Chapter: 32. The S-Class That Has Never Failed
On the other side of the battlefield.
The roar echoed through the air.
In the next moment, a blazing white dragon’s breath shot from the rooftop of the main teaching building, piercing the dome.
The searing breath left a distorted afterwave in the air, as if even space itself had been torn apart by this force.
After the afterwave, the world seemed to fall into a momentary silence.
In front of the main teaching building of Star Academy.
The originally high-tech silver building had been completely transformed, replaced by a heap of charred ruins.
Fortunately, today was the time for the new student banquet, and not many students or teachers had the patience to stay inside the main building to study. Once the battle between Kanade and Alice began, all unrelated persons had evacuated completely.
Thus, there were no casualties—except for Alice, who was one of the parties involved.
“… Truly worthy of being S-Class. I never expected Tsukimi to grow to this point one day.”
Alice, whose signs of dragon transformation were fading, was half-kneeling on the ground, physically exhausted.
Even though she possessed the powerful physical abilities and magical power of a dragon after fully transforming, in the face of the “infinite” vitality and magic power conversion, defeat was ultimately only a matter of time.
The “Game Authority” allowed Kanade’s every attack to deal damage, while the “Blade of Life” absorbed the residual magical energy after battle, converting it into vitality, which could then be transformed back into magical power for continued combat. Even if such conversions had their costs, it was more than enough for Kanade to maintain an absolute advantage in prolonged combat.
Moreover, as the “Beast of Star Eclipsing,” Kanade’s beast intuition made it impossible for him to be someone who could be defeated by ambush.
In other words.
Every person who fought Kanade would experience a state of despair, being “dragged to death” by him.
Even if one was strong enough not to need an ambush to defeat him in an instant—it would only require expending one “rewrite” usage.
And this was not Kanade’s full strength—
Unquestionably S-Class.
At this moment, Kanade was undoubtedly one of the strongest superhumans in the world.
Just as that girl once hoped, he had grown into a true savior capable of saving this world.
“Alice, it’s over.” Kanade slowly stepped out from the collapsed building, the Blade of Life in his hand hanging low, seemingly disinterested in continuing the fight.
The air was thick with a nauseating mix of charred flesh and blood, hard to ignore.
At the sound of his voice, Alice lifted her head. The dragon scales on her face were gradually fading, revealing her fair skin and an adorable face.
“… That’s not right. My mission has already been accomplished…” Alice replied with a smile.
That was her true feeling.
Because when she stood in front of Kanade, she had already prepared herself for the fact that she wouldn’t return.
Over the years, she had certainly heard the rumors about Kanade and understood what S-Class capabilities entailed.
Even though she had now mastered full dragon transformation and the Authority of Twilight, she still couldn’t defeat him—the Black Flame Monarch, whose dark flames could ravage the entire world, was something her mere flesh and blood could not stop.
“As long as I can buy enough time… to take Tenkou and Key away…” Alice struggled to lift her battered body.
In the distance, the sunset was about to disappear below the horizon.
That was the sign that Alice’s magical power was about to be exhausted, and she could no longer maintain her domain.
“So is this your goal?”
Surprisingly.
Kanade’s tone sounded leisurely.
He seemed completely unconcerned about Alice’s plan succeeding.
Seeing Alice lose her combat capability, he retracted the colorful blade in his hand.
“Alice, it seems you succeeded, even if I were to chase now, I probably wouldn’t catch up to Professor Tenkou,” Kanade said as he stopped three meters away from Alice, calmly asking, “But there’s something I want to understand—what exactly is Key?”
“Tsukimi…” Alice looked at Kanade with a hint of astonishment.
At that moment, Kanade’s reaction didn’t seem fake; he had genuinely given up on rescuing Tenkou.
But… why?
He was clearly one of the S-Class candidates…
Such a failure should be completely unacceptable for him…
Alice did not doubt Kanade’s obsession and love for Nagi, so she could not understand his current actions.
He was no longer the simple boy she once knew.
Now he was the Black Flame Monarch.
That S-Class superhuman who had never failed.
Why would he so easily admit his defeat now?
Alice stared blankly into Kanade’s eyes.
Her intuition told her that the man in front of her had not given up.
But his actions contradicted his will—
“Tsukimi… don’t you know? About that plan…” Alice tried to reveal some information, wanting to glean more details from Kanade’s reaction.
For instance, was his current calmness because he had already seen through her actions, and all of her recent moves had fallen into his trap, making him feel so confident?
“What plan?”
“The system developed by Star Academy…”
Alice noticed that Kanade was truly unaware of what she was talking about.
“System… Key… So you and your group are here to steal the research results of Star Academy?”
Kanade made a preliminary deduction based on the available information.
“No… We are here to prevent the system from going online… Tomorrow, a meeting regarding that system will be held… Tonight is the last opportunity…”
“I see, so Alice chose to act tonight… You must have planned this invasion for a long time, right? Being able to infiltrate Star Academy means you must have insiders within the academy…” Kanade said while reaching for his earpiece.
“After the action, they probably took the chance to escape, right?” The voice of Juunirou came through the other end of the earpiece.
“Juunirou, help me organize and list the whereabouts and states of every student, teacher, and staff member at Star Academy, and help me find their insiders.” Kanade calmly ordered.
Alice revealed a puzzled expression upon witnessing this.
“At this point… even if you find them, what use is it?”
“What else do you know about that plan and system, Alice?” Kanade didn’t seem to stop questioning but opened his mouth to Alice once more.
“What role does Professor Tenkou play in this? What significance does he hold for this plan?”
His reaction was incredibly calm, entirely beyond Alice’s expectations.
It was as if he was—extracting information.
“At this point, what’s the point of asking these questions? Unless you, Tsukimi—” when Alice couldn’t help but interrupt Kanade, she suddenly froze.
She felt her words had inadvertently touched upon a key factor.
In that moment, Alice finally understood.
If Kanade’s current actions were viewed with this premise, then all the discord would disappear and become reasonable.
His actions, his reactions, seemed just like—
“Could it be that you, Tsukimi…” Alice was suddenly drenched in cold sweat.
She recalled the rumors about Kanade, the “Black Flame Monarch.”
An S-Class that had never failed.
But such a thing shouldn’t even be theoretically possible.
Even a savior as powerful as the previous Elemental Sovereign couldn’t complete every task perfectly, unless—
Unless he could repeat it over and over until avoiding the outcome of failure…
Just then, Alice saw the glow of magic being activated—
A golden light blossomed in Kanade’s eyes.
Tick-tock—tick-tock—
The Box of Kaola was being activated.
【Rewrite the World】
