Heroine-Saving System: Reborn In A Third-Rate Manga As The Protagonist-Chapter 60: Attack On Academy [III]
’Babe.’ Koya thought, making the Vampire on his shoulder blush though it wouldn’t show on her bat face. ’Take out their anti-venom.’
Victoria looked at the approaching assassins and grinned.
’With pleasure, hubby.’
She charged her blood convergence to the maximum power and released several blood bursts in the blink of an eye.
Instead of focusing on the power of her move, she focused on the speed and when she released them, they shot forward like bullets and shattered every anti-venom vial the assassins had, including Kisawa’s.
The assassins were confused as their vials exploded into red mist however they were already in striking range and Koya sliced sideways with his sword, reaching mana mode and pouring the mana into the blade.
It didn’t take much to cut through three assassins entirely, letting the blood splatter to the ground.
The fourth and fifth one held hands while on their free hands were daggers. They stabbed forward at the same time and Koya parried, making them lose balance.
He slashed through them and they died. While he was focused on that, one of them snuck behind him with a curved blade in hand only to get her head blown up immediately by Victoria who snickered.
’That’s one named down.’ He thought as he moved several steps backward.
Since Victoria was his wife, her kills counted as his kills and he turned to the second named that was behind the rest of them who were coming for him. Unlike the others, he remained stationary and Koya didn’t waste a second.
He activated Speed Burst and carved through the people in his way, closing the distance between himself and this named in an instant.
He swung his blade and the assassin moved back to dodge, however Koya had already sliced a wound into his hand.
"Good riddance..." He muttered while focusing on the ones that were left over, leaving this one to his demise.
Sure he had sold the corpse of the Broodminder Queen but he had also kept a bit of the blood and the System had taught him about applying poison on the blade too.
This was the blood of a silver rank monster and they didn’t have healing capabilities either so he would be able to kill by poisoning.
The named fell onto his knees as his face turned green.
Koya could not see their faces but he could guess that these people were two or three liners... because the resistance to poisons was quite weak.
The rest of the assassins rushed him in a ragged formation, desperation written into every movement and Koya met them head-on.
The first one lunged with a short blade aimed at his ribs. Koya sidestepped and brought his sword down in a clean arc that took the man’s arm off at the elbow. The assassin screamed and Koya silenced him with a thrust through the throat.
Two more came at once from opposite sides.
Koya ducked low and swept his blade in a wide horizontal slash that caught both of them across the shins.
They collapsed forward and he finished them with quick stabs to the back of the neck before they could recover.
Another assassin... a woman with twin daggers tried to close the distance with a flurry of strikes. Koya parried the first three, then caught her wrist on the fourth and twisted hard enough that bone cracked.
She dropped one dagger and he drove his sword up under her ribs and into her heart.
The last two hesitated and that hesitation killed them.
Koya moved first and carved through the one on the left with a diagonal slash that opened him from shoulder to hip. The final assassin turned to run and Koya threw his sword. It spun through the air and buried itself between the man’s shoulder blades, dropping him face-first into the dirt.
Koya walked over, pulled the blade free, and turned back to the named assassin who was still twitching on the ground.
His face had gone from green to gray and foam was bubbling at the corners of his mouth. Koya stood over him for a moment, then drove the sword down through his skull.
「You have claimed the bounty on Assassin: ’Soru’」
「Bounty: 8,000 FP」
"Nice... nice..." He muttered. Now it was only Kisawa remaining and the assassin stood there while looking at him with an expressionless face.
Her hand went to her face and she slowly ripped off the face that she currently had.
The Kisawa he had seen before... the one that was Renji’s girlfriend as well as a member of Class 4 was gone. Instead the face was that of a middle-aged man with scars on his face as well as a four-liner mark.
He still had Kisawa’s body but the person was in reality, a man... not a woman. He tapped on his throat and detached the voice changer that was there.
"Well what a surprise..." He spoke. "I never thought you would be this st— Why are you taking pictures?"
Koya took pictures of "Kisawa" and sent it to Renji, prepared to see his reaction when they met up again.
