I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 235

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Chapter 235. Liberation (2)

Ruin stared blankly at his hands, then casually raised one. In that instant, an entire wall of the Imperial Palace was blown away.

Bang!

“…”

“…”

The air froze.

Ruin’s face also hardened.

“…I just waved it lightly.”

He hurriedly tried to lower his hand.

Then-

Crash!

This time the pillars exploded outward. Stone columns collapsed as if screaming, and scattered light and dust swirled together. At the same time, people’s screams could be heard from afar.

“Kyaaah!”

Ruin panicked and quickly lowered his hand downward. Then with a thud! the center of the garden caved in, creating a massive pit.

“…”

…Shit.

Ruin gritted his teeth and surveyed his surroundings.

‘…This is… Even the slightest touch breaks the house?’

Having no choice, he gave up moving his hands and took a step forward.

But-

Crack!

“!”

Now the floor he was standing on shattered. Cracks spread in all directions as debris came crashing down.

Ruin pressed his brow. Each time this happened, Toad couldn’t close his mouth in shock, but Ruin himself was serious.

This… he needed to quickly learn control methods before going to Haven.

‘If I mess up, property values will drop!’

The Palace Mages delivered scream-like reports to the Emperor.

“Your Majesty! The seal is collapsing! This is disaster-level!”

The Emperor gritted his teeth and shouted inwardly.

‘Toad?’

No. It’s not that guy.

The Emperor intuited the culprit’s identity.

‘…As expected, he was the problem. If I don’t act first, the Empire will be devoured.’

Meanwhile, Toad, who was standing a little distance away, was drenched in sweat.

Strong. He had thought he was strong. But what he was feeling right before his eyes now wasn’t such simple strength.

Overwhelming. Madness. Monster.

What other words could describe it? Cold sweat trickled down the back of Toad’s neck.

‘…Echo has been freed. And even Senior managed to remove his leash.’

That was the form of freedom Toad had yearned for his entire life.

At that moment, a low, sticky voice whispered in his heart.

‘Perhaps… might it be possible for me too?’

His breathing became rough. Every time the leash tightened around his neck, the desire to immediately escape from these humiliating chains swelled up like madness.

He had sworn loyalty to Five Evils to survive. But true freedom, liberation from being controlled by anyone. That was everything Toad dreamed of.

That’s why Toad approached Ruin. His eyes were already gleaming with greed.

“…Senior. Can you free me too?”

Ruin furrowed his brow and replied indifferently.

“Huh?”

Toad quickly continued speaking.

“No, with that kind of ability, you could negotiate with other Special Grade Fugitives too! Senior, you’re holding that tremendous weapon right now! The one who can remove leashes, the Mage King! Isn’t this truly an overlord-class weapon?”

Ruin just tilted his head silently.

At this, Toad got excited and clenched and unclenched his palms.

To persuade Ruin, half-hearted compromises wouldn’t work. In his mind, he recalled his senior from the Fire Butterfly days, who had been ruthless. To that guy whose emotional seeds had dried up, he needed to appeal with definite benefits.

“If Senior frees it for me, I’ll also offer compensation. I’ll become the Mage King’s ally! What’s good about being seniors and juniors? I get along much better with you than those other guys, right?”

Ruin’s eyes curved into thin lines.

“Ah… I see.”

Ruin slowly raised his fingertips. Then magic circles began appearing all over Toad’s neck.

It was a leash removal spell formula. Soon the previously invisible chains were revealed. They trembled as the sensation of suppressed power leaking out like wind was transmitted.

“…Senior! Thank you!”

His voice trembled. It was a tone mixed with both anticipation and fear.

Ruin let out a sly, brazen smile.

“You’re not bad for someone of your level.”

At those words, Toad’s heart pounded wildly.

He had been acknowledged by his senior.

‘Is it being released? Is true liberation finally coming?’

