I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 164

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Chapter 164. The Returning Students (1)

All the students sat down in unison.

Silence.

“…They stopped?”

“…More than that, what did he just say…?”

“…Sit?”

The faculty literally froze.

No, more than that…

“They really sat down?!”

That wasn’t all.

Ruin spoke again with an expressionless face.

“Stand up.”

Thud.

The students stood up simultaneously. Ruin’s gaze turned toward one student’s hand.

“Hand.”

The students all raised their hands in unison.

“…?!”

“No, are the students animals?!”

“Does that even make sense?!”

The professors looked at Ruin in shock. The students were staring blankly, literally only responding to Ruin’s commands.

“What did you do?”

The Hero asked, looking back and forth between Echo and Ruin. Then Ruin smiled coldly.

How, you ask.

‘It’s the control ability I took from Heizen.’

Of course, if he revealed that he could steal abilities, the professors would be wary, and the unpredictable Hero might try to connect it to Fire Butterfly…

“I applied Subjugation Magic. Right now the students are essentially in a beast state.”

“…”

Beasts! And subjugation – that technique he used to subjugate demon beasts before?

It was hard to believe, but strangely convincing.

Just then, students on the outskirts tried to move on their own. Seeing this, Ruin clicked his tongue.

“With this many people… it’s difficult to control them all at once.”

When Ruin glanced at Echo, Echo quietly nodded.

“Echo. Activate replication.”

Echo’s magic spread out, amplifying and broadcasting Ruin’s commands uniformly.

At the same time, Ruin spoke.

“Everyone, headbutt each other.”

Bang!

Bang! Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!

The students simultaneously headbutted the people next to them. With rolled-back eyes and mouths agape, they stubbornly,

Thunk! Crash! Thud! Bonk!

Fell down one after another like dominoes.

Echo found the scene amusing and stifled a laugh. Ruin clicked his tongue.

“Don’t laugh and maintain the magic.”

“…Yes.”

The professors felt relieved.

“If it’s like this…!”

However, Ruin said one thing.

“No. I’ve only put out the urgent fire.”

Ruin thrust the harsh reality at them.

“These children have been modified. They can never return to normal again.”

“…!”

A worried sigh escaped.

The Magic Department professors quietly nodded. The sight of students walking on all fours could no longer be called human.

“Their brain organs are completely destroyed. Both body and mind are monstrous. They can no longer live like humans. They’ll live like beasts until the end.”

There was no mistaking what those words meant.

“…Then in the end…”

“We have to kill them.”

Someone painfully uttered those words. Before the words were even finished, several professors’ eyes reddened.

“If only Heizen… hadn’t abandoned the children back then…”

These children didn’t have to die. No, they didn’t have to live as monsters worse than death.

As everyone grieved, the Hero extended his sword. He was the only one with a calm expression.

“I’ll do it. I’ll at least make their end comfortable.”

A heavy silence fell. And for good reason, since the Hero was the one who could deliver the ‘end’ more precisely and coldly than anyone else.

But at that moment.

“Leave it to me.”

Ruin stepped forward.

“…Excuse me?”

The Hero sent him a puzzled look.

“You’ll handle it directly?”

“No.”

No?

Instead of answering, Ruin raised his magic wand. At the same time, light burst forth, enveloping the students.

“…!”

That was the moment.

Changes began to occur in the students’ bodies. Their limbs started trembling, then their twisted joints snapped back into place with clicking sounds.

Their zombie-like sunken skin also smoothly reconnected. The wounds torn by spider webs disappeared one by one, and even their ripped clothes slowly returned to their original state. The body structure of students who had been crawling grotesquely on all fours also gradually returned to human form.

They couldn’t help but scream.

“…What the hell is that…!”

Yes, it was like a scene of time flowing backwards.

The Hero’s eyes widened.

“Could it be… ‘Time back’…?!”

In other words, magic that rewinds time.

That was what was unfolding before their eyes right now.

As proof, the students’ twisted minds gradually returned, and their eyes filled with murderous intent regained their original light.

“…Professor?”

It was a miracle. The children who should have been disposed of were returning to being human.

And the one who caused this miracle was… yes. The person casually lowering his magic wand.

‘Ruins Wayne.’

The light faded and the professors rushed to the students to check their condition. One by one, the students began to open their eyes.

“Professor?”

“…They’re back!”

“They’ve returned to being human!”

Everyone cried out as if it were a miracle. Among them were professors who collapsed and wept.

“I’m sorry… I’m sorry, we should have come faster…”

A single magic spell had cut through the hell-like despair.

Echo, clutching his arm, looked at Ruin in shock.

“What did you do…?!”

“Fix your fucked up arm yourself.”

“That’s not the problem…!”

Ruin activated ‘Impact Healing’ and punched Echo’s shoulder.

Crack!

Echo collapsed, foaming at the mouth.

‘…Wait, you told me to heal it myself…!’

