On how PhDs become human evil

"Boom!"

Tianbu·Kongli!

Using an invisible foothold, Hajime Nagumo arrived directly atop the six-headed hydra, where crimson lightning converged at the muzzles of the two electromagnetic hand cannons.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!"

Nagumo Hajime decisively pulled the trigger repeatedly, and the proton bullets, accelerated by electromagnetic force, blasted the red-striped snake head to near cosmic velocity with perfect accuracy.

"【Cannon King】! 【Crimson Spear】!"

The moon's voice followed immediately after Nagumo Hajime's actions, as the wind cannon, compressed to its limit, and Guren's flame spear shot towards the serpent's head marked with blue ** patterns.

"Boom!"

The blue and red snake heads were destroyed almost simultaneously. After fighting side by side for so long, Hajime Nagumo and Tsuki had long since developed an unparalleled level of tacit understanding, and could understand each other with just a glance.

“RUAAAA!”

Suddenly, the white snake head in the center let out a strange cry, and a white light that appeared out of nowhere covered the two snake heads that had been blown up. Then, as if rewinding, the two snake heads were completely restored to their original state!

It even has regenerative abilities?!

"Seven Stars!"

Using the Shrinking Earth Step technique, Bai Jie traversed space with lightning speed. His silver sword spun, instantly conjuring seven glittering stars that slashed towards the white serpent's head in a chaotic, seemingly random pattern.

"Clang clang clang clang clang clang!"

A loud crash rang out, but the expected white snake head was not severed. Instead, the snake head with yellow patterns stood in front of the white snake head, staring at Bai Jie with a mocking look in its eyes.

[Is that all the attack power you're capable of?]

Bai Jie could already guess what it meant. To be honest, Bai Jie had been looked down upon many times, but this was the first time he had been looked down upon by a beast.

"go to hell."

Bai Jie retaliated by punching the yellow snake head right on the forehead!

boom!

The force of the inch punch that had penetrated the yellow snake's head suddenly exploded, turning it into an apple pie from the inside out!

Bai Jie isn't just skilled with a sword; he can tear things apart with his bare hands too! Does he really think his title as Doctor of Rhodes Island is just for show?

"And you, I haven't forgotten you either!"

Just as the white snake head was about to restore the yellow snake head, Bai Jie had already stepped on the yellow snake head's neck and stood in front of it, immediately unleashing a strike of [Chaotic Shadow] with his sword!

Hundreds of sword blades danced wildly, tearing through space, and silver light, like moonlight, shone out, completely surrounding the white serpent head.

"Hey!"

In an instant, the white snake's head was chopped into a shower of minced meat!

Section 234, paragraph 9: You guys get out of the way, it's my turn to carry!

Seeing Bai Jie kill two snake heads in succession, Hydra finally understood that compared to Nagumo Hajime and Yue, who had powerful long-range firepower, Bai Jie was the one who needed the most guidance!

His slashing attacks are incredibly threatening!

“GGGGAAAAAAA!”

Amidst the roar, the remaining green and black snake heads abandoned their confrontation with Nagumo Hajime and Yue, and with a turn, charged from below towards Bai Jie, who was in mid-air and unable to gain any leverage. A violent whirlwind erupted from the mouth of the green snake head in an instant!

"Tch, it's in the way!"

Bai Jie curled his lip, and the silver sword followed the trajectory of the whirlwind and slashed in, causing Bai Jie's whole body to spin rapidly!

"Here you go!"

As if he were about to dislocate his arm, Bai Jie suddenly swung his longsword, which was entangled in the whirlwind. The extremely violent whirlwind was forcibly pulled by the blade like a rag doll, and attacked the green snake head in the opposite direction of Bai Jie's slashing trajectory, blasting it away!

Just as Bai Jie blasted away the green snake head, the black snake head appeared silently in front of him, its eyes flashing with black light—

In the next instant, the dazzling starlight sword light ripped it into eight pieces.

"Use illusion magic on me? Not only will it be ineffective against me, but just the fact that you pretended to be Chen in front of me is enough to kill you tens of thousands of times, you beast!"

Just as each snake head has its own unique ability, the black snake head's ability is to create a convincing illusion the moment it makes eye contact with its opponent.

If it were Hajime Nagumo or Tsukira, they might actually fall for it, but Bai Jie is a god-slayer with the highest level of resistance to magic, so mere illusion magic has absolutely no effect on him.

Not to mention, Black Snake, to make matters worse, created an illusion of Chen, which directly led to Bai Jie's gun being fired at him!

"Fafner! It's not over yet, this guy's still alive!"

"...Watch out! The seventh head!"

Nagumo Hajime and Tsuki suddenly exclaimed, and as they cried out, Hydra's seventh head silently rose from its body, staring at Bai Jie with a cold gaze.

"Om-!"

Then, the seventh head, which was engraved with shining silver patterns, suddenly burst out with extremely strong magical energy and shot out a beam of silver-white aurora without any preparation!

This attack was so sudden and fast that Nagumo Hajime and Yue didn't have time to react before Bai Jie's figure was swallowed up by the aurora!

No...no, it wasn't swallowed up!

"Clang—!"

A silver sword beam, like a sharp dagger tearing through brocade, burst forth from the aurora!

"Seven Stars - Exterminate Evil!"

