My Destiny To Be Loved By The Villains[part 1 Complete ]

Chapter 52: Curse Removal (2)

༺ Curse Removal (2) ༻

In reality, even if it was a security system prepared by the Seraphs, merely touching it wouldn't immediately trigger mass hysteria or cause the Seraphs themselves to emerge.

Let's say that an important facility was being infiltrated and alarms started blaring, would the higher-ups come running to stop the trespasser by themselves? Of course not.

Logically, the first ones who'd come running would be the 'security force'.

-!

And the security force that angels usually deployed was the Automaton, an autonomous combat doll equipped with a core.

A mechanical giant made of steel marched its way out from within the light cluster.

Fitting of its size, every stomp of the giant made the entire dome tremble.

"...An Automaton made of starsteel? How are the three of us supposed to deal with something like that!?"

Iliya let out a scream of panic.

Speaking about starsteel, it was the metallic substance making up the core of the Heart of the Star that I just struck. In terms of strength, hardness, or any other criteria, it was the highest-grade metal that one could wish for in this world. Like, there was a reason why they used it as a base material for the Holy Sword.

As Iliya mentioned, a couple of mere students would never be able to take it down. We would at least need to bring someone at the level of a department head to match the power difference.

"..."

I remained silent as I stared ahead.

System Notification

[ A moment of danger has been detected. ]

[ Determined the situation as life-threatening. ]

[ Skill: Desperation raised to Grade A. ]

Grade A, huh?

The fact that it didn't get raised to EX grade felt strange, but...

This was probably because they were just machines that followed predefined commands. And so, they failed to fulfill the 'hostile intent' condition during the grade adjustment process of the Desperation skill.

"..."

I let out a bitter laugh.

Well, when someone openly tried to harm a holy relic left by the Seraphs, it honestly didn't matter whether it was an angel or a machine that came out.

The thing was, because of the 'Commandments', angels were prohibited from directly harming someone anyway. Even in situations where they had to resort to force, they still couldn't directly intervene.

As such, the reason why this machine was so sluggish was because it was trying to find a way to subdue its opponent without using force.

'...When you think about it, it's quite ironic.'

Devils relatively had more freedom to intervene in the material world.

Fragments of their main bodies were already scattered throughout the material world, and even though their followers might not flaunt their status, they were enormous in number. Additionally, under the right conditions, they could manifest themselves directly through the Vessels by using the fragments that they attached.

In contrast, angels could, at most, only indirectly provide graces or blessings to someone.

For their actual body to emerge directly into the material world, it required more than just a Devil's Fragment attaching itself to a Vessel; it demanded a level of complexity beyond the Vessel going wild.