Avoid Yandere Constellation-Chapter 231

In a sudden turn of events, unexpected words came out of the man’s mouth.

“Revenge for Sien?”

Why would such words come from Kaine? Jade wiped the blood trickling from his lips with his arm and asked,

“Why is my subordinate’s name coming from your mouth?”

“What? Subordinate?”

Kaine scowled deeply at Jade’s words. Then, pulling Sien’s corpse out of his inventory, he shouted angrily,

“You call him your subordinate, yet you let this happen to him?!”

“?!”

The sight before him made Jade furrow his brows. Seeing Sien’s corpse, his pupils trembled.

“What is this? Why is Sien dead?”

It made sense for Sien to die. But the problem was that the body appeared to be quite old.

“I definitely saw him just a few days ago.”

The sudden development made Jade’s temples throb. Kaine glared at him with a burning intensity.

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“You cowardly bastard. Not only did you kill your own subordinate, but now you’re pretending you don’t know? Just how far will you go with your self-righteous excuses?”

“No…”

Jade was at a loss for words. He had done nothing, yet he was being falsely accused. It was absurd, but he sighed to regain his composure.

“Calm down.”

Regardless of Kaine’s misunderstanding, it didn’t matter right now. Jade rolled his eyes, surveying his surroundings.

“…It’d be better to fight somewhere else.”

Even though this was an alleyway, the effects of the battle would soon draw people in. His identity aside, if Kaine’s reinforcements arrived, things would become quite troublesome.

“Especially if annoying people like Ange or Mira show up…”

There was even a chance that he could get captured. His stealth was effective, but not perfect.

Thus,

“I need to escape this place first.”

With his thoughts sorted, Jade immediately used stealth. Kaine scowled.

“Again with the stealth.”

He maximized his volume adjustment. However,

“Hmm?”

Jade didn’t attack. Instead, he was retreating. Kaine, unwilling to let his prey slip away, stored Sien’s body back into his inventory and—

Taat!

—chased after him without hesitation.

“Where is he going?”

For someone who was supposedly running away, Jade’s pace didn’t seem all that rushed. Rather than fleeing,

“It feels like he’s leading me somewhere.”

Kaine followed him.

“So that’s it.”

Upon seeing his destination, Kaine understood.

“He must be wary of reinforcements.”

Otherwise, there was no reason to lead him into a forest outside the capital. Ordinarily, it would be best not to play into the enemy’s strategy. But—

“This works for me too.”

Jade wasn’t the only one being cautious in the capital. Because of the possible collateral damage, Kaine also hadn’t been able to fight at full strength.

“Besides, even if that weren’t the case…”

Letting Jade escape amidst the chaos would be a loss.

“Haa… You actually followed me.”

Jade sighed deeply. Though he was invisible, the fact that he spoke confirmed Kaine’s guess.

“At least drop your stealth before you talk, huh?”

“I see no reason to listen to your words, so I’ll decline. That aside, I have one last proposal for you.”

“…Huh?”

Jade suddenly brought up a proposal. Kaine tilted his head, and Jade continued,

“Would you consider joining the Cult? With your skills, you wouldn’t just be a branch leader; you could be chosen by him and become an executive.”

“Why the hell do you bastards always say the same thing?”

Kaine scoffed. Then, raising his middle finger, he answered,

“Get lost. I have Sien’s revenge to take care of first.”

“…What a shame.”

With those words, Jade unleashed a thick wave of demonic energy. Normally, Kaine would have seen black mana swirling around him, but—

“Just like in the original setting, his mana is hidden too.”

Kaine could feel his killing intent, but nothing was visible.

Then—

Whoosh!

He heard the sound of an attack from behind.

Even though he was in his dragonkin form, getting hit by Jade’s attack would be fatal.

“You… I think you’re misunderstanding something.”

Kaine reinforced his body with mana. He used attribute infusion and color adjustment—

Hwaaaak!

A dense aura burst from his body. Seeing this, Jade’s eyes widened.

“…What the hell is this pressure?”

The sheer presence alone was on par with an executive of the Cult.

While Jade was still reeling in shock—

Boom!

Kaine pushed off the ground with all his strength.

Kwooooom!

The impact shattered the terrain, sending a tremendous shockwave surging outward.

“Urgh!”

The sudden blast thwarted Jade’s ambush.

Then, Kaine spoke.

“In the forest, I don’t have to hold back my power. You bastard.”

At the same time, he swung his dragon’s claws.

His movements were a bit excessive for his power, but—

“I need to dodge!”

Even considering only his raw strength, it was dangerous.

Barely evading, Jade glanced at the trees behind him.

Gulp.

Dozens of them had been cleanly sliced apart. If he had reacted a second slower, his own neck would have suffered the same fate.

“Luckily, his technique is still lacking.”

Had that not been the case, he would’ve been unable to win in his injured state.

However—

“Sure, you don’t have to hold back your power in the forest.”

That was merely hypothetical.

Even though he had been caught off guard earlier, it wasn’t as if he was facing an unbeatable opponent.

“But I also don’t have to worry about being watched anymore.”

As he said that, he began to release his stealth.

Then—

“Hmm?”

He wasn’t running at him while using stealth.

Kaine couldn’t understand his actions and swung his magic gun.

The next moment—

—Whoosh!

Contrary to his expectations, his strike sliced through empty air.

At the same time—

—Slash!

Blood trickled down Kaine’s leg from a shallow wound.

‘…So that’s it.’

The method the guy just used was simple.

