Chapter 97:
On the other hand, Ward.
“It’s gotten quiet.”
He was waiting, listening intently from a distance.
Until a moment ago, the forest was filled with the sound of high-level magic, but now there’s silence.
Which means.
‘The match must be over.’
I don’t know who won, but it’s clear that now is the perfect time.
I have to move now.
If I don’t, I don’t know when they’ll recover their strength.
Without hesitation, Ward rushed towards the battlefield..
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Lisanna, trapped in a barrier, screams in frustration.
“Aaaah! This is cheating!”
“What are you talking about? This is a practical test.”
Lisanna squints her eyes at Kaine’s words.
He ignores her reaction and says annoyingly.
“If you’re upset, why don’t you become an instructor’s assistant?”
“How can a senior do this to a freshman?! Don’t you have any shame, Senior?”
“Yes, I do not. I have no shame in doing this to you.”
“Damn.”
How dare she try to outwit me with her words?
In a verbal fight, the first one to show their emotions usually loses.
Lisanna, having already lost to Kaine in a fair(?) fight, had no chance of winning against him with her emotions on display.
While Kaine was mentally celebrating his victory, Lisanna made a frustrated expression.
“Aah! Damn it! If it wasn’t for this badge, I would have beaten you, Senior!”
“What are you talking about? What do you mean by ‘beating’ me?”
“You’re dick, Senior.”
I’ve met many crazy people in my life, but this is the first time I’ve met someone like this.
There are already three yandere candidates around me.
I thought I had a good mental state after dealing with them, but meeting a different type makes that arrogance disappear.
‘Huff. Well, that’s beside the point.’
Anyway, I can’t believe this worked.
Normally, this method wouldn’t have worked.
That’s because Lisanna was initially quite cautious about her badge.
‘At first, she was wary of me touching her badge, right?’
From the beginning, she was constantly on guard, fearing that Kaine might touch her badge while fighting.
But that was only when she was calm.
When the fight became a dogfight, she got excited and unknowingly let her guard down.
If Lisanna had been a little calmer during the dogfight, this wouldn’t have worked.
“Huff. If this plan had failed, I would have had won the dogfight with you, right?”
“No, I would have beaten you.”
“Your neck would have been cut by my hand, you bastard.”
“Hihihihi.”
Lisanna just laughs at Kaine’s words.
I want to slap her, but I can’t do anything because of the barrier.
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It’s not because I’m scared.
I just can’t do anything.
“Well, at least you know I was holding back, Senior.”
“Yeah, I know.”
I know that much.
In reality, Lisanna lost to Kaine because she let her guard down and she was going easy on him.
If she had used her full strength from the beginning, like in the last exchange, Lisanna wouldn’t be trapped in the barrier now, and she would be looking for other Instructor’s assistants.
Kaine shrugged and continued.
“But since you’re trapped in the barrier, I won.”
“Damn it. Senior, don’t pick up soap in front of me, I’ll eat it.”
Kaine raised his middle finger instead of speaking.
“But why are you here, Senior? If the barrier is released, I might be able to fight you.”
“What are you talking about? You’re also quite exhausted.”
It’s true that Lisanna is less tired than Kaine, but it’s undeniable that she’s also exhausted.
She has been using physical enhancement and sensing movement since before fighting Kaine.
‘She’s a monster even with that level of exhaustion.’
I’m sure that if she learns finesse, she will become a combat monster.
Of course, with her personality, she probably won’t.
“……”
Lisanna clenches her mouth tightly, unable to say anything in response to Kaine’s words.
He continues, complaining.
“And even if you’re less tired, I’m damn tired. When else can I rest if not now?”
“Oh, that’s true.”
Lisanna nods in agreement.
Well, the real reason I’m here is to lure Ward to this place.
‘There’s no need to explain that.’
As I was thinking this.
-Thud. Thud.
Someone approaches cautiously from the forest, as if they were waiting for this timing.
Kaine, who has almost no strength left.
Lisanna, who is slightly less tired than Kaine because she used a lot of strength before the fight, and is now trapped in a barrier.
Ward appears with a stupid smile, seeing the two of them.
Then he slightly twitched his forehead.
‘Hmm? This is unexpected.’
I knew from listening intently from a distance that they were fighting fiercely.
But there’s something unexpected.
‘I never thought Kaine would win.’
In the cult, Kaine was a bit annoying, but I didn’t pay much attention to it.
After all, his skills are like an insect to the executives.
So I never thought he would lose, let alone win.
‘Well, it doesn’t matter who won in the end.’
Whoever wins, the final winner is me.
‘I can really solve this more easily than I thought.’
It’s not surprising that he thinks this way.
Kaine, who is comfortably sitting and waiting, goes without saying.
Lisanna, trapped in the barrier, may not show it much on the outside, but she’s breathing heavily, indicating that she’s struggling.
So I don’t think I’ll lose to these two who are almost dead.
Especially since they don’t know my true identity.
‘I should approach slowly, just in case.’
After making up his mind, Ward.
He approached Kaine with a worried expression without hesitation.
“Oh, oh? Are you okay, Instructor’s assistant?”