How would it feel if you found out that you were dating a middle-aged man for that matter? Not a big-breasted woman.
Several boys of Class 4 doubled over and hurled onto the ground, pouring out what little of their breakfasts that they had eaten.
"I can’t believe I used to goon to Kisawa-chan..."
"Kisawa-chan is a man? My life is ruined..."
"Kisawa" laughed aloud as he held onto his spear.
He dug into his uniform to pull out one of his breasts... it was a simple silicone prosthetic and then he dropped it, making the boys shudder before pulling out the next one.
Once he let go of all of them, he took a fighting stance.
"Now come forth and figh—"
A blood burst shot out from Koya’s shoulder and in that split second, carved a bloody hole through the head of Kisawa making the assassin fall to the ground.
Koya placed a hand on his waist and claimed the reward before going over to the girls and untying them.
They were all sitting down and bound behind their backs with rope in a straight line so he brought his sword down and cut through the ropes after the wrists, freeing them immediately and one hugged his leg.
"Thank you, Amagi-kun." She said and all of them began thanking him. Some even used this as an opportunity to hug him too.
It took Victoria everything in her power not to blast a hole through the heads of these girls and once the last one let go, Koya turned to the boys.
"You girls should free them." The girls ran over to help the guys and one of the guys gave him a thankful nod... they could finally get some female contact.
Koya walked over to Shusuke who was slumped against the ground.
The Professor wasn’t even tied up. He was just beaten up here and there but he was down for the count.
He looked at one of the girls. "Do you guys know the direction of the Underground Bunker?"
The girl nodded her head while adjusting her glasses. "Yes, Amagi-kun... I studied the map extensively."
’It’s on the map?’ Koya thought but then nodded. "Sure, please take your classmates and Professor Shusuke there. Saki-sensei is already there and she’ll protect you guys. Hurry as well, before more of them come."
The girl bowed.
"Thank you for saving us, Amagi-kun. Class 4 will never forget this favor." With that, she ran off to the others and the boys lifted the unconscious Shusuke upward before carrying him out.
As they left, Koya sighed.
"I think that’s enough help for today." He muttered under his breath.
Classes 3, 2 and 1 were enough to take care of themselves though it seemed Numb was more or less interested in the women in Class 1 so there would be a huge fight. "Should I intervene...?"
Maybe for helping Class 1, there would be a whole lot of IP waiting up front. He really didn’t mind that and besides if he took out Numb, what would be the bounty to receive?
"What do you think, Victoria? Should we help the other classes?" He asked and she thought about it before nodding her head.
If they did this then her hubby would be a hero, She wanted him to be one despite her jealousy.
"How about you let me handle the other class buildings while you take the main one?" She asked as she spread her wings. "I’ll attack them from afar so they won’t see me and come back to you as soon as I can."
Koya smiled at her answer and gave her a peck on her bat forehead, making the Vampire blush.
"Be safe." He said and she pushed off him, shooting into the air with several flaps of her wings.
And once she was out of his line of sight, Koya sighed as he jumped to the top of the remnants of Class 4’s building.
He could now see it... the Main building. It was a bit further but that was where Class 1 schooled with the best of the best resources and he could also sight the assassins surrounding the place.
’System.’
「Yes Host」
’I wanted to ask... but my magical affinity, it’s the same as that of the original protagonist, right?’ He thought as he sat down on the destroyed roof.
The Class 4 building was quite far off from the main building so unless they looked in this direction, they wouldn’t see him.
「Yes Host, but you have gotten two other affinities as well」
He almost choked on his saliva.
"Two other affinities?" He asked.
「Yes, you currently have the affinity of Fire and you’re able to use it on the same power as the Kagutsuchi clan heirs... This belongs to the original protagonist of the series. Next, you have Lightning which is your own affinity decided upon your reincarnation after merging with this body and the next which was a result of your Blood marriage with Victoria, you have received Blood Magic」
’Damn...’ He thought. Fuck being normal, he was truly the Protagonist.
Nobody in this world could have more than one magic... it was like some unwritten rule so having like three elements made him an entity worthy of being different. ’What spells can I currently use?’
