episode_0533

“Aaaaah! I believed it! I believed it!!”

Bertus cries out in betrayal as soon as the dagger is stuck in his mouth.

Since the surprise attack was somehow successful, it was practically decided what to do next.

-Click!

‘Okay!’

-Thump thump… .

After Bertus picked up the remote control he had dropped in the shock, he pressed the only red button, and at the same time, the huge wall blocking the back quickly rose upward.

“Ethan, Lilia! Buy me a moment!”

“Confirmed!”

“Yes, I understand!”

“Uh, how did you get into the water village… . W, what on earth are you… !!”

There was no reason or time to tell. From now on, I had to act quickly and as quickly as possible.

To begin with, it was crazy to confront the Demon King’s Four Heavenly Kings with a proper attack. They were not an opponent that could be easily defeated with just a party of warriors on standby.

“Miss Kate, please hurry up and take the princess and Mirif upstairs! And that… escort, please come with Prince Antonio… .”

“No, I’ll stay and buy time!”

“… Then, please!”

Kate and the other two are currently out of power, so evacuate for now. They’ll remember the way back, so they’ll be able to escape on their own.

Considering his status, I should have sent Prince Antonio out as well, but he came out saying that he would fight like that, and to be honest, I couldn’t guarantee victory without Antonio, so I couldn’t refuse him twice.

If Antonio stays, his escort will stay too, which will buy us more time.

“Ethan! We’re going to Operation C here!”

“… Hey, here?!”

“Magic power! All my power… .”

Ethan was slightly taken aback by my statement that I would use Mana Blast, but there was no reason to correct that reaction.

Now that I had my escape route, there was no reason not to use the only attack that could theoretically finish the guy off.

Ethan has seen me cast Mana Blast several times, so he will probably know how to coordinate with the others.

“Ugh…! Seriously, I wasn’t fooled! I just pretended to be fooled for a moment because I was curious to see what kind of attitude you would have!!”

Bertus, who was making excuses while bleeding profusely from his mouth, and four spears moving against him.

It was a scene where four people were working together at such a close distance that their attacks could threaten each other if they did something wrong, but they held up better than expected, perhaps because their individual skills were not bad.

Ethan is already a sword expert, Antonio and Lilia were his original comrades, and that nameless escort is probably stronger than Antonio now anyway.

Even if they were the Four Heavenly Kings, it wouldn’t be easy to block the swords of four people at the same time. Among them, Ethan and the guard’s swords contained the sword energy of a sword expert.

-Phew!

“Ghhh!! B, how dare you stab me!!”

“The cowardly ones are you, bringing innocent people to a place like this and using them as test subjects!”

“I, I was just researching!! When I think about what the humans did to our village that day, I can’t even call this cowardly!!”

-Whoaang!!

“Eww!!”

“Be careful, Your Highness!!”

The sight of the laboratory distorting as the two arms that had grown in an instant were swung up and down at the same time.

Not only were the floor and study tables breaking and popping out here and there, but also dust and dirt began to leak out from the ceiling.

‘Whether Mana Blast goes in or not, collapse is certain.’

In that case, it doesn’t matter anymore. If it’s a space that’s going to break anyway, then it’s definitely okay to break it with Mana Blast.

… It’s a shame that we can’t save the victims who have turned into monsters, but the test subjects who have already become like that probably won’t have any hope even if we take them to the church.

I’m sorry, but I can only pray that they share the same fate as Bertus here.

“Become a storm of magical power and sweep away!”

“Everyone run! We have to run now!”

“Yes, I understand!”

“Your Majesty, come this way!”

“Okay!”

Ethan, who confirmed that my spirit room was almost finished, hurriedly retreated with the rest of the men.

And it was Bertus who resisted tenaciously even while wounded, and was the last to resist.

“Do you think I’ll let you run away like this!! I won’t let anyone run away! Not even you! And all the women who ran away first!!”

-Shhh!!

“Danger, Release!”

“Release Senior!”

“Rosewood Youngae!”

Bertus, who seemed to be trying to block the last spell by extending his uninjured arm towards me.

