Chapter 21: Time-Wasting Disturbance Magic

I finally arrived at the Starry Association President’s office on the 3rd floor.

I stuck myself right to the door leading into the 3rd floor.

There was no sign of anyone inside.

I created a golden string as my next Security Weapon.

I pushed the golden string through the crack in the door and moved it lightly up and down.

There were no magical effects on the door.

If there were, something would have been triggered when the Security Weapon entered through the crack.

I opened the doorknob ever so slightly to peek inside, but as expected, no one was visible.

I quietly gripped the dagger that Aransol-ssi had given me.

Perhaps this might be my only escape route.

I opened the door enough for a person to enter and stepped inside.

The 3rd-floor hallway was a balcony type.

I could see a row of private rooms inside the balcony.

Chaeng! Chang!

Soon after, I heard the sound of weapons clashing from below the balcony hallway.

The railing.

I hurriedly ran forward and looked down.

There, I saw the disciples clashing with the Black Dawn.

Flames soared.

It seemed that among those fighting, there was someone who wielded fire-related powers.

Like Babiyen, for example.

There were a total of seven members of the Black Dawn.

Two with ranged abilities and five with close-range abilities.

Three of them looked particularly dangerous.

The unsettling man who had murdered the guard earlier was also among them.

Not a large number.

But because each individual’s capabilities were outstanding, the disciples were being pushed back.

The party hall had naturally become a mess.

Looking at the shards of glass on the floor, it seemed they had indeed broken through the glass ceiling to invade.

However, instead of the glass ceiling, the original ceiling was covered.

It seemed impossible to escape towards the ceiling.

My eyes turned back to the disciples.

The power gap was already significant, and they were caught by surprise.

Some of them were catching their breath in the corner, probably seriously injured.

If the Black Dawn targeted those people first, they must have been the most skilled ones.

Since the most skilled ones were taken down, it was natural for the disciples to be pushed back.

Yeah, the situation isn’t looking good.

The disciples were holding out as best they could, but the outcome seemed imminent.

This isn’t a good flow.

If the disciples are defeated here, Aransol-ssi and Sohan-ssi won’t have time to escape.

The moment an escape is detected, all their forces will be invested in that direction.

If the disciples lose and everyone here rushes off, the two of them will be in danger.

Naturally, the probability of a failed escape also increases significantly.

I have to prevent that at all costs.

Kaang!

“Keueueueue!”

One of the disciples was hit and tumbled across the floor.

The Black Dawn’s situation became even more advantageous.

I could sense the Black Dawn moving busily.

A thought flashed through my mind.

Right, when you think about it, those bastards are terrorists.

This place is in the middle of the city.

Time is not on their side.

Who knows who might show up knowing that something is wrong inside the Starry Association.

For them, they would want to end this situation as quickly as possible.

I lowered my posture and ran quickly down the 3rd-floor hallway.

Since a battle was taking place below, no one was paying attention to me.

Thanks to that, I safely arrived at the 3rd-floor stairs.

I came down the spiral staircase at a rapid pace and arrived on the 1st floor.

The sound of weapons clashing became closer.

The faces of the desperate disciples became clearer.

I left them behind and headed towards the injured.

The injured were leaning against the wall, swallowing their groans.

Most of them didn’t seem to be conscious.

When I checked their eyes, even their corneas were completely black.

Even when I looked at them, their eyes didn’t follow me.

Judging from this, it seems to be an ability related to mind control.

They must have been planning to subdue all the disciples with this and then kidnap them.

Vile bastards.

Of course, I can’t undo this kind of ability with my level.

However, there is exactly one forbidden method.

The Black Dawn hasn’t noticed my presence yet.

I dragged a large, strong-looking guy towards a pillar.

Damn it, he’s really fucking big.

I hope he’s skilled as much as he’s big.

As I struggled to get to the pillar, the view was moderately obscured.

