Volume Three: The Academy Runs Completely Amok - Painful Spiral (II)

Raosen Stroeß

Born in a small town on the border of a certain country, he was born with a terrifying face that even his own parents dared not look at directly. He was regarded as a jinx and grew up being bullied by the other children in the town. No one wanted to associate with him, and even shops refused to sell him anything.

He awakened his superpowers when he was ten years old. Unfortunately, everyone on the same street as him was killed by him while he was testing his abilities. The sheriff who came to suppress him was also killed. All creatures that came near him were turned into mincemeat, and the blood stained the ground of the entire town red.

Just then, his parents returned from the market outside the town and witnessed everything. His father fled in terror, while his mother hugged him, crying and saying that it was her fault that he had become such a murderer, that he had been discriminated against for a long time, and that she had not given him enough love, which was why he had grown into such a child.

Then Raosen killed his mother and turned her into mincemeat like everyone else.

He felt insulted.

Perhaps his mother felt that what shaped his twisted personality was his long-standing bleak life.

But Raosen knew very well that he hadn't become like this because of his dark past.

He's a born monster.

From the moment he gained self-awareness, he became aware of his inhuman nature. When he saw homeless people on the roadside, he wanted to strangle them; when he saw wildflowers by the roadside, he wanted to stomp them flat; when he saw pretty girls, he imagined them turning into a pile of minced meat.

He endured the humiliation of others because he knew that one day he would gain power. What kind of expressions would those idiots have when he slaughtered them? Just thinking about it was exciting.

As the days went by, the small-town boy had become a notorious fugitive, but he thoroughly enjoyed this situation, and no one in the entire country could beat him.

He was initially reluctant when invited by the organization, because he didn't think the people in the organization were stronger than him. And that was indeed the case. The ordinary members he sent were killed one after another, even the senior combatants were eventually defeated by him, and even the Special Class Combatant could hardly gain the upper hand against him.

So the former high-ranking official, Ai Kasser, commonly known as "Blood Fiend," stepped in.

In the first round of combat, nearly half of his blood was drained; in the second round, a thick Blood Sea engulfed him; and in the third round, he was on the verge of death, completely at the mercy of his opponent. The overwhelming difference in strength left him utterly convinced of his superiority.

"If... if I absolutely have to join, could I become your subordinate?"

"No."

"Why?"

"I never take on subordinates."

"What if I absolutely must?"

"..."

The stunningly beautiful creature frowned and said in a tone used to dismiss a beggar:

"From now on, say everything in reverse, and I'll consider it."

So Raosen did as he was told, and to his surprise, he found that this way of speaking suited him unexpectedly well.

"Yes, I can answer that. Do as I ask?"

I only said I could consider it.

"Is this a decisive consideration?"

"No."

"Why...?"

"No means no."

"..."

However, not long after, news came that the Blood Fiend and the Divine Item had disappeared together.

Raosen felt frustrated, angry, and sad, but couldn't find an outlet for his emotions.

But things are different now.

After so long, finally, finally I saw an exceptionally beautiful girl who was almost on par with Blood Fiend.

So--

"Oh, you've got all the fun you wanted, I'm going to kill you, hehehe!"

Raosen's long, slender fingers, twisted at the joints, tapped the air several times, sending a tornado hurtling towards Haoyue! Haoyue immediately accelerated her descent to the ground, hoping to use the friction of the ground to weaken the tornado. However, to her surprise, everything on the ground—stones, gravel, and leaves—began to spin around its own axis the moment it touched the tornado! The speed of rotation increased rapidly, eventually reaching several times the speed of sound, and without exception, these objects disintegrated and perished in the high-speed rotation!

"A twisted, evolved version, spinning... even more troublesome!"

If it's just a part of your body that gets hit, you might be able to survive by amputation, but if you get hit head-on, it's game over!

The bright moon accelerated relentlessly, while the destructive tornado followed closely, its jaws gaping wide in death as it approached her. But then, the space before her suddenly trembled, and a figure with twisted joints appeared out of thin air—

"Hey, don't run so fast!"

Raosen blocked her path with a grin, his vertical eyes flashing with a cold light.

Even if an object doesn't experience "twisting" or "rotation," it can still directly affect a radius of about one meter around it—Haoyue had already confirmed this. Therefore, she decisively changed direction and fled into the air again. Ironically, the air, devoid of any support, is only filled with air, while the ground contains not only air but also all solid objects that can conduct twisting or rotation. In comparison, the air is actually safer...

"Ah, danger doesn't matter! That's right!"

The tornado followed upwards, and the spirals from Raosen's fingertips shot out in full force, drawing concentric circles in space as they flew towards the bright moon! He himself also distorted space, instantly teleporting to the moon's side once more—

Below him were tornadoes that meant certain death, above him were blocking Raosen, and all around him were countless flying spirals; he was completely surrounded!

Haoyue gritted her teeth, and a rune containing destructive energy flew out from the third layer of silver light, emitting a dazzling silver light—

"The Secret of the Silver Moon - Scattered White Moon!!!"

The world turned into a black and white inversion the instant the runes erupted. The false moon floating in the inverted world showed a strong presence, and silvery light poured out from the silver moon, illuminating everything!

"Broken!"

The black and white inverted world froze instantly, shattering into crystalline dust like brittle glass. When the world's colors returned, the spiral in the sky and the tornado below had vanished without a trace!

But Raosen is still alive and well.

