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Chapter 79: The tragedy

By now, about half of the students were affected. None of them were from E class, however. 'I guess he targeted the mediocre ones'. Ed also noticed that none of the exceptional ones were affected. 'He probably plans to kill us himself'. Ed was looking at the man and king who were now disappearing and appearing faster than the eye could follow. Each time they exchanged a blow, the wind pressure that was resulted would force everyone to protect themselves.

The king looked like he was fighting while drawing him away from the students. Every time the man tried to get back, the general would stop him. By now they were hundreds of meters away from their original position.

The students who were being controlled started attacking the normal ones. Harry and his friends were trying to subdue them, but every time they were stopped, they would struggle with all their powers. Harry had no other choice but to release them in such a state. "We have to knock them out" Ed remembered the way he used on Eric. Knocking him out made him less resistant.

However, it was much easier said than done. All the students were berserk right now. Approaching them meant fighting, and by now, all of them were rather tired due to the tournament. 'He sure knew when to start his plan' Ed was thinking of various ways to end this. The king and general would take care of the man. All that remained was to save the students. Ed gathered all the sane students. He withdrew some pills and potions to heal them.

The ones he wasn't familiar with got only pills, while his close friends got the potions. He made a special exception with Alicia since she was gravely injured. "We'll try to knock the students out, but be careful not to get killed by them" What he said was intended for the weak students. They weren't targeted for a reason.

As Ed was fighting the students, he was finding some things to be illogical. In the previous case, Eric was targeted because he was next in line to the throne. However, this time it seemed that they were being controlled and made to fight each other. 'If he wanted to kill everyone, doing it himself would be much faster and efficient. He would have done it while the king wasn't present'. The king's presence was bound to cause trouble for the man, even put an end to his plan, so him taking this chance was not normal.

Ed was making out theories as he fought, his performance dropped because of this. 'Does he want to start trouble between kingdoms?' This was one of the reasons. A student killing another one was bound to cause a war between the two kingdoms they belonged to. A parent wouldn't care if the one who killed his child was being controlled or not, he would try to get revenge on both the killer and the controller.

'But even in that case, why do it when the king is present? It doesn't make sense' The more Ed thought, the more mysteries he unlocked. 'Unless he wanted the king to be present?! In that case, all of this is only a diversion!' The realization Ed came to sent shivers down his spine. If what he figured out was true, then the capital and its people were in grave danger. And in the capital, there was someone that shouldn't die. 'The children!' Ed stopped fighting and immediately approached the king.

The fight was making it harder for him to approach them, but he didn't give up. He activated Ren and condensed it near his body, making him resistant to the wind around him. He reached a point where he couldn't advance any longer. But, his voice could still reach them.

"The capital is in danger!" Ed enhanced his voice with Nen and screamed as much as he could. He didn't know if the man had other allies so he chose to deliver these words to the king himself. This way it would be guaranteed that he would act.

"Oh, you found out! And so fast!" The man seemed surprised that Ed was able to figure out his plan so quickly. "I should have killed you after all, but maybe next time". The man pulled out a ball-like item and crushed, suddenly he started disappearing. "A teleportation item. Ed, tell me mo-" Before the king and general could get more info from Ed, he was already away.

"Raikou, Gobuta, Goburou protect my friends!" Ed summoned his companions. The three of them could easily fight the ones who were currently here, and Harry and the other teachers would take care of the strong ones that appeared. "Ed this is?!" Emilia seemed to remember Raikou and wanted to ask about him, but Ed was already far away. He was running at maximum speed to reach the teleportation circle.

When he reached it, he found that it wasn't broken. He was thinking that the man would make it malfunction somehow to buy time. 'I guess it would have been too obvious' Before Ed could teleport, the king had already reached him. He gave up on asking Ed question as he knew it was too late, so he simply teleported as well.

When the both of them reached the other side, all they could see was flames, all they could hear were screams, and all they could smell was blood. Ed didn't wait for the king to act and simply started running. He checked his Map and found out that small green dots were near the slums. 'Why are they so small?!' Ed activated all his speed skills. This time he used a condensed Ken to protect himself from crashed and started running. The capital was overrun by monsters. Ed was hoping for the best, but his heart was beating faster than ever. Even when he died, it wasn't beating this hard.

In this state, any monsters that got close to Ed was blown away, any wall he encountered was destroyed. All he could think about was reaching Eri and the others. It didn't take him even a minute to get there, but what he saw made him drop to his knees.

Eri, along with the children and two elderly women were lying on the ground. A pool of their own blood was surrounding them.

"NOOOOOO!!" The noisy capital suddenly turned quiet. The previous screams seemed to disappear in front of Ed's own scream. His scream filled with sadness, anguish and also, anger.


CREATORS' THOUGHTS
Shigun Shigun

Enjoy the chapter^^

Chapter 80: Berzerk

'The Healing cards!' Ed snapped out of his sorrow after remembering that he had some hope left He quickly checked his Inventory. He didn't have enough Healing cards to help them all, which made his heart sink even more, but he still teleported near them to try and help.

