The Villain has Perished Chapter 47 Everything Was Going According To The Plan Until

'Release'

Ten Jet Dragonfly ca out of Summoner cards and buzzed. As they were picking up speed, Orca's words ca to my mind.

— You can understand us! You know we aren't the mindless monsters you humans make us out to be! We are also living and breathing beings, like your species! How can you slaughter us as if we are livestocks! —

— Wasn't it enough? You killed thousands of our brethren! Yet, you are going to cause the death of tens of thousands more… Y-you murdered everyone… even after they begged for their life… —

— It is you who is the monster! —

Back then, I acted as if those words ant nothing to . The truth was different, however. Those words shook deeply. They left a deep impression on , whether I liked that or not.

If I opened the entrance of the Labyrinth, thousands of sentient monsters would die.

I would help the monster tribes fight the monsters from the labyrinth and minimize their deaths, ultimately fulfilling the promise with Orca. This was the best I could do with the current situation.

But was my choice correct?

I closed my eyes and thought deeply, 'I'm being hypocritical. I've killed thousands of monsters already. Backing down here won't change anything. I need to keep moving forward.'

Besides, in a way, I was the cause of death of the 8 billion lives in my previous world that lione destroyed.

Yet, Orca's words refused to leave alone.

'Just why, why am I feeling this way?'

I wasn't feeling sorrow, sadness, regret, or misery. No, being the cause of countless deaths, I was feeling…

Nothing.

There wasn't an ounce of regret in my heart. In fact, I simply rationalized the deaths of those 8 billion lives as them being unlucky. They were unlucky to be born in the sa world as .

Did I beco heartless after my 2nd life? Or was this my original personality?

I didn't know. My ntality in 2nd life was skewed intentionally to maintain the balance that my Summoner blessing threatened to destroy, or so I was told.

And I'd long forgotten my original – 1st life – to make any conclusions about what I once was.

My rational side knew that my current actions were wrong and life shouldn't be taken lightly, yet the countless deaths didn't cause a single ripple in my heart.

'Forget it. I need to destroy the entrance. Even if that choice would result in more deaths, that is the only way to resolve this situation.'

Morality didn't matter. My choices won't be wrong. After all, right and wrong were decided by the winners in life.

I got ready to command my summons, "Jet Dragonfl—"

Suddenly, the ground shook. Faint tremors appeared and caused to lose my footing.

No noise followed the tremors. This ant they ca from afar. But, out of the 3 Grandmasters in the forest, no one could use such an attack that would leave shock waves for hundreds of ters.

"What was that?" muttering under my breath, I swiftly rode the hound wolf beside . "Run to the top of the tree."

The wolf howled and jumped. It ran on the vertical bark as if it was moving on a straight road.

'Please don't be Jae-sung, please.'

I prayed earnestly.

Jae-sung should be under the after-effects of , he would be weaker than right now. But I knew better than to use common sense with that overpowered gar.

We reached the top of the tree, where the nest of Griffin was, and I scanned the Forest. "What the…?"

A scene straight out of a fantasy novel was presented to .

The forest covered in blazing crimson fires. Pillars of moonlight peeking through the dark clouds. A mighty monster with the body of a lion, head of an eagle and majestic wings was roaring furiously.

Clashing against the Griffin was a human clad in azure blue flas. He was dodging the Griffin's attacks by jumping from one treetop to another.

Each ti he swung his sword, massive white arcs flew out. The energy behind those attacks caused my heart to palpitate even though we were thousands of ters apart.

It took a few seconds to digest the information. 'The Griffin returned and surprise, surprise, Jae-sung is using even though it should be in cooldown.'

'Did that idiot have a Skill cooldown removal item!?'

The urge to curse was never stronger.

With Jae-sung's current combat ability should be comparable to a half-step Saint rank. The Griffin stood no chance.

Krieee—!

'Hmm? Why can I hear the Griffin's roar? It shouldn't be possible at this distance.'

Krieee—! Krieee—!

Now, I could hear wings flapping faintly. Sothing weakly tugged at my leg. I looked below. A monster, that was one-fifth of my size, was fluttering its wings and pecking at my leg.

'Ah, it's a baby griffin.'

The baby Griffin stopped flapping and fell down, out of the nest, as if strength left its body.

"Go down!" The wolf rushed downwards and I hurriedly caught the small monster in my embrace before it fell to its death.

It was hot, the body of the baby griffin was searing. It growled weakly at my touch and tried to peck again.

'This condition, it's mana overload. I'm sure of it.'

The signs of mana overload were easy to identify. It was a condition that occurs when you use mana too much in a short span of ti.

Mana was similar to the life force, but different, too. Unlike life force, our mana reserves can refill themselves automatically. But if your mana reserves hit rock bottom or dangerously close to that, it causes Mana Overload.

The ailnt is life-threatening, and it reaped many lives in the past wars and Labyrinth expeditions. Now, every knight and mage is ordered to carry Mana Overload dicine on them all the ti.

'Wait a second, could it be…'

I turned to the Griffin fighting against Jae-sung. Looking closely, it seed as if the Griffin was trying to take Jae-sung away from its nest.

'The Griffin leaving the forest suddenly and targeting human villages, while its child is afflicted with mana overload.'

It was clear as day.

'The Griffin wasn't attacking the human villages. It was searching for dicine for its child.'

As soon as I understood that, I decided. "Rush to the area where the Griffin is fighting."

The hound wolf howled and started running at frightening speeds. At the sa ti, the ten Jet-Dragonflies were following behind.

I finally found the way out of this situation. I needed to save Griffin and its child. After that, the overlord of the forest would stop the war by itself.

But I needed to hurry. If Jae-sung was using again in the midst of the enemy territory that ant one of two, he either has one more Skill cooldown removal item, or he is close to leveling up.

Leveling removes all fatigue and skill cooldowns for Jae-sung. It also refills his mana and stamina and gives him free stat points to invest.

'Don't die before I reach there…'