“…… Yeah.”
If it weren’t for your poor acting, I’d be better. You bastard.
I almost said these words, but I managed to hold back.
While Kaine is trying to hold back his true thoughts.
“Senior, I’ll help you for a moment.”
Ward says as he appears in front of me with a potion.
Then he gives a warm smile.
“Senior, I’m sorry.”
-Poke!
A soft sound of flesh being torn fills the forest.
Kaine coughs up blood as his abdomen is suddenly pierced.
“Cough!”
“Huh?”
Lisanna’s brain freezes for a moment, and she makes a surprised expression.
‘What’s going on?’
Until a moment ago, I was joking and talking with Kaine.
But a seemingly weak guy appeared and suddenly stabbed Kaine in the abdomen without hesitation.
Lisanna finally understands the situation and furrows her brows, pounding on the barrier.
Bang! Bang!
Contrary to expectations, the barrier doesn’t budge.
“Damn it!”
I used too much strength!
Normally, I could easily break the barrier in front of me.
But before fighting Kaine, I used sensing movement and physical enhancement, which consumed a lot of divinity.
‘No, aside from that, I wasted a lot of strength fighting with that senior.’
She didn’t suffer any major injuries from Kaine, but it’s a fact that she wasted divinity.
So she’s not seriously injured, but she’s in a state of low strength and energy.
“Damn it! Hey, you weak-looking guy! Are you crazy? Why did you suddenly kill the senior?!”
“Huh? Well, it’s because you’re in the way.”
“…… What?”
In the way?
Lisanna furrows her brows, not understanding his words.
Seeing her expression, Ward smiles brightly and reveals his identity without being asked.
“Well, since you’re going to die soon anyway, I’ll tell you about myself. I’m Ward, an assassin working for the cult.”
“The cult? That incompetent group that only fails and has no dignity?”
“……”
Ward twitches his eyebrows at Lisanna’s ruthless facts and remains silent.
Seeing his reaction, Lisanna smiles maliciously.
“Hee… It seems I’m not wrong, since you can’t say anything.”
“Tsk! It doesn’t matter what you say. Anyway, you’re destined to die at the hands of that group.”
“Who’s going to die?”
Lisanna says as she pounds on the barrier.
Ward smirks at Lisanna, who is pounding on the barrier.
“Hmm. It’s impossible for you to break the barrier from the inside in your exhausted state. The barrier set up by the Royal Academy is a high-level barrier, so you’ll end up like the person lying there…”
Ward speaks with confidence and turns his head back.
Then.
“Huh?”
“Hey, you’re a good actor.”
Kaine’s sudden question makes Ward’s pupils shake like an earthquake.
On the other hand, Lisanna compliments herself. She crosses her arms under her chest, thinking she’s being praised.
“Hee. I’m a good actor.”
No, you really believed it too.
Kaine thinks as he looks down at Ward in front of him.
The guy looks at Kaine with a blank expression.
“Huh? You were definitely stabbed in the stomach, right?”
“It definitely hurt a lot. I’ve been stabbed in the stomach a few times, and I still can’t get used to it. So, let’s fight.”
Kaine, who uses magic and physical enhancement, looks at Ward with a surprised expression and slams his fist down on his head without hesitation.
-Crash!
Ward couldn’t dodge the attack and ended up kissing the ground.
Kaine looks at Ward, who is lying on the ground, with cold eyes, and then.
-Crash!
He stomps his foot with full force.
‘Don’t give him a chance.’
He’s an assassin from the cult.
If I give him a chance, he’ll escape from the Royal Academy.
‘That can’t happen.’
If he escapes, not only will my hidden strength be revealed, but the future might change.
Of course, I can use regression.
‘There’s no need to go the hard way.’
Regression is the last resort.
I shouldn’t be complacent and think, ‘Yes, I can just use regression.’ I need to be careful.
If the opponent doesn’t assassinate but subdues me, making me unable to do anything, regression becomes useless.
For example, the Elsa incident.
If it wasn’t my clone that was taken, but my real body, I would have been exploited by Elsa without being able to die, even with my healthy body.
‘Don’t rely too much on regression.’
As I continue to stomp on him, the Goddess of Fate sends a message.
Kaine stops stomping and looks at the dent in the ground where Ward is lying.
The guy writhes like a worm under Kaine’s foot, just like the saying.
‘There’s no wrong proverb, huh.’
As Kaine looks at Ward, Lisanna looks at him with a slightly surprised expression after about 10 minutes.
“But, Senior, is your abdomen really okay? You were really stabbed.”
“Hmm.”
You were really stabbed, weren’t you?
The reason I’m so energetic is because of.
[The Goddess of Fate says she never thought that the black history of the constellations would be so helpful.]
Thanks to the Cross of Divinity obtained during the Ange incident.
If I didn’t have that item, I would be regressing right now.
“But, Senior, I’ll help you as a witness, but is it okay to beat him up like this?”
“Ah, don’t worry. I’ve prepared everything.”
“……?”
“Everything went according to the plan.”
Kaine smiles kindly and rubs the communication ring on his hand.
At the same time, a reward message appears.