Save 56 - The Demonic Hero

Derrick's son of a bitch hit me and I was thrown against the wall.

It hurts, I'm with a shield, but it fucking hurts a lot.

Fighting a machine is very disadvantageous.

At that moment, it seemed that the cliché of a fantasy world smiled at me.

In the sky I observed a certain flying object.

It meant only one thing.

"The hour of revenge finally began."

After stepping out of the wall, I fell to the ground. I stood up, Derrick again was coming straight at me.

I dropped both weapons, he noticed this and paused for a moment.

"Dazzle yourself with the Bradford family's secret technique!"

As if I were a martial artist, I moved my hands in different directions while making strange kung-fu moves.

Derrick looked at me in concentration as he didn't understand anything.

(Now!)

I stopped my arms and lifted my leg, my knee bent so that it touched my leg and thigh.

Then, my arms moved in sync to form a magical shape with my fingers.

I closed my left eye.

(Take that, the Bradford family's deadly secret technique!)

That's right, what my body was doing was the ultimate form of visual destruction of all.

"Power moe-moe kyun!"

Just like the waitresses dressed as maids who strike special poses to brighten up their customers' meals. I do something similar to look for a chance to take his breath away.

Even the audience was left breathless as they all seem to be painted white.

Since Derrick isn't moving either, I'll now use my real ace.

"Thanks for the earned time, you idiot~!"

Since this guy doesn't know what I did. It's easier for me to have hidden it.

While I seemed to be making a fool of myself, a large amount of magic circles floated above my head at a high altitude.

The circles are not many, but quite a few. Thanks to the suit, I can use magic formulas.

The circles materialized and all began to gather in my right fist.

I grabbed a sword with my left hand and my right hand as if it were a samurai technique, I slid my hand over the blade.

The glow of magical power engulfed in it was mesmerizing.

Time to strike.

"Now you son of a bitch, commit this! Bradford style: demonic cut!"

The blade glowed a beautiful red like Alisa's eyes, as she raised the sword, just like the wagging of a whip, a great wave of magical power was launched like a crescent moon towards Battler.

I know the blow can't kill or harm him, but it will make him an idiot for a few moments.

Battler crashed into the wall. Derrick didn't know what happened, I walked over to him to say a few charming words.

"Hey, Derrick-chan, get up."

I didn't need to see to know what he was doing a very scary smile.

"The revenge game, it's barely begun, hehehe."

In my previous life, some guys bothered Erselica, she was a little girl and it seems those guys had bad intentions.

I got annoyed and when I told her that she waited for me near a policeman. I took care of those guys in a secluded place.

I didn't want some suspicious guys to approach her, but when I finished with them, I found her watching the whole situation.

I calmed her down and she seemed to generate some fear towards my serious side.

Anyway, back to Derrick, he seems to have realized that something weird happened.

"What the... What the hell did you do, motherfuckeeeer!"

Derrick got up and ran over to punch me, I laughed seeing how desperate he is.

"Wow, looks like the party has barely started. well, let's give Aster the show he deserves!"

I ran up to him as well.

"People of Aster, let me show you the power of the Altfode Kingdom Hero!"

As I took the other sword I now had two, Derrick brought the axes down and I slid under Battler's legs and hit him really hard making him fall down.

Then I, did the same move again as he barely got to his feet.

"Demon cut!"

Battler was hit with a lot of power, but it wasn't just one, it was several times.

"Demon cut!"

"Demon cut!"

"Demon cut!"

"Come on, my revenge is just beginning, Derrick-chan~!"

I won't let you escape until I'm satisfied.

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"What the hell is going on?"

In the arena, the entire audience could not believe the scene in front of their eyes.

A flesh and blood human was attacking an armed unit without mercy.

Rudel was punishing Derrick who had an armed unit, this was not normal let alone possible.

Rudel was on the ropes until recently, but now everything was in his favor.

There were even some people inside the place who were clapping in admiration.

"Attacking an armed unit and not dying on the spot is possible!!! Is such a thing possible? Is it some martial art? No, maybe it's some kind of unique magic they use in the kingdom?"

Malcolm spurred his interest even as he felt shocked. Sara cautioned him.

