Nah...
His eyes followed the gigantic figure as if it had just stepped out of some Godzilla movie.
Hell nahh...
Honestly, looking at it now made him seriously doubt whether he could even run fast enough. The school building looked like a toy house compared to this thing.
The centipede's form was now covered in sharp, jagged spikes. The details were a bit over-the-top, but they looked so cool that we can just ignore that.
Its fangs were sharper than razors. Four pairs of eyes darted around, able to look in four directions at once. Its body was a fusion of machinery and Kaiju.
He wished Pacific Rim or Evangelion were real so they could deal with this thing quickly. Because this creature was both insanely cool and impossible to look away from...
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock
The sound of a clock rang out right above its head, like a cherry on top of a cake. A mechanical clockwork Kaiju centipede. It was seriously, seriously TOO COOL!
EVERY BOY'S DREAM WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIS EYES!!
'Master,' Saber's voice rang out, as if reminding him to return to reality.
"Ah, sorry. I got a bit too excited just now."
ROAAAAGHHHHHH!!!
Its roar echoed, blowing his hair back.
Insane! Way too cool!!
'Master,' Saber reminded him again.
"Sorry, it's just too awesome."
"I have to admit, it really is cool," Angra, who was watching together with Vincent, couldn't help but exclaim.
"I learned from Yu-Gi-Oh's monster designs. When it comes to creating monsters, Yu-Gi-Oh really doesn't mess around," Vincent boasted.
"Sugoi sugoi!" Angra clapped her hands, her eyes sparkling with innocent admiration as she looked at Vincent.
...Back to the war.
Saber glanced at the Kaiju, then at Caster.
Caster had been sliced in half. One arm had been severed and fallen off, with a horrifying blackened burn clearly visible on the terrible wound.
Surprisingly, Caster's Master was completely unharmed, proving that Caster had protected him well despite turning him into that disgusting form.
Saber narrowed her eyes. She was certain she had delivered an insanely powerful slash, yet he still wasn't dead.
Most notably… she hadn't felt his Spiritual Core the moment she cut him.
"Hehehehehe."
"What's so funny?" Saber glared at Caster, who was still able to laugh.
"This battle… I like it a lot! I like it extremely!" Caster laughed with delight in a voice that sounded like a short, blond vampire.
"Everything is going exactly as planned! The meaningless sacrifices have been carried out. Everything I've done has succeeded. The only thing I regret now is that I won't be able to enjoy the fun anymore."
"What do you mean?" She raised her sword, grabbed his hair, and forced him to face her.
"Hehehe… We put on a really great show. Now those guys should be much stronger than usual."
"Those guys?"
Saber stared into his smiling eyes and realized something.
"…You bastard, you're trying to nurture a Beast?!"
"Ding dong! 9 points for Seiba! -1 because you noticed too late~"
He then looked at the Kaiju with a satisfied expression.
"It won't be long now. The Beast will appear. Your preparation time has been destroyed by me. Fun, right?"
"With the lives of all the students in this school, it should be more than enough. If you want to protect as many lives as you can, then go ahead and try. Either way, my goal has already been achieved and it can't be stopped anymore~"
"Don't worry, everything I did was for the benefit of humanity~ They have to go through suffering themselves to find true freedom. A life not controlled by anyone, where they have to fend for themselves. Isn't that better? For me, it's more than good enough—"
BAM!!!
She slammed Caster hard into the ground with such force that his Master behind him let out a scream that didn't sound human.
"OH? YOU'RE ANGRY? YOU'RE ANGRY, HUH?! YOU'RE REALLY ANGRY??! AHAHAHA—"
"SHUT YOUR MOUTH!!!!"
The flames on her sword burned brighter than ever as she swung a powerful strike at Caster.
Caster simply gave a smug smile.
BAM!!!
...
Saber looked at Caster and his Master, now charred black, mangled, and unrecognizable.
...She was sure he was dead, yet his Spiritual Core still remained.
There were only two possibilities…
She glanced at the Kaiju, which was radiating an incredibly powerful presence, and recalled his words.
There were two possibilities: his Spiritual Core had transferred to the Kaiju, which was why it still existed.
Or worse — the Kaiju now belonged to someone else, someone who possessed Caster's Spiritual Core.
And she was certain the second possibility was the most likely.
The Beast now held Caster's Spiritual Core.
"Perfect. Now how am I supposed to protect all these students, when even the ones I save will just become fuel for the Beast? There really is nothing worse than this."
If that hero of justice in the red were here, he would probably have no choice but to sacrifice those innocent students to turn them into Mana. It sounded cruel, but otherwise the Beast would appear sooner and become even stronger.
Or he would find a way to save them and then sacrifice himself. That sounded exactly like something that hero of justice would do.
"...I should prioritize Master first," Saber thought for a moment before running toward Robert.
Meanwhile, Robert found it strange that the Kaiju was just standing there motionless, but he took advantage of it to run.
"There are still a lot of people in the school. I need to do something to lead them out of here."
With that in mind, he headed toward the cafeteria since everyone was still gathered there.
But the moment he opened the cafeteria door, he saw many students huddled fearfully in one corner, while the teachers were calmly trying to reassure them.
They probably mistook the earlier noise for an earthquake.
As he walked in, he was startled to see a fat man, apparently a teacher crushed under debris and bleeding.
...This place really was a mess.
"Hey miss! How many people are here?!" He ran over to a nearby female teacher, startling her.
"Huh? Who are you?!"
"I'm a police officer!" He showed her his badge, startling her even more.
"WHAT?! ARE YOU HERE TO ARREST US?!"
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU THINKING?!"
"Well, that's what police usually do, right? Arresting innocent people, shooting unarmed civilians, protecting criminals with records. It wouldn't be surprising at all."
Was the police's reputation really that bad??
"Look, I'm not here to arrest anyone. I'm here to save people. Right now, I need to know exactly how many people are in here."
"Oh, there are about 1,000 students and 100 teachers. So far, only one teacher has died."
That many?!
"I'm sorry I didn't arrive sooner. Letting even one life be lost is truly—"
"Eh, don't worry. We don't know about the others, but we're actually glad that this guy is dead," the teacher said in a completely casual tone.
"Huh?"
"See that guy?" She pointed at the corpse Robert had just noticed.
"He used to harass a lot of female teachers. He was only suspended after he threatened and raped a female student once he found out she had a boyfriend in the class next door."
...Suspended? That's it? Not fired?
"Oh look!" She pointed at the corpse Robert had noticed earlier.
This time, a seemingly innocent-looking female student standing nearby was crying.
"Waa waa waa! I miss my mom… Waa waa— GO DIE YOU FUCKING OLD BASTARD!!! Waa waa, mommy!!!" She kicked the corpse hard in the crotch, then went back to pretending to cry pitifully.
...Holy shit.