As a villain, I really don't want to be pursued by the heroine.

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"Roy?"

Sword Ghost took off his hood, revealing a face that the girl was all too familiar with, the one she had been dreaming about day and night. "Senior, long time no see."

Chapter 112 Mutual Instability

Seeing that Lyanna was unharmed and in good spirits, with no signs of blood backlash, the burden that had been weighing on Roy's heart was finally relieved.

"When dealing with anything related to the cultists, brutality and decisiveness alone aren't enough. You have to be more careful," Roy instructed carefully, burning the nearby corpses one by one with his flaming sword. "Senior, you owe me one."

"Why are you here?" Lyanna looked at him straight and murmured to herself.

"I've always hated cultists, and there's money to be made at the Magician's Society, so I might as well join in the fun..." Roy blurted out his prepared words, but midway through, he inexplicably thought of Claire's words—"President, she's been thinking about you all the time."

All along, Roy didn't want to show too much kindness, for fear of being teased and exploited by this bad woman.

But in fact, Lyanna was not completely bad or cruel. Her joint fight at the auction and her pitiful appearance that night proved this.

She is just like an ordinary girl, who will act strong, feel uneasy, care about herself, and occasionally rely on something when she feels breathless.

If what Claire said was true, was there any need for him to lie to her?

Perhaps, I could be a little gentler to her.

Roy sighed.

"Forget it, just forget about what happened just now."

"Ugh?"

"I'm here to help you."

"!"

A fleeting look of panic crossed Lyanna's face, as if she had not expected this answer.

"But, I clearly said..."

"Did you say you didn't need help? Forget it. You would have been caught even if I hadn't intervened." Roy shrugged and said with a smile, "You can't do it alone without me."

Lyanna lowered her eyelashes, looking a little helpless.

But the next second, he held his cheek, showing that familiar, slightly playful smirk, and said frivolously: "I didn't expect that my junior brother cares about me so much."

"A little bit. I'm so moved that I want to fall in love with you."

Roy's mouth twitched, his face flushed, and goose bumps appeared all over his body.

Why is this joke even more corny than before...

Roy waved his hand and quickly passed her: "If you have time to joke around, you might as well get going!"

Little did he know that when she was out of his sight, the frivolous smile that Lyanna had deliberately put on her face gradually faded away, leaving only a faint blush.

No matter how frivolous her words were, it was ultimately a feeling the girl had never experienced before.

The brown-haired girl looked at the boy's back in a daze, and a distressed sigh unconsciously revealed from the corner of her covered mouth.

"If this continues, I will really..."

The boy suddenly turned his head, startling the girl.

However, the other party did not notice her abnormality, and asked awkwardly: "So, where are we going next?"

With Lyanna leading the way, they passed smoothly through the winding corridors and arrived at the back of the mansion.

Almost in the middle is the largest hall in the entire mansion. From time to time, terrifying and extraordinary fluctuations and loud noises of building collapse can be heard from there. It is obviously the place where the great magicians fought with Dia Cassandra.

Lyanna had to go to the auditorium at the back to rescue her mother who was imprisoned there, and that was the only way.

This means that they are bound to clash with Dia Cassandra, whose strength is unknown.

But when the two were about to reach the hall, the front suddenly became quiet.

Roy, who was only Sequence 8, couldn't sense any movement too far away. He put on his hood to hide his face and asked Lyanna, "Is it over?"

Lyanna raised an eyebrow. "It's over."

"It seems that guy is no match for the Great Magician after all."

Roy muttered, "To be able to hold out for this long against three Sequence 6 magicians is quite impressive."

Not everyone possesses the comprehensive abilities of the [Pseudo-King], and in battle they often fail to gain the advantage of suppressing their opponents in terms of status and attributes.

Dia was outnumbered. Losing was normal... right?

Seeing Lyanna about to push the door open, Roy stepped forward and grabbed her hand.

Lyanna blinked, "If you wanted to hold hands, you could have just told me."

"Who wants to hold your hand... No, I mean, you'd better be careful." After muttering, Roy put on a serious face.

The original work did not mention Dia's strength, and Roy always felt uneasy about this enemy from the intelligence department.

What's more, in the bad ending of the original work, Lyanna was transformed into a demon because of the backlash of her bloodline.

There are only two possible ways for a black magician to become demonized. One is that they have suffered a huge mental blow, making it impossible to suppress the restlessness of their bloodline. The other is that they have overused their power, causing their bloodline to instinctively produce a stress response and backfire on their master.

Marvin Cassandra is dead, there are no cultists here, and the only threat to Lyanna is Dia.

Has that guy really been dealt with by the magicians?

When facing unknown threats, you can never be too careful.

Infected by Roy's seriousness, Lyanna's expression also became serious.

She gave up the idea of pushing the door open, and instead carefully opened a crack, then with a flick of her finger, sent out a small shadow snake to scout the enemy situation.

[Shadow of the Dark Serpent], you can use the shadow snake to gain additional vision, which is perfect as a precautionary measure.

But after a few seconds, Lyanna's beautiful eyes widened slightly.

"Senior?"

“How is it possible…!”

Just when Roy was about to ask, he was suddenly startled.

The sudden emergence of a huge and extraordinary fluctuation came like a huge wave!

