How to Replace Your Dad - Chapter 110

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How to Replace Your Dad

Chapter 110

I, who had been shouting with joy, flinched.

His red eyes held an ominous gleam, and uncontrolled mana rippled along the contours of his body.

The blood heated by rage appeared on his skin as crystal-like red spots.

Simply put, it was an incredibly menacing aura.

‘Eek…’

It was scarier than when I first saw Father in the cave.

Even my heart sank with a thud.

How much more so for the enemy’s eyes.

Oscar, who knew Father well, was already frozen stiff.

Then, Hera shouted.

“Stop the intruders! Deploy the defensive formation!”

The Reconstruction Council’s soldiers seemed to have received a signal as soon as the barrier broke.

Soldiers poured out.

The soldiers appeared well-trained.

They rushed out in a crowd, formed a defensive formation in an instant, and aimed their weapons at the Irregulars.

However, that too was only for a moment.

Bang—!

In an instant, they were pushed by Father’s mana and slammed into walls or the floor.

“Wow…”

An exclamation escaped me without realizing it.

‘The barrier isn’t completely destroyed right now, is it?’

It should still be playing some role in suppressing mana, right?

And yet it’s this much.

I poked with my shoe tip at an enemy soldier who had rolled all the way to my feet.

‘Did he die in one hit? He’s no different from a bomb…’

Just as I was thinking that.

“You hid well like the rat you are.”

The enemy’s face turned deathly pale.

They know that this side is Irregulars.

Naturally, since they had Oscar infiltrate.

Is there anyone on this continent who doesn’t know the prowess of Irregulars?

Especially Oscar, who had observed closely.

‘Still, the only Elite here right now are Father and Yuise.’

I’m worried.

I asked Yuise, who was already guarding in front of me.

“What about the others?”

“We couldn’t pinpoint Young Lady’s exact location, so we sent them to each gate. They’ll gather soon.”

“Shouldn’t we buy as much time as possible before they gather?”

“Ah. Young Lady has never seen the Marquis fight.”

Her tone was quite polite because of the broadcast.

‘Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Father in multi-opponent combat.’

Though I did see him beat Count Andres one-on-one like a dog.

Even then, his condition was very poor due to the founding Emperor’s blessing, ‘Lightning Strike.’

Something about his nervous system being damaged, so when he reached out his right hand, his left leg would give out.

Surely his mana flow was also a mess, so it wasn’t even a proper fight.

Yuise said with a slight smile.

“The Marquis has never lost a single battle he’s participated in.”

“But still, no matter what, the enemy’s numbers…”

Just as I was saying that, a group of enemies approached Father.

It was a squad mainly composed of spearmen wielding massive spears.

The spearmen swung their long spears to trap Father within the range of their spears.

As the magic swordsmen chanted incantations, mist began rising from beneath their feet.

Heavy cavalry defended the outside of their circular formation like a castle wall.

In other words, the inside of the circular formation was essentially a one-against-many battleground.

But…

“…Huh?”

The enemies surrounding Father were being pulled in like a whirlpool.

The ground was carved in a spiral shape.

It was like a black hole.

Because of the massive heavy cavalry, I couldn’t see what was happening inside.

And from within…

“Aaaaah—!”

“Kugh!”

Tearing screams were heard, then soon a crunching sound.

The sound of bones being shattered could be heard.

Even the heavy cavalry went limp, their entire bodies twisted in grotesque directions along with their armor.

Eventually, Father walked out from between them, holding a small mage by the scruff of the neck.

Blood was streaming from every opening in the mage’s body – eyes, nose, ears, and mouth.

Father casually tossed the mage aside.

“…!”

“…?!”

“…!!”

The enemy soldiers’ faces turned ashen.

Father said.

“You thought to face me with just this much?”

“…”

Hera swallowed dryly.

Father looked at the enemies with emotionless eyes and said.

“Even if I pile up mountains with your corpses, my anger will not be quelled.”

“…”

“Bring me your leader.”

“A, Arahan!”

Hera shouted with a haggard face.

Then Arahan, who had his long hair carelessly tied up, scratched his head vigorously.

Arahan walked over with his thin, hunched body.

