On My First Day Undercover, the Organization Collapsed - Chapter 75

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The Organization Collapsed on My First Day of Infiltration Episode 075

 

 

 

 

 

It Might Not Be Like That From Now On (1)

 

 

 

 

 

Second day.

 

The Sword School students who woke up in the morning cleaned up around the campfire while checking if the embers were still alive as Ziel had instructed.

 

 

 

“Ah, this one seems to have gone out?”

 

“Try adding some firewood. He said if you blow on it and see light, it’s fine.”

 

 

 

While reviving the embers to rekindle the fire and hanging the pot to prepare breakfast, the students who weren’t on night watch got up and patrolled the surroundings.

 

Clear division of roles.

 

It was what Ziel had instructed the group leaders.

 

 

 

“Wow, when I tried to wake up in the middle, my body really wouldn’t move.”

 

“Teacher said the second night watch shift is the hardest.”

 

“The last one wasn’t easy either. Waking up 2 hours early, ugh.”

 

 

 

Still, the morning in the forest was quite different.

 

The sound of birds chirping.

 

Fresh air.

 

And…

 

 

 

“Delev, Delev. Look over there.”

 

“What is it?”

 

 

 

Ann, who had gone on patrol with Group 1, grabbed Delev’s collar.

 

 

 

“Over there, that way. Right? Arcane School’s zone.”

 

 

 

What Ann pointed to was Arcane School’s Zone 9.

 

Delev looked at the situation in Zone 9 visible through the trees and doubted his eyes.

 

 

 

“Did they give up on the practical training?”

 

“It… looks that way.”

 

 

 

Unlike Zone 8 where tents were densely packed in the campsite, Zone 9 had sparsely scattered tents that weren’t even properly set up.

 

There were only a few campfires, and the students were exhausted and sprawled out here and there.

 

 

 

“Did they not bring anything?”

 

“No. We saw them yesterday when we came. They loaded tons of stuff on their cart…”

 

“Did they lose it?”

 

 

 

No matter how they looked at it, it was an incomprehensible scene.

 

Even they who had lit campfires felt cold when sleeping.

 

 

 

“Couldn’t they do something with magic or something?”

 

 

 

There was no way the mystery would be solved.

 

 

 

“Doesn’t this mean we’re winning? They said they’d evaluate all sorts of things.”

 

“Right. Hmm. We should probably tell the teacher too?”

 

“I suppose so.”

 

 

 

After finishing their morning patrol, Delev and Ann together told Ziel what they had seen.

 

 

 

“Understood. We need to head to the ruins soon, so get your group members ready.”

 

 

 

Ziel’s reaction was as bland as expected.

 

Thinking ‘of course,’ Delev and Ann returned.

 

And Ziel thought.

 

 

 

‘It seems Arcane School has run into problems.’

 

 

 

His thoughts stopped right there.

 

Whatever happened to Arcane School, Ziel only thought about the students he was in charge of.

 

Of course, he didn’t forget to install traps and safety devices near the supplies.

 

Since he had installed them during the night, there would be no problem even if someone tried to steal them or if magical beasts happened to approach.

 

 

 

“It’s about time.”

 

 

 

After finishing his inspection near the supplies, Ziel was about to move to the place where he had told the group leaders to gather.

 

But then.

 

Ziel turned his head toward the back of the campsite.

 

Toward the area where he had set up perimeter traps.

 

Something caught by his intuition.

 

It wasn’t a sound he heard, nor a scent he smelled.

 

Only the intuition of a legendary assassin.

 

 

 

Tap.

 

 

 

Ziel’s body, having kicked off the ground, shot forward quickly and straight, reaching the point his intuition had detected.

 

A point outside the perimeter set around the campsite.

 

 

 

‘There’s nothing here.’

 

 

 

Despite his intuition, nothing was visible.

 

But the assassin’s experience told him.

 

That something had definitely been there.

 

Whether it was human traces.

 

Or animal traces.

 

Or perhaps magical beast traces.

 

 

 

‘It’s almost time for practical training.’

 

 

 

Ziel returned without hesitation.

 

Whatever his intuition had caught, there were sufficient ways to prepare for it.

 

 

 

“Teacher, it’s almost time to depart.”

 

 

 

Karen arrived just in time.

 

 

 

“Student Karen Aswan. Could you help me for a moment?”

 

“Yes?”

