Became the Academy Romantic Phantom Thief

307 – The World

The masked man suddenly widened his eyes at the enormous force of death pressing down on his body.

The other person, who had been dying just now, was standing up again.

It still looked dangerous and uneasy, as if it was about to die at any moment.

For some reason, the eyes glaring at him had a more intense light than any other person he had ever met.

“Is there still the last move left? “I guess that’s true.”

There is no way we could have come this far with a simple prank like magic.

I would have been more disappointed if it had ended in vain without such a twist.

“Good. Give it a try somewhere. “Do your best!”

Feeling the overflowing magic power, the masked man felt his spirit boiling over.

It was an unimaginable thrill for him, who usually only focuses on carrying out his mission.

Raven was hanging limply, as if he couldn’t move his left arm at all, and was picking up a card with only his right arm.

“Eldina. “Step back.”

“···Raven. “Are you okay?”

In response to the woman’s question, he nodded his head slightly with a faint smile on his face.

The masked man did not bother to stop Eldina from taking a step back.

Considering the goal of her mission anyway, it would not be a good thing for her to get caught up in the battle and get hurt.

In fact, his desire was greater than that, as he did not want to be disturbed in the fight that was about to take place.

The masked man began to look forward to seeing how the phantom thief in such a mess would entertain him.

And so the second round unfolds.

The shape of a clown appears translucently behind Raven’s back.

The clown, who was mocking with a wry smile, created a hand of several cards in his hand.

When one of them flipped over to reveal its front side, the world began to shine brightly.

XVII.

A dazzling star appeared in the air, and the opponent’s wounded body slowly recovered.

He quickly realized that he couldn’t just leave it alone and immediately summoned the beast’s arms and tried to destroy the star.

But before that, another card was activated quickly.

XII.

Then a clown appeared, standing with his feet on the ceiling as if doing a handstand.

I frowned at the strange sight, but Pierrot was not making any attacks and was just smiling unpleasantly, so I tried to ignore it and focus on destroying the star.

However, the beast’s arm ignored its owner’s command and changed its target to aim for Pierrot.

I guess it was just an illusion without substance, but even if I tried to crush it with my fist, Pierrot’s body only passed through and was not caught at all.

While you are wasting time, your opponent continues to recover his stamina.

He stopped summoning and tried another attack due to the sudden behavior of the beast, which ignored no matter how many commands he gave.

Spear of Darkness, Shadow Thorn, Dark Chain, etc.

No matter what magic I tried, the attack only flew toward the star and then changed its trajectory to target Pierrot.

Is it like a scarecrow that induces long-distance attacks?

In that case, you have no choice but to destroy it yourself.

The masked man leaped into the air with his right arm full of dark energy and thrust his power into the star.

The star’s durability was not very strong and it immediately fell into pieces and fell to the ground.

But the opponent seemed to have already recovered enough stamina.

More than anything, the presence of that clown was very difficult.

Does this mean that as long as this guy is hanging from the ceiling and laughing heartily, all long-distance attacks are sealed?

It seems to be an illusion-like entity with no substance, so it would be impossible to directly crush it like the star just now.

The opponent’s magic is very difficult.

It wasn’t just that he had strong combat power, he even felt like he was being toyed with with a variety of utilities that were hard to predict.

The strategy is ultimately the same as before. Just as you didn’t pay attention to the rabbit and aimed directly at the opponent, you only need to aim for the phantom thief without being distracted by the card’s activation effect.

Raven was very calm from earlier. Even after his stamina was fully recovered, he did not move his body hastily and only activated cards in place to put pressure on his opponent.

He seemed to be treating the current life-and-death fight like a card game played on a table.

But the victory is still in his hands.

No matter how much physical strength he has recovered, the mental damage accumulated while fighting his colleagues so far will remain intact. The phantom thief must be very tired right now.

In addition, there were only two cards left in the Joker’s hand.

Although it is difficult, it is not an invincible ability that cannot be destroyed. I was confident that if I could get through those two chapters safely, my opponent wouldn’t have any strength left to resist and would just collapse.

There’s no need to go to Chapter 2, I’ll just finish it once and for all.

