I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 234

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Chapter 234. Liberation (1)

Echo becoming a Special Grade Wanted Criminal wasn’t simply due to rebellion.

Echo was originally a genius fairy inventor from Pride’s technical division. At the same time, he was the direct disciple of the legendary genius inventor who was said to have created the Wish Stone.

He designed countless artifacts. All of them were things meant to protect people and make the world more convenient. Echo regarded them as his ‘children.’

However, one day, Echo witnessed it. The fact that the children he had given birth to were being reborn as weapons for the higher-ups, used to kill countless people.

So he protested, but—

“Be grateful that your inventions are being used for the higher-ups.”

His request for cessation was coldly rejected.

So Echo chose destruction. With a wailing heart, he shattered his artifact children into pieces.

Pride branded him as a traitor. They stamped him with the mark of ‘Special Grade Wanted Criminal’ for the very reason that he had destroyed the children he loved.

The leash placed on him wasn’t a simple shackle. It was a special curse technique created by borrowing the power of the Five Evils. The moment the leash was attached, more than half his power was sealed, and if he disobeyed commands, his body and soul would be devoured.

It was an absolute yoke that only the Five Evils and the higher-ups could release.

But that very yoke…

Crash!

As if space itself was splitting, Echo’s leash shattered. The magic circle constricting his neck scattered like glass fragments, and the bound power poured out like a storm.

Echo’s ears gleamed sharply, and natural energy burst from his body. Forest winds whirled, and birds descended before him as if in worship.

“…Now I can finally breathe.”

At that moment, Special Grade Wanted Criminal Sand screamed.

“What, what?! The leash came off… How is that possible?!”

But it was already too late. The natural energy flowing from Echo’s fingertips tore through the air and spread out.

Those fragments of light burrowed into Sand’s body—

“Aaaahhh!”

Sand’s body crumbled like a collapsing sandcastle and disappeared like dust.

The battlefield instantly fell silent.

“…Dead.”

Someone’s voice echoed.

Then, another Special Grade Wanted Criminal who witnessed that scene, Cat, flattened her ears and backed away.

“Wait… Sand is dead? No, the leash came off? This doesn’t make sense…!”

Her eyes were already close to panic.

Pride’s leash was an ‘eternal yoke’…?

“Wait, how is this possible?! Fire Butterfly cut the leash? …This is insane!”

Cat crouched down, ready to flee. Echo grinned and chased after her.

“Hahaha! It hurt a bit, but since Butterfly kept the promise, I should pay back at least this much interest!”

However, a strange curiosity crossed one corner of his mind.

He had half his power sealed, but Ruin carried much heavier seals. He was sealed almost to the limit. The double, triple… no, multiple layers of seals wrapped around him would take time to undo even layer by layer.

But.

‘…If all those seals were released.’

Just imagining it felt suffocating.

‘If Ruin’s seals were released… how much would it be?’

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“Leash release.”

At that resolute cry, Toad’s eyes snapped open.

“What?”

Black light exploded from Ruin’s pupils.

Rummmmmble!

The earth trembled.

And simultaneously, Ruin’s shadow began seething madly. The floor beneath his feet cracked as black fissures spread out, and the mages screamed.

“What is this power?! Is this a new Special Grade Wanted Criminal?!”

The complex seal markings carved into Ruin’s neck began breaking one by one, emitting red light. An ominous aura like the smell of blood spread through the air.

10% released.

Black smoke flowed down Ruin’s shoulders, and though faint, an ominous aura spread out. That alone made cold sweat run down Toad’s neck.

20% released.

When the second magic circle was destroyed with a crack, shadows began spreading across the floor and taking shape.

Phantoms of black beasts writhing appeared on the floor. The air pressed down heavily, making it hard to breathe as if trapped in a coffin.

30% released.

When the third marking shattered, Ruin’s shadow grew even darker.

Whispers seemed to come from all directions. It was a sound that gnawed at the ears, like curses wailing. The shadows moved like living beings, covering all manner of buildings.

“…Th-this is… that power I saw before…!”

Toad gasped for breath. A chilling memory ran down his spine. Fire Butterfly’s name surfaced like a nightmare.

40% released.

As the fourth magic circle shattered, eyes opened from the shadows that spread in all directions. Just that cold gaze alone made their legs go weak, and a bone-chilling terror washed over them.

“Hi, hiiek…”

Toad’s knees buckled and he nearly collapsed to the floor. Ruin’s power had grown stronger once more. Like a monster waiting for ‘complete liberation’.

And soon-

50% released.

Finally, as about half the seal was undone, a massive darkness exploded outward.

Crash!