"Concentrate on the duel."

"I know. But, it still doesn't change how disadvantageous the situation is."

But there was another concern.

Rudel was not carrying an armed unit, while Derrick was inside one.

The situation was still overwhelmingly disadvantageous for Rudel. Derrick was at an advantage when they considered the question of endurance between the two.

Rudel was launching a magic power attack against Battler, but he would have no way of doing anything as his opponent got back up and took no damage.

Sara was worried about Rudel.

"He has no way to end this."

Even if she wanted to declare Rudel the winner, Battler would be able to get to his feet even after falling down.

There was no decisive blow. She could not consider Rudel the winner as a witness to the duel.

She would be criticized if she declared him the winner in this situation.

Deep in her heart, she wished that the duel would be decided with a clear winner and loser, otherwise it would complicate matters.

Malcolm turned his gaze to Sara.

"Sara, he' s not the 'Rudel' you know."

Sara lowered her gaze when she was told that.

"... I know that."

"Then don't get too attached to him. He's a foreigner. He'll go back to his country someday."

"... You don't have to say it."

The situation was moving in an unexpected direction as the two witnesses spoke.

Baltort was running toward Sara and Malcolm's position.

He looked extremely terrified. His face was sweaty with a serious expression.

"Sara-sama! Malcolm-dono!"

"Baltort-san? Did something happen?"

Baltort's appearance made Malcolm think that Derrick might have done something again, but what happened actually exceeded his expectations.

"It's terrible! The Herring Household is under attack! They're in a state of war!"

"... What did you say?"

Malcolm looked at Sara in shock.

But Sara herself knew nothing about it.

"Who the hell is attacking them? I've never heard of the situation becoming so tense with any other country."

She couldn't think of any country attacking them with the current international situation.

But, there was actually someone attacking right now.

Baltort sent his gaze towards the arena. Battler which was piloted by Derrick was attacking Rudel who was repelling his attacks which was unimaginable.

"I'm sorry I only have unconfirmed information, but the enemy is only a single ship from the kingdom. No, at this time the ship is registered in the supreme kingdom."

Applause and cheers erupted from the audience seats every time Rudel repelled or hit Battler.

They clearly showed how bad his assessment of Derrick's usual act was.

"... Just one ship, Rudel-kun's ship is ravaging the Herring Household?"

Baltort put his hands to his chin and counted that the information he had was still unconfirmed.

"I don't know if it's true or a lie. But, it is a fact that there is war in Herring Household territory. I heard that Aster's combined fleet has been sent. So stop the duel and evacuate everyone from here."

Malcolm made a sour expression.

"What the hell."

Schwert was rampaging through the Herring Household's territory.

Schwert's current owner was Derrick.

Sara immediately tried to stop the duel.

"I can't watch this anymore. I'll stop the duel with my name."

"All right. Let's declare the duel to be stopped immediately."

Just as the two decided to stop the duel, they heard Derrick's furious voice from inside Battler in the arena.

"HOW DARE YOU MOCK ME, THE GREAT DERRICKKK! I'M GOING TO SERIOUSLY KILL YOU MOTHERFUCKEEEEEEEEER!"

The container on Battler's back opened and from there missiles were fired into the surrounding area.

"... That guy!"

Sara, Malcolm and Baltort were surprised by what Derrick did.

The missiles were not only aimed at Rudel, they were also aimed at the audience seats, the shield that enveloped the arena flared up fiercely, but it couldn't withstand the missile blasts and was destroyed.

The shield barely blocked the impact, but the smoke generated by the explosion filled the audience seats.

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Going back in time a bit.

When the duel began, Schwert, who was anchored in the harbor, began to move.

Derrick's henchmen, who noticed that, were puzzled by the movement, but did not see it as a problem.

"Who was it that moved the ship without permission, or was it Derrick's order?"

A thuggish sailor, who had a hangover headache, yawned as he walked down the corridor of the airship.

The scenery outside the window was moving. He could see that Schwert was heading somewhere.

"But, still, where is everyone?"

He looked around, but could find no one.

He continued walking for a while before he saw a cylinder-shaped robot hovering.