Ruin dusted off his fist and quietly let out a sigh. The surrounding professors were looking at Ruin in shock. Especially the Magic Department professors approached immediately, looking incredulous.

“You’re also skilled in time magic?!”

But Ruin gave no answer.

‘The Head Professor can ask the God of Magic to put one magic spell in the staff.’

That’s right. The time magic just now was exactly the magic that Ruin had asked to be stored in the Head Professor’s staff.

It could also be classified as healing magic, but it wasn’t such a shallow magic. In other words, it rewinds time itself.

‘This magic is like a kind of salvation for me too.’

Ruin had searched for a way to remove Misfortune, but no such method existed.

Then he just needed to rewind to before Misfortune struck.

Well, if there was a drawback-

“Professor? Why is the Chairman here too?”

“Weren’t we in Professor Heizen’s class?”

“Did something happen?”

All states return to the past.

‘Including memories, that is.’

Well, it’s probably better not to have memories of being attacked by the spider.

Anyway, this was a realm that even ancient mages had never attempted. Originally, it wasn’t magic meant to be granted to humans.

Because turning back time inevitably demanded an equivalent price.

Namely, equivalent exchange.

‘If you turn back someone’s time, the caster must sacrifice time.’

Sure enough, Ginseng Superior burst into anger.

「You, did you learn such magic behind my back?!」

‘!’

「I’m always protecting you from becoming dangerous, but you! You!」

I covered my ears because the nagging was annoying.

At that moment, the Hero beside me seemed to realize something and grabbed Ruin’s arm. His face was deathly pale.

“…Don’t tell me, you used your lifespan?!”

Ah, so that’s how it works.

‘Well then.’

What I turned back this time was one year. And the targets were about 30 people.

In other words, I sacrificed about 30 years’ worth of time.

‘And for humans, 30 years of lifespan is an enormous amount of time.’

But Ruin isn’t human—he’s from the Demon Race, specifically the Shadow Race.

‘Even if it’s 30 years’ worth. For the Shadow Race who have no lifespan, it doesn’t mean much.’

The Hero, who couldn’t know this, grabbed Ruin tightly with trembling hands.

“Why did you do such a thing!”

Ruin tilted his head as if asking why he would ask such a thing.

“When students are in danger, saving them is a professor’s job, isn’t it?”

“…!”

“And this is Haven’s mistake, isn’t it? As the Chairman’s aide, I should do at least this much.”

“!!!”

The Hero seemed greatly shocked, but actually, using lifespan was a complete lie.

Of course, since Ruin is from the Demon Race, even if he used his lifespan, it wouldn’t show…

【God’s Right Hand】

Removes all harm that comes to me.

Right, Ruin had planned to receive this magic from the beginning because he had this.

Sure enough, the ‘God’s Right Hand’ ability activated, recognizing the stealing of lifespan as harm. Thanks to this, the price of the time magic was completely removed.

Even more.

‘It even got Kept.’

That wasn’t all. It immediately transformed into a new form.

【Death God’s Left Hand】

Reduces the target’s lifespan by the amount of stored time.

‘So, this time I designated Heizen.’

It wasn’t for nothing that he had left Heizen alone. He had thought of this from the moment this time magic was first Kept.

‘That bastard needs to be punished.’

Because he used the kids as bait and survived alone.

At this point, Ruin became curious about the real Ruins Wayne’s abilities. He had speculated, but didn’t know it would actually work like this.

‘This bastard. With this much, he’s close to being a Mage King.’

At that moment, the Principal nearby approached with a pale face and grabbed Ruin’s hand.

“…Are you really alright?”

Not sure how to take that concern, Ruin froze.

‘Ah. Wait. Do I look too fine for someone who lied about using lifespan?’

So Ruin immediately clutched his heart and gasped. And then—

“Hauk.”

He deliberately staggered.

“Professor!”

The Heroes rushed over urgently.

Ruin acted even more dramatically. Since he felt like he’d really burn to death if the Principal discovered his identity, he worked even harder to imitate a dying patient.

“As expected… it’s burdensome magic for a human to use.”

“Professor!”

‘…Hehe. This should be perfect.’

Meanwhile, the Hero holding Ruin’s eyes shook greatly.

‘Fire Butterfly sacrificed his own life for the students?’

That can’t be possible!

‘Then indeed… he’s not Fire Butterfly?’

If Professor Eren could create Fire Butterfly Phlyx, there was also the possibility that Echo had impersonated Ruin instead.

The Hero pressed his forehead, falling into confusion.

“….”

Meanwhile, in the distant darkness.

A shadow was watching the scene from atop a high stalactite.

It was Spider, the Special Grade Wanted Criminal.

He rested his chin on his hand and quietly muttered to himself.

“Haah… Going that far to protect humans?”

Though he himself was angry, he muttered as if an even more troublesome matter had arisen.

“If this happens… the Demon Emperor will be furious.”

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