In an instant, his physical abilities had skyrocketed to those of a superhuman. Thanks to that, Shadow No. 16 approached Oswald with even faster movements.
However, they still felt as slow as a snail crawling to Oswald’s eyes. Standing still, he dodged the sleeve blade that was aimed at his neck and occasionally fired back.
Because he used dual-wield gun kata with two pistols at close range with higher physical abilities, Shadow No. 16 ended up taking more damage.
‘𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘦!’
As Oswald moved his wrist slightly, the sleeve blade he was wearing like an armor was ejected, and the blade popped out from the bottom of his palm.
He thrust his arm towards No. 16’s body as it was, and with a squelching sound, blood burst out.
“Kuugh. . .”
The sleeve blade had accurately pierced the right side of his chest, where his lungs were. Even so, Oswald used the revolver in his left hand to once again keep No. 17, who was on the right, in check.
Taang! Kaang!
“He’s not ordinary. . .”
“Well, let’s stop here for now.”
Just then, Sword guards, academy guards, and guardian golems who had heard the commotion were rushing in.
Seeing this, No. 16, No. 17, and the others tried to flee again, so Oswald created a railgun with Blood Daemon and aimed it at their calves, pulling the trigger.
Taaaang! Pazijijik!
As they had loaded armor-piercing bullets, even if they tried to deflect them with aura, the supersonic armor-piercing bullets were impossible to block with the dynamic vision and reflexes of those with only expert abilities.
Pashut! Pashut!
The two bullets formed a single line, piercing both of their knees and severing the parts below the knees as they passed through.
The two men collapsed to the floor with a thud.
Soon, the guardian golems threw out a mana-limiting net and captured the two men.
After that, Oswald went to the struggling Elsa and offered her a word of praise.
“You did well. Have you grown a lot?”
“Humph! I didn’t help you to hear that from you, so don’t go that far.”
“I see. . .”
Elsa, who had suddenly snapped at him, turned around and went back to the dormitory.
Thanks to Oswald, Sword arrested the unidentified individuals. However, the two people who had been arrested by Sword soon died, and the emperor reprimanded Sword for that.
How dare they target a student of Imperius Academy, a student of the Department of National Defense? The emperor was furious that the future talents of the empire had been exposed to people who appeared to be assassins.
Thanks to that, the case that Sword had been in charge of was transferred to Hecaton and Shield.
‘𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. . . 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰’𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘦.’
Meanwhile, the owner of the gaze that Oswald had sensed was Inquisitor Rachel, who had infiltrated the academy from the Heresy Inquisition Bureau to keep an eye on Oswald.
She watched Oswald, who had just used Blood Daemon without any apparent ill effects, with suspicious eyes.
‘𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳? 𝘕𝘰, 𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳. 𝘉𝘶𝘵. . .’
From what Rachel had heard, that Blood Daemon operated on blood magic or blood, in other words, life force.
However, as far as she knew, Oswald was a physical being who couldn’t use magic because he was cursed by magic. It was natural that he couldn’t use blood magic either, since it was also a form of magic.
‘𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘺’𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥. . .’
She was quite disappointed that she couldn’t find any significant weaknesses.
So, she left without any results.
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The next day.
Today was the day of the match between the 2nd and 3rd years, and Oswald also headed to the stadium to watch the league.
As expected, the third years proved their worth, dominating the second-year representative team from start to finish. In particular, they used their two Platinums to push the line forward, just like the first-year representative team had done, and pushed them all the way to the second guard tower. Then, they went to the still-contested lane and provided support.
In the end, the 2nd years were defeated by the 3rd years, and the 3rd years finished the match with a final record of 1 win and 1 loss.
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“Long time no see, Muzak.”
“Isn’t it dangerous to meet like this?”
“People’s eyes are on the academy right now, so it’s okay.”
Thanks to the accident that had just happened at the academy, His Majesty the Emperor was furious, and because of that, eyes on Hecaton had been temporarily averted.
Of course, the gaze of the CID remained, but since they could not enter the palace, the third prince was able to meet with ‘Muzak,’ a follower of Chaos of Truth, through a secret passage.
“So why did you want to see me?”
“I’m thinking of boiling a wild dog. Will you help me?”
“Wouldn’t His Highness the Prince be able to do it alone, even if it’s a wild dog?”
“What if that wild dog is the wild dog that you guys are looking for?”
“Hoo. . .”
Chronos’s lap dog, who had swallowed the ‘Eye of Horus’ that was supposed to overpowered and killed him.
Because of that, Cardga had been badly beaten by the Archduke of Truth and thrown into the ‘Labyrinth of Emptiness.’
The ‘Maze of Emptiness,’ the most terrifying prison for those who lived their lives seeking knowledge and truth, had nothing. The word ‘maze’ was just a name given because it was difficult to get out if you went in, but in reality, there was no maze.
“Alright. Let’s cooperate.”
“In that case, I’d like you to prepare just one demon’s essence. One that contains a lot of demonic power.”
“Then I’ll need at least an essence of aristocratic rank.”
“Yes.”
“When do you need it by?”
“If possible, I’d like it by the end of this week.”
“I’ll try my best. So what are your plans?”
“To exploit his weakness, corrupt him, and have Chronos deal with him. The Heresy Inquisition Bureau is eyeing on him.”
“Hahahaha, that’s wicked. So that’s why you said you were going to boil the wild dog.”
“Yes, as they say in the East, ‘When the cunning rabbit dies, the hound is no longer needed and is boiled and eaten’”
“You’ve learned well. Good. I’ll prepare it within this week and contact you.”