As if liberation was truly imminent, cracks appeared in the chains, and suppressed power leaked out for an instant.

“…It’s being released. Really… it’s being released…!”

His eyes sparkled with greed. The sensation of freedom he had never once imagined in decades seemed within reach.

‘Good. Once this is released, I’ll steal senior’s military funds and run away…’

But at that moment-

“Kraaaah!”

A scream erupted.

The light of the leash instantly turned black, then savagely tore at Toad’s nerves. The magic circle spread like cursed sound waves of pain, and agony that seemed to crush his bones wrapped around his body.

“Wh-what is this! Senior!”

Ruin grinned wickedly.

“How’s the feeling of liberation? Sweet, isn’t it?”

“Kuh, kuaaaah! Senior! Th-this is…!”

Toad writhed and screamed in agony.

His breath was cut off, and curse power penetrated to his bones with a sensation of crushing his internal organs. It was pain so severe he felt it would be better to die.

Ruin chuckled softly.

“Not bad, right? The feeling of being released, I mean.”

Ruin casually flicked his finger. The leash magic stopped just short of being released.

“I never had any intention of releasing something like you from the start.”

“Sh-shit…! You tricked me again, you butterfly bastard!”

Tears of blood dripped down.

“I’m going to-“

Bang!

Before he could finish speaking, Ruin disappeared in an instant. Golden light flashed in the darkness, then something struck his jaw directly.

“Kuhek!”

Toad’s head snapped back as he slid across the ground.

“…Kuk!”

When Toad raised his head, Ruin was already standing over him. He was trampling on Toad with his hands in his pockets.

“I’ve already seen your struggles.”

Ruin’s voice was cold. Soon the shadow grabbed Toad’s ankle, lifted him into the air, then slammed him straight into the ground.

Bang!

Toad screamed as he flailed his arms.

Exploding curse power spread like waves, but-

Crack!

Even that power was swallowed by the shadow.

‘H-how is this possible…?!’

Ruin flicked his finger. At that moment, the shadow transformed into a blade and slashed across Toad’s torso. Blood burst out, and Toad’s body was slammed into the ground and crumpled.

Toad foamed at the mouth from the overwhelming difference in power.

‘Damn it, why suddenly… such a difference!’

As if reading his thoughts, Ruin smiled smoothly.

“It’s not that you’ve become weaker.”

The corner of Ruin’s mouth slowly tore into a grin.

“My seal has just been half-released.”

Terror spread in Toad’s eyes.

He suddenly realized that what he was fighting wasn’t a comrade or senior, but a monster.

‘That’s the existence of the Dark King, one of the Monster Kings.’

As Ruin’s shadow soared into the sky like a monster, Toad instinctively felt it.

‘I’m going to die.’

Toad exploded his curse power.

Dark red poison spread out in waves, but Ruin simply flipped his palm and struck Toad down with his shadow.

Crack!

The shadow devoured Toad’s curse power and instantly pierced through Toad’s body.

Thud!

Toad’s eyes glistened with despair.

“Kuk…! Senior, you wouldn’t… me!”

Ruin coldly raised the corner of his mouth.

“You crossed the line the moment you touched my student.”

Shadows surged like waves and engulfed Toad. His body was torn to shreds, and curse power burst out like screams.

“Kyaaaaaaaaaah!”

The final scream vanished into the air.

Finally, Toad’s body was torn limb from limb and scattered everywhere. His torso was as gruesome as a chunk of meat savagely mauled by a beast.

“….”

Silence.

At Toad’s death, Ruin quickly approached and searched through his stomach. Then-

「Uheoeoueoeoeng. Seed, Seed! I really thought I was going to be digested!」

“Phew.”

Ginseng Superior, as noisy as always. As soon as he came out, he clung to Ruin’s arm and wailed.

…He was alive.

「I knew you’d save me! Sob sob, you really do treasure me after all…」

“I can’t lose such a perfect stealth totem.”

