I Obtained the Final Boss' Power

Chapter 106 : State of the School (2)

State of the School (2)

The situation at the academy had not yet stabilized.

Although Wigmon, the cause of the incident, had been defeated, the transformation into a demon realm he had created still remained.

No more new demon realm manifestations would occur, but this place was still a demon realm environment.

The one relief was that no more monsters would appear.

This made it easier for Louis and the special task force to protect the citizens.

However, it wasn't just monsters they needed to protect the citizens from.

They had to protect the citizens from 'people'.

"What are you doing here right now?"

Silia questioned the nobles who were trying to kill the civilians.

At her forceful entrance, the nobles turned to her in surprise.

Just as Louis had said earlier, they had crossed the line.

Therefore, she had no intention of letting it go.

"Isn't she...?"

Lisele, whose sword had been broken by Silia, remembered Silia's face.

She was sure this woman was the teacher named Talia, the staff member responsible for Rio, the girl who assaulted her sons.

Seeing her appear again made Lisele furious.

"You again? Why do you always get in the way at important moments? Get lost if you don't want to die!"

"Kill me?"

Silia just laughed at Lisele's threat.

"Can you really kill me?"

"..."

Lisele's sword broke in Silia's bare hand as if it were a candy.

At this overwhelming difference in strength, Lisele's threat was no different from a neighborhood dog barking.

"You were about to kill everyone inside the barrier just to save yourselves, so what makes you so great?"

When Silia delivered her jab, the nobles all scowled as a group.

Among them, the noble who was Lymond's father stepped forward and said,

"Do you know what will happen if we die? Do you realize how necessary we are in this situation as the only link to the Imperial Court?"

It was true that nobles could be easily connected with the Imperial Court.

If they were present, the main forces of the Imperial Court might be dispatched here more swiftly.

"Of course I know. You nobles are the only connection to the royal family that can resolve this situation."

"That's right! So you know!"

Then why are you interfering with us?

With that thought, Lymond's father smiled as if he had won.

"It's true that nobles may be necessary. But do you know when you lose your qualifications as a noble?"

The moment Silia revealed her killing intent, the nobles' smiles instantly vanished.

"It's when you commit crimes and feel no guilt about it, like you and your son."

"What did my son ever do...?"

When he asked in a shrinking voice, Louis interjected.

"He would seize every opportunity to torment a certain student relentlessly, exaggerate minor incidents to make it seem like that student had committed a grave offense, and even beat up students with better grades. On top of that, he used the student's hometown to threaten him by putting his parents' lives on the line."

Louis knew because that student, Lymond, was in cahoots with Alio and Selion.

"Furthermore, the parent, Count, bribed the principal and vice-principal to raise his son's grades, forcibly dragging down students above him."

It wasn't by merit.

The bribed principal would assign the targeted student chores during exam periods so he couldn't study, while the vice-principal would impose severe punishments to disrupt his focus.

"Lihan. He was one of the victims, too."

Louis sprayed some kind of medicine on Lihan's severely injured body.

The moment he touched Lihan's body, the wounds gradually faded.

"My son's injuries..."

"Mister, please show me your severed wrist, as well."

Shocked that his son's wound was healed, Lihan's father held out his severed hand to Louis.

Louis reattached the hand and sprayed the same medicine on it.

The arm rejoined immediately.

"My arm...!"

"It's not completely healed yet. Both of you will need to see a healer to fully recover."

"Thank you so much!"

"We will never forget this favor!"

As Lihan's parents expressed their gratitude, Louis got to the main point again.

"In any case, it was the educators who actually hindered education here. Isn't that terribly ironic? Over there, you two."

Louis pointed to the corner of the barrier where two people were crouching, hiding their faces.

"The principal and vice-principal. I'm talking about you."

"Eek...!"

"How did you...?"

Startled at being discovered, they had carelessly shown their faces and were now under everyone's gaze.

Even though all this was happening, no one could believe that the academy high-ups were hiding their faces in a place like this.

