The Graduate Student Wants to Assassinate the Professor - Chapter 21

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Chapter 21

Various grotesque creatures began thundering after Khalid and me.
Khalid drew out his great scythe and positioned himself behind my back. But seeing this, I quickly waved my hand in protest.
“Professor, you can’t touch them! We can’t harm anything in this Greenhouse!”
“Argh! I know! I know!”
Khalid reluctantly sheathed his scythe and ran behind me again.
“What do we do about this?”
“I don’t know what to tell you…”
Even as I said this, I was secretly cheering the creatures on in my mind.
‘Come on, eat him! Devour him! I’ll escape on my own, so fill your bellies with Khalid!’
But Khalid quickly came up with a solution.
“Ah! There’s a simple way!”
Khalid turned around and blew a breath toward the creatures charging at him.
Whoosh.
As the magic imbued in his breath swept past the creatures, those rushing toward Khalid collapsed one by one. They had fallen asleep under a sleep spell.
“Ah, I should have done that from the start. What a waste of effort.”
Khalid laughed heartily, but I clicked my tongue in disappointment when he wasn’t looking.
But Khalid’s ordeal was far from over.
Crack. Crunch.
Turning toward the sound of branches snapping, I saw walking trees charging toward Khalid and me. Khalid spun around and ran faster than ever before.
“I forgot that plant-forms don’t fall for sleep spells!”
Have you ever heard of plants sleeping?
Of course not. Even if plants undergo sleep movements, that’s not the same as animals sleeping.
“Why are plants so fast? Why are they so fast?!”
The sight of tree monsters wielding vines like lassos as they charged was utterly grotesque.
Then one of the tree monsters swung a branch at Khalid. Seeing this, I swung my staff without letting Khalid know.
Boom!
With a tremendous crash, Khalid nearly took the hit, but thanks to the magic in his outer robe, the branch bounced back. In that moment, Khalid created chains of light with his scythe, binding the tree tightly.
Having neutralized the tree, Khalid muttered in bewilderment.
“What’s with this strength? And the speed too. Was this tree really this powerful?”
The tree monster’s original strength wasn’t that impressive. But because I had secretly cast an enhancement spell on the branches without Khalid knowing, the destructive power of the tree monster now exceeded imagination.
I clicked my tongue softly.
‘If only that outer robe of his didn’t exist… Is it really true that with that robe, attacks from creatures like these pose no threat whatsoever?’
I was deliberating whether to give up or come up with another strategy when it happened.
Beep beep beep!
This time, a Security Automaton came chasing after Khalid and me with its siren blaring loudly.
“Suspicious individuals are requested to cooperate with arrest. Suspicious individuals are requested to cooperate with arrest.”
Khalid smiled brightly and flicked his finger. The Security Automaton split in half and ceased functioning. But…
Wee-woo, wee-woo, wee-woo!
“A suspicious individual has been detected. Please cooperate with apprehension. A suspicious individual has been detected. Please cooperate with apprehension.”
Wee-woo, wee-woo, wee-woo!
“A suspicious individual has been detected. Please cooperate with apprehension. A suspicious individual has been detected. Please cooperate with apprehension.”
Wee-woo, wee-woo, wee-woo!
“A suspicious individual has been detected. Please cooperate with apprehension. A suspicious individual has been detected. Please cooperate with apprehension.”
Numerous Security Automatons converged from all directions, surrounding Khalid and me.
Khalid, his expression one of exasperation, finally drew his great sword and dispatched all the Automatons with a single, decisive swing.
“We’ve been spotted! Let’s get out of here! We’ll find somewhere to hide until this commotion dies down, then we can gather more medicinal herbs—”
‘This kid… even facing death, he won’t give up.’
I couldn’t help but shake my head at Khalid’s sheer determination.
As I ran after him, searching for a place to hide, Khalid suddenly stopped in his tracks.
Standing before us was the Greenhouse Manager—the one who had refused to give us the key earlier—his eyes blazing with intensity.
“You two… what exactly are you doing right now?”
He tilted his head slightly to the side and spoke in a low voice.
