I rely on myself

Chapter 765 Frequent Accidents
Seeing the huge warship in the sky descending in altitude and getting faster and faster, the dean understood that the actions of Magnus and Lei Zhen had been successful. The only trouble left was the knight puppets invading the academy. As long as the remaining knight puppets were eliminated, the turmoil would come to an end.

Although the situation was very good, even the Dean of the College, Edward Rutherford, did not relax his frown.

Because up to now, there is still no clue about the identity of the mastermind. Even if the unrest is successfully resolved this time, if the mastermind cannot be found, it will only be a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution.

If there is one, there will be a second. If the mastermind behind the attack cannot be caught, the same attack can happen once, twice, or three times... As long as they can't stop it once, it will be over.

It was precisely because of this problem that Edward had been reluctant to take action himself, and even entrusted Lei Zhen with help in the form of a transaction.

This is all done to force out the mastermind behind the scenes. By bringing the battle into a stalemate, people will have the illusion that they can be defeated with a little more effort, in order to lure the mastermind behind the scenes to appear. However, the final result is that until the outcome of the battle is completely determined, the other party does not leave any clues.

"There's nothing we can do. In this case, we can only hope that the follow-up investigation will yield some useful clues. I hope that the huge battleship and the invading mechanical dolls have the clues we want."

Although Edward was helpless, he had no other good solution. Percival, who was watching the scene, comforted him, "Don't worry. Although we didn't catch them on the spot, it's impossible to do these things without leaving any traces in the factory building warships in the suburbs and the large number of knight puppets that invaded. So relax, it's just a matter of time."

"Hopefully."

Although this is the truth, Edward always has a hunch that the success rate of finding clues about the mastermind behind the scenes through the suburban factory or the invading knight dolls is very low, or even zero.

He didn't know why he had this feeling, and even felt that the possibility was very high. After all, he had had similar feelings in the past, and the final results had all been verified one by one.

Although he had such a feeling in his heart, the dean did not stop Percival from conducting a follow-up investigation. After all, this was just his personal feeling, and such a reason could not convince the other party at all.

Besides, it doesn’t take much effort anyway, and you never know what you might gain from it.

With such a lucky thought in mind, the dean did not speak but remained silent. Seeing this, Percival on the side did not say anything more.

But as if to remind the dean that things were not over yet, the barrier covering the academy suddenly changed.

Like a TV with bad contacts, the barrier suddenly began to flicker, and the frequency became higher and higher. Finally, the barrier collapsed on its own, turning into countless points of light and dissipating.

Seeing the barrier suddenly collapse for no reason, everyone in the academy was stunned and couldn't react for a while.

"W-what happened? The barrier suddenly collapsed? Was it attacked by something?"

Percival reacted quickly and shouted in horror. The dean beside him also came to his senses because of these words. After thinking about it for a while, he replied with certainty.

"No! It's not due to an attack. The barrier didn't receive any attack just now. The barrier's collapse just now is more like a problem with the technique that maintains the barrier itself. Someone, contact the barrier room immediately to see if there is any accident."

"Yes!" Just when the dean realized what caused the barrier to disappear and immediately ordered people to check it out, time went back to a few minutes ago.

At this time, in a secret room in the academy, a group of people were surrounding a glowing magic circle and continuously transmitting magic power.

As long as you observe carefully, you can find that the pattern of the magic circle emitting light at this time is almost the same as the pattern of the barrier covering the entire academy outside. It can be basically determined that the relationship between the two is that this magic circle is the technique of the academy's barrier.

The other people in the room were the academy staff who were responsible for maintaining the barrier. With their efforts, the academy's barrier undoubtedly played a huge role, blocking all previous attacks from the aerial battleships.

Although the battleship's bombardment was stopped due to the intrusion of Raijin and Magnus, the staff present did not slack off, but continued to maintain the barrier as diligently as ever.

If there were no accidents, they would certainly be able to maintain the barrier until the turmoil ended, but at this moment, an accident occurred.

"Pfft!"

Suddenly, the sound of a sharp blade piercing flesh rang out in this secret room, unusually loud.

Because this is related to the barrier covering the entire academy, everyone in the room focused all their attention on maintaining the barrier. There was no sound of conversation at all, making the room very quiet. Naturally, even the smallest sound would be obvious here.

The staff in the room were surprised that someone could find this place, but they reacted immediately and tried to fight back. At the same time, they shouted at the unidentified intruder, "Who is it!!!"

But compared to the employees' counterattack, the invaders were undoubtedly faster. Before the employees could launch a counterattack, several sharp blades of light flashed in the atmosphere, covering all the employees.

“Puff, puff, puff…”

The sound of a sharp blade piercing flesh rang out again, and not just once. In just a moment, the employees in the room were either pierced through vital parts or cut in half...all of them were killed.

In their dying moments, the last thing they could see was a beautiful figure holding a spear, and then their consciousness completely fell into darkness.

Although the death of the employees has caused the magic circle to lack maintenance, there will be no problems with the barrier itself for a while unless someone intervenes.

The figure holding the spear walked directly to the front of the magic circle without any hesitation. He held the spear upside down and stabbed it down with force. In an instant, part of the magic circle's patterns were pierced and destroyed, like a short-circuited circuit. With the appearance of several electric arcs, the magic circle began to fluctuate violently and finally dimmed completely.

At the same time, outside, the barrier covering the entire academy also showed signs of abnormality and soon collapsed.

(End of this chapter)