Sid was currently playing a minor role, and as a minor role, he was, of course, in the crowd.
Student Xi Nuo, on the other hand, was lost in thought, using his magic power to detect Alexia and their movements.
"Well done! You actually saved two people from the Crimson Knight Order!"
"Perhaps Alexia can become the Empress of the Midgar Kingdom in the future! But behind the scenes, this Empress will be mine..." Student Xi Nuo thought to himself.
"Reporting, my Lord, there are a few individuals resisting inside the Academy. We found some bodies they had slain," a member of The Order reported to the armored man.
"The body of Lord Rex is among them!"
"Hmph, useless trash. He couldn't even defeat someone without magic. What a waste! Although there have been some deviations in the plan, the overall scheme is still more or less the same!"
"Ignore them for now. Consolidate our forces and gather here in the Auditorium!"
"Understood!"
The armored man looked towards the second floor of the Auditorium. There was a secret door there, and entering that secret door from the Auditorium led directly to the Vice Principal's office.
And the armored man was Ruslan Barnett, the Vice Principal of the Midgar Magic Swordsman Academy.
He had told Sherry Barnett about that secret passage a long time ago.
It was all for today, so that when Sherry had nowhere to run, she would enter that secret passage.
He had originally planned for Rex to capture Sherry and use the lives of these students to coerce Sherry into conducting research.
But plans don't always go as expected, so he could only wait for Sherry to come to him.
The research on that ancient relic was almost complete, just a little more data was needed. As soon as Sherry completed the research, she would surely come here to save everyone.
All of this was within Ruslan Barnett's plan.
A member of The Order picked up a gun and aimed at a student of the Academy. With a shot, a bullet hole immediately appeared in the student's chest.
"Hahahaha! Those high-and-mighty nobles, now they are nothing but toys in our hands. Without magic, they are nothing!" The Order member said with a smirk.
The bullets here were steel pellets, and their lethality was not great. Unless they hit the head or neck, which are weak points, hitting other places would only cause injury, not death.
The injured could only lie on the ground, enduring the pain, and someone immediately rushed over to help bandage their wounds.
Everyone was at a loss; their leader, President Rose, had already been taken away by Alexia. They couldn't unite and could only be slaughtered.
A few individuals couldn't bear it and rushed out, trying to resist, only to be shot dead on the spot.
This made everyone much more subdued, as Magic Swordsmen without magic were just ordinary people and would die if cut.
With magic, they could at least endure a beating.
Nu was hidden in the crowd and secretly came to Student Xi Nuo and Sid's side.
"My Lords, Gamma has made preparations. What exactly should we do?"
"Just wait! Omicron has already gone to deal with this matter. The magic suppression will be lifted soon, and that will be our time to act!"
Although Alpha and the others knew Ruslan Barnett's plan, the exact timing was uncertain, so they went to do other things directly.
After all, with Student Xi Nuo here, Alpha was completely at ease.
There was nothing in the world that Lord Phantom could not do.
If there was, add Lord Shadow, and then there would be nothing.
Alpha felt that she was already very strong, but she could not see through Sid and Student Xi Nuo at all.
The strength of those two was not on the same level as hers... Members of The Order occasionally fired a shot just for fun.
Of course, they didn't dare to go too far, only injuring and not killing, as killing would affect their boss's plan.
Everyone here was a magic power battery, used to replenish the magic power needed for the ancient relic.
A member of The Order saw Sid.
He shot and hit the already injured Sid.
"Ah ~ It hurts so much, it hurts so much!" Sid cried out, feigning pain.
"Hahahaha, what a pathetic cry, so much fun!"
"This is the true minor role, used for entertainment! That other minor role is really too dedicated!" Sid thought to himself... Alexia and five others formed a small team, and Sherry took the items she needed to the Vice Principal's office.
After several hours, the research was successful.
She now knew how to activate the ancient relic, the eye of greed.
Unbeknownst to her, some of the books in the Vice Principal's office were abridged.
According to the method in the book, it was indeed possible to prevent the eye of greed from absorbing magic power.
But after being prevented, the eye of greed would turn into a magic power battery.
When it was inserted into the heart, it would replace a human's heart, transforming that person into a magic power monster.
This was the correct way to use the eye of greed!
None of this was written in those books.
This was Ruslan Barnett's office; whatever was written in his books, he had the final say.
