"Your crimes are grave—crippling Armstrong, our comrade, and murdering Katze. Submit to our judgment quietly!"
From the four corners of the spacious lobby, figures clad in black robes emerged.
They were instructors loyal to the Vice Principal's faction.
"Alan… I'm scared…"
"Sorry, I ended up dragging you into this. I'll get you out—'Transport'!"
He teleported Melty from the abandoned school building to the Principal's office.
"She's gone!? No matter—that little girl can be dealt with later. Right now, Alan, you're the eyesore! You'll pay for my son as well—brace yourself! Everyone, fire your magic at me!"
"Y-Yes! 'Come forth from the dark abyss, power of the underworld's emissary—Dark Nova!'"
Four black orbs of light were launched toward Vice Principal Delta. Delta caught them all and fused them into a single massive sphere.
It was large enough to engulf the Vice Principal himself.
"Heh heh—this is the secret art passed down in my family, the crystallization of noble wisdom that transcends the common rabble:[Fusion Magic]! Be annihilated without a trace by this supreme-tier spell—'Super Dark Nova'!"
The colossal black sphere hurtling toward him looked like it would devour and destroy everything in its path.
Very well—[Holy Magic], activate: 'Shield of Light'!
"Hmph! As if some mid-tier spell like that could block it!"
The Super Dark Nova ground against the Shield of Light that had appeared before him with a harsh, scraping sound. It carved away roughly half the shield before finally dissipating.
"My win, I'd say. Studying at this academy paid off—my magic's gotten stronger."
"Impossible! How can this brat—trash cast out from the nobility—do such a thing!? Fine, then—this is the last resort! Everyone, do it now! I'll obliterate you, brat!"
And so the five of them began channeling their mana into the ground.
They should have been completely exhausted from the Super Dark Nova, yet they could still pour out mana—capable people, wasted on the wrong cause.
"Tch, hahhahh... And here I am, forced to use a trump card I spent years preparing. I'll give you this much credit — you're worthy of being called one of Geese's assassins. But this is the end! Activation of the Annihilation Magic Circle — Extinction!"
The magic circle embedded in the lobby floor activated, with patterns covering the entire surface rising and shimmering into view.
For the record, I am not one of Lord Geese's assassins.
"A-ha-ha! Just disappear already! This magic circle is too good for a commoner! Ah, my body is... fading away!?"
Delta and the other casters' bodies gradually became thinner and more transparent.
"There was no way I'd leave such an obvious trap alone. I rewrote the magic circle the moment I got here."
"What did you say...!?"
"I changed the targets from 'everyone inside the magic circle (excluding the casters)' to 'the casters who activated it.' You've really got to admire how evil this magic circle was — making it so that entire existences were erased without a trace."
That's why I'd silently let the magic circle's activation slide.
"Preposterous! Destroying a magic circle created by someone else is one thing, but intervening and rewriting it...!"
I'd done this to death in my previous life — the endless work of fixing other people's code.
Just when I thought I was finally done fixing it, I'd realize the program wasn't running properly and I'd have to change something else in a different spot. I thought that was genuine hell on earth.
Oh, this would be perfect for interrogation.
Forcing someone to fix magic circles over and over again.
Anyway, this other world is still easier since magic provides support.
For the first time, I felt grateful for how much of a corporate slave I was in my previous life.
"Well then, goodbye. Once this magic circle finishes, I probably won't even remember you existed."
"Impossible... this can't be... I can't just disappear...! We were so close to seizing the country... Damn you, Geeeeeeeeese......"
And so, Delta and the rest vanished.
The academy they had repurposed from its original role of training court magicians to build their own faction — and the plan to use that power to seize the country — all of it quietly disappeared here, unknown to anyone.
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Since this is an additional story to the main plot, I couldn't have Alan acquire[Combination Magic]in order to avoid contradictions with the main storyline.
Skills:[Reverse][Divine Eye][Sword God][Gentleman Thief][Dark Magic][Rock-Iron Magic][Holy Magic][Space-Time Magic][Scorching Heat Magic][Freezing Ice Magic][Magic Hand][Seduction][Pain Relief][Complete Status Abnormality Resistance][Fire Spirit's Protection][Phantom Demon][Gale and Thunder][Dark Spirit's Protection][Monstrous Strength][Thunder God Sword][Great Luck][Clear Storm Magic][Humility]
Rank: Silver (Alisa: Gold)
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