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Elm Northmund prevented the demons’ invasion of this world, blockaded Africa, where the demons’ headquarters existed, and finally advanced into that land.

In original history, it would have been somewhere between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania.

The troops he led were all humanity’s best troops raised to deal with the devil, so if his rumors were true, humanity’s victory seemed certain. To everyone.

So, if demons also have a strategy. They had to stop him before he reached the depths and lost their master.

It would be difficult to call it cowardice to attack the enemy, especially when the enemy is gradually getting tired, as is the case now.

“Damn.”

However, from the perspective of being attacked, it was natural that it was not welcome at all.

“Ugh!”

“What the fuck is this!”

Gunshots rang out, and the sounds of people’s excited screams permeated into the darkness.

As if the gunfire aimed at me had been the catalyst, chaos spread like fog in the pitch-black darkness.

Bang, tata tatang!

“Aaagh!”

Jet-black monsters that I didn’t know where they came from rose from the floor and waved their tentacles, and the organization’s employees, who seemed to be out of their minds, fired guns in all directions.

“Emily! Come this way! If you stay there you will die! Hey quick! Ahhh damn it!”

“Charles! Ahhh!”

Without even waiting, I leaped forward and struck the monsters looking at them with my fist.

─Quite a lot!

Although it was not a punch aimed at the monster’s core, the wind pressure of the punch filled with sincerity opened a hole in the monster’s body, shattering its core, and killing it all at once.

Without wasting any time, I urgently asked them.

“It’s not sleep time yet. It’s not like they were attacked, so why are they making such a fuss? Be prepared and respond!”

“Professor, but elementary… The gun… .”

“Ma… That’s right, civilians are shooting! My friend just got shot… Victor!”

“… .”

I forgot what to say for a moment.

Of course, it is true that even though those with this ability are strong against monsters, they have disadvantages against modern firearms.

But haven’t you received enough training to deal with them at the academy? Didn’t we learn enough about how to deal with people who use mind control?

Looking at the current chaos on the battlefield, it seems that monsters and employees of an organization under mental control are creating the chaos.

The people with special abilities who ran out tried to respond to the monsters coming out from all directions, but they seemed to be instinctively afraid of opponents they had never faced properly before, especially the sound of gunfire.

Even if they seemed to be responding well, if someone was shot and fell, they would become confused, confused, and each person would be destroyed.

“What is this? Hey you idiots! What are you doing! It’s not something you can’t avoid!”

Jimmy jumped out of the commander’s barracks where he was just moments ago and shouted, throwing a huge fireball from his hand.

“Those with enhanced abilities go forward! The only guns the enemies have are simple pistols! You can’t penetrate the reinforced body, so stay calm!”

Gideon also grabs his great sword and jumps off the floor. The pure white silver light flowing from his sword left a white path of light on his sword path.

Mental control is not omnipotent. Even looking at the current situation in which he was targeting me, his slow movements were almost like those of a zombie, and his strangely twisted gait.

Since they could not fire immediately like a skilled special soldier, the physical ability of those with this ability was sufficient to see and avoid them.

“Confusion is the problem. They are not able to maintain proper display in the event of an attack.”

Jang Ah-hyun bites her lip and fires a bullet from her finger.

If things had been normal, it wouldn’t have been much of a problem.

In particular, looking at the actions of the devil who was mind-controlling the organization’s agents, the guns were only used to create confusion and were not being fired with proper aim.

Rather, they were firing in all directions and making my men panic with the sound of gunfire, and there were many more bullets being fired into the air.

“I will take care of the targets. The leader provides support to those in danger from the rear.”

“Yes, I understand. Be careful, Sejun.”

As soon as he leaves his last words, Han Sejun kicks the ground at the speed of the wind. Every time his longsword is swung, the hands of the agents of the organization holding the firearm are cut off.

─Grrr!

─Gerreuk!? That thing!

“Oh my.”

Every time the hand holding the gun is cut off, the organization’s employees melt like mummies.

They are not people with special abilities and block contact with the outside world with special protective clothing that resembles the clothes worn by astronauts.

However, when the hand holding the gun is cut off and a gap is created in the protective suit, the dark mana pouring into it melts the entire body and dies.

“It’s not a good sight.”

However, it is difficult to respond in a gentlemanly manner in a combat situation like this, so I just turned away and jumped into the battlefield.

─Loud eh!

─Kyaaaa! Kegg!

The greatsword was swung. It was a lightning strike that made you feel like everything in that space was erased, as if something had been erased with an eraser.

I have never expressed this level of sincerity. Actually, there was no reason to be this excited.

It may be a cruel thing to say, but to be honest, the reason I brought all the students was to do the same job I was doing now.

A kind of bullet canister. Their role was to block the threats coming towards me and add the weight of their lives to my sword as they died so that I could conserve as much stamina as possible before the final battle with Alexstras.

They know this, so they keep harassing me in the form of attacks like this, and draining my mana like this is probably what they want.

So reacting emotionally like this is a huge loss.

However, as the final battle approached, and as I reached the deepest part, the growing heartbeat was driving me crazy.

“Professor! It’s the professor!”

“The professor came forward! We have your back! Sylvia! Don’t mess around! Pick up the knife!”

What was reflected in my vision was clearly my students who believed in me and followed me this far.

It didn’t matter whether what the demon called the Collector, or rather Dimostra, said was true or not. To be honest, I didn’t really want to believe it.

But that’s not the point.

Even if they are just created characters in the dream world. Even if it was a fact that was unlikely to be overturned, I didn’t want to leave them in a dying role.

“Khaaap!”

