She had trained for this moment all her life, but it still scared her.

Standing on the walls of Lyon, Anne prepares to defend her hometown with her classmates. Beyond the lakes surrounding the city, the cracks have widened, allowing an unnatural frost to sweep across the land.

Captain Garth and Gwen organized the line in two lines; The archers are in front, and the mages are in the back. The former will attack those who try to climb the fortifications with arrows, and the latter will bombard the enemy's army with spells. The infantry would stay behind in case the giant managed to open the breach.

Tai and the other vendors move between casters, distributing [Mana Potion] to prevent them from running out of SP during the battle. Gwen oversaw the fortifications, pacified several soldiers, and left to investigate the defense of the bridge west of Anne's current location. Everyone knows that this area is the most in need of protection and the most dangerous, so everyone gets excited to see Princess Avalon taking the lead. Even the calm Tye and Taki seem to be captivated by Gwen's presence.

At the same time, Anne took a deep breath, trying to calm her anxiety. She is proficient in spells and is trained, but her father and uncle live in Leonis. If she fails here......

"Giants! An archer shouted.

They walked through the chasm and came to the opposite bank.

A twenty-foot-tall Titan, fair-skinned, blonde, and armor-clad wields a hard magical ice weapon. Women and men formed a warband that came out of the cracks, roaring madly in all directions. From a distance, Anne may mistake them for oversized humans, who are different but resemble herself.

However, when these giants looked at the city and looked at the dwarf people on the fortifications, the witches saw in them something primitive. The sinister gaze terrified her.

Hunger.

The feeling of hunger in the face of a free buffet.

These creatures are not cousins of human civilization. They are legendary cannibals who come here just to forage for food. In their eyes, Anne saw neither understanding nor pity; If these beasts break through the walls, they will devour everyone inside, from the old man to the child.

At the head was a burly knight, twenty-five feet tall and clad in ice armor; He wielded a war hammer in one hand and a shield in the other. Two huge old witches followed him, cloaked in wolf fur and wearing amulets. a bewitch who looks like something out of a fairy tale, a hunchbacked old woman with vicious eyes; And the other is a younger and closer leader to the giants. His concubine, or his daughter.

They were followed by smaller, but more numerous, green-green trolls, blue feathered orcs, and fanged freak ogres. They don't threaten the walls like giants, but once inside, they take over the city and devour the people.

The witches counted two hundred giants in all, and their little servants numbered probably a few thousand. Anne knew they didn't have to kill them all; Until Avalon's army surrounded the creatures from the flank and wiped them out. But she doesn't lie, this otherworldly army makes her uneasy.

"Giants from Jotunheim." Tye said he looked over the archer's shoulder at the icy lake, unmoved. "Good".

"Do you think these odds are good?" Wu Long snorted, always rude.

Anne reminded her alchemist friend, "The weakest Jotun and level 27 humans are about as strong as they are." "The soothsayer says their leader is on the 54th floor."

"The army from Muspelheim will be much more terrifying," Tay shrugged and looked at another group of people further to the east, among whom were Laufey and Morgan. "Their infantry is comparable to a knight in his 40s."

While Anne understood that her friend cared about his new disciples, she couldn't help but feel a little jealous. Tay had been her closest friend and confidant, mentoring the young witch in her magical studies; Even now, she still sees him as her mentor, not a teacher in the academy.

Although Anne had little aristocratic ancestry, she won the opportunity to enter the Academy; Ever since her grandfather was stripped of her chieftain status, her family has been in trouble, and all her magic books have been bought with her own sweat. In order to pass the entrance exam, she had to study hard for years, competing with older rivals who had private tutors.

At first, almost no one believed that she would succeed, but the alchemist did. Still, she liked him. Whenever they come back from the store, that evil archer Take

U always makes fun of her "teacher crush", which annoys her.

"They brought trolls and goblins." Take

U said, waving his magic bow. "A lot."

"Annie, burn the troll's corpse, or they'll be endless," Tye suggested.

"I know," she said with a forced smile. "I'll do my best."

"Annie, you're the most promising offensive mage I've ever met," the shopkeeper flattered her. "Your best surpasses excellence."

