First of All, I’m Drinking - Chapter 83

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Episode 83

I opened my eyes.

A pitch-black sky without a single cloud.

A vast snowy plain covered in white snow.

“Where is this…?”

I rolled my eyes and surveyed the surroundings.

It was a place I’d never seen before.

“Ah, my head…”

Ragnor got up beside me, pressing his forehead.

“What the hell happened?”

Not just Ragnor, but about four other students were sprawled nearby.

They were all in pajamas.

“Ah, it’s cold…”

“What? Where is this place?”

The students who woke up gradually came to their senses and looked around.

A desolate land where nothing existed except the black sky and snow-covered plains.

Then I saw the shadow of something in the distance.

One of the students muttered.

“A spider?”

The shadow racing across the snowy plains toward us was a giant spider about the size of a carriage.

“Kieeeeeek!”

Its cry hollowly split the sky.

“Aaaaah!”

“It’s, it’s a monster!”

The students who spotted the spider’s eight murderous eyes got up awkwardly and began fleeing in the opposite direction.

Ragnor opened his mouth with a dumbfounded expression.

“What kind of disgusting monster is that?”

House of Grantuan was said to be a prestigious noble family even within the Holy Kingdom.

When you think about it, this guy is also a hothouse flower.

Today would be his first time seeing a monster as hideous as the spider before us.

“If you’re going to cower, get lost. You’re in the way.”

Toward the monster running at us with drool streaming from its mouth.

I quietly raised my sword.

“Geez, who says I’m cowering?”

Aura coated Ragnor’s sword.

It was extremely fortunate that we both grabbed our swords right before the teleportation.

Thud thud thud thud-

“Kieeeeeek!”

The spider monster approached right in front of us, stirring up a snowstorm.

It extended its front legs toward us.

A flash flickered from Ragnor’s sword.

Slash-!

The spider’s legs were cleanly severed.

“Kieeeeeek!”

Thud!

The spider, having instantly lost four of its eight legs, lost its balance and collapsed into the snow.

I approached with light steps and severed the monster’s neck.

Slash-

A stream of green blood like mucus spurted from the cut surface.

The spider’s head rolled on the ground and stopped at Ragnor’s feet.

“Ugh…”

Ragnor kicked the monster’s head away and looked disgusted.

“I really don’t know what the hell is going on. Where is this place and why were we suddenly thrown into a place like this? And what was that monster?”

The situation was enough to shake even the usually composed Ragnor.

The spider monster from just now.

We could finish it in one blow because it was me and Ragnor.

But ordinary students would definitely struggle quite a bit.

Moreover, unlike us who barely managed to grab our weapons right before teleportation, the other students wouldn’t have proper weapons, let alone protective gear.

“Let’s gather the kids first.”

I said, looking at the students still fleeing in the distance.

“There are probably more summoned kids besides them.”

“How do you know that?”

“Because the magic circle’s range encompassed the entire school.”

I explained to Ragnor that we had been caught up in the Black Mages’ teleportation magic circle.

The need to hide or conceal information had long since disappeared.

The situation had already unfolded, and it would be settled here with some kind of conclusion.

“Actually, I’m not an ordinary student.”

Therefore, I spilled everything to Ragnor except my true identity.

In a place where you never knew what unexpected situations might arise, Ragnor was the only reliable ally I could trust.

In terms of character.

In terms of skill.

To maximize my coordination with this guy, Ragnor needed to accurately understand my full capabilities.

“What…?”

Ragnor’s eyes wavered.

“Professor Raeseya Welton, who teaches Understanding Demon Lords, is Baal’s agent, and you enrolled to catch him?”

“That’s right.”

“Huh.”

Ragnor seemed to recall the memory of crossing swords with me during the transfer exam.

“No wonder. There’s no way that could be student-level proficiency. You received professional training from a young age. Then, did you also lie about your age?”

“No. My age is really seventeen.”

“…What? Then you’re just a student after all.”

Ragnor said quietly with an expression as if his pride was hurt.

“The title of Next Generation World’s Best Swordsman should have gone to you, not me.”

“What does it matter? Such a hollow title.”

“You should know that there are many people who risk their lives to obtain that hollow title.”

Swoosh-!

At that moment.

A snowstorm erupted as a spider monster that had been hiding underground burst out.

“Kieeeeeek!”

The monster thrust its sharp teeth at us.

I let aura flow along my blade.

The sword, radiating brilliance with a beautiful blue light, severed the monster’s neck.

Slash!

I shook off the green bodily fluid on my sword into the snow.

Ragnor, who confirmed my true level, had his mouth hanging wide open.

“So you really were a Sword Expert.”

“Sorry for hiding it.”

“I didn’t know there would be another genius who reached 5-star at the same age as me.”

However, he didn’t show signs of jealousy.

Rather, his expression was slightly flushed, as if he was very pleased.

“Let’s continue training with the sword together from now on, Asel.”

“First, we’ll need to survive this place for that to happen.”

Around that time, the students who had fled earlier returned after checking our situation.

There were four of them – two male students and two female students.

Those of the same gender seemed to know each other.

They were sticking close together as if they were each other’s only salvation.

They were probably dormitory roommates like Ragnor and me.

“E-excuse me, are you from the Swordsmanship Department?”

One of the female students spoke up.

