Viper Gang

"Teacher Demiurge taught me that I couldn't hesitate when striking in battle."

Thinking of how badly she had been beaten during previous fights at the training grounds, Annie's expression stiffened slightly.

The fights at the training grounds had been real fights. Sometimes, Demiurge even captured wild magical beasts for actual combat.

If the training grounds hadn't possessed powerful healing magic, she would have died countless times already.

Even though her training time had been short, she had gained plenty of combat experience and seen blood. Naturally, she wouldn't act like a novice.

"Demiurge? Looks like letting him teach you really was the right choice."

Ryan nodded in satisfaction as he watched the little girl's decisive movements.

At first, he had worried that Annie would be led astray by that black-hearted bastard Demiurge. However, it seemed he had overthought things.

Lowering his head to inspect the four corpses on the ground, he saw that each had died from a broken neck, killed in a single blow. It perfectly proved that he didn't need to worry about whether Annie could bring herself to kill.

In that case, could this little journey of punishing evil and helping the good be canceled? After all, its purpose had already been achieved. As the ruler of what could at least be considered an advanced civilization on Earth, running around Earth in the middle of the night fighting crime was a little beneath him.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing Ryan propping up his chin with a troubled expression, Annie asked in confusion.

"Nothing. I was just thinking about whether we should go back... Well, some people just insist on seeking death."

He sighed halfway through his sentence. Looking at the dozen or so people charging over with rifles, his expression calmed.

So what if it was beneath him? He