"You hid just like you were playing hide-and-seek, didn't you? If I hadn't been the seeker, no one would have found you."

The fact that the two of them were hiding here shocked even the nobles.

However, no one held them responsible for simply observing the situation.

Instead, they looked happy as if they had gained allies.

"Principal, vice-principal! This is perfect! Did you hear what that wet-behind-the-ears teacher just said?"

"She's an unreasonable staff member suddenly trying to brand us as criminals. Fire her immediately!"

She's just a regular staff member—there's no way she can go against the principal.

The nobles tried to use this to gang up on Silia.

The principal and vice-principal had already formed a collusion with the nobles.

So they were used to working together.

"Dismissing her isn't enough."

That was when Lisele cut in with a furious expression.

"Let's kill her right here and now."

Lisele had felt deep discomfort from the moment Silia intervened.

Years ago, there had been a girl who rampaged through the academy after claiming her younger brother was murdered.

Lisele confronted her and lost.

That girl spouted nonsense that her brother had died because of Lisele's son.

And now... for some reason, the teacher Talia (Silia) felt very similar to that girl.

It was as if that girl had been reincarnated as this teacher Talia.

"In this situation, the most important people are us. Of course, your lives are also very important. So we must do anything to survive."

Sacrificing others to solve this situation?

When 'solving' it is supposed to be about saving people here?

Louis and Silia laughed at Lisele's backward statement.

"So we'll kill her right now and take control of this barrier!"

Lisele pulled out a self-defense dagger from inside her clothes.

She had another weapon besides the long sword, and rallied the nobles like a commander.

She couldn't defeat that staff member alone, but combining their powers might make it possible.

Besides, that girl did not seem intent on killing people like them.

"Let's drive them out!"

The nobles agreed to her declaration and showed hostility toward Silia.

At the same time, they once again tried to drive out the citizens who had taken shelter.

"Stop!! Stop right now!!"

"Everyone, please calm down!!"

Just then, the principal and vice-principal blocked the nobles, including Lisele.

Their urgent interruption brought the nobles to a halt.

"Why are you two doing this now?"

"Everyone, put down your weapons. Y-you must not lay a hand on her!"

"That's right! If you don't want disaster, stay put!"

The nobles frowned at the strange attitude shown by the principal and vice-principal.

It sounded as if this mere staff member was higher than they were.

"Are you losing your minds because of the crisis? The most important people to save in this situation are 'us'! Knowing that, you're not going to side with a trashy girl like her, are you?"

"She's just a staff member! Why are you hesitating...?"

"Be quiet!!"

"Take that back!!"

When someone called Silia a mere staff member, the two shouted loudly to shut them up.

No nobles here—not even those who had taken shelter—knew the truth.

There was a being with the authority to behead people, even nobles, for a single misplaced word.

The principal and vice-principal knew exactly who that was.

"Apologize to this teacher right now!"

"That's right! If you don't want to die, do it now!"

That's why they were doing this now.

Of course, the clueless nobles only grew even angrier.

"You two, step aside."

In the end, Silia pushed aside the principal and vice-principal and stepped forward.

"You'll never know unless you're shown directly."

She rolled up her sleeve and revealed a glowing tattoo on her bare arm.

"Because the truth is, I'm not actually just a staff member."

The moment the nobles saw that tattoo, they all fell speechless.

"S-special task force?"

"If she's special task force... that's the empire's top authority..."

The special task force, created four years ago, was the empire's strongest unit, with the authority to judge any mere noble at will.

When they saw the symbol of a special task force officer on Silia's arm, the group was shocked.

"Ah..."

Naturally, it goes without saying that the person who had been the loudest—Lisele—was the most stunned.

"Your voice suddenly got quieter, didn't it, mrs. Refilica?"

"......"

Lisele's towering momentum instantly crumbled.

A cold silence fell between them.

"Everyone, look out!"

At that moment, countless massive thorns shot in like arrows.

They were aimed at the people outside the barrier, but Louis moved with ghostly speed to save them all.

