I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 163

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Chapter 163. Execution (3)

Ruin did something unexpected.

What he pulled out was none other than a pocket watch.

When he pressed the button with a click, light burst forth from the pocket watch like a spreading magic circle. A figure popped out from within and rolled on the ground.

“Ugh… Wait, there’s a demon inside… Ah!”

The priest who had collapsed spotted Ruin and immediately jumped up without even dusting himself off. Then he grabbed Ruin by the collar.

“Shoving me in there, what the hell… Huh?”

…The priest suddenly looked around.

“What. Where is this place now…”

Before he could properly assess the situation, Ruin pushed the priest’s back with a thud.

“Go.”

“?”

“That’s your enemy. Fight.”

“…What?”

“Go on.”

Thud.

The priest was absurdly pushed forward and came to a stop directly in front of the spider with stumbling steps.

“….”

The spider facing him said nothing. Blankly, quietly, and expressionlessly, like an adult insect looking at a larva.

The priest also remained silent with his mouth shut.

‘…What the hell is this, damn it.’

“…What is this?”

“What do you mean. That’s your opponent. Now, get to work.”

“…Opponent? It’s a Special Grade demon!”

“Oh. As expected of a High Priest. You recognized it at once.”

The priest slowly turned around and glared at Ruin.

“…Did you just push me toward the enemy?”

“Yeah.”

“What about an explanation?!”

“There isn’t one.”

“What about tactical intent?!”

“You just look better at fighting.”

“…You crazy…!”

He had been in Haven just moments ago, he had only come to find a missing priest, and he was just trying to interrogate suspicious professors… What is this!

But soon the priest’s eyes lit up with realization.

“Aha. Now I understand. You handled the missing priest this way too, didn’t you? Because you’re demons!”

Ruin closed the pocket watch lid with a click and answered.

“No. We came here to rescue students.”

“…Students?”

Instead of answering, Ruin pointed at the spider’s chest.

The priest narrowed his brow and looked closely at the spider’s chest. Inside the roughly worn shirt, on the broad chest, a clear seal mark was visible.

A spider tattoo inside an inverted triangle.

“…That’s…!”

To the priest who had turned pale, Ruin spoke indifferently.

“Right. Special Grade Wanted Criminal, ‘Spider’.”

The priest’s mouth fell open.

“…Don’t tell me that’s the bastard who made 12 apprentice priests disappear instantly in the Holy Empire?”

“I don’t know if it was 12, but anyway, that kind of bastard.”

“Guh…!”

The priest gritted his teeth. However, a completely different desire emerged in one corner of his heart.

“…To be able to find the apprentices, this is an opportunity given by heaven. His Holiness would be pleased too!”

At those words, Ruin’s eyes sparkled.

‘Oh. If I score points with the Pope too, could I milk him for money?’

「Now you’re trying to mess with the Pope too…」

‘But the Papal Court is rich because they have many believers.’

Thanks to the Pope’s abilities, even the Union is dependent on the Papal Court. If he scored points with such a Pope, couldn’t he obtain land where neither the Demon Emperor nor the Hero could interfere?

‘Then a stable retirement life would be possible!’

However, the priest’s eyes flashed brightly.

“Good, I’ll verify your identities later. Right now we need to defeat that bastard together!”

Ruin nodded.

“That’s right. Fight hard.”

“What? Hey?! Hey hey hey hey hey?!”

The two had already disappeared without a trace.

The priest panicked and tried to chase after them, but at that moment, the spider’s thread grazed the priest’s side.

Slash!

The bleeding priest screamed.

“You should leave the rear to the priest, you damn bastards!”

The spider seemed to find Ruin’s behavior cute and chuckled.

“Not even a greeting after meeting for the first time in a while. This execution, I’m hurt.”

The spider looked at the priest with what seemed like strange irritation.

“…Left alone. A cleric without allies is just pitiful prey.”

“Kuk!”

The priest was wary of the opponent right before their eyes. This one was not an ordinary demon beast.

‘Special Grade Wanted Criminal, Spider. Definitely the one called the Insect King among the Monster Kings.’

They weren’t kings of ordinary races. They were beings like mountain gods, much stronger than such things.

‘Alone, I’ll just be torn to shreds…!’

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Meanwhile, the two demons who had thrown the priest and fled.

Echo whispered toward Ruin.

“Isn’t this a bit too villainous…?”

“The priest was suspicious of us anyway. Since they were going to deal with us, it worked out well.”

“What if they survive and chase after us?”

“I cast misfortune on them. They won’t be able to display their skills.”