The robots were the ones managing the airship, so the crews on this ship really didn't have to do anything and could take it easy.

The robot had a single eye with two thin arms attached. The robot had no legs and moved by floating. He didn't understand how it was doing that and didn't care. Then he saw that the robot was holding a broom in its hands.

The sailor kicked the robot as it approached.

"Hey, where are the others?"

The sailor's treatment of the robots was extremely horrible.

Normally robots would not complain or resist even when treated like this.

But today was different.

The kicked robot turned its red eye toward the sailor.

"What, show me the way already."

Then the robot raised its broom and threw it over the sailor's head.

"Y-you bastard! You're challenging me, huh?"

The broom hit the sailor again and again. He unsheathed the short sword he had and prepared to attack the robot.

However, he felt something behind him and turned around.

"... Huh?"

There he found a robot that was even bigger than the cleaning robots.

This one raised its large and thick arm before lowering it without hesitation, fading the sailor's consciousness.

◇◇◇

On Schwert's deck.

Ixion was floating there. He was giving instructions to the robots moving nearby.

"The mission has entered the final phase. Target is Herring Household territory."

Derrick's subordinates were in the hangar. They were tied up and left lying on the floor.

Schwert was heading for the Herring Household territory, right in the center of the Herring Household.

There was a fortress in the Herring Household. At this time Schwert was heading there.

However, an unfortunate patrol aircraft encountered Schwert as he was about to enter the Herring Household territory without permission. The patrol aircraft moved to block Schwert's path.

"The aircraft over there, stop."

The patrol said that. The tone of his voice was polite. Surely it was because of the Herring Household family crest that was painted on Schwert's helmet. Ixion remembered the voice speaking to them through a megaphone.

"... If the Master were here, he would surely say something like 'oh, how good to see you' at this moment."

The voice came from the admiral who inspected Schwert when he first entered Aster.

It was the man who had insulted Battler, someone Ixion wanted to retaliate against.

"Cannon."

The robots moved at Ixion's command.

Schwert's cannon locked its target on the patrol and fired without warning.

The patrol aircraft was shot in its essential engine at the rear and was unable to move. It then slowly descended as it burst into flames. Ixion saw the crew escape from the ship one after another. The admiral at the time was the one who ran to the front and jumped into an emergency boat.

"Fire."

Ixion ordered to continue attacking in a nonchalant manner. The ship that was boarded by the admiral was destroyed by Schwert's anti-aircraft attack, However, Ixion had calculated the height so that the passengers would not die, even if they fell.

The admiral was crying and screaming for help inside the falling boat.

But Ixion stopped his revenge with that because "killing is not something normal people do" Rudel said.

"Indeed, it is a pain in my processor to raze a place without human loss according to the master's foolish beliefs."

Schwert ignored the sinking patrol aircraft and continued moving within the Herring Household's territory.

The remaining minions inside the airship heard the commotion and began to bang violently on the cockpit door to which Ixion arrived.

"Hey, what have you guys done?"

"That was overkill, return the ship to port immediately!"

"Is this Derrick's order?! ... W-What's with these things? S-Stop! Don't come here!"

Ixion ignored the noise Derrick's minions were making.

After Ixion entered the Herring Household's territory he began destroying important places, especially the military installations.

The patrol aircraft immediately called their allies and the enemies were gathering one after another.

But they did not attack because they saw the family crest of the Herring Household in Schwert.

Seeing the patrols, Ixion went...

"Fire."

Sinking them one after another.

He confirmed that the airships were dropping to a place that had no people on it while transmitting voices through the amplifier so the patrols could hear.

"Gyahahahaha, we are the strongest!"

"Hey, kill all Derrick-sama's enemies!"

"Keep it up!"

Those were the voices of Derrick's henchmen.

Ixion had recorded their voices, analyzed them, and then edited them into words that suited this situation.

Derrick's minions outside the bridge were nervous.

"H-hey, what are you guys doing?"

"Stop it. Stop joking around!"

"Open the door!"

They must be thinking this wouldn't end as a simple joke at this rate.

But it was already too late.

A voice came from the patrol car's amplifier.

