-681- Escort you to the guillotine

"Swosh, Swosh, Swosh!"

In the piercing sound of rushing wind, thorn-like short swords cut through the air, splitting the atmosphere like bullets, shooting towards this side.

These short swords weren't just shot from the automaton called Cherubim. During their flight, there was an unnatural flow of air around them, causing the air to undergo intense friction, creating hot air. This hot air, coupled with the precise trajectory of each sword, surrounded Rozen from all directions, like bullets fired from eight different angles.

Faced with this onslaught, ordinary puppeteers would have been overwhelmed by the confusion of attacks coming from multiple directions.

It was as if eight highly skilled swordsmen were attacking from different angles. How could an ordinary puppeteer possibly handle this?

However, Rozen was no ordinary puppeteer.

"Ha!"

The Yaya standing in front of Rozen erupted with astounding magical power, instantly surpassing Loki. As Loki's expression changed once again, Yaya extended her kimono sleeves as if she were a spinning top.

Immediately, Yaya's entire body turned into a dark tornado, creating a howling gust of wind. The hot air from the eight short swords intermingled with the wind, but Yaya's tornado skillfully deflected and blew away all the short swords. Not a single one landed on Rozen behind her.

Loki's eyes narrowed, intending to continue controlling Cherubim to attack.

But this time, Rozen took the initiative.

"Hm!"

A tremendous surge of magic emanated from Rozen and flowed into Yaya's body entirely.

"Boom!"

Yaya suddenly halted her spinning form and stomped the ground. Her entire being transformed from the dark tornado into a dazzling moonlight, generating a strong gust beneath her while propelling herself towards Cherubim at an astonishing speed.

Originally, there wasn't much distance between Yaya and Cherubim.

Now, with Yaya's Kongouriki fully unleashed, that small distance was reduced to zero in less than a second.

Yaya, like a shimmering moonlight, instantly dashed in front of Cherubim.

"!"

Loki reacted in time.

It must be acknowledged that Loki's abilities were indeed exceptional. In the moment he reacted, he used the technique of forced control, directly manipulating Cherubim to make its movements extremely fast.

At this moment, Cherubim abruptly raised one hand, causing the blade it wielded to emit a cold arc of light, like a lightning strike, striking down forcefully.

Just like the previous short swords, a strange hot air was produced during the strike, propelling Cherubim's slashing attack as if it were being pushed by the hot air. This increased the attack's speed significantly.

Therefore, Cherubim successfully achieved a preemptive strike. Just as Yaya approached, the large sword broke the sound barrier and struck Yaya's forehead heavily.

Then...

"Clang!"

A very loud striking sound, like a bell ringing, reverberated throughout the entire medical school building.

The hot air and the strong wind swirled together in the corridor, causing the glass around to tremble continuously. Eventually, there were even cracks appearing with a "crack" sound.

"Yaahh!"

Hinowa and Charl let out screams, with the strong wind lifting their hats and skirts.

"Young Miss!"

"Damnit!"

Subaru and Mutsura hurriedly shielded the two girls from the incoming hot and strong wind.

At this point, Yaya and Cherubim had already made contact.

Upon closer examination, Cherubim's sharp blade was falling on Yaya's forehead.

However, this heavy blow not only didn't harm Yaya but instead was deflected by her forehead, sparking off some sparks.

In this situation, the hot air and strong wind burst apart.

"What!?"

Loki was astonished.

The Sword Emperor couldn't believe that Cherubim's full-powered strike didn't even cut Yaya's skin.

That wasn't just an ordinary slash; Cherubim had activated its magic circuit and used magic to maximize the power of the strike. A strike like that could easily cut a battleship's bridge in half.

Yet, Yaya deflected the blow with her forehead.

As a result, Yaya finally closed the distance and found herself in Cherubim's embrace. Despite facing Cherubim's mechanical body, covered in sharp steel, Yaya didn't hesitate to hold on and, like Rozen did, she directly grabbed Cherubim and forcefully slammed it into the nearby wall.

"Bang!"

The impact shattered the wall as dust and debris filled the air.

Cherubim was now pinned to the wall by Yaya and couldn't move.

"Cherubim!"

Loki couldn't help but take a step forward.

However, in the next moment, Loki's body froze in place, unable to move.

"Hm."

A glass shard, influenced by pure and sharp telekinesis, was not only suspended in front of Loki but had its pointed end directed at his throat, emitting a cold light.

This was...

"Magic Resilience!?"

Loki recognized this technique, which required reaching the peak of telekinesis training.

This technique was now being used on a glass shard, suspended menacingly in front of Loki's throat. Presumably, the owner of this telekinesis could, in the blink of an eye, use this glass shard to decapitate Loki.

Cold sweat started to form on Loki's forehead.

At the same time, it was evident who was using both "Telekinesis" and "Magic Resilience."

"You have no business here," Rozen, still holding Bronson by the collar, glared at Loki and coldly said, "Step aside."

Loki's expression turned incredibly grim.

Bronson finally realized the situation and his expression darkened. He looked at Rozen, who was gripping his collar tightly, and after a moment of silence, he calmly inquired, "What is the meaning of this?"

Rozen gave a mocking smile.

"Nothing much, just wanted to remind my senior, who's been boasting about giving me advice, to think twice."

Rozen stared directly at Bronson, and his mockery grew more pronounced.

"I can see you're quite displeased, extremely displeased."

Rozen said this very bluntly.

"I have no idea how someone like you, a failure who hasn't even obtained the position of the Wiseman, dares to reprimand me and talk about 'any means necessary'."

At that moment when Bronson's expression turned grim, Rozen spoke slowly.

"But I need to tell you something, Mr. Bronson."

Rozen's voice became extremely clear.

"I'm not friends with Frey."

"But this matter, no matter how troublesome it is, I'm going to do something about it."

"You'd better be true about you not crossing the so-called forbidden line you mentioned."

"Otherwise, I'll personally escort you to the guillotine."

With that, Rozen released Bronson's collar.

"Yaya, let's go."

"Yes."

Upon Rozen's command, Yaya released Cherubim and left with Rozen.

Seeing this, Hinowa, Charl, Subaru, and Mutsura, and others quickly followed.

Only Bronson and Loki remained, one with a grim expression and the other in silent contemplation.