I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 231

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Chapter 231. Leash (1)

What was dragged into the auditorium was the restrained real Echo.

Ruin’s eyes shook greatly for a moment.

“…What.”

Ruin’s brow twitched.

‘Why was the real body caught?’

His gaze slid to his own shadow. Ruin’s shadow scratched its head and avoided eye contact. It had an attitude as if making excuses like ‘Ah, it was a mistake.’

“…It seems there was some mistake.”

Ruin muttered coldly.

Echo’s eyes flashed.

A mistake? Then would he be released?

He looked at Ruin with such expectation, but Ruin gave instructions to the mages.

“Good. We’ll proceed with the experiment as is.”

“…What did you say, bastard?!”

Echo screamed while bound in chains.

“Hey, you crazy bastard, instead of releasing me you’re talking about experiments?! I’m a person, you son of a-“

“Shut up, Special Grade Wanted Criminal targeting the Mage King!”

The mages rushed forward and forcibly grabbed Echo’s arms and shoulders, twisting them.

Ruin calmly lifted Echo’s chin with his magic wand and spoke.

“Special Grade Fugitives have leashes that Pride’s upper echelons handle. If we modify that, the Union can hold those guys’ leashes.”

“!”

The mages’ eyes widened. That meant the Union could control Special Grade Wanted Criminals by reverse-engineering Pride’s control device.

“Mage King…. To think of such a thing…!”

“Indeed…! This is thinking on a completely different tactical dimension.”

As gazes mixed with respect and fear turned toward Ruin all at once, he casually shrugged his shoulders.

But the Grand Mage spoke carefully.

“However… if the Five Evils installed that leash, we may end up having to face them directly. Would that be alright?”

Tension flowed through the auditorium. Everyone waited for Ruin’s answer.

Ruin smiled coldly.

“It’s fine.”

‘Since I won’t be the one fighting.’

“As expected of the Mage King! For a human to fight against the Five Evils!”

‘The Gommilles will handle it themselves.’

「Hey.」

Ruin shamelessly tapped his magic wand.

“What are you doing. Hurry up and prepare for the experiment.”

“Then we’ll take him to the Magic Tower to prepare. We’ll thoroughly imprison him and analyze-“

When the Grand Mage spoke cautiously, Ruin lightly waved his hand.

“No. Let’s do it right here.”

“What?!”

The auditorium stirred. The mages looked at each other’s faces, unable to hide their bewilderment.

“In, in this place without any equipment?”

However, Ruin didn’t care at all.

“War is something where you never know what might happen. Most of the time, you can’t enter battle with full preparation in a place with proper equipment.”

Tapping his magic wand, Ruin spoke mockingly.

“I believe improvised experience is important for everything. Especially… mages who hide in the rear and only read books. You need to learn more ‘improvised experience’ outside of books.”

“Ex, experience…?”

When Ruin gestured, the spell technique of the leash hidden at Echo’s nape gradually revealed itself. It was Dispel Magic.

At the same time, just as Ruin was about to destroy it using Dispel Magic-

Kwaaaaang!

A black storm shook the auditorium.

“Kraaak!”

With screams, the mages rolled on the floor. Their lips had turned a purplish color. The Five Evils’ curse power had burst out along with the leash and devoured them.

In an instant, the auditorium became a scene of chaos.

“Kugh! As expected, there’s a spell technique preventing destruction…!”

“This is the Five Evils’ curse power!”

In the midst of it all, only Ruin was unharmed. At this, the Grand Mage crawled and shouted.

“As expected… Mage King…! To be fine even before such curse power!”

“How… how is this possible!”

He was fine because he was a demon, but Ruin answered calmly.

“It’s simple. I’m wearing a thin layer of defense magic on my skin.”

“I can’t… feel it at all…?”

“I’m wearing it thin enough that you can’t feel it.”

The mages simultaneously burst into exclamations of admiration.

“Ahh!”

“As expected of the Mage King…!”

「…You fraud.」

‘Be quiet. What’s important for a king is to appear mysterious.’

Kwarrrrung!

Dense curse power erupted and flowed out, making the auditorium ceiling rumble. Black mist swirled, and cold wind seemed to pierce into their bones.

“Kyaaaak!”

“Save me…! I can’t… see!”

“Blood, blood is flowing backward!”

The mages collapsed, vomiting blood. Their barriers were instantly torn to shreds, and cracks spread across the floor.

Ruin instead sat down in his chair.

“I’ll watch over you, so go ahead and try to suppress that curse power.”

At Ruin’s words, the screaming mages forcibly held onto their consciousness. They shouted with dying voices.

“Right…! It’s curse power that even the King is enduring!”

“Let’s learn! Now is the time!”

Countless spell techniques poured from their fingertips. Suppression, sealing, control, absorption, even recoil magic premised on sacrifice. The auditorium was dyed with light and shadow.

Ruin’s eyes gleamed coldly as he observed all those spell techniques. Shadows rippled, scanning and copying each technique one by one.

‘Good… This much is sufficient.’

“Your Majesty…! We’ve suppressed… suppressed it!”

