Chapter 369 Caesar’s Defeat, Kassel Crisis
Fifteen minutes ago, the alarm of dragon invasion had just sounded.
"Red alert status! Red alert status! Dragon invasion! Dragon invasion! Freshmen stay in the dormitory. Students who have passed the battlefield survival class immediately receive weapons and fill them with Frigga bullets. Live ammunition is not allowed."
Norma's voice carried through the loudspeakers to every corner of the campus.
"Dragon invasion, who judged the dragon invasion?"
Manstein hurried into the library control room, the command center of Kassel Academy.
"I don't have the authority to know why Norma made such a judgment, but there is no doubt that the enemy has appeared!"
Executive Director Schneider had already arrived at the library control room. In front of him was a holographic map of the entire school.
Faced with such a turn of events, he didn't show any panic at all, his eyes were as cold as cold iron.
"Where is the enemy now? What should we do? Doesn't he want us to play?"
Guderian, wearing a nightcap and ill-fitting combat uniform, asked anxiously.
"No, I don't want to give the enemy hostages in vain."
Schneider glanced at him and knew from his hard expression that even if there were hostages, he would not compromise for the sake of them.
"That's good……"
Guderian nodded.
In terms of academic ability, he felt that he was definitely worthy of the position of professor, but in terms of combat ability, probably any freshman could defeat him.
"So what do we do now?"
"If the enemy wants to invade the academy, they will definitely target the most valuable things in the school, and the most valuable things in the school are stored in the ice cellar, whether it is the alchemy collection or... it is the same."
Schneider quickly analyzed the situation.
"So, our key defense target is the underground level!"
"There are three entrances to the underground level, the library, the Hall of Valor and the church. In other words, we only need to guard these three important passages."
Manstein suddenly said.
As long as the ice cellar is not invaded, there will be no major losses.
"No, two."
Schneider corrected.
"...Yes! We have Norma!"
Manstein was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized.
The passage from the library to the ice cellar is right at their feet. This is one of the most important passages, but this passage does not need to be defended.
Because it is Norma herself who is responsible for guarding this road. Norma's defense is the strongest and absolutely safe. People inside the academy basically trust Norma unconditionally.
At this time, Manstein did not know that an intruder had already passed through the "absolutely safe" Norma and received guidance from Norma.
Everyone who trusted Norma extremely focused on the remaining two passages.
"The executive department is short of manpower. I have asked Caesar to lead the student union to guard the Hall of Valor, and Chu Zihang to lead the Lionheart Society to guard the church. Students with excellent bloodlines are the only strength we have now."
Schneider said coldly.
Calmness and efficiency are synonymous with the execution department. When other professors rushed over with their heads in a mess, he was ready for everything.
Hearing what he said, Manstein couldn't help but admire the head of the execution department. After Professor Guderian was stunned for a moment, he scratched his head and asked.
"When it comes to students with excellent bloodlines, shouldn't we let those two S-class take action? By the way, there is also a dragon slayer Xia Mi! This child's bloodline and strength may be a little weaker than that of the S-class, but he is better than Caesar Chuzi Hang and the others should be much stronger, right?"
Speaking of these people, Manstein also reacted and looked at Schneider in confusion.
If it were before that Caesar was the strongest among the students at Cassel College, even Manstein, who had been very unhappy with him in the past, could not deny it.
But since the new students joined, the students' combat power rankings have obviously changed qualitatively.
With the quality of Caesar and Chu Zihang, they could be said to be the best group of students in the past, but now they cannot even be ranked in the second echelon.
Not to mention the two S-levels Su Mo and Eri Yi, even the A-level ones like Xia Mi are obviously far stronger than them.
And according to what they learned about the record, even the fourth place Zero, who was ignored by everyone, almost showed the combat power of one person to defeat an entire club on the Freedom Day.
The bloodlines of Caesar and Chu Zihang may not be worse than theirs, but with their current strength, there is obviously still a lot of room for catching up.
Now, when a crisis of the level of dragon invasion occurs, why are the strongest students not allowed to come forward, and instead let the next-level students come forward?
