The SSS Ranked Villain's Return-Chapter 131: Aftermath

Damn it, why is it exploding now? Neraxis thought with frustration.

Both he and Sona were running away as the Kraken continued to expand.

It was the first time his Mark of Destruction did not instantly work, and from the looks of things, it wouldn’t work anytime soon.

Therefore, his best bet was to get the others as far away as possible.

Arriving before Emily and Aurelia, he said, ’We need to move. That thing is going to self-destruct."

"I can see that," Emily remarked with a frown. "My question is, can we even run away from that?"

"Do you want to stay and die, or run and find out?" Neraxis said. "Be my guest, but I’m taking Aurelia along anyway."

"I’m not staying, genius. Everyone—especially you, Sona—grab the weakest club members and go, okay?" Emily stated, and Sona nodded in response.

"Alrighty, Jack, Liz, stand still," Sona said with a smile, approaching two people and picking them up.

Soon, she dashed away, and both Neraxis as well as the others followed suit.

The Kraken kept expanding, but it had yet to explode, which made him a bit skeptical.

It was exploding, right?

[I wouldn’t be so sure...] Evangeline said in a dire tone. [I think it’s summoning other monsters.]

Seriously... That’s even worse than it exploding. He glanced toward the Stradon Fortress. But I guess it doesn’t matter, this is just a historical structure... Who cares if it falls.

It seemed like he had jinxed it, because the moment those thoughts formed, the ground shook, nearly making them trip in the shallow water.

And not even a single second later, he could see the elevated island on which the Stradon Fortress sat collapse on itself, the rubble heading directly toward them.

This can’t get any worse... he thought with a frown.

Nonetheless, they got away, back to land, where not even a single monster was.

In addition, Neraxis spotted a few government officials standing by, along with several strike teams of strong Awakened gathered in circles.

One of them made eye contact with him before turning toward the government official and telling him something.

Not even a few moments later, Neraxis saw the government official approach, stopping right in front of him.

"You are a student of Havenspire, correct?" the official asked.

"That is right, sir," Neraxis replied respectfully.

Despite his deep hatred for the government, he wouldn’t act like an idiot in public.

"Could you tell me what has transpired here? We’ve gotten ten emergency reports within the last twenty minutes, and now we see that giant Kraken in the sky... Tricky stuff." The official chuckled.

"My friend and I tried killing it," Neraxis trailed off, faking a look of regret. "But when we were about to deliver the killing blow... it suddenly began expanding. It even toppled the entire fortress."

"I see. Don’t worry about damages," the official assured. "Everything destroyed by monsters is insured by none other than the generous government themselves."

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Generous my ass. Neraxis scoffed but continued listening nonetheless.

"Anyway, the procedure is simple. I want you all to head back while we deal with this. Due to the trauma inflicted, we shall compensate you at a later date. You may go now."

"I see. Good luck?" Neraxis said, earning a chuckle from the official.

But soon, the government official turned serious before suddenly materializing some kind of sniper from thin air—likely taking it out from his dimensional ring.

Before long, he nonchalantly pointed it at the massive, expanding Kraken, and without even a single sign of doubt, pulled the trigger.

Neraxis watched the scene unfold while walking away with his club members; however, he was definitely not expecting much.

But the moment the seemingly regular bullet left the sniper’s chamber, it traveled at a speed Neraxis couldn’t track before impacting the Kraken.

Immediately, a hole shot straight through it, stopping its expansion and making it lifelessly float down like a balloon.

[1x (C+ Ranked Colossal) Kraken Slain! (Assist) Reward: Stigmata 71.9% -> 91.9%]

[44x (E- Ranked Monster) Mana Wolf Slain! Reward: Stigmata 91.9% -> 96.3%]

[7x (E- Ranked Monster) Kobold Slain! Reward: Stigmata 96.3% -> 97%]

[2x (E- Ranked Monster) Ferocious Armadillo Slain! Reward: Stigmata 97% -> 97.2%]

[1x (E Ranked Monster) Bird Monstrosity Slain! Reward: Stigmata 97.2% -> 97.4%]

Just like that? It’s gone? Neraxis widened his eye at the firepower.

However, it was not the only thing that had caught his eye, as on the side of the weapon, he spotted a faint engraving of a letter written in a unique fashion.

The letter "A."

While he was in Aella’s workshop, he had taken notice of her works, and each one had certain trademarks she left behind, with the letter "A" being the most common.

Neraxis furrowed his brows. So these are the people she was talking about—the ones who had taken over a country. I see...

Nonetheless, he could not do much currently, aside from remembering the official’s face as he went back toward the shaken Emily.

"Is everyone alright?" Emily asked, and the group members all nodded in unison.

But there was one in particular—Sona—who pointed at him. "That one isn’t. He has a wound on his abdomen from earlier."

"Neraxis... We have Sarah here, she’s a healer. Show her," Emily said with a sigh, pointing toward one of the senior girls.

She walked up to him before saying, "Nice to meet you, Neraxis. If it’s fine, could you show me your wound? I’ll heal it up in an instant, promise."

"I don’t have any wound," Neraxis shook his head.

It had healed within seconds of him being cut.

"Well, doesn’t hurt to be too sure." Sarah chuckled before suddenly engulfing him in a green light.

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He felt his body’s fatigue go away in an instant before she walked back toward Emily and began talking.

Yet, he was still a bit confused.

Is every single healer in this new world better than Alice?

Nonetheless, he put those thoughts behind him, glancing at the government official who had gone down toward the water and begun eliminating the remainder of the monsters that had actually come out of the Kraken.

But his job here was done. So, Emily called for a ride, and they headed back to the city in silence.

The silence remained until they entered the portal room, and Emily gave him a plastic bag with a thumbs-up. "Good luck. Try to vomit less this time—it builds immunity."

"Got it..." he replied with a sigh.

Soon, they made their way through the portal, and just like before, he hadn’t felt anything off—right up until his stomach began churning, and he vomited out everything he had eaten in the morning.

However, despite his current suffering, he knew he was going to go through more once he actually came back to the academy.

Since he’d be asking William for a small favor.

"Are you alright?" Aurelia asked in the midst of his vomiting, and he merely nodded.

But not even a moment later, he handed her two sets of potions, totaling twenty in total.

"What’s this?" She tilted her head.

"I’m going to be out for a week or two—maybe less. I don’t want your potion stockpile to run out while I’m gone," he explained, making her eyes widen.

"B-But where will you go? We have classes and tests... and other stuff..."

"I believe what I will be doing is more important than classes and tests," Neraxis replied, determined.

"Hurry up, the ride is here," Emily said with an impatient look, staring at the two of them—the only ones still behind near the portals.

Aurelia reluctantly glanced at her before walking over. "Coming, sis."

As for Neraxis? He had to think of a way to convince William to let him enter Dreamspire and not be expelled in the meantime.

It shouldn’t be hard... right?