Chapter 124
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Volume 3 + Chapter 124: Atrocity
“What’s wrong with the Sword Saint?”
His earlier roar sent chills down everyone’s spines—it didn’t sound human at all.
Xia Yi also found it bizarre.
The Sword Saint was behaving extremely abnormally, giving her the strange impression that what lay beneath that armor wasn’t human, but rather…
“ROOOAAARR!!”
The Sword Saint unleashed a second roar before stomping forward.
A swordsman’s intuition screamed in Xia Yi’s mind. “Hill, retreat!!” she shouted.
“Xia Yi…?!”
Without thinking, Hill instinctively obeyed, leaping backward.
BOOM!
The Sword Saint’s stomp cratered the ground where Hill had just stood.
Had Xia Yi not warned her, Hill would have been crushed.
But it didn’t end there. The force rippled outward like a stone dropped in water, warping the ground and unleashing a massive shockwave.
KABOOM!!
Debris flew everywhere, striking bystanders and even the Sword Saint’s own subordinates, sending many flying and injured.
The crowd was stunned.
In everyone’s minds, the Holy Sword Wielder was humanity’s hero, fighting to protect them.
Even if he had personal conflicts with his student, would the Human Sword Saint really harm innocent people?
This frenzy didn’t resemble a human hero at all, but rather…
A monster.
THUD-THUD-THUD-THUD
The Sword Saint’s heartbeat drummed like war drums, pumping upper-species blood through his enhanced body.
He could clearly feel the dragon’s power within him growing stronger, his blood boiling with heat.
“Damn it…” the Sword Saint cursed internally.
He hadn’t completely lost rationality—he could still think.
But he couldn’t control his artificially enhanced heart.
Like a vehicle without brakes, it kept accelerating. If pushed beyond its limits, he’d lose all reason.
This hybrid body was immensely powerful, but its greatest flaw was its uncontrollability.
Yet despite knowing this—and being witnessed by others—the Sword Saint didn’t stop.
He had to obtain Xia Yi.
No matter who stood in his way…
Only with that potion could he become the perfect hybrid.
The Sword Saint’s vision flickered between light and darkness, mirroring his unstable consciousness. In moments of darkness, his body seemed to move on its own.
He decided to end this quickly.
Abandoning any thought of retrieving his weapon, the Sword Saint charged—every second of delay increased his danger.
“Out of my way!”
He appeared before Hill in an instant, swinging his armored fist toward her.
The wind pressure from the monstrous punch made it difficult for Hill to even raise her sword.
This power completely surpassed hers.
“Slash his forearm, Hill!!” Xia Yi shouted another warning.
Hill’s eyes sharpened as she concentrated her sword intent into a single point, slicing through the punch’s wind pressure to deliver a full-power strike to the Sword Saint’s forearm.
CLANG!
Trusting Xia Yi’s advice saved her—the deflection altered the punch’s trajectory, causing it to miss entirely.
But the sheer force difference still sent Hill flying backward.
Xia Yi sprinted forward, catching Hill as they both tumbled to the ground.
“Are you okay?!” Xia Yi helped Hill up.
“I-I’m… fine… mostly…”
Hill shook her head, trying to clear the disorientation from the shockwave.
Bystanders began screaming in terror, fleeing the scene.
“That’s enough!!”
Though terrified, Lia gritted her teeth and stepped forward.
If this continued, things would spiral completely out of control.
“Sword Saint! Harming innocents brings shame to the Schubert family!! Stop this immediately—there’s no need to go this far!!”
“So noisy!”
The Sword Saint clutched his helmet—Lia’s voice had never grated on him so badly.
His vision blurred momentarily before going dark.
“……”
In eerie silence, the Sword Saint turned toward Lia, his murderous intent now unrestrained.
“What are you… doing?” Lia trembled violently.
“GRAAAH!”
The Sword Saint swung his arm horizontally at Lia’s waist.
At this intensity, a normal human body couldn’t possibly withstand the impact.
Unlike prodigies like Hill, fear paralyzed Lia—she couldn’t even muster a defense, let alone fight back.
A direct hit would absolutely—
Xia Yi snatched Hill’s sword and activated a movement technique, closing the distance instantly. As she entered attack range, she unleashed a sword flash.
The blade’s light sent the Sword Saint flying, his forearm armor splitting open from Xia Yi’s strike.
“Eh…?”
Lia stared in shock at Xia Yi, realizing she’d just been saved.
“Grrr…”
The Sword Saint climbed to his feet, seemingly unfazed.
Through the armor’s crack, Xia Yi glimpsed something shocking—not human skin, but scales.
Superhuman strength and this draconic aura… Could it be…
This impostor had become a dragon?!
The little princess reached this startling conclusion.
“This is bad,” Xia Yi muttered.
Her opponent possessed dragon strength while she remained in human form due to the transformation potion. Defeating a dragon as a human would be extremely difficult.
Actually, defeating him wasn’t the hard part.
But to do so, she’d need to either revert to her dragon form or unleash the holy sword.
Should she do it now?
Revealing her dragon identity in front of everyone would ruin all her efforts so far. Yet as a teacher, protecting her student was her duty—a necessary sacrifice.
“……”
Whether he’d lost rationality or not, the Sword Saint advanced silently toward Xia Yi, his killing intent undiminished.
Just as Xia Yi prepared to make her choice—
A female figure suddenly appeared between her and the Sword Saint. Facing this monstrous foe, her calm eyes showed not a trace of fear.
“This ends now. Such atrocities won’t be tolerated.”
