Otaku Translation: The villain only wants to live a Buddhist life Chapter 381 Part 2

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Chapter 381: , the Inheritor of Justice Part 2

Then, the lump of mud suddenly swelled and turned into a gigantic mouth, gobbling it up!

"Hawwr!"

In the blink of an eye, the tall and sturdy was swallowed up by the mud altogether with its sword.

But the master of this "mud", (托马斯·布朗)—a third-year student—did not relax his vigilance.

Thomas Brown was a third year student just like Mike Irving. His father was a subordinate under Count Jeffrey and had a role akin to his pawn.

Therefore, he was bound to Angus Jeffrey's camp from the very beginning.

For him, to consider things from Jeffrey's perspective was the correct political stand.

Under such circumstances, Mike Irving became his competitor.

Now that Mike Irving had been marginalized, it was his time to strive to climb up.

Causing some real trouble for Dark Demon and gaining Jeffrey’s favor was a way to replace Irving's position in President Jeffrey's heart.

Recently, Dark Demon had obviously become a thorn in President Jeffrey's eye.

Even if it wasn't for the purpose of recruiting forces and strengthening the association, President Jeffrey still wanted to teach him a harsh lesson.

And Thomas Brown was a faithful executor of his orders.

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　　[Card name: (沼泽魔怪)]

　　[Type: Spirit card]

　　[Level: ✪✪✪✪]

　　[Race: Element-type]

　　[Attribute: Ground-type/poison-type]

　　[Magic energy: 1500]

　　[Attack: 1600]

　　[Defense: 1400]

　　[Ultimate: (沼泽陷阱), Devour(蚕食之术), (魔沼封禁)]

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An orange card with three whole ultimates, [Swamp Monster] was one of Thomas Brown's trump cards.

Although its magic energy, attack, and defense stats were only on the level of a peak 3-star, its three ultimates were very powerful and handy to use.

Through the sneak attack that came out of nowhere, [Swamp Monster] successfully swallowed the demon-type into its belly.

Swamp Monster's defense wasn't high, but its element-type trait made it immune to physical punctures to a certain extent.

Be it Devimon's Death Claw or 's slash, both could hardly cause any real damage to it.

Once Devimon was swallowed into its belly, [Swamp Monster] could use the ultimate [Swamp Cage] to completely seal Devimon inside itself, and then use [Devour] to drain its magic energy!

……

"Failed to use [Teleportation]?"

The feedback from [Devimon]’s magic card shocked Dark.

He could clearly feel that Devimon had become a little shaken after the failure of [Teleportation].

But he remained calm on the surface.

"There are two possibilities—either the ultimate is sealed, or the space is blocked off."

"Judging from the way this Swamp Monster behaves, the latter is more likely."

"Since teleportation is unusable, then let's break the blockade!"

Dark suddenly shouted, "Devimon, !"

Devimon, who was about to attempt a [Death Claw], instantly switched to [Laser Wing].

The razor-like beam of light unleashed from its wings sliced through [Swamp Monster]'s body in the blink of an eye.

A gap was opened in [Swamp Cage].

Before [Swamp Monster]'s wound could close, [Devimon]'s eyes flashed as it immediately used [Teleportation].

This time, [Teleportation] was no longer blocked off.

Without warning, Devimon appeared on top of [Swamp Monster].

Its eyes flashed with a bloody gaze, the fury of being "imprisoned" rising to the top of its head.

But as his magister, Dark’s emotions wouldn't be swayed just because of such a stumble.

After a quick analysis, he promptly shouted out loud, "Fly up!"

Against the urge to launch an immediate attack, Devimon swiftly spread its wings and flew high into the sky.

Several attacks missed as a result.

The nearby contestants who failed to "add insult to injury" immediately commanded their magical spirits to attack other magical spirits.

The higher the tree, the stronger the wind.

Devimon’s rapid slaughter had made it be targeted by many people.

However, its fighting style was rather tricky, and there wasn't any information about it in the standard guidebooks, so out of caution, the contestants had been choosing to avoid it.

After this probing attack ended in failure, they would probably be even more cautious next time.

At this time, [Swamp Monster] had already fallen to the ground and turned into a swamp.

