I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 244

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Chapter 244. Master and Disciple (5)

‘Misfortune, 3rd stage.’

Along with that, Ruin’s golden eyes gleamed.

Flash!

It was as if all the world’s calamities were beginning from Ruin.

With his heartbeat, the air grew heavy and distorted, and an invisible chain-like force constricted the space.

Crack!

One monster’s head exploded for no reason, and another monster that had been charging forward was swallowed by a crack that split open in the floor.

“This is…!”

The Hero’s eyes widened as he swallowed his breath. This was familiar. It had to be, since these were the strange phenomena that always occurred whenever Fire Butterfly was involved.

And now, those same phenomena were striking the Hero as well, but—

Swoosh.

They simply passed by the Hero’s side.

Seeing this, Ruin’s eyes widened in a circle.

“I knew I could trust you.”

“!”

Ruin moved his steps slowly as if leisurely. As his single step touched the ground, cracks spread in all directions and monsters were torn apart in succession.

The first monster suddenly slipped while charging. The second monster was cut by an innocent spear blade swung by a nearby ally. The third monster suddenly had the ground collapse beneath it while rushing forward and fell to its death.

Minor misfortunes occurred in a chain reaction, and the flow of the monster horde collapsed in an instant.

‘Right, this is the 1st stage.’

A simple chain of misfortune.

At the same time, as shadows rippled like waves, misfortune changed from simple accidents to enhanced calamity.

The monsters’ eyes began bursting or their organs stopped functioning. One monster that had been targeting Ruin even had its body suddenly twist, causing its own blade to cut off its own arm. Misfortune had been enhanced beyond simple minor mishaps into lethal destruction.

That was the 2nd stage. Enhancement of misfortune.

And the 3rd stage.

‘Transference.’

In an instant, a monster charging at the front tripped over the ground.

But that misfortune soon transferred to the monster beside it. The fallen monster’s horn pierced through the neck of the creature next to it, and the blood that splattered blinded another monster, which swung its sword and beheaded its own ally.

“Graaaah!”

“Kiyaaaah—!”

The screams didn’t stop. The eyes of other monsters beside the one whose eyes were melting also began to melt. One monster’s misfortune spread to ten, then a hundred monsters.

The transferred misfortune continued like dominoes, causing the entire monster army to collapse on its own.

Boom!

One monster was engulfed in its own fireball and screamed. That flame inevitably spread to the nearby group, spreading like a wave of misfortune.

Misfortune wasn’t simple bad luck. It was a living calamity, contagious destruction. Yes, just like a plague.

At least plagues have treatment methods, but this was just pure disaster with no solution.

Thud!

Even the remaining monsters fell while tearing each other apart. In an instant, an army of thousands disappeared as if kneeling before a single person.

The Hero swallowed his breath.

“…The monster army is collapsing on its own?”

Ruin slowly walked out from the shadows. Black darkness draped over his shoulders, fluttering like a cloak.

It was at that very moment. The voices of the Five Evils echoing from beyond the dimensional darkness burst forth as if cracking.

[…After killing your Master with that power, you’re going to use that calamity again yourself?]

[You madman. The very fact that an existence like you is alive is a contradiction.]

Instead of answering, Ruin flashed his golden eyes. A blood-tinged smile twisted up from the corner of his mouth.

“What does it matter. There are only monsters here anyway.”

Along with his words, the 3rd stage power flowing from his toes spread throughout the monster horde.

[Wait, this is…!]

[…It’s spreading to our side too!]

The Five Evils’ voices mixed with panic.

Misfortune was seeping in like invisible poison, threatening even them beyond the dimension.

[Make it stop! Deal with those monsters right now!]

Crack! Rustle!

With tremendous roaring sounds, the Five Evils themselves tore apart and devoured the monster army.

The very creatures they had unleashed like their own weapons just moments before, they were now hastily eliminating instead. It was to cut off the source of infection before Ruin’s misfortune could consume them.

Ruin muttered low as if mocking that scene.

“Cowards.”

That’s when it happened.

[Keh, hehehe…]

Ear-splitting laughter echoed from beyond the rift.

[Your disciple must be quite precious to you. Seeing you use even that power.]

It was an eerie voice. A child’s laughter, a soldier’s shout, a woman’s weeping, a madman’s scream… all kinds of voices mixed together and poured out at once.

Then the dimension itself churned and vibrated. Ruin looked up at the rift with cold eyes.

“Violence, ‘Ragnail’, is it.”

Disease, death, violence, deception, hunger.

Ruin knew the abilities of the Five Evils all too well. Fundamental disasters that posed a threat to both humans and demons alike.

‘Great Demons.’

They were primordial Great Demons that had existed in the world from the beginning, but after being subjugated by the ancient Demon King, they devoured each other and became even stronger beings.