Are you planning to give the invaders tricks and let them defeat monsters one by one and level up?
Schneider was not surprised by the two men's doubts.
However, he had no intention of changing his decision.
"Three students, Su Mo, Natsumi, and Eriki Uesugi, are currently receiving tasks with extremely high confidentiality priority. As long as the defenses of these two channels have not been breached, they cannot be seconded!"
Schneider said solemnly.
"A mission with extremely high confidentiality level? Is there any mission with a higher confidentiality level than the dragon invasion?"
Manstein was extremely surprised.
It can't be the Dragon King's invasion, right?
Just as he was doubting, Guderian held him back.
"No, it seems there really is!"
Recalling Angers' movements during this period, Guderian lowered his voice.
"Remember the Bronze City Plan——"
"Shut up! Don't presume to speculate on content with a higher level of confidentiality, if you don't want to be punished by the academy's regulations."
Before Guderian could express his guess, Schneider interrupted the discussion sharply.
"Well - I didn't say anything!"
Guderian immediately covered his mouth.
Manstein also guessed something, but he did not ask further questions.
"No wonder Su Mo hasn't been in class these days. Since they are performing other tasks, there's nothing we can do about it. The Student Union and Lion Heart Club are still relatively good at group activities. I hope they can hold on."
When the combat power is insufficient, one can only pray.
Anyway, the enemy looks like a human being, at most a hybrid. Caesar and Chu Zihang are elites after all, so they should not lose to the enemy.
"Even if their strength is a little inferior, they should be able to hold it with their numbers!"
Manstein sighed.
At this moment, Schneider suddenly turned to look at Manstein.
"The enemy has not shown any trace so far and is completely dormant. We must find the intruder as soon as possible."
"...What you said makes sense, but why are you looking at me like this? I have no command authority."
Manstein was slightly stunned and confused.
"If we can use the word spirit, we might be able to find them! I remember your word spirit is a snake!"
Schneider looked at Manstein with bright eyes.
"Yan Ling? Aren't we unable to use this in school? Wait, you want me to ask my father to lift the commandment?"
Manstein immediately understood what the other party meant.
"Simple numerical advantage will be wiped out by modern weapons, but the spirit of speech is different. Once we can use the spirit of speech, the advantage will be on our side!"
Schneider said immediately.
There are a total of 700 students in Kassel College, which is 700 Word Spirit Envoys.
Under the sea of students, there will be no escape for the intruders.
What Manstein just said reminded him that this was the way to maximize the numerical advantage.
Although the intruders can also use the word spirit, the advantage lies with them, seven hundred against a dozen!
After hearing this, Manstein was silent for a few seconds and scratched his bald head.
"I can give it a try, but don't have high hopes. He's a character that even his family doesn't recognize!"
Schneider nodded solemnly.
A moment later, the spirit powerful enough to envelope the entire Kassel Academy suddenly collapsed, and the "commandments" amplified by the alchemical matrix stopped operating. The suppressed speech spirits of the students gradually awakened, and the dragon's blood gradually boiled.
In the Hall of Valor where the Student Union was stationed, Caesar also felt the revival of his spiritual spirit.
At this time, he did not know that in the minds of the professors, he had been reduced to a second-rate combat force that could only rely on numbers to resist the enemy.
On the contrary, he felt that the cancellation of the precepts was a sign of the school's trust in him, allowing their students to express themselves freely in this moment of crisis. There was no better way for him to show his charisma as a leader and his own strength than in a crisis.
Kaname Itachi's domain opened up, and Caesar sat quietly on the chair in the front row of the Hall of Valor. In front of him was a huge sculpture.
Odin wears a great cloak, rides an eight-legged Pegasus, and holds a spear.
In mythology, Odin established the Hall of Valor to accommodate the souls of brave men, allowing them to practice martial arts day and night to face the Twilight of the Gods.
Kassel College uses this building to issue degree certificates, and the walls on both sides are filled with portraits of heroes who have made meritorious deeds in the dragon-slaying wars of the past generations.