Khalid drew his great sword and hurled a mana sphere directly at him. Smoke erupted from the explosion.
I gasped in shock, my voice rising involuntarily.
“Professor, what are you doing to a civilian?!”
“A civilian? Does that guy look like a civilian to you?!”
At Khalid’s words, I looked toward where the Manager had been standing. Through the dust, he was walking forward steadily, unharmed.
“Halderion Academy houses many things that require careful handling. And occasionally, there are those who covet them and attempt to infiltrate.”
‘That’s literally us.’
I wanted to protest, but Khalid continued undeterred.
“Would anyone infiltrating the Academy be normal? Some of them are quite skilled. That’s why the managers and security personnel of Halderion Academy…”
Khalid prepared his next spell as he spoke.
“…are either Seventh Circle or higher, or they’re dragon-users!”
“Is that person a dragon-user?”
Boom!
Magic collided with magic. I closed my eyes against the resulting shockwave and muttered under my breath.
‘Ah, we’re done for.’
I shook my head and quickly ducked behind Khalid as he prepared his next spell. Then a thought suddenly crossed my mind.
‘Wait… am I done for, or is Khalid done for?’
Spells continued to rain down from the tip of the Manager’s staff. Each one carried considerable destructive power.
The Manager, knowing Khalid’s abilities well, was unleashing offensive magic in rapid succession—the kind that would make any observer think he was trying to kill him.
‘If he’s a dragon-user, he might be able to break through the magic clinging to Khalid’s clothes.’
I didn’t know how many Circles this Manager possessed, but if he was a dragon-user, he didn’t seem weaker than Khalid.
‘Being a dragon-user, he’d have at least more Circles than me!’
Khalid, firmly believing me to be a fragile graduate student, erected barrier magic all around me. Thanks to that, the Manager’s spells bounced off the barriers one after another, but the barriers were gradually cracking—it was merely buying time.
“Professor, what are we going to do?”
At my question, Khalid answered while reinforcing his magic, his expression tense.
“I don’t know! My brain is on fire trying to figure out how to get out of this without killing him. Just give me a moment!”
But the Manager showed no sign of relenting, battering Khalid’s shield with a barrage of offensive spells.
“Hey! Are you really going to do this?! Isn’t the power of those attack spells a bit much?!”
Khalid protested while cold sweat dripped down his face, but the Manager tilted his head and replied.
“I’m well aware of Professor Huaderica’s abilities, so what exactly are you asking me to do?”
“I’m asking you to go easy on us!”
“If I do, will you surrender…?”
“That’s not going to happen.”
At Khalid’s words, the offensive spells intensified even further.
Before long, the shield spell that had been barely holding gave way, and the attack magic engulfed both Khalid and Leoryna.
“Ahhh! Wait, wait!”
Khalid threw himself in front of Leoryna. With a sharp twang, the attack spell struck him and bounced away. The defensive magic woven into his clothing had activated.
Leoryna blinked rapidly, staring at Khalid who had just saved her. But Khalid paid no attention to her reaction.
“How can you use such powerful attack spells?! My graduate student isn’t as durable as I am! Don’t you know the meaning of restraint?!”
“Ah, so there was defensive magic on your clothing, Professor…?”
The Manager, having completed his analysis, nodded slowly while glancing at Leoryna. Then he spoke with an expression of sympathy.
“Indeed. What fault could a graduate student possibly have? If a deranged professor suggests breaking into the Greenhouse, they have no choice but to follow.”
Leoryna nearly felt grateful to the Manager for so accurately capturing her innocent predicament.
In the meantime, the Manager raised his staff.
“So I’ll focus on Professor Huaderica. Once I apprehend him, the graduate student will naturally follow.”
“I’m telling you to just let us go!”
Khalid rolled up both his sleeves.
Seizing the opportunity, Leoryna quickly freed herself and ducked behind a Tree, putting distance between herself and them. The Manager and Khalid were too preoccupied with their standoff to notice what she was doing.
‘This is my chance! They’re not paying attention to me right now, so I can secretly help the Manager.’

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