「…Did you just let your inner thoughts slip out?!」

“You heard wrong.”

Fortunately, he had rescued Ginseng Superior, but there was one problem.

Clang!

With a sound like iron gates collapsing, soldiers wearing armor engraved with the imperial crest came rushing in.

“By imperial decree, we arrest Ruins Wayne for causing a disturbance in the Imperial Palace!”

“!”

“We will conduct an investigation into this incident!”

Dozens of layers of binding formations spread across the floor, and dark red iron chains burst forth, slicing through the air.

Ruin rubbed the back of his neck and let out a snort.

“…As expected, this is how it goes.”

Well, after causing such a commotion, this was inevitable.

By now, the Emperor must be starting to suspect that he was Fire Butterfly. Well, if he wanted to, with his seal half-released, he could smash everything and escape but…

‘The Imperial ancestral magic is troublesome.’

「Kill them with solitude!」

Right, killing them would be fine.

But the aftermath would be the problem.

The Imperial exclusive ‘ancestral magic’ was a type of grudge magic. Literally, the accumulated grudges of ancestors would explode all at once to activate its power.

‘If I kill the Emperor like this.’

The ancestral grudges accumulated in the Imperial family could explode and place a tremendous curse on Fire Butterfly. Who knows what kind of ripple effects that resentment combined with Fire Butterfly’s misfortune might cause.

In that case-

‘I need to call in a method to handle that for sure.’

It was when the shadows were fiercely resisting the soldiers trying to capture their master.

Ruin whistled casually as if telling them to behave. As if he was deliberately letting himself be caught. In fact, Ruin had been planning this since he started trying to remove the leash.

When Ruin accepted it obediently, the soldiers bound his hands. But Ruin actually said this:

“Ah, you there. Could you tie the chains more visibly? It’s not obvious enough, is it? While you’re at it, wrap some around my body too.”

…Has this guy truly gone mad?

Soon, bound tightly in chains as Ruin requested, Ruin entered the Imperial Palace Main Hall. Seeing him in a state that looked submissive to the Emperor to anyone watching, the Emperor sneered triumphantly.

“So you are afraid of the Emperor after all. To be captured so meekly.”

Then he dismissed everyone.

In the audience chamber with just the two of them remaining, the Emperor said something unexpected.

“I will overlook what you did today and your true identity. So please remove the solitude placed on me and become my subordinate.”

“I refuse.”

“There’s nothing bad in it for you. Know that this side is also making sufficient concessions.”

“You say that but you’re thinking something else behind it.”

“…!”

Ruin didn’t trust those in power.

When the Emperor hesitated as if hit right on target, Ruin slowly opened his mouth. His voice was full of playfulness, as if teaching students in a classroom.

“As a professor, let me give you one teaching from the Information Department.”

“…What?”

“Sometimes pretending to be the victim… can be more effective than expected.”

What?

At the same time, Ruin shouted.

“It’s a command! Now you wear the leash in place of Elaine!”

The Emperor was startled.

That was his own voice?

“What are you doing right now-!”

That was the moment.

Kwaaaaang!

The world shook. The ceiling vibrated, and the windows shattered into pieces. That power rushing in like a storm could be sensed even with eyes closed.

This was definitely-

‘…Th, this power, could it be?!’

Luck Power.

The Emperor’s complexion hardened rapidly.

‘Don’t tell me that bastard was aiming for this?’

Sure enough, a monster was approaching toward him and Ruin from beyond the door. It slowly revealed itself.

Eyes blazing with fury.

That’s right. Humanity’s strongest had appeared with his leash removed.

The moment Elaine saw Ruin bound tightly in chains, his eyes changed. Then he looked at the Emperor as if he would cut his throat right then and there.

“Was it… Your Majesty… who tried to put a leash on Master right now?”

Under the Hero’s murderous Luck Power, the Imperial ancestral magic, no, all magic came to a halt.

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