He lightly pulled down his glasses with his fingertips.

Sharp, elongated eyes that were usually hidden by his sluggish demeanor were revealed.

His eyes gleamed with madness.

“I’ve been looking forward to meeting you. If I could get my hands on you, you’d make the finest test subject. Irregu… Ack!”

Arahan clutched one eye and groaned.

It was because I had immediately thrown a stone as soon as it seemed like the Irregulars would be mentioned.

Arahan grumbled while holding his eye.

“You have no fear. Behind you are Irregu… Ack!”

I threw another one.

“Stop that. Irregu… Aaack!”

I threw yet another one.

I lightly nudged Yuise.

‘Deal with him before he mentions Irregulars.’

If the story about the Irregulars comes up while we’re broadcasting, it’ll be a disaster.

Yuise looked at me with wide eyes and an incredulous expression.

But soon he let out a bitter laugh.

He repeatedly clenched and unclenched his fist.

Then, whoosh—! Text strings shot out from his wrist like whips, binding Arahan.

Hera screamed.

“Anne!”

I flinched and turned my head.

Anne was frowning.

‘Anne is the one with abilities similar to Yuise.’

Both of them use condensed forms of power as weapons.

The difference is that Yuise uses sorcery while Anne uses curses.

‘Strictly speaking, Anne is the superior version of Yuise.’

Yuise’s text strings are merely a means of physical attack.

But Anne’s curses can inflict curses just by touching.

Black energy writhed like tentacles around Anne’s body.

She had entered an attack-ready stance.

‘Then the one who can face her is…’

I stepped forward in front of Yuise.

“Anne, I don’t want to attack you.”

“Did Yustea deceive Anne?”

“…”

“Yustea said Anne only needed to deliver the handkerchief. She didn’t say we would attack—!”

A heart-wrenching scream burst out.

At the same time, black energy stretched toward me.

I gripped the sword I had been holding for the confrontation with Hera.

“Yuise, isn’t there a way for me to attack too?”

“You? Attack?”

“Yeah. I can only provide support with healing and purification. That’s why I often need to be protected during battles. I wish I could at least defend myself.”

“…Well, that’s…”

“I want to learn combat magic or something.”

“Combat magic is tricky. You have to set up and cast spells within seconds, so quick reflexes are vital. Quick reflexes aren’t developed through short training. But…”

“But…?”

“There is a way to protect your body.”

I recalled the conversation with Yuise.

And I circulated mana as I had trained.

“You make your weapon powerful. You can make it the strongest scythe that cuts through anything, or in your case, you could make a sword with friend-or-foe identification that won’t cut allies.”

“How?”

“The trick is simple. Especially for you.”

Think of the weapon as part of my body and circulate mana to the weapon’s tip.

Make the steel’s toxicity disappear through 【Purification】.

The sword flashed with light.

Father chuckled.

Yuise also nodded with a smiling face.

“It will cut through any curse.”

I swung the sword.

The black energy flying toward me like tentacles was cleanly cut and disappeared with a whoosh.

The enemies flinched.

Arahan clicked his tongue.

“She’s Anne’s natural enemy.”

That’s right.

Anne, who deals with curses, cannot use her power in the face of the Saint’s purification.

“I was sincere when I said you were cute.”

“…”

“Come with me, Anne.”

I extended my hand.

“I’m not afraid of you. I know how lovely you are. We’ll all become your friends.”

“…”

“Please, Anne. I don’t want to attack you.”

Anne stared at me with a hardened expression.

At that moment.

Swoosh—!

Hera, who had rushed forward in a low stance, thrust her sword at me.

“Then how about me!”

I hastily stepped back.

The tip of Hera’s sword cut through my clothes.

But then.

Clang!

The tip of Hera’s sword was cut off and rolled away.

It was Roslin.

Roslin, the younger sister of the mage Ros I had brought.

“How dare you show your face to her! You’re dead, you XX!”

Roslin, who had broken the sword by striking the blade with her bare hand, stretched out her arm.

The sleeve part of Roslin’s clothes literally burst open as her muscles bulged.

Roslin, who had become more muscular than Antonio, grabbed Hera’s hair.