The masked man began to gather his remaining magical power and unleash it.

The pitch-black magic rising around the body filled the inside of the train.

And then his body began to change, making strange sounds.

Wud-duk, wud-duk!

The bones and joints were distorted, the muscles and flesh were overlaid, and the body was transformed into the shape of a monster rather than a human.

The fact that ranged attacks were blocked from the moment he transformed into this form was no problem to him.

The strongest creature that already surpasses Dietrich through sheer strength and mobility alone.

This is the true incarnation of hell. Even for a brief moment, he had surpassed human limitations and had reached the level of a transcendental person.

“Krrr….”

My mind turns bright red and my mind begins to go into a frenzy.

When he surrendered himself to the beast’s instinct to tear and kill everything in front of him, he let out a roar and lunged at the opponent on all fours.

The speed was so incredibly fast that you couldn’t even see it with the naked eye.

But the phantom thief’s card had already been activated.

It is also the strongest card.

XXI.

At the same time, the light of the world went out and soon turned gray.

‘What is this…!?’

He was inwardly astonished at the incomprehensible situation.

The body does not move. At first he thought it was a bondage that took away the freedom of his body, but he soon realized the true meaning of this magic.

Not only myself but the entire world stopped.

The woman watching the battle from behind with worried eyes, the clown hanging from the ceiling and mocking the world, and even the train running on the ocean railroad.

The opponent in front of me, the phantom thief, was also frozen in a static posture.

Stop of time.

It would be reasonable to think so, but he somehow felt that it was similar yet somehow different.

The world seemed dead, with all colors disappearing and only gray remaining.

Yes. At this moment, the world lost life.

Of course, if you think about it rationally, you know that it can’t be like that. The world will be destroyed by the magic of just one person. There’s no way something like that would be possible.

How come he keeps thinking like this in the first place?

What on earth does this magic mean…?

At that time, he screamed in his heart at the creepy gaze staring directly at him.

Only one thing in a world that stands still. The Joker who appeared behind the phantom thief was alive and moving without losing his color.

The guy raised the corners of his mouth as if laughing at himself and deliberately shook a card in his hand.

I had a gut feeling at that moment. This battle has already been decided.

The last card was turned over and slowly revealed itself.

0.

Idiot. It seemed as if it was pointing at itself.

In the gray world, someone slowly opened their eyes and began to move their body.

The phantom thief picked up the clown card given by Joker and slowly, very slowly approached him.

The masked man sensed the end and closed his eyes.

***

“Raven!!”

As soon as Eldina realized that the battle was over, she ran straight to him.

Eldina gently embraced Raven, who was standing precariously and eventually stumbling and falling to the floor, and examined his condition with tears in his eyes.

Fortunately, there was no danger to his life. Perhaps due to the aftermath of the battle, the magical power in his body was completely depleted.

···Even she couldn’t quite figure out what exactly happened at the last moment.

I could understand that from the moment Raven summoned the Joker, she used mysterious magic to pressure the enemy.

The problem was that at the end, when the opponent turned into a monster and attacked, from then on, all I could think of was a strange situation that even newcomer Eldina could not fully see.

She laid Raven down on the train seat and checked the other person’s appearance.

It felt like I was still breathing, but it definitely didn’t feel like it was going to happen for a while.

Even if it did happen, it was in such a miserable state that I thought I probably wouldn’t be able to use my magic in the future.

I didn’t feel any sympathy. However, she did not feel the need to end her life, so she decided not to care about her enemies anymore.

Will she be able to wake up by the time Raven arrives at the Association?

Even if he woke up, it was absolutely impossible to fight any further considering his current physical condition.

However, thinking back on what he said, there was still one person left in Drakan.

The leader is said to be the strongest and most dangerous being.

It is still a question why Drakan is targeting them. No matter how many times I asked, the only answer I got was the leader’s orders.

In the end, I didn’t find out the reason until the end, but for now it was probably a good thing.

Anyway, as long as we arrive at the association safely, everything will be over.

And finally.

Outside the train window, the association’s building began to be visible along with the brilliant aurora.

The end is not far away.