Chapter 52 – 17. Torture, Rape, Murder (5)
“Keeeee!!!”
A huge monster that appeared out of nowhere and started destroying the academy, and the dark shadow of the guy blocking the moonlight.
The black shade that ran amok with the monster broke free from the ground and attacked its owner. As a result, the monster stopped advancing and started fighting the shadows in place.
Thump thump thump
Every time he falls, the ground shakes.
“······Really awful.”
A woman standing in front of a monster and blocking its path. One of the five transcendental beings that the Empire is proud of, Leia, the Shadow Mirror.
She quietly watches the ruined buildings behind the monster and the sight of it and its shadow biting each other.
That monster, which had five heads similar to those of a wyvern and mercilessly destroyed surrounding buildings with its sharp fangs and claws, appeared too suddenly.
As soon as Leia heard the waves of mana coming together as if something was going to explode, and the ensuing roar, she ran out of her living quarters.
Coincidentally, she was living at the academy, she was awake at night as always, and because she was confident in her speed, she was able to reach him before anyone else.
Hills collapsed and many buildings collapsed. Streetlights and street trees were downed, and craters were hollowed out in the roads.
‘Thank god······.’
However, Leah was relieved even after witnessing this horror.
The monster started in a remote area and gradually moved towards the center. The route is opposite to the residential area where dormitories are concentrated. Most of the destroyed buildings are convenience facilities, so they are all closed at night, so at dawn when everyone is sleeping, you can’t feel the presence of people around you at all.
If you’re very lucky, you might be able to finish this without any casualties.
“Kieek!!”
With a harsh cry, the scruff of the shadow’s neck was bitten off and scattered while flying in the air, and the sharp claws clawed at the center of the shadow, leaving a long scar. In the end, the pitch-black darkness lost its vitality and returned to its original place, the shadow.
The shadow of the monster could not stop the monster.
But Leah wasn’t disappointed. She didn’t even expect that she would end up here in the first place.
This time the shadows of the surrounding buildings rushed towards him in the form of long ropes. They jammed its five snarling muzzles, strangled its neck, and seized the monster by its limbs and tail.
Thud······.
The floor vibrated slightly as the heavy body collapsed. The monster struggles with all its might, but her strings don’t come undone so easily. This will buy her a decent amount of time.
From the beginning, Leah’s role was to pass the time. If no one is nearby, hold on until reinforcements arrive while drawing attention to the monster to increase its range or prevent it from escaping.
It would be nice if I could handle it alone, but I don’t think it will be easy.
In the first place, this kind of head-to-head battle is not her specialty. Leah’s specialties are stealth, ambush and assassination. For ten years, she was the shadow of the emperor and the queen of darkness.
In addition, it is doubtful whether Leah can end the life of that monster that seems to have been summoned from hell. Although she is still young, her future life is short and she is now facing her retirement.
On the other hand, by now, Frenzy, which boasts the strongest killing power in the Empire, would be running towards this place madly as its name suggests. Therefore, she just had to wait for him to arrive here without overdoing herself.
Frenzy Mirror Karion
Iron wall mirror buta
Superb Sky View Penzatark
Ecstasy Lucidia
Shadow Mirror Leah
Currently, Jeolcheongyeong and Ecstasy are outside the ecliptic, and Ironwall is not coming out of the imperial palace to protect the emperor, but this would be enough for the frenzy. In case of emergency, Her Highness the 1st Princess and the Court Magician will lend a helping hand—
“—-Ah!!”
Suddenly, the feeling of being caught in the shadows disappeared. The creature’s body instantly became translucent, the rope futilely trying to catch the air and the monster freed itself from its restraints.
Weiying!
Mana begins to gather in the air. Magic of unusual density and purity is condensed in the shape of a sphere inside its snout. Five of them too.
The five light sources emitting blue light with a roar are brighter than the blue moon hanging in the sky.
The blue suns that light up the night sky loftily visit the academy.
Leah’s face hardened.
‘Oh, that’s ridiculous!’
