Chapter 109: Chasing Resentment – 6

“….. Capital Knight Order?! I heard that they have been lured away, however there have been nonetheless a couple of remaining….?!”

That was the one risk he might consider at first. Nevertheless,

Wringggg-!

Rodrus’ ears shortly realized one thing was amiss. The engine sound was too weak. When the Capital Knight Order goes into battle, the noise is normally so loud it feels prefer it’s scratching your eardrums.

It’s not purported to be this quiet.

The one risk was that the Purple Tower’s wizard had realized the Gold Tower’s magic. If he made the dust golems put on the leftover armor and despatched them to combat…..

The facility of the Capital Knight Order lay of their energy armor and the immense mana wanted to activate it. With such a weak sound, they could not be working at full capability.

That meant they weren’t enemies to be afraid of. There have been three of them, however he might take them on.

That was till the armors started utilizing the Wizards’ unusual martial arts.

Vroom-!.

“Kuk…..!”

As in the event that they knew his rapier’s trajectory, the armor’s hand moved deftly to deflect the assault.

He infused Mana into his ft to retreat, however one other armor expertly tripped him, making him lose his footing. He swung his arm making an attempt to push it away.

A 3rd armor slipped by, flippantly nudging his arm. The slight disruption threw off his middle of gravity, stopping a stable strike. His fist landed with a ting, barely denting the helmet.

Bam-!

A gauntlet struck his chin. It wasn’t an enormous deal. So long as he was defending himself with Mana, it was no match for him. He gripped the Rapier with a reverse grip, and stabbed on the armor within the rear.

However in that on the spot, a low kick hit his knee from behind, whereas a push on his shoulder got here from the entrance, altering his trajectory. His failure to land an assault created a gap. A knee jabbed into his aspect.

Gritting his tooth, he swung broadly. The armors retreated like a receding tide, solely to surge ahead once more like a excessive tide. He felt trapped, struggling in a marsh created by the three armors.

Each time he attacked one, the opposite two would cease him. That they had an intricate understanding of the human physique and its fundamental precept of movement, and used the least quantity of energy required to neutralize his assaults.

“Simply how…!!”

It was an impractical concept.

Preventing a robust opponent with three weaklings was nothing greater than nonsense concocted by those that didn’t perceive fight. On this context, 1 + 1 didn’t equal 2. There may be an inevitable waste of energy in cooperation, and ideal synergy wasn’t a factor that would exist.

Regardless of how refined the coordination, a single mistake was all it took to unravel every little thing. It was nothing however a sandcastle, destined to crumble as soon as the dominoes began falling.

Three turns into one.

The armors embodied this very precept.

Towards the systematically coordinated barrage of assaults, Roderus was graduallygetting pushed again. One step to dodge, then one other, then one other.

He was getting additional and additional away from the Wizard. He was being led away!

Shiver.

In Roderus’ thoughts, alarms have been blaring. You can’t give Wizards time. Particularly not this one.

For instance, with such a short while, he made these golems.

Roderus turned his head. The Wizard was standing there along with his hand prolonged, his crimson eye glowing by his black hair, staring immediately at him. One thing…. was coming. He didn’t know what, however he was positive it was one thing deadly to him!

Roderus ignored the armors’ assaults and bolted. However as if to say they wouldn’t let him escape so simply, the armors reached out, grabbing his limbs and holding on.

“Shadow that lingers underfoot.”

He tore away the arm making an attempt to place him in a joint lock, tanked the incoming fist along with his brow. He ignored the armor clutching his ankle and continued to run.

“Darkness that peeks by the closet.”

An unsettling Mana surged. Ought to he cease working and give attention to defending? Regardless of how highly effective, Magic was nonetheless Magic. So long as he was in Metamorphosis, Magic was nothing greater than a projectile.

“The solitude of a pitch-black evening .”

Assault or defend. At this crossroads, Roderus made his resolution. Assault. That Wizard was not an fool. If he ready the Magic on the final second, then he will need to have calculated how it might hit as nicely.

He needed to kill him first. Earlier than the magic was full!

Roderus used all his may to stab along with his rapier. Earlier than the sharp tip might pierce the Wizard’s brow, the casting was accomplished.

“『Stygian Arrow of Thoughts Destruction』”

The black arrow obliterated all of the psychological obstacles granted by the artifact──

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Simply 『What』 hit me?

His thoughts was clean. No, it felt as if half of his head had been ripped away. He couldn’t really feel something. No, maybe he was feeling simply an excessive amount of without delay.

His ears felt numb, a faint ringing filling them. Roderus squirmed. Moist dust smeared throughout his cheek. It hadn’t rained.

“────!”

His physique convulsed, reacting to the overwhelming stress it had endured. That brutal coaching. He remembered the instances he acquired coaching that broke his coronary heart in order that he wouldn’t get affected by Psychological Magic.

Since that day, he had thought he’d forgotten what ‘heartache’ meant. Even when he slaughtered numerous underneath the duke’s orders, he felt nothing.

“──────!!”

