I Have been Reincarnated As a Lazy, Arrogant Noble, but When I Destroyed The Scenario Through Effort, I Became The Most Powerful With Extraordinary Magical Power - 54

Chapter 54: Dialogue

With my shout, monsters descended from above, and a bloody battle began. The enemy students from other schools, who were foes just moments ago, were now reliable allies.

“Double Impact Window Sonic!”

Michael was eliminating large monsters with such force that I wondered if he was even stronger than during the tournament. He probably wasn’t holding back, but like Alan, he might be one of those types who become stronger when fighting to protect someone.

“Ice Spear Ice Lance!”

“Magic Thread Magic Red!”

Behind me, Cynthia and Shari fought in tandem. Just a while ago, they were rivals, and now they fought back to back with Milica and Logan.

Looking up at the sky, Eva Avery and Karta were wreaking havoc against flying creatures. Eva with her incredible magic cannon and the power to instantly kill monsters with a touch to the forehead. We could leave the aerial domain to them.

In the narrow spectator stands, Milch Sensei was gracefully beheading monsters with his agile movements. He was like a gymnast, and his swordsmanship was awe-inspiring.

And to my surprise…

“Zebis, you’re really getting into this.”

“Yes, Lord Agate.”

My father and Zebis were using swordsmanship and magic in their fight. I didn’t know; I had assumed my father couldn’t fight.

It was rather refined movement.

…Ah, there’s so much I don’t know.

Of course, my body was moving independently of my thoughts.

One, two, three…

I enjoyed killing the bigger ones. It seemed I still liked taking lives… like Weiss. The moment I took someone’s life with my own hands, it reminded me that I was Weiss.

Headmaster Gils, Darius, and Chloe were also fighting in a distant location.

I didn’t have time to watch them closely, but the headmaster was swiftly cutting down monsters with dual swords. He looked like a gymnast, and his swordsmanship was awe-inspiring. Darius was wielding his usual greatsword, and Chloe had two whips.

I should ask her to teach me someday…

And Lillith was fighting in the most dangerous place of all.

“Haah! Take that!”

Previously, on the way back from Use, she seemed a bit down. She thought she might be a burden to everyone. But that wasn’t the case. Right now, she was working harder than anyone else.

“Gigaaah!”

“Disappear!”

I needed to respond to those feelings too.

“Weiss, don’t push yourself too hard.”

“Yeah, you too, the protagonist.”

And Alan, he didn’t realize it, but he seemed to be having fun. He probably liked battles too, although not as much as I did. Well, maybe.

Everything was going smoothly. However, I felt something was wrong.

The difficulty of this disaster was extremely high. Yet, even now, an unbelievable number of monsters were pouring in.

But something was off.

Is it because we have so many strong fighters here?

Cecil’s voice came, “Right corridor, two Cerberuses, left side from B to A.”

She was giving precise instructions as if she could see everything. She was probably communicating with multiple people while predicting the future.

Thanks to her, everyone could take the initiative.

To her, we might be characters in the Battle Universe.

Well, if that’s the case, I want to be the king.

I had the luxury to think such things.

But…

“Sky!”

Cecil’s single word…

The real thing… starts here.

—Geez—

—Geez—

I looked up at the giant three-dimensional magic circles as I fought.

I’ve always wondered about something.

I loved this Noblesse Oblige. Even though I didn’t fully understand everything.

But even more unbelievable…

Until now, nothing except information about the Demon Lord has come to my mind.

I can’t even recall their appearance or name.

“Unexplained, is that even possible?

No matter how much I think about it, I can’t come up with anything.

The Demon Lord, I remember their existence strongly. Whether it was a woman or a man, I don’t even know that.

I only remember that their hobby was killing humans.

On the other hand, I remember the demons clearly.

But…

“More humans than expected, huh?”

“Yeah, they seem stronger than a few hundred years ago, don’t they?”

“Hahaha! Nothing ever goes as planned!”

Thanks to the Observation Dark Eye, I could understand their words.

Appearing before us were three demons.

The characteristic feature of these demons was the red horns on their heads. And just like we walk on the ground, they could use aerial magic.

“…This can’t be true.”

