Traveling through the game world, starting out as a third-rate villain

"Huh... this is really tough..."

After Ethan completed his self-awakening, the others were able to deal with the incoming enemies more calmly. Coupled with the disappearance of the mana interference, the situation of the battle began to turn around, and the half-demons entered a stage of retreat.

Thanks to the support of the Anti-Demon Squad, the situation was finally under control.

They now had a chance to look around. As the enemy's strength could not be underestimated, everyone had been very busy before.

Whoosh! Boom!

However, as the mana interference disappeared, a violent girl began to show her power.

"Die! Die! Die!"

Irina's red hair fluttered in the ashes of the flames as she used fire magic to vent her anger on the half-demon.

"She's angry." Ethan said, looking at Irina's figure.

Bang!

"Yeah, she's angry," Lucas added immediately, slumping in his chair. His clothes were torn and there were some wounds on his body. Although he looked fine, it was obvious that he had not fully recovered.

"When mana interferes, she probably feels useless. Unlike us, she is a mage. Without mana, she is a burden."

"Speak softly, and it's best not to say this in front of her." Ethan reminded.

"I know, man. Do you think I want to die?"

"Lucas, don't be lazy." Just then, a burly man came over with a war hammer in his hand.

"Ah...let me rest for a while, Carl."

"We can't stop yet, the enemy is still there." Carl's words were serious, in contrast to Lucas's careless tone. His eyes were like knives, piercing straight at the slumped Lucas.

"Brother, can't you see that the battle is almost over? Let me catch my breath."

Carl's words were a bit harsh, but the fighting was indeed gradually subsiding. Although some conflicts could still be heard in the banquet hall, most of the half-demons had already begun to retreat, and the portals were closing one by one.

"Don't let them get away! Attack!"

"Take care of the wounded!"

Just like a battlefield, parts of House Black's forces were pursuing the retreating enemy while other healers were tending to the wounded.

"Yeah, we can take a break now." Julia also approached the group, holding a broken sword in her hand.

"Your sword is broken?" Ethan asked.

"It's just an ordinary sword. Our family's swordsmanship cannot be performed with an ordinary sword." Julia replied with a shrug.

As she said, during this battle, she and Lucas had to switch swords frequently and almost lost their lives.

"That's true." Ethan nodded, looking at the battle situation around him. His body was also in tatters, and his injuries were much more serious than those of others.

"You should get treatment now," Julia said, looking at his wound.

"Treatment?" Ethan was a little confused for a moment, until his eyes followed Julia's fingers and saw his wound, then he realized the seriousness of the injury.

"Were you so engrossed in the battle just now that you couldn't even feel the pain?"

"..." Ethan did not answer, but stared at the body being carried away. He remembered what the half-demon said.

'Human nature is weakness.'

He remembered these words not because of their profoundness, but because of what they revealed about the twisted mind of his enemy.

"You don't have to think too much." Julia's voice interrupted Ethan's thoughts, and she was also looking at the same place.

“…”

"Half-demons," Julia said, echoing Ethan's thoughts. "They're just monsters who have abandoned their humanity for power."

“…”

"So, you don't need to treat them as human beings." She said, gently stroking the broken sword. "Death is the only ending they deserve."

"...You're right." Ethan stood up slowly, "But I don't believe that all the evil in this world is irredeemable."

"Redemption... they will never want to redeem themselves, you should know that."

"…But it's human nature that makes us at least willing to try, isn't it? Some people are just misguided, and if we just abandon them, then we're no different from them."

At this point, a gloomy figure appeared in his mind.

'If he were here, what would he say?'

Ethan walked and thought, a smile unconsciously appeared on the corner of his mouth. For some reason, he wanted to chat and exchange ideas with him now.

'When I return to the academy, I must talk to him.'

However, it was a little difficult for him to do this now because the pain from the wound began to return gradually as the adrenaline wore off.

"Please wait a moment." Just as he was walking, a medical staff came over and immediately began to treat his wounds.

"Please drink this." She handed Ethan a bottle of potion and began to use healing magic to speed up the healing.

"You can go now."

"Thanks."

Ethan nodded and prepared to leave. However, when he turned around, his attention was attracted by the commotion between the manor guards and the butler.

The way they were talking and the butler's angry expression were impossible for him to ignore.

His intuition told him that something important was about to happen.

"Still can't contact Master Caesar?"

"Yeah. No reply."

The housekeeper's eyes widened when he heard this.

“Damn it!”

He knew what procedures were followed when the heir of the Black family was in danger, so he understood that Caesar would most likely be escorted to a safe house.

whoosh!

The butler immediately disappeared from where he was and rushed to the place in his mind.

'What's going on?'

As Ethan thought about it, he walked towards where everyone was gathered. The disappearance of the heir of the Black family meant that the Black family would definitely take revenge, and a disaster was about to happen.

......

"Shocking news."

I sat in the room, listening to the news reporter's report while examining the items in the bracelet.

The news anchor on the TV screen adjusted his tie, cleared his throat, and prepared to report the latest news. The title displayed on the screen was "Black family heir disappeared at the grand banquet."

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen," the news anchor's voice was full of urgency and seriousness, "We are going to bring you a breaking news that shocked the whole city. The heir of the Black family, Caesar Black, disappeared at a grand banquet hosted by the family. The banquet invited the elites of the whole city, and the scene was once chaotic."

I nodded when I heard the news.

"Sure enough, it happened. Caesar Black's disappearance was inevitable. Since that man was hunting him, it was bound to happen sooner or later, and I had no intention of intervening."

After all, Caesar Black is just an insignificant person to me, and I have no obligation to save him.

Just as I was thinking this, the camera switched to the luxurious banquet hall with the vast Black Manor in the background.

"Earlier today, the Black family's grand banquet was thrown into chaos by an attack by a group of unidentified intruders," the news anchor continued. "Security forces and manor guards responded quickly, and the situation is now under control. However, in the chaos, the heir Caesar Black disappeared."

A picture of Caesar Black was shown on the screen, his confident and calm demeanor in stark contrast to the current crisis.

"this......"

Just as the news anchor was about to continue, I turned off the channel. From that moment on, what they said was just nonsense to appease the public reaction, and it was meaningless.

"The Black family will go crazy," I muttered to myself as I looked at my spoils.

The items I took from the vault were rare, but not extremely valuable.

The reason was simple: to be on the safe side. Considering the Black family's powerful influence, they would frantically search for clues about the attackers, so I wasn't greedy enough to rob them all.

They would have likely thought that the people who had kidnapped Caesar and attacked the party had stolen their belongings.

Therefore, they will mobilize resources to search the market, and any clues related to these finances may lead them to Caesar.

That's why I didn't take items that were extremely rare or that I didn't plan to use.

If I sell these items, I'm putting myself at risk. This rule doesn't apply to items I use personally, or items that are difficult to track.

[Shadow Armor] is the first one. Since I plan to use it myself, I don't need to hide it.

"Here's the second one," I muttered to myself as I grabbed the second item I would personally use.

【Spinning Blade】

This is a specially designed blade with a specific aerodynamic structure and enhanced by runes.

This is a set of throwable daggers that return to their owner whenever they are summoned. This is their property. The connection between the dagger and the wielder is not broken unless the mana supply stops.

This is a very popular item in the game, opening up new possibilities for the way players fight.

Next up, is one of the most popular materials in the game.

【Deformed Metal】

This is a material that only the Black family can obtain, and no one else can obtain it. This material can create countless possibilities for weapons and allow weapons to change their forms.

Apart from these, the rest is just a bunch of garbage to me.

【tribe】

I started contacting my special teams…