episode_0043

“We are… …We are not villains!”

A man clutching his neck and writhing in pain from the burns shouted in a hoarse voice.

“We are on a mission to punish guys like you… … !”

“Yes, yes, I guess so. Actually, I know that. You guys are not villains.”

The man who heard those words looked up at Rias with his eyes wide open.

Thanks to that, he was able to see at the last moment.

“Villain, how could that be? You’re all just trash who aren’t even villains.”

The sight of her eyes, cold and cold and completely out of sync with the color vermilion, looking down at her as if she were an insect.

“Ugh!!!”

The man tried to say something again.

Phew-!

It would have been faster for Rias to kick his jaw and knock him unconscious.

“The people who carried out this attack are, simply put, socially disadvantaged.”

Rias, who had simply resolved the situation with one kick, looked back at Han Si-yeon and Han Si-woo and said.

“The motive for the crime, as this person has already said, is because of his base jealousy towards the talented students attending the circle.”

“No, at first that stupid statement was true? Of course I thought it was a lie to hide the real intention.”

Han Si-yeon muttered as if she was dumbfounded.

Next to him, Han Si-woo opened his mouth with a worried expression on his face as he thought about something.

“I, President Rias. What do you mean by socially disadvantaged… … ”

“Don’t feel unnecessary sympathy.”

Rias cut off Han Siwoo’s words firmly and said.

“Once they cross the line, these guys are just plain trash criminals.”

Han Si-woo unconsciously shut his mouth at her stern appearance that was completely different from her usual appearance.

“You can see it just a little while ago. This guy was stupid enough to think that he would become stronger than you just by taking one pill, so he was able to end it like this. If he hadn’t, who knows what kind of damage would have occurred.”

Phew-

“Actually, that kind of damage is already occurring in various places in the circle.”

“Okay, just a moment!”

Han Si-woo, who had been listening to Rias, opened his mouth urgently with a hardened face.

“Surely there are other villains besides this guy… … ”

“I clearly said it was terrorism at first.”

Rias spoke in a voice as calm and cool as a sword coming out of its scabbard.

“You wouldn’t call something so grand a riot caused by just one person.”

As soon as she finished saying those words.

Kwakwakwakwang-!

In Han Si-woo’s ears, the sounds of fighting that had been buried in the commotion and firecrackers of the place until then began to be heard from various places.

“Fuck!”

Han Si-woo quickly ran towards where the sound of kicking the ground was coming from.

“Oh, I still have more to say… … ”

“It’s okay.”

Han Si-yeon, who had been quiet the whole time, stopped Rias in a calm voice.

“He may be clumsy, but he’s not the type of guy to go around getting beaten up. He’s a broad-minded guy, so he probably ran like that to save his friend. At least he won’t get in the way of this situation.”

“Hmm, then that’s fortunate, but… … ”

Rias spoke like that and glanced at Han Siyeon.

Han Si-yeon, who noticed the meaning in her gaze, snickered and kicked the head of the still unconscious man with the tip of her foot.

“These guys, you can beat them up as much as you want, right?”

At Han Si-yeon’s words, Rias opened her eyes wide for a moment, then smiled playfully and said.

“It’s okay as long as you don’t kill me. No, even if you accidentally kill me, I guarantee on my name as the student council president that the worst will not happen.”

“That’s right, I like it hot.”

As she said that, Han Si-yeon smiled brightly and ran towards the direction where the sound was coming from, in the opposite direction that Han Si-woo had gone.

Boom! Boom! Phuong!

The second festival of the circle began under the night sky where fireworks continued to explode.

◎ ◎ ◎

Taat-!

Erio’s new form, which had kicked hard, rose upward like an arrow.

Erio, who climbed up to the roof of the building in one easy step, looked down urgently.

Her eyes, which were observing the movements of people, were trembling slightly with a deep sense of anxiety, unlike usual.

“Where are you… … ”

Just a moment ago, when the fireworks first lit up the sky, Erio was in a joyful and happy mood.