"Monster!"

"Hurry, get inside the barrier!!"

The nobles shouted in panic.

Most of them hurried inside the barrier.

But there was only so much space, and a scramble broke out inside.

In desperation, the nobles even started throwing people outside the barrier.

"You, get out here, girl!"

One noble threw a girl student outside the barrier.

Selion, who was also outside, caught her.

"You're one of that girl Rio's friends, right?"

By chance, Selion and Alio were outside because of the crowd.

Selion's leg was injured, and on top of that, monsters were attacking—they both smiled.

"Die instead of me."

With that, Selion pushed the girl forward, and the monster shrieked and fired its thorns.

KROOAAAR!—

The monster fired countless thorns from its wings.

Louis recognized by the smell that the thorns were laced with deadly poison.

"Eek!"

As they flew toward her, the girl screamed.

Selion, who had thrown her, grinned, and Alio, his brother, also smiled.

"Big Bro! I'll support you!"

"Thanks!"

With Selion's injured leg, he couldn't move properly without help.

So they were late to escape.

"Please save me!!"

As a thorn came at her, the girl screamed in desperation.

Once again, Louis moved at an incredible speed and saved her.

Thwack!—

Now that his human shield was gone, the thorns went right through Selion's abdomen.

"Huh?"

He was almost inside the barrier, but his stomach was pierced.

Selion collapsed in disbelief.

In that brief moment, Louis tore off the monster's wings, and Silia beheaded the monster with her aura.

They managed to eliminate the monster, but a serious incident had occurred.

"Seliooooon!!!"

Lisele wailed as her son fell with a critical injury.

"Oh no... you...!"

"Don't talk! If you get treated, you'll be fine!"

Lisele glanced around wildly.

She was looking for the priest who had been treating people earlier.

"Ah!"

But Lisele quickly gasped.

That priest had also been struck by a thorn and collapsed.

"Uh—?"

He had been the only healer around.

Now that he was down, no one could heal Selion.

"Someone please save my son! Isn't there anyone who can heal him?"

No one answered her desperate plea.

Even so, Lisele kept trying to think.

"That's right! You... give me that medicine you used earlier!"

Thinking back, Louis had healed people with some kind of medicine.

Believing that it would do the trick, she urged Louis.

"There's still some left..."

"Give it to me! Or else you'll be dead meat!!"

Screaming and glaring at him as if to kill, Lisele's attitude made Louis click his tongue.

"Is that how you ask someone for help?"

Louis had yet to show the special task force insignia.

So Lisele felt no fear in getting mad at Louis.

"Cut the nonsense and hand it over! Do you want to end up like all those who went up against our family?"

Louis, realizing Lisele didn't know how to respect others, just brushed her off.

He took out the remaining medicine and went to the priest, using all of it.

"What are you doing!!!"

As the priest recovered thanks to the medicine, Lisele cried out in tears.

The medicine vial was now empty.

"What do you think I'm doing? I'm saving people."

"You should have used it on my son!!!"

"Your son brought it on himself, didn't he?"

"――――――!!!!!"

By now, she was screaming so much, it didn't even feel like talking to a human anymore—more like facing a monster.

"There is a way."

That was when Silia stepped up to calm her down.

"One of my squad members can heal injuries this severe in an instant. She could even erase the poison from these thorns in a flash."

"Really?"

"Yes. She's here right now."

At those words, Lisele brightened desperately.

It was true—a girl who switched, via a dark magic route, to wield Great Devil's power, had made possible what was once impossible in just four years.

"Introduce her to me right now! There's no time!"

"But you have to do something first."

What could she possibly want now?

The moment Lisele frowned, Silia's appearance suddenly changed.

"Huh?"

She shifted from the disguise of 'Talia' the teacher... to her true form—Silia.

"Wha...?"

When Lisele saw Silia's true face, she looked as if she had been struck by lightning.

"Remember me?"

"You're not...!"

Seeing Lisele go pale, Silia demanded,

"Kneel."