"What happened? What happened to Claudius and Hua Wuming?"
"Calm down, Dr. Mendez. Claudie is safe."
You might have guessed from the screams outside that Claudie was pushed off the balcony, but I didn't dare tell her she was safe.
I was startled by the excited Mr. Mendez and almost lost my attention on the detection magic.
"Sorry. Not being able to see the scene is stressful."
"It seems that the gold coins have arrived, please wait patiently."
After learning that the ransom had been delivered, the conference room breathed a sigh of relief.
500 large gold coins were placed on a cart and seemed to be carried by four soldiers.
"Okay, that's it! Go back to where you came from, soldiers! My friends are going to pick it up, but if you do anything weird, I'll slit the kid's throat, that's it! "
"Okay, I won't interfere, so don't hurt the child!"
It seemed that the students blocking the entrance were moved aside, and about six men in black rushed over to collect the carts.
After the carts were brought into the building, the student barricades were erected again.
"I'm going to check the gold coins now. After confirming that you have five hundred gold coins as required, I will let the children over. Please wait quietly!"
"Okay, I promise not to mess with you!"
The trolley was pushed near the stairs and the lid of the wooden box was opened.
"Wow, these are big gold coins."
"You idiot, this is obvious, hurry up and add it."
"This is the first time I have seen so many gold coins."
"Don't say useless words, move your hands, don't be a cat."
The men in black who strengthened the defense on the first floor did not leave their positions, but the men in black on the second and third floors joined in the action of replenishing large gold coins.
"What number is that?"
"Already 37."
I thought it would be done in the order of transfer, but apparently it will be done after all transfers.
Leather bags filled with large gold coins were stacked next to the entrance to the breach.
"48, 2 left"
"49, that's the end."
"8, 9, 10 of course."
"Okay, let's do it!"
"Oh, is this the weight of 10 large gold coins?"
"Don't be lazy, hurry up and leave!"
The black men, carrying leather bags weighing about 2 kilograms, walked down the narrow stairs leading to the loophole one after another.
The guards on the first floor left their posts one after another and followed the man carrying the bag into the loophole.
"I did receive five hundred gold coins. When the six o'clock bell rings, I will let the children go. Please wait quietly!"
"Understood! Everyone is on standby, I won't allow you to interfere!"
The blacks who entered the breach moved a little more slowly than expected, possibly because they were passing through a narrow passage.
However, even if they escaped at this speed, by the time the soldiers came in, everyone had already escaped from the shantytown exit.
"Professor Mendez. They started exploiting loopholes."
"So, how many people are left?"
"There are about 20 people left."
"Everyone please inform me when you enter the breach, release the students immediately and tell the soldiers what happened."
"I got it"
While his companions entered the loophole one after another, the black leader kept coming and going at the entrance, perhaps to show off his presence.
Then, when the last man gave the signal, the leader left the entrance with a careless step and ran halfway down the hole.
"The last one left"
"Okay, open the door! Release the tied students!"
The door to the conference room was knocked open and the trapped students rushed out.
"Olivier, it's okay now, don't panic, get out. Miguel, please escort me!"
"Noisy! Stop pretending you didn't do anything!"
“Don’t say you didn’t do anything, even though you worked hard.”
"Also, as long as I am here, I will not allow you to escape with the big gold coins."
"shield"
I set up the prepared shield and used a pickup microphone to listen to the sounds inside the hole.
"Ouch! What is this?"
"Hey, don't stop, go!"
"No, you can't go there."
"What? What do you mean you can't pass?"
"I didn't know I couldn't move forward because there was an invisible wall."
"Hey, what are you doing? Come on and leave."
"There's nothing I can do because my front is stuck!"
"I blocked the narrow passage with a thick shield. I couldn't escape."
While I was waiting at the breach, a soldier came in after learning that the students had been released.
"What are you doing there?"
"I locked them up so they couldn't escape."
"What, what's going on? Please explain!"
"Yes, this looks like an escape tunnel built when this was a military fortress."
