Psychologist Sadi Chocolate.
During her stay at the Academy, she delves into the psychological weaknesses of various characters, corrupting one person after another and making them commit all sorts of crimes.
She’s like the true ultimate version of Contract Scammer Velocasio, as over half of the Academy’s chaos originates from this one psychologist.
“An undead psychologist?!”
Of course, I, the player, recognized Sadi Chocolate at a glance.
The fact that her [Sympathy Magic] was already tormenting Jezel, who had made eye contact with her.
Because just like Jezel, a girl was gently stepping onto the Jigoku Pirate Ship right in front of me.
“It was you? The one etched in the hearts of so many children with an indelible weakness.”
“Don’t bully Uncle Jezel!”
“Bully? Isn’t that what you’re doing? If you had left him alone, Jezel could have lived peacefully and happily as a ticket merchant, but instead you made him a leader of the Dark Trading Company, the Empire’s second revolutionary, and even the Student Council President of the Gift Academy, piling on immense workloads.”
“Don’t pry into other people’s memories!”
“Fufu. Don’t worry. I haven’t opened yours properly yet. Besides, your memories are a bit scary.”
Chit-chat.
From the tips of Sadi Chocolate’s afterimage, dark smoke billowed and then stopped.
The
The tragedies of the [End Ending].
The trick that pretended to be weak and aimed for mental collapse and ruin didn’t work.
That was basically like swiping my finger across the veil of ignorance and immediately discerning that ominousness, then pulling my hand away.
‘The first trap has failed.’
The moment I realized that, I immediately began clapping my hands, covering the Jigoku Pirate Ship with mana disruption and stomping my feet to form a massive mana pillar.
At the same time, the magic of the undead students crashed down on the grand mana defense barrier set up on the Jigoku Pirate Ship, threatening to smash it.
[Mana Defense Barrier Energy Remaining 100%… 85%… 71%]
[Depleted Energy is being replenished by the Mana Pillar.]
[Mana Defense Barrier Energy Remaining 100%… 84%… 69%]
[Depleted Energy is being replenished by the Mana Pillar.]
The Undead Seniors tilted their heads, then dropped and flipped 180 degrees.
“Sadi told me. The heart that sought to protect someone led to death and failing to protect them was my fault. That if I were to lose the heart that cherished someone, I could finally achieve my purpose. So… I won’t make the same mistake twice.”
As the release mage senior pushed her soul into the magic circle to increase the output, a fourth-level domain manifestation slammed into the mana defense barrier.
[High-energy release detected.]
[Pinpoint Hexa Shield deployed.]
[Successfully substituting the Mana Defense Barrier Energy Depletion Crisis with one Hexa Shield.]
The sacrifice of one senior triggered an emotional resonance in the Undead Seniors that carved Sadi Chocolate’s afterimage into their minds.
“No matter how far I reach, this hand that could never touch will extend at the cost of my own. An energy missile faster than anyone else’s.”
“I always wanted to switch places. My sick body infected by the corruption spell with your unexpectedly healthy body. Yeah, now I can switch with my teleportation magic.”
Before the mana defense barrier was completely breached, the energy missile that penetrated through the damaged shield struck the pirate ship directly.
Boom!
Dozens of magical circuits, spreading rapidly over the destroyed wreckage, shone with light and resonated with the body of the Undead Transmutation Mage.
No doubt about it.
That was the precursor phenomenon of ‘teleportation’!
Phaat!
As if perfectly synchronized with the battle magician senior, the transmutation mage senior successfully executed her [Phase Shift] spell at just the right moment.
The senior had placed various plague spells on the undead’s body to the limits they could bear, widely smiled and stretched out her arms.
[Forced Cultivation]
[Plague Host]
[Plague Transmission]
[Infection]
[Contagion]
[Mana Pollution]
[Mana Collapse]
[Massive Explosion]
With a magnificent explosion, the anticipated pollution was blocked by the Sandkooker’s defense wall and the shield magic I cast over it.
However, the plague-tainted mana surged, trying to overflow over the wall.
Every student nearby staggered back in disbelief.
“Step back.”
[Extraction]
[Plague Orb]
The Himbeopsa Richi extracted all the plague mana into an empty mana stone and inserted the orb into the energy slot around his empty heart.
While the aura of decay and plague attempted to gnaw at Richi’s power, no mana could withstand the dark mana that was practically synonymous with pollution.
Even I, with considerable resistance, knew the risk of instant death if I mishandled the ‘disease’ category, making me slightly envious of the undead Himbeopsa Richi.
“This is practice. Are you just going to sit and take hits?”
At Himbeopsa Richi’s reprimand, Jigoku regained his focus and shouted.
“To stop the magical bombardment of the undead seniors, we first need to send them under the heads of the large monsters. All cannons of the right flank, aim! Fire!”
At Jigoku’s command, the cannons unleashed a fiery blast.
With the use of attribute shells, Jigoku’s strategic combat style was recognized for its significant achievements in real battles, allowing him the funds to use attribute shells in cannons.
The monsters pierced through the physical defense barrier, even breaking through single attribute barriers, and shrieked under the penetrating power of multiple attribute shells.
Crash! Crash!
Fwoooosh!
Unable to bear the pain, the monstrous creatures collapsed, causing turbulent waves that swept away the undead clinging to the ship.
Just like waves sweeping across the sandy beach, there was a gap left by the undead being washed away, which soon became filled again by the undead.
