Teleport Scroll.
With this, I should be able to escape from Kailon Hall without any trouble.
[Would you like to apply the discount coupon?]
Of course I should apply it.
[The 90% discount coupon has been applied.]
Furthermore, by applying the discount coupon I just obtained, the price is a whopping 1/10th!
I could purchase it for 560G.
Thanks to the love of the readers, I can afford to invest this much.
I purchased it without hesitation.
As the payment concluded, a scroll-shaped item materialized in my hand.
With this, I would be able to escape from the locked-down Kailon Hall.
However, I was not the one intended to use it.
'Ailon is the one who designed ARF (Augmented Reality Framing), the base system of Kailon Hall. I just need to send that guy out.'
It wasn't some noble sacrifice.
I just couldn't leave my meat shields behind.
Each and every one of those ten people is a prime asset.
The strongest shield, the strongest mage, and most importantly, the wealthiest person in the world.
I had to save them.
Even though the novel killed them off before their talents could even bloom, since I have become Lucas, I cannot lose even one of them.
'I just need to hold out until Ailon restores the system.'
Just a few minutes, at most a few dozen minutes.
Ailon's genius is beyond imagination, so I could afford this much expectation.
Moreover, those who can be put to use immediately, including Deyan, are surely waiting outside.
If only the system is restored, I can just step back and watch.
This wasn't a meaningless favor.
It was a favor I could afford to bestow because I had a reliable corner to lean on.
'Now then, shall I go deliver the Teleport Scroll to Ailo—'
Clank!
-You cannot exit.
Huh?
Clank, clank!
-You cannot exit.
Ah, why are you doing this to me.
The plan went awry.
I don't know how it got twisted, but I can't even cross over from here to that scene.
'It can't be helped. It's a waste, but…'
I'll use one to move there, and buy another one to give to Ailon.
It's 5,600G, but considering the value of those ten people including Ailon, it was a level I could pay while swallowing my tears.
'The sin of wasting the readers' love… I shall make you pay for it dearly later.'
Vowing to settle the account accurately, I opened the Gold Shop.
-Teleport Scroll (Single Use) 5,600G > Repurchase 167:58:47
You damn crappy game!
***
Everything happening inside Kailon Hall was being broadcast live.
"What is that? Are those demons also included in Professor Lucas's practice?"
Naturally, Heinz, Ronald, and even professors from other departments were watching.
The demons that appeared in that situation were enough to cause shock to everyone.
"There is no such setting in this practice!"
"Then what on earth are those!"
"T-That is…"
The interior of Kailon Hall is fundamentally a different dimension from where Glasco exists.
It was no exaggeration to view it as another world entirely.
The fact that someone had hacked that system and summoned demons there.
"Fortunately, the interior of Kailon Hall cannot interfere with the outside, so there is no possibility of those demons crossing over to Glasco…"
"Is that something to say right now! The students are in danger!"
The professor who received Ronald's rebuke flinched.
"Is there no way? What is Professor Lucas doing!"
"Just as there is no way to interfere with the outside from the within, there is no way to interfere with the interior from the outside. Looking at the current situation, it seems the forced shutdown is blocked and the inside and outside are cut off, and the space where Professor Lucas is and the practice space are also cut off… I believe."
"Mmm!"
A pained groan escaped Ronald's mouth.
"Heinz, isn't there some way?"
"Regrettably, I haven't dealt with magical engineering deeply enough to solve this problem. We have no choice but to call for after-sales service…"
"Wait. Right. That would work. Contact Dust Industries immediately. Tell them a serious error has occurred in Kailon Hall!"
"Understood!"
***
'Surely… since it's that Lucas, he'll have some kind of way.'
Rit was also watching the situation.
His conscience had been pricking him ever since the Nunus appeared.
Because he was the one who reported the information that Lucas was conducting a practice in Kailon Hall.
Of course, Rit just did the job he was assigned, and since he took part in the Glasco invasion plan, it was right to act this way.
But he felt strangely bothered.
Yet, on the other hand, it was also true that he had a sort of faith in Lucas.
A faith that he would break through that situation and come out as if it were natural.
'Why am I running this hope circuit?'
It was a strange thing.
If Lucas fell into trouble there and got kicked out of the school, or died in a very unexpected accident, wouldn't he truly become free?
Yet, Rit was inwardly wishing for the opposite situation.
'It's because I'm tired, I'm just tired.'
It was because he was exhausted from both Lucas and the high-ranking demons acting like assholes.
Having rationalized it that way, Rit shifted his gaze back to the shared video.
More Nunus were being summoned, and the students were holding out surprisingly well.
But that was only for a moment.
"U-Uhh, uhhh?"
Shock, and at the same time, anger welled up in Rit's eyes.
"Why is… that bastard…"
The enemy, whom he wouldn't feel satisfied even if he tore to death, was showing his face over there.
***
'Let's tear it.'
Since things have turned out like this, it's right for me to use it.
Anyway, my goal is one.
Survival.
However, my hand doesn't move easily.