"I just investigated, and all those black-clad individuals have entered the Auditorium. The students in the Academy should also be there!"
"The problem now is how we enter the Auditorium. If we attack head-on, I'm afraid we can only rely on Princess Alexia."
"The few of us have no magic power, and in such a wide-open space, it's basically impossible to fight multiple opponents."
The Vice Commander of Red Knights spoke.
"Uh, my adoptive father's room has a secret passage specifically for escape!"
Sherry triggered a mechanism, and the door opened.
"This is the escape passage; it leads directly to the Auditorium!"
Hearing this, Alexia felt a hint of unease.
It led directly to the Auditorium, and those people just happened to be in the Auditorium.
This was too much of a coincidence.
"Let's go!"
The Vice Commander of Red Knights said.
Alexia didn't think much of it, assuming it was just a coincidence. She was the first to enter the secret passage. Now that she was the strongest, she had to lead the way to prevent any danger.
The group easily arrived at the Auditorium.
All the black-clad individuals were on the first floor; there wasn't a single person on the second floor, even though the view here was open and perfect for observing the students' situation.
Ruslan Barnett had already discovered Sherry and her group when the secret door was opened.
He deliberately took out the eye of greed.
Sherry also unhesitatingly threw out the control device for the eye of greed.
The two objects collided, emitting light, and at that instant, magic power was instantly restored.
Princess Rose immediately rushed out, kicked a member of The Order to death, and snatched his Magic Swordsman sword.
"Magic power has returned! It's time for everyone to fight back!"
Everyone obeyed President Rose's call and engaged in a chaotic battle with the enemy.
"You won't get away, you scoundrel!"
Alexia charged directly at the armored man.
At this moment, the Auditorium was in complete chaos.
"My Lord, they've broken through! What should we do!" A member of The Order asked the armored man.
"Of course, kill them all!" Ruslan Barnett said with an unrefusable tone.
Hearing this, the members of The Order could only choose to obey.
After fighting for a while, Princess Rose noticed something was wrong.
"Damn it, only part of my magic power has recovered!" Princess Rose said.
Alexia killed several members of The Order and charged towards the armored man.
The armored man drew the sword from his waist.
"Clang!"
Their swords clashed together.
Alexia was immediately knocked back several meters by a single sword strike.
"Kill her!"
The armored man shouted.
Hearing the command, the members of The Order began to surround Alexia.
Meanwhile, the armored man left on his own.
After Alexia cleared out the cannon fodder, she found that the armored man had already disappeared.
At this moment, a firework exploded outside the window.
Student Sid had, at some unknown point, left the Auditorium.
Everyone's magic power had only partially recovered; they could only barely hold back these black-clad individuals. Continuing to fight would only lead to complete annihilation.
Suddenly, the skylight shattered, and Lord Shadow descended from the heavens, slaying several members of The Order the moment he landed.
At the same time, the second floor of the Auditorium was filled with a line of black-clad women.
"We are the Shadow Garden!" Sid declared, holding up his Slime Sword.
"Lurking in the shadows, hunting those in the shadows!" The members of the Shadow Garden all spoke in unison.
The next moment, the Shadow Garden and the members of The Order engaged in battle.
"Everyone, get outside!"
Princess Rose, seeing that the Shadow Garden had no desire to attack them, directed everyone to leave.
Everyone obeyed Princess Rose's command and left the Auditorium.
At this moment, a fire suddenly broke out in the Auditorium, and the entire Academy caught fire at the same time.
Sherry couldn't find her adoptive father anywhere and followed the secret passage to his office.
Student Xi Nuo also followed.
After dealing with the members of The Order, Lord Shadow sensed the armored man's movements and also followed.
At this moment, Ruslan Barnett had already arrived at his office.
He was burning some important documents. He wouldn't be returning here again. With the eye of greed, he was sure he could return to his seat among the Round Table Knight. There was no need to continue with the boring position of Academy Vice Principal.
In the tunnel, Student Xi Nuo saw Sherry running too slowly, so he directly picked her up in a princess carry.
"Ah! Student Xi Nuo, what are you doing? Don't you have a girlfriend?"
"Don't you want to see your adoptive father? I'll take you to him!"
..."Vice Principal Ruslan Barnett, what are you doing?"
Sid appeared at the window and asked.