Academy’S Gumiho Is A Magical Genius [EN]: Chapter 233

Anemone (3)

“Who are you?”

“Isn’t that the kind of question you ask before attacking? Well, whatever. My top priority is to stall you anyway. I’ll gladly answer your question.”

He talks too much.

I’ve never seen a Maine like that before. I’ve seen plenty of Maines who are intoxicated by their Magically enhanced bodies and abilities, deluding themselves into thinking they’re omnipotent and becoming arrogant.

And most Maines are like that.

But a talkative Maine was a first.

Even as I calculate the distance between this place and the dorm where the children are sleeping, he doesn’t stop running his mouth. Thanks to his disposition, it doesn’t hinder my planning.

Kill the guy in front of me, or lure him somewhere else and run away with the children. Even while I meticulously calculate the movement and escape routes, systematically formulating a plan in my head, he doesn’t stop talking.

He doesn’t even attack.

‘He doesn’t seem to have a gentle disposition.’

A question lingers in my mind.

The conclusion I’ve reached: that Maine is just as crazy as any other Maine. It’s just that his craziness is a little different.

“—That’s why I am who I am today. I was even chosen as one of the ‘Monstrous Aberrations’ [a term for beings or phenomena defying rational understanding]. The nobles will only be mere executives until they fully awaken, but in the future, my goal is to kill them and become a true noble myself.”

Finally, his long speech is over.

All the other words were worthless, but there was one question in the words he muttered at the end.

“Monstrous Aberrations?”

It’s not a word I’m hearing for the first time.

It’s a term that refers to supernatural phenomena or beings, something that cannot be understood rationally.

The subjects are monsters, dragons, rebellion, and ghosts. But why is that word coming out of that guy’s mouth? Was there another group of Maines besides the nobles of Pandemonium and Paradise Lost?

It’s not in my memory at all.

No… maybe I knew it and forgot.

“You don’t know the Monstrous Aberrations? That’s strange. There’s no way you wouldn’t. We’re more famous than I thought? I can’t figure it out at all.”

“If you want to have a conversation, answer my question.”

You can talk to yourself after you’re dead.

“How prickly. Fine, I’ll gladly answer. ‘Monstrous Aberrations’ is a term that refers to us. To be exact, it’s a term that simultaneously refers to the top four executives of Pandemonium.”

“Pandemonium executives… Thinking about it carefully, it seems like that’s right.”

My head gets complicated when I try to remember.

I didn’t fully recall it by listening to him, but after hearing it, it seems that ‘Monstrous Aberrations’ was used in that sense.

“I am ‘Rebellion’ (亂) among the Monstrous Aberrations! Rebellion, as in revolt! Please treat me well in the future.”

“I am…”

“I know! You’re Anemone. I saw it in the newspaper before. It said you caused quite a few incidents in Korea. It would be nice to have someone like you under my command, but—”

Swish—!

A sound like a sword being drawn was heard.

The source of the sound was the Maine’s fingernails.

A sound like a sword came from his long fingernails.

“—Unfortunately, my goal this time is to kidnap the children you brought, so I don’t think that will be possible.”

“Even if that weren’t the case, I would never work with disgusting creatures like you.”

“Haha! I’ve been rejected. Then, I have no choice but to have a conversation with my body!!”

Thud—!

The Maine approaches with a heavy sound like a cannonball.

I don’t know his name. The only information I got through the conversation was that he symbolizes rebellion.

It was difficult to respond rashly without knowing Rebellion’s fighting style or special skills. But the guy running while kicking off the floor was very fast.

Not so fast that it’s hard to react, but at least enough to control my movements.

“Oh, you react well. Is your sense above S-class?”

Whoosh—!

Rebellion reaches out his hand towards my abdomen.

At the same time, a blade of wind shredded my clothes.

It wasn’t a special technique. He simply aimed at my internal organs in my stomach with the shockwave generated by reaching out his hand.

This guy is completely crazy.

‘But thanks to that, I figured out his fighting style.’

Drip, drip.

I cauterized the blood flowing from around my navel with flames and opened my mouth.

“That’s quite a light punch. A cat’s punch would be much fiercer.”

“Hmm~ I was going to rupture your internal organs with that punch, but I never thought it would only tear your clothes and a little bit of flesh.”

It was definitely a powerful punch.

The punch itself was powerful, but the long fingernails were much sharper.

If he had landed a proper blow on me with his fist, he would have stabbed me with his fist and torn my body with his fingernails at the same time.

‘His bizarrely sturdy durability is also something. His body itself seems to have reached a realm.’

A body that has reached a realm.

Rebellion’s fighting style was to actively use this.

He doesn’t avoid the opponent’s attacks, but defends with his hard muscles and tough skin, and attacks the opponent with powerful fists and fingernails. He doesn’t use magic or create special weapons using magic.

He is only investing everything in “Body Strengthening”.

“You monster.”

As a Maine, he filled his body with Magic instead of Mana and abandoned the status window. For that reason, even with Appraisal, I couldn’t get a glimpse of Rebellion’s physical abilities and skills.

But based on the data accumulated so far, all his stats would probably be above S-class.