Roy grabbed Lyanna and tried to hold her in his arms, but Lyanna also hugged him to protect him.

Fortunately, Roy was stronger and protected the other person under him in an instant.

And next, a terrifying dark halo came crashing down.

The lavish residence of the Purple Demon School exploded without warning, sending up a terrifying wave.

The huge wave shook the ground so much that everyone in the courtyard and even outside the barrier was shaken by the terrifying force and lost their balance, and was horrified.

The entire middle part of the mansion was flattened to the ground by a single blow.

The so-called hall is now only left with some dilapidated ruins.

After a few seconds, the rubble flew away and Roy finally got up from the ruins.

"Senior! Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, but you..." Lyanna's voice trembled slightly.

The boy's clothes were torn, and his dark golden dragon scales were faintly cracked, like a broken puzzle, with some parts even gradually falling off.

But Roy glanced at the broken giant snakes behind him and smiled softly: "Don't worry, thanks to senior sister, it's nothing serious."

The dragon scales, like Lyanna's summons, are not strictly speaking a part of his body. They are more like a layer of armor that can be broken.

Although he said this, Roy felt heavy-hearted.

If Lyanna had not summoned the nine-headed Hydra to defend herself at the critical moment, and if he had not used the [Evil Dragon Blood Armor] to defend herself, both of them would have been seriously injured if not killed by that attack.

The power of that attack exceeded the limit of Sequence 6.

Roy turned around and just one glance, and he immediately understood why Lyanna was so shocked at that time.

Of the three Sequence 6 Great Magicians, one was left with only half of his body standing there, another had lost his head and fell to the side. Only Malfoy in a red robe was half-kneeling on the ground, covering his body that had lost a corner of his waist and abdomen, gasping for breath, but already dying.

On a towering wreckage, a middle-aged gentleman with a bare upper body and a muscular build looked surprised.

"Strange, I thought I could take one out."

Chapter 113 I can tell at a glance that you are not human

Dia Cassandra, the current head of the Purple Demon School, took over the Purple Demon School more than ten years ago, killed the previous head of the Purple Demon School, and was the culprit who caused Lyanna's tragic fate.

He is also a background character who is only mentioned by name in the original work but his strength is not revealed.

Roy had never underestimated the other party, but he did not expect that the other party's identity was beyond his expectations.

"who are you?"

"Strange question, adventurer. You don't even know me, yet you get involved..."

"Stop your nonsense," Roy interrupted with a sneer, saying sternly, "The attack just now was neither the work of the Purple Mage nor the cultists."

That is an ability that did not appear in the original work and was not mentioned in Rowling's notes.

However, Roy had already guessed the general answer by the process of elimination.

"You are not human at all."

Dia was stunned for a moment, then covered her mouth and chuckled. The chuckle turned into laughter, and the laughter turned into laughter.

Then, the laughter became gloomy and harsh, like a chilling devil's voice. The corners of Dia's mouth literally split, revealing black fangs. The muscles in his body continued to swell, his skin became dark and had strange purple lines on it. His hands turned into sharp claws like blades, and a pair of wings as sharp as sickles spread out behind him.

Even Lyanna finally realized his true identity without Roy saying anything, and murmured in disbelief: "Demon...?!"

Since the demonic tide at the beginning of the Third Era, the demons were defeated and isolated outside the [Line of Despair]. Aside from minor disturbances near the border, the demons have almost completely disappeared from human sight.

Demons were defeated by the heroes. They could no longer threaten humanity. Compared to the so-called three great enemies of humanity, the demons seemed more like a mere addition to the historical record, a sort of filler than the monsters and cultists.

This has become common sense for every Viszean.

However, when facing the other party directly, what is awakened is the fear and dread of the devil, a powerful alien species that is completely different from humans.

"To be precise, it's the demon clan." Dia corrected, bowing with his distorted and terrifying body.

"Let me introduce myself. I am the Demon Diabolos, a cadre under the command of the Four Heavenly Kings, the Flame Demon Ifrit."

"Hmph, it turns out that Dia's identity is just a cover..." Lyanna murmured, finally understanding why the other party could easily seize power.

Rumor has it that the demon was cunning and powerful, a highly respected figure among the demons. His father had likely died in obscurity, unable to even discover his true identity.

Thinking of this, Lyanna couldn't help but coldly ask the question that had been lingering in her mind for more than ten years.

"Why did you go to so much trouble to seize the Purple Demon School? What is your purpose?"

"Purpose... How can I possibly tell my enemy my purpose?" Diabolos narrowed his eyes, revealing undisguised amusement. "But, personally, infiltrating the human race, seizing their legacy, and then watching you slaughter each other is incredibly entertaining."

Lyanna's breath suddenly surged, and her purple eyes turned cold, until Roy held her hand, she relaxed a little.

At this moment, Malfoy let out a faint groan.

"Walk......"

"You can't win..."

"Speak less." Roy sprinkled holy water on Malfoy.

Holy water worked better than any healing potion, and the wound on Malfoy's missing corner began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Let's go." Roy sighed helplessly.

The Red Mage struggled: "But, relying on you alone..."

This should have been the Society's battle.

The adventurers were outsiders, and Lyanna was a student; he shouldn't have abandoned them.

Roy said mercilessly: "You will only be in the way if you stay."

Even with the holy water, Malfoy only gained a breath.