episode_0114

Are you quite upset by my laughter?

The Ripper’s teeth crack with an unpleasant sound.

“Don’t laugh out loud in front of me!”

-widely!

The Ripper lifted the staff in his hand and slammed it straight into the ground.

“Living Dead…!”

A green wave swirls around the staff,

The Ripper waved his free hand wildly, sending waves of energy flying in all directions.

The air waves that soon settled on the ground began to change into a light fog.

“Ugh, ugh… .”

Within it, something of various shapes began to emerge.

“Oh.”

I stared blankly at the Ripper, feeling a little admiration for him.

Is it possible to manipulate internal energy like that?

The teleportation I saw before was also really amazing, but this one seems to be just as amazing.

That would be the case.

Isn’t it about creating new life in a place where there was nothing?

Of course, they are so empty inside that it is difficult to see them as living beings, and if we really had to be strict, they would have to be classified as corpses… .

Creating something from nothing is worthy of applause.

“That’s amazing.”

I think I finally understand why he calls himself the King of the Dead.

“… Amazing? You still don’t understand the situation?”

Ppat- The reaper, who had been gnashing his teeth, slowly shook his head while stretching out both arms.

His eerie pupils contain the entire void.

“What are you going to do with this large number of followers?”

The Ripper’s words sounded truly confident.

Let’s look around accordingly,

I see a lot of dead bodies surrounding me and Arnold.

“… There are a lot.”

Each one of them appears to have similar skills to the elite soldiers we saw in Ellen.

Hmm, do I have to catch it all at once?

If we deal with them one by one, the day might end.

I’m tilting my head and wondering what to do with all these corpses.

“Professor… I will also help you.”

Gulp- Arnold swallowed hard and took a step forward, drawing the sword at his waist.

… Then what should I do with this kid?

He took a step forward, holding the wooden sword in his hand, and looked around.

It is not suitable for spreading large herbivores.

This is a community.

And inside it is not only me and the Ripper, but also Cadet Arnold.

If I were to use the Divine Sword Technique in a confined space like this, the cave would collapse and Arnold and I would both be crushed by the debris.

No, what is the God-Slaying Sword Technique?

There is a possibility that the cave will collapse if I just swing my sword lightly.

And as long as there is even one possibility like this,

It’s true that I’m awkward when it comes to wielding a sword.

So what should we do then…?

“Hmm, okay.”

The worries were short.

Why don’t we just drag that Ripper guy out of the cave?

I sat back on my chair arrogantly and raised my wooden sword at the Ripper who dared look down on me.

“It seems a little humid here, why don’t you go outside?”

“… ?”

A moment of silence.

-Bam!

The Ripper was furious, his teeth trailing off in shreds.

“Shut up! Do you think I’ll listen to you, bitch?!”

“Um.”

This isn’t working.

I felt regret and my appetite was soured.

* * *

I arched my back and exhaled.

“Oh.”

A sword passes by me through a gap that not even paper can pass through.

Afterwards, move your arm slightly and place the wooden sword near the corpse’s ribs.

-bang!

Another body collapsed.

“Really, there’s no end to it.”

“Fuck… !”

Arnold swung his sword at the corpses rushing toward him, breathing heavily.

Looks quite tired.

“Cadet, it’s a gift.”

But I smile at Arnold like that,

I kicked the corpse that came towards me and sent another one to Arnold.

“Please stop… Ugh!”

Arnold frowned and stabbed his sword at the corpse approaching him.

“Are you planning to kill me?!”

Immediately afterwards, Arnold screamed at me, saying,

I pretended to cover my ears and smiled faintly.

“No way.”

“Then can you please stop?! I’m already overwhelmed!”

Arnold pleaded with me, looking as if he was about to die.

“Um… .”

You’ll be the only one who suffers.

At this very moment, Arnold, who is experiencing real combat while going between life and death, is growing rapidly.

I guess he’s probably a pretty useful talent.

Of course, if it really seems dangerous,

Like me kicking rocks at him or making his body move.

By giving small help, knowingly or unknowingly,

There was no life-threatening situation.

Well, maybe not from my perspective.

And I also didn’t want to give Arnold a traumatic experience.

He’s still young, isn’t that a bit pitiful?

Sigh- I smiled and held up my wooden sword to avoid the corpse swinging its huge arm at me.

