring his house."

Wherever Ritas looked, there appeared a Death Knight riding a skeletal horse with a huge skeleton, dressed in black and emitting black air, holding a lance covered with rust and decay.

Obviously, the corpse plague, having witnessed the power of Ritas and knowing that they were just ordinary undead spirits that would be purified together no matter how many there were, prepared a more special way of welcoming for the specially invited "guests".

I don’t know if it can be considered as the moment when our eyes met.

As Ritas' eyes locked on the black knight, the skeleton horse began to sprint.

The horse legs, piled up in large numbers from seemingly fragile white bones, made a powerful sound like thunder when they stepped on the ground.

In the blink of an eye, the dark knight, who had already approached Ritas, thrust out the lance in his hand.

Ritas, who was well prepared, used a solid protective barrier to block the Black Knight, and at the same time released purifying magic to cover the Black Knight's body.

Since this was probably an undead individual specially prepared by the corpse plague, Ritas was prepared that the purification magic would not work normally.

But after the lightning-fast collision, the result was beyond Ritas's expectations.

The moment it came into contact with the enemy, the skeletal horse was purified and returned to the earth. However, the black knight who suddenly fell from the horse's back did not move in a disorderly manner.

The black knight leaped up, wielding his lance in a smooth and large swing, and collided with Ritas's protective barrier. The seemingly solid protective barrier, under the cover of the black light, turned out to be as thin as paper, and was easily torn into pieces.

The purifying light shining on the Black Knight's body only made the layer of black air on the outside of his armor fade a little.

In a moment, the protective barrier that always allowed Ritas to calmly "stand" completely dissipated. The lance in the hands of the black knight was like a blunt weapon, sweeping towards Ritas' body, which no longer had any protection.

Snapped!
When the lance touched Ritas's body, a strange sound was heard.

The "Ritas" that was hit had a lot of cracks all over its body, and it shattered and exploded into countless crystals in an instant.

What followed was a sudden flash of bright light.

Instantly, countless points of light flickered and jumped, and colorful colors and lights kept interweaving and colliding. Lost in the gorgeous space, no one knew what kind of illusion the Black Knight saw. He swayed his body and just waved the weapon in his hand randomly, without any of the previous accuracy and sharpness. And such an attack naturally could not touch Ritas who seemed to be right next to him.

Not long after, when the light completely dissipated, there was no longer any figure except the Black Knight on the battlefield.

Roar--

Listening to the roar of the Black Knight from afar, Ritas, who had already put enough safe distance between himself and the opponent, was analyzing the opponent he had faced before.

It has strong destructive power, no apparent weakness in physical strength, and probably strong defensive capabilities. It also has resistance to purification magic and the ability to render magic ineffective to a certain extent.

Although the ability itself does not have any complex mechanism, the "value" that the Bathing Goddess couldn't help but shout out in battle is the best portrayal of the Black Knight.

It is obviously not wise to have a head-on collision with such an opponent.

Fortunately, the opponent still relies on vision and other factors to search for enemies, so it should not be difficult to deal with him.

In addition, unlike what was expected, the "Corpse Disaster" did not seem to be attached to the Black Knight. Therefore, although the Black Knight was being controlled, it was more like issuing orders rather than every move being made by the "Corpse Disaster". This also led to Ritas's attempt to hurt the Corpse Disaster indirectly through the high-frequency flashing colorful light, but it did not work.

The reason why the corpse disaster did not attach itself to the black knight was because it had to control other things and could not split itself? Or, even in this maze, there were more powerful undead spirits than the tough black knight for the corpse disaster to attach itself to?

These doubts still need more testing before they can be judged.

"call"

Ritas breathed a sigh of relief and adjusted his mentality.

As expected, it would not be easy to face an entire maze as an opponent. Especially, this kind of "maze" was well prepared.

Although, he had not originally hoped to purify the entire maze through purification magic such as "Return the Sanctuary".

But given the current situation, it is obvious that things will take much longer.

"Bath goddess, before we continue."

Halfway through his words, Ritas realized that the Bathing Goddess, who had shouted "value", had not made any movement since his shining magic.

Since the corpse disaster was not attached to the black knight, it was not indirectly harmed. However, the goddess of bathing was attached to the disc.
"Bath Goddess? Bath Goddess——!"

Because of the involuntary call, Ritas was locked in position, and it took him a lot of effort to get rid of the Black Knight again.

Lily of the Valley Town.

In a mansion that is completely different from those old mansions in the suburbs.

Liz Anple, the eldest daughter of the Lord of Anple County, is reading a thick book.

As a fourteen-year-old girl, no, it should be said that no matter what her identity is, Liz Ample's posture of reading is quite strange.

She would squat on the table, chair or bed, raise her left arm high, hang the book horizontally, and then tilt her head sideways to read the words in the book that were also sideways.

In addition to her frequent strange behaviors, Liz also had an equally strange face. Or rather, the face itself might not be a big problem, but the heavy dark circles under her eyes, the haggard face, and the bloodless dry lips caused by years of bad living habits made her look like a witch who had been thrown into prison and tortured.

Since Liz has been a maverick since she was a child, and she would experience multiple stages of symptoms if she left the room for more than three minutes, she not only had no friends, but also her relatives and family were mostly alienated and disliked her.

It was this Liz who met a troublesome girl two years older than her at a family banquet.

Since this girl had been chasing a somewhat weirder figure all over the kingdom, she didn't mind Liz's strange behavior, and she wouldn't ask Liz to change.

So, Liz "reluctantly" became friends with this girl, Cecilia, who was probably just as abnormal.

At this moment, Cecilia was sitting at the desk, pulling her hair, writing and drawing on some white paper, and sighing.

Liz was really annoyed by Cecilia's sighs and couldn't concentrate on reading. So she said to Cecilia in a voice that seemed to be squeezed out of her lungs,

"Why, in this room? Change rooms. There are seventeen guest rooms in the mansion."

Hearing Liz's words, Cecilia, who also had dark circles under her eyes due to lack of sleep for several days, but not as dark circles as Liz, who seemed to have dark circles as a natural consequence, just turned her head and glanced at Liz indifferently, and then
"Ugh"

He continued to pull his hair in distress.

After being scolded by Cecilia for a while, Liz, whose messy hair was already a little frizzy, spoke again.

"You really are so good at what you say. That person will be fine."

".You have a point, Liz."

When the matter of Ritas was mentioned, Cecilia, who had stopped sighing, stood up and sat directly next to Liz on the bed.

"Even the professor himself should be able to handle these problems. What's more, the professor asked me to write a few letters before. Now that I think about it, those letters might be the professor's premonition of something and calling for help in advance."

"Then worry about what? And why did you come here?"

Liz felt a little disgusted with Cecilia who was getting close to her, so she moved a little further away.

"Because, even though I know it, the scene of the professor and the entire mansion being swallowed by the black maze is something I can't sleep at night just thinking about."

Cecilia moved her body nonchalantly and leaned closer again.

"No, come here."

Liz escaped again.

"So, is there any way? With just us, can we weaken the Black Labyrinth?"

Cecilia continued to pursue.

Then the two girls fought several rounds of "attack and defense".
"If you don't come, there might be."

Liz said helplessly, placing the book she had been reading horizontally in front of her body to show her "surrender".

　Happy New Year to everyone!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)