For her, who had been forced to live as a loner due to her constitution, the day of celebration she spent with Do Yu-jin today was a treasure that could not be exchanged for anything else.

That’s why.

I picked up the camera because I wanted to remember this moment a little more deeply.

Click- click-

Erio let go of Do Yu-jin’s hand and looked around for a moment before pressing the shutter at various things.

And at that moment.

Kwakwakwakwang-!

Suddenly, there was an explosion, followed by the sounds of objects breaking and fighting breaking out.

“What, what is it!”

“Damn it! Everyone run!”

The startled people screamed and fled in all directions like a swarm of startled locusts.

And Erio accidentally got swept away by the waves of people that were advancing relentlessly, and ended up losing Doyujin’s hand.

‘I should have held Eugene’s hand instead of the camera.’

Belated regret pounded Erio’s heart.

“What should I do from now on?”

Even the oblivious Erio could tell right away what was going on in the circle.

There was no need to listen, because smoke was rising from all over the place.

That’s why I was even more worried.

“Eugene is very weak.”

Erio muttered with a sense of anxiety, looked around for a moment, and then bit his lip.

I calmed my wavering heart and made a firm decision.

Click-

Erio released the two hair ties that could be considered his restraints.

In that state, Erio closed his eyes and slowly called upon his magical power, the lightning within him.

Dismissed-!

Then, Erio’s blue hair rose up with a faint light, and around it, golden particles of electricity appeared like fireflies and began to twinkle in the air.

Proof that she is using her powers in earnest!

Phage crackle-!!!

The net of currents that usually moved only through her subconscious began to change its shape and move more densely and larger according to Erio’s will.

Kwak-

‘It’s not enough.’

It was a net that boasted performance that could truly be used to find a needle in a haystack, but Erio felt it was lacking when he saw it.

It was natural.

Because what she had to find now was not something easy to find like a needle, but Do Yu-jin, the genius of escape.

‘But there is no other way… … ‘

Erio thought for a moment, then closed his eyes and heightened his consciousness even further.

If I couldn’t find another way, I had no choice but to continue to push forward with the one method I had at hand.

Shudder-! Shudder-!

A lot of information is converted into electrical signals and injected into the brain.

Erio shuddered slightly as he felt a headache and dizziness more intense than he had ever felt before.

A level of pain that would have made it so severe that it wouldn’t have been strange if she collapsed at any moment, a level of pain that the original her would never have been able to endure.

Kwak-!

But she persevered.

Do Yu-jin’s determination to find and protect her one and only friend became the driving force that helped her overcome the thorns blocking her path.

‘I can do it.’

Ahhh!

‘No, I can do it.’

A huge force that was chosen as the boss of the first scenario and mercilessly destroyed the protagonist’s confidence and pride.

Phage crackle–!!!

Some of them have now started to flap their wings in a different direction, away from the path that their original destiny had pointed them to.

“Huh?”

And as he was desperately gathering information from his surroundings, Erio felt something and opened his eyes.

‘What was it?’

It wasn’t Do Yu-jin.

But it felt familiar yet awkward at the same time.

Erio wondered what to do about this and then kicked the ground.

Because there was nothing I could do here right away anyway.

‘We have to move now, no matter what.’

Erio bit his lip slightly in impatience.

At that moment.

“Haha! I found it! You were hiding here, you piece of trash noble… … !”

A man with a strong murderous aura appeared in front of Erio, who was moving by transforming into golden lightning.

A menacing sight, swinging two huge swords like windmills.

Erio, who saw him, quietly extended his finger and waved it lightly.

“Bang bang bang.”

A cute little muttering added to that.

But what happened after that wasn’t so cute.

Kwaaang–!!!

A huge golden lightning bolt reminiscent of the hammer of God appeared in an instant and turned the man’s body into a lump of charcoal.

“Cough… … !”

The man fell to the floor without even being able to scream properly.

It was a much quicker exit than it was an entrance.