Demon Lord's Reincarnation

Funnily enough, I saw exactly how Cindy managed to use the butt of her sword to smack it right on Brian's temple before she got tackle-speared into oblivion, making both of them tumble badly on the floor. However, with how Cindy's face was still drenched in water and bits of spaghetti sauce, she kept hitting Brian with the butt of her sword as she was trying to wipe her face with her sleeves.

It's just that she had already scored a critical hit on Brian's temple and he'd sooner run out of saving throws to survive the day.

However, she soon realized she was hitting the wrong guy but another water balloon plopped at her forehead before drenching her again.

"WHAT THE FUCK IS THIIIIIIS?! COME OUT HERE SO I COULD STICK THIS S-STICK UP YOUR ASS! YOU— STOP THROWING FUCKING WATER BALLOONS AT ME!!!"

Ignoring her screams, I was already circling around after I lobbed the third water balloon over her head, and I had just received word that JP and Tennyson were already packed and ready for shipment.

It was for the Phase 2 of this particular activity but that other shit would come a little later.

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But yeah, even if I circled around to get to Cindy's back, I made myself known by emitting killing intent and letting her know I was standing right behind her—and I made my "bloody" knife sheen from the small amounts of light seeping through the curtain slits.

"W-What—"

And before she could utter another word, I emotionlessly took a step forward before I suddenly bridged the distance between us, and kicked her a few feet off Brian's body.

Judging from the looks on her face, she was still confused but more afraid of what was going on but her eyes never grew so wide when she saw me stab Brian over and over and over.

With this visibility, it easily masked the whole racket but as I saw her take off and leave her items on the floor, I instantly gave chase and easily grabbed hold of her ponytail.

From the way she was trying to kick me off and struggling with tears in her eyes, I knew that the fear was real and she was at her breaking point so once again, I knocked her out with a sleeper hold by you know, holding her tightly until she falls asleep—around her neck, of course.

At that point, I began to carry her back to the same spot where Brian was and there I saw Tatiana putting Brian's body in a wooden coffin.

In addition, Tatiana and I just shared hand signals but I was still very careful so as to not conjure a Raikiri or a Rasengan. But yeah, as soon as I had them package the last two items, I called Rin to send the second batch of victims— err, Hell Week participants.

On another note, to preserve this place's surprises, they were all in the gym just a few steps across the street and they had no idea what the fuck their brethren just went through.

One of the reasons I used genuine fear as a stopping point was the time I was almost hacked to death by Aoi and that dark time when I lost my parents. It was just conjuring that particular emotion before cutting it off right before deep roots set in so as to not completely leave my precious students with trauma they'd need several therapy sessions to overcome.

But yeah, it wasn't like they haven't feared anything yet but the reason I'm doing this hazing process of sorts was like the time I replaced Tatiana's fear of the Hulker to myself—like I was forcefully suggesting to my students that they could be afraid of the dark, heights, or a frickin' cockroach but there existed a guy that they should fear above everyone else.

Me.

Then again, we still have a lot of processes—and participants—to go through but I just couldn't hide the smile on my fucking face when Seb and Marvin walked in.

Not to play favorites or anything but the people who somehow keep their emotions in check or wore their hearts on their sleeve—like me—had the highest chance for this "ritual" of sorts to work out. There could be a different way to handle different personality types in this type of situation but let's just say the more they were similar to me, the higher the chance my bullshit method works.

But yeah, as soon as the gate was closed behind them, they were like wet puppies caught between a hailstorm and a hurricane but let's just say that apes together strong because these two leaned on each other's backs as they didn't move from their spot.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

They were trying to get used to the dark as much as possible but June foiled their plans as she played the recording of Cindy's screams as I dragged her to one corner of this obstacle course.

It definitely made the two hesitate but in their heads, they still knew that it was just a scare tactic to throw off their game, and Cindy wasn't a Scream Queen that she'd be able to envelop the whole area with her high-pitched shriek. While it was probably possible, June ramped up the volume too much—and without my go-ahead—so I went with a rather barbaric or awful way to separate them.

As they were trying to get used to the dark, I had all the lights turned on at the same fucking time—and it was fucking enough to burn a vampire's retina and a frozen burrito.

All the two could do was close both their eyes and fire aimlessly but I had already dropped down—mission: impossible-style—and kidnapped Marvin as I grabbed on his body and put a cloth laced with chloroform on his mouth as I began to tie him up in this small platform from above.

Right after that, Seb was still reeling from the sudden flash but he was shocked to fuck when I slung a rope on his leg—which almost pulled him up—and then later realized that Marvin was on the other end.

"W-What the— Is that— WHAT?! MAR—"

I cut him off, "Don't bother, he's fast asleep."

Before he could even have the chance to reply, I just started to beat him senselessly—hitting every part that would fucking hurt—but he stood his fucking ground so as to not drop Marvin who was hanging at least a couple tens of feet. It's just that it wasn't actually Marvin on the other end of the rope but the same fucking ballistic torso I surprised Cindy with.

And yeah, I admire his dedication to protecting Marvin from fucking danger but there's a stark difference between their weight—and even if he was caught in the heat of the moment, he should've at least tried to fight back or sacrificed Marvin so at least one of them could've lived.

While I was a proponent of getting everyone to safety, this was just one of those times where indecisiveness was just suicide or in this case, a double-suicide with extra steps because if I were in "Marvin's" shoes I wouldn't want to be the cause of my friend's death because I got caught.

Still, I couldn't hide the smile in my fucking eyes when I felt Seb let out actual killing intent as he thought I was playing with Marvin's life just to teach a fucking class.

He was staring at me with cold, dead eyes—and he looked like he'd snap any second—but I took it a step further as I pulled out an actual knife and cut off the rope "Marvin" was tied to.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

At the current moment, I was fucking ready to receive his lunge but I couldn't be more happy when he rushed to Marvin's "corpse", it's just that he almost lost his shit when he discovered his blunder and smelled spaghetti sauce, but I made my way towards him with a smile as I put my hand over his shoulder:

"Maaaan, I would've loved you to skip Phase 2 and let you go to Phase 3 but rules are rules. I'm gonna knock you out now."

"W-What?! Y-YOU— WHERE— Hnngh…"

In that instance, I still had the piece of cloth with chloroform on it so next thing we know, Tatiana was rolling another coffin while I had the actual Marvin tied on the rope but hanging more than fucking 20 feet above the ground. At this point, he'd actually die if I accidentally dropped him or cut off his rope but I had different plans for this guy as much as a different approach for Seb.

These two people had almost the same personality like me but the difference was that Seb was one to let go and forgive while Marvin tended to bide his time and wait for the opportune moment.

So how do we tie this into Marvin's current situation?

Nothing. I just cut the rope again and let him freefall before he fucking discovered there was a bungee cord also tied to his body.