Sadi Chocolate’s eyes drew a line.
It was a ‘vanguard’ sent to figure out Jezel’s response methods, but unexpectedly, there was a gain.
Oknodie.
The princess confined within the foundation that everyone strives to protect.
A being with the potential to be a Demon King.
Dark Princess.
They had managed to grasp her type and intervention.
“Versatile. Knowledgeable. Quick-witted. Even with mistakes raining down in a chaotic situation, nothing goes so far off track that it can’t be reversed.”
Every spell is equipped with a minimum ‘safety device’ and ‘protective technique’ to prevent magical disasters or runaway power.
Rather than mistakes due to lack of experience, it’s akin to the skill of a seasoned veteran covering up blunders.
One can see how much education had been given to that little one in the foundation.
“Interesting. More than Mandela, and more than Cruel.”
Mandela, who protects friends with a kind heart.
Cruel, who seeks to become a greater evil with wicked power, blocking the way.
Oknodie was like a child who combined both of them.
A confrontation with Jezel.
A bet between Student Council Presidents.
Much more enjoyable than a battle with a foreseen victory.
The existence of a lofty lady who couldn’t guarantee victory even by pouring in ‘everything’ stirred Sadi Chocolate’s sadistic heart.
“I got an idea of your skills. Hehe. Now, how will you block ‘this’?”
Sadi Chocolate’s next move that rendered Oknodie’s near-omnipotent defensive abilities moot.
It all began with the ‘Upperclassman Undead Students’ soaring into the sky.
“An aerial battle?!”
“Oops, upperclassmen could use ‘flight’ magic!”
The upperclassmen flying in the sky reinforced their magical onslaught above the monster while bombarding it from the air with [Bone Structure] magic, creating weight on the defensive wall.
The weighty magic with substance cannot be stopped by spells even if they block the magic itself once it materializes.
BAM!
A massive mound of bones struck the protective shield, causing damage once.
[Bone Explosion]
The explosion of the bone mound covered the entire shield with explosive damage once more.
“I can’t see!”
“Damn it, clear it with wind magic or spread out the mana force to secure visibility!”
Spending magic once more to clear the dense bone powder.
One attack leads to a total of three moves ahead.
If this one-sided tug-of-war continues and the ‘Students’ depletion rate rises drastically instead of ‘Oknodie’?
“I-I’m out of mana…”
“Grrr, the power I was already giving to the Sandkooker…”
“Sorry, I was wrong.”
Quickly, the dropouts began to emerge.
So, can you withstand the one-sided depletion war?
Sadi Chocolate’s triumphant expression made Oknodie snort dismissively.
[Dark Nourishment Elixir]
[Mana Detection]
[Conditional Dispensing Technique]
Oknodie’s early dark magic, which announced monstrous power enhancement by transforming small mosquitoes into giant bloodsuckers from the beginning of the semester.
Having been improved over a long time, the black liquid erupted with bubbles, presenting a horrifying appearance that even the undead thought was too much.
“Everyone, drink this and cheer up!”
“Are you trying to turn us into monstrous giants?!”
“How can we drink water boiling with dark mana?!”
Students familiar with Oknodie since last semester’s beginning had no intention of letting this magic inside their bodies.
“Tsk. Then let the Undead Seniors drink it.”
“No, we’re overflowing with mana…?”
“Undead also care a lot about visuals. What if our bones rot?”
“What if, if we drink it wrong, our souls melt away…?”
Oknodie wiggled one butt cheek and placed one hand on her hip while handing over a mug full of Dark Nourishment Elixir.
“Wow, the bubbling feeling tickles from the esophagus down to the stomach, making a loud noise, but basically, it’s just a modified ‘water creation’ magic, so it’s not harmful to health! Just a little, um, it makes you feel good and refreshed!”
The Undead Seniors looked terrified as if they were facing forbidden, divine drugs that should never be consumed.
“I’m not eating that drug.”
“I can be of help even without that medicine.”
“I’ll prove it, so please don’t administer that drug!”
The Undead Seniors’ struggle was remarkable.
Even as the number of those who could protect their bellies dwindled, they could still fight on behalf of those collapsing.
Meeting everyone’s ‘eyes’, digging into their imaginations, Sadi Chocolates peered into and conveyed the stir of their fears and emotions to their main body.
