A Villain's Journey Begins in the Type-Moon World

"Damn home... Waaah!!"

At that moment, two bodyguards who had heard the commotion appeared from around the corner. They took out their spellcasting units, intending to unleash Originium Arts, but the woman appeared behind them like a ghost.

Blood streaks then appeared all over the two men's bodies, and their screams were cut short as they turned into pieces of flesh on the ground.

The woman ignored all the things and headed straight for her destination. After killing countless people guarding the place, she arrived at her destination and opened the gate.

Inside the luxurious room, Boris, who had been seriously injured, lay on his bed. Numerous medical instruments were placed beside the bed, supporting his precarious life.

"Finally...it's finally here?"

As if resigned to his fate, Boris let out a sigh the moment he saw the masked woman appear in his room.

"Perhaps... this is retribution. I personally ran this city filled with bloodshed and crime, and I don't know how many innocent people have perished here."

As if he had finally come to a complete understanding of the mistakes he had made in his life, Boris closed his eyes and said:

"Even if you don't come, I won't live much longer. I just want a quick death."

"Where are the tokens that can be used to access the manor? And where is the key to the core layer?" the woman asked.

“Go into the study, to the ninth book on the fifth shelf of the third column in the second row. Pick it up, and the hidden door will open automatically. The key and the token are there,” Boris said, indicating the location.

The woman nodded and said, "Alright, then I'll give you a quick death."

"puff--"

The blood sword pierced Boris's heart directly, and Boris's pupils dilated instantly, clearly indicating that he had been taken from his life.

After defeating Boris, the woman obtained the token and key as instructed by Boris.

"We've got the stuff, darling, we can begin."

The woman raised her hand to cover her right ear and slowly began to speak.

“Understood… Arcueid, take the token and give orders to the soldiers. I will inform the nobles. Now prepare to break through the encirclement.”

Not far from the battlefield outside, Wang Chong, who had once again concealed his face, transformed into a cloud of black mist and swiftly flew to Boris's manor. He easily found the hidden nobles and stated directly:

"Staying here will only lead to your death. If you don't want to die, get out of here right now!"

"We will protect you as you escape, in accordance with Lord Boris's last wishes. As for whether you can actually escape alive, that depends on your luck."

Early Dew's father, the head of the Rostov family, recognized the man as the one who had saved his life earlier. Knowing the man's abilities, he quickly said, "Alright, alright, we'll go with him."

There were clearly still some nobles hesitating, but Wang Chong didn't care much about their feelings and immediately led those who were willing to follow him out of the basement.

After all, he only intended to take Zao Lu's parents away; the others were not even on his radar. Saving a few others along the way was purely to avoid arousing suspicion.

Meanwhile, Arcueid used the token to gain command of the troops and began to assemble them towards Wang Chong's side.

"Okay, let's go!"

With Wang Chong and Arcueid leading the way, the private soldiers protected the newly rich as they rushed out of the manor and headed towards the city walls.

Chapter 317: A Brief Victory

"Ugh... what happened? Did I pass out?"

Consciousness slowly returned, and Zao Lu opened her tired eyes.

A breeze was blowing in her face, and Zao Lu could feel as if she were in the sky. The next moment, she realized that she was being held.

"Miss Albion?"

Upon hearing the familiar flapping of wings, Zao Lu immediately realized who had rescued her from the legions. But if only she was saved, wouldn't that mean the civilians had been ruthlessly abandoned amidst the encirclement?

"Miss Albion, put me down! I can still fight... Waaah!"

Seemingly displeased by his own words, Albion tightened his grip on his arms, causing pain to his wound.

Albion's actions indirectly told Zao Lu that in her current state, she shouldn't even think about fighting recklessly.

For a moment, Zao Lu felt somewhat depressed.

However, this feeling of frustration didn't last long. Soon, Albion swooped down and flew directly towards the ground, startling the still-dejected Early Dew, who immediately focused her attention on the task at hand.

Albion unleashed another burst of dragon breath upon the troops who were about to fire their crossbows, setting most of them ablaze and rendering them unable to fire. Albion then used his flight speed to dodge the remaining crossbowmen's fire and ascended into the air once more.

It was because of Albion's dive that Zao Lu noticed Skadi, Specter, and the others leading the citizens in a bloody battle on the ground.

Zao Lu breathed a sigh of relief, but she noticed from the air that more and more border troops were surrounding them, and their targets were not the civilians, but the Skadi trio who were engaged in fierce fighting.

Especially with the fact that a spellcasting team composed of war sorcerers had begun chanting large-scale Originium Arts, Zao Lu, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, began to tense up again.

"Get ready." Just then, Zao Lu suddenly heard Albion's voice from behind her.

"Ready? What's ready—whoa!!!"

Before Zao Lu could figure out what the other party meant by "preparation," her vision suddenly accelerated. Albion's figure broke the sound speed in an instant, and her target was the group of war sorcerers that Zao Lu had just seen.