Flames were soaring inside the president’s office.

Thanks to that, it was brighter than most places outside.

The light of holy magic would be easily concealed.

“From now on, your consent is required for treatment. Do you agree?”

I asked the man to try and forget the tension.

“Euh, euuh.”

I received consent.

“Then, I’ll administer anesthesia. It’ll sting.”

The most basic form of holy magic is to promote the body’s recovery ability.

Beyond the basics, it reaches the point of restoring severed parts by reviving the body’s memory, but I can’t do that far.

But because it’s so basic, there’s one very useful method.

The heart is a very delicate organ.

What would happen if you forcibly increased the recovery rate of such an organ?

The heart, producing blood like crazy, can’t withstand the stress and stops completely.

It’s a cardiac arrest state.

It seems like a terrifying ability that can assassinate people at any time, but it’s not really.

Starting with the fact that a long contact is needed for holy magic to permeate the heart.

There’s no way the other person would stay still while someone is messing with their heart.

People in this world are all using mana, so they could also defend against holy magic.

That’s why this method is only possible for someone who is unconscious.

And now was exactly that situation.

The holy magic that flowed into the man’s body stimulated his heart.

The man writhed in agony for a moment, but that was only for a short time.

His heart stopped beating as it was, and he died.

This is the first murder in my life.

But I didn’t feel much of anything.

After all, I myself have already faced death countless times.

Death is too light for me.

It would be funny to feel anything about someone dying now.

And honestly, why bother being so picky about killing one primitive otherworlder?

Am I getting too stressed?

I shook my head to clear my mind because I felt like I was losing it sometimes.

The man was successfully anesthetized.

So now it’s time to reveal my true worth.

The light that seeped from my grasp burrowed into the man’s body.

His heart, which had stopped beating, began to beat again.

It’s resurrection magic.

“Keuheok, keok!”

Soon after, the man coughed and opened his eyes.

The black curse-like substance that had filled his eyes had also disappeared.

It’s definitely resurrection magic.

It returned everything, including the curse, to its best condition.

“Wh-where is this?”

A bewildered voice flowed from his mouth.

He seemed to be experiencing memory confusion since he had just come back to life.

“Are you conscious?”

“Yo-you are?”

“I’m Harua, a disciple of Raphael-nim. Do you remember being attacked by the Black Dawn?”

“Black Dawn.”

At the mention of the Black Dawn, his mind snapped back into focus.

“What’s the situation?”

Still, he’s a disciple of someone who made a name for himself somewhere.

Rather than being confused like an ordinary person, he tried to grasp the situation first.

Thank goodness.

Looking at his eyes, this guy is quite skilled.

“We’re still engaged in combat.”

“You healed me?”

“You could say that.”

Everyone here knows Raphael-nim’s name.

Since they also know that she belongs to the Grace Magic Tower, it was obvious that I was a holy mage.

“Thank you. I’ll join the fight right away.”

“Alone?”

He had already been defeated once by the Black Dawn.

Even if he were投入 to the battle here, the situation wouldn’t change dramatically.

He seemed to know that too, as he hesitated.

“Do you have something in mind?”

And he understood my intentions as well.

I’m glad I revived the quick-witted one first.

“There are people lying down over there who have been attacked. Could you bring them here without being detected?”

The addition of one person won’t dramatically change the situation.

However, it’s a different story if it’s several people.

What the Black Dawn is most concerned about is time.

If that time becomes tight, there’s nothing they can do.

“An easy task.”

The man immediately accepted my suggestion.

At that moment, his figure disappeared before my eyes.

This guy, could he be in the assassination field with that bulk?

It’s amazing that someone of that size can disappear to the point of concealing their presence like that.

Now I understand why he was able to assess the situation so rationally as soon as he was revived.

If he’s in the assassination field, he must have been constantly training his mind as well.

I’m lucky.

No, if I were lucky, I wouldn’t be in this situation, would I?