His coronary heart felt prefer it was tearing aside. He clawed on the floor till his nails cracked, however irrespective of how a lot he struggled, it wouldn’t go away. Solely then did he notice what was filling his thoughts was resentment.

The opposite Black Wizard hideouts that we discovered have been utterly empty. That they had reduce their losses and escaped, however since we didn’t go away empty handed, we determined to be glad regardless of some disappointment.

The priest instructed me that I wanted a couple of extra days of relaxation, so I made a decision I’d simply return to the academy and do it. If I stayed in Crownhall any longer, who is aware of what may occur to me.

In hindsight, the Tower Grasp’s resolution to return was a smart one. If we had entered the mansion, perhaps there would’ve been much more traps ready for us.

“……Agh, shit.”

It’s not like we hadn’t gained something. We bought our fingers on the bizarre stone sculpture the Black Wizards used, confirmed the existence of the traitor, and found out that Duke Pink Taste was actually an enemy.

However the second son or no matter who bought hit by Stygian Arrow of Thoughts Destruction wouldn’t be doing too good proper about now. So it wasn’t like I simply bought beat one sidedly…..

Nevertheless, haven’t they only been toying with us? I bought beat to a pulp, and Pink-Hair Lesbian bought damage.

Seeing my discomfort, the Tower Grasp’s eyes gleamed with anger, and she or he requested, “Ought to I kill all of them, grasp?” however I finished her. If we launched a full frontal assault…. I felt like one among our allies would die.

Wizards have been flowers that used time as their fertilizer to blossom.

Watch intently. Once you study simply how far I can put together, you’ll all be shaking in worry.

Like that, I returned to the Academy.

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On the finish of the grueling prepare journey, we lastly arrived on the Academy.

“…..D-Do you want me that will help you?”

“Ah, sure. Please.”

We instantly did a system test. There have been no energy outages, although there have been two intrusions that have been efficiently repelled.All the info was protected and sound. Thank god.

The rationale I started with the safety test was as a result of I remembered somebody on the Academy with the surname Pink Taste. If Duke Pink Taste was utilizing his sons as manpower, wasn’t it extremely possible that that scholar would take heed to the Duke’s orders?

Steal the data from my analysis lab on the Academy. Perhaps one thing like that.

My coronary heart was troubled.

Gone was the me who puzzled which session to open upon my return; now, my thoughts was solely centered on upgrading stats and sinister plots by combating from the shadows.

But when I carelessly performed round and bought ambushed once more, it might be my fault. I wanted to be prepared.

If…. I might anticipate their strikes one way or the other, perhaps I’d really feel a bit of extra relaxed.

“⋯⋯⋯⋯?”

“Oh, Tower Grasp. What’s flawed? Is there an issue someplace?”

“Ju-Just a bit. There was a bizarre frequency. You….. Haven’t performed different TRPG classes, proper?

“Ah, yeah. I’ve performed all of them with you, Tower Grasp.”

I seemed on the monitor. Once I adopted the Tower Grasp’s finger, there actually was a bizarre sign coming from there. It wasn’t only one, however two.

One sign was of belief, coming from primary NPCs like Centra, Pero and Abraham.

The opposite sign was sporadically coming from the large mutant.

“….Hmmm. Huh?”

“Ah, eung?”

Tower Grasp and I exchanged realizing seems to be, voicing out our theories

I hit Duke Pink Taste’s second son with the Stygian Arrow of Thoughts Destruction, however a few of my reminiscences will need to have blended in.. He appeared to have realized the existence of the principle NPCs.

“I….. used the large mutant in opposition to the Capital Knight Order Captain. I suppose that reminiscence will need to have made a robust impression…..!”

Uh.

Sssseup…..Uh?

My head spun. The Tower Grasp nodded in settlement, persevering with her speculation.

“Though it’s faint, there is a bond of belief. Meaning they’re linked by Mana.”

“In the event that they’re linked…. We will hint their location. Relying on how far they’re.”

“Not simply finding them, I feel we would even be capable to forged some tremendous lengthy vary Phantasm Magic at them. Look, we are able to attempt utilizing the large Magic Circle within the Academy’s basement.”

“An-And…. We-We ask Yuri… to make use of the properties of a Dream Demon. If we use goals because the medium, we are able to enhance our efficient vary considerably.”

Then what does this imply?

It signifies that I might mess with the man who sucker-punched me. No, greater than that….. If we strengthen the connection, I might flip him into our informant with out him even realizing about it.

I trembled, whispering phrases crammed with ambition and hope.

“Lengthy-Vary TRPG…..!!”

“Kni-Knight Order Captain. Tea-Educate her a lesson too!”

I grabbed the Tower Grasp, who was bouncing with pleasure, and spun her round as I puzzled. What sort of session ought to I do? What did I’ve to do to alter him, whereas messing with him and extracting some data concurrently?

I recalled the screams of the Evil God (7% included) and snapped my fingers.

“TS Magical Lady Session.”

“?”

My mouth was watering in /genesisforsaken