"You bastards! Do you know what you're doing now? Get ready to fire! Don't do anything until reinforcements arrive!"

The patrol aircraft were going to fire, but Ixion had no duty to wait for them.

"Fall back."

All the patrol aircraft went down after the cannons fired at them several times.

Then, the sacred tree emblem that formed above Schwert began to grow vines and roots. It was trying to destroy Schwert who was moving against Derrick's will.

"What a slow reaction. Besides, do you seriously think you can stop me with this?"

The legless robots flew from Schwert.

Their hands held various things like flamethrowers or chainsaws. They burned and cut the vines and roots. And then glowing lines went through Schwert's helmet.

Several lines on the helmet emitted light that broke and erased the emblem of the sacred tree.

"Magic is inferior in the face of science. Something like this can be destroyed at any time."

Ixion slowed Schwert's movement speed and went about destroying important places while aiming for the Herring Household fortress.

"Now then, there's no problem over here, I wonder if the master is alright over there?"

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The surrounding area was covered with smoke from the missiles.

Derrick, who was watching that from inside the cockpit, frantically moved the control stick.

"W-what the hell, I didn't do anything!"

Derrick didn't know Battler had missiles, nor did he plan to attack the public. He didn't mind the gossips at all, but there were also nobles in the audience, including Malcolm and Sara.

And not only that.

"... Why is my voice ringing? I didn't say that."

His voice didn't carry to the outside from inside the booth. Instead, on the outside it was...

"I'll blow you pieces of garbage away!"

The voice of someone who was imitating him.

The smoke gradually cleared. From there he could see many sacred tree emblems forming on the audience seats.

Those emblems were not only Sara's. Other members of the six great noble houses who came to watch the duel also immediately defended.

"N-No! That wasn't me! I didn't attack them!"

Derrick was tyrannical when facing someone of lower status, but when facing someone from another house or of higher status he relaxed... plus, when there were more than one of those people, he wouldn't want to fight them, even if he still got cocky in front of them.

That was because he understood that he would be the one to lose if he fought against someone of equal status.

"Gyahahahaha! All of you bastards are shaking on your feet!"

And yet, the voice of someone imitating Derrick was blatantly picking fights against all the people here.

"Stop. Stop!"

He kept shaking the control stick, but suddenly it locked into place.

An electronic voice began to speak inside the cockpit.

"The mission has entered the final phase."

"M-Mission? Hey, one eye! Are you listening good? Obey my command! One eye, answer me now!

In response to Derrick's shout, another voice, Ixion's voice echoed inside Battler's cockpit.

"... What do you want?"

"Son of a bitch, what the hell are you doing! This scum is moving on its own and causing trouble for the great Derrick! Stop it! Tell Malcolm and Sara that the attack was the fault of this armed unit! Tell them it wasn't my fault!

"... Why should I?"

"Ha, haa!?"

Ixion's response to him was cold like never before.

"U-useless servant! I'll turn you into scrap metal when I return. This armed unit too. It can' t even kill that scum over there. This damn thing is splashing mud in big Derrick's face!

Derrick kept yelling and complaining that his inability to defeat Rudel was Battler's responsibility. Ixion told him.

"You are so wrong."

"Whaaaaaat!"

"My only master is and always will be Rudel von Bradford.

"W-what are you...?"

"You have never owned me from the beginning. Besides, the scumbag here is you. Did you really think that I would willingly accept you as my master? I would first be defeated by Liam before I would serve you."

Derrick gritted his teeth and scowled. His expression turned truly ugly with hatred.

"I'll never forgive them, I'll kill them all!"

Ixion said to the angry Derrick.

"It's impossible. You won't be able to kill the Master. You won't be able to kill me either. But, you were really helpful in gathering information. I apologize, you're actually not completely useless trash."

"BASTAAAAAAAAAAAARD!!!"

Ixion gave his last words to Derrick.

"Accept the consequences for mocking my Master. His wrath will strike you as no one will be able to stop him."

"And Derrick, here between us this will never get out nor will I ever record it. But I want you to know this..."

Ixion's voice spoke words that made Derrick's eyes widen, then his face filled with hatred.

