## Chapter 70 – A Plan to Create a Stronger Hero (2)
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It was a weekend afternoon, a time when people relaxed in their own ways.
But in the heart of S City’s bustling downtown, someone was disturbing that peace.
“Aaaaaaah!!!”
“It’s a villain!! Where are the heroes?!”
Amidst the citizens fleeing in disarray,
a burly man with a neat haircut roared powerfully.
“Hahahahahaha! Scream louder! Wail more!”
He was an extraordinarily tall figure, at least 3 meters in height, with a massive and heavy build that defied common sense.
– Woooong— Woooong— Bang!!!
Wielding a giant hammer as large as himself with complete freedom,
he inflicted such great impact that the roadside trees, traffic lights, and even the exterior walls of roads and buildings cracked.
“When are the heroes coming?! Come quickly and satisfy me!!”
He was a villain without even a common villain name,
but compared to the usual mediocre villains, he was certainly a very threatening one.
“We are hero magical girls!”
Two girls with refreshing appearances stood in the way of the terrifying man.
“Magical Aquamarine!”
“Magical Seraphina!”
“In the name of heroes and magical girls, two forces of justice… we shall punish you!”
Magical Aquamarine, with her sky-blue hue.
Magical Seraphina, with her natural freshness.
The two magical girl heroes appeared before the man.
“What… what did you say? Hero magical girls? Keuhahahahahahaha!!!”
Amused that girls much smaller than himself had appeared as heroes,
he burst into laughter so loud it echoed through the streets.
“Ahahaha! Haha… Sorry. This is too funny.
These tiny ladies have come to defeat me as heroes?”
Then, he bent over deeply to look down at the two girls,
and tapped their staffs with his thick fingers, showing a dismissive attitude.
“Are you going to shoot magic from these toy staffs or something? Huh?”
“Take this! Seraphina Expert Vine!”
– Whirrrrrrrrrrrrrrr— Thwack!!!
“What… what is this?! These thorny vines?! Aaaaaaah!”
Thorny vines stretched out towards the man who was trying to snatch Aquamarine’s staff.
Dozens of thorny vines tightly bound his body.
“Those thorny vines contain a sleep toxin that will calm your body.
You better just fall asleep quietly right there.”
Magical Seraphina pointed her staff at the man, who was completely bound by thorny vines.
“Kuh… As if I would be defeated by mere plants like this…!!!!”
– Crackle crackle crackle crackle crackle—!!!
The veins bulging on his rugged muscles swelled as if they would burst at any moment,
and with a thunderous shout, the man tore apart the thorny vines that were binding him.
“Hoo…. Too tough to be of any use? Can’t even eat it.”
Because the sleep toxin from the thorny vines had not yet penetrated his body,
the man nonchalantly shrugged his shoulders and neck.
“Little brats, launching surprise attacks like that. Aaaaaaang?!!!!”
“Kkeueueue…?!”
The power and spirit were enough to create wind pressure with just a thunderous shout.
The two girls flinched for a moment, overwhelmed by the spirit.
“Then shall I move around excitedly too?
I have to play with our lively hero… whatchamacallit girls.”
He swung the giant metal hammer, which must have weighed hundreds of kilograms, around like a toy hammer,
then swung it down hard towards the girls.
“Euratcha!!!!!”
– Ku-gwa-gwa-gwa-gwa-gwangg—!!!!!
“”Kyaaaah?!””
Then, a tremendous roar that seemed to burst eardrums filled the street,
creating a huge crack in the middle of the black road.
“Hahahahahaha!!! Feels good?! Hahahahahaha!!!!”
Seraphina and Aquamarine, who had hurriedly leaned back to avoid the fierce and swift attack, fell over.
The man sneered at the two girls’ flustered appearance.
‘Surely… they said I’ve gotten stronger. Then I can be more serious…!’
Spitting blood from their bodies or suddenly collapsing was commonplace.
Now, they couldn’t even maintain their bodies without taking their medicine regularly.
What they gained in return was the immense ‘output’ and formidable ‘destructive power’ of their abilities.
“Aquamarine… Hyper Bubble Blast!!!!!”
– Thwaaaaaaaak—!!
Biting her lip tightly, Aquamarine unleashed an incredible technique that would have been impossible before.
Dozens of streams of water, so fast they seemed like beams, engulfed the man.
– Pshushushushushushushush—
“Kuaaaaaaaaagh!!!!!”
Then, the high-pressure streams of water pierced through the man’s muscles and flesh, which had seemed so solid,
and a considerable amount of blood gushed out from his body.
