I Became a Tentacle Monster Blooming in the Academy Garden 314

## Chapter 314 – The Monarch of Monsters (16)

That was the situation on their side, and with each new arrival being a familiar face, Vivian was swallowing a strange sense of unease.

“Pierre!! Der Spia!! Anne…?”

“Sister…!! What are you doing here…!!”

“You… don’t tell me… you’ve been…
fighting here this whole time…?
Are you hurt…? Are you alright?
I knew you said you were on a field assignment, but…”

“It just… ended up like this…
Yeah. I’m not seriously hurt…!!
I think I just slightly twisted my shoulder…
Why did you suddenly come here, Sister?
Shouldn’t you be at the Academy right now…”

“I have other places to be later…
The Department of Magic is also dispatching students here…?
I asked them to send me here first…”

Sisters who cherished each other dearly.

They still seemed to be hiding many things from each other, showing a slightly awkward demeanor.

Nevertheless, the look in their eyes as they looked at each other seemed to be without a hint of falsehood.

In the midst of all this, a voice was heard from behind Anne.

“Is that so? Then shall we make sure it doesn’t hurt anymore?”

“Oh…? Ms. Yeriel…
Did the Department of Theology come too…?”

“I’m here as an honorary dean, overseeing things?
Roxanne, a Paladin, was also here, it seems?
I can’t help but think this is all guided by the Lord?”

Yeriel gently took Anne’s shoulder with her hand and smiled, and soon Anne was rotating her shoulder, marveling at the miracle even after seeing it several times.

“Then, brothers and sisters? Please heal the injured?”

And following Yeriel, the clergymen, with their hands clasped, began pouring divine power into the exhausted Ranie and Roxanne, as well as Polcinella and Deborah, whose bodies were in terrible condition.

“Hello? I’m the head supervisor dispatched to the 16th Dungeon from the Department of Magic…
Oh…? Ms. Monehen? Do you know her?”

And a woman who seemed to be looking around for the person in charge of the site so far.

“Yes, Professor Eloise.
You saw my sister last time, right?
This person is… someone I’m indebted to…
Um… someone I work with at my job…
It’s Ms. Vivi.”

“Oh my… this one seems to be a student too, how admirable.
Thank you for holding out until now, Ms. Vivi.
As I just mentioned, I’m from the 16th Dungeon…”

Eloise approached Anne and Marie, who were welcoming faces, and greeted Vivian, who was standing next to them.

Vivian waved her hand and tossed her to Deborah, who was far away.

“Um… I’m not really in charge, it’s those people over there…
Police Inspector Deborah from the Public Security Department, and that Guardian bitch or slut or whatever.”

“Ah, thank you for the detailed explanation.
Is that person Police Inspector Deborah?
Hello, I’m dispatched from the Academy…”

For some reason, Vivian felt goosebumps rising on her skin as she noticed that only familiar faces were increasing.

‘This is the end, right…
It feels like I’m taking up a lot of screentime…
What am I even thinking…?’

Anyway, with this much power, they could not only block the dungeon, but also conquer it to some extent.

Students from each department were dispatched, showing quite excellent abilities.

Marie, for one, wasn’t an applied mage, but she was at the top of her class as a design mage.

Serkov was a decent guy in many ways, and he had a good body and considerable size from the start, and he was a swordsman who was steadily improving his skills while quitting drugs.

Roxanne, who had fought with them, also had a long career as a Paladin, so her skills were guaranteed.

And……

“Advance!! Our target is the horde of monsters in front of us!!
Don’t let a single one escape!!”

“Waaaaaaaah!!”

“I’m going to catch the most!!
Get out of my way!!”

At the command of a woman with bright orange hair brandishing her sword, students from the Department of Swordsmanship rushed out and beheaded the monsters emerging from the rubble.

“Senior… no… Teaching Assistant…”

“I didn’t expect you to be here…
There are fewer dispatched students here because we’re blocking other places.
So I was told to come here.
‘Associate Professor Edward’ said so…
He’s coming soon, so I have to show him a good performance.”

“I’ll… do my best…
Teaching Assistant Lucia…”

“This will be a battle with much to learn.
Especially about ‘disparity’.”