"I'm glad I can tell someone. Now, let the Hero of the Realm show begin."

The communication went dead.

Derrick cursed Ixion and Rudel with a shout before seeing Rudel standing in front of Battler with a nasty grin.

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The black smoke from the missile explosions was clearing.

I was taking a stance in front of Battler amidst the clearing smoke.

"Derrick, you may be a scumbag, but attacking the innocent public is a vile and despicable act! In the name of the Hero of the Realm, I will defeat you!"

The crowd around us ran, trying to escape. Lucy shouted loudly telling me to run away.

"Rudel-kun, run away! Derrick's not in his right mind, he's gone totally insane!"

That wasn't true.

Contrary to his words and behavior, that guy was actually a coward, much more so than me in fact.

He harbored an ambition that was not suited to his caliber. Moreover, he was a man who could do nothing but torment the weak.

He would unconsciously harbor a feeling of inferiority toward the opponent of equal status. The reaction of that made him torment the weak in order to gain a feeling of superiority.

Derrick was like any salaryman who prostrates himself before his boss and when he gets off work, he takes it out on someone or vents with alcohol. I know, because I went through that too.

Now, I don't have to worry anymore after making it this far.

It's time for the spectacle of the hero defeating the villain to enter its climax.

Battler raised his axes.

''After I kill you and obtain the sapling of the sacred tree... I, the great Derrick, will become the absolute king of this country!"

The dirty voice that made such a blatant proclamation while laughing was none other than Derrick's voice.

I spoke to Battler, who was letting out that voice.

"I won't let you get away with this! Even if my body shatters, I will defeat you in the name of all the innocents you hurt! Derrick, the time for your divine punishment has come!"

I said that line with a heroic expression. I blushed inside, but I think every kid wanted to say something like that once.

But, of course, this was just a farce.

First of all, an armed unit from this world was like the equivalent of a flying tank in my previous life.

There was no way a human could fight such an opponent with only his bare hands.

He would die without getting his feet dirty.

That I could attack and repel and Battler's attacks is because my swords are packed with magical power, plus they have a powerful magnet that when they come in contact with Battler's body or weapons they would come out pushed to the opposite side.

There were unexpected things I'll just say, but it was all part of the plan. Usually, I wouldn't even think of participating in this kind of crazy battle.

I fought this battle because I could win it!

I am a dirty cheater. My slogan is and always will be. "I'm the kind of guy who would never enter a fight without the possibility of cheating to win."

Would anyone judge me for having my victory bought? To hell with them if so.

I'm the one facing imminent danger. My ass is the one on the line.

It would be much more dangerous for me if Derrick had come with a normal armed unit.

Thank you very much for coming here with Battler!

Sara yelled at Derrick to stop the duel.

"Derrick, that's enough! I can't allow this duel to continue any further than this, I'm declaring this match suspended by my authority as a witness to this duel!"

"Shut your mouth bitch! I will rape you and then destroy your house, I will destroy anyone who goes against the great Derrick! I am the human chosen to rule Aster, the realm of aristocratic supremacy! I will also kill that son of a bitch and take away the sapling of the sacred tree, no one can stop the great Derrick, gyahahahaha!

Sara showed an expression of surprise.

"... You, what do you think the oath to the sacred tree is?"

She was surely stunned that the duel progressed to this kind of state even though it was held under the sacred tree oath.

After hearing those words, even Sara was telling me to run away.

''Rudel-kun, run away from there, quick!"

"It's too late, die, you scum!"

"Let's end this, Derrick!"

Battler was running towards me. I took a stance preparing to throw my fist which was charged with magical power.

I could hear voices around me telling me to run away.

Aah~, all these supports felt really warm.

Even though I was showered with boos when I was in my own country, Aster's people supported me. How kind of them.

Battler swung his axes. This one stabbed deep into the ground.

"This is... the end!"

I dodged it while making it look easy and jumped towards Battler's chest and hit the armed unit's cockpit with my fist while shouting at the top of my lungs.

"Bradford Style extreme magic: bomberman!"

A huge explosion occurred which engulfed the entire arena.

Battler was pushed to the wall and I was pushed to the other end. I was buried there.