 

“I need a hand.”

 

 

 

Ziel took out several traps from his backpack that the students hadn’t seen before.

 

 

 

“What are those… Teacher? I’ve never seen them before.”

 

“These are traps that knock out all living creatures approaching from this direction.”

 

“What?”

 

 

 

Karen was surprised.

 

Not because of the traps.

 

 

 

“Isn’t this direction the Safe Zone? I thought all paths leading to the campsite were magically protected…”

 

 

 

Ziel shook his head at those words.

 

 

 

“That might not be the case from now on.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

At that moment.

 

 

 

“Why aren’t they coming?”

 

 

 

The Dolls remained completely silent even after morning came.

 

He had expected at least some to arrive during the night, but not a single one had shown up yet.

 

 

 

“Professor! My mouth is all twisted. Ugh, it’s cold. Haven’t the firewood supplies arrived yet?”

 

“What about the tents! I was so cold sleeping outside after going back yesterday!”

 

“I’m hungry!”

 

 

 

Watching the First Years chirping away like baby birds asking for everything gave him a headache.

 

Emeric hadn’t slept a wink all night either.

 

 

 

‘What on earth happened?’

 

 

 

They definitely should have arrived during the night.

 

The practical training start time was approaching, and the students were bursting with complaints.

 

There was no choice.

 

 

 

“Teaching Assistant.”

 

“Y-yes. *Gulp* Professor.”

 

 

 

The Teaching Assistant who had been dozing off hurriedly got up and wiped his saliva.

 

Emeric clicked his tongue and gave instructions.

 

 

 

“Go tell the kids we’re departing for practical training.”

 

“Ah, understood. But, is it okay to go like this? Not all the supplies have arrived yet…”

 

“The repairs must be delayed. We still have to do the practical training, don’t we?”

 

“Understood. I’ll relay that message.”

 

 

 

A moment later.

 

Complaints erupted among the students who hadn’t gotten proper rest all night, but this time complaints were useless.

 

 

 

“So do you guys want to lose your practical training scores like this? There’s no point staying here any longer.”

 

“But Teaching Assistant, we’re all exhausted right now?”

 

“Then don’t worry about your scores.”

 

 

 

At the Teaching Assistant’s words, all the First Years grumbled but began preparing to depart.

 

At the campsite remained a few tents and a campfire without even embers left.

 

Woefully insufficient food supplies since they only brought personal belongings.

 

And surroundings they hadn’t even surveyed, too busy shivering from cold instead of keeping watch.

 

In this completely chaotic situation, the Arcane School First Years began moving toward the practical training location.

 

 

 

‘The Dolls will probably be there when we get back.’

 

 

 

Without any particular worry.

 

But not long after the First Years departed…

 

 

 

“Kiryuk.”

 

“Kirrrrryuk.”

 

 

 

The magical beasts ‘Tepik’ began entering the Arcane School campsite one by one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The second day’s practical training was as follows.

 

Move to the ruins.

 

Subjugate magical beasts near the ruins.

 

And explore the ruins.

 

Before departure.

 

Ziel spoke to the Group Leaders like this.

 

 

 

“Magical beasts may appear during the movement. The best thing is not to fight.”

 

 

 

Maris questioned those words.

 

 

 

“We came to subjugate magical beasts, so why shouldn’t we fight, Teacher?”

 

“Our main objective is moving to the ruins. Student Maris Sopen.”

 

“But we’re going to subjugate them anyway, wouldn’t it be good to eliminate threats before going?”

 

 

 

Maris had definitely changed.

 

She wasn’t asking in a swaggering or sarcastic manner like before.

 

 

 

“Fighting while moving consumes much more Physical Strength than fighting from a fixed position. When you have two objectives, there are more things to worry about. So torches are necessary to avoid fighting.”

 

 

 

The small magical beast ‘Tepik’ that resembles a hyena is afraid of fire.

 

Some magical beasts aren’t like that, but at least the magical beasts that appear This Way generally tend to avoid fire.

 

So while moving, the students standing on the outer edges of each Group were all holding torches—

 

 

 

“Te, Tepiks!”

 

“They really came out!”

 

 

 

They encountered a pack of Tepiks.

 

Not just one or two, but dozens of them.

 

True to their pack-hunting nature, they had almost surrounded this side…

 

 

 

“Whoa, whoa!”

