I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 243

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Chapter 243. Master and Disciple (4)

Ruin ran like a madman.

The panicked Hero chased after Ruin. Desperately, like trying to catch a child about to fall off a cliff.

“That way is dangerous! Master!”

The heart pulsated like a red sun, shaking all of Haven. Blood-colored aurora-like streaks flashed across the sky, and the ground vibrated as cracks spread out.

The Magic Tower mages’ eyes widened as if asking what that thing was.

“Tremendous magic power! What is it? A magic core?”

The professors shouted.

“Protect the students first!”

“Professor Ruins said to protect the facilities!”

Students collapsed screaming, and the Magic Tower’s magic circles broke one by one in the air.

In that chaos, Ruin ran as if possessed by madness. Then he reached out toward the heart and shouted.

‘My house!’

Ginseng Superior in his pocket screamed.

「Hey! Is that important right now?! If you get hurt, the house and everything else will be finished!」

However, Ruin gritted his teeth and ran.

‘The Hero finally said he’d return the deed!’

Ruin headed madly toward where the heart was, and the Hero chased after Ruin with a horrified face, swinging his sword.

“Master! Please! Think about your life!”

However, Ruin didn’t listen at all and kicked off the ground.

‘House! House! House!’

Meanwhile, the heart glowed in the air and pounded as if tearing through space. Each time it beat, building walls collapsed, trees withered, and even the sky turned red.

Then, within the power the heart was spewing forth, some kind of phantom appeared. It was a giant shadow, the remnant of the Demon Emperor whose form couldn’t even be distinguished.

That voice echoed from the sky.

[Who… has touched my heart.]

An entire building collapsed from the red waves the heart was emitting. Students’ screams rang out, and professors maintained barriers while coughing up blood.

But Ruin glared at the heart and shouted.

“Don’t destroy my… no, the Academy!”

The Hero’s eyes widened.

No, destroying or whatever-

“That voice, isn’t that the Demon Emperor’s voice?!”

“What do I care!”

What do you care!

“You said it was nothing special! Was it the Demon Emperor’s Heart?!”

‘Right now it’s the culprit destroying my house!’

When Ruin didn’t deny it, the Hero’s face hardened resolutely.

Really… the Demon Emperor’s Heart?

Then doesn’t that mean if he deals with that, he can deal with the Demon Emperor!

The Hero also began running toward the heart along with Ruin. The two running at super high speed like the wind had similar speeds with neither falling behind.

Ruin pushed the Hero, telling him to get out of the way.

“Get out of the way. With you here, even things that would work won’t work!”

“Don’t tell me, you’re trying to protect the Demon Emperor?!”

Ruin was dumbfounded.

No, that’s… isn’t that obvious? I may not look it, but I’m a spy for the Demon Race.

The Hero finally exploded.

“I can’t let you side with the Demon Race!”

At that moment, the Hero launched a slash toward the heart. But it was useless.

Bang!

Instead, a defense formation manifested and attacked the Hero.

Ruin kicked the Hero, making the attack miss. The Hero, struck by Ruin and sent flying, crashed mercilessly into the wall. In this world, Ruin with his ‘Misfortune’ was the only one who could do that to the Hero.

“Because of you, another wall got destroyed, you bastard!!”

The Hero screamed from behind.

“Master! Am I important, or is the house important?!”

“The house!”

“…?!”

Oh, no, that’s not right.

But before he could say it wasn’t, the Hero trembled as if shocked.

“The affection you showed me as a master all this time… was it false?”

Ruin gritted his teeth and roared.

“A house is someone’s sanctuary and emotional refuge! Among the students, there are those for whom this place is home!”

“…!”

The Hero’s eyes wavered.

The students murmured among themselves.

“Professor… he’s trying to protect us.”

Even the professors became solemn.

“I’ve been misunderstanding Professor Ruins all this time.”

“He truly was someone who loved the Academy…”

However, Ruin’s inner thoughts were different.

I bought Haven with such care, fixed it, renovated it, and built it up.

‘My house!’

Ginseng Superior in his pocket muttered quietly.

「Nobody knows your true feelings, you crazy bastard.」

That was the moment. The heart surged again, spewing out red light.

Kwaaaaang!

