Pierrot

From the moment I met Jamie’s eyes above my head, I instinctively sensed danger and began manipulating mana. Thanks to that, I was able to use the intangible skill almost simultaneously with the explosion and barely escape the range.

However, the people who were standing where I had been could not avoid the explosion and died with their bodies bursting without even a short scream. More than 100 people were swept away by a moment’s explosion and died.

No, a few on the outskirts survived. However, the survivors looked so gruesome that it would have been better to have died instantly in the explosion.

Their entire bodies were twisted, their flesh torn off, their bright pink organs spilling onto the dirt floor, yet their lives were not cut off, and they were just endlessly groaning in pain.

A playful voice echoed through the dark crimson blood mist created by the shattered flesh and blood.

,Hoo, you’re quick as I expected. Actually, I never expected you to die from just a bomb anyway. Huhuhehit!”

Pierrot’s face, which suddenly emerged from the blood mist, stretched his lips out long.

Jamie, who was riding on the head of a man who was letting out a faint groan, jumped up and down playfully, bursting his head as it was. Then, he raised his shoes covered in whitish brain matter and blurted out in a hurried voice.

,Emergency, emergency! Critical patient here! You, the blonde student! Help me burst the heads of those who are still alive! Pain comes from the brain! You have to break the brain! Huhuhehit!”

I hear a ringing in my left ear. A high-pitched sound like a beep- rings in my head. It’s because I haven’t completely escaped the aftermath of the explosion.

The new Confession’s No. 8, Jamie the Mad. A variable that did not appear in the novel, and the bastard who tried to kill Luna. I had an urge to burst his head right away, but I maintained my reason and calmly assessed the situation.

Confession is a direct unit of the cult leader created to deal with the continent’s Transcenders. It’s not an ability that even an academy freshman combat department chief can handle.

But there was no way to escape. This place is a barren land without even a single tree to hide behind. Turning my back and running away was no different from showing my heart to the enemy.

It’s an elaborately woven trap. Whether he bought off a magician or manipulated the destination of the portal, I stepped into a densely designed spider web myself. The more I struggle to get out, the more the threads will stick to my body and bind me.

I calmed my rough breathing. The difference in skill is clear, but that doesn’t mean I can’t win.

I’ve been training a lot. I haven’t reached the realm of Transcenders, but the reason I stubbornly held a spear despite people’s opposition and neglect was to prepare for this kind of situation.

With the combination of the Spear of Destruction and space magic, I had calculated that I could fight on similar terms even if the opponent was a Transcender in a one-on-one situation.

I had thoroughly hidden the use of space magic to avoid the cult leader’s eyes, but now was not the time to save my cards.

Just allowing a single attack risks losing freedom of the body. From the beginning, I had to choose the strongest move I could make.

Now that I’ve used space magic, I must kill Jamie here. If I can’t kill Jamie, Lilia’s identity will be revealed, and Estelle and the members will be in danger.

I’m in a situation where I’m leaning my back against the edge of a bottomless cliff, but that’s why I can pour everything out without holding back.

[Indomitable Courage has been activated.]

I took out the Spear of Destruction from the space warehouse. At the same time, I recognized all the space coordinates around me.

,…I’m going to kill you.”

Jamie, who crushed and killed a girl’s head like a bug, heard my words and twisted his neck at a bizarre angle to look at me over his shoulder.

,Huhat, your reaction is cute.”

Jamie, who was laughing as if he was enjoying it, shone his eyes. Suddenly, something like a dot came into view. I didn’t realize it was a dagger until I reflexively knocked it away.

I lost sight of Jamie in front of me for a moment because I was distracted by the dagger that fell to the floor.

,I remember your girlfriend was quite cute too. Huhuheut, it’s a shame I couldn’t cut her beautiful hair.”

As soon as I turned around at the voice coming from behind, I swung my spear filled with the power of destruction.

Nothing.

No, from the beginning, Jamie had calculated that I would swing the spear and was lying on the floor out of reach of the attack.

The pierrot holding the dagger stretches his lips.

Thwack-!

Enduring the pain in my left thigh, I scraped the floor with my right leg and struck down the spear at a fierce speed.

Thud-!

I could feel that the attack had hit his head from the sensation tickling my fingertips that traveled up the spear. Flesh exploded, and organs, muscles, and bones scattered and brushed past my body. The thought that I was able to kill the enemy with one blow thanks to their carelessness due to the hot blood soaking my body flashed through my mind.

As if mocking that thought, the front of a dagger soon protruded from my chest as it pierced through my back.

Gulp- The blood that surged up my throat flowed down my chin.

Jamie, who hugged my shoulders from behind, whispered a playful voice close to my ear.

,Ta-da! It was a trick! Haha, tricks are the basics of a clown!”