After releasing stealth, he intentionally slowed down. The moment Kaine attacked in response to that speed, he used stealth again and moved at full power.

‘It’s simple, but—’

There’s nothing trickier than this.

Since the opponent held almost complete control over the flow of battle.

‘In the game, this was so annoying I just paid to brute force my way through…’

But this was reality, and that wasn’t an option.

So, Kaine narrowly dodged the attacks by adjusting his movements and relying on instinct.

“Why don’t you keep acting cocky like before, David von Kaine?”

Clearly irritated by how he had been toyed with in the capital, the enemy started to mock him.

—Slash! Slash!

At the same time, more and more minor wounds appeared on Kaine’s body.

Kaine frowned.

—Boom!

Like before, he kicked the ground, creating a shockwave.

Dust billowed up into the air.

“As expected.”

Jade had already leaped into the sky, as if he had predicted it.

Then—

—Slash!

Taking advantage of the moment, he launched an all-out attack.

In that instant, dark red blood burst from Kaine’s body.

“Hoo…”

Jade exhaled a breath filled with exhaustion.

Looking at the completely battered Kaine, he clutched his stomach and burst into laughter.

“Puhahahaha! You acted so cocky, and now look at you!”

He seemed to be in such a good mood that his usually squinting eyes opened slightly.

But then—

“Hey. You got tricked again?”

A chilling voice rang in his ears.

Before he could even feel the chill run down his spine—

—Slash!

A scorching pain spread across his entire body.

Jade quickly retreated, clutching his bleeding wounds.

He narrowed his eyes.

“…So the reason for the dust cloud was to create a clone.”

“Yep. Correct answer.”

Nodding, Kaine picked up a rock that was lying on the ground.

Then—

—Whoosh!

He hurled it with brute force!

The rock flew toward Jade at supersonic speed.

‘What kind of brute strength is this?!’

Jade barely dodged by rolling to the side, cold sweat running down his forehead.

Because—

—Boom!

The rock’s impact echoed only after it had already passed.

As Jade briefly shifted his gaze back toward Kaine—

“What?”

He couldn’t help but be shocked by the energy fluctuating around Kaine’s body.

Kaine was emanating not just one, but two different auras.

“You… you’re insane.”

“Huh? Who are you calling crazy? I’m the most normal person here.”

Kaine responded with the most unjustly wronged expression in the world.

Jade couldn’t comprehend what he was seeing.

‘How is he still standing?’

Even handling a single energy source required an immense amount of stamina.

But Kaine wasn’t just handling one—he was wielding two.

And—

‘Neither of them is weak.’

Even if he had the Dragon’s Authority to assist him, enduring it like this was absurd.

As Jade stared in disbelief—

‘Shit. I need to finish this quickly.’

Kaine was growing anxious.

While Kejun had acted as a meat shield, Kaine had taken a pain-nullifying potion from his inventory.

—Throb.

Even so, he could feel his body reaching its limits.

‘Even as a Dragonkin, I still can’t handle using multiple layers of power.’

Well, it didn’t help that Yongyongi was still just a hatchling.

“I’m not exactly in a position to waste time. Let’s end this.”

Kaine said as he pushed off the ground.

‘Fast!’

Even under normal conditions, his speed would be comparable to Jade’s.

No, perhaps—

—Boom!

He might even be faster.

Jade barely dodged Kaine’s attack.

But—

“Ugh! What the hell—!”

Even though he had dodged, the aftershock alone sent him flying into a nearby rock.

—Buzz!

Meanwhile, blades of energy materialized in the air.

—Whoosh!

And they shot toward him at a terrifying speed.

“Shit!”

Unlike his usual composed self, Jade spat out a curse.

Kaine smirked at the sight.

“Looks like you’re out of options, bastard.”

Kaine taunted him while firing his magic gun.

Jade used stealth and desperately maneuvered to evade.

—Buzz!

Just then, the ground trembled.

‘What now?’

Curious, he looked down.

“It’s been a while since I used magic.”

A magical formation appeared on the ground.

Then—

“Spell Explosion.”

A bright surge of mana erupted.

Blue magical energy slowly enveloped Jade.

“What the hell is this?!”

It was completely different from the spell explosion he knew.

His entire body felt as if it were burning, but he managed to resist by unleashing his dark energy.

“Huff… Huff…”

Panting heavily, Jade smirked.

Then, he muttered—

“I managed to endure—”

“Yeah, congrats on that. Now, go ahead and take a punch filled with Sien’s grudge.”

Kaine interrupted him from the side.

Just as Jade turned his head toward him—

“Shit.”

Kaine’s fist slammed into his face.

“Ugh!”

The rock beneath him crumbled as Jade was completely battered.

Kaine looked down at him, a bit surprised.

“For someone possessed by a top-tier demon, you’re really damn persistent.”

“Kh…!”

Kaine slowly walked toward him.

Then—

“Sien, I’ll avenge you.”

He pulled Sien’s corpse from his inventory.

And proceeded to beat Jade with it.

Until he was just as broken as Sien had been.

—Thwack! Crack!

Jade, while getting beaten, subconsciously glanced at Sien’s body.

And at that moment, he realized—

‘Ah… The one who killed Sien…’

It was Kaine.

The injuries he had suffered were identical to Sien’s corpse.

That was his final thought before he stopped breathing.

Kaine stared at Jade’s corpse with a deeply wronged expression and muttered—

“…So the real mastermind behind all this was Andrew, after all.”

And at that very moment, as if to confirm it, a message from Andrew, the one who could see fate, appeared.

Along with the reward message.