As HE appeared, everything changed…
As Gray heard the commotion, he suddenly knew that defending would get WAY harder. Had this been a strategy game, then the guy who had just arrived would have been a General!
Even now, his badge was buzzing with warning
— Boss Zhang: "Holy shit! The guy who just arrived? It's the goddamn Tyrant! This is BAD!"
— SupacompuGirl: "Careful! He may just be a third-year student, but he's powerful and cunning! I heard he even challenged a Teacher two months ago… and actually won?!"
— MoreMana: "D-Don't tell me you guys are at Teacher Gale's place?! Wait… are you actually rooting for that bandaged "Leader"? Tell him to GTFO if he wants to live!"
— WeAreLegion: "Run? Tyrannicide time!" ;)
Oh, and Gray had just the thing for it!
As he glanced at the Classroom, a mad chuckle escaped him. It was time to go all out. As for all he had planned, even he scared himself…
"Hehehehehehehehe!"
"Bun! Bun! Bun!"
This would be sooo much fun~
This really would be sooo much fun~
At this moment, two beings shared the same thoughts. The "Tyrant" outside grinned as he looked toward the Classroom. 'Leader, was it? I'll show you how one truly leads…!'
Deception? Relying on lies? That was for weaklings. The Tyrant had a different style. He turned to the students next to him, many shivering.
"Some of you are shivering? In 10 seconds, I'll start pummeling anyone who's still not in that Classroom. You guys feel inspired yet?"
His grin wasn't just tyrannical. It was downright malevolent!
"GULP! Who's scared of bunnies? Charge!"
"Ten seconds?! I'm already there!!"
"DEATH TO THE BUNNIES!"
That's when it began. This time, it was far different. Few students? No, they were ALL here!
It wasn't just an attack but a flood of incensed students! They had barely stepped foot inside the class that… "Attack!" They blasted spells EVERYWHERE!
Floor? Charred!
Walls? Frostbitten!
Ceiling! Utterly Slashed!
"W-What the hell?! They're not here?!"
"How much Mana did we just waste?"
"Don't tell me… they ran?!"
No, that wasn't possible. They had the entire place surrounded! The room was clear, and all their focus went toward the door on the other side.
They were already preparing themselves for the fight to come as— That's when it happened.
"Here comes JONHYYYYY!"
— CRASH! CRASH! —
The nearest wall… exploded?!
What?! How?! Weren't those walls indestructible?! Yes, but that didn't apply to Gray, the owner! And out of the whole he had made came his troops!
The Bunnies were right in the student's blind spots, too!
Curse! Curse! Curse! Curse! They went ham, and everything went to shit. The students' anger? Their courage? The Tyrant behind them? At that moment, they forgot it all.
They had been so tense, and so convinced that behind them was safe… that they felt like their reality was crumbling. Fight or flight? They had made their choice!
They ran. They bloody ran, impressively fast.
The Tyrant was left alone.
"1…2…3.. CURSE!"
As all Bunnies focused their firepower on him, he… actually ran away?! His body glowed with a bronze aura as he rushed out, barely passing the entrance door.
Seeing this, valiant bunnies bared their fangs, giving chase!
"STOP! Come back!" Gray hurriedly recalled them.
Had they followed, it would have been Game Over. In the distance, the Tyrant chuckled lightly as he scoffed, his plan seen through.
Bunnies + "Leader" → Too risky!
But either alone? → Easy!
Gray couldn't help but gulp. That man alone could fight them all: how fucking tyrannical! At this moment, it was as if sparks flew between the two generals.
But they both understood: This was merely round one, the second one starting as soon as the students regrouped. Knowing this, Gray hurried the hell up.
"Get me some wood ASAP! In a few minutes, they'll be back!"
Gray actually grabbed his own wooden dinner table, sticking it in the hole he had just made. He had barely added it that… reach, reach… the wall seemed to come alive?!
[Ding! The System Accepts Your Offering!]
[Successfully Repaired Class Wall!]
With this, it was time for round two… and the last. He had seen the look in the Tyrant's eyes. The man had perhaps underestimated him before, but not anymore!
He hurried with the preparations and was soon proved right.
Two minutes later, they were back. Except this time, the students were completely different people! Blind spots? None! They watched each other's backs like veterans!
"Tch— Careful, they could be anywhere!"
"Watch the back, the side, the front!"
"Hehe, we gonna make rabbit stew!"
Whatever the Tyrant had told them, it sure had worked! Still, their organization didn't mean that Gray would give up. Once again…
"Here comes JONHYYYYY!"
— CRASH! CRASH! —
Was he trying this again?! Pfft— as if! The students instantly bombarded him! The hole he was making? Anything even remotely next to it would soon die! It would—
— Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! —
W-Wait, why were people falling?! H-How?
