On The Other Side: I Quit Being Human

The Array I am using to Seal the room—to completely isolate it from the rest of the world—is the very Array that is supposed to be used to Seal the entire Dukedom.

It is a high quality one, so the ruckus happening inside the room will stay inside the room until I decided to deactivate it. In other words, no one, even those standing right in front of the door outside, can detect or intervene in the commotion.

I set up the Array when Winerva and I checked in to the hotel. I suddenly felt the need to prepare for when things gone awry at that time, so I sneaked into the ballroom and spread the Array Scroll on the wall of the room.

Much to my surprise, the Array immediately merged with the wall as soon as I opened it. I couldn’t also sense it even though it was right in front of me, but I still could locate it because I was the one who set it there.

Since it was my first time using an Array Scroll, I had to contact Velucan through my Rank Necklace so I could ask him for guidance.

Following his guide, I take back the Array Scroll, prick my finger, and put a tiny drop of my blood on the small bar of steel on the right side of the scroll. The Runes inscribed on the scroll immediately lit up, and I felt connected to it.

At that point, I could already tell how the Array Scroll works: after I channel my Mana into it, other than me, no one will be able to deactivate it. In other words, I have to be killed for the Array to be deactivated.

Thanks to that fact, everyone in the room is now very eager to kill me. I am sure they haven’t located where the Array is, but they know that killing me will solve the problem faster.

Clank!

“Well, passionate, aren’t we?” I say as I am blocking a Swordmaster’s sword. I can’t help but be amused at the amount of hatred I can see in his eyes. “Got a family or two killed by us?” I sneer.

“This fucker!”

Swish!

The Swordmaster swings his sword wildly, probably out of spite. He leaves a quite big gap in his defense because of that, and I don’t waste that chance to strike.

Swinging my Yellow Rank Sword Relic, which I bought a few hours ago when I was still exploring the Dukedom with Winerva, I bisect his body cleanly.

“This idiot… He doesn’t coat his body with a Magic Barrier,” I mutter in disbelief at the display of stupidity.

Turning my attention away from the dead idiot, I take a step back to the left to dodge the fireball Yule is sending at me. Zoela and Winerva immediately come from my sides as soon as it hits the wall.

The diversion is quite basic and plain in my opinion, but I still have to give them credit since it works—I got distracted. That doesn’t mean that the two can land a hit on me though.

Clank!

I spin my body and hit the two swords coming from my sides, pushing the wielders back a few steps. Sparks fly off our swords when they clash against each other.𝗈𝓋𝗅xt.𝗇𝓔t

Using my Footwork Technique, I dash to Zoela’s side in a second. She hasn’t regained her balance yet, so thrusting my sword into her stomach is pretty easy.

Squelch!

“Keugh!”

“Zoela!”

“No! What have you done, you bastard?!”

Uncaring to the enraged crowd, I make a violent sweep, taking my sword out from the side of her stomach. Her blood is spilled to the floor as she falls on her knees and writhes painfully.

Whoosh!

Just before I cut Zoela’s head, a sword comes flying at me. Judging from the velocity alone, I can tell it was thrown with raw strength.

Turning my head to the direction where the sword come from, I see Niles, who has been observing the fight for the past five minutes, looking at me coldly.

His fingers are twitching, so I am sure he will join the fight soon. Because of this, a small smirk slowly creeps up my face.

“Do you think you have the leisure to turn your eyes away from your opponent?!”

Clank!

Winerva is trying to land a hit on me, but fails miserably. “Next time, you should be quiet about it, and try to not exude such a violent pressure. I have seen your attack coming even before you lift your sword.”

Sneering as I look at her, I put on my mask that my Mentor gave me as a graduation gift on. Things are about to get serious, so I can’t handicap myself anymore.

As soon as I put it on, my world changes; I can finally see the things I haven’t been seeing for the past six hours again. I didn’t know how much I missed looking at the world’s Mana Flow until I put it on.

“You… You really are Kleinhaus,” Winerva mutters in disbelief.

“So, you found out my identity out of a coincidence?” I quirk my eyebrow in amusement.

I had tried my best to suppress my Mana pressure and my pheromone just to hide the fact that I am a Demon. I couldn’t control my pheromone well unfortunately, so at one point, I am sure Winerva smelled it when she hugged me.

I had noticed her suspicious gaze when we hung out together from time to time, but she did a good job to hide the fact that she had already known my identity.

I was caught off guard because of that, but at the same time, I wasn’t really surprised. I had half expected her to figure out my identity from smelling my pheromone.

“Well, it doesn’t matter.” I shrug before swinging my hand at her.

As Winerva widens her eyes, I hit her neck with my left hand. My right hand, which is the one holding a sword, is reluctant to move for some reason.

Her eyes get droopy, showing that she is quickly losing consciousness. I kick her right in her stomach, throwing her to the other side of the room, away from the area of conflict.

I look down, but instead of seeing Zoela, I find her blood puddle. Turning my head to Yule, I can see a Lasso of Judgement in her hand, and Zoela in her arms; undoubtedly, she has used the lasso to pull Zoela.

“Well, to be fair, I also have it.” Storing my sword, I take out the Lasso of Judgement that I took from the Middle Aged Priest that I killed. “Luxia, can you help me use—oh, thanks. I think your Divinity works better than their Holy Energy.”

After Luxia’s Divinity is infused into the lasso, under the people’s bewildered gaze, I lash it once to the side.

Crack!

Much to my surprise, I shatter a floor tile with that casual lash. A grin slowly decorates my face as I look around to look for an experiment subject.

Much to my dismay, I can’t find anymore alive Magic Practitioner other than Niles, Xenon, and her party. I would like to experiment on those merchants, but all of them are hiding behind Niles in fright.

“Well, I guess, I need to experiment on you guys,” I remark loudly.

As Niles’ face contorts, I kick the ground with a burst of Mana. No longer suppressing my Mana, I can wash them with my killing intent to spot the most fearful one.

I am surprised to find that among them, Xenon is the most fearful. I expected Yule to be that person since she is the most delicate one, so I can’t help scoffing in amusement at the revelation.

Lashing my lasso at Xenon, it elongates, and wraps around her neck in an instant. I can see Yule’s eyes widen, but she can’t do anything to stop it.

“Pull!”

“Kahak! This bastard!”

I am honestly surprised that Xenon still can speak even though she is practically strangled by my lasso. She still can’t do anything about it though, so when her head hits the wall, she immediately loses her consciousness as it bleeds profusely.

“Surprising, isn’t it? These Adventurers are very prone to losing consciousness!” I exclaim mockingly.

“This accursed creature! I will make you regret what you have done!” Yule shouts passionately before dashing at me.

Quirking an eyebrow in curiosity, I wonder why she chose to dash at me even though she has her Lasso of Judgement. I doubt she doesn’t know how to use it, so she must be planning something.

Scoffing lightly, I lash my lasso at Zoela, who is left unguarded, to bring her to me. Unfortunately, just a second before it wraps around her neck, Niles suddenly appears beside her and catches it.

Much to my annoyance, his hold on my lasso is strong enough to make incapable of retracting it. At this point, I realized Yule has already stopped in her tracks and wrapped her lasso around my feet.

I can’t move move my feet, nor can I channel my Mana into them thanks to that. Strongly pulling me toward her, she is ready to greet me with a dagger.

Smirking at what she is trying to do, I point my palm to the ground, conjure wind, use it to push my body upwards, and do a simple twist and spin maneuver.

Thanks to that, instead of flying straight to the dagger, I managed to wrap my lasso that is still held by Niles around her neck, and bring her down with me.