-bang!

The corpse was engulfed in a massive explosion upon contact with my sword, its flesh splitting into dozens of pieces that littered the cave floor.

As you can see, this explosion occurs not by me swinging my sword, but by simply poking the vital points of those corpses. If you really want to exterminate them, swing your sword.

A small explosion would cause this whole cave to sink.

I let out a deep sigh at the dizzying situation,

I looked at the Ripper, still sitting on his chair, looking down at me, truly arrogant.

“Don’t you know that this much won’t hurt me even a little?”

Meaning to come forward directly,

A green, eerie light streams out from the empty pupils of the Ripper as he hears my words.

“…”

But it seems that the Ripper has not yet made up his mind,

He just watched the fight silently without answering.

“Ha.”

… Really.

Even though you have seen the situation clearly, you are not taking any action.

Is it stupidity or just a waste of time?

“Tsk.”

I really don’t like the current situation, because one thing is certain: it’s not helping me.

But that doesn’t mean I can run alone and break that Ripper’s neck.

In the meantime, Arnold may lose his life,

Could it be that there is some hidden secret?

For example, self-destruction.

In such a truly hopeless situation, I let out a deep sigh,

Just as I was about to send Arnold another corpse to relieve his stress under the guise of training.

“… Inspection.”

The Ripper, who had been silent until now, spoke to me.

“Oh, you finally feel like talking?”

I answered him with a big smile,

The Ripper continued, tapping the armrest of his chair with his fingers.

“Why do you, a human being, care about the life of such a bug?”

“Um… .”

He tilted his head, his voice dripping with confusion at the question’s meaning.

Well, I’m a professor now, so shouldn’t I be looking for students?

Isn’t it strange that the Ripper attacked the peaceful academy in the first place?

But I never really said this thought out loud.

Because the thought occurred to me that if I just quietly listen to what that guy has to say, wouldn’t things change somehow?

So I’m waiting for the Ripper to speak,

The Ripper, who had been waiting for my answer for a moment, opened his mouth again when I did not respond.

“I can tell.”

The Ripper’s finger points at Arnold.

“If that bug wasn’t here, I would have already lost my will to your sword.”

That’s correct.

These corpses alone can’t stop me,

In an instant, the distance between me and that Ripper narrowed and my wooden sword would have touched.

“Why are you, a strong person, following the rules set by the weak?”

I scratched my head at the awkward situation.

… I’ve never really followed it.

Actually, haven’t I ever interfered with a warrior or a saint?

Whatever.

My reaction doesn’t matter to the Ripper,

The Reaper was the first to rise from his seat, the green fire burning within his pupils.

“You are already my long-cherished wish, the one who is about to transcend.”

The Ripper stretches out his arm and points to the area near my dantian.

“Why are you still trapped in a weak human body? ”

“…”

I should become a skeleton too… Is that what you mean?

If not that.

Is this the transcendence the author is talking about, something I am thinking of now?

The eyes looking at the Ripper narrowed.

“You don’t know?”

First of all, the information gap is so severe.

Because the Ripper only talks about things he knows, we have no choice but to guess the content of the conversation.

“… What?”

So, I spoke cautiously, as if I was testing the waters.

“Khak, kehahahahak!”

Coming back was a truly unpleasant hoot.

Hmm… At first I laughed, but now that it’s actually happening to me, I feel really bad.

I must be careful next time.

The Ripper continued to open his mouth as he slammed his staff into the ground.

“What a waste of ‘up’ filled in your bowl!”

It’s karma… .

When I heard Lily’s explanation about the Demon King before, I think I heard something similar to karma.

The Ripper, who had been smiling ominously for a while, slowly moved his feet and approached me.

“Changed my mind! Won’t you join me?”

As he said that, Ripper reached out his hand to me who was right in front of his nose.

“If you accept my request, I will give you the clue you have been searching for!”

“A clue… .”

It is certainly an enticing proposition.

but.

There may be a difference between what that guy is talking about as transcendence and what I think of as transcendence.

“I’m sorry, but.”

More than anything, my current priority is obscurity rather than growth.

and.

I am really greedy,

Unless you are in a situation where you can achieve both growth and fame.

I have no intention of doing anything.

“Because I have disciples.”

He swung his wooden sword at the Ripper who approached him with a smile.

-Hung