Anyway, a glimmer of hope appeared.

The man was transporting the injured at a rapid pace.

I anesthetized them as I did the man, then revived them.

As I repeated that, the number of injured began to decrease one by one.

My fingertips began to tremble.

It seemed to be the price for using too much mana.

Fortunately, my heart didn’t hurt or anything, as Lilian-yang had said.

“What do you think? It seems like we have enough power to try something now.”

I hid my hands and looked back at the man I had revived first.

Since we secretly moved the injured, the Black Dawn hadn’t noticed the situation here yet.

But they’ll realize something is wrong soon.

If so, now is the perfect time to strike.

“The odds aren’t high.”

However, the man who had faced the Black Dawn said so with a dark face.

Their power seems to be beyond imagination.

“But we can buy time, right?”

But he wasn’t the type to just take it either.

I read the fighting spirit burning in his eyes and nodded.

“Thank you. It’s all thanks to you.”

He left a thank-you message on behalf of everyone and joined the battlefield.

“You bastards!”

“We’ll pay you back for what you did to us!”

The disciples were clearly at a disadvantage.

The number of disciples being defeated by the Black Dawn and rolling on the floor continued to increase.

“What is this?”

“These guys are definitely.”

However, when a large number of those they had knocked down suddenly joined the fight, the Black Dawn also showed bewilderment.

The Black Dawn deployed a small number of people because they thought they would be caught if they deployed too many.

And that acted as a weakness for them.

What they had tried to do quickly backfired on them.

In the midst of the confusion spreading among the Black Dawn.

My eyes were quickly searching for one person.

A secluded place.

There, I saw a woman hiding her body while holding a staff that I don’t know where she picked up, hesitating.

Red hair and a face that looks like she has no manners.

But unlike before, the anxiety and bewilderment in her eyes were actively intersecting.

I found her.

It’s Babiyen.

I moved quickly through the dark shadows.

There is a possibility that Babiyen is on the side of the Crimson Flame Lord, who may have caused this mess.

But if that were the case, she wouldn’t have bothered talking to me.

There was no point in attracting unnecessary attention.

Of course, it was my job to make her stand out, but anyway, it’s my own feeling.

Look at that dumb face!

She’s a real idiot who doesn’t know anything and doesn’t know what to do!

If she had planned and moved all of this, I’d slit my own throat with a dagger.

I can’t be kidnapped.

That’s how I arrived in front of Babiyen.

“Babiyen.”

“Hick!”

As soon as Babiyen heard her name, she swung her staff.

This crazy bitch.

I quickly stepped back, and the staff brushed past me.

Whether she’s a traitor or whatever, she was definitely a crazy bitch.

And she’s definitely too stupid to follow the Crimson Flame Lord’s will.

“You’re trying to kill someone. Look properly.”

“Oh, are, are you?”

Only then did she recognize me and show embarrassment.

“Your strength is needed to stop them.”

I pointed to the Black Dawn.

The first man I revived couldn’t guarantee victory against the Black Dawn.

He couldn’t guarantee victory even though the opponents were only subduing them without killing them.

There’s no need to explain how big that difference is.

This fight will eventually be a victory for the Black Dawn.

Moreover, the injured have returned because of me, a variable.

Since time is running out, they won’t be picky about their methods.

If they’re really desperate, they might even consider killing.

So, before that happens, I have to give them more variables somehow.

A variable that can tie down their actions.

I’m not trying to buy a lot of time.

Just a little bit of bewilderment for them.

The embarrassment that their backing might be at stake.

That’s all I want.

And Babiyen was a perfect fit for that.

Even if she had no value to them, it was okay.

What I want is time.

It’s just a disturbance to buy that!

“I have a plan to stop those guys.”

Babiyen had personally experienced how well I can cause a disturbance.

That’s why she clenched her staff tightly and bit her lip.

“……What is it?”

The bee asked for honey.