Thanks to the time spent, signs of Stella's students were discovered. There were traces of them staying in one place for a long time, as if they had moved after taking a long break.

"Not good."

All of Stella's students were monsters. He had to drive them crazy without giving them a chance to rest.

'If I find them this time, I'll have to send out all the elite skeleton troops.’

The skeleton troops dealing with the mercenaries would be pushed back in a power struggle for a while, but securing Stella’s students was more important than expanding the territory.

‘Found these bastards!'

After chasing around the trail, he finally found a few of Stella's students heading somewhere.

A cute girl with fluttering ebony hair; a tall girl, and a handsome boy with a cold look.

'However... why only three?'

‘Where are the rest of them?’

The moment he had such a thought, Bae-Hyuk’s senses raised an alarm in all directions and he automatically activated magic.

Pop!!

"Kuk!"

A sharp icicle flew in from somewhere, and tried to pierce Bae-Hyuk’s forehead, but it was blocked by the bone shield that was erected in an instant.

"Oh my god, crazy...!"

Even though the bone shield was a Class 4 magic skill, it was badly cracked. The attack came knocking from so far away that he couldn't even detect the caster's location.

That much power!!

He immediately turned the skeleton's sight towards that place, and the only thing that fell in his line of sight were the fluttering light blue hair.

He saw one of the girls sprinting wildly from her location.

“You bastard! I knew you would miss it!”

After canceling the summoning of several skeletons, the skeletons were re-summoned at the spot where the girl was standing.

There was no choice because the maximum number of skeletons he could currently handle was 700.

Seeing that the girl with light blue hair hesitating while facing the skeleton, he was about to send more elite skeletons there.

Roar!!

From the sky, a giant sphere of flame came crashing down!

‘This, this...!'

It contained the destructive power that could never be achieved at the level of the Class 3. Bae-Hyuk was momentarily taken aback by the attack as a result of its similarities with the skill of Adolveit royal family, which was said to have stood at the peak of the flame world, and the sea-like mana of Hong Bi-Yeon, but he quickly came out of his trance, and raised the bone shield high into the sky.

Kwakk!!

An enormous shockwave struck the area.

'Damn it, you were aiming for this moment!'

It was the time to expand the territory. Currently, there were only minimal troops left here, so it became difficult to defend when invaded.

'At least, I should have built a better defense...!'

It was a mistake to leave the defenses lax, judging that the enemy would still be in a state of confusion if it wasn’t for that.

Even the escorts sent to deal with the students were being pushed back. If it went on like this, he would surely die.

‘Not good. Not good!'

He bit his lip and pondered for a moment, but there was no further choice.

Dduduk! Bae-Hyuk bit off his finger, spattering blood on the ground, and poured strength into his eyes.

He kneeled and plunged his staff into the ground.

'Soldiers, come to me!'

Then, six elite skeletons that had been out elsewhere suddenly rose in front of him.

"Ugh....!"

Due to the forced summoning of the elite, the internal injuries he had to face were severe. Bae-Hyuk gave the order with difficulty, and vomited blood while feeling as if his internal organs were being twisted.

"Stop them...!"

Two elite-class entities were first to head for Denmark, who seemed to be in charge of one Skeletal General.

"This...!”

"Hey! Retreat for a second! The elite class has been summoned!”

Originally, the role of Denmark and Ben was to keep the Skeleton General busy but another two elites appeared out of nowhere.

When they appeared, both of them had no choice but to retreat in an instant.

'Okay, they seem to be the leader of the group.'

Bae-Hyuk correctly grasped the battlefield.

Roar!

Magic attacks were flying everywhere, but offensive strong enough to pierce the bone shield no longer reached his side.

Even the elite skeletons who joined the battle made them wary, hindering the casting of Stella’s students.

Because.

‘Five over there, one over there, three over there… two over there. It's alright. I can be relieved now.'

Although he sent out his entire escort to deal with each of them, leaving himself defenseless, there was no one who could pose a threat to him any longer.

‘I'll take advantage of this gap and hurry up to seize the territory!'

If he expanded his territory a little more, the ability of the skeletons would be greatly strengthened. If that happened, the territory would be devoured without any problems and the bodies of the students would be injured.

The skeleton troops that were already dealing with the mercenaries were wiped out. However, it was a level of troops that could be restored without any problems in the future.

'Just a little more, a little more...!’

That moment when he concentrated all his energy to gather as much mana as he could and strengthen the power of the Mana Vessel.

Puk!

Like a falling leave, someone landed in front of him with a light sound.

Bae-Hyuk was frightened and took a step back.

".... What! Where did you come from again!”

This couldn’t be happening.

Clearly, he knew the location of all Stella students. Twelve members in total. Even now, wasn’t the location clearly revealed through the skeleton's vision?

However, he had no idea that there would be more than one.

The boy with jet-black hair and eyes tapped him on the shoulder with something, and revealed a very relaxed smile.

It was the skull of one of the three skeleton generals he had summoned with all his might.

“You, you son of a bitch…!”

He was wondering why his neural network had gone wrong, and now he finally found the culprit.

The boy dropped the useless Skeleton General to the ground and shattered its skull with a wave of his colorless, shining sword.

“Ouch!”

When the Skeleton General was reverse summoned, a light internal injury wreaked havoc in Bae-Hyuk’s insides. If he was at the peak, he would have recovered quickly, but now the situation was not good.

Baek Yu-Seol took a leisurely look around him. As he thought, the escorts protecting Bae-Hyuk were handled by Stella's boys and girls, and his attention was successfully attracted and scattered.

Now, there was only one person left in this place, the body of the Necromancer.

'This bastard, why is he so confident...?'

Bae-Hyuk took a step backwards and gulped dryly. Although it was true that Necromancer's body was weak, he was still a Class 5 mage.

The fact that he was so nonchalant even in front of him signified that he was confident in his own strength.

It could only be interpreted as, ‘No matter how young you are, after all, stella’s student is stella’s student...!’

At that time, Bae Hyuk's thoughts were full of fear and his entire body was stiff with tension.

While Baek Yu-Seol was breaking out in a cold sweat.

'Wait a minute, this wasn’t my plan...?'

He looked around.

According to the original plan, Denmark and Ben would quickly deal with Skeleton General and were supposed to help him.

However, since Bae-Hyuk vomited blood and gathered more elites, they were now focused on holding out against Skeleton Generals.

That meant he was alone.

'Could it be that I have to fight alone?'

If one wondered about who was the weakest among the thirteen Stella Academy students gathered here, Baek Yu-Seol would raise his hand without hesitation. To think that the weakest would take on the strongest boss all by himself.

‘I don’t think this is right, I'm preparing to step down…’

Bae-Hyuk suddenly coughed up blood.

"Cough... Kugh!"

Only then did Baek Yu-Seol noticed Bae-Hyuk’s condition. Forcibly summoning the six elites, his internal organs were already in jeopardy.

“You guys… I’ll kill you all…” It was Bae Hyuk who spoke with terrifying eyes, but there was no power in those gloomy eyes.

‘... I think it’s worth a try?'