“Aah, they had two people do it!” Akira exclaimed.
“Whoa, hold up. If a double-symbologist strat for drama cannoning the Hadean Rose to death actually becomes popular, the symbologist population is gonna go through the roof! Yeah, keep it up!”
It was good for this class to see the light of day, as I was the only person who played it. Now that the Elemental Circle had been exposed as god-tier magic, the min-maxed drama cannon and its insane instant damage were going to grab the attention of the world!
Without Elemental Circle, 10,000 damage was the drama cannon’s limit. After that, it would take three or four people to kill the Hadean Rose instantly; if they were all symbologists, defeating the monster would be extremely difficult. Elemental Circle had made it so Emily and Lucas could invest in the drama cannon and take the monster down together. Truly, my experimentation had come to fruition!
Akira laughed. “Hahaha. That’s definitely the reaction I’d expect from you. I guess it’s fine as long as you’re happy, right?”
“Yep! You’ve got that right!”
In the video, Emily and Lucas arrived at B80F and the battle began. They dove in as a pair, and their ultimates tore through the Hadean Rose! With that, the giant flower fell. It looked like they had taken it down with ease, but the journey leading up to this moment must have been extremely precious. What we saw on-screen was the culmination of their efforts.
That’s fine with me, though. As long as people think they can imitate this, it could become the next big thing!
After that glowing success, Emily turned back to the camera. “All right! As you can see, we’ve won! By the way, this symbologist build was almost entirely devised by Ren Takashiro, a student from class 1-E at the main campus. Thanks a lot, Ren!”
“No problem!” I replied.
“Oh, phew! I’m really glad you said that. Honestly, I wanted to let you know ahead of time, but I just couldn’t get the call through yesterday.”
“Hm? Oh, sorry. I was a little busy.”
At that moment, it dawned on me that she’d spoken back to me. When I looked up from the screen, I saw the real Emily right in front of me!
“Whoa, when’d you get here?!”
“Just now! I had to at least say something after I carbon-copied your strat.”
“Aah, it’s all good. This might be symbologist’s chance to go big-time.”
“Two symbologists, though! You guys really took the plunge,” Akira cut in.
“We were able to use Wings of Reincarnation! Lucas and the others were against it, but when I saw Ren, I knew we could do it! It’s more fun to watch unpopular classes win, anyway.”
Exactly! Emily has good taste.
“Okay. Since you filched our strat, I want you to give us some info,” Yano said. “Do you get the Rainbow Guard once you pass the stupid homework wall?”
“Huh? You guys won too? I knew you’d be quick!”
I gave a nod. “Yep. It was only just yesterday, though.”
“So we did it at the same time. Neat!”
“As I was saying, we’re stuck at the homework wall. What comes after?” Yano pressed.
“Um, about that. Y’see...”
“What?”
“I dunno either!”
“Huh?! Why the heck not?”
“We’re stuck doing homework too!”
“No waaay!”
“That’s why I gotta go, like, right now! They’re pretty sneaky, using real-life homework as a clear condition in-game!”
“Then why’d you upload the video? What happens if someone finishes their homework and overtakes you?!”
“Meh, it doesn’t really matter to me. Our sponsor told us to make the video, anyway. So hey, good luck with your homework! Later!”
With a wave, Emily hurried off to do her own work.
“Yeah! You too, Emily!” I called after her.
After seeing her off, it was clear what we had to do.
“So it all comes down to this, eh?” I muttered. “All riiight! Hurry, hurry, hurry!”
Yano let out a groan. “Shut up, gosh! I can’t concentrate!”
“So we’re back to where we started,” Maeda said.
Suddenly, Akira seemed struck with inspiration. “Oh yeah! How about we meet up tomorrow and tackle this from another angle? I’m sure we won’t finish by the end of the day, anyway.”
“Huh, you mean like doing it in the guild house? Or the school library, or what?” Yano asked.
“Nope. I was thinking maybe... my real house?”
“Ooh!” I shouted. “Yeah, you said something about having a nice feast for us, right?”
“Yeah, yeah! I know I said I’d do it when we were done with the event, but we did beat the Hadean Rose, so I think now’s a good time!”
“Are you inviting us over, Akki?! I bet your house is humongous! I can’t wait! But wasn’t it kinda far away?”
“Should be in Yokohama, right? Might take us a while to get there.”
I lived in Tokyo, while Maeda and Yano lived in Chiba. It wasn’t that we couldn’t go to Yokohama, but...
“Considering the commute... I dunno, Akira. We kinda need to hurry.”
“It’s okay,” she assured me. “I’ll bring a big limo to pick you all up, so we can do our homework in the car!”
“A big limo?!”
Whoa, what?! Nobody’s ever offered me that before!
I had also never heard of someone doing such a thing just to hang out with friends. This made me realize that Akira truly was a real-deal rich girl.
“Yep. We’ll stop by each one of your houses!”
“Whoa, this is already too big for me. We’re not even there yet, and she’s throwin’ out words like ‘limo’!”
“But, erm, are you sure you should do that much for us?” Maeda asked meekly.
“It’s fine! My grandpa said it’s okay to have friends over, and we need to finish up soon, right? We can just do it on the way!”
“Well, if you mean it, then it sounds great to me!” I said.
“Woooo! Get hype!”
“Yes, we’d be glad to take you up on that.”
“Yay! Oh, and she’s not here today, but Nozomi’s probably gonna come too.”
“Nice. Sounds great!”
Thus, it was decided that tomorrow’s homework would be done not in the cottage, but at Akira’s house!