A blond man with handsome features, a brown-haired woman looking down on us with cold eyes, and a burly man with a hearty atmosphere.

I was left speechless.

Nobles Oblige had many allied characters, but the enemies themselves rarely changed. There was Kimberley, who summoned darkness sacrificing her own body, the specialist in water magic, Efexa, and Bilbit with demon wings.

There were others, but I had planned for each one and, with Cecil’s advice, had prepared a meticulous and reliable strategy to win.

But the three who descended from the sky were completely unknown to me. They bore no resemblance to the ones I mentioned just now.

I had never seen them before. They were demons I had never encountered.

“What the hell, who are you guys?!”

“Gugaah!”

As I expelled magic and banished monsters, I shouted. Only Cecil would understand the significance of this.

I had thought that by preparing for a possible future, I could carve a path forward. But now, things have taken an unexpected turn.

“Weiss! We can win!”

At that moment, at the perfect timing as if he saw through everything, Alan encouraged me. Our magical power was running low since the end of the tournament, yet he looked at me with unwavering determination, just like he did during the dragon incident.

…Right.

We had turned the impossible into possible.

Looking around, there were many strong individuals.

I wasn’t alone.

Prepare yourself, Weiss Fancent.

What you need to do is defy fate.

“…Demons have appeared, but it’s not a problem. According to past records, they don’t like sneak attacks. They probably won’t attack us immediately. Let’s steadily and patiently exterminate the monsters.”

Even Cecil’s tone was calmer than usual. But she must have calmed herself down. I was strong, but now I had to act as her pawn.

Believe in Cecil, believe in our comrades.

“Gugaah!”

“Damn trash monsters, don’t come near me. This unnatural wall…”

As Cecil said, demons were a proud and arrogant race, existing to showcase their own strength. However, considering that they had come from another world, they should have had the purpose of kidnapping.

But for some reason, they were just watching us in the sky.

Moreover, they seemed to be enjoying it.

“Hahaha, as expected, you can’t win!”

“Yeah, if that’s the case, is what the Demon Lord said true?”

“…Time-looping time travel, humans have come up with some clever tricks.”

At that moment, through the Observation Dark Eye, I was left speechless.

…Time-looping time travel?

Shocked, I realized too late that a massive wolf’s blade was about to pierce my neck.

“Hyun!”

But a terribly fast magic cannon came flying, and the wolf’s head disappeared. I turned my gaze and saw Eva smiling.

“Lend it to you.”

I had just created a debt with the dangerous senior.

With just my eyes, I expressed my gratitude and dashed away.

I would think about it later.

“For now, just defeat the enemies in front of you.

Several tens of minutes had passed since then.

We were covered in blood, but most of it was the blood of the monsters.

Whenever someone was in a dangerous situation, Cecil gave precise instructions.

Thanks to her, we had injured people, but there were no casualties.

Even though the demons hadn’t launched an attack, the results were unbelievable.

Ah, I’m glad Cecil became our ally.

But something was strange.

Was this really the Catastrophe?

The answer lay with those in the sky—the ones in control.

One of them, a man with jet-black clothes and blond hair, descended from the sky. It was an odd time for that, but his features were well-proportioned, and he didn’t look like a demon at all.

However, the overflowing magic power seemed much higher than what I knew of them.

Everyone watched with bated breath.

Surprisingly, Eva and Milch Sensei didn’t make a move.

Not a hint of intention to do so.

But I soon understood the reason. If they acted, it would immediately lead to a battle, and many of the lower-level students present would die.

They were avoiding that.

The man stepped onto the arena with a casual expression, as if he had come for a walk.

Despite being surrounded by us, he showed no fear at all.

Moreover, the monsters, who should have been his subordinates, didn’t even glance at him.

“Nice to meet you. I’m one of the Seven Vices, Beefa. The woman behind me is Surus. And the big guy is Lakom.”

Surprisingly, he was looking straight at me. I didn’t understand why, but he seemed to have noticed something, his face showing it.

And what was this “Seven Vices” he mentioned? I had never heard of such a thing.

Beefa, however, was still looking at me.

“I see. You’re the Singular Point, right? You’ll understand better when you see it up close.”

