I Became the Academy’s Pink Airhead

A flash and roar that seemed to numb eyes and ears.

After a massive lightning bolt struck, making the world appear to turn white for an instant.

Two beings were facing off tensely, scattering terrifying power.

“…”

“…”

Hilde charging in with her spear thrust forward.

Ofnir aiming his two blade-like forelegs.

A battle between a massive dragon and a spear-wielding girl was about to begin.

Hilde glared at Ofnir and spoke in an icy voice:

“…!”

“Oh, who do we have here?”

Ofnir burst into laughter as if delighted:

“Kuh, kahaha!! Azure lightning!! [Azure Lightning Lance]─!! It seems those incompetent inferior female species failed even to buy time?”

“…”

“As expected, useless ones are useless. No matter how much they borrow a beast god’s power… if they lack ability to begin with, they’ll just be crushed by its weight.”

Ofnir continued in a sneering voice:

“But well… now… kukuk…! That doesn’t matter anymore. Because I’ve found information I want to hear even if I have to cut off the limbs of that pink inferior species on your side and take them!”

“You…!”

Hearing those words, Hilde’s expression froze coldly. Blood vessels were boiling beneath her eyes that always shone with a cold silver light.

Crunch…

A look like she might burst at any moment.

‘Hilde…?’

I flinched seeing that.

As a rival, as a friend… I thought I had seen many of her faces.

But it was the first time seeing Hilde so enraged… losing her reason.

Rumble─!

The atmosphere shakes.

The earth trembles.

Countless ether boils up.

The avatar of lightning is enraged.

Boom─!

Hilde’s shoulders trembled as she lowered her head.

“Again… Again in front of me…! My…!”

Lightning constantly leaking out.

Her blue-white ether that always burned quietly now rages with anger. Responding to that power, her skill… [Grimnir] was spewing out chilling lightning.

Thunder roars in the sky covered with gloomy clouds.

Rumble…!

Through her deeply bowed head.

Her silver hair was rising towards the sky in response to the lightning. Her hair swaying in the fiercely pulsing flow of azure white ether looked like a silver torch.

Hilde finally raising her head.

“You dare try to hurt my Lara…!”

Hearing those words, my face flushed slightly.

‘…? Is vocabulary usage a bit different in this fantasy world…? ‘My’…?’

Hilde shouted in a blazing voice as if spitting blood:

“I’ll kill you─!! I’ll wipe you out without a trace from this world─!! I’ll exterminate you forever from the academy city─!!”

Rumble─!!

“You cursed things of this world!! I’ll make sure you never take my precious things again─!!”

Rumble─!!

Matching that rage, the flash of lightning resounds.

As if even Hilde’s heartfelt anger felt like child’s play, Ofnir banged his forelegs and guffawed:

“Kahaha…! Go on, bark some more!”

“Die—!!”

Hilde charged as if bouncing off.

I froze seeing that sight.

Because it was the first time seeing her anger, and it was so desperate.

“H-Hilde…?!”

Should I join the fight? Or carefully extract information?

In that instant, the numerous problems I had been pondering were forgotten in confusion.

But rather because of that, an answer emerged more clearly.

‘…Right. Now that it’s come to this, we have no choice but to fight and win…! At this point, even if I grab him and ask this and that, it will only correct his subtle misunderstandings or discrepancies…’

It was much easier for Hilde to clearly show hostility towards .

Just as I gripped my spear, steeling my resolve along with Hilde’s rage I had never seen before.

Tap!

Whoosh!

The two beings simultaneously kicked off and charged at each other.

The battle began.

Whoosh—!!

Boom—!!

The start of the battle was a black storm.

A sight like azure thunder raging through a blade storm made of black ether. As the two beings’ attacks collided, the ground around the library cracked and exploded, scattering debris.

Booooom—!!

And along with that explosion, Ofnir spread his agile wings and flew into the air.

“Kahaha!! Try hitting me if you can!!”

“You…!”

Whoosh─!

With a vibrating sound like a helicopter flying.

A massive dragon flying amidst countless debris.

Though that mocking flight movement looked sloppy, it reeked heavily of a trap.

