"T-This is unbelievable..."

Binchi, finally realizing that he had been teleported, couldn't hide his astonishment at experiencing teleportation magic for the first time. Still, he continued to put on a brave face.

"Hmph, but you can't keep a barrier up forever, can you? There are plenty of ways to get my men to attack the kids while you're gone."

"It seems I'll have to eradicate these pests completely."

Ryu exuded a killing intent.

Binchi and his men hastily drew their swords.

But in the next instant, all of Binchi's men collapsed on the spot.

"W-What is this...?"

"I cut off the blood flow to their brains. They'll all die soon."

"Is that another application of teleportation magic?"

It wasn't teleportation magic, but it was part of the same system (magic that manipulates space and time).

"I see, you have amazing abilities. But it won't work on me…"

Binchi cast a strengthening magic on himself. He seemed to have a magic defense ability.

"Is that so?"

At that moment, the arm holding Binchi's sword was severed and fell to the ground. Ryu had used Dimensional Slash.

Dimensional Slash is a technique that utilizes spacetime magic. It severs a target by cutting off a part of the space it occupies and sending it to another dimension. Since the target is severed from the space it relies on for existence, it cannot escape being cut unless it exists beyond dimensions. Those without the ability to manipulate spacetime have no way to defend against it.

"What! Impossible! Damn it, Heal!"

Binchi frantically picked up his arm and used healing magic. The arm was reattached as before.

Magic users are rare among the slums' criminals. If they had such skills, they could easily find ways to make a living.

But some of them had been knights or adventurers and ended up in the slums after committing crimes. In fact, those are the ones who use their power to create organizations and become leaders in the slums.

Binchi probably had a past as a successful individual in the outside world. The healing magic that reconnected his severed limb was quite advanced. Perhaps he was someone who had achieved some success in the surface world. Did he do something wrong and fall into the underworld?

Binchi, with his arm restored, immediately raised his hand toward Ryu. He was about to unleash an offensive spell.

Of course, Ryu could read his mind. But he deliberately waited for Binchi to cast his magic.

Binchi cast the spell. It was a wind-attribute offensive magic, Windcutter. However, the wind blades, Windcutters, were absorbed into the subspace Ryu had opened and vanished.

Ryu couldn't use any large spells other than spacetime magic (he could use simple daily life magic), but it was useful to store spells cast by others in subspace, so he could use them later. So he made a habit of storing spells that were cast at him.

Binchi, astonished, repeatedly cast Windcutters, but Ryu gladly stored them all.

Seeing that his magic attacks were ineffective, Binchi stopped attacking. Ryu used Dimensional Slash again.

Binchi's wrist was severed and fell to the ground. He held his wrist and groaned. But Ryu didn't attack further.

"What's wrong? Don't you want to heal? I'll wait for you."

Binchi frantically picked up his wrist, joined the severed ends, and cast a healing spell.

He was relieved that his wrist was reattached, but in the next instant, his arm was severed again, just below the elbow.

"…"

Binchi stared at Ryu with a pale face.

"What's wrong? Don't you want to heal?"

Binchi reattached his arm again. But in the next instant, his arm was severed at the upper arm.

"W-Wait. I get it! I'm sorry! I won't touch the orphanage again!"

Binchi hastily began to apologize, but at that moment, his ankle was severed.

Binchi fell to the ground.

"Stop! I'll never get involved with you again! I promise!"

No matter how many times he reconnected his severed limbs with magic, being repeatedly cut was terrifying.

"Promises? I can't trust you. You'll probably attack the children again when you get the chance, right?"

Ryu was furious that the children had been targeted. He had no intention of letting him die easily.

This time, his legs were severed at the knees.

"Ugh… I swear! I promise I'll keep my word!"

Did his words have an effect? Ryu's attack stopped for a while. Binchi used that opportunity to repair his severed limbs.

But healing magic that reattached severed limbs required a huge amount of magical power. With the repeated limb reattachments, Binchi's magical power was almost depleted.

As long as he couldn't find a way to stop Ryu's attacks, if he was attacked again, his magic would run out, leaving him with only the worst possible outcome.

"Don't tell me you think promises are made to be broken."

It was a hit. Binchi often told his subordinates that.

"And even if you swear, wouldn't the other leaders try to bother me again? You know, that Rondy guy said…"

Binchi sensed that Ryu was going to kill him. Desperate to survive, he cried out frantically.

"I'll tell the others not to touch you! I promise!"

"Is that so? But don't you think that if you get out of this, it'll be okay? You'll just go back to what you were doing."

Another hit. He was planning to get out of this by any means necessary and then take revenge.

"You're planning to kill the children at the orphanage later to teach me a lesson, aren't you?"

Ryu's eyes glowed golden. Yes, he saw everything in Binchi's mind.

As long as they didn't know it was him, it would be fine. He would hire someone to kill their families and laugh at them later.

He had always done that to those who wouldn't listen to him. He would make them regret it again.

Ryu saw that Binchi was thinking this way at the bottom of his heart.

This kind of villain had to be eliminated. If he was left alive, he would undoubtedly harm the children eventually.

In the next instant, Binchi's arms and legs were severed one after another.

Binchi writhed in agony.

He had no magical power left to use healing magic.

As he faded into unconsciousness from blood loss, he regretted his actions, just as Rondy had said. He had touched someone he shouldn't have.

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To be continued

Ryu invades the criminal organization's hideout!

What will happen to Ryu and the organization?

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