The previous monster temporarily converted his body into magic and escaped from his restraints, and now he wants to use the mana in his body to fire a magic sphere.
A monster with such a gigantic size and tremendous physical power could not have been a mana creature! I have never heard of such a creature!
Leah gathered the shimmering shadows together to form three spheres. At the same time, she jumped on him and stomped on her scales, charging at one of her heads with all her might.
As soon as the mana condensation that shook the atmosphere stopped, the monster began firing one magic ball at a time.
Coo! Kurreung-! Kurung!
The guy’s blue and Leah’s jet black collided one by one and both disappeared. The fourth hit, right before she opened fire, kicked him hard in the chin, and it flew far away, cutting through the clouds in the night sky.
But she couldn’t stop her final attack.
Clattering······.
A building where the blue managu landed made a tremendous noise and evaporated without leaving any traces. That building… Was clearly the student hall.
‘Thank god······.’
It’s early morning, so there’s no doubt there’s no one there. If it was the dormitory that collapsed, it would have been a catastrophe.
Leia turned her head to look at the monster, which had significantly shrunk in size. Since she is a mana creature, whenever she consumes her mana, it is like losing a part of her body.
She thought.
‘From the circumstances, it’s certain that it’s a monster that broke through the barrier.’
The imperial palace has not stopped its efforts to find intruders in the barrier. She released soldiers and wizards, and while she detected out-of-standard mana throughout the ecliptic, she conducted repeated investigations to determine the identity and purpose of the intruder.
Among the hypotheses raised as the cause of the invasion, the one that was reviewed as the most influential was that the intruder was the result of a failed spell or black magic.
Black magic, which is performed without a complete understanding of the principle of operation and cause and effect, is magic that must always be handled with care.
The Investigation Committee presumes that it is an intentional runaway magic terrorism by an illegal black magic association.
The cultist who might have committed such a thing was fighting a war with the 1st princess’s 3rd Corps at the time, and there is little chance that a monster from an unexplored area of humanity could accidentally fly to the ecliptic without ever being caught.
As a result of the investigation, the only monster that could break the barrier at high altitude was the legendary ‘Dragon’. A dragon, that’s really absurd. Therefore, the intruder will not be a natural creature, but an unbalanced existence caused by witchcraft or black magic.
And when that monster’s physical power is combined with the enormous magical power, it is enough to pierce the ecliptic barrier.
“Kiaaaaagh!!!”
Wheein
The guy preparing the magic ball again. But the momentum has definitely weakened from before. She swung her shadow like a whip, unleashing the blue orbs one by one. Scattered mana does not return to the creature, but spreads in all directions. The size of the monster gradually decreases and its strength decreases.
‘Now I can do it alone.’
Is it because he is a monster and his intelligence is low? In the beginning, I struggled with just blocking his steps… Thanks to the guy who kept eating away at my flesh with meaningless magic ball attacks from earlier, I became able to do it.
Won
Leia attacked the monster’s body, which became transparent as it gradually got smaller, from a distance. The guy was busy trying to stop the black rain from pouring down on his body, but that only hastened his disappearance.
“Keeing…”
In the end, the monster became completely invisible, and scattered in the form of mana without losing its body.
Leah looked at something in the empty seat where the guy had disappeared.
White bones.
The long radius and ulna that make up the human arm.
And at the end of it are small bone fragments huddled together like an outstretched hand.
‘What are those? Are they the sacrifices used to summon that monster?!’
ㅡWithout notice,
A man suddenly appeared right next to the bones.
He or she silently puts the white pieces into her pocket.
Perhaps because of the magic of that being wearing a thick robe, I couldn’t figure out the face or shape.
Beating – beating
Obviously, the sixth sense is wary of the presence of the enemy, but nothing is felt.
Mana, Attributes, Emotions, Momentum, etc., Really nothing.
I just intuit that the author is a being many times more powerful than the monster that has just been annihilated.
‘Dangerous···!’