 

“Go away!”

 

 

 

Just as Ziel had said, when they held up and waved their torches, the beasts couldn’t approach easily.

 

Of course, torches were also mentioned in the magical beast encyclopedia.

 

Tepiks are persistent hunters that can’t be driven away with just torches or numbers alone.

 

So they needed to present a greater threat.

 

 

 

“Those with torches! Take out the Powder!”

 

 

 

Starting with Maris’s shout, the Students holding torches took out the Powder that Ziel had distributed before departure.

 

 

 

‘Will this work?’

 

‘Does this really work?’

 

 

 

The moment they sprinkled the Powder on their torches with half-believing expressions.

 

 

 

Whoooosh!

 

 

 

The flames grew larger and at the same time, amazingly—

 

 

 

“Grrrowl! Kyang! Kyang!”

 

“Grrrrowl!”

 

 

 

The flames were covered in blue.

 

 

 

“My, my goodness.”

 

“The color of the flames…”

 

 

 

There were also flames covered in yellow.

 

It was an unbelievable sight.

 

Flames are generally orange or red.

 

It was a moment when common sense was denied.

 

The same went for the Tepiks.

 

They were already afraid of flames, but the moment they saw the color change…

 

 

 

“Kyaeng, kyeng!”

 

“Kwaang!”

 

 

 

They ran away.

 

 

 

“Huk, hueok. They’re gone.”

 

“They really left…”

 

“What was that color just now? What happened?”

 

 

 

Maris finally understood why Ziel had said that.

 

Tepiks are magical beasts without particularly high combat power.

 

 

 

‘But if we had fought…’

 

 

 

There definitely would have been injured People.

 

To take care of the injured, more People would be needed, leading directly to a loss of fighting strength.

 

They were in a position where they had to arrive, subjugate the magical beasts in the area, and return.

 

This is where the reason for minimizing loss of strength during travel comes from.

 

 

 

“Phew. They seem to be leaving.”

 

“Without the torches, we would have had a big fight.”

 

 

 

It was a nerve-wracking moment.

 

Students who had drawn their Swords just in case also sheathed them and calmed their hearts.

 

For most of the Students here, this was their first encounter with magical beasts!

 

However, they won without fighting.

 

Just as Teacher Ziel had said.

 

 

 

“Each Group Leader should check for injuries and any unusual circumstances.”

 

“Yes!”

 

 

 

And Maris quietly asked.

 

 

 

“Um, Teacher. What were those flames just now?”

 

“Metal Powder. When you put it in fire, it changes the color of the flames.”

 

“Ah…”

 

 

 

It was a fact she had never known.

 

She had no idea that a pack of Tepiks would retreat because of this.

 

Hearing this, Celia thought.

 

 

 

‘It would be pretty if I sprinkled it on a Campfire while camping.’

 

 

 

The Group Leaders finished their inspection.

 

Ziel set the First Years moving again, and after that, they proceeded to the Subjugation Zone without obstruction.

 

Finally arriving at the Subjugation Zone.

 

 

 

“There are magical beasts.”

 

“Shh. Keep your voice down.”

 

“There seem to be almost 30 of them.”

 

 

 

There were quite a number of magical beasts that needed to be subjugated.

 

The number Ziel instantly grasped was a total of 45.

 

Ziel first positioned the group leaders at the perimeter boundaries and had them monitor the situation.

 

 

 

“Group leaders, discuss attack tactics from now on. The total number is 45.”

 

“Huh? We can only see about 30 with our eyes right now?”

 

“That includes the magical beasts hiding above in the trees and those hidden underground.”

 

“Ah… the ones hiding in the trees and underground…”

 

 

 

Ann, who had been nodding, tilted her head in confusion.

 

 

 

“How did you know that?”

 

“I can see them.”

 

 

 

That was the end of his answer.

 

Lydia asked from beside him with what seemed like admiration.

 

 

 

“Teacher is really amazing.”

 

“Right. We were surprised this time too. How can you see up in the trees and underground?”

 

 

 

Among the appearing magical beasts, there was indeed a beast called ‘Peckworm’ that lived underground.

 

 

 

“Your eyes are different from ours, your eyes.”

 

“Right. Teacher’s eyes are definitely different.”

 

 

 

Celia, unusually agreeing with Delev’s words.

 

But sure enough.

 

 

 

“Unlike you Delev, Teacher’s eyes are handsome though.”