One mage shouted while covered in blood. Behind him was a mountain of collapsed companions’ corpses… no, Gommilles piled up like a mountain.

Ruin rested his chin on his hand and looked down at the scene.

…As expected of the Union’s top elites. Their skills are excellent.

“However, I don’t know how to undo that spell technique.”

“Of course you don’t.”

“!”

Ruin finally stood up from his seat. He extended his magic wand and deployed a spell technique in mid-air. Instantly, all the mages’ eyes widened simultaneously.

“That is…!”

“I’ve never seen such a spell technique!”

“Are you saying you’ll decompose curse power with this…?!”

Ruin twisted up the corner of his mouth.

“I’ve been researching a way to remove that leash.”

‘Though the Pope gave it to me… well, it doesn’t matter.’

The mages were excited.

“You had it all planned out!”

“As expected, you’re serious about destroying Pride!”

“Of course, this is magic I developed not long ago and haven’t even demonstrated yet.”

At those words, the frenzied auditorium fell silent.

Uh… So, it’s pre-clinical?

While the mages glanced at each other, Ruin coldly raised his finger.

“Head Mage. You do it.”

“What?!”

The Head Mage’s face turned pale.

‘Me again? Me again?!’

Ruin continued speaking calmly.

“You bravely used solitude magic on me.”

“…Yes, yes…”

“Of course, if I die… you’ll be held responsible.”

Instantly, the Head Mage’s entire body froze.

“But if you succeed… I won’t hold you responsible.”

At those words, the Head Mage’s eyes shook frantically. Cold sweat trickled down the back of his neck. Then… his eyes rolled back.

“…I’ll do it!”

Crack!

As the spell technique activated, Echo’s body convulsed.

“Kyaaaaaaak!”

Black thread-like curse power was pulled from his body, then burrowed back in, amplifying his pain.

“It hurts! You crazy bastards!”

Ruin rested his chin on his hand and watched the Head Mage’s spell technique for a moment before slowly opening his mouth.

“Hmm… The resistance is severe due to the pain. When there’s resistance, the removal becomes slower.”

At those words, the Head Mage looked puzzled.

“Pardon? Then shall we cast restraints so he can’t resist?”

“What? You bastards?! This isn’t an animal experiment!”

Echo’s scream, and Ruin shook his head.

“No. The greater the pain, the more the body tries to endure. It needs to be painless for it to be properly undone.”

The mages on one side of the auditorium exchanged glances with each other.

“It needs to be painless to be undone…?”

“Then he’s saying to use healing magic in parallel…?”

“Wouldn’t that increase the difficulty? The success rate…”

The Head Mage also looked at Ruin cautiously, as if agreeing.

“…There’s no need to worry about a criminal’s human rights, is there?”

“No. As a healing arts practitioner, this is unacceptable.”

The Head Mage closed his eyes tightly, as if he immediately understood Ruin’s true intention.

Indeed, a true king.

“Yes. Then I’ll keep trying until it works.”

Echo froze.

Damn, he’s going to keep doing it until it works!

* * *

The auditorium where the Gommilles had collapsed from exhaustion.

When everyone had fainted, Echo asked.

“Butterfly.”

“Yeah.”

“Do you perhaps hate me?”

“You’re only realizing that now.”

“…”

Echo looked at Ruin as if he was dumbfounded.

Ruin shrugged his shoulders.

“I’m joking. I even switched you with a clone so you wouldn’t be in pain.”

“…”

Echo sent a look that said he would have hit him if not for that. And rightfully so, considering he had to see the Head Mage’s eyes.

‘His eyes went crazy trying to succeed somehow.’

However, Ruin’s golden eyes flashed as he whispered low.

“Well, I’ve copied the removal method anyway.”

The Gommilles weren’t useless after all, as they had made it possible to remove the leash even now. Ruin had copied that.

The only downside was that it wasn’t completely painless?

“Well, we have plenty of time. If we proceed a few more times, we’ll be able to remove our leashes completely painlessly too.”

“Am I the test subject for that clinical trial again!”

“Well… actually, I could remove it now if I wanted.”

At those words, Echo tensed up.

Never mind himself, but if the Monster King’s seal was removed, how much power would that be?

But at that moment.

Thud!

The auditorium’s windows shook simultaneously, and tremendous energy rushed in. The mages’ faces turned pale.

“Wh-what is this…?”

Suddenly, someone who had gone out scouting screamed out.

“It’s a Special Grade Wanted Criminal!”

“N-no! How could Special Grade Wanted Criminals enter Haven?!”

“The Hero has Luck Power, this makes no sense!”

Then, the professors who came running delivered even more shocking news.

“All of Haven’s defense formations… have been completely disabled!”

“What…!”

Students and professors stirred all at once.

This was an impregnable fortress managed by humanity’s strongest Luck Power. But all of that had been disabled in an instant—

Ruin’s eyes sank coldly.

‘The defenses have been disabled…? Don’t tell me.’

One professor muttered with a face gone deathly pale.

“Something has happened to the Hero!”

Ruin’s eyes flashed coldly.

Don’t tell me the Emperor, that bastard?

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