Chapter 369 Caesar’s Defeat, Kassel Crisis(1/3)
Fifteen minutes ago, when the alarm of dragon invasion was sounded.
"Red alert status! Red alert status! Dragon invasion! Dragon invasion! Freshmen stay in the dormitory. Students who pass the battlefield survival class immediately receive weapons and fill them with Frigga bullets. Live ammunition is not allowed."
Norma's voice spread through the loudspeaker to every corner of the campus.
"Dragon invasion, who judged the dragon invasion?"
Manstein hurried into the library control room, which is the command center of Kassel College.
"I don't have the authority to know why Norma made such a judgment, but there is no doubt that the enemy has appeared!"
Executive Director Schneider has already arrived at the library control room. In front of him is a holographic map of the entire school.
Faced with such a change, he showed no panic at all, his eyes were as cold as cold iron.
"Where is the enemy now? What should we do? Doesn't he want us to play?"
Guderian, wearing a nightcap and ill-fitting combat uniform, asked anxiously.
"No, I don't want to give the enemy hostages in vain."
Schneider glanced at him and knew from his hard expression that even if there were hostages, he would not compromise for them.
"That's good……"
Guderian nodded solemnly.
In terms of academic ability, he felt that he was definitely worthy of the position of professor, but in terms of combat ability, probably any freshman could defeat him.
"So what do we do now?"
"If the enemy wants to invade the school, they will definitely target the most valuable things in the school, and the most valuable things in the school are stored in the ice cellar, whether it is the alchemy collection or... it is the same."
Schneider quickly analyzed the situation.
"So, our key defense target is the underground layer!"
"There are three entrances to the underground level, the library, the Hall of Valor and the church. In other words, we only need to guard these three important passages."
Manstein immediately said suddenly.
As long as the ice cellar is not invaded, there will be no major losses.
"No, it's two."
Schneider corrected.
"...Yes! We have Norma!"
Manstein was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what he was doing.
The passage from the library to the ice cellar is right at their feet. This is one of the most important passages, but this passage does not need to be defended.
Because it is Norma herself who is responsible for guarding this road. Norma's defense is the strongest and absolutely safe. People inside the academy basically trust Norma unconditionally.
At this time, Manstein did not know that an intruder had already passed through the "absolutely safe" Norma and received guidance from Norma.
Everyone who trusted Norma extremely focused their attention on the remaining two passages.
"The executive department is short of manpower. I have asked Caesar to lead the student union to guard the Hall of Valor, and Chu Zihang to lead the Lionheart Society to guard the church. Students with excellent bloodlines are the only strength we have now."
Schneider said coldly.
Calmness and efficiency are synonymous with the execution department. When other professors rushed over with their heads in a mess, he was already ready for everything.
Hearing what he said, Manstein couldn't help but admire the head of the execution department. After Professor Guderian was stunned for a moment, he scratched his head and asked.
"When it comes to students with excellent bloodlines, shouldn't we let those two S-class take action? By the way, there is also a dragon slayer Xia Mi! This child's bloodline and strength may be a little weaker than that of the S-class, but he is better than Caesar Chuzi
Hang and the others should be much stronger, right?"
Mentioning these people, Manstein also reacted and looked at Schneider doubtfully.
If in the past, Caesar was said to be the strongest among the students of Kassel College, even Manstein, who had been very unhappy with him in the past, could not deny it.
But since this freshmen class joined, the students' combat power rankings have obviously undergone qualitative changes.
With Caesar's and Chu Zihang's qualities, they could be said to be among the best students in the past, but now they can't even be ranked in the second echelon.
Not to mention the two S-levels Su Mo and Eri Yi, even an A-level like Xia Mi is obviously far stronger than them.
And according to what they learned about the record, even the fourth place Zero, who was ignored by everyone, almost showed the combat power of one person to defeat an entire club on the Freedom Day.
