Villain: After I died, all the heroines cried themselves to sleep.

The Miss Royal pageant was held as scheduled.

The entire competition venue was packed with people and bustling with activity.

"My Sasha is the best! Everyone should choose my Sasha, otherwise you're just messing with our family!"

The King of Ling Kingdom mingled in the audience, waving flags and cheering.

Princess Lingsha's older brother and sister were also there to cheer him on.

"Go Sasha! Sasha is number one in the world!"

It terrified the surrounding audience.

"Ah...ah..."

In the waiting room behind the stage, Princess Lingsa let out a desperate groan.

She lowered her head and covered her face in shame, revealing only her purplish-red ears and the steam rising from her head.

"Waaah... I'm abstaining... I'm not going on stage..."

"Linsha, you've already come this far, so don't back down. Besides, you look really cute today. Don't you want Roger to see you like this?"

Julie and Maya comforted her.

"Ah...ha! Why did I have to let that bastard see this...and he'll definitely laugh at me...boohoo..."

Princess Lingsha covered her face even tighter.

"..."

Fiora sat next to Princess Ling Sha, completely unaffected.

She simply reached out and touched her chest and the pendant hanging from her neck.

Thinking back to the time I spent with Roger last night.

It was clearly just about finding her own name.

But my mood has changed completely from before.

"That's strange."

Fiora felt her heart pounding with joy.

The thought of wearing this dress on stage while Roger sits in the audience watching him cast his vote is incredibly daunting.

For some reason, I'm a little nervous.

Fiora doesn't care about other people's votes.

All she wanted was Roger's vote.

……

Soon, as the host announced the start of the competition, the contestants took to the stage one by one according to their assigned numbers.

When it was Princess Lingsa's turn, the audience erupted in cheers.

The King and his family of Ling Kingdom waved their support flags wildly and shouted.

"what……"

Princess Lingsha had lost all control over her expression, covering her face with her hands on stage, her face as red as a boiled shrimp, wishing she could disappear into a crack in the ground.

However, she still secretly peeked through her fingers, searching for someone's figure in the audience.

However, it was not seen.

"Huh?"

Princess Lingsha was stunned.

The Holy Sword Maiden followed closely behind and took to the stage.

The Fiora was dressed in an exquisite and elegant gown, holding a bouquet of flowers in her hands.

She remained expressionless as always, but inexplicably nervous inside.

She used superhuman vision to search the audience seats.

But I didn't see the person I wanted to see.

"..."

Fiora's heart instantly turned cold, and the smile she had practiced for so long vanished.

Until all forty contestants had taken the stage.

Neither of them saw Roger appear.

The entire Miss Royal pageant suddenly became utterly boring.

The host of the competition took the stage and invited the audience to vote.

"Now, dear audience members, please cast your votes for your favorite Royal Lady!"

Just as she finished speaking...

Rumble!!!

A violent explosion rang out from inside the academy at the rear.

Under the blazing sun, a beautiful and graceful phoenix proudly spreads its wings.

A tall, elegant woman stands high in the sky, her long, straight black hair reaching her waist falling naturally, and her jet-black dress exuding nobility and luxury.

The moment she appeared, she became the focus of the world, overshadowing everything around her.

All the audience members were captivated by her figure.

The entire competition venue fell silent.

……

[Target Failed!]

[You chose to act as a member of the Sinners, disrupting the voting process for the Miss Royal pageant.]

Both the Holy Sword Maiden and Princess Lingsha will stand against you.

The system notification sound echoed in my ears.

But Roger has no time to worry about such trivial matters right now.

Looking down at his surroundings, he saw enemies everywhere he looked.

Whether tourists or students, almost everyone is connected by red veins, which continuously supply some kind of energy to the bright red heart above their heads.

Like a puppet being manipulated at will.

What's even more chilling is that nearly a third of them may no longer be considered human.

At least in Rogge's eyes, they were twisted monsters in human form.

This was confirmed by Shulan and Iraq.

Everything the two saw was normal.

"What kind of weird development is this?!"

Roger couldn't help but curse under his breath.

It's practically a denial of everything he's experienced over the past few years.

So what he saw before was all an illusion, and what he sees now is the truth of the world?

The only certainty is that, in their predetermined destiny, the reason why the sinful races of the past wanted to destroy the world was definitely because they saw the same bizarre sight that Rogge is seeing now.

"Your Highness, the judges and the Imperial Guards are approaching."

Shulan below offered a reminder.

