Suicide Before Defeating the Final Boss

Suicide Before Defeating the Final Boss – 73

EP.73 Student Council Election Part 3

– Karina. Poor Karina. To survive, you must cast away the useless things, even if it is your mother.

Even after so much time had passed, the curse that whispered in her ears still lingered. Karina could only wake up, drenched in cold sweat.

‘… This damn memory just won’t fade.’

It had been over ten years since she first heard those words, yet the one phrase left by her mother before her death never left her mind. She buried her face in her hands.

A throbbing headache, an unsettled mind, and an overwhelming sensitivity to everything. Despite her head ringing with the thought that nothing was returning to normal, the pile of tasks at hand forced her to rise.

‘By the way, today is the day of the election, right?’

It was said that Regina had a high chance of winning… Although it was a tradition to personally congratulate the new president,

‘It won’t matter once the election is over.’

There was no need to worry about such things. So, deciding to focus on doing her own tasks properly, she went about her day.

Looking out the window, she noticed it was raining.

‘… Rain.’

Perhaps due to the nightmare she had, the sight of rain reminded her of the day the hero had died. The voice that had cursed and cried out.

At that time, she had thought it was right for him to sacrifice himself… he had been sacrificed to keep everyone’s spirits intact.

‘It wasn’t until everything fell apart that I realized what had gone wrong.’

She knew all too well that regretting the past was meaningless, but the unidentifiable, intense pain gnawing at her heart brought it all back again.

‘… Sacrifice. Sacrifice.’

With a hollow laugh, she thought that she could no longer grasp anything, when suddenly someone knocked on her door.

‘At this hour?’

No matter how much her authority had diminished, it was strange for someone to knock on the door of a princess’s room in the early morning.

‘Moreover, the fact that they knocked without saying a word…’

It was clear that it wasn’t a maid who had intruded. She couldn’t help but feel perplexed by the situation.

‘Did someone sneak in past the guards?’

That would be the only explanation, yet ever since the incident, the number of guards had increased, making it nearly impossible for anyone to enter quietly. A sense of foreboding crept over her.

– Swoosh

Suddenly, the rain intensified, crashing loudly against the window and flowing inside.

Feeling an odd sensation, Karina silently drew her sword and slowly approached the door.

Kicking the door open, she was met with a dense smell of blood and the sight of the same gift box she had seen before.

“……”

In the dark hallway, with every flash of lightning, she could vaguely see bloodstains.

She couldn’t grasp what had happened, but one thing was certain: this was not a good situation.

Just as she was recoiling from the fear and pain she had previously felt, the gift box began to stir, and a voice emerged.

“Save me…”

At that sight, Karina froze for a moment before cautiously using the tip of her sword to open the gift box.

“… Hah.”

Inside, she found a mass of intertwined corpses.

So severely mutilated, she couldn’t recognize who they were, but their clothing, bearing the insignias of the Second Knight Brigade and the Second Mage Association, suggested that they were likely the ones who had been guarding this place.

‘…… How?’

Before anger could rise, what swelled first was a sense of emptiness, helplessness, and confusion.

These were individuals who had walked the elite path since childhood, known as elites, and they had the skills to prove it.

Yet somehow, all of them had been dealt with in silence and stored here.

‘How could that happen without a sound?’

Moreover, she was not just any ordinary person; she was a swordsman who had spent a long time on the battlefield.

If there had been even a slight wave of mana or any suspicious presence, she would have sensed it immediately.

But she felt nothing at all.

‘Am I getting worse at this? No… that can’t be right. After all the years I’ve spent training my skills in battles, I wouldn’t lose them so quickly in just a few months.’

This meant someone had obstructed her senses somehow.

As she was lost in despair over the incomprehensible situation, a scream echoed from afar.

It seemed that one of the maids who had come to wake her had discovered the scene.

“Princess!”

Worried for her safety, the maid bravely rushed in, only to be confronted with the horrific sight, unable to bear it any longer and starting to retch.

Karina, seeing the maid vomit, ignored her and passed by to escape outside.

Drip.

The rain poured down heavily, drenching her instantly.

Stepping out, she felt a strangely diffuse sacred power permeating the air around her.

No matter who had done this, she decided…

‘I’ll make them feel the same pain I felt.’

With that thought, she gritted her teeth.