"Enemy attack! Defend!!"

The heavily armored shield guards surrounding the warlocks also noticed the huge sonic boom in the air. They quickly raised their shields, intending to protect the warlocks.

However, Albion was faster than they could form a formation. Albion first spun around and tossed the Dewdrop into the air, then lightly touched the back of the departing enemy with his finger, forming a golden shield, before plunging headlong into the warlock's ranks.

"boom!"

He slammed his body directly into the ground, creating a massive explosive shockwave that instantly killed several warlocks.

Then Albion took flight again, though his body was covered in wounds, they quickly began to heal. (The last two lines are a poetic expression and don't directly relate to the preceding text.)

Furthermore, she held the neck of a struggling war sorcerer in her dragon claws. Unable to cast spells, the war sorcerer was unable to mount any effective resistance against Albion and was easily strangled to death by Albion's force.

"Ugh!!!"

At that moment, Albion approached Early Dew, who had stopped ascending and was beginning to fall, and successfully caught her again, completing an aerial relay.

"Ahem... Miss Albion, I'm still injured."

After being caught, Zao Lu couldn't help but complain about Albion's actions.

"Now you know you're wounded?" Albion replied.

Zao Lu gave a wry smile; this boomerang had truly caught her off guard. After all, not long ago she had asked Albion to send her back to the battlefield.

"Look, your men have come to help too," Albion suddenly said.

Early Dew, alerted by Albion, realized that the police officers, along with a large group of citizens, had taken up arms and were already fighting the soldiers. They had successfully blocked the soldiers' advance, creating an escape route for the citizens who were heading towards the city walls.

"It can finally be over," Zao Lu murmured to herself.

……

Meanwhile, under the command of Wang Chong and Arcueid, thousands of private soldiers quickly broke through the encirclement. Thanks to Wang Chong's overall command and vision, the enemy's movements were all within his expectations.

This allowed the troops to always plan ahead, break through the enemy's defenses as quickly as possible, and even launch surprise attacks. As a result, Wang Chong's side gradually caught up with Zao Lu's side in terms of breakout speed, and the city walls were almost in sight.

"It should be about time..." Wang Chong looked at the city wall so close at hand and knew it was time to make a temporary escape. He immediately found the highest commander of the troops and gave the order:

"It should be about time..." Wang Chong looked at the city wall so close at hand and knew it was time to make a temporary escape. He immediately found the highest commander of the troops and gave the order:

"The city walls are just ahead, and they are now under the control of the citizens. Once you arrive, immediately lay down your weapons, declare that you have also suffered at the hands of the soldiers of the entire city, that you are the ones who escorted these newly rich victims to safety, and that you volunteer to join them."

"This is also Mayor Boris's last order. You must convey his last words to the citizens: Boris has deeply realized his mistakes, and he has decided to stand with the citizens and fight to the death with the entire city of Dor.

At that moment, Albion approached Early Dew, who had stopped ascending and was beginning to fall, and successfully caught her again, completing an aerial relay.

"Ahem... Miss Albion, I'm still injured."

After being caught, Zao Lu couldn't help but complain about Albion's actions.

"Now you know you're wounded?" Albion replied.

Zao Lu gave a wry smile; this boomerang had truly caught her off guard. After all, not long ago she had asked Albion to send her back to the battlefield.

"Look, your men have come to help too," Albion suddenly said.

Early Dew, alerted by Albion, realized that the police officers, along with a large group of citizens, had taken up arms and were already fighting the soldiers. They had successfully blocked the soldiers' advance, creating an escape route for the citizens who were heading towards the city walls.

"It can finally be over," Zao Lu murmured to herself.

……

Meanwhile, under the command of Wang Chong and Arcueid, thousands of private soldiers quickly broke through the encirclement. Thanks to Wang Chong's overall command and vision, the enemy's movements were all within his expectations.

This allowed the troops to always plan ahead, break through the enemy's defenses as quickly as possible, and even launch surprise attacks. As a result, Wang Chong's side gradually caught up with Zao Lu's side in terms of breakout speed, and the city walls were almost in sight.

"It should be about time..." Wang Chong looked at the city wall so close at hand and knew it was time to make a temporary escape. He immediately found the highest commander of the troops and gave the order:

"The city walls are just ahead, and they are now under the control of the citizens. Once you arrive, immediately lay down your weapons, declare that you have also suffered at the hands of the soldiers of the entire city, that you are the ones who escorted these newly rich victims to safety, and that you volunteer to join them."

"This is also Mayor Boris's last order. You must convey his last words to the citizens: Boris has deeply realized his mistakes, and he has decided to stand with the citizens and fight to the death with the entire city of Dor.

Meanwhile, under the command of Wang Chong and Arcueid, thousands of private soldiers quickly broke through the encirclement. Thanks to Wang Chong's overall command and vision, the enemy's movements were all within his expectations.