Bai Jie's emotionless voice rang out, and the silver sword light suddenly paused, splitting into seven. A total of seven silver stars descended from the sky at lightning speed like a meteor shower, piercing directly through the body of the seventh snake head in the trajectory of the Big Dipper!

"boom!"

Bai Jie landed heavily on the ground from mid-air, letting out a sigh of relief: "Damn it, there's a seventh head! This snake must be a hybrid... Why are you all looking at me like that? Is there something on my face?"

"No, compared to that... are you alright after being hit by that aurora?"

"That? It's completely useless." Bai Jie waved his hand casually. "I am a Godslayer with the highest level of magic resistance. As long as the attack is not capable of harming a god, it will have absolutely no effect on me. That beam of aurora just now was far from enough."

"...Compared to the beginning, I think Fafnir is more like a monster."

"Moon, do you understand now? There is no one in the world more like a monster than him."

"You two, are you two really going to follow each other's lead? I'll beat you up!"

Bai Jie sighed helplessly, then walked towards the tightly closed door. Without even pushing it, he slashed at it with his sword, shattering the door into pieces of rubble.

"...Fafner, couldn't you just open the door properly?"

"You, who clears the way with a hand cannon, have no right to talk to me like that."

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As soon as he stepped behind the door, Bai Jie instinctively raised his hand to cover his eyes.

"This light...sunlight?!"

Because of his Vereslana powers, Bai Jie is more sensitive to the sun, which is why he was surprised that there was sunlight in this underground labyrinth with more than a hundred floors!

Looking up at the sky, Nagumo Hajime said, "It must be the effect of that thing, a magical artifact that emits sunlight?"

Just as Hajime Nagumo said, above the three of them was a cone-shaped object floating high on the ceiling, with a shining sphere floating at its bottom, emitting a light that made one feel a little warm.

"This underground labyrinth is quite interesting..."

Bai Jie sighed.

Before the shock subsided, the pleasant sound of water reached their ears.

This space is about the size of a football field. There is a waterfall on the inner wall of the space. A large amount of water flows down from the wall near the ceiling, gathers into a river, and then flows into the cave inside.

The cool breeze beside the waterfall, brimming with negative ions, felt incredibly refreshing. Upon closer inspection, you could even see fish swimming in the water; perhaps these fish had also flowed in from the rivers on the ground.

A short distance from the river lies a vast expanse of farmland, currently devoid of any crops. Surrounding it are expansive livestock huts; though lacking the presence of animals, the land can sustain itself with water, fish, meat, vegetables, and other necessities. The area is lush and green, teeming with various kinds of trees.

In the opposite direction from the river and farmland are buildings that look like bedrooms, but they are more like dwellings made directly from the rock face than buildings.

The stone dwellings feel like white lime to the touch, and the whole building looks clean and tidy. There is a pedestal protruding from the ceiling at the entrance, and a warm sphere of light at the front. The whole building appears to have three floors.

“Hey Nan Yun, I’m starting to get the feeling this place is someone’s residence,” Bai Jie said, stroking his chin. “And judging by the level of completion, it’s obvious the owner here knows how to enjoy life.”

"...This seems to be the residence of the rebels," Yue said.

"Rebels?"

"Rebels... refer to the divine beings who challenged the gods in the Age of Gods... legend has it that they attempted to destroy the world..." As a native of this world, and a vampire who had lived for over three hundred years, Yue clearly knew more than Bai Jie and Nagumo Hajime.

According to Yue, seven members of the Divine Family plotted a rebellion against the gods to destroy the world during the Age of Gods. However, their plan was thwarted, and they fled to the ends of the world. That end seems to be the location of the Seven Great Labyrinths, and the Great Labyrinth of Orcus is one of them. It is said that in the deepest part of the abyss, there exists the place where the rebels reside.

Now it seems that the place where the three were was indeed the residence of the so-called rebel.

(However... those rebels, history has been distorted quite severely.)

Section 235, Chapter 10: A Killing God? Let the professionals handle it!

He left the first and second floors of the building to Hajime Nagumo and Tsuki to explore, while Bai Jie went straight to the third floor.

Although it is unclear whether this was intentional, the first and second floors clearly have a large number of rooms, but the third floor only has one room at the very back of the floor.

Upon opening the inner door, one sees a meticulously crafted magic circle, seven or eight meters in diameter, painted in the center of the room. Its exquisite detail is unprecedented, and the ingenuity of its geometric patterns is so remarkable that it could easily be considered a work of art.

However, what deserves more attention is the figure sitting in a luxurious chair opposite the magic circle.

The figure was a corpse, already reduced to bones, draped in a magnificent black robe embroidered with gold, which looked completely spotless. If you were to describe it as a decoration found in a haunted house, you could understand why.

The corpse had its head bowed and was leaning against the chair; it probably remained in that position as it decayed and turned into bones.

What is the corpse thinking in this room filled only with magic circles?

He didn't die in his dorm room, nor in the living room, but chose this place. What was his intention...?

Standing before the corpse, Bai Jie pondered for a moment, a hint of something unreadable flashing in his eyes: "...No, even a soul-summoning spell can't bring him back. He's been dead for too long."

Having possessed the entire history of the Type-Moon universe, Bai Jie naturally possessed resurrection-type magic, capable of summoning souls from the underworld, reversing time to a point before death, and so on. There were countless ways to resurrect a person, but even Bai Jie could not bring back someone who had been dead for over a thousand years.