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“Is this the place.”

Thanks to the newly acquired earring, Vyrnus, who recognized the inner space, raised his sword against the boundary.

Zing

As he did, a line was drawn along with his sword, and the inside began to be visible.

Tuck

Vyrnus slipped through that gap.

Rustle

As he passed, the gap wavered and closed up.

The inner space quickly recovered due to Diavel supplying power.

“Faster recovery than I thought.”

As long as Diavel’s infinite energy was supplied, it seemed impossible to break the current inner space with simple force alone.

Either defeat Diavel who maintains the inner space or destroy the core of the inner space.

“With my current strength, there’s no way I can defeat Diavel.”

Vyrnus recalled Diavel’s powerful force that appeared in [Eclipse].

“But if I destroy the core, it’s definitely possible.”

Vyrnus slowly walked into the inside of the inner space.

“What are these guys doing!”

“Stop them!”

Sounds of battle from afar.

Approaching the source of the sound, Vyrnus discovered academy students fiercely engaging in battle.

“Will they just… be defeated like this!”

“Suddenly, where did these guys come from! I never expected to be attacked within the academy.”

The students were forming their own formations and defending against the attacking masked ‘organization’ members.

There was no proper commander, and despite the sudden attack, the students of Leichtenn Academy were effectively coping, showing that they were the best talents selected and trained on the continent.

Kwung

“My, my power isn’t working properly!”

“My, my magic…! Agh!”

The environment had the worst effect on them.

The periodic waves of the inner space disrupted their magic patterns.

Puk

“Ugh”

And at the moment when the students lost their strength, the organization members rushed at them.

“The organization members who have been eroded by Diavel are not affected by the periodic manifestation of magic interference caused by the inner space.”

Kwaang

“Yikes!”

Before long, all the academy students were incapacitated and collapsed by the members of the organization.

“We’ll take them to Alice.”

‘Alice.’

The code name within the organization for Lobina.

It’s a pseudonym she uses to operate as a high-ranking member of the organization in the darkness while wearing a mask.

So they are taking the students to Lobina after all.

The purpose of this attack is to capture the academy students and corrode them with the power possessed by Diavel.

For some reason, Diavel had a special power called ‘corrosion’ that could not be considered within the realm of human categories.

Most of those belonging to the ‘organization’ are also being unconsciously controlled by their minds being corroded by Diavel.

Through this attack, they must be trying to secretly corrode the academy students and use them for their own purposes.

“But.”

“Ugh!”

“Kuk!”

Amidst the organization members who were tidying up the students one by one, Vires dashed in and forcefully struck the leader of the organization with her legs.

The organization member fell unable to withstand the shock.

“…An attack?”

“The supervisor has been attacked! Stop the attacker!”

Upon realizing that their supervisor had been attacked, the organization members immediately rushed towards Vires.

However, Vires knocked them all down without even drawing her sword.

“They may be enemies, but they are victims.”

Within Vires, the mercenary Vires was vehemently shouting to eliminate all the enemies and erase any aftermath.

However, knowing that even the organization members were victims controlled by Diavel, Angel Vires and Hero Vires opposed it.

“We can’t take the victims’ lives. If we dismantle the organization, they will all return to their original selves.”

Just like at the end of the novel [Eclipse].

So, the one I need to bring down now is…

“Lobina.”

Vires sensed a faint flow of murky magic from the direction where the organization members were moving.

It was probably the manifestation of corrosion.

Vires slowly moved towards the murky magic.

* * *

Woo-woong

A separate space separated from the existing continent dimension by Diavel

“Wait a minute! Stop! Do you, do you know who I am?”

Robina activated the artifact of erosion with Diavel’s power, raising her hand above the heads of the academy students being caught by the ‘organization’ members.

“Who are you….”

Robina muttered expressionlessly, looking at the male student in front of her.

“Do we need to know your identity or status.”