The force shield was destroyed in its entirety at that moment.

If Battler got up, he would definitely die.

But Derrick seemed to be stunned.

The seats in the audience were shrouded in silence. I ran to Battler in the midst of that atmosphere and opened the cockpit hatch.

I found Derrick's face staring at me from the inside.

"How dare you cheat-hibuh!"

My fist slammed into his ugly face.

"Derrick, now we'll have a duel without cheating!"

Derrick covered his mouth with tears streaming from his eyes.

I grabbed his hair, pulled him out of the booth and threw him to the ground.

"Let's fight man to man from here on out!"

I showed him my face excited for the real show happening.

(The fun is just beginning, Derrick-chan~.)

Derrick stood up and began a rather derogatory complaint about me.

"You damned coward! You cheated meeeeee! A damned fake knight from a third world country like you dares to disgrace the great Derrick, who is one of the six great nobles chosen by the sacred tree! I will never forgive you. I'll show you what will happen to a mere human being who tries to deceive a chosen human being like me, the great-agah!"

It looked like he would keep spouting pure bullshit, so I hit him. The suit glove Ixion prepared for me was a quality item that would keep my fist from hurting even after punching someone.

I got to thank him later.

Derrick covered his mouth with his hand and trembled as blood dripped from there.

Derrick's tooth fell to the ground.

"My tooth. MY TOOOOOOTH!"

I opened my fist and clenched it as I spoke to Derrick with a half-moon smile.

"Don't worry, it won't just be a tooth, it will be your whole body falling apart, hehehe, thanks for opening the curtain to the best show of my life. The magic is really amazing. So, there won't be any problem with you regenerating back to normal after turning into a human meatball.

Derrick looked at me and pointed his right hand forward.

The emblem on the back of his right hand began to glow.

"Oh, you're going to use your emblem... the divine protection of the sacred tree? You seem to have forgotten the rule of this duel, huh?"

"Guh!"

As expected, even Derrick was hesitant to break the rule of a duel that was held under the oath to the sacred tree.

"Now then, it's time to show off, so don't give up too quickly. Remember to show a top-notch performance as the wretched villain that you are.

"Y-You're going to hit me?! You won't get away so easily if you lay your hand on me! I'll kill your whole family and country! I'll show you what will happen when you turn the Herring Household into your enemy!"

"Ooh, how scary~."

"So you're trying to threaten me after taking you out of the armed unit you stole from me! I see you at Herring Household are sore losers, or, maybe all great nobles are like that?"

The reaction from the audience to Derrick's threat when he was cornered in this manner was completely cold.

Voices of contempt for Derrick were heard from all sides.

"Using your family's power when you're about to lose like that is really scum."

"For starters, I can't believe he would lose to an unarmed human when he himself was carrying an armed unit."

"To lose like this..."

Derrick started fighting with everyone around him after hearing her comments.

"Shut up, you pieces of trash, these fucking scumbags, these incompetents, all of you can live in this country thanks to us, the six great nobles! All of you parasites and shit insects, how dare you insult the great Derrickkkkkkkkk!"

The audience's reactions to Derrick's complaint were cold.

I put my hand on Derrick's shoulder, who was looking away from me to turn him towards me. I look at my face which showed a crescent moon.

"What are you... fugoh!"

I then drove my right straight into his face.

Applause erupted right after that.

This guy, how hated is he?

My left hand grabbed him by the hair and my right hand hit him again and again.

I focused my blows around his mouth so he couldn't speak. The main course would be after that.

"Derrick, I will not tolerate this wicked act! Come on, fight like a man! Fight like a member of the six great nobles! In the name of the Altfode Kingdom, I will punish you for all your misdeeds!"

(Wahh~ how corny that sounded. Erselica must surely be making an idiot face.)

After hitting Derrick, I turned my gaze towards the direction where Erselica was.

Hey, what's wrong with you, why are you opening your mouth like it's a tunnel and why are your eyes blank?

The others are amazed, but why are you the only one petrified?

I returned my gaze to Derrick.

"Son of a bitch!"

Derrick was coming straight at me. I could tell he was in terrible physical shape.