"System use Healing card!" Ed didn't want to wait any longer. If he could save even two of them, he would do it.

[Host might be misunderstanding something. The Healing card will only heal the damage that was dealt to their bodies. It cannot bring back souls.]

This time, Ed felt as if his soul was being twisted. If the system couldn't help, then they were truly gone. This was the first time Ed truly lost someone dear to him. Even in his old world, all of his family members were healthy, and his grandparents were alive. No one close to him died. All of the emotions that Ed was feeling right now made his brain go into a frenzy.

He couldn't focus on anything so he didn't notice. Ed's Sharingan was forcefully activated, and the Tomoe in his eyes started rotating. Suddenly, they merged into a square-like shape. The square started rotating as well, leaving behind copies of itself. When his eyes were finally stable, the group of squares that were intersected shaped a circle inside them with a small hole inside of it as well.

*Ding*

Sharingan evolved into Mangekyo-Sharingan.

Ed didn't even care about the notification. He stood near the bodies for a while before collecting them inside his Inventory. They were dead so they could be stored. He even took the two old ladies who were dead next to them. He recognized the two ladies since he met them before. They were one of the old people who always helped Eri and the children. 'They probably came to visit them, or they wanted to help them'. Ed was thinking about the reason the children were in the slums.

The children either wanted to visit the people who helped as usual, or they noticed the monster invasion and wanted to help them. 'They probably remembered that I told them they needed to be strong, so they wanted to save them and show me how strong they were'. The theories Ed was making were all hurting him even more. Every time he stored one of their bodies, he would remember his chats with the children. How they wanted to be with him. How they enjoyed his company, and how they laughed when playing with Suika and Raikou.

When Ed finally stored Eri's body, he could hear her voice in his head. 'You're the only family we ever had'. Tears started appearing on Ed's face, and he started sobbing uncontrollably.

[Forcefully de-activating Mangekyo-Sharingan. The host can let loose however he wants, I'll take care of healing …]. Even the system who was always distant decided to help Ed. He even suggested he would heal him, using the potions and healing cards Ed had in his inventory. The system even sealed the Mangekyo-Sharingan so it wouldn't drain him.

Ed stood up and withdrew all three of his Katana. Monsters didn't approach him while he was storing the bodies, but now Ed was approaching them. Most of the monsters in front of him were at King Establishment. None of them could even react as they were being sliced by Ed. The more monsters he killed, the more rationality he lost.

Even a group of Steel armadillos, who were King Establishment level 5 monsters, known for strong defense, fell one after the other. Ed was using, magic, sword skill, and Nen at the same time. Unless monsters above Earth Establishment level 5 appeared, Ed would easily kill them. Plus in his current state of anger, he was letting out more and more power.

By now Ed had killed hundreds of monsters, he didn't know where he was, or why, if a monster appeared it would be killed.

*Ding*

Acquired new skill: Berzerk.

Even the system's notification didn't wake Ed up. By now, almost all weak monsters were eradicated, only Earth Establishment monsters remained. Ed still continued to fight, his usual finesse in killing was gone, but it was replaced by brutality. He took many injuries, but no fatal ones. Every time the system felt he was in danger, he used a potion or a pill. Ed was like a one-man army at this moment.

After a while, the capital's soldiers finally reached Ed's area. When they saw Ed mercilessly, and brutally killing the monsters they froze in their place. The killing intent he was releasing rooted them to the ground. One of the soldiers, who had a decent cultivation approached Ed and tried to stop him. Only to be greeted by a punch to the face. The soldier was a King Establishment level 5. Usually, he would withstand a normal punch easily, but Ed's sent his consciousness flying away.

The soldiers gave up on stopping Ed and assisted him. Afterwards, the teachers of the academy, as well as Ed's friends came to help. Even the general was present. Everyone who saw Ed's situation didn't know how to stop him. They didn't know what caused him to go berserk. But, Raikou who was always with Ed knew what had happened. "Aooooooo!" Tears filled Raikou's eyes as he was fond of the children even if he didn't show it. His howl was filled with sadness, helping the bystanders know that a tragedy had struck.

Raikou, Gobuta, and Goburou approached Ed. Even though he killed the monster he was fighting, he still continued to swing his swords. But none of those slashes had any power behind them. He was exhausted. His companions stopped him, and Raikou put him on his back while going back to the academy. It was time for Ed to take a rest.

Ed was full of blood, and other liquids he got by killing the monsters, but his friends didn't care. They left with Raikou and helped him get to the academy safely. The teachers, sane students, and Ed's companions were able to subdue the controlled students without losing a single life. Making the academy safe for now. But, Ed had lost more than anyone today.


CREATORS' THOUGHTS
Shigun Shigun

Hello everyone! It was hard to write the last two chapters, poor Eri T_T.

Btw, I will stop using 'The' in chapter titles from now on. It was getting hard doing it that way.

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