Cold sweat broke out on Thomas Brown's back.

He never imagined that Devimon would have such a powerful magic-type ultimate.

Just a little bit more and [Swamp Monster] would be instantly killed.

Now, it could only transform into [Quagmire] and lick its wounds.

But if Devimon attacked it at this time, it would walk right into its trap and be certainly devoured by [Quagmire]!

……

But Devimon, who glanced at the swamp on the ground from up in the air, had already calmed down.

"I'm not stupid."

Muttering inwardly, it turned around and rushed towards the place with more prey.

Preserving ’s cunning, beneath Devimon’s ferocious appearance was an astute mind.

It was just that the effect of [Pride] would make it too arrogant at times.

But once it calmed down, it wouldn't be lured by such an obvious trap.

The entire arena was filled with low-ranked cuties. It didn't want to waste time on that putrid mud monster.

The summoning of high-ranked magical spirits was usually done through tribute summoning.

And in order to do that, there had to be sacrificial offerings.

If one wished to use low-ranked magical spirits as sacrifice, they had to bear the risk of being hunted.

Of course, magisters could also choose to use Normal Summoning and spend more than a minute to summon a 4-star magical spirit of the second tier. As for 5-star magical spirits that required more than ten minutes to summon, this method was unsuitable.

In fact, this was how Thomas Brown's [Swamp Monster] was summoned.

Dark, too, had been looking for opportunities to summon his 4-star magical spirit.

Unfortunately, it was difficult to summon [] in such a chaotic battle. Otherwise, he could just sit back and watch and let [Magical Scribe] do the work.

"But judging from the current situation, [Devimon] is already enough."

Dark had stopped paying attention to Thomas Brown's [Swamp Monster].

In this kind of battle royale, it was normal to encounter any sort of ambush. Only those with ulterior motives would particularly care about it.

The continuous increase in points had kept his ranking fluctuating between 3rd and 6th place.

Before the thirty-minute competition reached the end, relying on [Devimon] would be enough to keep the status quo.

In comparison, some other contestants weren't so leisurely.

They needed to manage their magic energy more carefully. After a magical spirit had passed the three to five minutes of "no consumption" period, it had to be replaced in time to ensure that the magic energy consumption was within the range they could endure.

Although the threshold for a magister was a little lower than that of mage, it was ultimately still a profession that required natural talent.

A magister with mediocre magic energy had to spend more effort to make up for this handicap, and the effort required was several times greater.

……

Devimon’s “massacre” lasted for more than ten minutes.

During this period, it encountered numerous attacks and many powerful high-ranked magical spirits, but it chose to avoid them all.

When it really couldn't avoid it, it would use [Teleportation] to change to another battlefield.

In one "accidental" encounter, it once again bumped into Thomas Brown's Swamp Monster and then attacked it with [Laser Wing] whose CD time had already passed, "accidentally" making it kick the bucket.

And thus, Devimon had a realization.

In the big picture, even if Thomas Brown tried every means to target Devimon, it would still be very difficult.

Because he was also the hunting target of stronger opponents!

Following [Ice Maiden]'s [Blizzard Tornado (暴雪龙卷)], another third-year student summoned a high-ranked magical spirit and unleashed a large-scale ultimate, reaping a huge harvest.

The competition for the top eight spots was becoming increasingly fierce.

……

Around twenty minutes later, the low-ranked magical spirits in the field had been nearly wiped out, and the remaining ones were all magical spirits of the second-tier or above.

There were now empty spaces in the arena that originally looked rather cramped.

At this time, most of the contestants who “participated for the sake of it” had already chosen to give up.

Even if they didn't want to give up, the “negative score” behind their names left them with no other choice than to give up.

Dark had tried looking for Dianna's name on the big screen, but even Dianna had plummeted to who-knows-where.

The first-year contestants had disappeared without making a splash.

But Dianna was actually in a pretty good mood.

After all, her score was "positive".

Among a large number of contestants with "negative scores", she still belonged to the winning side.

"Not getting a negative score is a victory!"

Meanwhile, White Gawd, the contestant with "negative score" who provided her with a large number of points, was twitching at the corner of his mouth. He never found the chance to use [Holy Sword Spell], the last card in his hand.

