下午兩點半。431Please respect copyright.PENANAkbz6AnjuD3
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離開魯珀特設下的死線只剩下三十分鐘,不安的氣氛不斷在學生之間蔓延。431Please respect copyright.PENANAmiodAySZSL
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從昨晚圍城開始,所有人的神經都一直繃緊,十多個小時下來,大家都開始露出疲態。儘管成功瓦解了夜襲的危機,但他們都很清楚,死守校園並非長久之計,而目前他們還沒有任何方法令領主和衛兵隊回應他們的訴求。431Please respect copyright.PENANAcGLjWMldgi
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「我不明白你們在怕什麼!」烏爾瑞克為首的強硬派站在創校人魯德斯的雕像下朗聲道:「競技學園很多學生都來自城中有頭有臉的家族,如果那些黑衛真的敢攻進來,王都方面一定會追究到底的!」431Please respect copyright.PENANA4SXnUjAA9I
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「你們忘了嗎?衛兵隊昨晚才發動過夜襲啊。」雪露嘆一口氣,提醒衆人:「現在魯珀特高調設下死線,只不過是向公眾擺出衛兵隊已經非常克制,給了學生充分時間投降的假象,用來操控輿論而已。」431Please respect copyright.PENANAQMSbMWXJjT
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「那麼你說怎麼辦?難道叫我們出去投降嗎?你忘記了多爾德和坎迪絲是怎樣死得不明不白,還有薇尼……」431Please respect copyright.PENANAeucDhWEz4E
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烏爾瑞克回頭往薇尼一瞥,卻見長髮披面的她瑟縮在雪露身後。原本想說的話也就這樣梗在喉頭。431Please respect copyright.PENANA2Qm1ke1akd
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投降也不行,戰鬥也不行。431Please respect copyright.PENANA76hHLPYQ6L
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在旁邊聽着學生討論的馬庫斯,這刻才明白梓承在阿爾塔湖那晚所說,需要尋找戰鬥和屈服之外第三條道路的原因。431Please respect copyright.PENANAkmlc3rU2g0
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「把活下去作爲第一考慮嗎……」431Please respect copyright.PENANA9dCgERyC0K
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「哼,真不愧是孤狼前輩啊!先是不請自來的說要領導我們,現在情況稍微惡化一點,便馬上盤算自己要怎樣活下去,果然見面不如聞名啊!」431Please respect copyright.PENANAOh454JAxno
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換作平日,烏爾瑞克的冷嘲熱諷早就換來鐵拳制裁,可是現在的馬庫斯卻只是淡淡的向着這位後輩道:「我說的『活下去』,是讓受傷或者不能戰鬥的後輩離開這裡。」431Please respect copyright.PENANA5i0kJWWn6w
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烏爾瑞克一怔。431Please respect copyright.PENANAeSxXSifjcv
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競技學園從預備班到三年級合共四年學制,學生年齡最小的只有十三歲。如何讓低年級學生安全離開,確實是迫在眉睫的問題。431Please respect copyright.PENANAo1LnIK9Jv4
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他一腳踩在石階,彎身把臉湊近坐在石階上的馬庫斯道:「看來孤狼前輩還沒睡醒。現在衛兵隊把學園團團包圍,你打算用什麼方法讓受傷和不能戰鬥的同學先行離開?」431Please respect copyright.PENANA9iH3Ac5Q9U
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確實正如烏爾瑞克所說,如果有辦法離開的話,根本沒有人會願意呆在這裡讓衛兵隊包圍。431Please respect copyright.PENANAKBgUaIEHrL
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雪露暗嘆一聲,431Please respect copyright.PENANA0PJlmVS8iW
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不。431Please respect copyright.PENANAtzCPSXPbSQ
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即使成功撤退了又如何?431Please respect copyright.PENANAYGq6diD1bp
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多爾德和坎迪絲已經遇害,就算大夥能從學園全身而退,未來日子還有多少同學會被領主合法地進行逼害?431Please respect copyright.PENANAJoZnRqE5V2
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往後,要在這個媒體、衛兵和法律都被領主抓住的城市裡生活,就意味着要默默承受領主所做的一切,甚至爲了活命而不得不爲不認同的事情鼓掌。431Please respect copyright.PENANAS3aAuAt6w5
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連人性都拋棄,卑微地苟延殘存,還能稱之爲「活着」嗎?431Please respect copyright.PENANANGk7j3B3I6
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所以假若選擇「離開」的話,那就要考慮「離開赫澤爾頓」、「離開愛莎尼奇王國」而不只是「離開魯德斯競技學園」而已!431Please respect copyright.PENANAUt0BwXByUM
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想到這裡,雪露不禁冒出冷汗。從勇者豎立高牆阻擋魔獸和外族攻擊之後,所有人都習慣了依賴競技場爲核心的城內生活。即使擁有白銀鬥級的好手,亦只會在愛莎尼奇王國的各個城市往返。在「國外」尋找安身立命的地方,這簡直是聞所未聞的事情!431Please respect copyright.PENANAAm6cotKyit
