The Survival of the Third-rate Villain

"[Void Vortex]"

Raye calmly muttered.

And immediately after he did so...

Fwish—

A magic circle appeared on Ignis’ feet.

And from it...

SWOOOOOOOSH—!

A tornado was summoned!

"Huh?"

And Ignis was trapped inside of it!

Psh—

The fireball then hit Raye.

"..."

But he didn’t even flinch!

’Huh... That hurt a bit.’

Raye thought.

Anyway...

"..."

SWOOOOSH~!

He just stood there, watching the tornado in silence!

Rustle- rustle- rustle—

The surrounding trees shook violently, being sucked in by Raye’s spell!

’Ugh... My mana is almost drained just by casting a single second stage Mid-Rank spell.’

Raye thought with a slight frown.

Then, looking around...

"No one really came except him, huh."

He mumbled that.

"Leon and the others are probably fending them off nicely."

Raye said.

And after a few seconds...

Fwish—

His magic was canceled, and the tornado he summoned died down!

And when it disappeared...

"Urgh..."

Raye just saw Ignis face-flat on the ground where the tornado was before!

His transformation was undone too, he’s back to his normal self!

’So what if I can’t hurt you physically, I can just extinguish your fire with wind magic.’

Raye thought with a shrug.

Tap- tap- tap—

And then he started walking toward Ignis.

Tap—

"..."

Raye stopped in front of him.

Fwish—

He put [Nyx] back into his spatial ring and crouched down.

And with his right hand...

Fwip—

Raye grabbed Ignis by the hair and forced him to face him!

"Urgh?!"

Ignis groaned, but he was in no condition to move or resist...

Not that he could even if he was in perfect condition, Raye was several times stronger than him physically!

"I told you, you’re nothing if your magic doesn’t work."

Raye said.

"..."

Ignis didn’t respond, but he was just glaring at Raye.

"Just eliminate me now, I’ll get my revenge on you later...!"

He shouted.

But hearing his words...

"Eliminate you?"

Raye frowned.

"That can wait, I still need you."

He said.

"...?"

Ignis was confused by his words.

But without a care about him...

Fwoosh—

Raye just transformed [Celestria] into a white gauntlet and covered his left hand with it!

"Don’t clench your teeth."

He muttered.

"...?"

And as Ignis was confused by his words...

BAM!

Raye smacked him in the face with his left hand!

"Keuk?!"

Ignis was surprised and in pain.

And before he could even recover from that punch just now...

BAM!

Raye punched him again in the face, same place!

"GAAH?!"

And it didn’t end there!

BAM!

BAM!

BAM!

Raye continuously punched him!

And not just in the face...

BAM—!

He started attacking Ignis from all over his body too!

"S-STOP...!"

Ignis pleaded desperately.

But Raye...

BAM!

BAM!

BAM!

He just continued his barrage of swift, heavy punches!

’This is payback for Devin and the other students from the A-Class.’

Raye thought while punching Ignis.

"Ohh, don’t go passing out now."

And then he said that to Ignis, seeing him close his eyes!

BAM!

*****

On the other side...

Leon and the others were still fighting the students from the other academies.

Their enemies started from fourteen, and now...

They were down to seven!

"These guys just really have numbers, huh."

Allen said, having just cut down a student from the [Zephyros Institute].

"Still, don’t let your guard down."

Leon replied to him.

"He’s right, who knows what else they have."

Then Lycus added.

The three of them had been fending off the students from the other academies for about five minutes now.

And while they were aggressively attacking...

"[Lightning Bolt]"

BZZZT—!

"Keuk?!"

Lena was supporting them from the back!

She was also currently casting a High-Rank spell!

She’s not using much mana in case Raye wasn’t able to stop Ignis.

’I just hope Raye holds him there for a few more while.’

Lena thought, a bit worried that Ignis might suddenly ambush them from the back.

Though, as she was worrying about that...

"What? You guys aren’t done here yet?"

She heard a familiar voice behind her!

Lycus, Leon, and Allen heard it too.

Fwish—

The four of them looked toward the source of it.

And there...

"Sup."

They saw Raye, holding Ignis’ limp body by his red hair!

"..."

They were speechless upon seeing Ignis’ face.

It was swelling and full of bruises and wounds!

Also, his right arm was absent!

"Ugh..."

Ignis was barely conscious at the moment too!

’What the hell did Raye do to him?’

Leon asked in his head, frowning.

It wasn’t that long since he left Raye!

Leon was actually planning to finish off the enemies as fast as possible and go help him!

But it looked like Raye didn’t need it after all!

Anyway, breaking the silence...

"Ignis!"

A student from the [Crimson Academy] shouted that, seeing their leader in such a horrible condition.

"You bastard!"

He shouted at Raye with such strong hatred.

"Leave him alone!"

"You fucker!"

And then the others followed suit.

"Drop him, you coward!"

One of them exclaimed.

"Huh..."

Raye muttered.

"I’m a coward, you said?"

He asked.

"Yes, you are!"

And then a response from the enemies quickly came.

"Why?"

Raye followed.

And in rage...

"You’re using our leader as a hostage, obviously! You fucking scum!"

One of the remaining two students from the [Crimson Academy] answered.

"Oh..."

Raye mumbled.

"My bad."

And then he apologized!

"...?"

The students from the other academies were surprised by his response.

On the other hand...

"..."

Leon, Lycus, Lena, and Allen were frowning!

They just knew Raye was about to do something scummy!

And as they thought of that...

Swish—

Raye raised his right hand along with Ignis!

Fwish—

Then he transformed [Celestria] back into an elegant sword!

And immediately with it...

Phuck—!

"Kuk?!"

He stabbed Ignis straight in the neck!

"There... Now I don’t have a hostage with me, you can fight again freely now."

Raye then said that to the students from the other academies with a smile on his face!

That’s right, he captured Ignis alive just to kill him in front of his teammates!

"..."

The enemies were speechless.

It looked like their souls left their bodies as they stopped moving!

"..."

Even Raye’s teammates weren’t able to say anything!

They just had their mouths hung open, looking at Raye smiling!

’He’s twisted in the head!’

Leon and Allen thought.

’Yep, he’s lost it.’

Then Lycus and Lena said that in their heads!

And from a mansion far away from where the competition was happening...

"Hah!"

Lucian let out a laugh while sitting on a soft throne-like chair in his office after seeing that scene!

’That’s funny.’

Lucian thought with a smile, understanding what Raye was doing and seeing his execution of his plan.