Chapter 31

Chapter 31: Chapter 31

"Die."

Pop!

A boy with doll-like, pretty features.

Whenever he said the word "die," the villains’ bodies would explode like fireworks without fail.

Fragments of flesh and fountains of blood were like a fireworks display from hell.

Attacks did not work, and they could not touch the hostages. There was no way to escape.

The villains lost their will to fight or were plunged into confusion, not knowing what to do.

Cornered, the only option left was to attack. But... it was useless.

"You die too. You too... die. Nice clothes, but you’re a villain. Die."

Pop! Pop! Pop!

He killed the villains by blowing them up without a single change in expression. He was clearly a Guild Master of a top-ranked Guild.

Moreover, he was a very rare psychic who wielded telekinesis.

Telekinesis is a power that is difficult to deal with because it cannot be recognized or reacted to until the body feels it.

One of the villains, for reasons unknown, screamed a name and lunged at the boy.

He managed to adjust his greatsword and approach him, but... that was it.

Pop!

The villain was crushed to death, instantly becoming a gruesome blood clot under a giant wall containing his telekinetic power that fell from the ceiling.

He diligently moved his hands to eliminate the remaining villains.

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"This place is impossible. We’re doomed... WAHH!"

"The occupied territory has been breached. The Guild Masters are already... esca... ping... Urghh...!"

"ARRRGH! I... I don’t wanna dieeeeeee!"

Bad news was coming from all directions.

The mastermind behind this incident, who had come to target the personal safe installed in the Headmaster’s office, gnashed his teeth.

Now, all that was left for him was the bombs he had planted throughout the Academy.

And one item to escape safely.

If he returned empty-handed, he would have to prepare for a future more terrible than death.

Even if he lost all the villains he had brought, he had to get that item.

Because it was so important, there was a very high probability that it was in the secret safe in the Headmaster’s office.

"The safe... where is the personal safe... the safe with it...!"

After all, the villains were disposable pawns to be used and discarded.

He was willing to sacrifice anything to achieve his desired goal.

He ignored the terrible screams and sounds that continued to come and continued to search the Headmaster’s office.

He rummaged through things madly like a madman. In particular, he frantically searched through frames and bookshelves where a safe might be, but the safe did not appear.

"Is this perhaps what you’re looking for? My direct disciple?"

The Headmaster’s voice, which should not have been heard.

He twisted his body and looked back.

The Headmaster’s figure. And he was holding the item he was looking for.

A sphere emitting a light as bright as the sun. The A+ grade item, the Element of Hope.

"ha... hahaha! There was no report that you had escaped... I don’t know how you deceived the villains and escaped, but... hand it over...!"

A dark red Mana flowed from the villain’s body.

Confirming the Mana that contained only vicious energy, the Headmaster erased his wistful expression.

"What on earth have you done? Did an illegal... no, an inhumane experiment succeed!"

The Headmaster had a face distorted with anger and rebuked him like a strict teacher.

Regardless, the villain, who was once... no less than the Headmaster’s direct disciple, swung his right arm.

The Headmaster moved his legs and did not dodge.

He simply created a barrier by creating light-attribute Mana to block the attack.

Swooosh!

The dark red fingernails tore through the Headmaster and the space behind him.

Bookshelves, wallpaper, and decorations were cut diagonally, collapsing with a loud noise.

"Hand it over! Right now... before I kill you all! Right now!"

Swooosh! Swoosh!

A chilling sound that even tore through the air continued, and the Headmaster’s office was quickly turning into ruins.

But the Headmaster only defended against the attacks. He did not counterattack.

The expression that had been full of anger had already changed to one containing pity.

The more attacks he received, the more wounds of the heart were inflicted on his chest.

"I know what made you change... I know. I didn’t pay enough attention to you. Freedom in the name of neglect... that’s why you’ve changed like this. I taught you too much. Even forbidden knowledge..."

At first, he had a stern expression as if he was going to kill him immediately, but now he looked at him, who was steeped in madness, with a wistful expression.

"It’s not too late yet... that’s right. It’s not too late yet. Confess now and retrieve the bombs. The Guild Masters have already spread throughout the area and reclaimed the areas occupied by the villains. Now... only this place is left. You’re the only one left. Pay for your sins and..."

"Shut up! Shut your mouth and... hand over what I want. All I want is the Element of Hope. I will offer the Element of Hope as a sacrifice to that person... and I will also offer your flesh."

"That person? That person... now that I see it... you’ve become a fanatic."

The Headmaster recalled a fanatic using blood-colored Mana in his head.

A fanatic who worships the God of Chaos and an unknown group of madness.

If he had received the power of that place, the opportunity for rehabilitation was already gone.

Just in case, although it was unlikely... he was thinking of defending him if he confessed on his own, remembering the old days.

Crack!

Cracks appeared on the barrier made of light. And it started to spread.

Looking at the Headmaster’s office, which had been swept away by the disaster, he accepted the cruel fate of killing his direct disciple with his own hands.

The villain swung his hands as if struggling.

Confirming that countless cracks had spread over the barrier, he put the important item into his subspace inventory.

"Hand it over! Hand it over! That’s mine..."

When the target disappeared, the villain struggled even more and swung his arms.

It was a really simple action, but the damage he received was serious because the Mana was too powerful.

The Headmaster’s office, which could not be easily destroyed by any attack, was about to collapse.

Even if the Headmaster’s office was destroyed, it would not affect other places.

The Headmaster took a stance with the determination to end the bad relationship.

He pulled his right foot back as if holding a spear and raised his right arm high.

Bzzzt.

The Mana of light rose from his body like a haze, and soon drove out the barrier and blood-colored Mana and soared to the ceiling.

The barrier shattered into pieces by the Headmaster’s will.

The barrier disappeared, but the villain’s attack was blocked by the Mana of light.

He wanted to move his hands, but his arms would not move as if something was caught.

In the meantime, the Mana of light that came out of the Headmaster’s body spread out like steam and became the shape of a giant filling the Headmaster’s office.

On the other hand, the villain, whose movements were sealed in an awkward posture trying to swing his arms, howled and struggled like a beast.

"Kill me. Yeah... kill me! Let’s all fucking burn together!"

"Even if you have a lot of power, if you’re doing this, is it an order? Who told you to bring such an important item as the Element of Hope? Villains and fanatics. What is the relationship between these two?"

The giant’s figure took a stance to punch the villain.

The Headmaster asked one last time... really just in case.

But what came back was the final struggle.

The villain squeezed out all his strength to the point where blood vessels rose and wriggled all over his body.

He pushed back the Mana of light that was oppressing him with strength and will, and regained the freedom of his two arms.

Instead of attacking, he pressed the switch to detonate the bombs installed in the Academy.

"No!"

Only then did the Headmaster move his legs. But the villain was the first to press the switch.