This allowed the troops to always plan ahead, break through the enemy's defenses as quickly as possible, and even launch surprise attacks. As a result, Wang Chong's side gradually caught up with Zao Lu's side in terms of breakout speed, and the city walls were almost in sight.

"It should be about time..." Wang Chong looked at the city wall so close at hand and knew it was time to make a temporary escape. He immediately found the highest commander of the troops and gave the order:

"The city walls are just ahead, and they are now under the control of the citizens. Once you arrive, immediately lay down your weapons, declare that you have also suffered at the hands of the soldiers of the entire city, that you are the ones who escorted these newly rich victims to safety, and that you volunteer to join them."

"This is also Mayor Boris's last order. You must convey his last words to the citizens: Boris has deeply realized his mistakes, and he has decided to stand with the citizens and fight to the death with the entire city of Dor.

"This is also Mayor Boris's last order. You must convey his last words to the citizens: Boris has deeply realized his mistakes, and he has decided to stand with the citizens and fight to the death with the entire city of Dor.

Chapter 318: Early Dew's Expectations

Led by Albion, Early Dew successfully landed in the crowd and met up with the police.

"Zao Lu! Zao Lu! Thank goodness, you're back alive... Are your injuries... still holding up?"

When Winter and Truth arrived at the scene after hearing the news, they found that Early Dew was almost covered in wounds and blood, a sight that would make even an adult shudder.

"He's holding on. There were two arrows stuck in his back, but Miss Albion successfully pulled them out and healed the wounds. The other large and small knife wounds and bone fragments are also gradually healing."

Early Dew knew very well that Albion, besides possessing powerful fire Originium Arts, also had considerable healing Originium Arts, capable of accelerating wound healing. (The last two lines appear to be unrelated and possibly machine-generated gibberish.)

“…That was too risky. Absinthe just came to us and said that the police saw your condition and said you looked like you were about to die,” Truth said.

"It's not that exaggerated, but their judgment isn't wrong... Anyone seeing such bleeding wouldn't think there's any hope... Phew, so the teachers are really strong... They're beyond my imagination. When will I have even more powerful Originium Arts?"

Zao Lu looked on with a hint of envy and said.

"How dare you talk about others? You yourself are like a monster, jumping off a city wall more than ten meters high without a second thought, and coming back alive with so many injuries. That's practically a miracle, isn't it?"

Winter couldn't help but say.

"Hey, if you've ever gone through the kind of training I did, you'll find these things to be pretty commonplace." Zao Lu chuckled, appearing quite relaxed.

However, it's clear from the truth that this life-or-death experience was far from as easy as Zao Lu described. Even now, Zao Lu is still using these lighthearted conversations to relieve her mental stress.

If it were the old Zhaolu, she probably would have stood up long ago and continued to direct everyone in dealing with the battlefield, instead of "wasting" time on this kind of idle chatter.

The battle is currently at a stalemate, but Zhenli can't bear to reveal this situation. She hopes that Zaoru can relax a little more; Zaoru has already carried too much on her shoulders. Despite being the same age as herself, she is more mature than adults, and even prepared to sacrifice herself at any moment.

Unfortunately, even though Truth didn't want to point it out and hoped that Asahi could relax a little longer, Asahi herself never let herself off too easily:

"Alright, let's end this small talk. Please, help me to the front lines. We need to prepare to escape back to the outer city."

As soon as Zao Lu struggled to her feet, her unsteady figure prompted Lin Dong to quickly support her.

"You idiot, you're so badly injured, you should rest! Do you really want to die on the battlefield?"

Even the cold winter couldn't bear to see Zao Lu forcing herself like this, and said loudly.

"There's no chance to rest. It's already a miracle that we managed to escape from here. There's not much difference between being here and being on the front lines. If we can't get out, it's just a matter of dying sooner or later."

Zao Lu gave a wry smile and continued:

“Actually, I know very well that the teachers won’t just stand by and watch me die… But I don’t want to see so many people die in the inner city because of me… If I brought them here, I have to make sure they leave. Even with the current casualty figures, that’s already an impossible thing to do.”

"But I'll save as many as I can. At least I've done everything I can."

Hearing Zao Lu say this, the two had no choice but to take Zao Lu to the front line again.

……

"This is utterly absurd! When have we ever allowed a child, a wounded soldier, to risk their lives like this? This is our greatest disgrace!"

Valery looked at Zao Lu, who was being helped over, and said angrily.

“I didn’t mean to humiliate you, Uncle Valery,” Zao Lu said.

“I’m not blaming you, I hate myself for not stepping up and taking on this responsibility sooner, and for letting such a heavy burden fall on your shoulders.”

Valery sighed. His police station was ultimately a temporary addition to the force, so many of the protesters still harbored some resentment towards them and would not follow their orders.