How to Survive as a Villain in a Novel

23 – Becoming a Hero (3)

Even though I left mean comments, I’ve read the original countless times.

And no matter how much I recollect, the students who have already ‘blackened’ should not be appearing at this moment.

The real ‘blackening’ should be happening somewhat after the freshmen’s welcome party.

A variable must have occurred in the progression of the scenario.

I approached the epicenter of the chaos as stealthily as possible.

I had already activated my deep heart.

– “Ahhhhh!”

The ‘blackened’ girl was destroying the board and looking for her next target.

She looks like a disappointed ability user having a meltdown due to unhappiness with her own status.

Her completely blackened eyes bear the indication of substantial erosion by magic.

‘It’s weird, as I expected.’

At this point in the original story, nobody should be blackening yet.

Was there an element that could have changed the course of events?

For now, let’s focus on the situation at hand.

– “Everyone will die!”

Kwa-Ang!

The guy who fires an enormous shockwave at the creatures surrounding him.

A few weaker ones are unable to defend themselves, being blasted away and wedged into the wall.

Fortunately, the ability users survive as they are still ability users.

However, their expressions suggested they had lost their power, except for Ryuseo Ah.

“……”

Actually, this is the right judgment of the situation.

The demons of the Demon World tempt the ability users with incredible power, in order to ‘corrupt’ humans.

It’s a bewildering setup, but the demons never cheat.

Meaning, if you nod to their contract, the signatory will certainly become extremely powerful.

‘And then it runs wild quickly.’

The declaration of corrupted power users is to burn out the body’s mana circuit due to the rapidly gushing demonic magic. Of course, the last part would spectacularly decorate by making the magic run wild.

‘I have to get rid of him in the end.’

Even if Ryuseo Ah is the most promising lead character, he is not yet fully developed enough to face a corrupted ability user.

Rather, there is a possibility that Ryuseo Ah may go on a rampage due to the interference of the rampant magical energy as he uses up all his power to the ground.

However, considering Ryuseo Ah’s character.

He will never skip over someone he has deemed as an opponent.

Rather, he’ll pounce and bite until the end.

“That can’t happen.”

Ryuseo Ah cannot be lost.

No, think about how much effort I’ve put into him, not the money I’ve invested!

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Giving him my unnecessary mana circle.

Calming down his mana flow from the remaining shop points!

Hm. Upon reflection, I may not have made such great efforts.

Anyway, the important thing is hope. Hope.

The hope that she will grow into a great hero and lighten my workload in the upcoming storyline.

I’ve been investing in Ryuseo Ah so hard with a single goal in mind, sucking honey in my later years, am I losing my chance to suck honey to this young corrupt ability user?

“It cannot be!”

Even if mud splashes into my eyes, I can’t admit it!

Ah, I walk around with my eyes closed.

Anyway.

Ryuseo Ah has to become a hero.

But, crisis is an opportunity.

By hurting the corrupted girl and at the same time, awakening Ryuseo Ah’s instinct toward heroism.

Perfect timing.

– “Damn, why is she so black.”

– “Hey, let’s quickly take a shot and upload it.”

– “Looks like a blockbuster.”

Some kids also withdrew to a safe distance and started taking photos with their smartphones.

Their faces screwed up, contrasting with those who were fighting hard against the corrupted girl.

‘Good opportunity.’

It was too good an environment to make Ryu Seo-ah a hero.

Once I finished calculating, I dashed towards the chaotic scene.

* * *

The corrupted girl was experiencing an immense pleasure after a long time.

She had become stronger.

Not just stronger, but her magical output had increased several times in an instant.

Did those who were originally stronger than her always feel this way?

Along with pleasure, she unconstrainedly discharged magic, or magical energy, towards the creatures resisting her.

-Peooong!

Creatures flying wholeheartedly without resisting the girl’s magic.

“Oh my. Are you guys getting beaten by a mere F-class?”

There was a smirk on the girl’s face, even though the figures seemed to be at least B-class.

“Pitiful~ You’re also pitiful~”

Thud. Thud.

Despite resisting and attacking using all sorts of abilities, they were useless in front of her corrupted magic.

“Die. Die! Kyahahahahaha!”

Shivering with feelings like she had become the ruler of the area, the corrupted girl increased the output of her magic.

“If all of you die, I’ll become A-class!”

Bam. Bam. Bam.

All the creatures that had been blocking her path flew away.

Only a red-haired girl continued to stand her ground. But she was so focused on defense that she didn’t seem to consider attacking. Ah, she was the one who attacked the golem first at the entrance ceremony. Ryu Seoa, obviously at the top of her school year.

And here she was, groveling in front of me.

The girl’s lips curled up in delight.

“If you die, I’ll be number one!”

-Grrr.

She gathered the randomly fired magic into one spot.

With one shot, I thought to blow up Ryu Seo-ah.

