“Aaaaaaaaack!!!”

“Run! Run faster!”

“What the hell! Is that person crazy?!”

It looked like a complete disaster. The students ran around the running track in desperation, screaming and crying their lungs out.

Of course, these students, who had never seen such a monster in their lives, would fear being chased by something this horrifying.

The problem was that they were not like the apprentices who did swordsmanship training and were steadily honing their bodies for a long time. These brats were geeks who only used their heads and read books. In other words, their physical strength was like that of a rat’s. However, they still ran for fear of getting caught and dying.

Humans were said to be capable of exerting superhuman strength when faced with crisis. And since their bodies were in a much better condition than usual, the students were able to run crazily while screaming and crying.

“Kyaaaack!”

When a girl fell down and shrieked in terror, a boy who ran ahead of her quickly came back, supported her back up, then ran forward once again. He yelled, “Run!!! I will support you, so run!!!”

“Sob… Sob, sob…”

The children, still running and crying, finally thought of fighting back against the Balrog.

Of course, common sense dictated that a mage had to be completely still and focused to be able to cast their magic. Even if one scoured through the entire continent, they would only be able to find a select few mages who were capable of casting magic while moving about.

However, Josiah...