The Main Heroines are Trying to Kill Me
Chapter 286: Erosion Phenomenon

༺ Erosion Phenomenon ༻

– Boom! Boom!

“Haaaaa!!”

Amidst the reverberating explosions in the pitch-black night, Clana raised her hand and shouted.

– Zing…!

Then a thin beam of light shoots out of her hand.

– BOOM!!!

Its power was formidable, despite the light being only bright enough to illuminate a room.

When the light reached the enemies, the unidentified creatures heading towards the carriage lay slaughtered.

“Screech… screech…”

“Kuek…”

However, even though their major organs and faces were partially blown away, the creatures were still shrieking and moving.

They looked like an undead, and the sight was making her uncomfortable. Clana stepped back cautiously and muttered.

“What exactly are these things?”

“…What do you mean? They must be one of the Church creations.”

Irina responded seriously.

“Were they at this level in the previous regression? They were just partially altered before, but this…”

“They did more than just modify them. It’s disgusting, whatever it is… it’s much worse than before.”

Irina then kicked the half-cut creature reaching for her and sending it flying into the distance.

“Still, they’re easy to deal with. They’re extremely weak to mental attacks.”

“Right, it’s like they have no mental barrier. If Frey is a 10, these creatures feel like a 0.”

Kania waved her hands as if she was a conductor beside her, Irina interjected once more.

“Kugh… That…”

“Uuu…”

Under Kania’s magic influence, The grotesque creatures began to form a line in front of the advancing horde, blocking them from moving further.

“Hell Flame.”

When the line was set, Irina tore a bunch of mana replenishment scrolls and whispered with her fingers raised.

– Crunch…

The space around her finger distorted, and an unbearable heat emitted from the warped space.

“What’s that incantation? Don’t tell me you’ve actually borrowed fire from hell itself?”

“…”

“Eeek…“

Clana asked in disbelief, as the flames from the warped space annihilated the enemies like a rampaging serpent. She clenched her fist when Irina nodded at her.

“Why does everyone have so much talent except me… Why…”

“Idiot. You have the solar ma-…”

Irina started to retort, but then fell silent.

She knew Clana’s solar mana was only strong enough to burn a leaf when she was young, and it reached its current state through her relentless effort.

‘I guess she has a right to be angry…’

Thinking she could never understand such feelings, as she had always been good at magic since she was a child, Irina scratched her head and quietly stepped back.

– Kugugugu…!

“All of you talented ones… just die…”

Clana flared her aura of domination, making the hordes of creatures fall to their knees. Seeing that, Irina mumbled with a blank look.

“As expected, she’s in no position to say that.”

– Bang!!

“Ugh!”

Then, an explosion echoed in the distance.

“…Again?”

Looking anxiously at the scene, Irina muttered with a weary look on her face.

“How many more are there… Really…”

Despite already decimating countless hordes after hordes of the grotesque creatures, every time the loud noise echoed, an equal number of them emerged again.

Frustrated by this bizarre phenomenon, Irina approached Kania, who appears like a female warrior in her outfit—which was torn in several places because of its constricting tightness.

“This seems just like that time after the Academy Siege, right?”

“…Are you talking about the erosion phenomenon?”

“Yes, that annoying one. No matter how much I think about it, this has to be the same. There’s no other explanation.”

According to national affairs, the ‘Academy Siege’ resulted in significant casualties and destroyed half of the Academy.

The subsequent nationwide erosion phenomenon was enough to completely dash any remaining hopes they had.

Once it began, it formed an almost impenetrable line on all sides of the empire.

And it released demons and unidentified creatures from within it.

The inevitable chaos, also known as ‘Divine Punishment’ or ‘Judgment of the Sun God’, had exhausted the Empire’s military resources. To the point where they were unable to prevent the advance of the Demon King, thus sealing the Empire’s fate.

“Well, at this point… shouldn’t it come out soon?”

Just as Irina was frowning out of anxiety that such a terrifying phenomenon might have started earlier than before, Kania spoke in a hushed tone.

“…The Demon Boss?”

As Irina’s whole body tensed up, the ground began to shake again.

– Everyone, please return to the carriage. We need to retreat. I’m contacting the Demon King’s army…

Serena’s urgent voice echoed in their ears.

– Wait, what?

However, her voice soon trailed off.

– You’re engaged in battle?

Realizing the situation had gone awry, Serena’s tone turned bitter.

– Everyone from the Moonlight Family’s faction, get inside. Kania’s faction on standby… You’re blocked? Then bypass them through air or underground. Check the second bundle of scrolls I prepared…

Serena quickly started issuing orders through multiple magical communication devices.

