The Villain is Too Good at Sniping - Chapter 151



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Episode 151

Episode 151. Things That Will Not Be Remembered (5)

Same time. A research facility in the Gray Zone Kion.

“Stop the ritual, Professor Björn.”

Ashley Silvergarden shouted sharply. But Professor Björn did not move at all and continued to draw the spell. It was as if an artist was drawing a picture.

Esili, unable to stand watching, fired an arrow. However, the arrow hit the opaque barrier and exploded.

Kaang-!

A loud noise like the sound of iron striking rang out. The magic tower collapsed and the barrier surrounding the research building began to crumble, but Professor Björn continued to draw his spell. Only after finally putting a period to his spell did he leisurely turn to face Kyle and his group who had come to find him.

“You finally made it this far.”

“Why on earth did you kidnap the cadet, Professor!”

Kyle scolded him harshly. But Professor Björn only glanced at the students who had come to stop him with detached eyes.

“… I think there are about two people missing.”

“What are you talking about?”

“There were supposed to be two more cadets standing here. Serin Annette and Airi de Sugarmond. The two who should have come with you are no longer here.”

Professor Björn spoke calmly, but no one understood what he was saying. It was as if he had known everything from the beginning.

All of the colleagues except Kyle were speechless. Many thoughts were coming to mind, but they could not express them in words for the time being. Finally, Kyle asked Professor Björn.

“Professor, did you know we were coming here?”

“I knew it.”

“If you knew that we were blocking your path and disrupting your plans, then why did you kidnap the students and do something like this?”

“No matter how hard you try, you can’t change your predetermined fate.”

Lara raised her head at the keyword of predetermined fate. She felt a strange magical power from the spell drawn by Professor Björn.

“The already completed technique… … .”

The technique that seemed unfinished was already complete. Even if we don’t know Professor Björn’s plan, the technique he drew up was perfect without any unnecessary details.

The scale of the spell is enough to fill the entire wall of the laboratory. The magical power consumed must also be considerable. A spell of this scale can only be cast by more than ten magicians.

Professor Björn probably borrowed Kion’s magic tower to fill his lack of magical power and kidnapped students who were skilled in magic. However, as Kyle said, there were too many parts that did not make sense.

Lara nodded to Kyle. Asili Silvergarden must have noticed that the spell was already complete. Asili lowered her bow for a moment and looked at Professor Björn.

“The story is that the professor did it even though he knew the plan would fail.”

There was a brief silence as Esili spoke, getting to the point. Professor Björn looked down at the floor as if reminiscing, then laughed in vain.

“As you said, I have already completed the spell. However, it is impossible for me to perform this spell alone.”

Then he raised his head again. It was not a look of frustration or despair. With a look of enlightenment, Professor Björn stared vaguely at the ceiling of the faculty building.

“Even if I successfully perform this technique, I was destined to fail. I should have completed this technique even if I knew it would fail. That is the word of one who walks a predetermined fate.”

“You probably won’t understand,” Professor Björn said with a bitter smile.

“Maybe you will realize it someday. Whether it be in the distant future or in the near future. Then you will understand me.”

For a moment, the air became heavy. Professor Björn had forced himself to activate the spell.

Kwaaaaang… … !

Professor Björn’s magical power swept through the area. The floor shook as if an earthquake had occurred. Everyone in the group, including Kyle, lost their balance and fell over due to the crushing pressure. Only Professor Björn was able to walk freely around the research building.

“This technique has been completed, but I cannot use it with my own power. It would be the same for anyone else. In this day and age, no one can withstand the magical power this technique unleashes. Except for you, Lara Stillheiden, Aidan’s daughter.”

Professor Björn pointed at Lara with his index finger.

“However, I can only use this technique to a limited extent on my own, even though I cannot fully use it.”

Green magic swept through like a storm. The first to be sucked into the storm was Kyle Ivanstairs. After him, Elin, Lara, and Esili were swallowed up by the storm.

A storm swept through the research building and stopped in one place. Research journals, dozens of reagents, and other miscellaneous artifacts were scattered across the floor in disarray.

It seemed as if anyone who had interfered with the plan had disappeared. Professor Björn looked at the storm with emotionless eyes.

The green storm that engulfed Kyle and his party is still going strong. Even though the spell was activated in a limited way, a wave of magical power that could not be ignored occurred.

Professor Björn felt something gnawing at him from the inside. It was a strange sensation of his magical circuits burning out, but it didn’t feel too bad.

The association does not define magic of this level. If it were to define it, it would be classified as magic outside the standards.

In that storm, time will repeat endlessly. The storm will probably not stop until Professor Björn’s magical circuits are completely destroyed.

Even in the ivory tower, there are only a handful of people who have created a barrier of this level. That’s why Professor Björn burst into laughter. If it were up to him, he would have named this magic properly and announced it at the magic tower. A name like Time Prison would suffice.

But unfortunately, in the future he saw through Axion, he never visited the Magic Tower.

Or you die while trying to force yourself to use the spell. Or you meet someone who interferes with you like you did now and you are defeated.

Otherwise, the only ending that awaits is the end of self-destruction in despair of futility. In the end, it was destined to fail, and it was an irresistible fate. The only resistance is that you can choose where your grave will be.

“Is this it? Exion Vante.”

As expected, there was no answer.

“If this is the only way I can atone, then it might not be such a bad ending.”

With those words, Professor Björn walked into the storm without hesitation. From now on, it would be a mental battle to see who could last the longest.

If they can subdue the entire party before the magic circuits completely break down, it will be a victory for Björn, but if Kyle Ivanstairs can endure the endless repetition of the fight, it will most likely end in defeat for Björn.