[Priest of Strife] Ofnir’s boss battle specialty is counter-attacks.

But Hilde, as she always did… was trying to offset it with the destructive power of her ether skill [Grimnir] and charge in.

‘Hilde! That’s not an attack you can push through with pure defense…!’

I shouted to Hilde who was trying to push through regardless. No matter how much of an unrivaled powerhouse she was with perfect offense and defense, she couldn’t prepare for a sudden surprise attack.

“Hilde!! Don’t go in like that!! That guy can attack from long range─!!”

“…!”

Whoosh─!

Fortunately, Hilde followed my words.

Even in her rage, she responded to my words and nodded.

There wasn’t a hint of hesitation in that movement.

‘She’s listening to my words…!’

Our friendship wasn’t in vain.

It still shines, supporting each other.

Brunhilde… still trusted me.

‘She’s listening to my words asking her to trust me.’

Not [Pink Spiral].

Not [Faded Spiral].

She was just trusting her friend ‘Clara’.

Realizing that, I felt something well up in my chest.

‘Yes, let’s fight together… and win!’

What I’m good at.

What Hilde is good at.

It was time to do those without hesitation now.

Tap─!

I ran out in a different direction from where Hilde had shot out, watching Ofnir’s movements from afar. I catch familiar attacks and predictable attacks within his movements.

‘What I can do now is use original work knowledge and perception ability!’

I spoke towards Hilde who was standing on guard:

“Hilde☆ That guy specializes in breaking those who charge at him!! He’s a vicious guy who always sets traps behind flashy attacks or movements!!”

“I see, deception and counters are his specialty…! Got it!”

Hilde stops her charge and raises an ether barrier while holding up her spear.

“…Hup!”

Hilde instantly firmed her stance.

Seeing that, Ofnir stopped his playful movements and burst into laughter.

“Kahaha!! It seems the ‘prophet’ on your side told you that too?”

“Shut up!!”

“Kahaha! Then I’ll cut off those inferior ears as they are!!”

Ofnir’s tangled killing intent focused in one place, reminiscent of a bullet hell game.

Honest and straightforward movements.

But less threatening than unpredictable counters.

Ofnir swung his huge blade-like forelegs in the air.

Whoosh!

Attacks fly from amidst the debris scattered here and there.

Whoosh─!!

I deflected one of them with my spear blade.

‘It’ll be hard to deflect them all…!’

Dozens of black blades firing again.

Black ether wind blades containing an eerie sharpness like guillotine blades. They approached like a net trapping us.

“I can dodge─☆”

“I can see them too…!”

I dodge with my exceptionally swift feet.

Hilde who can offset attacks defends and intercepts.

We each prepared for the approaching blade storm in our own way.

‘Since he’s a guy whose main theme is deception, the real attack should be coming soon…’

As if he had prepared his ‘real attack pattern’ during that time, Ofnir confidently shouted:

“Kahaha!! It’s not over yet!! Die screaming in agony─!!”

The sickeningly familiar barrier pattern dialogue.

“It’s the second blade pattern! It’ll be stronger! You absolutely can’t get hit by the ones moving like thick lines, you have to dodge them no matter what!”

“Got it, Lara, be careful!”

“Okay─☆”

“…Those damn ‘prophets’ are all so annoying.”

“Shut up─☆”

A sudden pattern spoiler. But the guy who had already drawn up ether for his attack executed his prepared movements.

Whoosh─!

Ofnir moved here and there, firing black blades in succession. His 20-meter green body was moving nimbly like a shadow.

Whoosh─!

Towards the defensive wall of spearmen with heavy shields at the front.

The massive green dragon spewing out chilling cries.

Continuously creating wind blades with his two forelegs larger than humans.

Whoosh─!

Before long, the dozens of blades became hundreds, thousands, turning into a massive black blade storm.

What would be a red floor pattern rendered with shabby CG on a tiny mobile screen… was an impressive attack when seen in reality.

I jumped using my spear shaft like a pole vaulter.

“Hiyah─☆”

In the middle of the storm.

The black blade storm approaches, drawing lines.

Whoosh─!!

Squeezing my body through the narrow gaps of the blade storm.

Terrifying noise and chilling killing intent pass by with a whoosh.

