Villain: After I died, all the heroines cried themselves to sleep.

"What happened?"

Feeling the earth tremble, a sense of panic arose in everyone's hearts.

Following the tremors, we looked into the depths of the ruins.

In the darkness, something seemed to be wriggling.

Sa!

A sudden whooshing sound arose.

Countless pitch-black tentacles suddenly burst forth from the ruins, attacking the group.

The group, who had never encountered anything like this before, were so frightened that they were completely at a loss and stood frozen in place.

Swah——

A sword light slashed through the sky, instantly severing the approaching tentacles.

"Are you idiots? Stop standing there and get ready for battle!"

Roger's cold shout immediately snapped the others out of their fear and shock.

At the same time, the monster in the darkness finally revealed its true form.

It was a huge monster that was completely black.

It has four thick elephant hooves and a body covered with countless mouths and tentacles.

"What...what kind of monster is that?"

Princess Lingsha's body trembled involuntarily at the mere sight of the monster's form.

"It looks like a monster from the Lost Era. I wonder why it's here."

Maya, being a librarian, immediately saw through the monster's true nature.

But she also couldn't understand why monsters would appear here.

"You're asking me? I don't know either."

Rogge observed the monster intently.

This monster was one of many monsters that were unsealed by his alien subordinates in a predetermined fate.

The problem is, Roger and his team didn't take any action this time at all.

These monsters broke free from their seal.

Then there are only two possibilities.

Either the seal on the ruins was already weakening, allowing the monsters to break free on their own.

Either someone else will unseal these monsters.

"No matter what, we have to deal with the monster in front of us first!"

The elephant-hoofed monster charged towards the group, each step causing the earth to tremble.

Rumble...

There's no escaping it now.

Rogge acted decisively, issuing combat orders to the others.

"Ira and I worked together to keep the monster occupied, Julie, as the center-back, used wind blades to sever the monster's tentacles, Maya helped analyze the monster's weaknesses, and finally, Lingsa unleashed a devastating attack!"

"Huh? Me?"

Princess Lingsha was stunned for a moment, then shook her head repeatedly.

"I...I can't do it!"

"Idiot! You're an SS-rank [Spiritual Power Master]! Even just compressing your spiritual power and throwing it out would be enough to blast this monster into dust!"

As they spoke, the elephant-hoofed demons surged forward like an overwhelming tidal wave.

Roger fearlessly charged forward and engaged in a fierce battle with his opponent.

Unfortunately, without activating the [Dragon Blood Phoenix Heart], Rogge's swordsmanship alone could only inflict extremely limited damage.

All he could do was, with Ira's help, constantly harass the monsters and buy time.

All that remains is to trust and wait for Princess Lingsa to use her spiritual power to annihilate the demons.

And this didn't keep Rogge waiting for long.

"Wind Blade Sweep!"

As Julie used all her skills, she severed all the obstructing tentacles.

A terrifying surge of spiritual energy erupted from behind Rogge.

Rogge turned around and saw a blazing white ball of spiritual energy hurtling towards him.

"Oh no, it's coming for me!"

Fortunately, he reacted quickly and immediately grabbed Ira's hand.

Ira quickly used her [Flying Shuttle] talent, etherealizing herself and Rogue together, passing through the elephant-hoofed monster's body, and hiding behind the rock wall of the ruins.

Rumble!!!

A terrifying burst of compressed spiritual energy erupted.

A dazzling white light filled the entire underground space, forming a huge white hole.

The elephant-hoofed monster, trapped in the white hole, let out a terrible howl, and its body instantly turned to ashes.

When the white light dissipated, the elephant-hoofed monster had vanished, leaving only a huge ruin.

Rogge and Ira emerged from behind the rock wall and joined the other three.

"Idiot, do you want to kill the monster or me? Doesn't your conscience hurt to attack your own troops like this?"

Roger was still in the mood to lighten the mood with a half-joking remark.

But then Princess Lingsha stumbled and threw herself into his arms, hugging him and bursting into tears.

"Waaaaah... I'm so scared, so scared... What if I mess this up and kill everyone...?"

"..."

Rogge looked down at Princess Lingsa and, seeing how badly she was crying, he couldn't be bothered to stay angry.

He reached out and patted Princess Lingsa's head.

"Alright, alright, you did a great job. It's all thanks to you that the monster was defeated, and everyone is safe now. That final blow was fantastic!"

"Really?"

Princess Lingsha looked up at him with teary eyes, as if seeking comfort.

"Really? That's fantastic!"

Roger chuckled and patted Princess Lingsa on the head.

He looked around and noticed that others were staring at him strangely.

Why are you looking at me like that?

"Do you have a younger sister or something? You're so good at comforting people."

Julie clicked her tongue in amazement.

"..."

I have a junior sister in another world, so do you have any opinions?

Rogge thought to himself.

At this moment, Princess Lingsha also noticed that others were looking at her, and her face immediately turned red.

She quickly pushed Roger away, fanning her steaming head as she stubbornly retorted.

"Ha...ha...no, don't misunderstand, I just ran out of spiritual energy and wanted to lean on someone. Hmph! Ha..."

"Idiot, it's too late to start showing off your arrogance now..."

Having dealt with the elephant-hoofed monster and temporarily secured, the group began discussing their next steps.

Julie tried to contact her teacher, but found that she could no longer reach him.

As was their predetermined fate, the entire area was sealed off, and rescue from the college teachers could not be expected in the short term.

"The ruins are basically safe now. Let's continue exploring and find out why that monster appeared."

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

Rogge intends to find out who is behind this.

The others had no other good ideas at the moment, so they agreed with Rogge's opinion and went together to the deepest part of the ruins.

At the deepest part of the ruins lies a sealed altar.

The area around the altar still retained traces of spiritual energy and the marks left by the elephant-hoofed demon.

It can be basically confirmed that the elephant-hoofed monster broke free from the altar.

Maya continued to observe the layout of the altar.

"Judging from the shape of the altar, it looks like that of a foreign race, or more accurately, the style of a sinful race."

"The Sinners? Could this be the hideout of the Sinners?"

Julie linked this incident to the recent high-profile case of the criminal gang.

"We are students of the Royal Academy. That remnant of the sinful race deliberately broke the seal, trying to nip us, the future stars of humanity, in the bud."

"That must be it, the Sinners are really annoying."

Princess Lingsha wrinkled her little nose in disgust.

Listening to others denouncing the sinners, Roger really wanted to reveal his true identity and tell everyone that he wasn't to take the blame.

But it's just a thought.

Rogge is now more curious about who broke the seal.

"Is this sealed altar only accessible to the Sinners? Besides, if the Sinners sealed the demons here, why would they want to break the seal?"

"This... I'm not entirely sure about this, but this seal isn't a bloodline seal, so even if you're not a member of the Sin Clan, you can still break the seal as long as you find a way."

Maya analyzed it carefully.

"But aside from alien races, no one would break the seal for no reason."

Julie chimed in.

This made a lot of sense, leaving Roger speechless.

In this world, the Rogge clan, a race of sinners, is the biggest and only villain.

Finally, the Maya surveyed the entire site and drew a conclusion.

This is a relic of a lost era, a sealing altar built by the Sin Clan, sealing away the monsters of the lost era.

Unfortunately, most of the surrounding murals were damaged, making it impossible to confirm the sinners' purpose in doing so.

Fortunately, half of the mural remains, which marks the locations of the other sealed altars.

Unfortunately, the location of this field training exercise was right within these sealed altars.