“Uu…!?”
Shian was bathed in the pressure exuded by Ryuuga and the others, and could only be silent.
He did not say he messed with Neries’ exam, but he was sweating with a flustered expression, and… more importantly, the evidence told the story.
“The reason why all the people in the control room are down, and Yuugo’s debuff was too heavy… is you, Shian!”
“You did this to get back at Neries and the others for betraying you… Didn’t you?”
“…!!”
Shian turned pale, as Marcos and Setsuna stated it all perfectly.
Peewee and Velda knew they were right because of his reaction, and looked like they could not believe it.
“This exam could change Neries’ life! And you did something like this…!!”
“How rotten! You’re the lowest!!”
“Shut up! The real fault, the real fault…! Is yours! You betrayed me and left the party!!”
“…Can we take that as a confession? That you maliciously messed with Neries’ exam?”
“That’s right…! So what? They betrayed me, the main character…!! It’s their fault!!”
Shian could only let it all out. His blood was boiling, and his mind was whirling with hatred, so all he could do was yell angrily.
Everyone’s fists shook with anger upon hearing that, and Ryuuga squinted as he spoke with a plain tone.
“…I don’t care one bit about your motives. And I’m not going to show you any pity. The fact is that you trapped my partner, and tried to stomp all over the efforts of a girl trying to move on. You’re ready for what’s coming, right?”
Ryuuga opened his squinted eyes, and spoke while releasing magic energy with anger in his eyes.
He held his Loong King Fang, but before he could punish him for angering a loong… someone else moved out.
“Shh!!”
“Nuh!? Uaah!?”
The person that jumped forward like the wind let out a sharp breath while punching Shian.
Shian was not only taken by surprise, but it was too fast for him to see, let alone react to it. He cried out at the pain hitting his chest, stumbled back, and repeated shallow but ragged breaths.
“You… You…!”
The person that punched Shian glared at him with trembling shoulders.
It was very rare for this girl who usually had a plain expression to look angry, but when the others looked at Mizari, they gulped at how furious she was.
“What you did could have screwed up Neries’ life. One wrong step could have turned all her effort into nothing. Your selfish behavior could have…!”
No one saw from a closer distance how much Neries had worked for this day, and Mizari could not forgive what Shian did.
She saw herself in her, making friends as she trained day after day, and made a promise to her friend, but one wrong move could have made her lose everything.
Shian was to blame for that, and Mizari felt an incredible anger towards the person that maliciously tried to make Neries fail, but he howled his reasons like it did not concern him.
“Who cares!! You should’ve been destroyed like I expected! You’re the ones that are wrong!!”
“…!!”
Shian felt absolutely no remorse, and Mizari went beyond anger into amazement.
Shian saw her freeze, took out his spear, and attacked her.
“Get out of my way!!”
It was hopeless, it was all a mess.
Shian felt defiant now, and tried to destroy everything. First, he tried to take down Mizari, but a large wall stood in front of him.
“Nuooooooooooh!!”
“Wha…!?”
Velda got between them with a roar, and blocked the spear with his body.
He ground his teeth and looked at Shian with sharp eyes, as he blocked the attack and spoke.
“We were right to leave your party. You’re not a hero prospect! You’re just a low-life!!”
“You…! Y-you!!”
Shian’s mind was painted with anger after Velda’s provocation.
And as his attention was focused solely on him, Peewee’s voice echoed.
“Velda, Mizari, dodge!!”
“!?!?!?”
Hearing that made Shian snap out of it and turn that way, and he saw her create a large ball of fire ready to be shot out.
While the tank attracted the enemy’s attention, the back row attacked… It was textbook RPG tactics, but Shian gulped as he fell for it completely and Peewee released the ball of fire.
“Get blown away!! You bastard!!”
“Gyaaaaaaah!”
Direct hit… The momentum of the magic hit Shian’s body.
The explosion threw Shian through the window of the control room, and he rolled on the ground after falling into the training area.
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