In a moment, Ryu Seo-ah’s face clouded over, clearly proving the gap in power.

“Kyahahahahaha! Die!”

Just as I was about to release the gathered magic from my fingertips.

Thud.

Something hit her finger and went past.

– Kwoooaaah!

The magic, with its aim totally off, was shot straight into the sky.

“Ah. Ah. I’m sorry. I couldn’t see and accidentally let go of the sword hilt. You’ll have to gather your magic from the beginning.”

A voice full of sarcasm.

Creack.

The girl’s neck turned unnaturally towards the voice.

At the end of her gaze, there was a figure of a man.

Closed eyes with a relaxed stance.

The name etched in my memory because of the amount of disrespect it brings about during the entrance ceremony.

Lee Han.

And this was one of the reasons why I was so enraged. He was clearly loitering around from somewhere similar to me during the entrance ceremony! His name was on the A class list, after all.

“You… You motherf*cker!”

The girl once again brought forth her magic.

The dozens of magical spheres around her.

“Why are you the only one in Class A!”

Simultaneously as she gestured

Paa—ang!

It all poured down on Lee Han.

* * *

“Oof.”

As the magical sphere flew towards me, I admired it for a moment.

That girl who immersed herself in the darkness.

How talented must a child be?

Even with an increase in abilities through black magic, the aura is intense.

– Scre-e-e-e-ch!

Thankfully, fire magic skimmed before my eyes, annihilating a few magical spheres.

Is this Ryu Seoa’s support? Hasty effects seem to have distorted her circle substantially.

However, more than 80% of the magical spheres are still left.

‘I can’t blink.’

The powerful blink ability that I possess is sealed.

There are too many things to avoid. I could get hit with the consequential energy from miscalculated movement and end up dead.

Instead.

[‘Evil’ is consumed. Your body and weapon are strengthened.]

The staff I was carrying resonates and wards off the magical spheres.

Tada-dang-!

The magic exploded and scattered far away like the full swing of a baseball lesson’s batter.

A villain skilled enough to kill. That’s me.

I rush towards the girl lost in darkness while fending off the least bit of magic in my path.

“What…what is this force!”

Could she recognize my ‘Evil’?

Baffling.

Swinging my staff at the girl lost in darkness.

“Ah…aack!”

Contrary to the girl, who tightly shut her eyes.

Ting-!

My staff couldn’t even graze her and bounced off fruitlessly.

A resistance field.

A sort of semi-automatic protection shield consisted of magic that typically manifests from a dark being.

‘As expected’

This girl certainly has transformed into darkness.

Her dark eyes stared straight at me.

Although her lips talked, it was not her voice that I heard.

[You should be on our side]

A voice that seems to come from a different dimension, it directly plugs into only my brain.

“?”

What is this nonsense?

The girl’s lips moved again.

But this time it was not that voice.

“You must be human trash too! Why are you interfering with me!”

Speaking carelessly, as if it doesn’t matter if she’s hurting someone’s feelings.

However.

“You’re right.”

“But why! They were all people who were cursing you. You should be joining my side!”

“Are you asking because you don’t know?”

“… Huh?”

“Anyone that isn’t human can be killed by law.”

Along with these words, I gave my brightest smile.

Making myself out to be as mad as possible.

This is a villain act.

Smiling appears to be more villainous than frowning.

“You… you crazy bastard.”

The transformed girl looked at me as if I was insane.

Hey, I don’t think she should be saying that to a person who turned into darkness because she got the class wrong.

That’s when.

I felt Ryu Seo-ah’s slightly shifted circle completely recovered.

It wasn’t useless chit-chatting with the dark transformed girl. Buying time for Ryu Seo-ah to recover was also a part of the plan.

Once again, if I remind myself of my current objective,

It’s entirely the Ryu Seo-ah hero-making project.

The one who must stand out here isn’t me, but Ryu Seo-ah.

‘My role to do that is…’

Removing the resistance field of the dark transformed girl.

Probably, Ryu Seo-ah will instinctively provide me with firepower. She’s quick at judging the situation and a good girl.

Let’s make her firepower seem like the main attack.

The dark transformed being, from whom the resistance field was removed, will, in fact, be no different from an ordinary superhuman.

Ryu Seo-ah’s magic can sufficiently be portrayed as assaulting the dark transformed girl.

And as for the dark transformed girl whose state is messed up after receiving Ryu Seo-ah’s magic…

‘If I handle her, it will be over.’

A perfect plan.

In order to do that, the girl’s ‘resistance field’ had to be stripped off.

The method was simple.

Just smash the single circuit which is the core of the magical flow.

Where is the circuit? It’s around her belly.

“!”

I plunged a villain punch, intensified by evil, into the belly of the blackened girl.

Thus named.

“Belly Punch.”

The sight of the girl’s face crumpling is beautiful.

I’m beginning to think the villain’s position suits me after all.