"Looks like I'm lucky."
Caesar stopped chewing his gum and spoke suddenly.
Twelve unfamiliar heartbeats were captured by Kamaitachi and transmitted to his ears.
Although the members of the student union didn't notice anything and even allowed the other party to enter without hesitation, Caesar was able to pinpoint the other party's location.
"After I deal with you, will the principal give me more grade points?"
Caesar asked with a chuckle.
The members of the student union looked at each other, and it was not like Caesar was speaking to them.
"...I don't think so!"
A female voice sounded in the empty corridor.
Yanling·Mingzhao!
The student council members reacted immediately, pointing their guns in the direction of the sound and striking directly with saturation firepower.
Gunshots rang out! The enemy immediately launched a counterattack, and gunfire from both sides intertwined.
After a round of shooting, the empty corridor was filled with bullet holes, but no trace of the intruder was left.
On the contrary, all the defensive personnel of Group A of the Student Union were wiped out.
The members of Group B immediately took over the position of Group A and pointed their guns in another direction. The students with actual combat experience quickly determined the true direction of the attack through the bullet marks.
Before that, Caesar had also aimed in this direction and fired.
"There's no need to hide anymore, right?"
Caesar asked after killing two people with Frigga bullets.
"It's really not necessary."
Mai Shutoku's voice sounded again, the Mingzhao realm collapsed, and her impressive fiery figure was directly exposed.
Around Mai Shutoku, there were more than a dozen gunmen squatting, two of them fell to the ground, and the others immediately found bunkers to hide after the domain collapsed.
"Your word spirit should be Kamaitachi, so you discovered us from the beginning, why didn't you attack us directly?"
Mai Shutoku asked with interest.
The first sentence came from the communication device, and the purpose was to cause misjudgment by people who couldn't see them.
This little trick should have had no effect on Caesar.
"It would be too easy to win like that. I want to see what my enemy looks like."
Caesar shrugged easily.
“Now that I’ve seen it, I have to say it’s shocking.”
Seeing how confident he looked, Mai Shutoku raised her eyebrows.
"Has anyone told you that your manner of speaking is very awkward?"
"Indeed."
Caesar smiled slightly, remembering the girl who shot him in the chest.
"She said that I am a silly son of a landlord, so I want to prove here that a silly son of a landlord also has merits."
"You're not angry when you say that. I didn't expect that you look like a dog, but you are actually a licking dog."
Mai Shutoku complained, and then said.
"It's a pity that I'm not interested in the story of a little boy's secret love. Get out of the way, my target is not you!"
Having said this, she raised her Glock pistol confidently, not intending to say too much nonsense.
"Although my Chinese is not very good, being like a human being or a dog is not a compliment..."
After a speechless reply, Caesar held the Desert Eagle in both hands and assumed a battle-ready posture.
"Also, it may be too early to talk about secret love. Nothing in the world is destined to fail."
Seeing Caesar's confident expression, Mai Shutoku raised her forehead slightly and then asked.
"If you fail this time, do you know the reason for your failure?"
"what reason?"
Although he didn't think he would fail, Caesar still asked curiously.
However, what answered him was not an answer, but the sound of a gunshot.
The other party has no patience to continue the conversation and is ready to attack!
Realizing this, Caesar shouted.
"Norma!"
As soon as he finished speaking, all the lights in the Hall of Heroes were turned off. The sunlight outside the window could not penetrate through the thick curtains that had been arranged in advance, and the interior of the hall suddenly turned into complete darkness.
Caesar stepped on the back of the chair and jumped into the air, avoiding the attacks of the gunman and Mai Shutoku.
The Kamaita locked onto the enemy, and flames bloomed from the Desert Eagle's muzzle, immediately introducing darkness. Caesar appeared in a different location each time it bloomed.
Fifteen seconds later, the lights came on again, and all forty-six students and eleven intruders fell to the ground.
Caesar killed these gunmen, who killed members of the student union. Both sides used Frigga bullets, which were not fatal.
Now, the only people standing on the field were Mai Shutoku and Caesar.