“Haah.”

One after another, Emma and Sara sighed and also chose to give up.

The materials obtained from the dungeon adventure had allowed them to successfully keep a "positive score", but that was the extent of it.

They had already done all they could amidst the hunt of the top students from the third and second years.

To use a word of comfort for themselves, it was an honorable defeat.

……

The first-year students who conceded one after another naturally pooled their attention on the only first-year student who was still active in the field—Dark Demon.

"As expected of Dark!" lauded Teddy Doron for the umpteenth time.

Dianna was also silently cheering for Dark in her heart.

As the preliminary battle royale reached this point, although the situation was becoming more and more intense, the frontrunners were already obvious.

Winnie Skadi, a descendant of the Winter Sage, was ranked first.

Stuart Fawn(斯图尔特·福恩), a third-year Noble House student and the son of a meritorious baron(功勋男爵), ranked second.

Tom Nixon(汤姆·尼克松), a mixed-race third-year Fool House student who was born in the slums, ranked third.

And then below them, there were around ten to twenty contestants competing with each other.

Dark Demon was currently ranked sixth and might be surpassed by those below him at any time.

The edge in points he had built by bullying the weaklings in the early stage was quickly being evened out.

“In the last ten minutes, it seems like it'll be impossible to pass this round just by using Devimon."

Dark gradually focused his mental strength.

Flicking his fingers through his card pouch, he ultimately decided against using [] and prepared to let [] come out to see the world.

[Leomon], who had never been on the battlefield, was in urgent need of some experience.

Moreover, he could somewhat feel that Devimon’s time was running out…

Many third-year seniors were already looking at Devimon with eyes full of impatience.

The elusive [Devimon], who glided around the arena like a loach continuously slaughtering magical spirits, had long since garnered countless malice.

It was time to switch to another magical spirit and let the righteous Big Brother Leomon appease the seniors.

Dark quietly began summoning [Popplio] and [Hawlucha], preparing to use them as tributes.

Perhaps because he hadn't made any moves for nearly twenty minutes since the competition started, the area around him was empty. Not a single magical spirit was around...

This time round, the tribute summoning went very smoothly. [Leomon], who emerged from the tribute summoning array, knelt on one knee with a righteous look on its face.

The appearance of such a charismatic magical spirit brought attention to Dark Demon once more.

Especially Lady Montierfalli of the City of Freedom. Her attention was instantly grabbed by this warrior who was radiating with "the aura of the Brave One"!

Tall and mighty, strikingly imposing, radiating with righteousness, steadfast and gentle.

No matter which trait it was, each one of them was right in Lady Montierfalli's strike zone.

Compared to that Devimon, this Leomon was simply on the opposite end of the spectrum!

This made Lady Montierfalli couldn't help but think of her late husband. Although her husband wasn't tall nor sturdy, he was very similar to this Leomon in regards to righteousness and gentleness.

But how could a magical spirit give people such an impression the first time they saw it?

Her intuition as a warrior made Lady Montierfalli quickly snap back to her senses.

The eyes with which she looked at Leomon once again became riddled with doubts.

"Mom, don't you think the sword in Devimon's hand is more suitable for this big lion?"

Aurora's offhand remark made her gaze turn solemn.

……

If Gatomon's "qualifications of the Brave One" were subdued and profound, then Leomon's "qualifications of the Brave One" were crystal clear and conspicuous.

The ultimate [] made it as though it had its own halo of justice. Even just by standing there, it would make people unconsciously feel trust in it.

……

"Do you want to practice?"

A little further away, a voice suddenly came and reached Dark's ears.

Dark turned his head and saw Mary Bond (马莉·邦德), a second-year Noble House senior, reaching out her hand and beckoning at him with her index finger.

Mary, who tied her hair in a ponytail and had a clean and gallant bearing, was quite famous in the academy.

But the impression Dark had on her came from the Halloween event, when she sent flying with a single kick.

That graceful violence, the clean and neat way she handled things, and the full confidence she had in her own strength were all very eye-catching.

"Your magical spirit is a fighting-type, right?" Seeing Dark turn around, Mary crossed her arms and said with a smile.

The magical spirit standing next to her was a tiger-man in a green tunic!

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