Yongin’s screams erupted and his greatsword burst into flames.

A flame comparable to the fire of hell blazed from the red shining greatsword.

Its shape must have been based on flame, but it was something different. A blazing plasma that disintegrates everything it touches.

The light of extinction that decomposes everything it touches into ions.

“Dare! Are you saying you will oppose me?”

And everything in the space where it is swung is erased as if it had never been there to begin with.

It is a space submerged in pitch darkness with sunlight blocked by dense dark fog, but even the pitch darkness seems to have been erased even deeper.

Even the darkness disappeared where the sword passed, giving the illusion that even the space was being torn away, as if it had been painted over with Venta Black.

“Come out, Alexstras! Stop playing childish games like this and show yourself!”

The existence of demons was unknown except to a very few, but I roared out the name of the demon leader.

I didn’t think it was a secret. Such causal thinking has not been reached.

The tension is too much. I don’t know the reason, but in fact, I think I know it at first glance, but I won’t open my mouth.

Emotions were running wild, far beyond the level at which reason could intervene.

It’s just that I was attacked. How can one’s emotions be so distorted by an incident that occurs more commonly than eating in the history of war?

Even I was amazed at how reaching the source could cause such a surge of emotions in me.

─Wow, Northmund!

I heard the devil’s groan come out involuntarily, perhaps because he was tired of my force.

And before I could judge it with my brain, I swung the sword towards that direction with my animal senses.

Before the devil’s scream, the only thing that came to mind was that I had to kill him.

If it were me, I would have first looked at the guy’s condition, thought about how to deal with it, and then struck out my sword if I thought it was worth it.

As of now, I no longer have the ability to think about that.

─Kyaaa! Northmund you!

… Something is strange.

The great sword was swung, erasing the half-body of the guy who looked like humanoid candy, and as the wind pressure of magic stone extinction hit me, my thoughts slowly returned.

‘What is this? ‘Why on earth am I doing this?’

It’s definitely strange.

Even if panic occurs due to some kind of shock, it makes no sense that even this basic thinking ability would collapse.

“Phew… .”

As I was taking a moment to catch my breath, I could hear the sound of people slowly getting crowded.

After the battle, the disciples who had prepared their posture were slowly approaching me.

As the demon that looked like a commander disappeared, the demons lost their will to fight, and as they gradually retreated and disappeared, the sound of footsteps walking on four legs was heard.

“… Are you okay, Professor?.”

“Of course. I got overly excited when I saw you guys getting hurt. I’m sorry.”

“Ah… No, rather, we are sorry. Why is the professor apologizing?”

A guy who looks like a first-year freshman hesitantly starts talking to me, but when he gets an unexpected answer, he gets startled and waves his hands.

He probably didn’t think I would apologize. It may seem like I said it out of courtesy, but I probably didn’t think it would come out of my proud mouth.

In fact, his meaning and my intention were slightly different.

I was talking about not being able to control my emotions, and he probably mistakenly thought it was about showing too much fear.

“I’m sorry. These are the things the professor taught me, but when I was actually attacked, I couldn’t remember anything… .”

“I will work harder. I will never show you this ugly side again in the future.”

In the end, I thought it ended well. The guys were bowing their heads and saying sorry, as if they were thankful and proud of me for fighting hard for them, and there was one guy who even had tears in his eyes as if he was moved.

“Are you okay, Professor?”

“… There’s just a lot of talk about whether it’s okay. I’m tired of hearing it too much. There’s no need to worry about that… Umm.”

As I was just speaking kindly to them and encouraging them, Jang Ah-hyun came out and looked at me with slightly sunken eyes.

Even if the words were the same, what the freshman said and what she, an important person, would have different meanings.

Of course, what she said was that she was worried about my consumption of magical power. Isn’t it already difficult to recover mana in this pitch-black space?

“But you can’t just let your lovely disciples die.”

“… Oh yes. Well, I guess so.”

A slightly bitter expression. In fact, it was natural for Jang Ah-hyeon, who knew the purpose of the academy students, to make such an expression.

In any case, isn’t that the reason for trying to save students who are out of mana as much as possible? Since we couldn’t say it out loud, when we all gathered together and had a meeting, we just talked about what was good.

“I trust the professor. But please don’t worry us too much. Professor, you’re not alone anymore, right?”

“No. That’s not it. Rather, I felt strangely refreshed.”

Yes. Even after my emotions went out of control and I poured out a huge amount of mana, I didn’t feel the lethargy that came after the outburst.

My body becomes lighter and lighter, as if I am feeling some strange pleasure.

The more anger I got, the more a refreshing feeling of coolness came into the air.

Every time the tension rises, it becomes somewhat refreshing, as if riding the tempo.

‘I don’t know if I’m going to get drunk on something strange like this. I’ll have to restrain myself from now on.’

As you become more and more intoxicated with your body, which becomes lighter in proportion to your anger, your violent impulses will become stronger.

It was the same situation as before, I was able to solve it because there was an enemy, but if something else happens.

Yes, just like I got annoyed during the conversation I had with Sia, who was worried about me a little while ago. Because if you can’t control it, it will never happen.

“Anyway, go back and rest. They ran away and the guy who seemed to be the commander disappeared, so I don’t think he’ll come back today.”

“Yes, I will do that. However, in the recent attack, the personnel in charge of communication with the organization were killed or unable to recover.”

“Are they all dead? I think I killed the demon pretty quickly.”

“Well, Sejun… Because you’re so on fire.”

As I scratched the back of my head, Jang Ah-hyeon smiled and said hello to the students in the communication department at the academy, then turned around.

I also nodded and slowly followed her.