Chapter 116: Clearing the Breached Portal Location (2/2)

It would probably look scary in the eyes of those weaker than him but it's surely not enough to intimidate Yumiko. With just a simple wave of her hand, the attack he unleashed was diverted and hit the ground where it drilled into it as it left a gaping hole.

It contained some power, alright. Just that, it's only up to his standard.

At the sight of his attack that was deflected easily, the Leader made another desperate move as he tried to gather more Dark Energy. The unknown substance he injected himself boosted his control and rate of absorption. Nonetheless, the stress from it was all being endured by the body of the human he possessed.

If he continued, the body would collapse from the abundant amount of Dark Energy. Our bodies might be susceptible to it but everything has its limits.

”That's enough.”

Two words. By uttering those two words, Yumiko froze the Leader's actions and in a single step, she traversed the distance between them.

”Escape! Erase your traces and--”

The Leader tried to shout towards his followers but Yumiko cut it short as she knocked him down with a single punch.

That punch looked ordinary but it immediately dispersed the cloud of Dark Energy covering the Leader's body. He couldn't even holler a scream as he dropped down towards the ground, spasming from the pain.

Upon seeing that, I immediately moved over there as I swept away the Dark Cult members that were currently swarming me using my new Wizard Spells. The Magic Missiles locked and hit all of its targets while the Wind Blades followed by Air Bullets took care of those who were left standing.

Although some of them got injured before falling unconscious, it's far from life-threatening.

Once I arrived next to the unconscious Leader, Yumiko nodded at me as she continued to clean up the remaining Dark Cult members.

I estimated that there were less than 100 of them add the more than 20 who we caught earlier, the number of Possessed was already in the three digits just in this Breached Portal alone. That is to say that even if the ritual they're doing didn't have a 100% efficiency, they still gathered this much manpower in the short amount of time that they were here.

How many portals were breached? The Principal didn't mention it in his predictions or maybe he couldn't also get the exact numbers. Will Earth be fine like this?

What will I see here once I get back from the 4th world?

Haa… I don't have the Clairvoyance to know that. I'll just hope that his countermeasures can prevent these Dark World denizens.

I observed the unconscious Dark Cult Leader and picked up the syringe which contained the unknown substance he injected to himself.

Even unconscious, he's passively absorbing the Dark Energy in the air albeit slowly.

Now with the same signs of corruption like those from the Mortal World, the Possessed body was in the process of breaking down due to the excessive Dark Energy he absorbed.

I generated a ball of Psyche Boost in my palm and shot it towards him.

The same as earlier, his body immediately reacted to it when it seeped inside him. However, the expected ejection of Dark Energy didn't happen while his body continued to absorb it.

Is he already beyond saving?

Haa. I know it would eventually come to this but seeing the first casualty happening in front of our eyes.

It's inevitable.

I guess I'm already numb to people dying but to see this happening to our fellow Earth denizen hit something inside me.

The Dark World has already encroached upon our world, it's only a matter of time before more like this guy will turn up as a small part of the casualty.

Psyche Boost, Dispelling Arrow. None of it works as the Possessed body slowly crumbled due to the corruption of Dark Energy.

I put my hand over him to try absorbing the Dark Energy inside him, however, even though I succeeded, his body continued its passive absorption due to that unknown substance he injected.

I also tried to increase the rate of my absorption and conversion of the Dark Energy but the result didn't change.

”Daisuke…”

I heard Yumiko's voice beside me. The duration of the Spirit Channeling was already over and she's back to her normal self.

The Possessed Body has already disintegrated to nothing. I don't know what consequence the Leader will receive in his true body on the other side but it's surely not the same as this unlucky human.

Haa... In the end, war will always be like this.

”Sir! We captured and successfully knocked out everyone trying to escape! Is that?…”

The voice of Nishizawa along with the sound of them arriving took our attention. He, along with some of the members of his squad who arrived with him, stood in shock as they saw the whole place thrashed by us. With numerous bodies of the Possessed lying down, unconscious.

The first Breached Portal has been successfully cleared and taken over with one Possessed human disintegrated into nothingness.