I didn’t understand. At that moment, perhaps because my feelings rushed, one of the lower-level students launched an attack.

The battle began—our magic powers surged, but for some reason, the attacks from the lower-level students cut through the air.

I wondered where they disappeared to, but the voice came from right next to me.

“**********?”

In the next moment, he teleported right next to me and whispered something unbelievable.

My blood ran cold, and I was speechless.

He had attacked, but then he disappeared again. This time, he was in the sky.

I couldn’t grasp the principle behind it.

Demons used a completely different type of magic from us.

Fundamentally different.

“This time is just a greeting. However, as the Demon Lord said, it was unbelievable that we were on the brink of defeat.”

In the next moment, he disappeared again.

He was high in the sky.

It was inconceivable for demons to flee.

Pride was everything to them. Strength was everything.

If we continued to fight like this, there might be casualties, but there was no doubt we could win.

But they retreated. Furthermore, they admitted defeat?

“So, we’ll prepare… That’s all.”

“Really, was there any point in coming here?”

“Observation was the Demon Lord’s orders, so there was no choice! But it’s boring! Well, let’s at least make a final greeting!”

A transfer magic appeared, and instead of disappearing into the sky, the big man—presumably Rakom—raised his hand to the heavens.

In the next moment, a massive fireball appeared.

It was bigger than anything I had ever seen, and the heat was intense. It was enveloped in a high-density magical power.

What surprised me the most was that Rakom, a demon I had never seen in the original, seemed to possess even more power than the demons I knew.

“Farewell!”

Finally, Rakom threw the massive fireball at us.

I could move away from the spot, but the injured wouldn’t be able to.

“Weiss-kun!”

Immediately, Cecil’s voice echoed in my mind.

I was already running faster than her words.

I used all the remaining magic for a Flash Time-Lapse.

Everything appeared in slow motion.

The moment I leaped, something pushed against my back. It was cool, almost cold, but oddly comforting.”

This is Cynthia’s floating ice flow. Hah, I’m grateful.

And surprisingly, Eva was looking at me. In this world where everything seemed slow, in that moment, it seemed she recognized me.

She gestured for me to go ahead.

So I directed my sword towards the fireball. I dismantled the magic formation and slipped gaps into the flames.

The flames dispersed widely, but not completely.

However, Eva, Milch Sensei, Darius, Chloe, and the strong individuals there destroyed the remnants without a trace—vanished.

It was a split-second moment that potentially included death.

“Woah, amazing, Weiss!”

“I thought we were going to die…”

“The teachers are amazing too…”

Lower-level students and students from other schools shouted with joy. They probably had resigned themselves to death.

“Phew.”

I landed on the ground. Lillith supported me.

“Lord Weiss, that was amazing!”

“Weiss, are you okay?”

“Yeah, I’m fine.”

I looked up at the sky, but there were no traces of the demons. What remained were the destroyed arena and countless demon corpses, and a mystery.

As expected, this world’s game isn’t going to be straightforward…

But I had overcome the Catastrophe. From the way things looked, they might still attack, but this was a significant step forward.

I couldn’t have done it alone. I had to admit that.

And…

“Well, it’s getting interesting.”

Amidst everyone grappling with fear and relief, the only one who seemed genuinely delighted was Eva Avery.

Several hours later, soldiers from the capital arrived.

There was a lot to assess, treat the wounded, investigate, and contemplate.

Though things were still chaotic, the students from other schools were temporarily returning to their countries.

They were our rivals, but also dependable allies.

“Weiss, see you again.”

“Yeah.”

As Michael left, he had a much more pleasant expression than when we first met.

“It seems like things have gotten quite complicated.”

“Yes, indeed… the appearance of demons.”

“Yeah, but we just have to do what needs to be done. Cynthia, Lillith, thank you.”

I sincerely thanked them. There were others I needed to thank as well, but these two had been with me more than anyone else.

Cynthia and Lillith, after looking surprised, chuckled.

“I will always be by Lord Weiss’s side! You don’t need to thank me!”

“Me too, it’s just a matter of course.”

There will probably be more branching points in the future.

Even so, I will definitely clear and conquer this game.

—Absolutely.

Well, that’s a wrap for now.