「The following spells have been added to Skill tree:」
「Blue Fire (D)」
「Description: Unleash flames born from the core of your soul... a blue inferno hot enough to turn bone to ash and steel to slag. Channel it through your blade or let it erupt from your palm like the wrath of an ancient god.」
「Lightning Strike (D)」
「Description: The sky bends to your will. Call down the storm’s fury and let arcs of white-hot electricity course through your veins, tearing through flesh and spirit alike. You are the thunder made flesh.」
「Blood Convergence (D)」
「Description: Command the river within. Accelerate the pulse, sharpen the senses, and push your mortal frame beyond its limits. This is the heartbeat of war... the foundation upon which all Blood Magic is built.」
「Note: Since you’re a four-liner, these spells have all been limited to E-rank and once you choose a path, the spells will evolve from there」
’All that description for D-rank spells is crazy.’ Koya thought but then focused.
"Hmm... limited to E-rank?" He muttered under his breath. "Whatever, this will do."
He then turned to the guard assassins again and saw that they had left their position as guards and branched off to do something.
A new tab popped up in front of his eyes.
「New Mission」
「Save Heroine: Yuu Ichinose from the attack of the assassins」
「Rewards: 600 FP」
’Don’t have to tell me twice...’ He thought since one of them was named. ’But Ichinose is really dumb...’
He turned his head to the right and in the distance, he could see her with her drone floating behind her. Why was she risking her life to stream at a time like this?
’Maybe it’s all streamers... wait if I say all streamers, then that means I’m among. Whatever, let’s just reap some more FP.’ He thought as he leapt down and activated Speed Burst.
...
Ichinose ran down the grounds of the Academy and her chat was going crazy.
"Please report to the police..." She spoke as she continued running. What she was trying to do was easy... find Koya.
This was an opportunity to duo and stream so she didn’t want to miss a single opportunity at all.
Running like this would attract his attention too if he could see her.
She had escaped from Saki-sensei quite easily since the woman was standing up front and she was glad she had a portable drone with her at all times.
It was more or less easy work from here. She also didn’t run close enough to the main building so the assassins couldn’t see her or that was what she thought.
And she was still holding that dagger so she thought she was safe and soon she heard the sound of feet and turned to the side with joy.
’Koy—’
The word was stuck in her chest as a man with a long sword was dashing at her face and fear took over, making her turn invisible. The sword hit the air and the man’s eyes widened.
「ICHINOSE-SAN, RUNNN」
「GET OUT OF THERE!! 😱」
「YOOO BEHIND YOU RUN RUN RUN」
「GIRL WHAT ARE YOU DOING RUN 💀💀」
「OMG PLEASE JUST RUN ICHINOSE 🙏🙏🙏」
The drone pulled upward under her control to avoid getting struck and while she was invisible, Ichinose held onto her dagger tightly.
’If I want to survive... I have to.’ She thought as the trembling ceased and she began whispering a chant. It was the basic chant for gathering mana and the mana thrummed in her body as she reached Mana Mode.
Just then, the other two people were arriving and she ran forward before slashing at the man’s chest.
"Did you catch her?"
"No I didn—"
The reply was cut off as his chest was carved open by an invisible strike, spewing blood forth and staining the invisible girl.
The assassin crumpled to the ground and he was almost split in half.
「HOLY SHIT ICHINOSE IS HER 🔥🔥🔥」
「YOOO SHE JUST BODIED THAT GUY」
「ICHINOSE-SAN IS ACTUALLY INSANE WTF 😭😭」
「NAAHHH SHE’S BUILT DIFFERENT FR FR 💯」
「GOAT BEHAVIOR ICHINOSE 🐐🐐🐐」
The named rushed forward.
"Got you!"
Ichinose trembled as the blade was practically in front of her face. It was moving slowly and about to hit... however.
CLANG!
Koya’s sword defended against the strike and he parried it, making the named assassin skid backward.
"If you want to get to her, then you have to go through me." He said to the remaining assassins and Ichinose’s eyes trembled.
’Koya-kun...’
At this moment... she felt very safe.