“What is… that?”

“Hah.”

“…”

Hearing the urgent voice, the three girls watched the unfolding scene with furrowed brows.

“Kuee…”

“Koo…”

The undead creatures were swarming over each other, and forming a giant sphere.

“So disgusting.”

Irina spat on the ground as tiny tentacles burst out from the completed sphere.

“If only my mana was fully restored, this would be a piece of cake.”

She then cleared her throat and turned her attention to the Demon Boss that had appeared.

“If we compared it to the previous regression, this would be a high -tier boss, right?”

“Surprisingly, a monster at this level was pretty common when I was about to die. But none were as disgusting as this one.”

Kania and Clana talked to each other while looking at the repulsive sphere.

“It’s a pity. If it were us from that time, we could have faced it one-on-one.”

“Well, we’re still growing after all. And with Frey behind us, we might need to face it together, Miss Kania.”

As Clana walked forward with a coy expression, Kania whispered.

“…You can speak informally with me.”

“W-What?”

“It seems awkward…”

“A-ah… okay… K-Kania?”

Trying to regain her composure, she finally spoke informally to Kania for the first time, and rushed forward.

“As expected, the erosion phenomenon is related to the Church after all…”

Left alone as Clana rushed ahead, Kania changed her expression and muttered in a low voice.

“Soon, the Young Master said that there will be a full-fledged war with the Church, it seems that time has come sooner than expected.”

Kania’s eyes glowed black as she drew the immensely powerful dark magic she recently acquired from within her.

– Swoosh…

Suddenly, she turned around.

“Young Master, don’t worry.”

With her gaze fixed there for a moment, Kania smiles faintly.

“Young Master, and… your children, I, Kania, will protect them.”

After saying that, Kania ran towards the monstrous creatures.

“After all, It’s only natural for a mother to protect her son.”

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– Crackle…!

“Ugh!”

Clana lost her balance and staggered as a giant tentacle fiercely slammed the ground.

“Kugh…”

Despite being enveloped by the solar mana, the rushing tentacle still dealt significant internal injuries towards her, and a trickle of blood dripped from her mouth.

“Now, Kania!”

She spoke as she wiped the blood from her mouth, and Kania began to command the dark magic she had released around her.

– Ding♪Ding♪

Then, the sound of a violin playing sweet and beautiful tunes echoed from all directions.

– Sizzle…

Simultaneously, the dark magic blooming around her soared into the sky, forming musical scores and notes.

“Kiiee!!!”

The creature started thrashing and slamming its massive tentacles on the ground, seemingly hating the sound.

“Kiee?”

But those tentacles were caught by the musical scores, which were as dark as Kania herself.

“Kooooo!!!”

The panicked creature then howled ferociously as the beautiful melodies began to wrap around it, and pulled it down.

– Fizz! Fizz! Fizzz!

Then, the scores and notes pulling it down shattered into pieces.

– Crack…

Kania, undeterred by the trickling blood on her forehead, extended her arm and clenched her fist with a cold look on her face.

– Rustle…!

The scattered fragments of dark magic coalesced once again, this time forming chains that wrapped around the creature.

“Since you’re so keen on binding us, I shall bind you in return.”

Kania then coldly whispered and slammed her hand down to the ground with all her might.

“Kieek…!”

The floating creature screamed grotesquely as it was forcefully slammed to the ground.

– Churuk…! Churuk…!

The chains mercilessly pierced the creatures.

And then,

“Meteor.”

While the other girls kept the monster occupied, Irina had been relentlessly tearing up mana replenishment scrolls. After she tore the last one, she snapped her fingers with a sassy tone.

– BOOM!!!

Simultaneously, meteors descended from the sky.

“Damn… I wanted to hit it with something big… but I’m short on mana.”

“Kikikikikik!”

Although Irina seemed unsatisfied, the creature let out a dying scream as the numerous meteors exploded throughout its body.

– Shooooo…

“””Ha, ha, ha…””””

After the meteor shower rained down for a while, a thick cloud of dust rose everywhere, and the three girls began to catch their breath.

“We should have killed it by now…”

“Don’t you remember that those words were forbidden in the previous regression, Clana?”

Kania urgently interrupted as Clana mumbled with a sunken expression.

“Why? Why was that again?”

“Why!? You fool.”

Irina, limping and spitting blood on the ground, responded to Clana.

“Because every time someone says that, the boss will come back…”

“Kieeeee!!”

“Damn, really.”