 

“Damn it.”

 

“Again, they’re fighting again. Let’s quickly make a strategy, okay?”

 

 

 

Ann, who was now mediating between Delev and Celia after Quantus.

 

Lydia watched the scene as if it were interesting, and Maris analyzed the situation relatively quickly.

 

 

 

“How about having one group draw attention while two other groups support from both sides, then the remaining two groups wait and provide support as needed depending on the situation?”

 

“Maris, when did you become so calm and sharp? You seem different lately?”

 

 

 

At Celia’s words, Maris was somewhat at a loss for words.

 

 

 

“It seems like you’ve been changing since Teacher scolded you that time?”

 

 

 

She even became embarrassed at those words.

 

 

 

“Wh-what did I do.”

 

“Well, good things are good things. Anyway, I think the opinion sounds fine. What do you all think?”

 

“Since we have more numbers on our side, having support groups isn’t bad. Then we’ll take the vanguard.”

 

 

 

At Delev’s words, Celia responded sharply.

 

 

 

“No. We were going to go?”

 

“What are you talking about? Since we’re Group 1, Group 1 goes first.”

 

“Ha, are you going to childishly argue about numbers here?”

 

“If opinions match, shouldn’t Group 1 have priority? That’s natural!”

 

“Geez, you’ll fight all day. Then should our Group 3 just go?”

 

 

 

With rising confidence, everyone wanted to step forward, so they ended up deciding the vanguard with rock-paper-scissors.

 

 

 

“Paper! Paper! Argh!”

 

“Lost.”

 

“Damn!”

 

 

 

The one who ended up in the vanguard wasn’t Groups 1, 2, or 3, but Lydia’s Group 4.

 

 

 

“Lydia, please take care of it?”

 

“Uh, uh, yeah. Our group is the vanguard, will that be okay?”

 

“What’s wrong with Group 4? Lydia, you trained the hardest.”

 

 

 

Ann enthusiastically encouraged Lydia.

 

 

 

“And Karen and Yurio are both really strong. Don’t worry too much.”

 

“Mm-hmm, thanks.”

 

 

 

Then Groups 5 and 3 decided to support from both sides, and coincidentally Groups 1 and 2 remained as standby groups.

 

 

 

“…”

 

“…Shit. Why are we two side by side.”

 

 

 

The attack tactics were decided with the two most motivated group leaders falling back to standby groups.

 

 

 

“It seems everyone has decided.”

 

 

 

Ziel, who had been watching, added one more thing.

 

 

 

“Relay this to your group members and start the attack once preparations are complete. I’ll say this once more. What’s important isn’t achievement but safety.”

 

 

 

Cold advice followed.

 

 

 

“If you get hurt or die, there won’t be a next achievement. If you want to get better scores, keep that in mind.”

 

 

 

Scores!

 

The most important thing in this training.

 

It was an absolute evaluation system where you earned points based on how well you performed.

 

This was only the 2nd day.

 

With 3 days remaining including today, there was no reason to overdo it.

 

Speaking of scores, this thought suddenly came to Delev’s mind.

 

 

 

‘I wonder what Arcane School is doing?’

 

 

 

The scores would be revealed once the training ended.

 

There, they compare the practical scores between Sword School and Arcane School students of the same year.

 

Delev thought to himself.

 

The scene he witnessed earlier was a bit strange, but still, since it’s Arcane School, wouldn’t they do well?

 

However….

 

Not far away.

 

 

 

“Magical beasts, it’s magical beasts!”

 

“Everyone maintain formation and shoot calmly! We prepared for this!”

 

“My mana won’t come up!”

 

 

 

Bodies exhausted to their limits.

 

Mana that wouldn’t activate properly because of it.

 

Fallen morale.

 

The result of all these things combined-

 

 

 

“Th-there’s an injured person here!”

 

“They’re swarming! We’re collapsing!”

 

 

 

All the preparations the Arcane School First Years had made became utterly useless.

 

The most important thing, magic, wasn’t manifesting properly.

 

 

 

“Everyone stay calm! Damn it! Don’t panic and concentrate to use magic!”

 

 

 

Emeric shouted at the top of his lungs, but it was already useless in a situation where panic had set in.

 

Magic only displays its true power when mind and body are in a stable state.

 

In other words.

 

Right now, it was complete chaos.

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