I stabbed the spear into the air at Jamie’s body temperature felt from behind. I had already recognized all the space coordinates around me. I adjusted the space magic so that the tip of the spear could reach my back.

Thwack―――!

This time, I felt the sensation of a head bursting with my fingertips. As I pushed away the arm of the corpse that was collapsing powerlessly, Jamie’s voice came from somewhere as if it were natural.

,Uwat…!!! Could it be space magic?! It’s a similar ability to that detestable woman I saw last time! This, this, I’ve gained an unexpected harvest! I’m such a lucky guy!”

I felt like my body was freezing at that voice. If it weren’t for Indomitable Courage, I might have trembled in fear.

I definitely killed Jamie. The sensation I felt from my fingertips clearly told me that I had committed murder. I couldn’t mistake that unpleasant sensation for anything else.

But Jamie is alive. The fragmented corpse lying on the floor and the corpse felt behind my ankle were definitely Jamie.

The survival instinct heats up my brain. There is no possibility of falling into a hallucination. Indomitable Courage is a fortress of reason. In the activated state, I could resist external hallucinations.

Recalling Luna’s testimony at the time of the attack, I pondered Jamie’s words, ‘trick’.

,The head, give me that head! Huhuheut!!!”

I heard a voice from behind again. But I didn’t turn around and counterattack like before. Rather, I pulled the Spear of Destruction into my arms and ran straight ahead towards the blood mist.

As I broke through the blood mist, my vision finally cleared. At a precarious timing, my spear slightly twisted the trajectory of the dagger flying straight at my head.

The end of my ear was torn off by the deflected dagger, but I clearly saw it with my own eyes. Jamie, with a severed thread attached to his finger, was smiling in the blood mist. That’s probably the real Jamie I’m looking for.

The Jamie I killed is not an illusion, but a real person. The sensation of killing a person with my fingertips cannot be deceived. The remaining traces of the corpse are also proof that it was a person.

Then there is only one conclusion. I don’t know how, but Jamie is creating and controlling clones that look like himself. What I have to do is ignore the manipulated clones and attack the main body directly.

I can recognize the space coordinates even in the blood mist. I won’t miss it this time. I created a dimensional exit above Jamie’s main body’s head and stabbed the spear into the entrance of the dimension where the exit setting was completed, even using the Breath of the Intangible.

The spear, filled with tremendous speed and power, pierced Jamie’s head as it was and crushed his body into a lump of meat. I definitely killed him. And at the same time, a dagger was stabbed into my right thigh again.

Thwack-!

,Keuk…!”

,Kyahahat! It was a fake again!”

I adjusted the dimensional exit above Jamie’s head as he was babbling like that and immediately burst his head. This time too, his head burst and his corpse fell to the floor, but Jamie’s chilling laughter was heard from somewhere.

Due to the ambush in a state where my vision was limited by the blood mist, the wounds on my body continued to increase, but I couldn’t even react because I was pushed back in speed, so I couldn’t block the attacks.

I couldn’t win in speed without using the Intangible. But the maximum use of the Intangible per day is 3 times. I had already used the Intangible twice today. I had to use the last remaining one at the most certain moment. The most frequent thing I heard from Lycan was not to fight with luck. I had to design the most perfect moment to use the Intangible during combat.

But there’s no time to think. I don’t know when another dagger will attack. If any plan comes to mind, I have no choice but to execute it immediately. It may be a wrong choice, but regret is only possible if I survive.

I grabbed the dagger stuck in my thigh and forcefully scraped it downwards. The wound widens greatly, and the bleeding becomes so severe that the widened area cannot be seen. My vision becomes blurry for a moment.

,Oh? Have you already given up? How could you be so boring compared to your girlfriend who resisted to the end! Ee, spit spit!”

I haven’t given up. This is just a calculated action to meet the activation conditions.

Reacting to my will, my heart heated up and started beating like crazy. The power of madness sweeps through all the nerves in my body.

Endless animosity towards Jamie writhes in my heart. Unexplained anger boils in my heart, and intense power begins to spread throughout my body like heat.

Thanks to the Berserker effect being activated, I gained the power and speed I needed right away.

,Ah, men are no fun to kill after all. Ee, just die! Huhuheut!”

I heard the voice from the front, but the senses awakened by madness made my neck stiff. I can’t see it with my eyes, but I can clearly feel the presence of the dagger approaching from behind.

In an instant, I stepped strongly on the ground with my left foot as if planting it, and at the same time as twisting my upper body, I pulled out the dagger stuck in my thigh and swung it over my shoulder.

Clang-!

The dagger collided in the air, and sparks flew. I gave a ferocious smile to the pierrot who was making a flustered expression.

,I finally caught up.”