In reality, it would only take about a minute or two, but it was going to be a pretty long fight.

***

Boom!

The swung flails collided. The brute force of Axion, who had revealed his true power, was not insignificant, but the power of Isabel, who had lived as a priest, was not inferior to it.

But unlike Isabel, Exion has two weapons. The cross sword draws an arc. The blade that was about to cut Isabel in half is blocked by Rebecca’s rapier.

bang……!

At that moment, a gunshot was heard. A bullet flew in obliquely and pierced his shoulder. However, the wound healed as if it had never been hurt. Rebecca flinched at the strange regenerative power.

The Inquisitor is strong. He does not allow attacks, and even if he is attacked, he can recover by using his divine power.

However, regeneration through divine power also has its limits. The injuries that pile up are eating Axion away from within, and as regeneration through divine power continues, Axion’s mental power becomes more and more disrupted.

“ah…….”

Exion Vante swallowed hard. Even though he was Arsene’s assistant professor and an inquisitor, he could not withstand the three men present here.

Attacks that didn’t work at first started to work little by little. The trajectory of the swinging flail began to appear, and the swords and bullets began to destroy Exion.

However, as long as his body holds up, Exion does not fall. He recovers from his injuries with divine power and stabs Rebecca with a flail.

“When necessary, subdue Lady Rebecca by force. That was one of the orders I received from the Archduke. I didn’t know it would end up like this.”

Eventually, Rebecca rolled on the floor. Exion gave a brief condolences. The moment Isabelle turned around, the cross sword was swung.

Zion was not flustered. Without hesitation, he changed the magazine and fired bullets furiously. Even Axion could not block all the bullets flying from all directions. The trajectory was even distorted, so there was no risk of the allies getting caught up.

The beam of light that flew in like a flash pierced my chest, back, thighs, and arms. The sacred spells engraved on my entire body radiated light. The pain had long since dulled, and my wounds were healed before I even realized they were hurt.

But Exion hesitated for a moment. Rebecca, who had clearly fallen, got up safely.

“Rebecca, that’s why I told you. You’re still weak in actual combat. There’s a completely different feeling to beating someone in sparring than to actually cut someone down.”

Rebecca took up the scabbard again.

“By the way, I’ve decided to give up now. Exion Van Ivanter.”

“Are you Iana?”

“You remembered me, Exion.”

“Because we met once before. We weren’t enemies then either.”

“… That’s what it was.”

It wasn’t a very good memory. When he went to meet Rebecca, the first person to stop him was Exion.

“You know you can’t win anyway. Why don’t you give up?”

“Even if I back off here, there’s no going back anyway. I think Iana would understand how I feel. Iana and I have more in common than you might think.”

The moment Exion blinked, the sword and the cross sword clashed.

“Lady Iana. What on earth did I live for? If I had known this would happen, I would not have joined the Holy Order.”

“Do you think that if you say something like that, I’ll be on your side?”

“It’s just a complaint. Please consider it as my will.”

It wasn’t an empty promise. Exion sensed his own limitations.

[The Watcher’s Eye] reacted. A ray of light was flying in. However, knowing the trajectory and blocking it are two completely different things. Exion, who is dealing with Rebecca and Isabel at the same time, does not have the capacity to block the sniper shot flying from behind.

??!

A ray of light pierced my heart.

The moment Exion stumbled, Rebecca’s sword stabbed deep into his left chest. This was the second time he had been hit by the sword of the swordsman. Before he could straighten his staggering body, Isabelle’s flail brought Exion to his knees.

‘If it was meant to be like this from the beginning.’

I barely managed to block the flying sword from the right. The flail I was holding was shattered.

Exion has always thought of himself as an Irregular. His eyes see the future. The future he has seen has never changed.

There were times when the future changed because of a small variable. Whenever that happened, I intervened and corrected it. I thought that was my role as a ‘watcher’ who could see the future.

However, when he faced Zion Esperland, Exion’s thoughts changed.

Rebecca, who should have died, survived, and the cadets who should have died survived. The Mine Association began to move in ways that were unexpected.

As Zion appeared, the future he had been seeing began to change drastically and had already escaped Exion’s control. The eye that had been showing the future announced the death of Exion Vante. After showing him the fate of his own death and Professor Björn’s failure, he could no longer see the future.

However, in Exion’s [Eye of the Watcher], he can see the future of Sion Esperland. The black light surrounding Sion Esperland means that he will die in the not-too-distant future. Just like Exion, Sion was also destined to die.

But at the same time, there is another future that only he can see. Zion was born with a different destiny than his own. Although their endings are different, Exion cannot help but feel a strange sense of kinship with Zion. So before the fight, he wanted to say a few words of reminiscence, but that was already a thing of the past.

‘The Irregular wasn’t me, it was Sion Esperland. That’s enough.’

That’s why Exion accepted his role. If he was going to die anyway, he would decide where he would die.

The Sion Esperland currently seen in [The Watcher’s Eye] is surrounded by an ominous black light. However, at the same time, a faint white light is mixed in. This means that although Sion will die, there is something after death.

The baton now passes to Sion Esperland. Exion had already prepared to pass the baton long ago.

“What you need will be in the caves of Lacnea. It is up to you to accept it or not. So… … .”

Zion Esperland, standing across from him, didn’t move at all. He pulled the slide without any hesitation.

Clank-

“So, I leave the rest to you, Sion Esperland.”

I don’t know if I heard it properly because it was far away. The moment the bullet hit the ground, a beam of light shot out of the gun barrel and shattered Exion’s heart.