The time has come for the final showdown.
Just when Caesar was about to say something that suited the atmosphere of the decisive battle, a loud piece of music suddenly sounded, and it was Caesar's cell phone.
Who would call themselves at this time?
Caesar was slightly confused.
"You answer the phone first, I'm not in a hurry."
Mai Shutoku touched her long black ponytail with a casual attitude of "I can wait."
It is a rule of the Gattuso family to listen to the beautiful girl. Caesar had no intention of answering, but took out his cell phone anyway.
"Hello, MINT club?"
Caesar frowned slightly when he heard the other party's voice.
After hearing his words, Shutoku Mai asked in surprise.
"Are you also a member of MINT?"
MINT Club is a famous wealth club that only serves top people. As long as you become a member, it can meet all your requirements, help you connect with all kinds of seemingly incredible connections and relationships, and meet all your incredible requirements.
For those who are rich and picky, MINT membership can undoubtedly solve a lot of troubles.
So Shutoku Mai is also a member of MINT.
"It seems that everyone is very connected."
Caesar smiled at Mai Shutoku, then frowned and asked on the other side of the phone.
"I remember that I haven't ordered services recently. What can I do for you?"
To ordinary billionaires, MINT may be a wealth club with well-connected hands and eyes, but in Caesar's eyes, it is nothing more than an intermediary with a wide network of contacts. To put it mildly, it is a loser.
A qualified loser only needs to be able to play a role when needed.
Taking the initiative to call when no request has been received is offensive to demanding members. This kind of professional organization should not make such a mistake.
Under Caesar's questioning, the other party immediately apologized and tactfully stated the reason for contacting him.
Caesar's expression suddenly became very exciting, and after nodding a few words, he hung up the phone.
Seeing his strange expression, Mai Shutoku couldn't help but asked curiously.
"What's wrong?"
Caesar didn't want to answer, but with the family tradition of the Gattuso family, the beautiful girl's question could not be refused.
He replied slightly mortified.
"My membership has expired and MINT said it would stop the service."
MINT Club membership is difficult to obtain, and the membership fee is very high. In the past, the Gattuso family did not mind renewing memberships for Caesar, but now the Gattuso family does not have much of this ability.
MINT Club treats its members like gods, but customers without money are not gods.
"..."
Shutoku Mai was slightly startled, but she didn't say any heartbreaking words like why you didn't renew the subscription.
As Su Enxi's only partner these days, she knows what her teammates have done to the Gattuso family. She also played a role in the Gattuso family's bankruptcy.
But she couldn't say anything to comfort her, after all, she wasn't familiar with him.
So, after thinking about it, she brought up the previous question again.
"Do you know the reason for your defeat?"
"what reason?"
"you are too naive!"
Just as Shutoku Mai finished speaking, gunfire rang out again.
Facing this kind of surprise attack, Caesar did not panic and immediately avoided the direction of the gun. However, at this time, Mai Shutoku actually had no intention of continuing to compete with his marksmanship, and instead came close to him.
Noticing this, Caesar immediately abandoned the Desert Eagle, grasped the handle of Dictado's sword, and prepared to compete with the opponent in swordsmanship.
However, what he didn't expect was that after a feint shot, the opponent actually distanced himself again and switched to firearms.
"?"
Caesar was stunned on the spot.
He obviously had no chance to pick up the Desert Eagle again, so he could only resist with a knife.
But even though his swordsmanship is good, it's not as good as cutting bullets with a knife.
He was fooled.
"goodbye!"
Mai Shutoku fired continuously at Caesar who was squatting on the back of the chair. Even though Caesar knew how to avoid the direction of the gun, he didn't have much room to move in this environment.
"boom!"
Finally, a Frigga bullet hit Caesar's shoulder in a continuous shot, taking him away directly.
Caesar was defeated and Valhalla fell.
At the same time, the church finally announced the results.
Chu Zihang was defeated and the church fell.
Two of the three major routes were breached by the invaders, and Cassel College faced an unprecedented crisis.
There are only two S-classes that can save this crisis.