Chương 233: Chapter 18: “Yu VS The Masked Group”

When I arrived, what spread below was the disastrous scene of the Colosseum filled with the smell of blood. Alice. Milia...! When I found Alice, unable to move, being subjected to violence by a merely rough man (he said his name was Vester). And when I saw Milia, stripped naked and being violated. What welled up inside me was intense rage and regret. —You bastards. You're prepared for this, right? I hold my right hand over the arena directly below. I converge an immense density of Mana at the tip of my palm.

Lines of dark green light appear in layers, becoming a bundle. Intertwining, they gather into a single center. Exterminate. Those with malice in this place.

"《Blastool Rain》" The light of highly converged Mana was unleashed at once. The single light spreading radially downward branched into countless bundles again midway, and each further transformed into a spear of light. Totaling over several hundred. Like a fierce thunderstorm, spears of light rained down on the ground incessantly. There is no escape. Everything goes to the intended position. Avoiding civilians, sniping only the attackers with malice. One after another, piercing through the enemies' torsos.

And when the rain of light stopped. What remained was a battlefield where the pandemonium from moments ago had fallen silent as if it were a lie. Civilians who didn't understand what had happened. And then, only the unsightly corpses of enemies with large holes in their bodies, dripping blood. Except for one single exception. Landing on the ground, I glared at him and advanced step by step. Vester had grabbed Milia and was using her as a shield. I need to deal with him directly.

"Let Milia go. If you listen obediently, you can die without suffering."

"Like hell I'll let go! You bastard, you did it flashy!" Confident attitude. Does this man still not understand the difference in ability? What an appalling guy.

"Yu...!" I met eyes with Alice, who was lying down covered in wounds. I glanced at her once and ignored her. I didn't want to meet her eyes. Because her eyes contained deep relief and, at the same time, fear as if looking at a monster. If I show this kind of power. If I show it off... I knew it. Such a thing. Feeling a touch of loneliness, I just glare at the enemy in front of me now. I called out to Milia, who was limp while being grabbed roughly.

"Milia. Can you hear me? Milia!" She barely kept her sanity. I felt her heart move slightly at my call. The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement.

"I'll save you now. Close your eyes—it'll be over soon." As told, she closed her eyes properly. Right. That's good. Otherwise—I'd surely show her something she doesn't want to see.

"Hah!? What do you mean over soon! Try moving even a step! I'll blow this girl up!" Hostage, huh. Something a small-time villain would do. But your hostage—has no meaning as a hostage.

"I told you. You guys—" In the next instant. I had directly grabbed Vester's arm capturing Milia.

"—Misjudged me."

"Ga...!" No tricks. I moved at a speed this guy couldn't react to at all. That's all.

"You didn't even have time to use your specialty magic." Grinning, I put strength into my arm. Since Milia left his hand, I caught her gently with my left arm before she fell to the ground. When I applied more vice-like grip, his arm made a cracking sound, crushed, and twisted in an impossible direction.

"Gyaaaaaaaahhhhh!" The scum screamed a filthy scream. Immediately, I concentrated magic power on a single point of my right fist. The fist was wrapped in a dazzling yellow glow. I hammer my fist into his undefended stomach. Simultaneously with a dull impact, a flash ran for an instant. Visually, nothing else happens. All the surging light is sucked into the enemy's body and disappears. Glancing at Vester suffering while holding his stomach with his still intact hand. I lowered Milia next to Alice.

"Milia...! Thank goodness. I'm really glad..." Alice, perhaps relieved, started shedding large tears. Good grief. I can't watch this. I apply treatment with Qi to the two. The injuries disappear rapidly.

"The injuries...!"

"You should be able to move now. Alice. Sorry, but take Milia and stay away a bit." Even if I can heal physical wounds, I can't heal wounds of the heart. Milia is still looking down powerlessly. Damn it.

"... Yeah. But, what about you, Yu?"