After all, they were all guys who would eventually fall as puppets of the chairman after the erosion was over.

Do we need to know this guy’s identity or anything else?

“St-stop! Nooo!”

“There’s nothing to worry about. It won’t harm your body.”

They would just become puppets obedient to Diavel’s commands.

Normally, they wouldn’t even know of Diavel’s existence and could maintain their sanity.

Kwung

The male student receiving the influence of erosion suddenly knelt down.

“Alright. Go.”

At Robina’s command, the male student slowly got up and walked in the direction indicated by Robina.

“Bring the next one.”

“Let go of this!”

A while later, masked organization members brought in a new academy student.

Among the hundreds of academy students swept into the other space, he was one.

“Stay quiet.”

Robina once again manifested the influence of erosion, raising her hand over the student’s head.

Just as erosion was about to occur again.

Kwaang

“….!?”

With a loud explosion, the door on the entrance side burst open.

Startled by the sound, Robina unknowingly let go of the girl in front of her.

Versed walked in slowly from the smoke-covered entrance.

“I found you, Alice.”

“Oh my. Me?”

“Versed Grankeene? Why is that man here? … Could it be that the saint and the duchess are here too?”

He was always with Sophia and Artoria.

If he was here, those two strong women might also be here.

“Excluding the space where the strong ones intentionally difficult to handle would have been, the inner space must have been activated.”

There were organization members scattered behind Vissus.

He probably incapacitated all those organization members.

The situation was unfolding quite differently from the original plan.

“Well then. You know very well.”

Vissus walked slowly towards Robina and drew the Holy Sword.

“A high-ranking member of the ‘organization,’ Alice. Isn’t that right?”

“You know about the organization?”

“Robina Cartesia?”

“!!!!”

Robina was astonished at the name Vissus mentioned.

“He knows my identity? H-how! My face is covered with a special artifact mask, so my voice and mannerisms can’t be recognized properly!”

“I never thought the senior who tried to recruit me into the same club would be such a villain. This is beyond imagination.”

“I don’t understand what you’re saying.”

“It would be better not to be so persistent.”

“He’s found out about my identity. …No, it doesn’t matter. Anyway, this is the inner space. The only one who knows my identity here is this man. If I catch him here, everything will be fine.”

“Persistent.”

Robina slowly removed her mask.

“How did you know?”

Ching

Vissus immediately raised his sword.

“If you defeat me, I’ll tell you.”

“…Okay.”

Robina’s shadow suddenly expanded drastically.

“Don’t regret it.”

Kwagwagwang

When Robina’s shadow attacked the location where Vissus was, a massive explosion occurred.

“Evaded?”

However, Robina’s attack did not reach Vissus.

“Haaah!”

Kwaaang

Vissus’s attack descended from the sky.

Robina’s shadow wrapped around her, blocking Vissus’s attack.

Thud

Vissus leaped high over Robina’s shadow and landed on the opposite ground.

“…Hm?”

Then he opened his eyes wide.

A vision came to his mind. A sudden memory that emerged in his mind.

“I won’t let you get away!”

Robina unleashed her magic explosively.

Gwoooong

Her shadow materialized, taking the form of a huge demon.

The demon’s sharp hand struck Vyrn.

Of course, Robina thought Vyrn would block or avoid it.

But Vyrn just stood there and was pierced by the demon’s hand.

“……Huh?”

Robina was astonished by the unexpected sight.

And then.

“Haa… Our little cutie. You’ve become much stronger, haven’t you?”

In response to Vyrn’s words.

“No…”

She was greatly shocked.

“That… can’t be. Ah, mister?”

Vyrn looked at Robina and laughed heartily.

“Our… our cu…tie…”

“No….”

Seeing that, Robina burst into tears.

“No no no no no no no…!”

Thud

“Ah, mister!”

Hurriedly running towards the collapsing man, stained red with blood,

Twinkle

Vyrn’s holy sword began to shine brilliantly.