It wasn't just the judges and the royal guards.

Looking around, countless eyes are fixed on this place.

There was curiosity, and there was fear.

There is also a strange indifference.

"She's a remnant of a foreign race, kill her!"

Many tourists, teachers, and students, as if driven by some force, shouted expressionlessly, following the judges and guards, and flocked to the scene.

Almost all of them were monsters disguised as humans.

Chao Luo and his two companions launched a suicide attack.

It has a strong sense of a fight to the death with Rogge.

"Are these guys throwing their lives away?"

Roger frowned.

Looking at these damned hypocrites is like seeing an unforgivable enemy; an inexplicable anger surges within me.

He glanced at his own status.

……

Name: Roger

[Personality: Competitive, unruly, and tenacious]

[Talents: Unawakened, Dragon Blood Phoenix Heart (S+), Endless Life (S+), Flame of Wrath (S+), Dark Will (S+)]

[Realm Level: Early Stage of Level 8]

[Spiritual Skills: Crimson Lotus Sword Style (S+), Pseudo-Heavenly Punishment Sword Style (S)]

……

With the completion of the transformation of [Unyielding Will], Rogge reached the level of a Level 8 Superman.

In this era without level nine superhumans, level eight is already considered the pinnacle.

With his current strength, even if the Sword Saint, known as the strongest among humans, appeared, he would be confident that he could escape unscathed.

But Shulan and Iraq are different.

Roger must draw their attention to buy time for their escape.

He had previously deliberately avoided direct conflict with the Royal Academy, successfully preventing his subordinates from meeting their predetermined fate of death.

Since things had come to this point, he had no other choice but to play the villain to the very end.

"You guys go first, I'll be there shortly!"

Rogge gave instructions to Shulan.

Without waiting for Shulan's reply, he drew his sword and turned around.

"Crimson Lotus Blazing Blade".

The Dragon-Phoenix Divine Fire danced with the sword, transforming into a giant dragon that spiraled out and crashed down upon the group of fake people.

The intense heat distorted space.

Rumble!!!

The enormous explosion was like the roar of a fire dragon, instantly igniting a sea of ​​fire.

Rogge spread his phoenix wings completely, carrying with him a sky full of divine fire, and swooped down into the group of fake humans with a thunderous roar.

They went on a killing spree.

Flames raged across the sky, and sword light flashed everywhere.

In the blink of an eye, Rogge was surrounded by corpses and rivers of blood.

Such a violent method terrified the onlookers who were watching from a distance.

They never even considered resisting and began to flee in all directions.

Panic is spreading.

Unfortunately, this did not stop more fakes from approaching.

So when the chief judge and others arrived, what they saw was a hellish scene of indiscriminate slaughter.

"stop!"

The chief judge coldly rebuked him.

This time, she was absolutely furious.

Without the slightest hesitation, she drew her sword and slashed at Rogge.

Clang!

The sound of metal clanging rang out.

The chief judge stared intently at Rogge through the holes in the iron mask.

"I've always believed you share similar rationality and humanity with us humans. But why did you attack ordinary people this time? They're innocent! Why did you do this?!"

She practically spat out those words through gritted teeth, her voice filled with resentment.

It felt as if I had been brutally betrayed.

"Innocent? In my eyes, they are not innocent people at all."

Rogge stated the truth.

"I was merely bringing them relief."

Each time he killed those fakes, he felt a sense of relief and liberation from them.

And that's what the system says too.

Objective: Kill as many false people as possible and bring them liberation.

[Reward: The evaluation for dying due to one's criminal status will be improved based on the completion status.]

[Punishment: None.]

This is an optional task with no penalty.

Or rather, public killing is itself a huge punishment.

"relief?"

The chief judge paused noticeably.

Then she met Roger's eyes and saw those strange, deep pupils.

His pupils burned with dark flames of anger and hatred, as if they wanted to completely destroy the world reflected in them.

"So that's how it is. I knew I misjudged you, remnant of the sinful race."

The chief judge gripped his sword tightly.

She solemnly declared to Roger in an extremely cold tone.

"To uphold the truth, to protect this world, I hereby pass judgment upon you!"

"I will set aside all mercy and fight with all my might to kill you!"

The pale flames of punishment bloomed at this moment.

"If you can do it."

Rogge's expression turned solemn.

A dark flame of rage blazed up.

Black flames and white flames fought like dragons and tigers, tearing and gnawing at each other, splitting the world in two.