“…I don’t know what that is, but it’s definitely something bad.”

Well, even if they did chase after them, he could just use the next custom plan.

Ruin no longer cared about the priest. Rather, what concerned him were the countless cocoons hanging from spider webs. Echo, who noticed the meaning, sighed low and nodded.

At the same time, when Ruin swung his magic wand, flame kills were formed. Echo immediately shouted.

“Echo (Copy)!”

Along with the voice echoing through the air, Ruin’s flame kills were copied into several. Dozens of flame arrows spread like fireworks and poured toward the spider web wall.

Boom boom boom bang!

Sparks flew with the explosion sound.

However, the cocoons didn’t burn easily. Far from being scorched by fire, they flinched like living creatures and stretched out threads.

Those threads immediately poured down toward Ruin and Echo like a covering.

“Damn it…!”

Echo hastily stepped back, and Ruin gritted his teeth.

At that moment, a strangely soft whisper came from somewhere.

“Hey little brother. Let’s go together with this big brother.”

A friendly but chillingly ominous voice. Ruin’s brow trembled.

At the same time, shadows surged up. In an instant, shadows spread in all directions. Darkness that spread like ink wrapped around the spider webs. At the same time, the darkness became blades and shredded the cocoons to pieces.

Thud, thud thud thud!

Threads were cut and shells were torn.

Thump!

Numerous students and apprentice priests wearing priest robes fell from the cocoons. Echo admired the sight.

“Oh, as expected of the Shadow King…!”

That’s when it happened.

“Professor Ruins! Are you there!”

A familiar voice. It was the Hero, Principal, and faculty.

Ruin reflexively put away his shadow ability. But at that moment, once again came the low and strange voice.

“You’ve become much stronger.”

“…!”

“I’ll let you go today. But not next time.”

The voice was close yet too far away.

“And… that body you’re disguising as. Be careful.”

Ruin flinched.

‘…The body I’m disguising as? The real Ruins Wayne?’

“You always die. You need to be careful.”

Always dying? What does that mean…

At that moment, the voice disappeared. Because of the people who had burst in.

Bang!

“Professor! We came after hearing you went in alone…”

The Hero looked at Echo with confusion. As if he had seen something in his notebook, he looked back and forth between Ruin and Echo.

“Why is Professor Eren here-“

“That’s not what’s important.”

Ruin immediately cut off the Hero’s words and looked around.

The Principal and professors who had rushed in together muttered.

“Those are… could they be the students who went missing a year ago…?”

“There are priests too!”

“My goodness, they were still alive…!”

It was a miracle.

But.

Twitch.

Their condition was somewhat strange.

Swoosh-

Arms dislocated, legs bent, moving as if controlled by someone like dolls.

“…Kill… Annihilate the enemies before your eyes…”

Their eyes were completely empty, and their voices were low and mechanical. All the students were looking at the professors in bizarre postures. They were even walking on all fours.

Ruin narrowed his brow.

This wasn’t zombies or werewolves.

“They’ve been brainwashed.”

That’s when it happened.

“Professor Ruins, it’s dangerous!”

“We’ll handle this!”

Those who shouted from behind were the faculty. Professors from the Magic Department and Command Department arrived, assessed the situation, and moved quickly.

“Let’s paralyze them first!”

Kwaaaaang!

Crackle-!

Light burst forth. Lightning struck fiercely.

However-

Thud!

The students crawled forward as if nothing had happened. Rather, from inside their torn skin, something like black thread writhed.

“What…? It’s not working?!”

“What on earth…!”

Then, the Hero swiftly extended his sword of light.

“I’ll step in. If I use annihilation-“

A moment of silence.

“No!”

The professors shouted urgently.

“If you step in, all the kids will die!!”

“If the Hero uses ‘annihilation,’ they’ll really be annihilated!”

The Hero looked bewildered and laughed.

‘They’re not worried about me?’

Regardless, the situation was getting worse and worse. The students were beginning to form an encirclement.

Echo laughed very briefly.

“…What do we do about this? Kill them?”

Ruin glared and retorted.

“Want to get in trouble?”

“…Huh?”

“They’re students. What do you mean kill them.”

“…Then what do we do…?!”

That was the moment.

The students rushed toward the professors.

“They’re coming!”

Ruin walked toward them.

“Professor Ruins! It’s dangerous!”

“Come back-“

But at that moment-

Ruin uttered a single word of magic.

“Sit.”

Thump.

Instantly, as if time had stopped, the students’ movements came to a complete halt.

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