Chapter 96: The Storm (1/2)

ARTHUR LEYWIN'S POV:

Tessia was okay

Bruises and scrapes were visible on her smooth, pale skin Thankfully they were only surface wounds

She was okay

It seeed with an anesthetic to keep her unconscious temporarily

Yes, this was better That way, she wouldn't have to be awake for all of this…

She wouldn't have to witness what I was about to do

Sylvie, protect Tess I'll be enough to handle him, I reassured my bond

This wasThis world had made me soft

My head continued to pound as I walked towards Lucas

Nothing else mattered Not now Not until I took care of the pest

"S-Stay back!" Lucas stammered, a crazed look visible in his eyes

He prepared a spell as he retreated I wonder if he'd realized that his spells were in fact eating away at his lifeforce It didn't matter; I'd kill him before he did himself

[hell's Rain]

He released his spell, dozens of flaly larger

He continued to grin madly as his body visibly withered at the burden of the spell The red flaic

It see not just me, but half the school doith him

'Papa…' Sylvie's worried voice echoed in my mind

It's fine

I could let hiht now, but he didn't deserve that; that would be too merciful a death for hiot some answers

I wanted to destroy him instantly, but the attack—the whole disaster—couldn't have been done by Lucas alone Someone had to have forcibly overexerted his mana core— to the point where even if I didn't kill him now, he would probably die on his own

Whatever it was he had taken made it possible for hi him of his vitality The odd discoloration of his skin and the mana beasts present were tooto do with the Vritras

"By the look on your face, it seems you don't knohat's about to happen Do you think you could co fro his spell

The dozens of fla, shot towards me like cannonballs

I let out a crisp breath and ]

My vision shi+fted intothe particles of mana

[Absolute Zero]

The very air seemed to freeze as a curtain of white flame erupted around me before I was bombarded with Lucas' spell

I didn't have much time left in my second phase before the recoil hit I needed answers before that happened

As the cloud of steaure, the deranged look on his face wiped clean, replaced by one of utter shock