I am the protagonist

[We've made contact!]

[Sawada Tsunayoshi, you'd better turn into a baby too!]

The cursed light that had harmed so many people shone once again from the chess piece-faced man's hand, enveloping Sawada Tsunayoshi entirely.

Having done everything, Chess Piece Face immediately retreated quickly.

Even if they become Alcbareno, babies still possess considerable strength, especially special cases like Sawada Tsunayoshi, who require even greater caution.

“Sawada Tsunayoshi, this time it’s you…”

"Pfft!"

Chess Piece Face shuddered and looked down at the hand that had pierced through his chest.

At the moment his life was ending, he heard the last sentence he could hear.

"Unfortunately, the curse has no effect on me."

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"Yes, the heart has been removed."

"Oh!"

"Now he's truly dead."

“However, a warlock can use his illusions to make up for what he is missing. Simply digging out his heart is not enough, so he should cut off his head as well.”

The dead chess piece's face moved instantly.

I knew you were faking it!

Tsuna is not a simple boy who believes that digging out someone's heart will kill them.

If you really want to kill someone, the first thing you'll attack isn't the heart.

Destroying the brain is the real way to kill someone.

At that moment, all sound ceased, and all life on earth stopped its activity.

"It's a real shame that the moment you appeared before me, the moment I knew your level, your fate was already sealed."

He raised his hand and swung it down at the neck of the chess piece-faced man.

"Pfft!"

A head flew into the air, but because time was frozen, the severed head stopped in mid-air, and the blood splattering from the neck also stopped in mid-air.

"That's complete death."

Tsuna is now absolutely certain of Chess Piece Face's death.

A heart might be able to be restored with illusion, but a severed head is beyond the reach of illusion.

After glancing at the headless corpse on the ground, Tsuna stomped on the spine that connected the entire body, breaking it in two.

"However, even a warlock's soul has a way to survive, so this guy must also have a way to make a soul exist temporarily."

"So, it really does require inflicting a significant amount of damage on the body?"

With a slam of his hand, countless ice spikes rained down from the sky, piercing through the chess piece-faced man's head and body.

"Now he's completely dead."

As for whether he's truly dead, Tsuna has another way to verify. Since defeating D and gaining a few levels, he hasn't leveled up in a long time, so to confirm whether Pieceface is dead or not, he can simply check his own level.

Your level has increased.

[Death confirmed.]

Having confirmed this, Tsuna immediately lifted the time stop.

The flow of time caused the headless corpse to gush out a large amount of blood in an instant, while the head in mid-air fell down due to gravity.

【What! ? 】

Even after his head was severed, Chess Piece Face still retained a sliver of consciousness, but this sliver of consciousness only allowed him to see his last moments before he passed away.

Am I dead?

Why is this happening...?

Why is this happening...?

Before he could even have any other thoughts, his consciousness completely vanished.

In fact, Chess Face had made full preparations, but he never expected things to happen so fast that even his nerves couldn't keep up with the pace.

"died?"

Bermuda immediately went to examine the body of the chess piece-faced man. His head was separated from his body. While the heart might be able to be restored with illusion magic, the separation of head and body was no joke.

"He should be dead this time, but you should know about D-Spedo's situation as well."

Bermuda's relaxed state of mind was instantly lifted.

"You mean he's not quite dead yet?"

"That's a possibility. After all, he was a warlock, and every warlock would leave himself a way out. Nobody knows for sure whether he did something to himself, so the body should be left to you Avengers to handle."

"Given your hatred for him, you'll keep your eyes glued to him whether he comes back to life or not."

"nature."

Bermuda wasn't sure if Pieceface was truly dead, but Sawada Tsunayoshi's words made a lot of sense. Every sorcerer would leave themselves a way out, so regardless, the Avengers had to keep a close eye on Pieceface's corpse.

"Sawada Tsunayoshi, this matter is something we, the Avengers, owe you."

"We, the Avengers, will definitely repay this favor to you."

Bermuda wouldn't say anything unrealistic; he would definitely repay the favor he owed, and he believed there would be an opportunity to do so in the future.

After saying that, Bermuda disappeared on the spot, taking the corpse of Chess Piece Face with him.

"It's finally over."

This matter is finally over.

Although the process took much longer than expected, handling things here was actually much simpler than anticipated.