"You're useless against this kind of creature, aren't you?"

"... Tsk!"

Haoyue immediately retreated, and at the same time, she quickly took out a test tube of Spiritual Medicine from her waist and swallowed it in one gulp. It was a powerful medicine used to replenish spiritual power in emergencies, and now was not the time to worry about whether it would leave any side effects. After all, Scattered White Night was too physically demanding and should not be used lightly unless in a critical situation.

Raosen was right; her Scattered White Moon technique only worked on non-living objects. In the black-and-white inverted world, everything touched by the silver light of the False Moon would crumble and disappear along with the inverted world. This included, of course, spirals and whirlwinds. She had used it once before against the Black Crystal's countless black feathers. The Black Crystal's wings and feathers were products of condensed supernatural power, not part of a living being. Its biggest weakness was its inability to directly harm living beings, making this technique more suitable for self-preservation than attack.

"Huff... huff..."

Haoyue was panting heavily; this move had really taken a toll on her energy.

"Oh, oh, oh," Raosen was still laughing, showing no sign of tension, "Let's take a break—no, you're still quite tired, but you've had some tonics, haven't you?"

The bright moon fell back to the ground, and space trembled once more. Raosen also teleported below, but his current location was not on the ground, but... on the sea.

"... Huh?"

Haoyue was a little surprised. Raosen stood on the sea surface, supported by swirling waves beneath his feet. He smiled gently at Haoyue, and a wisp of rotational force traveled through his legs into the sea—

"--!!!"

In the next instant, Haoyue realized what he was about to do. Orange light gathered at her feet, propelling her to her maximum speed as she sped towards land. Simultaneously, the once calm sea erupted into towering waves, whirlpools tens or even hundreds of meters in diameter appearing one after another, and waves nearly a hundred meters high crashed against the shore, with torrential waterspouts reaching the sky! Countless water droplets and vapors rained down on the ground, and everything that touched them—animals and rocks alike—spun wildly! Every drop of water, every wisp of vapor, contained Raosen's destructive rotational power!

Faster! Faster!

The entire peninsula had become a forbidden zone where anyone who stepped in would surely die. The swirling of the giant waves reached the shore, and the swirling on the shore carried the swirling force across the entire space, with countless splashing water droplets spreading the swirling power! Haoyue desperately tried to accelerate, but an enormous waterspout, under Raosen's control, relentlessly pursued her and swallowed her whole!

Watching the swirling water obscure the small figure, Raosen nodded in satisfaction.

"Stop!"

With a thought, Raosen immediately dissipated the wildly spreading rotational force, and everything that was still spinning stopped rotating. He wanted to witness Haoyue's distorted death with his own eyes.

"Um...?"

However, Haoyue did not die.

Although covered in blood and in a sorry state, he was indeed still alive.

A huge white rune blocked her way, emitting a strange aura; that was—

"Wave shock...?"

Silver Moon - Moonquake.

"Haa... haa... haa..."

Haoyue, panting heavily, controlled the runes. It had truly been a close call. In the instant her body was touched by the spinning motion, she finally figured out a way to use the shockwaves of the moon to counteract the spinning and twisting forces.

The shockwave can counteract the rotational and distorting forces—but only counteract them. The rotational force on the water droplet is negligible, and even so, it is barely enough to counteract it. If hit by a stronger attack, the moonquake would probably only be able to counteract a portion of it, and the user would still be doomed.

"... Golden Moon·Yuehong!"

A golden rainbow descended from the sky, but unlike usual, one end of the moonbow did indeed rush towards Raosen, while the other end was connected to Haoyue's sword.

"Is it even useful?"

However, the light rainbow was shattered by the distortion force and vanished into nothingness when it reached within one meter of Raosen.

Something's off about "...".

Even before the Moon Sea was broken up, Haoyue already had questions.

First: Since the forces of distortion and rotation can be conducted, why didn't Raosen allow these forces to be conducted along the Moon Sea at the time?

At that time, Haoyue was on the Moon Sea and even came into direct contact with the Ocean of Light multiple times. If he had used the Moon Sea to transmit power then, Haoyue would have died long ago. Moreover, the other end of the Moon Rainbow was connected to Haoyue himself. If he had used the Moon Rainbow as a medium to transmit power, Haoyue would have either died or been maimed.

Second: Why does he need direct contact when using "torsional and rotational forces that can be transmitted between objects"?

Previous attacks were disintegrated by the distortion force when they came within about one meter of Raosen Sen. This means that even without physical contact, he can directly affect objects as long as they are within one meter of him.

In that case, when he unleashed the spinning force towards the sea surface, he didn't need to make direct contact.

But Haoyue saw it clearly at the time; his feet did indeed touch the sea surface.

Third: Why am I still alive?

Without a doubt, Raosen genuinely wanted to kill her, not just play a game.

But logically, he should have died when he was thrown into the distorted space, and shouldn't have been spat out alive.

Furthermore, since he can distort space to achieve teleportation, why bother having the rotational and distorting forces transmitted through solid, liquid, or gaseous media? Why not just let them penetrate space to attack directly? Otherwise, he would have died countless times already.

It's obvious.

Raosen's superpowers are indeed terrifying. If he allows the power of distortion and rotation to spread, it won't be long before he destroys the entire Central United Academy and kills everyone Central United Academy.

However, there must be some kind of "limitation" in his abilities.

Since there are limitations, there are ways to deal with them.

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This chapter may have been proofread a bit hastily.