“This is getting more interesting. Overcoming a desperate disadvantage through fear. This is the operational method that the second director of the Wahyhiemhai Foundation showcases as an evil organization? I like it.”
Sadi Chocolate felt the idea that there was another being like herself in the world.
Though the exact processes differed, the methods were the same.
Human hearts are fragile.
They guide those fragile hearts in the desired direction.
A psychologist and the Dark Princess shared a sense of kinship in that realm of essence.
Of course, just because Sadi felt a sense of kinship did not mean Oknodie felt the same.
“Fool. The seniors with flesh can temporarily become undead, thanks to Professor ESDIE’s [Resurrection] ability, but do you know how many seniors have had their spirits broken and souls tainted because of you?”
“Even if we come back to life with such power, we wouldn’t be able to escape the position of [Great Sinner], right? Moreover, I’m the Student Council President of the dead. If I suddenly resurrect, the students who follow me will decrease and I’ll grow weaker. So it’s only natural to interfere, right?”
“That’s why I dislike Sadi!”
The exchanged information abruptly cut off.
The afterimage of Sadi Chocolate that had only flickered in Oknodie’s view disappeared with a poof, and a new afterimage of Sadi Chocolate emerged in a corner of her view, chuckling softly.
“Interesting. Attempting to implant a virus in the information-sharing technique between the main body and the afterimages, trying to indiscriminately pour [Sealed Memories] into the main body’s mind.”
“If you know, hurry up and give up and return to the coffin before I punish you more!”
“What should I do? I’ve bullied others a lot, but being bullied is something rare for me. I’m so looking forward to punishment!”
“Hmph. Is that what you wished for?”
Up until now, Sadi Chocolate had been attacking unilaterally.
But it’s not like Oknodie didn’t have a way to respond.
Her surface thoughts had also been read clearly by Sadi Chocolate’s afterimage, which had been engraved upon Oknodie.
-I tried to take it easy because you’re a newbie, but if you’re going to insult me this much, I can’t just let it slide as a veteran!
Sadi Chocolate felt something flow back into her main body, like a virus trying to spread.
Swish
Another afterimage crumbled, and the new form of her appeared in Oknodie’s view, but the newly appeared afterimage still exhibited a hint of turmoil in her eyes.
“Isn’t it disappearing?”
“Hmph. Engraving isn’t something only you can handle! It’s more of a Magic Swordsman’s specialty.”
The Magic Swordsman is a build that simultaneously executes magic and swordsmanship.
That’s the one-dimensional understanding, but as you deepen the occupational abilities, other methods become possible.
Integrating the magic’s versatility into swordsmanship.
Integrating the intricacies of swordsmanship into magic.
Engraving magic that maintains an afterimage imprinted in the opponent’s mind, when incorporated with swordsmanship, can slice through the gaps in the soul like an attack.
The duration is longer than standard techniques, and even if the opponent tries to erase the technique, it becomes challenging to uproot it without enduring side effects due to its deep infiltration in their sanity and soul.
The deeper it is dug, the more severe the side effects must be endured, making it a case of the belly button being larger than the belly itself.
In fact, there’s hardly any other profession as specialized as the Magic Swordsman in creating maximum irritations with minimum investments by using engraving magic.
Thus, Oknodie’s engraving technique penetrated the edges of Sadi Chocolate’s spirit and soul.
[Stolen the controlling authority of the sprout planted in the heart of Undead Senior number 37.]
[To regain that authority, Sadi Chocolate must solve the [Problem] you set.]
[It’s a subjective question. Please answer what goes in place of the question mark in the following equation: 3877625 × 3877625 = ?]
The tension in Sadi Chocolate’s keen mind paused, as if it had lagged.
In that gap, Oknodie looked into the eyes of the remaining students through Sadi Chocolate’s afterimage.
Suddenly making eye contact, the students were perplexed, but Sadi Chocolate realized the meaning of that act and hurriedly cut off the connection with the afterimages spread around.
However, even in that brief moment, Oknodie performed the engraving magic that connected back to Sadi Chocolate through the afterimages etched in the minds of other students.
By the time she cut off the connection, Sadi Chocolate’s mind was already locked away with over a hundred locks.
“I only want to bother one person, not many!”
