[Shun] Behind me, I felt the teacher lose consciousness.
The wounds were deep, but they shouldn't be fatal.
"Ana, treat the teacher."
"Right."
I hated piling onto Ana, who was already gasping for breath after rushing over, but there was no helping it.
I was observing the front lines with Farsight.
The moment I spotted
It was reckless, acting on my own and ignoring the elves' orders, but taking down Hugo here carried tremendous significance. I wanted to use that to offset my insubordination.
Besides, I believed that Hugo had to be finished by my own hand.
"
"Understood."
A short nod from Hyrince.
Normally, he would have stopped me from going one-on-one against the enemy commander alone.
But this time, I couldn't back down either. And I think Hyrince sensed that.
"Then I shall deal with Yurie as well."
"Kathia, Yurie is—"
"I know. She's the same as I once was. I won't kill her."
A complicated mix of emotions was plain on Kathia's face.
Anger toward Hugo.
Pity toward Yurie.
And perhaps, beyond even that, she was seeing her former self reflected in Yurie.
Both of them had been brainwashed by Hugo.
If things had been just a little different, the one standing beside me now might have been reversed.
Kathia, too, must harbor extraordinary feelings toward Hugo.
Yet she had suppressed all of that and yielded to me.
I would not waste that resolve.
"Ahh, ahh, ahh. So it's not just Oka-chan — you're here too?"
"Yeah. To take you down."
"Pfft! That's rich. You? Take me down? As if you could!!"
Pressure erupted from Hugo's body, as though he were trying to dominate the very space around us.
I readied my sword and used Appraisal on Hugo.
『Human LV61 Name Hugo van Lengsand Status HP: 3169/4831 (Green) (Details) MP: 1542/1711 (Blue) (Details) SP: 2577/2577 (Yellow) (Details) : 2663/3255 (Red) +0 (Details) Average Attack Ability: 3889 (Details) +400 Average Defense Ability: 1255 (Details) +400 Average Magic Ability: 998 (Details) +200 Average Resistance Ability: 2384 (Details) +200 Average Speed Ability: 2939 (Details) +400 Skills 「HP Auto Recovery LV6」「MP Recovery Speed LV2」「MP Cost Reduction LV2」「SP Recovery Speed LV7」「SP Cost Reduction LV7」「Magic Power Perception LV3」「Magic Power Operation LV2」「Demonic God Arts LV2」「Magic Power Infusion LV2」「Magic Power Strike LV1」「Destruction Enhancement LV4」「Slashing Enhancement LV4」「Blunt Enhancement LV2」「Penetration Enhancement LV1」「Impact Enhancement LV1」「Heterodox Attack LV4」「Battle God Arts LV2」「Spirit Infusion LV2」「Spirit Strike LV5」「Sword Genius LV4」「Throwing LV2」「Three-Dimensional Movement LV2」「Coordination LV2」「Command LV4」「Concentration LV10」「Thought Acceleration LV3」「Prediction LV1」「Arithmetic Processing LV1」「Memory LV1」「Accuracy LV8」「Evasion LV8」「Stealth LV3」「Soundless LV1」「Scentless LV1」「Appraisal LV10」「Conquest」「Self-Loss」「Water Magic LV1」「Lightning Magic LV1」「Curse Magic LV1」「Heterodox Magic LV2」「Demon King LV1」「Pride LV2」「
Skill Points: 217 Titles 「Monster Slayer」「Lord of Greed」「Ally Slayer」「Human Slayer」「Lord of Lust」「Human Slaughterer」「Merciless」「Monster Slaughterer」「Lord of Frenzy」「Champion」「Commander」「King」』
A wildly inconsistent Status.
Generally low values, but an enormous number of Skills.
Skill Points sitting at an awkward fractional number.
This was the power Hugo had amassed through Greed.
Some of the powerful Skills had likely been obtained through the effects of his Titles.
The Skills granted by the titles of Lord of Lust and Lord of Greed must have been formidable, and there was even a Title I had never seen before — Lord of Frenzy, despite being its holder myself.
What caught my eye, though, was the Demon King Skill.
The Skills of the Demon King and the Hero could be acquired by spending a vast number of Skill Points, or through Proficiency.
Hugo called himself a Hero, so I doubted he would deliberately go out of his way to obtain a Demon King Skill.
That meant Hugo had obtained the Demon King Skill through Proficiency.
I didn't know what kind of Proficiency grinding would earn you the Demon King Skill.
However, it was said that the Hero's Skill could sometimes be obtained through Hero-like actions.
Hyrince had, in fact, obtained the Hero's Skill through Proficiency.
So the Demon King Skill, which stood opposite the Hero's, likely had similar conditions.
Hugo had achieved it.
He had achieved it.
I stared down Hugo, who had activated both Battle God Arts and Demonic God Arts, pushing his Status to its limits.
On his face was a crazed grin.
The look of someone who had already crossed the point of no return.
Quietly, I pointed my sword at the former classmate.