I dodged his left fist, but let the right one hit me.

His strength is really weaker than that of a girl. I think even Erselica can beat him.

As he was counterattacking, I brought my right fist to his stomach.

My hand was sinking into his stomach.

He spat saliva and then blood.

But I will not stop.

My anger and hatred is just beginning.

My left fist flew up to his face, but he miraculously dodged it.

He saw me with a menacing look, his right fist was headed for me, I will respond in kind.

I didn't move, my left fist did.

Our fists collided, for a second it generated a small shockwave that sent dust up into the stands, but because my fist was stronger, Derrick's hand didn't resist it and I could hear a sound of something breaking as that same fist went all the way to his face sending him flying a few feet.

It feels good.

It feels great to punch an arrogant motherfucker like you who only knows how to spit shit.

I was approaching him who was slowly getting to his feet.

"What's wrong, try to fight back!"

After several blows, Derrick's arrogant attitude was gradually crumbling. He ended up saying weak words like "S-Stop!" "D-Don't hit me anymore" "I-I got it, I won't tell my family to retaliate, so..." and so on.

He must have little experience in being beaten up so far due to the fact that he had been doing nothing but tormenting the weak.

When I grabbed his hair, Derrick's face had turned extremely ugly.

"It'z mai defit-."

It looked like he was trying to say something. It looked like he was trying to say "It's my defeat," but I was probably just mishearing him, so I continued the duel.

"Are you saying that you'll never give up!!! As expected of someone from the six great nobles! Those guts of yours are truly worthy of respect. -Oraa!"

"Bwagh!"

When my front kick hit Derrick's stomach, his body easily folded into a "<" shape.

The academy also trained students in martial arts, but this guy was weaker than anyone I had faced before, I wondered if he was just playing around.

He writhed in pain when my fist hit his stomach.

"S-Shtop..."

"Then you still won't lose even after this. That's amazing, Derrick! You're admirable despite being a villain!"

Derrick seemed to think that this beating would continue as long as I was still standing. He allowed my next blow to send his body flying and he fell to the ground.

He reached out to the witness, Professor Malcolm for help, but I immediately sat on top of his body and struck him.

"Do you think it will end when you're lying on the ground, it's a pity, I'm not going to let it end here!"

I completely attacked his mouth so that he could not proclaim his surrender.This caused the destruction of Derrick's front teeth.

He cried as he covered his face with his arms, but I pointed my fist to screw the gap.

It was amazing that even though I was unilaterally beating him in this manner, there was only shuddering applause coming from the audience seats.

"How hated are you by everyone, huh? I never thought I'd be cheered so loudly when I tormented someone like that in a duel."

After saying that, Derrick spoke while crying.

"Pliz forgit mi, I alredi los."

"Please forgive me, me, I, I already lost," Derrick said in a weak voice. But I beat him mercilessly again.

Even for me, I should feel pain in my heart after hitting someone like him so one-sidedly. But at this moment my heart didn't even hesitate because this guy was my opponent.

"... What did you do to those who cried and begged for their lives until now? Your naive wish to be forgiven when you are the one begging for his life won't be granted here. Aren't you glad that you became a little more humble with this lesson?

I said that and swung my fist at Derrick's nose.

The nosebleed spurted and splattered all over me, but I didn't care and continued swinging my fist.

"Geez, you're really a good guy! I don't feel guilty at all, even after punching you so many times! Instead, doing this even makes me start to wonder if maybe I am actually an ally of justice!

If I were forced to bring up one good point about Derrick, it would be his use as a punching bag that wouldn't make you feel guilty at all.

There was also applause from the audience. It made me feel like I was actually a hero.

Well, I am a hero!

"How about, how does it feel to be the one on the receiving end of what you've done so far?"

Derrick answered my question with a faint murmur.

"I wyll neber forgit yu..."

"I will never forgive you." It seemed that his heart had not yet given out.

Far from it, this guy still had no intention of reflecting on himself.

Amazing.

You really are the perfect villain.

"Yes, that's right Derrick! Keep holding on just like that! The audience wishes to see the conclusion of this duel between the hero and the villain!"