Even his Mana stat, no, his Magic would be above S-class.

Unreasonably high stats.

Those were the things I needed most right now.

“Eat it all up.”

My own incantation to activate magic.

Just chanting it causes a huge flame to burn Rebellion in the air.

But only the outer skin is slightly cooked. There were no major injuries.

It was an absurd moment. The incantation “Eat it all up” that I created boasts power above advanced magic. Even if it doesn’t do much damage, he should normally have severe burns, but his strong body only suffered first-degree burns.

‘If I overuse magic, I can inflict meaningful damage, but…’

That would consume a huge amount of Mana.

Of course, all the Mana I consumed would be replenished within 10 minutes, but that would only be moving the way they want me to.

‘There’s no corner to escape to.’

No matter how many attacks I launch, they are meaningless, and it’s hard to shake him off because he’s so fast. But it’s hard to kill him in an instant because of the power he has.

It’s not that I can’t kill him.

Rebellion. He’s below my level.

No matter how strong his body is, he is clearly lower than me when comparing fighting experience and overall combat power.

But it takes quite a long time to kill him.

‘While I’m killing him, the children will be kidnapped, or…’

They would be dead.

I suddenly don’t know why the Maines are targeting Erzebet and the baby, but for now, I had no choice but to hope that the children would hold out.

“That’s why I need a nanny to protect the children while I’m away.”

I felt the need for a nanny to the bone.

I personally traveled to Germany to find that nanny, but as a result, I put the children in danger. I felt guilty for not staying with the children all night, and at the same time, I thought.

What are they trying to do to the children? At the moment of the question, I mobilized all the knowledge I had accumulated and thought about it.

The Maines are all crazy, but their actions are not without meaning. So, what does kidnapping the children mean to them?

“!!!”

The conclusion I reached after thinking.

I was surprised by the result, but on the other hand, I was relieved.

I’ll have enough time.

“Hmm? The atmosphere seems to have changed. Until just now, you seemed anxious and about to die.”

“It seems like I’ll have enough time.”

I smiled and said.

Even though my expression wouldn’t be visible because I was wearing a mask, he probably knew vaguely that I was grinning.

“You guys have no intention of harming my children. Rather, you’re going to kidnap them as if you’re enshrining them, making sure they don’t get hurt.”

The Maine’s face contorts at the answer containing conviction.

He seemed to feel unpleasant that his plan had gone awry because he was going to fight using my anxiety as a shield.

“…How can you be so sure?”

“Your expression.”

The basis for thinking that they would treat the children preciously was simple.

The Maines are villains in this world.

And the baby who should have been born as a dragon and Erzebet, who should have grown up witnessing countless human evils, were originally supposed to grow up as villains. Perhaps if my intervention disappears, they will grow into villains in no time.

The Maines would have known about those children’s tendencies as soon as I set foot on German soil.

The cause was probably that strange woman.

The Pandemonium in the German branch, who witnessed the seeds of great evil contained in the children through the woman, judged. Even if they use the highest-ranking executive as bait, they will kidnap the children and raise them into the same kind as themselves.

And if that’s their goal.

‘There won’t be a shortage of time to kill them all and leave.’

* * *

Meanwhile.

Around the time Baek Seung-woo began confronting the Maine who introduced himself as Rebellion of the Monstrous Aberrations. Black shadows began to approach the dorm where the unnamed baby and Erzebet were sleeping.

The shadows were not one or two.

At least 10 people.

Perhaps dozens of shadows approached the entrance, walls, and windows to break into the dorm.

At that very moment.

Thud—!

Several shadows that approached closely were bounced off.

The impact was so great that they rolled across the floor.

“Is this magic?”

“It seems to be a magician with considerable skill. To think that he would install this scale of defensive magic in the dorm in less than a day.”

“But the defensive magic is quite threatening. Look at the state of the guys who tried to infiltrate first.”

A certain shadow. More precisely, the Maines who had concealed their bodies as much as possible with black clothes and black Magic pointed their fingers at the Maines who had been bounced off by the defensive magic.

They rolled on the floor as if they had been touched by an electric current.

Their clothes were burning, and their skin was red.

Even the guys who rolled severely on the floor had their necks or spines broken and died. It’s not ordinary defensive magic.

It’s better to be careful.

But more than half of the Maines died in the process of going to the bedroom where the children were sleeping.

“Crazy. Even a decent mansion doesn’t have this many spells installed!”

At first, it was common for people to die with broken necks and spines.

The bigger problem was the existence of even more magic inside the dorm. The cleanup was also neat. Because the stabbed, exploded, and burned corpses could not be placed in the hallway where the children were walking.

The corpses of the dead Maines naturally fell deep underground or were discharged out the window.

“…This place is crazy.”

At this rate, will we be able to kidnap them on time?

Now that an executive is personally tying up the guardian of the children at the scene. Their job was to quickly kidnap the children and disappear, but the order was reversed.

More than half of the Maines had disappeared from this world without even being able to kidnap the children.

At that fact, one of the Maines who was in charge of the kidnapping operation grabbed his head.

I wonder if we won’t be able to kidnap them, let alone disappear?