The witch's cheeks were a little red and replied with a grateful smile. Tai joins the "Summoning Regiment", a group of 20 spellcasters who focus solely on providing reinforcements behind the city walls. Mrs. Soult led the effort.

"It's so cute," Takeliu teased Annie. "You should treat him to tea after the battle."

"Shut up, you despicable fellow." Anne replied, preparing her own incantation. "[Star Power], [Ignition], [Chain Spell]."

The damage spell is activated for 10 minutes.

Increases [Fire] spell effect by 30%.

You can cast the same spell twice in one action.

Mrs. Cel prayed in a powerful voice to her god, the beautiful bald man, and he answered. A winged sterling silver creature appeared, a very elegant naked woman, skinny with hair as long as her body; Her golden eyes gave off a reassuring glow that calmed Anne's nerves.

"[Minor Elemental Summoning]," Tai then cast a spell and four creatures appeared around him. Pure Water Serpentine; a humanoid figure with a bright flame; live mini-tornadoes; There is also a stone giant. In stark contrast to Madame Selt's graceful angels, the elementals all appear to be evil, violent, and bloodthirsty.

Still, Anne breathed a sigh of relief because they were on their side.

On the shore, giant witches cast their spells to slowly freeze the lake so that their fellow monsters could walk onto the city walls. The captain walked towards the bridge with half of his army, and the City Watch had already begun to drag the bridge underwater.

"Fire! One of the commanders shouted, and the archers fired arrows at the approaching army. Take

u's own weapon emits a bright purple energy, and then unleashes a scorching arrow of light. The projectile pierced the ankle of a giant and continued to fly after passing through his flesh. The giant stumbled and fell into the lake.

"(Comet)!" Anne cast her most powerful spell twice in a row, while the other mages unloaded a large number of projectiles. "(Comet)!"

In response to her magical call, two blazing stones rained down from the sky, one shattering the troll's hand and the other blowing off half of the giant's face.

Although comets are powerful, they consume a lot of SP; Two throws depleted most of her reserves. She immediately drank the magic potion and prepared to cast it again, while her companions continued to unleash lightning, poisoned arrows, or stone spikes. Lady Sear's winged servants crossed the walls with summoned creatures and went to war against the enemy.

Facing the eldest witch on the fortifications' side, she used one of her own witches to fight back against the magic barrage. She clasped her hands together and sang in a strange, incomprehensible language, before shooting a cold rain of spears from her fingers. The projectile pierced the defenders who were unfortunate enough to stand in their way, and even made the stone fortifications tremble on contact.

Anne whistled briefly, ready to hold her ground for the rest of the day.

They separated her from Gwen, these lunatics.

Barely able to contain her frustration, Morgan casts a fire spell on the walls around her useless classmates and even more useless locals. It is a pointless, shameful task, and the princess and the boss will gain the greatest glory by fighting the leader of the giants.

She hates leaving her half-sister, especially at times like these.

As a secret illegitimate child of the king, with a sordid history like herself, Morgan has little to do to succeed in life; Her biological sister is one of them. Her half-brother Arthur is a fool and surrounded by sycophants who are immune to her charms; He needed neither allies nor fame, and was promised an heir to the throne simply because of his origins. And his ambitious sister......

Morgan has worked hard for years to get into Gwen's inner circle and become her confidant and right-hand man. She drove out those who threatened her position, strengthened her power base, and did everything she could to make her sister dependent on her; The witch portrays herself as the secret puppet master behind the princess, who rules in her place once she drives her brother away.

But the princess had slipped away from Morgany's hands farther and farther away, much to her concern. Living in the city's dumpsters is a complete waste of time – not to mention the dangerous, evil wizards who live underground – but Gwen still refuses to explain her obsession with dungeons. She even began to "forget" to invite her sister to some important meetings.

Morgan has to regain control, and for that, she needs Gwen to be in her sight at all times.

But what can she do? Her own troops were deployed under the city walls, closer to the city's houses than at the front. She doesn't even see where her cannonballs land, and soothsayers use advanced magic scanning to guide them out of safety. This is the least risky place in the siege, but it is also the least satisfying. Morgan can't show himself and can't contribute.