At the same time as tentacles flew out of the dust cloud, Irina crouched down beside Clana and gave her a scolding before quietly chanting a spell.

“Protection.”

– Zing…!

The tentacles were blocked by Irina’s shield, and it began to pummel the shield over and over.

“This fucking octopus…”

– Zing! Zing!!

“Let’s make some preparations, it’s already been hit hard several times, a few more should do it…”

Despite her exhaustion, she glared at the tentacles and sighed, ready to fight again.

– Zing… Zing…

“Hmm?”

Irina squinted her eyes and tilted her head as the flailing tentacles slowed down.

– Tssss…

“Was it just post-mortem twitching?”

Irina scratched her head when the tentacles limply slid off her shield.

“We still need to work harder… We’re definitely weaker than before.”

She then turned to the girls behind her and spoke quietly.

“I’ve been training every day and I recently had a breakthrough. The technique I just used was a new skill I gained from that.”

“I-I do image training every day, too. Fighting vigorously… w-with Frey. You should try it, it’s quite…”

Kania and Clana agreed, they too feel the need to become stronger.

“By the way, how about a bet?”

Irina looked at them with a mischievous expression.

“What kind of bet?”

“Simple, we ask Frey who the MVP is today.”

The girls’ expressions turned serious.

“And whoever Frey chose… “

“That goes against our agreement. It was supposed to be the one who made the Young Master happiest…”

“I-I can’t be part of this… I only taunted the enemy in the battle… Besides, I hardly met Frey because of lack of time… It’s unfair… I feel like I’m the most…”

As they were about to ease the battle tension with light-hearted banter.

– Boom, boom…!

“””…!?”””

As the smoke cleared, heavy footsteps were heard from behind them, making the girls turn with icy expressions.

“…Fuck.”

“We need to get out of here.”

“I’ll take the front, you two…”

Eight dark golems, each emitting a terrifying aura, were slowly approaching them.

They weren’t the colossal final bosses of the ‘ Academy Siege’, or the large ones Frey had once faced. They were only average-sized.

But the overwhelming number was enough to give them a sense of crisis.

“Why is it already the second wave? It’s completely different from the previous regression. And why are such strong creatures appearing now?”

“We’ll worry about that later. Protecting Frey comes first.”

In the midst of this, they maintained composure and organized their situation.

“This is insane…”

However, the atmosphere inside the carriage was grave.

“Frey! No!! Don’t go out!!”

“Just stay put, Serena.”

Frey had been trying to get out of the carriage since earlier but was hindered by Serena, who grabbed his leg and secretly cast a magic spell to prevent him from exiting the carriage. But he forced his way through with his sword drawn.

“I’ve stayed put until now because I was sure we could win, but that thing… it’s too dangerous.”

“Then I will fight too! You can’t just go out and…”

– Grab…!

“Eek!?”

After finally breaking through the carriage door, Frey grabbed Serena’s arm and pulled her close.

“I’m going to use my special move. Just one hit is enough.”

“…!”

He whispered as he took Serena’s hand, who was shaking her head and sobbing. Then he tied it to the carriage’s handle.

“You’ll wake up after a good rest, and we will be back to school in no time. Don’t worry.”

“No… no…”

Serena, unable to look at him, wrapped her legs around Frey’s waist.

“The reinforcements will arrive soon, so please…”

“I love you, Serena.”

“…Hicc!”

But after kissing Serena’s abdomen, Frey quickly untangled her legs when she flinched.

“Thought I couldn’t get away from you…?”

“Ah…”

“I always wanted to ‘make’ one with you, you fool.”

“Frey!!!”

After saying this, Frey jumped out of the carriage.

“Frey!! Why did you come out!!”

“Get back in!! You fool!!!”

“Young Master!! No!!”

The girls, who were quietly preparing for battle, and making a veil to block the carriage from view, rushed toward Frey in a panic.

“What kind of Hero receives protection from others??”

But the wounds on their bodies only made Frey more determined.

“Superno…”

Surrounded by white flames with intense fiery eyes, he lifted his sword and poised for a decisive strike.

– Snap!!!

Suddenly, the sound of a finger snapping echoed around them.

– Boom, thud! Boom!

Soon after, the dark golems halted in their tracks and began to crumble one by one.

The cores embedded in their chest were shattered to pieces

“”…?””

This left Frey and the heroines frozen, with question marks on their faces.

“H-How do I make my entrance…?”

From the dense bushes behind them.

“Ta-da? The Helper appears. How should I pose? Uh… I should have asked my mentor about this…”

With a flushed expression, Glare began to ponder on how to make her entrance.

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