Chapter 34. Unrepentant to the Death
6x Minutes After the War Council Ended, First District Control Tower
BOOM~~
"Impossible, impossible... What is this? Why must I encounter such a thing? Who do you think I am? I am the Sin Archbishop of the Witch Cult, Regulus Corneas, who holds the Authority of 'Greed.' I am the most satisfied person in this world! The most complete individual! An existence unshakable in both body and mind!"
A fragmented voice came from the dust cloud, and then Reinhild walked out of the smoke, carrying Regulus. She carefully placed the incessantly ranting Regulus on the ground, then nodded in acknowledgment to the relieved Ferris.
"Ferris-chan was so scared! Is it over just like that, meow?" Ferris showed a confused expression.
"It's over. Ferris, please wake everyone up."
"Are you sure?"
"It's fine. His ability is to stop time. That means even when everyone wakes up, he can only maintain his current state—his body is simply indestructible, and the air he spits out of his mouth will become indestructible."
Ferris looked at Regulus. As a top-tier healer, she instantly saw that all the bones in Regulus's four limbs were fractured, and several joints had been dislocated. After confirming that the man before her was completely unable to move, Ferris finally began to revive the women.
"Didn't you say it would take about 3 minutes? Only about 50 seconds should have passed now, right?"
"His will was weaker than I imagined. Facing a life-or-death crisis, he released his Authority after only 7 seconds of cardiac arrest."
"What do you know! If it stops for more than 5 seconds, my heart might stop beating forever!"
Even though she had long understood what kind of person Regulus was from others, Ferris was still shocked by his irredeemable statement, and Reinhild sighed helplessly.
"My heart was also continuously not beating while I was fighting you."
"Shut up! Are you a berserker? Don't use your crazy values to evaluate others! Why should I risk my life to fight!"
As the wives' hearts began to beat, Regulus's time stopped once again. Perhaps he was starting to adapt to the pain, or perhaps because he was unwilling to admit his own imperfection, Regulus began to refute loudly and fluently.
"What about the women here? To prevent their brain death, Ferris had to maintain their brain activity. The pain they experienced would absolutely not lose to yours.
Ultimately, you don't know how to achieve victory outside of holding the advantage."
Reinhild looked at Regulus. Even a mere 5 seconds of invincibility time could create many opportunities for victory. If she had known that Regulus, once stripped of his Divine Protection, was so pitiful, there would have been no need for Ferris to prepare for so long.
"Ahahaha..."
"I can't believe it, boo-hoo~~~"
"I can hear the laughter. You are looking at me. Looking at me and mocking me, right? What about me is funny? What are you looking at when you laugh? Don't laugh, you trashy scumbags who are all talk."
The hall, which had become incredibly noisy as the wives woke up, became silent once again. Even though Regulus had been reduced to this pathetic state, the damage he had caused over so many years was still carved deep into the women's souls.
This situation brought Regulus immense pleasure, even making him temporarily ignore the pain in his body. He moved a few times, but Reinhild, possessing the [Divine Protection of the Healer], had been extremely precise with her strikes.
"That monster, don't look at me with condescending eyes. I just showed a little bit of mercy and you got carried away. If I were serious, this city would have been shattered long ago! And don't tell me you mistakenly believe you won by your own strength? In my view, that kind of misunderstanding is utterly shameful!"
Regulus could only shout towards the sky.
"And that other scurrying rat, I am not inferior to this group of sluts! What a joke! To put it plainly, if they hadn't betrayed me, how could I have ended up like this? I loved them so much, cherished them so much, so why did they betray me as a matter of course? How can you all accept such an inexplicable, unreasonable thing? What are you even thinking?"
"Love? What a joke. You only wanted to gain the satisfaction of controlling everything from us, right? That's why you wouldn't hesitate to kill the wife you 'loved' over even a tiny scratch, just like number 136, number 197…"
Provoked by Regulus's words, one of the wives overcame her fear and spoke in a sobbing voice.
"So troublesome! So noisy! You hateful, shallow, disgusting, dull-witted bunch. It's not my fault. I am completely blameless. It's you trash who are wrong! People who look down on others are trash, and those who look down on their own family are worse than pigs or dogs! So, isn't it normal that the wives who looked down on my orders were looked down upon by me! Isn't it normal that they were killed by me!"
"Ahahaha, just because of that kind of thought, just because of that stupid thought, you killed my sister who was accidentally bitten by a mosquito!"
"Then, isn't it also a matter of course that you, who looked down on our feelings, were betrayed by us?"
"Narcissist, we no longer need you. In fact, we never needed you from the start. We look down on you."
"It's precisely because of your way of living that you met with defeat, meow. If there was even one person here who loved you, then Ferris-chan, who has zero combat power, wouldn't have been able to achieve what you see now. Your wives decided, by their own will, to take revenge on you, meow."
"Are your brains broken? If you calmed down, you would understand. Everyone except me is just blinded by passion. Craving others is pointless, a waste of effort, and meaningless. Hurry up and realize it! All that love, romance, friendship, and trust you fools keep spouting are all fantasies! They are reproductive activities! They are utterly disgusting behavior!"
"Affection and love cannot save people. Humans are born alone. Mutual understanding and empathy are mere fantasies. Life is nothing more than a boring game of balancing the scales of consideration and compromise!"
"Every single one of you only speaks selfish garbage, you scumbags.
No one has the right to pity me. No one has the right to make me despair. I don't want or crave anything.
The first time I was chosen by the Witch Factor and gained my Authority, I killed my father, who earned little money and loved to drink, and my mother, who only ever complained and grumbled, and my despicable siblings who wouldn't even leave my food alone!
I also incinerated everyone in the village who looked down on me, the townspeople who forced me into that worthless family and village, and the incompetent country that ignored that kind of village and town!"
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