Chapter 145: Trickery ; Sorrow and Damnation (1/2)

Seeing the corpse of Guiche that's bereft of life under Yuno's feet, my mind begins processing the best way to deal with this.

Irene, capture his soul!

{Affirmative.}

Similar to every other time I've done this, I feel a slight suction in the air as obscure particles get sucked into my body.

{Code Status: Storing one soul.}

Receiving the confirmation, I focus on the connection between Yuno and me.

The next moment, my surroundings change as I find myself sitting opposite Yuno at a table in her old house.

”Victor?” she questions confusedly.

”It's fine,” I say before getting up and approaching her, ”I missed you.”

Enveloping her in my embrace, I begin to gently stroke her back for a few seconds.

My actions earn me a joyful hum from Yuno as she excitedly returns the hug.

After a few seconds, I let go of her and back away before saying,

”Anyway, your appearance is sure timely.”

”Eh?”

”Well, you see. Remember that bug you stepped on outside?”

”Yes. Is there a problem?”

Shaking my head, I begin giving her a brief explanation of what's happening 'outside'.

Once I'm done I take a seat at the table and say,

”This normally would've been problematic, however, it is possible to make it beneficial.”

Peering into Yuno's pink eyes, I say with a grin,

”All you have to do is follow my instructions.”

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The moment I exit the Network, I lean forward before dashing toward Yuno and throwing a kick at her stomach.

In response to this, Yuno places her arms in front of herself to block the kick, however, this results in her getting launched backward a few meters.

Once she has stabilized her body, Yuno points her palm toward me as a Sigillum appears on it.

”Ignis!”

Right after Yuno's voice fades out, fiery flames 'escape' from her palm and move in my direction.

Spreading my arms, I use the earth element to form a wall all around me, blocking the flames and the view of everyone outside.

I then proceed to press my foot against Guiche's body and form Flames of Devastation to burn his body down.

Thankfully, the flames do their work rather fast and there is no smell.

Could it be an aspect of Destruction?

Anyway, I couldn't use Termination to simply erase the body, as that would sap me of whatever energy I have left.

A solid five seconds, later Guiche has completely disappeared.

I immediately access the database and begin creating a new body similar to his old one, except the fact that this one doesn't have smashed bones and ruptured organs.

As I direct his soul into the body, I begin thinking of ways to make this more believable.

First, I create clothes quite similar to his old ones and randomly rip them while using Pyrokinesis to form some burn marks.

Next, I beat Guiche up a little, as not getting injured from what happened before will be absurd.

For more credibility, I specifically targeted his face.

Done with this, I directly leap out and observe the state of affairs outside.

To my surprise, numerous students along with Jean are attempting to surround Yuno and Krul with their wands pointing at the two.

Shaking my head, I fly toward Yuno and exclaim,

”Everybody, settle down!”

Hearing my words, most of the students get confused as they look at each other, not knowing what to do.

”Just do it,” I say loudly.

Fortunately, this time, they heed my words and put their wands away.

”Sir Wales, what's going on?” Jean inquires while walking toward me.

Here, we go. This is the opportunity that I had mentioned to Yuno earlier.