"I'll settle things with this guy." But Alice didn't move. She looked down hesitantly, as if wanting to say something.

"What are you doing. Go!" When I yelled, she finally obeyed. Carrying Milia on her back, she retreated guiltily. She's gone... From here on, it's not something I can show the two of them. I face Vester again. He had already recovered from the pain in his stomach. From the pain.

"Damn it! What!? Since a while ago, my body is hot...! Hey you, what did you do!?" To Vester who was panicking like an idiot, I explained while showing off the right fist I struck him with." 《Explosive Light Fist》. This technique, by hammering immense magic power directly into the body—" To him gasping, I tell him coldly.

"Explodes you into pieces from the inside."

"Wha!?"

"A fitting end for a bomber, don't you think?" To the speechless Vester, I pronounce the death sentence.

"Thirty seconds left." Of course, I didn't intend to let him die easily until then. Soon, unbearable intense pain should run through his whole body. Sure enough, the effect appeared immediately. Vester became unable even to stand on the spot, crying, screaming, and writhing in agony. Gasping for breath, he clings to me, who should be his enemy.

"H-Hey! Help me! No! I don't want to die yet! Please!"

"No. You can't be saved anymore." Just as Milia tasted. This time, it was this man's turn to be dyed in the color of despair. You angered me. Taste the pain and suffering she tasted to your heart's content and die.

"You bastard...! Uooooooooooooooooh!" The desperate man unleashed explosion magic at me with a do-or-die expression. Does he believe he'll be saved if he kills me? Or did he think to take me with him at least? I dared not avoid it. When the magic hit directly. He must have been convinced of his victory. That's why. When he saw me emerge from the blast without a single scratch. He was trembling with an expression of disbelief. Something like this is nothing but a breeze.

"To try to stand against me with a technique of this level." The flustered Vester. Pitiful. At the end of his life, he was tasting the greatest humiliation. And then.

"Time's up. See ya."

"W-Wait!" Cracks run through his arm. Almost simultaneously, his legs, his stomach too. Emitting intense light from the inside, tearing into small pieces.

"U-Hiii! Gyaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!" Raising an exceptionally loud death cry at the end. Vester's body emitted a flash like fireworks and burst open cleanly, leaving no trace.

"Only the way you died was beautiful." Ignoring the people trembling in fear at the gruesome scene, I returned to Alice as if hiding. As soon as Alice saw me, she ran up with a face swollen from crying. Clinging to my chest, she shed even larger tears. I had never seen her face so sad.

"What should I do! Milia! Milia can't! Her voice won't come out!" When I heard that, I felt a chill.

"Milia..." Turning around fearfully. She was looking at me, smiling powerlessly like a broken doll. It was obvious she was forcing a smile. I instinctively ran to her. I hugged her tightly. I never thought I would do such a thing.

"It's okay. It's okay now. There are no scary guys. It's over." Milia also shed large tears and hugged me back weakly. But no voice comes out. Can she really not speak...? However, 'Thank you for saving me.' Only the painful voice of her heart can be heard terribly clearly. Shortly after that, the incident was settled. Since I killed all the culprits, the damage to the general public was kept much smaller. I'll probably be questioned in detail later, but.

Under the laws of this country, killing a murderer is not a crime. I'll likely be innocent. Milia... Milia decided to recuperate at her parents' home until the wounds of her heart heal. I slammed my fist hard against the wall of the arena. A large crack appeared where I punched, and the fissure spread further. I was naive...! This is the price of leaving it alone, thinking it didn't matter if it wasn't related to me. This is the result of being optimistic, thinking I could manage even if attacked.

I shouldn't have let anyone go from the beginning. I should have done it more thoroughly. This is the result my arrogance and negligence invited...!

"......"

"Yu... Where are you going at a time like this?" Alice asks anxiously. With dark determination hidden in my eyes, I muttered quietly.

"I'm going to finish this."

"Eh...?" Telling only that, I never looked back.