The entire sky turned red in an instant, and an ominous figure was cast. It was the figure of the Demon Emperor.

Ruin gritted his teeth.

‘As expected, he won’t just leave it alone.’

Kwagwagwagwang!

The red light pouring from the heart tore through the air. The crack spread into a massive gap, distorting like a black wound carved into the sky.

Seeing this, Ruin was rarely surprised.

“…That’s!”

The Hero was also surprised. A crack had appeared in the sky. It wasn’t just any ordinary crack.

Even the Palace Mages screamed with terror-stricken faces.

“A… dimensional rift!”

“Block it! Quickly block-“

The Hero’s eyes shook rarely. And for good reason, that crack looked very familiar.

Surely 50 years ago-

“Fire Butterfly! You’d rather side with the Union! Such abilities should be used for humanity!”

“Are you insane?”

“If you refuse, then die!”

Right. It was the very dimensional rift through which Fire Butterfly had disappeared before his eyes.

Sure enough, Ginseng Superior was also greatly surprised.

「Hey! Isn’t that door the same one you entered before and went missing for 50 years?! If you go in again, this time it might be 500 years!」

“Then… I won’t be able to sell my house for 500 years!”

「Is that really the problem right now?!」

That was the moment.

Crack!

“Master!”

A monster’s hand emerged from beyond the crack and snatched Ruin. Then followed a whispering chorus of multiple voices.

[Fire Butterfly… You dare think of escaping from us.]

The air froze. Professors and students knelt down, paralyzed by an unidentifiable terror. The red crack was growing wider and wider.

Ruin tried to resist, but even his shadows were helplessly dragged along.

‘Damn it, my house!’

His hand slipped and he was finally sucked into the portal.

“Master!”

The Hero’s face turned pale.

…It’s exactly the same as that time.

During the battle at the Heart, when he lost Fire Butterfly for 50 years.

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Finally, in the hollow darkness as if the light had gone out.

Countless sounds flowed from within.

Howling, screaming, pain, whispers…

When the portal closed, an endless wasteland spread before the two people. Red mist crawled across the ground, and within it, grotesque monsters swarmed.

Dozens, hundreds. Each form was human-like yet different. Terrible things with human faces but beast bodies, or dragging around countless arms and legs.

Ruin spat out a curse.

“Damn… I never thought I’d end up here again.”

Last time, he could barely escape only after sacrificing all his abilities as an offering.

At that moment, the first monster charged. A beast with a wolf’s body and human arms. It tore its mouth open, howling as it pounced.

Bang!

Instantly, a beam of light split the ground and pierced through the beast’s neck. Its head spun through the air and disappeared into the red mist.

“Master, behind you!”

At the familiar voice, Ruin was rarely surprised.

Sure enough, the Hero was standing in the distance. Ruin immediately became angry.

“Why are you here!”

“Did you think I’d let you go alone!”

“…Why did you even come- Argh!”

At that moment, a massive shadow claw struck Ruin’s back. Simultaneously, a voice was heard.

[…To put your leash back on, this much is necessary.]

A cold voice-

But it was familiar.

“Five Evils?”

It was a familiar voice.

“Death, violence, deception….”

The corners of Ruin’s mouth twisted upward.

“…Right, so it was the Upper Echelons’ doing after all.”

Right after being sucked into the dimensional rift, Ruin thought he would die from the continuous parade of monsters.

Since neither the power of shadow nor the low-level power of misfortune worked, the only way to escape was to exhaust all his power….

And it’s the same now.

‘They plan to exhaust my power here and put the leash back on.’

A giant eye flashed from beyond the space.

[Correct. Your freedom never existed in the first place. Don’t expect the Hero to remove your leash. This is a place where our power grows stronger.]

It was certainly a perfect place to have the leash bound again.

[Did you think you could escape from us.]

However, Ruin let out a slow laugh.

“…Well. Things might be a bit different this time.”

[What?]

This place was full of nothing but monsters.

There was no one to get caught up in it.

Moreover, ‘high-level misfortune’ required the resolve to pay with one’s life-

Ruin looked at the Hero.

“Hey. You don’t want me to die, right?”

“Huh? Of course not.”

“Then that’s settled.”

“Huh? What do you-“

Ruin’s eyes flashed.

‘Misfortune, 3rd level.’

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