***

Karina was visible in the distance, overwhelmed with despair, while Jeong-hyeon casually munched on snacks.

‘Watching such a spectacle is truly enjoyable.’

He thought, observing her in her sorrow.

However, a curious thought crossed his mind.

‘Isn’t Karina a bit too weak for a swordswoman?’

While she was certainly strong, she didn’t seem strong enough to be called a swordswoman.

Of course, he wasn’t exactly sure what the standards were for a swordswoman in this world, so he couldn’t jump to conclusions.

But even with that in mind, he couldn’t shake the feeling that her level of strength was lacking.

‘Does it really matter?’

After all, what was important was taking revenge on Karina.

So, he decided to set aside these useless thoughts for the moment and focus on taking the first step toward his revenge.

‘Oh, but I should enjoy the show first.’

The sight of his enemy’s despair was always refreshing.

As he calmly observed Karina’s suffering, Mira approached him, shaking off the rain.

“… How on earth could you silently kill all the guards of the Second Princess like that?”

Since he hadn’t shared the details of how he accomplished it, Mira was clearly curious about his method.

Hearing her question, he briefly explained.

“It’s simple. If you put living people into a pocket dimension, they become quiet. So, I sneaked in and put them one by one into the pocket dimension, then went outside and killed them all.”

Just putting them in the gift box and leaving it there was enough.

It was a straightforward and intuitive method.

“… Ah.”

Mira nodded, her voice laced with a mix of surprise and understanding.

Seeing her reaction, he felt it was time to execute the plan and stood up.

“Shall we begin?”

Mira, looking a bit tense, nodded in response.

***

As the clock struck nine, commotion erupted, and loud voices filled the air.

“Everyone! Voting will be conducted here! Please line up in order after writing your student number and department on the papers!”

The announcement heralding the start of voting rang out.

At this call, students scattered across the area began to gather at the polling station, each taking a ballot.

Observing this, he decided it was time to initiate the long-awaited terror.

‘Alright, let’s get started.’

Naturally, he intended to begin with the impactful creation of a corpse golem.

After proclaiming the sanctuary, he summoned the massive corpse golem he had created last night near the polling station and gave it a brief command.

“Destroy the building first.”

With a single command, the golem let out a strange roar of “Gwooooo!” and swung its fist made of corpses at the academy.

Crash!

Normally, the protective magic surrounding the academy would deflect the golem’s attack, but due to the nature of his divine power, which devoured mana, all the protective spells were shattered, allowing the golem to inflict direct damage on the academy building.

“AAAAAAAH!”

As the building crumbled, Mira, as promised, deliberately let out a loud scream.

‘The high-pitched scream travels far and raises the fear and tension of those nearby.’

It was the perfect signal to start the chaos.

As Mira screamed, the students around them turned to her in unison, as if on cue.

Mira seized the moment and shouted again.

“It’s a monster… A monster!”

Seeing the enormous corpse golem moving, casting a shadow that engulfed the academy buildings, the students were frozen in place, unable to think of resisting or fleeing.

“A corpse…? No, a golem? What the hell is that?”

“Help… Please help! Call the instructor, the instructor!”

“Damn it, wake up! Run away!”

He watched the scene of despair and fear unfold with delight.

Feeling it was time to move on to the next phase, he signaled Mira.

Mira immediately understood and quickly shouted her next line.

“Everyone, it’s okay! The Second Princess is here… The Second Princess will protect us!”

Her words caused the chaos around them to quiet down slightly.

They seemed to believe that if the Second Princess, known as a swordswoman, member of the Demon King subjugation party, and a war hero, was here, she could surely defeat the golem.

Thus, everyone present was desperately searching for Karina, hoping she would swiftly eliminate the golem.

However, Karina showed no signs of appearing, even as time passed.

Fear mixed with confusion, and the growing chaos transformed into personal doubts and suspicions.

As the suspicions began to bloom, he approached the crowd and loudly exclaimed what they would want to hear.

“Could it be that the Second Princess ran away?”

At his words, murmurs began to spread among the crowd.

He struggled to suppress the laughter that threatened to escape and added a short remark.

“Damn… what a cowardly princess.”

At his statement, some began to turn their blame toward him, but even more quickly, the rumor that the Second Princess had abandoned the students to save herself began to spread like wildfire.