“Is this the mouth that talked shit to our Young Lady? I saw it all through the Mirror World, you XX!”

Thwack!

Charlie punched Hera in the face.

Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!

Hera’s face became a bloody mess.

“Wow…”

“Oh…”

“Whoa…”

The male Irregular unit members exclaimed in admiration.

But the female unit members…

“Damn X!”

“You’re dead. You dog-like XX!”

They swarmed over, swinging Hera’s hair and kicking her.

I maintained a benevolent expression.

The enemies also flinched.

“Oh my…”

Arahan stepped back with a start.

“You’re all quite tough.”

Then he pulled something from his pocket.

At that moment.

[No! Stop him!]

The voice of mage Ros echoed through the air.

‘Stop him?’

I was frowning, wondering what was happening.

Graaaah—!

[White Dragons…!]

Ros’s voice cut off abruptly as massive white dragons came flying through the air.

They were as huge as the white dragon that had been enlarged by Stella at the Andres Estate.

And it wasn’t just one, but what looked to be dozens of them.

“Then we’ll leave this place to the white dragons.”

Arahan laughed and waved his hand.

The soldiers retreated.

Oscar also extended his hand.

Hera, who had been exhausted by Roslin and the female members, floated up gently.

Anne looked at me.

“….”

Anne bit her lips tightly and ran after them.

Yuise said.

“Looks like they’re running away.”

“Contact the elites at the gate. We need to catch them… wait.”

I flinched.

Suddenly, I had this thought.

‘Would Arahan give up such an incredible test subject as a prince?’

I turned my head.

Stella was nowhere to be seen.

Come to think of it, Stella had disappeared at some point.

‘…Along with Luciano.’

My eyes widened as I started running.

“Yu… Young Lady!”

“Communication stone!”

When I shouted, Yuise flinched and handed me the communication stone she wore around her neck.

I put the communication stone around my neck and quickly ran to the experimental lab.

‘If it’s Stella, she would have gone to find Yohaël and Gaspard.’

But what about Luciano?

Why did Luciano disappear?

It was likely he had followed Stella.

I ran quickly and reached the experimental lab.

The experimental lab was open.

When I went inside, even the iron bars were open.

‘I can feel an ominous aura.’

Could this be where they gather test subjects?

I grabbed the communication stone.

[What’s the matter.]

It was the Clan Leader’s voice.

“It’s me. Please send soldiers to the end of the southeast corridor from the garden.”

[Yes.]

After saying that, I ended the communication.

I walked down the stairs inside the iron bars.

When I reached the end, I heard a faintly trembling voice.

“Yohaël… Yohaël, snap out of it.”

It was Stella’s voice.

Inside looked like a warehouse.

It was full of all kinds of magical tools.

And test subjects as well.

They hadn’t kept the test subjects in separate cells but had thrown them all in one place.

Yohaël and Gaspard were there.

Chained up.

‘Luciano is here too.’

Luciano was standing behind Stella.

When Stella shook him, Yohaël narrowed his brow and opened his eyes.

As if he had a headache, he grabbed his head and the chains made a clanking sound.

“What time is it now.”

When he asked, Stella said.

“It’s morning. The rescue team came. We can go back now.”

Stella looked at Luciano.

“Please break the chains.”

When Luciano remained silent, Stella frowned.

“Can’t you hear me? I asked you to break the chains.”

But Luciano was heading somewhere else.

Toward the magical tools that were scattered about.

“Prince Luciano…! You.”

Stella, who had been shouting, froze when she spotted me.

However, I didn’t answer Stella and quietly watched Luciano’s actions.

Luciano was searching for something among the magical tools.

“What are you doing?”

“….”

“Your Highness?”

“….”

Luciano quietly looked at me.

I approached him in confusion.

“Can’t you… speak?”

“….”

That night, the reason he had quietly gestured to me wasn’t because he didn’t want Stella to notice.

I extended my trembling hand toward Luciano.

Luciano briefly closed his eyes and opened them.

As if to say it was okay.

I looked at Stella.

“…What happened.”

“….”

“I’m asking what happened!”

Stella shrank her shoulders and bit her lips.

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