At least she felt it was the safest place

Like a sacred sign that the gods don't like, a summoning circle appears in the middle of Morgan's unit, and a monster immediately teleports over.

The monster appeared and threw the two mages out; At first glance, Morgan thought it looked like a giant snowflake, only with vicious spikes around the edges and a ghostly purple eye at the core. It emitted an unnatural chill that froze the road and even people.

"Giant!" The frail farmer, Laufey, panicked. "The giant's mage has summoned a monster among us!"

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The caster casts a spell on the creature, revealing its weaknesses to everyone.

Hell Ice Elemental

Level 41

The creature was too powerful for the spell to reveal more, and it immediately impaled a classmate with a stick of ice, starting hostilities. Morgan never bothered to remember his name because he came from a small family, but she was very upset to see his blood splattered all over the floor.

Morgan casts a fire spell on the monster, but the monster's icy aura extinguishes her flames; Her classmates didn't even manage to weaken the nasty guy, and it began to stab people left and right. The monster's spikes move non-stop with the corpse, like a sick trophy collection.

The dungeon, the image of Lamor being killed, flashed through Morgan's mind. Seeing this terrible sight, her legs stopped listening.

"Let's go!" Laufey grabbed Morgan's shoulders and brought her out of her trance. "We have to get out of here!"

The students of the academy followed the shopkeeper towards the house in the city, away from the battlefield and monsters. Morgan would have called the girl a coward, but the failure of her own spell had shaken her faith. She couldn't hurt the creature, not even by targeting its weak spots.

Yes, maybe it's better to hide and let someone else weaken it. Morgan has plenty of time to prepare, and once the monster is weakened, she lunges over to claim the victory. She kept saying this to herself as Laufey led them through a nearby alley. That alley was too small for monsters to pass through.

"What a terrible creature, don't you think?" Laufey said, walking behind Morgan to see if any beasts were following him around the corner. "That's the Ice Elemental. I've never seen anyone like this in my hometown. ”

"I think so." Morni replied sarcastically, annoyed by her presence. If she could place her in the path of the elementals, and get rid of her......

"But I want him to let me carve it. I would make it more beautiful. ”

Mo

ga

E was stunned. "Him?"

A terrifying shadow appeared on the sidewalk at the other end of the alley, blocking the path of the two women. Morgan panics, fearing that the undead in the dungeon will take advantage of the chaos. "(Fire Bla-"

Morgan has never been able to complete her spell.

She felt the knife stabbing in her back, the blade sliding between her ribs and into her heart.

She wanted to scream, but Laufey covered her mouth with one hand and covered her voice, smiling happily as she deepened the wound. For a moment, the girl's face blurred, revealing the terrifyingly serene face of a dark elf.

"It's okay." The traitor said as he lecherously kissed Morgan's neck. Meanwhile, the shadow ghost observes the scene, waiting. "Shhh I'm here to support you. ”

She said this with a vicious feeling, rejoicing that the life of her victim had slipped quietly in her arms.

Morgen should die there, her body will get cold, and her spirit will be unconscious from blood loss...... But there was something to keep her awake. The dagger injected toxins into her bloodstream, and foreign fluids invaded every inch of her body.

Warning: You have been infected with an alchemy-enhanced [Vampire].

If you die of this disease, your soul will be sent to hell

Before I finished reading it, Morgan's vision blurred, but it didn't matter. She knew what happened to those who died of disease, and she never found any god worthy of worship.

She feared her fate and wanted to scream, but ...... The monster clutched too tightly.

With Mo

ga

E's life quickly left her body, and the shadow entity finally moved, revealing its wings and horns. The shadow entered her chest, through it, into her soul. When her soul fell into Hale's hands, the nobleman felt something else take over her flesh, hollowing her out from within. Something inhumane, very vicious.

You've been taken by a [Shadow Fiend].

"Your curves are so beautiful," a voice echoed in Morgan's head—her voice—"I prefer virgins, but you're attractive enough to my tastes...... Oh, what am I going to do with my body. ”

These were the last words Morgan Sigrinder heard before his soul left Midgard for the dark Hellheim.

Her short life is over, but her pain has only just begun.