However, the real trouble lies in how it is handled afterwards.

The death of Chess Piece Face is merely the end of this matter, but the end of this matter is not the end. The world where time has stopped is what we need to pay the most attention to now.

"Boss!"

Chrome rushed into Tsuna's arms. She was already getting impatient because she wasn't allowed to participate in this battle, especially when she saw the Boss in danger.

"Great, Boss is alright."

"I told you before that I would be fine, didn't I?"

Tsuna was quite helpless against Chrome's personality. He had already made a lot of preparations for this battle, and he wouldn't have made such a bold statement if he wasn't absolutely confident.

However, the ultimate form of the Death Flame is really not that great.

[This is clearly another path to achieving the ultimate in ability, but all that's gained is a tiny bit more purity and quantity.]

Tsuna admits that the purity and quantity of the Dying Will Flame wielded by the chess piece-faced man are astonishing, far exceeding his limit by more than ten times. However, because he places too much emphasis on the Dying Will Flame, he doesn't particularly value the ability he has mastered, merely pushing the construct to its limit.

[Skills truly define life.]

Regardless, mastering your own skills is essential. On the other hand, once you've mastered a certain level of skill, your mana bar can be conserved.

Others also arrived at the battlefield one after another.

"Sawada, you really killed that bastard!"

Colonello is overjoyed; his long-held hope has finally come true.

However, besides being happy that Sawada was able to kill that pawn-faced guy, he was also very excited about something else.

"Ciao!"

Tsuna saw a handsome young man appear in front of him, speaking in a familiar tone and with a familiar feeling.

"You are... Reborn."

Upon seeing this man, Tsuna was initially taken aback, but then realized who this man was.

[He's changed back. I didn't expect this to be Reborn's original form.]

His eyes swept over Bianqi.

No wonder Bianchi admires Reborn so much; his looks back then were truly something else.

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"The curse was lifted even more perfectly than I had imagined."

Tsuna stared at Reborn for a while and made a certain judgment about his condition.

"The curses of being turned into babies and being unable to grow up seem to have been firmly in that guy's grasp, and those curses were lifted after that guy died."

"I thought that guy would tamper with the curse, but I didn't expect him to be so honest and not do anything about it."

There are many ways to manipulate settings like curses.

The ability to break a curse is entirely dependent on special items; even if the person involved dies, the curse will not be broken so easily.

If the curse is in that state, it might be impossible to restore the baby to its original form in a short time.

Tsuna's eyes turned to another person who had transformed from a baby back into an adult.

“Lalmilch, as expected, all you suffer from are the curses of becoming an infant and being unable to grow. No wonder you were able to revert to your original form immediately after he died.”

Larmilch was actually in a pretty good mood, having not seen himself as an adult for a long time.

"It looks pretty good when it's turned back."

Larmilch glanced at Colonello before turning his gaze to Sawada.

"Sawada, should we be able to break the curses on the others?"

"Of course, this was something we had already agreed upon beforehand."

Lifting the curse was something that had been agreed upon before, and Tsuna would naturally keep that promise.

He took out the blood he had prepared earlier from the prop box.

Since it's not really appropriate to make someone swallow your blood directly, Tsuna put his own blood into a capsule, thus avoiding the act of drawing blood in front of everyone.

Even Tsuna himself felt that the way they drew blood was a bit perverted.

Moreover, he's a masochistic pervert.

"This is the medicine to lift your curse. Once you swallow it, the curse on you will be lifted."

A total of five capsules were prepared.

Feng, Skull, Verdy, Mammon, and Colonello each took one capsule, which used up all the capsules.

"Huh? Why hasn't it turned back yet?"

"The capsule takes ten to fifteen minutes to melt, and it can only work to lift the curse after the capsule has melted."

"That's true."

The capsule contains the key element to break the curse on the body, but it will only work after the capsule melts.

[Complete the world raid!]

[Gained +10 Luck!]

[Gained +10 to the World Origin!]

Unlock production professions!

[Unlocked one secondary profession!]

At that moment, time suddenly stood still, and the whole world seemed to freeze in that instant.

"……I see."

At this moment, I finally understand why no matter what the prediction is, there is only one outcome.

"World Plunder... This panel doesn't just seem to be helping me; it has its own purpose."