Naturally, the senses of the transcendent are neutralized and nothing is felt, but Leah, who has received more intense warnings and intimidation than ever before,
He couldn’t even move from his seat until the being had finished collecting the bones and disappeared in an instant.
* * *
“I brought everything.”
“Thanks for your work···.”
The improvised plan was still not perfect. I didn’t know that the reaction to the clone’s attack would be so quick.
While hiding my strongest blade, Iris, I sent an alter ego to make it easier to subjugate later by properly setting the power of the barrier intruder…
The alter ego was destroyed by Leah, who was passing by, and Iris had no choice but to step out herself to retrieve her left arm.
Although the goal of erasing my traces was achieved and Iris’ existence was not fully exposed, the Empire now realized that something more powerful than Rhea existed somewhere in the ecliptic.
If I had known this would happen, I would have just blown up the student center and Jamie’s house with ignorance. To remain an unsolved case forever. I tried to give probability to their deaths for no reason, but I met a pitiful ending.
It’s all because of Jamie.
It was a very long night.
Today, for the first time, I tortured a person, raped a woman, and took her life with murderous intent. Also, I almost couldn’t erase the evidence that I existed, and the end of the plan was slightly distorted.
Tired. I want to sleep for about 10 hours without thinking about anything.
ㅡeeeeeng…!
I returned to my room only to hear the sirens blare loudly and the commotion in the dormitory growing louder. I frowned, foreboding that I would not be able to sleep any more today.
“Have you been…?”
When I opened the front door, Ireina, who looked as tired as I was, came out to meet me. She seems to have been unable to fall asleep waiting for me even after returning to her room from the clock tower.
“I don’t know what happened…”
She takes a step closer to me
“Thanks for your efforts······.”
“······.”
A maid hugging me tightly with her face buried in my chest.
I looked down at her red hair and the crown of her head, and held her in her arms, a little cocky as she is today.
* * *
The monster attack was announced as an act of terror by the Anti-Imperial Warlock Order.
The only two missing are Jamie Cursreal and Sophie Magna. Since not even a body was found, the horse was presumed missing and, in fact, dead.
The academy is said to be closed for a week. This is because a week is enough to restore collapsed buildings with magic. The upcoming midterm exams were also pushed back. As a result, some immature people are welcoming this situation in their hearts.
I expected that this would lead to growing concerns about the security of the imperial capital and the academy, and many people leaving this place would appear, but the opposite was true. Rather, it is highly praised for blocking monsters of that level with little damage. In addition, this incident became widely known to the world that Leia, the transcendental being, resides at the academy.
To commemorate the unjust deaths of Jamie and Sophie, an incense burner was installed in the main square of the academy.
Many people came to the incense burner, feeling sorry for the fact that they were actually engaged and living separately in a remote mansion.
And it was the same for me.
On a wide table in front of the clock tower, photos of the dead are hung among countless white flowers. Portraits of each other, photos of each other kissing each other at an engagement ceremony, family photos, and so on.
“Oooh…”
Tears well in Wisdom’s eyes. I wiped her eyes with the handkerchief I had prepared in advance.
“Cheer up···.”
“Sigh, uhm… Thank you…”
Jihye and her hands were intertwined, and she stood at the end of a long line.
Comforting the souls of those I killed gives me a mysterious feeling. They can’t welcome me, but what can I do? The dead have no words.
‘You are wrong. I just got my revenge rightly.’
In the next life, don’t carelessly look at other people’s women.
The line shortened faster than expected. It seems that it is because it is over if you talk with the bereaved family for a while, pay a moment of silence, and offer flowers. Because their family lives in the county near the ecliptic, it is said that they were able to come here less than a day after hearing the news.
“Thank you so much for finding this for my son. I am Jamie’s father, Jonathan Cursreal.”
“I’m Jamie’s brother’s sister, Emily Cursreal…”
I smiled wryly at the two women in black mourning clothes.
“My name is Jung Ji-hoo, a freshman at the academy.”
The next target of revenge, the head of the Cursreal family, met my eyes.