Similarly, the honorary dean-turned-saintess, the professor-level applied mage from the Department of Magic, and the all-time genius from the Department of Swordsmanship were all included.

A clash of talents worthy of a decent hero party.

‘Whatever happens…
It would be harder to lose with this…’

Vivian, who was quietly getting an IV drip from Yui, had a bright smile on her face as she mentally added up their strength.

Already, the Swallow Faction thugs, armed with clubs and iron bars, had gathered nearby, thinking something might happen.

Even without them, the Henias, who had handed over the surrounding dungeons to the Academy students and the Public Security Department and were starting to return one by one, were waiting in the shadows.

As the system of reinforcements arriving from various places gradually took shape, Deborah, the only Public Security Department official performing her duties, took over as the commander.

Her clothes were a mess, covered in the blood of monsters, but her gaze was still sharp, drawing the tense attention of everyone else.

“I’m Deborah, an investigator from the Public Security Department currently in charge of the site.
First, the iron gate has been breached, so I’ll inform everyone except those currently in combat.
First of all, I’m grateful for the Academy’s cooperation, and I wish you good luck in advance.
Our goal is to seal off this place in front of us… designated as ‘16th Dungeon’.”

“Wouldn’t it be better to conquer it than to seal it, to prevent future problems? Senior Deborah?”

“You must be Teaching Assistant Lucia from the Department of Swordsmanship… you’re not wrong.
If we conquer the dungeon and scatter the magic power, the dungeon will disappear completely.
Looking at our current strength… it doesn’t seem entirely impossible.”

As Deborah was explaining, Lucia, who had raised her hand, asked a question, and Deborah began to explain the reason.

“But our top priority now is to prevent the spread of damage.
We need to block this place quickly and head to the next dungeon to support it.
The higher-ups seem to think that’s the top priority right now.”

Her words, which contained the intention to protect the civilians of the royal capital first by resolving the monsters overflowing outside, elicited admiration from those around her.

And that direction coincided with the direction Vivian was thinking, which was to protect Enic’s secret, so a small smile appeared on her lips.

“Sequentially sealing off the dungeons and then conquering them one by one…
Is that to minimize the risk as much as possible?…”

“That’s right, that’s right…!!”

Verdi, who was hugging Serkov’s arm tightly next to him, nodded her head at Serkov’s quiet murmur.

“There’s a saying that you don’t know a dungeon until you go inside.
If you go in carelessly without knowing…
Who knows what kind of disaster might happen…
To completely block a dungeon, you need magic sealing techniques.
The Department of Engineering is installing barriers, but even that is a temporary measure?
But… sealing magic isn’t my specialty…”

“I’ve studied magic sealing techniques in the library…
Magic power filtering… um… magic power blockade…
And it was a physical barrier type, I think.
If you give me a little time, I can design a magic circle…”

“In that case… I’ll try to help from the side.”

Eloise seemed to have some weaknesses, and Marie stepped forward to design the magic circle for the magic sealing technique in her place.

Marie wasn’t an applied mage suitable for combat, so Vivian thought she couldn’t use her for anything, let alone combat, but she unexpectedly showed her importance and began to play an active role.

‘It can be used like this…?
Depending on how you use it…
She can be more than just a whore……’

“Oho… as expected of the Department of Magic Design……”

“Serkov…!! Your eyes are spinning right now, aren’t they…?”

“Huh…? No!!
There’s no way I would!!
I really wouldn’t……!!”

“Really…!! I’m also in the Department of Magic, though it’s fusion…
Hoo… I may not be of great help…
But I’ll still add a little bit!!”

“Thank you, Ms. Verdi…?”

As the heartwarming atmosphere continued.

Ranie, who didn’t seem to understand the difficult talk, raised her hand slightly and asked a question, drawing the attention of everyone else.

“Then… what should we do from now on?”

“First of all, the combat forces will continue to block the monsters.
While buying time, the Department of Magic will work together to complete the magic circle design.”

“And push the monsters to the dungeon entrance where they’re coming out…
Then we can seal the dungeon entrance with the sealing magic circle.”

“Then it looks like the talk is over.
Let’s go relieve the people inside!!
I’m counting on you, Department of Magic!!”

“Ah… I’ll try my best……”