No human could stand against those who were evil itself, expressed as the abyss. The reason even the Demon Emperor found them troublesome was because they were primordial grudges that had existed since the beginning. One could be devoured if careless.

The Hero? Even with all that Luck Power, he was still human in the end. Compared to him, those bastards were monsters.

That’s why Ruin muttered lowly.

“…Misfortune, 4th stage.”

The countless voices echoing from beyond the dimension all trembled in unison.

[…Wait. What kind of trick is that?]

[That crazy bastard, is he really trying to activate…?!]

The entire dimension trembled ominously. As the shadow of misfortune slowly spread from his feet, the framework of the dimension creaked as if cracking.

A giant eye looked down at Ruin and flashed.

[…Hmph, I’ll retreat this time.]

[Growing the seed of disaster further would be foolish.]

[Fire Butterfly… Let’s see how far you can go.]

The presence of Violence simultaneously vanished. Like wind sweeping through, the monster army also disappeared as if evaporating.

As Violence’s shadow disappeared, Ruin slowly caught his breath.

“…At least it got scared.”

But at that moment-

Drip.

Fresh blood flowed down from his eyes. Bloody tears dripped down, staining the ground.

“…!”

The Hero was startled and rushed to Ruin.

“Master! Blood from your eyes…!”

Ruin wiped the blood away with the back of his hand.

“It’s nothing serious. Just a minor side effect.”

“Minor?!”

“As long as I didn’t die, it’s fine.”

At those words, the Hero’s face hardened.

Ginseng Superior in his pocket wailed as if screaming.

「Hey, you crazy bastard! How is this minor! If you had really activated the 4th stage earlier, your organs could have evaporated one by one!」

“Well, one kidney might have evaporated for sure.”

“?!”

The Hero looked at Ruin as if asking what he was talking about.

‘Well, with the Hero around, it probably wouldn’t get that bad.’

Actually, even now was proof of that. He had tried to use the 4th stage but only got bloody tears. This level was an incredibly reduced risk. If he used the Hero’s Luck Power more earnestly, he might be able to freely use even higher powers.

However, the Hero seemed shocked. And rightfully so – if his Master was using something like his life as the price for power, just like how he used emotions as the price for his abilities…

The Hero’s face turned pale as a sheet.

But Ruin didn’t care and glared ahead with his blood-stained golden eyes. His lips slowly curled up.

“…Whatever. What’s important is that Violence tucked its tail and ran, and we can get out of here.”

Ruin glanced at the Hero.

“Try thinking about wanting to get out.”

“…”

The Hero looked at Ruin with worry, but-

“Quickly.”

That was the moment.

Crack!

Instead of the outer space, a dimensional rift tore open, revealing a new world.

A battlefield turned to ruins. Under a sky rippling with red light, corpses of demons and humans were piled up like mountains.

Blood-red river water flowed along the ground, and the wind carried the stench of rotting flesh and smoke, filling the dimension.

Ruin saw this and furrowed his brow.

‘A different timeline?’

Well, this was a dimensional rift connected to all sorts of dimensions. It could be another world or another timeline.

Then, suddenly, he sensed a familiar presence in the distance.

‘The Hero’s presence.’

Was this a place where the Hero was fighting the Demon Emperor?

Indeed, there was the Demon Emperor before their eyes. Her body was covered in blood, dripping black blood. But her eyes were alive like an unextinguished flame.

And most importantly, the Wish Stone floating beside the Demon Emperor. Divine energy rippled from the countless seal marks shining along its surface.

The Demon Emperor gasped for breath mixed with blood as she grasped the stone. Her voice was cracked, but her desperation seemed more earnest than anyone’s.

“…Come back. My knight. Without you… this war will never end.”

Knight?

I wondered who it could be, but unexpectedly, it was Ruin.

In an instant, black flames seeped into the chest of the fallen Ruin. A shock that felt like the entire world was turning upside down resonated through everything.

Ruin’s eyes, witnessing this scene from beyond the rift, shook greatly.

Could this perhaps be what happened in the first cycle, when the Wish Stone was used to revive him?

“…Was this… the beginning.”

However, soon an inexplicable sense of unease crept in. Because the Hero was alive.

‘Didn’t they say the Hero was killed to obtain the Wish Stone, and that was used to revive me?’

That’s when the Regression Ability was gained.

But the Hero is alive.

‘Is this not the first cycle?’

But I heard that using the Wish Stone to revive myself only happened in the first cycle. Could there be something even before that?

At that moment, the Demon Emperor’s subordinates murmured and whispered among themselves.

“As expected, in the end you’re reviving that person.”

“He was the only ally of the Demon Emperor, who is a precious only child….”

Ruin was shocked.

“…Only child?”

The Demon Emperor?

In that confusion, the Demon Emperor raised his head and whispered. His bloodshot eyes were fixed on Ruin, hard as stone.

“…Rise again, Ruin. One of the ‘Seven Evils.’ ‘Misfortune.'”

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