When I told him that the narrow staircase also connected to a narrow passage that seemed to lead in the direction of the slums, the soldier tried to intervene behind the black moon.
"Ah, wait, wait, the end of the passage is blocked, they can't escape, so it doesn't matter."
"Really?"
"Yes, I can use natural magic, so I blocked the passage."
"Empty attribute, can you do it with that empty attribute?"
"Yeah, well, once all the students have moved in and are ready, even if you don't jump in, I will kick you out of the hole."
"Is it really possible?"
"Yeah, leave it to me."
He said confidently, and after the soldiers looked at each other, they began to prepare.
"Evacuate students and staff! Groups 3 to 7 gather here!"
As the soldiers begin to move, Professor Mendez comes over to check on them.
"Hua Wuming, who are they?"
"It's locked in the basement."
"What did you say"
"Now, the soldiers will be kicked out when they are ready, so please ask the teachers to evacuate too."
"Okay. Please!"
As Professor Mendez passed by, heavily armed soldiers gathered around him.
Shields were set up from the front of the stairs to the foyer, forming a circle of encirclement.
Then, a middle-aged Ursine man wearing armor, with more decorations on his body than an ordinary soldier, spoke to us through the surrounding soldiers.
"I am Tarus, captain of the academy guard. Is Hua Wuming okay?"
"Yes, I am D-level adventurer Hua Wuming."
"D-class people at that age seem to be quite capable. By the way, how do you plan to drive them out?"
“I’ll waterboard.
"I see, but where are you going to get the water? Are you going to prepare someone here who can use water-based magic?"
"No, it's okay. About this, uh, it's a trade secret"
"Haha, it's getting more and more interesting, let's see how it goes."
The siege system was in place and their expulsion was approved. I began to use natural magic to inject water into the underground passages and make water magic weapons.
Suddenly, through the microphone, I could feel the chaos inside.
"Wow, it's so cold!"
"What kind of water is this?"
"Wow, it's coming out of here too."
"Hey, isn't this dangerous?"
The confused voice of the man in black echoed and reverberated in the muzzle.
"Everyone, be ready! Don't let your guard down, you can come out at any time!"
The surrounding soldiers all raised their shields and spears, and not even a cat had a chance to crawl out of the hole.
Soon, Black Claw, believed to be the leader, appears.
"Damn it, you're plotting!"
"Quietly put down your weapons, take off your mask, and come out with your money! If you don't, I'll drown!"
"Open the way for us! Otherwise the money will be buried!"
"Whatever you want! Use your body to dig it out!"
"shit!"
The leader kept pouring water while negotiating, so the sound coming from the loophole became louder and louder.
Those who discovered that the tunnel was a dead end began to turn around in the narrow passage in an attempt to return.
Despite this, he persisted for about 30 minutes, but the men in black who gave up gradually emerged from the loopholes.
Waiting soldiers disarmed him, took off his mask, and tied chains around his neck and wrists.
I stopped pouring water when the leader came out, but the black man was soaked to the waist.
"Although I've done it myself, I never wanted to experience water in a narrow underground passage."
"That guy..."
Among the men whose masks were taken off, there was a familiar face. The adventurer rider I had become involved with in the guild attacked me in a back alley, but turned back.
Is this a customer who beats up his brother and is charged a high price to join the cast if he can't afford it?
By the time the church bell rang to announce six o'clock, all the black people had crawled out of the hole and all the five hundred gold coins had been returned.
"So, let's put the finishing touches on it."
On the slum side of the loophole, about 5 meters in front of the exit, shields were placed along the passage wall for about 30 meters for reinforcement.
A shield was set up in the innermost part of the reinforced area, blocking the passage.
"Then smash"
In order not to be noticed by the surrounding soldiers, I used all my strength to create a crushing magic weapon towards the exit of the loophole.
A moment later, there was an explosion in the distance.
For some reason, the sound seemed louder than I expected, but both the soldiers and I looked confused.
"Okay, I might have gone a little overboard, but I guess that will do the trick."