Ragnor and I glanced at each other briefly before nodding.

“I-I’m Frida de Alexius, a first-year from the Magic Department! If it’s alright with you seniors, could we travel together? I’m so scared…”

I interrupted Frida’s words.

“We were planning to do that anyway. And we’re not seniors – we’re first-years too. We just transferred in this semester.”

“What? But I saw you using Aura Blade earlier…”

In her common sense, it seemed impossible for a first-year to handle Aura Blade.

Frida’s gaze fell on Ragnor.

As if she finally understood, Frida clapped her hands.

“Ah, Ragnor von Grantuan…”

It seems Ragnor is a famous figure even among non-Swordsmanship Department students.

“Eh? But this person also used Aura Blade earlier…”

Frida pointed at me, her lips trembling.

I simply smiled brightly instead of answering.

“Millennium Academy really is amazing…”

The six of us introduced ourselves and had a conversation.

As expected, the two male students and two female students were roommates with each other.

The female students were from the Magic Department.

The male students were first-years from the Elemental Magic Department.

“Elemental Magic Department?”

“Yeah.”

I know that mystical beings called spirits exist in the Intermediate Realm.

However, this was my first time actually meeting spirit mages.

“Can you show me once?”

“Alright.”

The male student named Luca concentrated and tensed his brow.

Soon, a small and cute fire fairy was summoned above the male student’s hand.

“This is Pyrin, a lower-grade fire spirit. My spirit magic is still very immature, so I can only summon lower-grade spirits. I won’t be as much help as you, Asel, or Ragnor. Sorry.”

“That’s fine. Can you explain what you can do with that spirit and what advantages spirit magic has over flame magic?”

“We’re both fire spirit mages, so we’re more specialized in offense than defense. And… we can also do this.”

The two spirit mages summoned six Pyrins and attached one to each member of our party.

My body temperature, which had dropped due to the cold, returned to normal.

“It’s warm…”

Frida’s expression relaxed languidly.

“The advantage spirit magic has over regular magic is that unlike magic which continuously consumes mana to maintain, once you summon a spirit, there’s almost no mana consumption afterward.”

“Then, how long can you keep Pyrin summoned at maximum?”

“Theoretically, even a week would be easy.”

Good.

In the barren snowy plains, the greatest enemies aren’t the spider monsters, but cold and hunger.

Just being able to solve the cold problem was valuable enough.

“When we encounter monsters, rather than forcing yourselves to participate in combat, focus on maintaining the party’s body temperature. Only provide support when you have the capacity.”

“Okay.”

“Got it.”

Swordsmen, spirit mages, and mages.

The two mages would be helpful in some way.

Both were at the 3rd Circle level.

For a sudden disaster situation, this wasn’t a bad party composition.

“What do we do now?”

Ragnor asked.

“Do you know how to get out?”

“I do. I can roughly guess where we are too.”

Frida and Luca brightened up.

“Really?”

“Is that true, Asel?”

I placed my hand on the spider monster’s corpse.

Both of them.

I could feel a certain energy, faint but definite.

‘As I thought.’

I was uncertain at first, but now there was no room for doubt.

An energy all too familiar and comfortable to me.

‘It’s demonic energy.’

I could feel distinct demonic energy from within the monsters’ bodies.

However, it wasn’t enough to classify them as demons.

Truly a minuscule amount – so little that anyone other than me wouldn’t have noticed.

They had probably been wandering the snowy plains for a long time, gradually becoming corrupted by demonic energy.

That meant.

Something nearby was spewing out demonic energy.

‘Snow-covered plains. Monsters. And a source of demonic energy.’

Combining these keywords, the conclusion came quickly.

“It’s the Void Snowfield.”

The northernmost tip of the continent.

The region that separates the entrance to the Demon Realm from human lands.

We had instantly teleported from the Argent Empire in the center of the continent to the northernmost tip.

“What?”

“The Void Snowfield?”

Fear crept into the students’ faces.

The ghost story that no adventurer who traveled to the Void Snowfield had ever returned alive was quite famous.

“It’s okay. This seems to be just the entrance area.”

I heard that monsters roaming near the ‘Wall’ would be challenging even for Sword Masters.

However, the spider monsters from earlier were at a level that could be handled alone by someone at 3-star level.

“If we just head south from here, we should be able to escape quickly. And if we request help from the Kingdom of Alps, we can return to the Empire.”

The Kingdom of Alps is the northernmost human nation, maintaining good relations with the Empire even if not quite allies.

They wouldn’t turn away Millennium Academy students like us.

“The problem isn’t escaping.”

I looked at everyone’s faces.

“There are probably many other students besides us who got caught up in the teleportation magic. Most of them would be from non-combat departments.”

It’s natural since the ratio of non-combat department students is much higher than combat department students.

“If we leave those kids alone, they might all die.”

I was suggesting that we rescue the students with our own hands.

Conflicted expressions crossed the party members’ faces.

Of course, that wasn’t my true intention.

‘I can’t let this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity slip away.’

I slipped my hand into my pocket.

The other item I had hastily grabbed along with my sword just before teleporting.

It was a communication stone connected to Harten.

‘Emergency situation. Everyone come to the Void Snowfield immediately.’

With Kise’s warp magic, it wouldn’t take long.

I will definitely.

Erase the Baal Sect from this world with this opportunity.

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