Chapter 9: The Mysterious Little Girl

Boom!

Another satisfying, soul-refreshing face-punch. Liya successfully defended the ring once again. Standing high on the arena, looking down at the defeated crowd, Liya suddenly felt a sense of boredom.

Was it that no truly powerful demonfolk had come? Or what? Otherwise, how could they all be so pathetic?

“Hey, I say, are all the students in this academy mollusks? Do they have no other talent besides wriggling on the ground? Not a single one can fight! Even that first stupid pig was more durable. By the way, where is that stupid pig? Sent to the infirmary? Seeing a vet? Should I send him some feed? I have some experience in pig raising…”

Liya sat on the ring, venting negative emotions while feeling utterly bored.

“Speaking of pigs, especially the stupid kind, you just beat them to death. If you beat them to death, they become a drinking snack; if they don’t die, they become obedient. Perfect, right? Haha! Anyone else? Hurry up! I have to go eat soon! Quick!”

As he spoke, he got more excited, and Liya suddenly felt as if he were drunk.

Below the ring, a third of the students were those who had been beaten into serious injury by Liya’s fists and kicks. The remaining two-thirds were trembling onlookers. There wasn’t even a single brave challenger left. What a decline in morals, what a decline.

When my master scolded me like that, I got up and attacked him three hundred and sixty-four times in a row. In the end, if it weren’t for my broken hands and feet, I definitely could have gotten up one more time.

“Young people have no perseverance…”

“What have you done, Liya!!!!”

“Eeeeek!!!”

An involuntary cute sound escaped his lips, but Liya’s mood was far from cute—more like full of fright.

And just as it sounded, Christine was already standing on the ring, seemingly using some teacher privilege.

“I just went to check on the other students’ battles… And it turned into this here, Liya!”

“Well, that! It’s mainly because they can’t take a hit! It’s not my fault!”

“That’s not what I’m asking! Liya, girls shouldn’t curse casually! Be modest!”

“…”

He almost cursed aloud but held back with willpower. Unlike the students, Christine was a teacher and a senior. Given the long lifespan of demonfolk, even adding his previous life’s age, this teacher was probably older. He couldn’t be rude to a senior.

This was the truth his master taught him.

“T-that’s Teacher Christine!”

“It seems so. Teacher Christine of Class A… Who is that little girl? So scary! Not only is her aura strong, but her strength is overwhelming. No one can beat her!”

“Who knows? Didn’t you see that third-year student get knocked down by her in one punch?”

“Truly [vicious]…”

To be honest, Liya heard the surrounding students’ whispers clearly—it was hard not to. He felt his blood pressure rising again.

Hadn’t he made it clear to these guys? The reason he was so angry was obviously this—

‘I am a man! Not some loli, dammit! Can’t you see through the appearance and understand that I’m a true man?! A bunch of brainless humans!’

Opening his mouth, anger drove Liya to activate all his muscles. His face turned frosty, and he coldly glared at the surrounding students. His small cherry mouth slightly opened. Christine, closest to him, immediately sensed danger and hurried forward to say something… But before that, Liya spoke.

BOOM!!!!!

No one heard what he said. No, he seemed to have uttered only one word, but it was like a demonic sound piercing the brain. No one could clearly hear what he said; they only felt dizzy, weak in limbs. It was as if they were hit head-on by a hammer.

And this wasn’t a personal feeling. All the students around Liya’s ring, even Christine, felt unbearable headaches and intense weakness. Except for Christine, who as a teacher with excellent mana was only weak for a few seconds, the others had already sat down on the ground, and those with weaker constitutions fainted on the spot.

In short, it was such a violent effect.

At this moment, standing on the ring, Liya looked like he had the prowess to repel a million-strong army alone. Of course, maybe his face was a bit pale, and he lacked a spear, but his aura was perfect.

“…Huff… Huff…” Taking deep breaths, Liya gradually calmed his boiling blood and breath, and swept a disdainful glance around.

‘Hmph! A bunch of trash dare to see me as a woman? “Having eyes but no sight” is praising you!’

Unconsciously, Liya’s mindset had become younger. Was it a psychological issue from his second life? Just as Liya was seriously considering whether to study his own psychology, Christine finally spoke:

“Liya?!”

“Huh? Ah? Ah! What’s wrong, Teacher?”

Because of his overly serious reply, it was Christine who was startled. But she quickly calmed down, considered, and said:

“That just now, was it some magic? Mental type?”

“Huh? Which? … Ah! You mean [True Word].”

“[True Word]?” Christine was curious.

“Actually, it’s just a special vocal technique. If you have time, Teacher Christine, I can teach you, but it’s quite hard to practice.”

Unlike most methods that use vocal cords, the so-called True Word uses the whole body’s muscles to produce sound. Only one syllable at a time, but with considerable power. ‘Demonic sound piercing the brain’ is an apt description. Of course, because it drives the whole body, the burden is also large, so—

“If you want to learn, well, basically you need to do two thousand push-ups every day first…”

“Okay, I’m completely not interested in this anymore~!”

Christine stretched and said no more. Maybe geniuses are special. Since Liya was a genius in her judgment, it was fine for him to be a bit special. The string of curses just now might be a way to release stress…

“In any case, we’re about done, right? Want to go eat dinner? My treat.”

“Really?!”

“Of course! But only the free meal set in the cafeteria.”

“Tch.”

In the end, Liya voluntarily stepped down from the ring and left with Christine. As they walked, the one big and one small looked very warm. But for some reason, after that, the arena spread this rumor—

[A mysterious little girl appeared out of nowhere. After defeating countless students, she claimed to be undefeated. She left with a teacher. Suspected to be a terrifying android warrior secretly cultivated by the academy, a replica based on a certain genius student. There are twenty thousand models…]

In short, it was an unreliable academy rumor.

And Liya, without his knowledge, became famous in the academy to some extent.

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