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顯然馬庫斯和烏爾瑞克並沒有雪露想得那麼深入,只見兩人僵持一會,馬庫斯突然露出一個忍俊不禁的樣子,朗聲喊道:「依多爾老頭啊,你是不是把學生管得太嚴了啊。怎麼我的後輩一個二個都變成了乖寶寶?」431Please respect copyright.PENANAXP86jhzl6c
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「不是我管得嚴。而是你這小子太過頑劣,老是三更半夜偷溜到學校外面去。」431Please respect copyright.PENANAh2PQP6VUP8
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眾人回頭一望,只見依多爾和梅莉亞雙雙來到。431Please respect copyright.PENANAEDwAeuXUSY
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「慢著,老師的意思是,學校有秘道通往校外?」雪露錯愕的問道。431Please respect copyright.PENANAmiql2SV4fS
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「不是通往校外,是通往城外。」梅莉亞高舉木杖往包圍着校園的高牆一指,續道:「難道你們沒想過,為什麼競技學園需要建造那麼高的圍牆,而且校內還有耕地和地下水供應?」431Please respect copyright.PENANAOlj7GDBdgM
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眾學生被這麼突然一問,全部面面相覷啞口無言。431Please respect copyright.PENANAjJxpJKa4Bg
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「魯德斯大人創校的本意不是讓你們跑去參加競技場的比賽,而是爲了培育你們成為保護王國最南端前線的精英。這個校園,是為了萬一赫澤爾頓被魔獸或獸人族攻陷,可以作為居民最後的堡壘而興建的。」431Please respect copyright.PENANASCKXopBuGa
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「可是這幾十年來,獸人族從未離開過南面的蠻荒地帶。就算偶然有魔獸來襲,城牆和衛兵隊亦已經足夠應付。所以科赫校長也覺得將百多年前的建校初衷常常掛在嘴邊也沒什麼意思,乾脆把這段歷史記錄在魯德斯大人的雕像下面,讓有興趣的學生自行發掘這一段過去。」431Please respect copyright.PENANAqXbgdDHyBb
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梅莉亞這麼一說,烏爾瑞克和雪露才察覺到魯德斯雕像下果然刻着一段敘述這段往事的文字。431Please respect copyright.PENANAR0CWliNrb7
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「可是偏偏有個好奇心旺盛的小鬼在挖掘這段歷史的時候發現通往城外的秘道,還經常用來偷溜到校外參加什麼地下拳賽。」依多爾向馬庫斯瞪了一眼,「結果東窗事發之後,科赫校長在秘道入口加設了堅固的鐵閘。若果沒有校長的鑰匙,誰也無法使用這條秘道了。」431Please respect copyright.PENANAVmJY1m9lc2
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馬庫斯翻一下白眼,一副「現在怪我囉」的模樣。431Please respect copyright.PENANAwaJi3pjlyv
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「也就是說,只要找到校長的鑰匙,就能從秘道離開學校?」431Please respect copyright.PENANA31MsZ2cv9l
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「可是校長昨天外出之後,到現在都一直沒有回來。」431Please respect copyright.PENANA1mUUCCux0j
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「最起碼我們試試把閘門破壞掉吧,憑我們這麼多人,總有辦法吧?」431Please respect copyright.PENANANs52VQlL7Z
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學生之間的氣氛再次被點燃起來。431Please respect copyright.PENANAdcmHyeWFow
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「笨蛋,就是這樣我才會說你們只是一班小鬼。」馬庫斯站了起來,笑道:「你們認爲校長會把一條不常用的鑰匙一直放在身邊嗎?」431Please respect copyright.PENANAu5g6ELK9Sn
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依多爾一掌拍在馬庫斯背上,咧嘴笑道:「臭小鬼長大了,現在學會取笑其他小鬼啦。」431Please respect copyright.PENANA1T5DjOpmnL
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咚——!431Please respect copyright.PENANASmwUFNNdy4
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梅莉亞以木杖敲在地上,清脆聲響喚醒了所有人,「校長辦公室的大門已經打開。要找鑰匙的話,就趕快行動囉!」431Please respect copyright.PENANAbYb8hrhnMp
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這一次,所有人才真正的一起發出歡呼。431Please respect copyright.PENANAZjOVc8nuCd
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「雪露,你和孤狼前輩去找鑰匙吧。」烏爾瑞克雙拳互擊一下,「現在離開死線只剩三十分鐘,萬一你們半小時內找不到鑰匙,我就在三點鐘開始陸續釋放俘虜,給你們爭取時間。」431Please respect copyright.PENANAkseIlhE5TF
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說罷,烏爾瑞克便轉身帶著勇武派的同學離開了。431Please respect copyright.PENANAUoeITzPI74
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「這小子嘴巴很硬,但還是蠻有義氣的。」馬庫斯露出一個欣賞的神情笑道。431Please respect copyright.PENANAyJ1vEO3Etw