Because it rushed at me in an instant, everyone else was only calling my name and unable to block the tentacles, when a heavy body blocked my face.

-Phew!

“… … ?!”

‘In, out… . In… .’

… ogre.

No, to be exact, someone who was a human in the form of an ogre.

Was it because my mana blast temporarily increased the concentration of magical power? The flesh-colored ogre, who had collapsed as if unconscious, blocked the tentacles that rushed at me with its entire body.

‘Death, woman… .’

‘I believed it, but…’

‘Green, green.’

In addition, goblins, imps, and slimes that had been writhing or lying still on the laboratory floor were now all tangled up around Bertus’ body.

“Ewww!! What the heck are you doing right now! If this keeps up, you’ll all die by that woman’s hand!! Stop that spell right now… Ugh!!”

‘Blue…’

‘Die, die, die…’

‘Forever, heh… . Curse… .’

…okay.

In the end, this place was a battlefield that had no advantage for that guy in the first place.

I just thought it would be advantageous because it was that guy’s lab. In reality, it wasn’t advantageous at all.

If everyone left here is desperately hoping for that guy’s death.

I think that killing Bertus by any means possible will console the souls of all those who suffered unjust sacrifices here.

“Mana… !!”

“Let go of this!! Now, just a little more and we’ll start the research to create the perfect body…!!”

“… BLAST!!!”

-Kwakwakwakwakwang!!!

A sphere of magical power, almost as large as the laboratory itself, was fired toward Bertus.

… the monsters that were originally humans and were stuck all over Bertus’ body, and the other victims still waiting for death in the lab, attacked them together.

-Turn up!

“I’ll get out of here as fast as I can! Hold on tight, Release!”

“… … Yes.”

And I just sat there in Ethan’s arms, quietly watching their last moments.

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“Release has reached level 44!”

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“Release has reached level 48!”

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-Whooo, kuguguguung!

“Haa, haa, haa… .”

“Where, is there anyone who couldn’t come out?”

“If there is anyone who couldn’t come, please raise your hand and tell me… .”

“… … .”

“Oh, I don’t think you have any… .”

Bertus’ secret laboratory began to collapse from the inside due to the aftermath of the battle and the impact of the mana blast.

Bertus’ laboratory, which had been collapsing as if chasing after our progress, barely stopped collapsing in front of the stairs, and fortunately, our group was able to escape the basement safely without a single straggler.

“You’ve had unexpected hardships. But I’m glad everyone is safe.”

“Da, please don’t call me next time, Miss Lilith… . Seo, I never imagined such a horrible sight would occur… .”

“Mezlen You insisted on following me. Why are you saying something different now?”

“Mo, I don’t know… . Ah, anyway, I hate the academy’s basement now… . Starting tomorrow, I won’t be attending classes in the basement lecture room… .”

Mezlen was still trembling after coming out of Bertus’ laboratory, which seemed to have been quite shocking to her.

Well, it’s understandable that he would be traumatized after being kidnapped twice in the underground dungeons and Bertus’s lab. However, seeing as he was able to shake off the kidnapping incident and recover in just a few days, it seems like he’ll be fine again soon this time too.

‘… I’m glad it ended somehow.’

Considering that he gained a lot of experience points and went up to level 5 at once, it seems that Berthus definitely died in that space.

… It’s probably just a guess, but people who turned into monsters would have also ended up gaining ‘experience points’ and contributing to my level up.

“… … .”

It wasn’t a very pleasant victory in many ways. After all, our combination alone wouldn’t have been able to defeat Bertus with a fair method.

Even the fact that he was able to kill them and escape safely was thanks to the previous victims who sacrificed their last remaining lives to help Donggwijin. Because they had been transformed into monsters, they could not even remember their original appearances or names.

Even though I defeated the second Demon King’s Four Heavenly Kings, I didn’t feel like I had won. I just felt endlessly depressed because I had seen something I didn’t want to see.

‘I really wish this event would stop happening now.’

Things like monster subjugation chances and leveling up are really, truly unnecessary now.