Black waves swept through, splitting the ground apart, and the ceiling shook as if wailing.

The auras of the Special Grade Wanted Criminals rampaging throughout Haven momentarily stopped. The same went for the cat that had been fleeing from Echo. Her fur stood on end as she swallowed a scream.

…This was on a completely different level from Echo’s time.

“…This is impossible. What kind of power is this?!”

She instinctively stepped backward. However, even though she tried to flee, her feet wouldn’t move.

The other Special Grade Wanted Criminals active throughout the area also simultaneously stopped moving. They all made eye contact with each other. Everyone reached the same conclusion.

‘If we fight now, we’ll die.’

Pride’s intelligence unit and upper command room also received reports and were thrown into chaos.

“Fire Butterfly is breaking his seal?!”

The commanders shot up from their seats and checked the magic power reactions on the map. A record keeper shouted.

“…It’s a disaster! The chains that the Five Evils personally bound are being undone in human territory!”

Around the same moment, in Pride’s deep hideout. Sasha’s eyes snapped open as she felt fragments of ominous energy seeping all the way here.

The subordinates around her asked in surprise.

“Commander, what’s wrong?”

Sasha soon bit her lip.

“…That bastard is undoing it himself.”

The intelligence unit subordinates were shocked.

“You don’t mean Senior Fire Butterfly is? The seal that the Five Evils personally placed, by himself?”

Sasha fell silent. Because her first feeling was worry for Ruin.

“That crazy bastard… He could die.”

However, at the same time, she couldn’t deny that her heart was subtly racing.

“…No, perhaps-“

Sasha smiled with dark eyes.

“Maybe now I can finally see the real Fire Butterfly.”

The subordinates around her asked urgently.

“Section Chief, is this really okay? It’s a seal that the Five Evils personally placed…!”

Sasha shrugged her shoulders as if flicking cigarette ash and chuckled softly.

“Of course the elders are probably waking up in shock and causing a commotion right about now.”

Her voice was strangely excited. It was a resonance mixed with worry and anticipation, like waiting for an old comrade-in-arms.

Sure enough, in Pride’s upper levels.

One of the Five Evils sitting on the black altar stood up. The spell technique they had placed around Ruin’s neck was beginning to waver.

“…The seal!”

Catalun, the Evil of Disease, was flustered. The Five Evils had been focusing on him since the Mage King told them to steal from him.

But this was something…

‘Fire Butterfly’s seal is being undone.’

“Even if just 10% is released, it’s at a level where we need to intervene, but now it’s… 50%?!”

Beside him, the one who governed ‘death’ frowned.

It shouldn’t be a seal that could be undone so easily.

“Has the Mage King’s power been layered on top of it?”

Anyway, what mattered now was that Fire Butterfly was trying to break his seal.

This was a serious problem. He was such a talent they had managed to capture…

And at that moment-

Crack!

The Five Evils’ opposing magic power surged from Ruin’s neck. Black cracked marks spread as if seal marks were being carved into his skin, and soon tearing pain washed over his entire body. It had collided with the Five Evils’ interference magic.

Ruin understood. It seemed that unlike Echo, Fire Butterfly had been sealed more specially, more persistently, and more strongly.

“…50%. That seems to be the limit for now.”

Black flames rose from Ruin’s shoulders. A sound like crying echoed from his shadow.

Toad trembled and stepped backward.

“He’s still only half-released… and this is only half?”

Golden eyes, inhuman in nature, flashed between his flowing black hair.

Ruin let out a sneer as he tilted his head. His lips slowly curved into a smile that seemed to tear across his face. The smile that formed at the corners of his mouth emanated an ominousness that even the Five Evils couldn’t help but feel tense about.

“…Not bad.”

Ruin’s voice, like a mad beast growling, shook the air with its resonance alone. Shadow writhed like a living beast and shot up toward the sky. As black waves swept over the entire Imperial Palace, people fell to their knees under the overwhelming pressure.

Toad let out a hollow laugh.

“…S-Senior, are you insane? If you cause such a rampage, all the Special Grade Wanted Criminals will come rushing-!”

At that moment, Ruin waved his hand as if telling him to shut up. Shadow surged like a tidal wave and swept across the Imperial Palace.

All the spell techniques that the court mages had installed throughout the Imperial Palace crumbled down. Light shields went out, and magic circles shattered. Along with that, the Imperial Palace’s annexes that were swept by the shadow turned to dust and disappeared.

Toad swallowed his breath in terror.

‘All the magic circles in the Imperial Palace… with just a single wave!’

Black darkness surged upward, and the entire world trembled.

Only Ruin looked at his own hand with a troubled expression.

“Damn… I can’t control my power.”

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