That was what I said, but how was I going to get close to him?
Because of that bastard Allen, I hadn’t spoken to a single boy in two years.
Not only did he make all n go to war, but he also stole my heart.
Aww... I sound so cute now.
Shaking my head, I turned and faced Allen again.
"If I rember correctly, he has a trait that makes all physical attacks useless to him."
Maybe it might not be so bad that I’m a villainess.
If Allen wanted, he could easily wipe out the world.
That brought a thought: why didn’t he?
It must be Jake Kim’s plot armor.
The tunnel was ringing with noise.
Students were fighting the ghouls, both the real ones and the fake ones.
I didn’t know enough about the human plot to predict what might happen.
But what I did know was who was going to be this year’s Apex: the man with the biggest fan base back on Earth.
Allen Vanderbilt.
"Show them what you got, Red Cheetah."
As if hearing my thoughts, the gorgeous young man with the aura of the heavens glanced at , then faced the ghouls.
Beside him was a face I recognized: the second-in-command of Allen’s army and his best friend, Edo Ikenna.
I scanned the tunnel quickly again. Only then did I notice three other important female leads, people who could be considered my rivals.
Quincy Blake, helping a group of students at the front.
Valentina Solrath, who was using holy arts against the ghouls.
And then there was the Voice of Valoria.
"I’m really in the ga."
I turned back to Allen and took a step forward toward him.
If this was the start of the plot, then it was ti to put myself in it.
Not just as the main character, but as the one who would change the world’s fate.
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(Allen’s POV)
Spark! Spark!
『Deviant Spell: Distortion Red Chains has been activated』
The mont my chains finished forming, I took a deliberate step forward.
Distorted Red Chains was a spell that gave my red chains the attribute of distortion magic.
That included blinking too.
With that being said, it wasn’t exactly a stable spell since I was still too weak.
I knew that if I fought most of the cadets now, I would lose.
That was why I had changed a few things in my body.
During my two-day training, I discovered that the human body, at least in this world, was like a variable container.
This was why it could store so much mana, and why it increased with each rank.
However, if I could turn that variable container into a constant with a conditional statent, then it should be possible to use mana limitlessly.
And my speculation was correct.
The only drawbacks were that, during this ti, I couldn’t absorb any mana points, and it caused a huge strain on after the condition’s timing was t.
Slowly, I extended my hand to send the chains forward, only for soone to rush in front of .
Quickly retracting my hand, my eyes widened briefly.
’Sylvia?’
The one standing in front of was none other than Sylvia Draven.
Beatrice had indeed warned that she might try to get close to because of the chairman.
However, since I knew the plot, I thought she wouldn’t approach imdiately.
She was a calm bookworm in the original story, with a sharp business sense inherited from her mother, the head of the rchant guild.
Yet now she stood in front of , breathing heavily.
"Hello~," she muttered in a clearly flushed tone.
Edo gasped. "Wow~ bro, I thought you were gay, but you’re a player."
"Shut up, man."
Turning my gaze back to the young woman, I asked, "Hello... but what are you doing?"
She tried to smile warmly, but I could clearly see it twitching. "I just wanted us to be friends."
"In the middle of an examination?"
She suddenly flinched, as if only just realizing what I ant.
For a mont, she didn’t speak before shifting to the side. "Let’s fight together, mister."
’What the hell is wrong with her?’
She was certainly acting strange, but I had no ti to dwell on it.
Quincy’s, Valentina’s, Daemon’s, and other groups were already advancing.
This ant I had to move.
With a sigh, I answered, "Okay."
If she was planning on using , or if her father sent her to keep an eye on , then I would just have to use her too.
"Then..." she muttered. "Let’s go."
Without another word, I channeled mana through my body and lunged forward.
The chains didn’t need a physical command; I simply directed them toward the ghouls.
The sharp edge of a chain grazed one of the monsters, red lightning surging into its body.
The mont it was stunned, a shadow soldier dashed past and sliced off its leg.
Aghhhhh!
The ghoul screeched loudly.
With a flick of my wrist, I sent the chain around the screaming ghoul, wrapping it tightly.
My eyes darted to the side as I controlled the chain that now choked the ghoul, slamming it into another ghoul.
My gaze flicked again as I used "blink" on two chains, making them blur and appear so distance away, even though the portal was still by my side.
I pierced injuries on them, and just like before, Sylvia, who controlled two shadow soldiers, sent them forward to slice off the legs.
It was strange.
Not only did she know the weak points that even I didn’t, but she seed very skilled at working with .
I shook off the thought, coiled one of the remaining three chains around my waist, drove the sharp end into the tunnel ceiling, and with a swing, launched myself into the air.
One of the ghouls lunged at , nearly cleaving through my torso.
Blink.
Using blink on myself, I vanished midair in a flicker and reappeared in the center of the horde.
Now, with steady footing, I could see everything.
The ghouls sward , and for a brief mont, I thought their attacks would land.
Yet at the sa ti, I knew they wouldn’t harm .
Perhaps it was because of what I felt, that sa intoxicating rush that always surged through whenever I used mana.
My eyes glowed as I sent the chains whirling, piercing and tearing the ghouls’ skin.
I hadn’t even pushed past my limit yet.
Yes... I had long surpassed F-rank.
I was an E-rank now.
All the students’ eyes turned to as I carved deep injuries into the ghouls.
It wasn’t that they were incapable of killing this many of them.
However, to them, the number of ghouls was overwhelming, since they couldn’t distinguish reality from illusion.
In the eyes of most, I was probably fighting over a million right now.
Slicing them like at.
But it didn’t matter to .
The more they feared , the better.
Not only was my strength frightening to them, but my elental affinity was sothing none of them had heard of.
Red Lightning, aka Red Flash.
At that mont, I showed each and every one of them my style of dominance.
It wasn’t about defeating or humiliating the weak, but showing absolute strength, control, and composure over the strong.
Within a few seconds of fighting, all the ghouls around were on the ground, sword-like marks etched into their skin.
So had their hearts torn through, others their lungs, but they were all dead.
As if by fate, that was also the last real ghoul.
And when it collapsed on the ground, all the fake ghouls began fading away.
I stood at the center of corpses, blood saring my face.
’This is enough, right?’
Beatrice had told to co out as the Apex this year no matter what.
Even if she hadn’t told , I was planning to anyway.
So might ask: what about the plot?
Well...
Fuck the plot.
This feels so much better.
It feels... exhilarating.
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