Why?
The reason is obvious.
'It's because those things are a waste.'
The potential of those ten people is at an incredible level.
To the point that if I nurture them well by bringing out their individual characteristics, they will become an enormous synergy.
'It's right to give up.'
However, in this kind of choice, it's right to prioritize my life.
Yet, my hand still doesn't move.
'Get a grip. If it's a waste, what are you going to do? Go out and die instead? That's a dog's death. Get a grip.'
Rather, it's right to go out quickly and seek the help of Dust Industries, even if it takes a long time.
They will understand if I explain the circumstances.
…But I just can't bring myself to move my hand.
Even while I was fighting with myself, the situation outside was turning for the worst every second.
Ailon's magic weapon began to break, and Ruina was vomiting blood from excessive mana use.
-Give up, you lowly humans…
"Shit… Yeah, I was wondering why only Nunus were invading."
Nunus, who lack intelligence, are usually accompanied by a commander-class entity that leads them.
But shit, a guy of too high a rank popped out.
"To think it's Levi…"
Levi.
A high-ranking demon who started as a lower-ranking demon, he is a demon who gained great power in exchange for giving up his sight.
It couldn't be a more desperate situation for those children who are barely holding on now.
Even if Deyan had been in perfect condition, he would have despaired just the same.
'It can't be helped.'
A bleak situation.
There was only one judgment I could make.
At that moment.
[A new notification has arrived.]
[User NumberOne has sponsored 100G.]
[User NumberOne has sponsored 100G.]
The sponsorship notification blocked my actions.
'Damn it.'
I snapped to my senses.
To the readers, I am the 'Protagonist.'
If I run away here, I'm disqualified as a protagonist.
It's not a simple problem.
A novel where the protagonist's charm drops 'dies.'
And the death of the novel leads directly to my death.
But.
I know it, but.
'Ah, what the hell. You only live once.'
Rip!
Hardening my heart, I tore the scroll.
***
Despair was cast over Ruina's face.
Ailon's magic weapon, which was the only reliable means, became no different from scrap metal once its mana was exhausted, and the rest were in a state of pandemonium and panic at the appearance of the demons.
With their great strength, the Nunus paid no mind to the monster wave and approached the students with unstoppable force.
"Urgh!"
Ruina tried her best to confront them, but it was truly like hitting a rock with an egg.
She could only watch their advance while vomiting blood.
'What is Professor Lucas doing?'
It was Lucas who would be watching everything happening in this practice room.
Ruina laboriously raised her head to look for Lucas.
Lucas wasn't in a good situation either.
He wasn't confronting demons, but he seemed trapped in that space.
Those chilly eyes had sunk even further.
Wouldn't he be able to do something?
Hadn't he shown incredible martial prowess in the last lecture?
He had even lightly neutralized Ailon's magic weapon, which had caught several demons.
Such hope occupied Ruina's mind, but she was one who knew well that it was a vain expectation.
'Mom, I'm sorry. It looks like I'll be joining you soon.'
Ruina clutched the locket around her neck and decided to wait for the approaching death.
"Huh?"
It was then.
A scroll-shaped item appeared in Lucas's hand.
If no one else, Ruina could definitely identify its identity.
'Teleport Scroll.'
It's a scroll of an enormous price, roughly equivalent to a year's budget of a decent dukedom.
Even then, most have distance limitations, but that one looked like a more special kind.
'With that, he can get out of here.'
However, Lucas did not use the scroll and was just looking this way.
'Just… why?'
Ruina's gaze also moved following where Lucas was looking.
"Give up, you lowly humans…"
"N-No way…"
A powerfulness felt just by looking.
A terrifying demonic energy pierced her entire body.
In contrast to the determination she held until a moment ago, fear enveloped her whole body.
'Run, I have to run…'
Just as Ruina was about to move her body hurriedly.
"Gasp!"
She was sent flying far away by a Nunu's attack.
'O-No!'
From that impact, the locket's necklace snapped and was rolling far away.
Ruina tried to force herself up to move toward the locket.
Thud!
But the Nunus did not let her go easily.
They devastated the students, striking down with fists and swinging.
Resentment toward Lucas naturally welled up in Ruina's heart.
If he hadn't planned this kind of practice, she wouldn't have been in such danger.
She wouldn't have lost her mother's keepsake.
She glared at Lucas with eyes full of resentment.
However, Lucas didn't even notice her.
He just tore the scroll in his hand.
'It's really the end now.'
Even Lucas had abandoned them.
Despair deeply permeated Ruina's face.
A Nunu's fist flew toward her.
Ruina gave up everything and squeezed her eyes shut.
However, at that moment.
"Stop right there."
An incredibly noble voice.
A presence clearly felt even with eyes closed.
Before that great presence, even the movements of the Nunus stopped for an instant.
The fear she had felt until now seemed laughable.
It's done, I'm saved.
Lucas didn't abandon us.
Now those demons…
"…From now on, anyone who moves gets an F."
Ah, was it us?