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The sounds of Heike and the victim confronting got closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I sent a signal through the artifact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘5th floor.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as I arrived at the destination, my eyes met the victim standing in the middle of the hallway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, with a roar, mana that seemed to destroy the building hit the outer wall. It was Heike’s help in response to my signal. The moment the victim’s gaze reflexively turned to the window, I swung my wand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwaang—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From here, it wasn’t hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I rushed to the fallen victim while wrapping my whole body in a physical veil. He roughly grabbed my coat collar. Vitriol splashed on my face and eyes, and the grotesque scream I heard in Baden-Baden was reproduced here again, piercing my ears. It happened every day, but adapting was hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I pressed his thigh down, held his neck with one hand, and brought the wand to his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Aaaaaak! Euaaaak!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dear friends, when you face trials of many kinds, do not consider it strange. …The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pajik— Jjeojeok—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Vitriol core formed around the Old Human’s heart shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The victim, who had been screaming and flailing wildly, opened his eyes wide, looked at the air, then soon dropped his neck to the floor. I briefly touched the Vitriol flowing in his body, felt it gradually weakening, and closed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘One down for now.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other one seemed to have been found by Heike. Roars continued from the next building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Already outside, several medical personnel and supporting mages were standing. All were wearing gas masks to avoid Vitriol damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I carried the unconscious victim and went out. As soon as he saw me, an imperial mage I had seen a few times before ran toward me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“His Excellency Askanian!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. Transport please.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Quickly move to the berserker hospital!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gestured to his subordinates and took the victim I was holding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Heike also finished and sent a signal through the artifact, a few mages ran toward the next building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that side was done too, now it was time for cleanup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Look to the heavens and gaze at the earth below.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I changed the wand tucked in my waist back to a staff, swept the air thick with Vitriol once, and slammed it into the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwaaaaaang—!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to the explosion, I felt eyes turning this way from around. I finished the spell while processing the remaining Vitriol in this area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[For the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment and its inhabitants die like flies. But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air completely cleared, the remaining Vitriol seemed to sink to the ground, then disappeared. Other mages noticed and started removing their gas masks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heike’s voice came from right behind, having arrived at some point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…This time too, it really seems like divine power.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah? Thanks.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I simply greeted and fell into thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was something to point out and move past now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…Coincidental.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn’t something off?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The point that this place was only 500 meters from the lodging barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were more suspicious points, but let’s set those aside for now. Why did a berserk incident happen right in front of the VIP lodging? And two at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, why did the problem erupt right when we were passing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It meant the berserk source was around here, but was all this mere coincidence?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking that, I approached the building where the berserk happened again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Perhaps this now is….’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lucas. Come follow me for a sec.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment I was about to continue thinking, Heike came close and tapped me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heike. I have something to think about for a moment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s no time for that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now looking, Heike’s complexion wasn’t great. She was scanning around with wary eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t like her. I silently followed as she led.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heike led me and stood quietly on the first floor of the commercial building I had intended to go to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pointed to the floor. A heterogeneous white match head was fallen in one corner of the hallway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘White phosphorus match.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It appeared again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I picked it up and checked the back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…This time it’s S.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>T, A, S.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three so far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not an acronym for something, it didn’t make particular sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heike said in a half-soulless voice like rapid fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If Ast, it can be interpreted as branch. What could this mean, from the berserk happening here, something’s off. Lucas, in your opinion, this….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heike.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stood up from the spot and stood still. I placed a finger on my lips and sent a sign to listen quietly, and Heike made a gasp and shut her mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at the floor and said quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Strange.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Listen carefully.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heike looked at the floor expressionlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, she opened her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Rats?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes. Faint rat sounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Could be heard faintly.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Only the size is faint, but.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faint, but heavily overlapped, so no guess how many there were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I exchanged glances with Heike and went down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heike stood by my side with wand drawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I silently opened the door to the basement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heike frowned and stepped back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the rat cries clustered and sounded loudly like a berserker’s scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of boxes placed here and there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I entered and lifted the cloth covering one box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘As expected.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A stench pierced my nose. Contaminated rats filled one cage without space to step, and something presumed to be Vitriol was flowing out from under.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What this meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is my guess right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heike said without beginning or end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Probably.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was for terrorism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They probably planned to release this on the streets. High probability around Pentalon time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then what would happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An open cage was visible. Nothing inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heike’s expressionless face started turning pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heike. Can you relay this upstairs?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heike went up silently, then turned back and tapped me again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She picked up something fallen in one corner and showed it to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another white phosphorus match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I checked the back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A, E, E, G, L, L, N, S. And then… even matches with unknown holes in a row in the wood part, until, traces in matches total nine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…….’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heike looked down at it with a hardened face, then looked at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The matches that hadn’t reached us yet were here.\u003C\u002Fp>",1121,"2026-06-06T03:11:08.304Z",1,"novelbin.me","cdfd14067d5ac6a7aed03d440ce61da92fd8bb4a65d05134a5215603e00e5ba7","how-to-survive-as-the-second-son-of-a-mage-famil-chapter-246","how-to-survive-as-the-second-son-of-a-mage-famil-chapter-244",367,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhow-to-survive-as-the-second-son-of-a-mage-famil-cover.jpg"]