Chapter 81-2


    "You have already undergoneplete corruption. As a ''different purpose,'' you can certainly fulfill that role. That''s why I left you behind."


    "......!"


    Nevertheless, Maizen was rtively quick-witted, so interpreting the meaning of those words was not a difficult task.


    * They expect me to go on a rampage.*


    It coincided with a certain "n" that was being discussed within the walls of Dark Mages Faction. They probably intended to make use of him, who was destined to be discarded, and neatly dispose of him since it would be a waste to consume the corrupted individuals infiltrating Ste from within.


    "Damn it, those bastards... How much have I dedicated myself to them!"


    As Maizen bared his fangs and prepared to burst into rage, Raiden interrupted him once again.


    "So, get out of here."


    "What?"


    "I don''t want to see mypatriots being sacrificed like that."


    He took out a small crystal from his pocket.


    "Go to the western end, to ''Paradise.'' Your fellowpatriots are hiding there. If you manage to survive until you find them, shatter this crystal. It will release the spell that suppresses your corruption."


    After saying that, Raiden turned around without hesitation and left theboratory.


    "......"


    Holding the crystal, Maizen stared nkly at the door through which Raiden had left.


    *Why?*


    *Why would he suddenly try to save me? Is there some ulterior motive here as well?*


    But... anyway, it was not bad.


    If he could survive and release this nauseating suppression of the dark magic, it wouldn''t be so bad.


    He slowly got up from his seat and tried to leave the wobblyboratory.


    However, suddenly, his gaze fell upon the annual n he had written on the chalkboard during his human days.


    "Familiar Contract Ceremony."


    Tomorrow, arge-scale event with hundreds of faculty members and first-year students will ur.


    At that moment, the corners of Maizens mouth trembled.


    It could be assumed that it was a smile or some expression resembling one, but... he had reached a point where he couldn''t even properly express the emotions that humans possess.


    "They dared to use me as a disposable pawn..."


    It would be fine to quietly slip away and live in the paradise of the dark magic beings.


    However, that still... didn''t sit well with his temperament.


    He wanted revenge. He wanted to tear apart that boy and girl who had made him like this.


    They had fully utilized him when he had usefulness, but now that he had served his purpose, they tried to discard him.


    He wanted to bestow upon them a thorough death. And conveniently, hadn''t a very nice iteme into his hands?


    Maizen chuckled softly as he caressed the gleaming ck crystal on his palm.


    "Do you think I will just sit here and take this?" Maizen concealed himself quietly in theboratory.


    *****


    The Manwol Tower.


    Division 13, Leader Kaen.


    "I have received contact."


    The world''s greatest mausoleum, the "Manwol Tower," and the only tower that could stand shoulder to shoulder with it, the "Sakwol Tower," always operated in the shadows, their names never revealed.


    If the hundreds of dark mages they killed were ever made public, Kaen would be treated the same as a renowned hero.


    As Kaen looked up, a white light seeped out from the pitch-ck space with nothingness and spoke in a voice.


    - The whereabouts of Maizen, who disappeared inside Ste, have be mysterious.


    "Is that so?"


    "......"


    The expressions of the deputymander, Grace Steele, grew puzzled at the name Maizen Tyren.


    It was because she couldn''t imagine a professor at Ste being infected by dark magic, no matter how much she thought about it. However, she couldn''t openly express it, so she kept her mouth shut.


    - A few dayster, first-year magicbat students at Ste went on an external mission. "Dark magic activities are expected to begin. There is a possibility of Maizen Tyrens involvement, so infiltrate and observe the situation."


    "Understood."


    "Yes~"


    **Thunk!**


    As themunication was cut off, the pitch-ck space instantly dissipated, revealing a field.


    Spatial teleportation, a unique technique of the Manwol Tower that allowed rapid movement over long distances, was a magic that only the high level masters in the world could use.


    However, even with that astonishing magic, they started walking without any particr signs.


    Graceined with a chubby face.


    "Really, why are you so obsessed with Ste?"


    "The Master of the Towers possess the power of prophecy. Instead of talking back, just follow."


    "Yeah, sure! But more than half of those prophecies are always wrong, which is a problem!"


    "In most cases, we solve the disasters before they ur."


    "Sometimes nothing happens even when we haven''t done anything."


    At that moment, Kaen stopped walking and stared at Grace intently.


    "That''s... the cases where the events were prevented or resolved by other variables before we could intervene."


    "Hmph, what''s with the sudden serious face? Ah, I don''t know. I was nning to take a vacation after this mission."


    While grumbling, Grace hurriedly scratched the staff on the ground. It might have looked rough and hasty, but he was actually drawing a magical formation of ss 6.


    Other mages would be astonished by it!


    Ordinary ss 5 mages would need at least ten of them to draw a formation that she could easily create with such simplicity.


    "There, it''s finished. Let''s go quickly, have a casual look, ande back~"


    Kaen nodded heavily and stood on Graces magical formation.


    Immediately, a rainbow bridge stretched up to the sky, and the two of them disappeared in an instant.",