saiki

chapter 23

CHAPTER 23 – GROUP PROJECT (2)

Time flew by, and several weeks passed.

“Baek Yu-seol. What did I tell you? Don’t use materials you aren’t supposed to.”

He was boiling mad! Professor Maizen Tyren had directed his attention to the antidote on my experiment table.

“To improve the results, I slightly modified the professor’s recipe.”

“……What?”

“Take a look at this. When I substituted red iodine juice for tomato sauce, the detoxification effect was nearly doubled…”

“You are…….”

Maizen checked the antidote I’d made, biting his lip as if looking for something to say and shouted.

“Why do you come to school if you’re just going to do whatever you want?”

He really had a point, but my goal was to hurt Professor Maizen Tyren’s feelings, and I had no intention of changing my mind.

This was because the boss of [Episode 8 ‘Erosion of Black Evil’], which would occur later, was Professor Maizen Tyren.

The fourth episode hadn’t even begun yet… but I needed to prepare ahead of time. After all, he was an exceedingly powerful and dangerous boss.

[Maizen Tyren]

* Progression of Black Magic Erosion: 21%

(Inferiority, Jealousy) Black Demon Contractor

Professor of Alchemy

Episode 8 Boss

Black magic confirmed

Maizen was one of the villains who became a black demon after being unable to overcome his negative feelings.

If the ‘Black Magic Erosion,’ in which emotions are gradually dyed black, exceeded 90%, he would completely transform into a black demon.

I could tell because of the copper glasses, but there was no way to prove it, so I couldn’t report it to the Black Demon Slayers, who hunted down and executed wizards consumed by black magic.

Therefore, I purposefully provoked him. That way, I was able to rapidly raise the professor’s erosion level. Once it reached 50%, the effect would be noticeable but not too dangerous, and I could call the Black Demon Slayers.

If it was just normal black magic erosion, there might be a way to reverse it before it was too late.

There were numerous ways to undo the black horse erosion until it reached 70%, such as drugs, magic, or voluntarily awakening.

But he was a ‘black demon contractor’. He himself made a pact with the Black Demon, a wizard who threw his own body into darkness.

He had already the seeds of a black demon planted in his body, and it was already impossible to get rid of them.

However, he wasn’t just going to become a Black Demon, he was also going to turn into a boss who threatened Stella with an ability that affected other students and turned them into Black Demons.

To avoid that, I was trying to draw attention to myself, intending to minimize collateral damage.

Of course, it was a futile hope.

However, in his episode, many characters were seriously injured, and in the worst-case scenario, there could be a ‘bad ending’ right away, so I decided to give it my all to prevent it.