Following Suzuki's guidance, everyone battled their way through the undead to another school building.
They encountered an ordinary girl, squatting alone in a corner, the number on her collar had turned to 10.
It was clear she was about to die.
Alexia saw that the other girl only had 10 left and wanted to help her, but she was powerless.
At this moment, Alexia looked at Sino again.
Her eyes were filled with pleading.
Clearly, Alexia wanted Sino to save the girl.
Sino was not a heartless person; just as he was about to make a move,
Suzuki, disguised as Shadow, walked up to the girl.
He pressed his finger on the girl's collar.
Suzuki's own collar number decreased rapidly, while the number on the girl's collar increased.
Suzuki's collar number became 200.
The girl's collar became 210.
Alexia witnessed the entire process.
"Suzuki, you…"
"I discovered this by chance; the number on the collar represents magic power, and magic power can be transferred through the collar, but it must be with the person's consent!" Suzuki replied.
Christina felt there was a hidden meaning in Suzuki's words.
As if certain people also knew about it.
Alexia noticed many students in the large auditorium on the first floor of the teaching building.
So why wasn't this girl inside, but instead alone outside?
In such a situation, the more people, the better; strength in numbers is needed to fight the undead outside.
Alexia pushed open the door to the large auditorium, and countless gazes turned towards her.
Elisa, the Student Council secretary, also saw Alexia.
"Princess Alexia, are you here to save us?" Elisa asked.
At the same time, Elisa looked at Alexia's collar, which displayed a five-digit number.
"As expected of a princess, her heart is much darker than mine!" Elisa thought to herself.
Alexia scanned the crowd; the numbers of the low-ranking nobles were mostly below 100.
Elisa's number was 2321.
Elisa was the Student Council secretary, and Alexia knew a little about her.
She was not good at combat; if her magic power were quantified, she should only have a maximum of 800.
But now her number was 2321.
And many people had numbers below 100; as students of the Magic Swordsman Academy, their magic power couldn't possibly be so low.
"Elisa, why is your magic power so high?!"
"Princess Alexia's magic power is even higher than mine, so my number being over 2000 is quite normal, isn't it?!"
"You forced these students to transfer their magic power to you, didn't you?" Alexia said coldly.
Seeing Alexia tear off the facade, Elisa no longer bothered to pretend.
"With such high magic power, Lady Alexia, you must have done similar things yourself, haven't you?!" Elisa retorted.
"Return the magic power to those students, or don't blame me for being impolite!"
Alexia pointed her sword at Elisa and said.
"Why should I? You did the same thing, so why are you telling me to give it back?!"
As soon as Elisa finished speaking, Alexia appeared in front of her and clasped her neck with one hand.
"I won't say it a second time!"
Alexia said to Elisa with cold eyes.
Feeling the suffocating sensation from her neck, Elisa could only compromise.
"I… will return… it to them!"
Under Alexia's supervision, Elisa returned all the magic power to everyone.
Elisa's magic power eventually became over 700.
The girl standing at the door also had her magic power increase to over 400.
This was only possible by adding Suzuki's magic power.
Christina now harbored suspicions about Suzuki.
Suzuki had been with them this whole time, so how did he discover that magic power could be transferred to others?
"Elisa, if I find you forcing other students to transfer magic power to you again, then don't blame me for being impolite next time!" Alexia said before leaving.
The others followed her.
Elisa watched Alexia's retreating figure, her eyes filled with malice.
Under Suzuki's guidance, everyone discovered an underground passage.
Inside the passage was a church.
"When did the Academy build a church here?" Claire asked.
"This church shouldn't be an Academy building! It's a building of the Sanctuary!"
"Princess Alexia, you are mistaken! This is indeed an Academy building, it's just that under normal circumstances, you wouldn't find it!"
An old man in Holy Church attire walked out.
"This is not a place for you; go back!"
"Librarian? Why are you here?!" Alexia inquired.
"Of course, to stop you all. You are not yet qualified to know the secrets of the Academy and the secrets of the Sanctuary," the Librarian replied.
"It seems you are also a member of The Order!" Alexia said.
"Even if you know, what can you do?!"
The Librarian looked at everyone arrogantly.
Clearly, he didn't take them seriously.
Just a bunch of students; how strong could they possibly be?
The next second, Alexia drew her sword and slashed at him.
The Librarian dodged in time, avoiding a fatal blow.
But he couldn't evade another attack.
Alexia's sword severed the Librarian's left arm.
"With your meager strength, you think you can stop me? That's utterly delusional!"
"Princess Alexia, your… your strength, hahahahahahaha! Finally, someone can fight against the darkness! Princess Alexia, you are the hope of the Midgar Kingdom! I will tell you everything I know!"
"First of all, Isaac is also a member of The Order!"
"What nonsense are you spouting, you old geezer?!" Isaac retorted.
"The Sanctuary is where diabolos's right arm is preserved. The Order has been trying to awaken diabolos's consciousness and bring it back to life."
"The collars on your necks also derive their power from the Sanctuary. All the magic power absorbed by the collars is sent to diabolos's right arm. With enough magic power, diabolos's right arm will awaken! At that time, the resurrection of Diabolos the Demon will be one step closer."
"Is this the secret of the Sanctuary?"
"The Order is the most terrifying dark force in the world, and Alexia, you will be the hero who can resist The Order!"
As the Librarian spoke more and more, Isaac's face grew darker and darker.
At this moment, the number on Isaac's collar began to rise rapidly, finally reaching 2301.
At the same time, the collar also opened and fell to the ground.
A powerful wave of magic power erupted from Isaac's body.
But his moment of glory lasted less than three seconds.
He was stomped to the ground by Claire before he could even launch an attack.
No matter how Isaac struggled, he couldn't get up.
"You despicable old man, how dare you betray The Order!"
"My family is already dead, and there's nothing left for The Order to threaten me with. Even if I betray The Order, at worst, it's just death, and at my age, I'm not far from death anyway."
The Librarian said.
"That's not right, why hasn't the final BOSS appeared yet, and the protagonist group has already exposed the traitor?!" Suzuki, disguised as Shadow, muttered to himself.
At this moment, a strong man appeared, repelling Claire with a single sword strike and saving Isaac.
"Viscount Olba!" Isaac exclaimed.
"Milia, he seems to be your father!" Alexia said.
The next second, Milia suddenly attacked Alexia with her sword.
Alexia managed to hold on for a few exchanges in Milia's hands before being defeated, with Milia's sword held to her neck.
"Sino, run!" Claire shouted to Sino.
"Aurora, help me!"
Claire called out to Aurora.
At this moment, several magic-formed tentacles appeared on Claire's body.
They all lunged towards Olba.
Viscount Olba swung his sword a few times and cut off the tentacles.
"Claire, don't move, or I won't be polite to Sino!" Milia said, standing next to Sino.
Claire knew Milia's strength, so she dared not continue attacking.
"Things are getting interesting; the protagonist group's seemingly guaranteed victory has been shattered by the sudden appearance of the villains!"
"By the way, aren't Viscount Olba and Milia on our side? Why did they suddenly turn traitor?! Hmm… they must be acting!" Shadow thought to himself.
Isaac wanted to kill the Librarian, but he was no match for him. It was Viscount Olba who stepped in and ended the Librarian with a single sword strike.
"Everyone, if you don't want to die, then follow us!"
Viscount Olba said in an unrefusable tone.
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