[X][That old thief crossed Kayaba Akihiko. Did he offend Kayaba Akihiko's ancestors eight generations back?]
[X][Enough, you guys! This is such a serious scene, and you're still being ridiculously absurd here, 2333.]
[X][In the original, didn't PoH sell out Smiling Coffin and then slip away himself? He's actually still here in this version.]
[X][I feel like he was probably planning to run, but couldn't, 233.]
Yes, that was right. That really was it.
PoH had indeed been planning exactly that.
If Smiling Coffin's members were all slaughtered, it meant these ordinary players' hands would be stained with human blood too, and they would have experienced the thrill of their experience points skyrocketing.
As long as he stirred them up a little more and raised another Smiling Coffin, it would be no problem at all!
That was actually why this route was so empty. This place had originally been a trap—a trap for Smiling Coffin.
But in the end, PoH had only dropped a stone on his own foot.
The reason was simple. Because... the Return Bone Shard could no longer be used.
After the "siege battle" began, the only way to leave the academy was by physically leaving. Yet entering and leaving the academy both relied on teleportation and keys, and that method had been sealed within the game.
So during the siege battle at the Magic Academy, there was simply no way to leave.
Therefore, PoH could only go all in and fight the final battle here.
—Of course, from the audience's perspective, the story could not unfold like that.
Because it would make the villain seem a little too lame.
So PoH's inner thoughts were cut, some scenes were edited, and he was portrayed as a cold, emotionless killer who took pleasure in murder.
That was enough.
"PoH..."