Rise of the Eromancer

Chapter 311 Revenge

"Owned… by the government?"

Perhaps even more so than the thundering blasts echoing from the Golden Tree, Remy's ears were filled with Rhys's words echoing through his mind over and over again. He didn't really think much of it at the first second, but as more breaths escaped his lips, the heavier they got as he realized what that meant.

"But…" Remy squinted his eyes as he very slowly took a step back while staring at Rukawa, "...Nihon had already publicly stated that they were absolutely not involved in this. That the thing with the nymph and Orpheus were completely done by a private sector."

"We're not involved in this," Rukawa sighed and quickly shook his head, "Whoever your source is, they're wrong. And why are you even opening this up now, Mr. Wilder?"

"Maria hasn't been wrong before, and besides…" Rhys then grabbed something from his coat — it was a copy of a deed and a photo of the school, "...She also managed to dig up the deed, and it's named after a politician — the very same who happens to be always by your side when we were at the warehouse, and then on the lookout tower."

Rukawa did not look at the paper at all; Remy, on the other hand, was staring at it while also glancing back and forth at Rukawa.

"Wait…" Remy's eyebrows began to lower, "...We're cleaning up after your people's mess? This is—"

And before Remy could finish his words, Rukawa started speaking in his own language while finally facing Rhys,

"Wilder-san, koko de nani o tassei shitai to omotte imasu ka?" Rukawa looked Rhys in the eyes as he asked him what he was hoping to achieve by doing what he was doing, "...What are you planning?"

"I am here to do what I set out to do," Rhys also spoke in Rukawa's language as he returned his glare, "Make those responsible for hurting Katarina pay for what they have done to her — I thought they were all already dead and only Orpheus and Eurydice were left…

…but it turns out there are still a lot more of you out there."

"What… what are you guys talking about?" Remy could really only blink as he looked back and forth between the two, "Wilder… what's happening?"

"Are you sure you really want to do this, Mr. Wilder?" Rukawa's already small eyes became even smaller as his eyebrows began to lower, "Right here, and now — you are going to start something?"

"I am not starting anything or did I start anything," Rhys let out a small but very deep sigh as he shook his head, "As I told you, I am just finishing what I set out here to do."

"...To make us pay?"

"To kill all of you," Rhys did not really change his expression at all so that Remy would not understand his intentions at all. He then very subtly moved his arm — and as soon as he did so, Rukawa quickly charged a pen and threw it straight at him without any hesitation.

Rhys, of course, was able to dodge not only because of his insane reflexes… but because he baited Rukawa to attack in the first place so that he wouldn't be seen as the aggressor by Remy — he even dodged toward Remy as the lightning began to scatter, grabbing him by the arm and pretending to push him away from the violent attack.

"Wh—Mr. Hanamichi!?" Remy's eyes turned wide as he just glared at Rukawa after Rhys pushed him away, "What are you—no… You really are involved in all of this! Rhys, what do we—"

"Remy," Rhys then handed Remy his radio as he started to speak in his language so that Rukawa wouldn't understand what he was saying at all, "Leave and return to Esme and the others…

…tell them that Rukawa and the Nihons have betrayed us."

"But what about—"

"Go! I have Esme connected on a private channel at No. 6, contact her immediately!" Rhys did not let Remy finish his words at all as he pushed him away. Remy only glanced at Rhys and Rukawa for a few seconds before quickly running away as fast as he could — and since he was still a Noble, he was immediately able to gain a large distance.

"!!!" Remy then quickly leaped forward into the air as he saw a pen suddenly embedded next to his feet — he did not really wait for the pen to explode, not even looking back at all and just continued to run away while trying to search the radio for Esme's private channel.

But perhaps if he looked back, he would actually notice that the pen truly did not explode at all…

…because Rhys was the one who threw it.

"What… are you trying to do…?" Rukawa's eyebrows lowered even further as he saw Rhys do that; even grabbing his own pen from his utility belt, "Did… you already planned all of this from the start? Wait…

…did the nymph even tell you to stay here?"

Rukawa then turned to look at where the nymph was, only to see Malenia and Edissa just standing by there glaring at him; doing nothing even though he and Rhys were already obviously fighting.

"...And now you have me all alone," Rukawa let out a small scoff as he looked Rhys in the eyes, "Let me guess, if I did not volunteer to stay, you would have asked me to, wouldn't you?"

"What are you even talking about, Rukawa?" Rhys let out a small but very deep sigh while shaking his head, "...Why would you attack me and Remy like that? I just wanted to know the truth."

"W…What? What are you saying!?"

Rhys was sticking to the script in his head, of course — if there was a chance that Rukawa was recording their conversation, then he needed to be as careful as possible. But of course, it was more likely that there wasn't since they all prepared in the same room, but it couldn't hurt to be too careful.

"You leave me no choice, then…" Rhys once again let out a small sigh; the expression on his face, however, was almost too stoic as he just looked Rukawa in the eyes.

And as Rukawa saw this, he could not help but just grit his teeth and grab several pens from his pockets.

"You are going to regret this, Lo—Kh!?"

And before Rukawa could even charge even a single one of his pens, a cracking pain suddenly surrounded both of his wrists before he just completely lost feeling in both of his hands.

"W…" He then quickly raised both his hands up to see what was wrong, only to see both of them completely turned into stone, "What did—"

And once again, Rukawa was not even able to finish his words before Rhys just appeared right in front of him and grabbed his petrified fists — and without even any hesitation, he crushed them into powder.

"Grah!" Rukawa could really only scream; trickles of lightning, crawling out of his eyes and severed hands — but before anything could really happen, Rhys slammed his head hard on the ground, almost completely knocking him out there and then.

Rukawa struggled to get up, but Rhys just completely pinned him down with his knee before just cutting through the back of his ankles — Rhys's scalpels were actually not sharp enough to cut through Rukawa's skin, but with Olga's speed and technique she had already shown Rhys — the scalpel became more akin to a saw than a blade as he just vibrated his hands in an insane speed.

Of course, the shrapnels that came out of the scalpels dug through and were left in the wounds that Rhys created, causing Rukawa to just grit his teeth due to the grinding pain crawling through his body.

"You… are you going to kill me…?" Rukawa's voice shivered as he still glared at Rhys, "You really think… you really think you're going to do something by killing me? Are you going to kill the politicians next!?"

Rhys did not really answer him at all and just returned his glares. But after a few seconds, Rhys crouched and leaned down; placing his lips next to Rukawa's ear.

"You do not really have to worry who dies next, you won't be alive then…" Rhys whispered quietly, "...but if you really want to know, then the only thing I could tell you is that millions of people are about to die. After all...

...it's just not my people you hurt."

"What are you—"

And before Rukawa could once again finish his words, his eyes suddenly widened as he felt the earth starting to quake — his eyes then very slowly started to stray away from Rhys… until they saw the Verdant Python very slowly starting to move,

"What did… what did you…?"

"It is going to be a tragedy what happens here," Rhys let out a small but very cold sigh that caused Rukawa's entire body to freeze, "But you do not have to worry, millions more will survive…

…knowing that you and their own government did this to them."