Another blade storm approaching.

“…!”

Whoosh─!!

I was dodging it in midair, bending my waist to the limit.

‘Unlike the game patterns that only moved in four directions, it’s really tricky moving in three dimensions…’

A deadly jump rope.

An attack I wouldn’t even dare try dodging if I didn’t have either perception ability or movement speed remaining.

But I could dodge it.

“…!”

Tap─!

Another blade storm passing by.

Whoosh─!!

I was completely avoiding it, traversing the world of moments within the storm’s movements. And when I glanced to see how Hilde was handling it…

Clang!

Boom!

Brunhilde was admirably enduring amidst the blade storm, brandishing her massive spear imbued with lightning ether. A strength surpassing what I originally knew, stronger than her combat power in 1st year.

“Haah─!”

And following my words, she stubbornly dodges the blade storms approaching like thick lines.

“…!”

Seeing that sight, I gained boundless hope. I felt like giving Hilde a 10 merit point kiss when the battle ended.

‘But I want to ask about the meaning of that forehead kiss first…!’

We were still in the middle of battle.

Kiss talk had to wait until later.

Most of the black blade storm around Hilde was being shattered by lightning.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

The lightning of one who protects the academy city.

Blue-white ether belonging to the noblest [Fate] attribute shines brighter than ever, shattering the blade storm. It was the lightning of protection that blazes when one truly tries to protect someone.

Rumble─!!

“…”

Seeing that, I suddenly became curious about what was in Hilde’s heart.

‘The academy city…? Or…’

But that thought was shattered by a sharp howl.

“Shaaaaaak—!!”

Ofnir howled while continuously swinging his two forelegs. As several swings overlapped, black wind walls collided and resonated, growing even larger.

Boom—!!

Within that blade storm, Ofnir raised his forelegs, shook his body, and tried to shout something.

“The root of [Strife] is distrust! Even your shadows…!”

Another sickeningly familiar line.

Tap─!

I hopped around like jumping rope amidst the raging blade storm and shouted towards Hilde:

“Watch the ground! Clones coming─☆”

“Okay! Lara!”

Hilde dropped her barrier to attack, not minding the scratches appearing due to her slightly inferior evasion compared to me.

Whoosh!

Blood spraying from the scratches.

The result of trusting my order and forcing her way through.

“Hilde─!!!”

I screamed seeing that. Somehow my mind felt like it was going blank.

‘Ah… So this is how it feels.’

When she gets hurt.

It hurts my heart more than when I’m in pain.

Hilde answered while still glaring at Ofnir with murderous eyes:

“I’m fine!!! Dodge!!”

“…!”

I recognized the attack she was about to unleash and moved as far away as possible. Then Hilde’s maximum output [Grimnir] spewed out flashes of light.

“Kahaha!! You think I’ll let you?!”

“Yes☆ You have to─☆”

I imbued my spear blade with ether skill and threw it with all my might towards the charging Ofnir. Now containing my ultimate technique that even works on priest-level bosses…

[Red Flower Dazzling].

Whoosh─!!

Boom!!

“Kuhak?!”

While Ofnir faltered for a moment like that.

Rumble─!!

Hilde shouted while thrusting her spear into the ground:

“All of you!! Die─!!”

Rumble─!!

Light of annihilation.

In an instant, hundreds of lightning bolts strike down and explode through the black storm.

Now.

And in the future.

For all time.

One of the most brilliantly shining ether skills among all students who have passed through this academy city. It sweeps across the entire ground, rapidly annihilating Ofnir’s clones that were slowly taking form.

The clones disappearing before they can even fully form scream their death throes.

“Kuhuk…?!”

“Kukuk…!”

Rumble─!!

When the dazzling flash passes.

Soon even the blade storm is completely swallowed by lightning.

Massive lightning that seemed to dye everything white.

“…”

“…”

And when it disappeared.

Ofnir’s main body had vanished somewhere, and one presence that had been hidden by numerous clones could be felt rapidly moving underground.

-Kukuk…! Well… I know everything so this is pointless. Scatter!! Kahaha!!

“…”

“…”

The boss executed a strategic reverse charge.