But that's when they finally noticed it. The walls? They weren't exactly the same. At the bottom, there were now bunny-sized tiny holes?! And coming from those were...
Curse! Curse! Curse! Curse! Curse!
That had been Gray's plan! Same shout? Similar wall-break? The students' brains had recognized the pattern… and they had been fooled! But just as they were falling…
A certain "Tyrant" chuckled…
"Leave them! Move out!"
So ruthless! No hesitation whatsoever! But with that, the tide of the battle suddenly changed. Now that the students were moving as one and not panicking…
Hundreds of Students VS 20 Rabbits
In an open air-area, they'd be utterly crushed!
No, he had to finish this, and now or they were screwed!
Gray suddenly turned solemn…
"You all, it's time."
That's when he pulled on a nearby rope, one that slithered all the way to the Classroom's rooftop. As soon as he pulled it…
— SPLOOSH! SPLASH! SPLAH! —
"AHHH?! What the fuck is that?!"
"Get it off, get it off! Blood?! So much blood!"
"I'm gonna be sick. I didn't sign up for this shit!"
As the students were drenched in blood, they totally lost it. They had some in their hair, in their eyes, even in their goddamn mouths. The world suddenly tasted of iron and—
Everything changed when the bunny nation attacked!
"Bun! Bun! Bun! Bun!"
It all became a foul, slippery mess, one that was even more slippery as curses started raining down on them once more! It was a goddamn shitshow!
Still, there was pushback…
"You all! Fight back. They're running out of energy!"
"Can't you feel it? The curses are weakening!"
"I bet all this is just chicken blood!"
Oh, they were so goddamn wrong. Still, Gray couldn't let them regain their spirit! It was time for THAT! "Do it! Roast those bitches!"
With these words, the bunnies suddenly grabbed... red fiery leaves?
Fiery Sakura was a spiritual tree that absorbed the fiery element from the sun and made the most beautiful leaves bloom. Oh, and those were very flammable.
— Crunch! Crunch! —
As the bunnies crushed them, the fiery magic contained within was released and— Burn! Burn! The sickening blood turned to burning revolting blood, so many turning mad.
But even then, a very few still remained cool-headed.
"Calm down, everyone! Stop freaking out, and we win this!"
"There's only a few bunnies! Stop running and fight!"
"Just defend yourselv— Fuck! FUCK! RUNNNN!"
"ROAAAARRRRR!"
The Rampaging Bear destroyed their remaining sanity. At this moment, they utterly forgot that its power was restricted outside the Forest; all that remained was dread.
That's the moment Gray utterly won the battle. They who had come to cause trouble would leave with lifelong PTSD! But before he could rejoice…
"Fooooound you!~"
While his army was getting crushed, the Tyrant had instead sneaked out. He now faced the one they called "Leader" with a cruel grin, the latter's bandages shivering in fear.
"Let's finish this, alright? You fought well, but ALL BOW DOWN TO THE TYRANT!"
As he roared the last part, his entire body started bulging, a bronze aura engulfing him, and then… PUNCH!
Mana, speed, might, this punch contained it all!
This punch was DEATH!
There was no time to evade. Gray's body was pierced from one side to another, leaving a gaping hole inside him! OVERBEARING!
"Y-You?! Don't tell me?!"
But that's when the Tyrant's face changed! What the fuck was this thing?! His punch? It had left a hole in the man, but why was he made of glowing Ectoplasm?!
"Get wrecked, you blind tyrant!"
He had fallen for his trap! Gray struck from his blind spot, his Black rod of Pain landing straight on his enemy's skull!
The man started foaming at the mouth as unimaginable pain coursed through him. PAINFUL!! How could a single attack be that torturous?!
But just as Gray thought he had won…
"AARRGGG! I'm. The. Tyrant!"
The man forcefully withstood the pain, rotating his body. His earlier punch flew right at him and made contact! Gray barely had time to mumble something in surprise as…
— BAM! CRUNCH! —
The Tyrant gave a victorious scream.
With this, the fight was over. No one had ever taken his punch head-on and avoided the hospital. This guy was utterly finished, he was— WHAT THE FUCK?!
The bandages? Obliterated.
The body and face revealed underneath? Teacher Gale?!
As for the punch? It landed directly on the man's abdomen.
Effect? None!
His stomach didn't even tremble!
No, the man even started… lecturing?!
"Know yourself and your enemy; you won't ever lose a battle. In this case, you attacked without preparation and…" Even now, he kept droning on and on?!
But the Tyrant didn't care about any of that nonsense.
"H-How?! How did you resist this?! Impossible!!!"
"How? My six-pack of steel, how else? Wanna touch?"
Coughing blood, the Tyrant finally crumbled to the ground… just as a bear, a girl, and a fat youngster entered the courtyard in panic.
"Teacher, are you alr— WHAT THE HELL?!"