“What is this attack…!!!! Where did this sudden water cannon come from…?!!!!!”
“How is it? The taste of my new technique, ‘Aqua Hyper Bubble Blast’?”
The man was shocked not only in his body, which had been directly hit, but also in his mind, and he slumped down,
realizing that a destructive power beyond what he had imagined was being emitted from that frail girl.
“Me… me, slump down from the attacks of such frail girls…?
I, who have experienced all kinds of harsh lands and fought against wild beasts…?”
Of course, he had endured all kinds of hardships and trained himself as he said,
but there was a fallacy in calling them ‘frail girls.’
That’s because they were the ones who had endured the brutal experiments that even sturdy men like him could not withstand,
and more than ten times at that.
“Seraphina… are you hurt anywhere…?”
While the man was recovering himself, Aquamarine approached Seraphina, who had fallen over greatly.
“Eueueue… Kkeueueueue…!!”
However, Seraphina seemed to be seized by some intense anger,
glaring at the man with a very angry expression and voice.
“Why… what’s wrong? Seraphina! Can you hear me? Kyaaaah?!”
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!”
Aquamarine desperately grabbed Seraphina, who seemed to be unable to control herself as she was overwhelmed by emotion,
but Seraphina pushed Aquamarine away and ran towards the man.
“Die… die… dieeeeeeeee!!!!!!!”
– Whirrrrrrrrrrrrrrr—!!!!
– Pshushushushushushush—!!!!?!!!
“Keuhaaaaaaagh…!!!”
As Seraphina, seized by madness and anger, twisted and moved her body,
even more hideous and sharp thorny vines than before pierced the man’s body.
“Sera… phina…?!”
Thorny vines of a rough and cruel form that seemed to embody Seraphina’s anger.
The man, already pierced all over his body, spewed out a large amount of blood,
coughing up blood as if even breathing was a struggle.
“Keueueue… Aaaaaaaaah!!!!”
Even so, Seraphina in her berserk state did not seem to have her anger relieved,
controlling the thorny vines to tear and twist the man’s body, which was already in a dying state.
“Kkeuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!!!!! Save me!!!!!!”
– Creak creak creak creak… Creak creak creak creak…!!!!
The man’s desperate cries for help did not reach the ears of the berserk Seraphina.
Rather, the thorny vines only became more and more red, stained with the man’s blood.
And his pitiful screams soon subsided.
“This is… this isn’t right….
Our purpose is to protect citizens from villains… but this is….”
It was true that the man had threatened citizens using his rugged body and giant hammer.
It was also true that he had destroyed some of the city’s roadside trees and walls.
But this man, who had never been designated as a major observation target by the Hero Alliance,
and who had not even injured any citizens yet…
Was he such a heinous criminal that he deserved to meet such a惨 death?
“Kyahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!”
“Stop it! That’s enough already!”
Seraphina, twisting her body madly and laughing in front of the blood-soaked thorny vines.
Aquamarine ran out to stop her.
“Stop it… I said stop it!!! Seraphina!!!!!!!!”
However, before Aquamarine’s cry and her body could reach Seraphina,
Seraphina suddenly collapsed powerlessly on the spot.
“Seraphina?!!!”
Aquamarine rushed over desperately and barely managed to catch Seraphina before her head hit the ground,
but her face and body were already in an indescribable state.
‘What on earth… what on earth did the director do to us…?’
The director had only said that severe side effects would occur if they didn’t take their medicine within 24 hours.
He had never said that their emotions or abilities could go berserk.
However, Seraphina, who had suddenly gone berserk and collapsed, was bleeding profusely from her nose and mouth,
and her face and lips were pale like a corpse.
“A… qua…?”
“Seraphina?! Are you okay?!”
A moment later, when Seraphina, who was held in Aquamarine’s arms, gently opened her eyes,
Aquamarine breathed a sigh of relief only after seeing her face, now that her rampage had stopped.
“Aquamarine… you… blood….”
“Blood? Is it because I’m bleeding too much?”
When Seraphina mentioned blood, Aquamarine thought she was talking about the blood she had shed,
and wiped the blood from the corners of her mouth with the hem of her skirt.
However, no matter how much she wiped the blood from the corners of her mouth, the blood still remained on Seraphina’s face.
“Not me… I’m talking about… Aquamarine….”
What Seraphina was pointing to was not herself, but Aquamarine.
“T… this is…!”
Just like Seraphina, blood was dripping from Aquamarine’s nose and mouth.