The students took a breath and prepared for battle.
“This is your limit. A strength that tramples the boundaries without breaking the spirit cannot overwhelm the students who maintain their center and do not lose themselves!”
“Hm… Is that so? To my eyes, it just looks like you’re dependent on the ‘Lich Senior’!”
The magic pouring down beneath the pirate ship caused numerous undead to explode and die.
As I struggled to fend off the overwhelming numbers of half-water, half-undead attacking, with a tremendous sound, a hole was blown into one of the grand mana defenses.
[Death Knight]
[Fourth Year of the Knight Department who defied death]
[Weapon Maestrer]
A higher technique of the Sight Art used to spy on a being concealed by the natural mana of living beings, the Contemplation Eye.
As the Pierce Eye manifested, it pierced through every unique spiritual barrier possessed by everyone, revealing another form of Sadi Chocolate standing next to the Weapon Maestrer senior.
“Yes, senior. You can handle numerous weapons, but you couldn’t handle a single comrade’s heart and died, didn’t you? Now you understand, right? If it’s a life that can’t be handled, then it’s better to wield it yourself and save at least one.”
The souls of old comrades trapped within the [Ego Sword] held by the Death Knight screamed in pain, squeezing out their strength to increase output.
Feeling even that wasn’t enough, they further poured their power into the Ego Sword, torturing its ego to evoke even greater strength, at which point the Death Knight senior swung the sword satisfactorily on the outer deck of the Jigoku Pirate Ship.
[Blood Violin]
[The Village Festival BGM]
As the force contained in the sword penetrated the deck, it vanished amidst the drunken singing as if the sword was enjoying itself.
As the remarkable lightsaber degenerated into an old sword, the Death Knight senior angrily began pumping her mana back into the Ego Sword, trying to extract power from the pain once more.
[Blood Violin]
[The Drunken Status BGM]
As if trapped in slow motion, the sluggish BGM, coupled with the stealth spell, transmitted the sound, causing the pain the Ego Sword endured to rapidly decrease.
Whoosh!
The look in the senior’s eyes turned filled with tremendous rage.
Putting all her effort into the spear she drew from behind, it was enveloped in a loud effect, as if pulled from hellfire.
“How dare you trample over my anger, bad child?”
“Hmph. Hearing that from a real bad child makes me a bit happy, you know? You can praise me for just five more minutes!”
“What do you mean…?”
As I carelessly blurted out, Sadi Chocolate’s illusion fell into confusion, and I cast Sympathy Magic not only on the Ego Sword but also on the emotions of the Death Knight senior herself.
Boom!
Just as the undead slipped through the hole the Death Knight had made, they climbed up to the deck, creating a tremor that inadvertently accumulated power.
Thwack!
“AAAH!”
As an overwhelming cascade of memories spilled out like a toppled cup, the Death Knight senior seized up in agony, and her spear exploded in place.
Thud.
The senior’s whole body collapsed around her knees.
Her remaining flesh and armor turned to ash, scattering in the wind.
“Did I really have to become the Dark Princess? To kill like that must be really painful unless you’re a friend.”
“No, no! I tried to live kindly, but the undead startled me! Aah, Death Knight senior’s nemesis, I cannot forgive you!”
I recalled the sensations of buff cooking while engaging in close combat with my comrades, and unleashed them from my memory to share with everyone.
“UAAH! My tongue suddenly feels so spicy I’m crying!!”
“What, what’s this taste?! Something’s wrong in my mouth, I feel like I’ve been hit by a high-grade undead’s mental magic!!!”
“Priest!!! Help!!!!!”
Oopsie daisy.
I was just supposed to cast the buff effect, but in my haste, I accidentally replicated the taste as well.
“Aah, I’ll fix it right away!”
The curse of [Loss of Taste], that limits the occurrence of memory evaporation by death only to the sense of taste, was playing out in the mental world disguised as advanced class torture.
As I frantically crafted a personalized curse on the spot, Sadi Chocolate wore a sinister smile and silently approached me from behind.
When I was about to cast the curse, her afterimage startled me, and I lost control again, causing me to inadvertently create a team kill.
But the surprise attack didn’t work!
-Fake Lin, give that nasty afterimage a lesson!
Just as I was about to unleash the curse, Sadi Chocolate’s afterimage “Waaah!” opened its mouth and placed a hand on my shoulder.
At the same time, Fake Lin, who had grown ten times as large, roared “Aaang!”
-KRRAAAANG!!
“Hik.”
“Mommy!”
The surprise effect from Fake Lin was incredible.
Startled by both Sadi Chocolate and Lin, my spell went haywire.
What was meant to erase taste ended up wiping away everyone’s memories of a whole day’s worth of fighting on deck due to an expanded range of memory evaporation.
“Uh? Who are you?”
“Who are you guys?”
“Are you a senior? Why are you just bones when you have so much mana?”
“Aren’t we in the catacombs?”
As a rain of arrows and cannon fire poured down on them, everyone stood dazed in the face of the inexplicable situation.
“Stop standing around and grab the fort!”
“The last attack set the ship on fire. Irene’s mana needs to be used for the sea, so you guys go put out the fire with sand and block it!”
Students fighting on the ship and the undead seniors battling against them ran in unison toward the fire or worked to restore the broken cannons.
Though the chaotic situation spun my head around, at least it was nice to have more allies!!