The bloodlines of Caesar and Chu Zihang may not be worse than theirs, but with their current strength, there is obviously still a lot of room for catching up.
Now, when a crisis of the level of dragon invasion occurs, these strongest students are not allowed to attend, but the next-level students are allowed to come forward. What's going on?
Are you planning to give the invaders tricks and let them defeat monsters one by one and level up?
Schneider was not surprised by the two people's doubts.
However, he had no intention of changing his decision.
"Three students, Su Mo, Xia Mi, and Uesugi Eriki, are currently receiving tasks with extremely high confidentiality priority. As long as the defenses of these two channels have not been breached, they cannot be seconded!"
Schneider said solemnly.
"A mission with extremely high confidentiality level? Is there any mission with a higher confidentiality level than the dragon invasion?"
Manstein was extremely surprised.
It can’t be an invasion by the Dragon King, right?
When he was confused, Guderian stopped him.
"No, it seems there really is!"
Recalling Angers' movements during this period, Guderian lowered his voice.
"Remember the Bronze City Plan——"
"Shut up! Don't presume to speculate on content with a higher level of confidentiality, if you don't want to be punished by the academy's regulations."
Before Guderian could express his guess, Schneider interrupted his discussion sharply.
"Well - I didn't say anything!"
Guderian immediately covered his mouth.
Manstein also guessed something, but he did not ask further questions.
"No wonder Su Mo hasn't been in class these days. Since they are performing other tasks, there's nothing we can do about it. The Student Union and Lion Heart Club are still relatively good at group activities. I hope they can hold on."
When the combat power is insufficient, all one can do is pray.
Anyway, the enemy looks like a human being, a hybrid at most. Caesar and Chu Zihang are elites after all, so they should not lose to the enemy.
"Even if their strength is a little inferior, they should be able to hold it with their numbers!"
Manstein sighed.
At this moment, Schneider suddenly turned his head and looked at Manstein.
"The enemy has not shown any trace so far and is completely dormant. We must find the intruder as soon as possible."
"...What you said makes sense, but why are you looking at me like that? I don't have the right to command."
Manstein was slightly stunned and confused.
"If we can use the word spirit, we might be able to find them! I remember your word spirit is a snake!"
Schneider looked at Manstein with bright eyes.
"Yan Ling? Aren't we unable to use this in school? Wait, you want me to ask my father to lift the commandment?"
Manstein immediately understood what the other party meant.
"The simple advantage in numbers will be wiped out by modern weapons, but the spirit of speech is different. Once we can use the spirit of speech, the advantage will be on our side!"
Schneider said immediately.
There are a total of 700 students in Kassel College, which means 700 Spiritual Envoys.
Under the vast sea of students, intruders will be unable to escape.
Manstein's words just now reminded him that this was the way to maximize the numerical advantage.
Although the intruders can also use the word spirit, the advantage lies with them, seven hundred against a dozen!
After hearing this, Manstein was silent for a few seconds and scratched his bald head.
"I can give it a try, but don't have high hopes. He's a character that even his family doesn't recognize!"
Schneider nodded solemnly.
A moment later, the spirit powerful enough to envelope the entire Kassel Academy suddenly collapsed, and the "commandments" amplified by the alchemical matrix stopped operating. The suppressed speech spirits of the students gradually awakened, and the dragon's blood gradually boiled.
In the Hall of Valor where the Student Union was stationed, Caesar also felt the revival of his spiritual spirit.
At this time, he did not know that in the minds of the professors, he had been reduced to a second-rate combat force that could only rely on numbers to resist the enemy.
On the contrary, he felt that the cancellation of the precepts was a sign of the school's trust in him. In this moment of crisis, students were allowed to express themselves freely. There was no better way for him to demonstrate his charisma as a leader and his own strength than in a crisis.
Kaname Itachi's realm opened up, and Caesar sat quietly on a chair in the front row of the Hall of Valor. In front of him was a huge sculpture.
To be continued...