Just Because I Have Narrow Eyes Doesn’t Make Me a Villain!

TN: Thank Viiyen for the chapter.

“…Oh my god.”

“What is that…”

The superhumans’ eyes, which were growing tired from the endless swarm of spiders, were filled with astonishment.

A single girl appeared just as they thought they couldn’t hold on any longer.

Around her, spiders were being torn apart at a tremendous speed.

There were no spiders where the woman was, simply because they were immediately sliced like tofu.

“…Beware of threads! She has laid out threads so that your body gets sliced if you approach!”

“Everyone, don’t go near that girl’s surroundings! Unless you want to lose an arm!”

An ability that can continuously kill those monsters just by setting it up.

They cheered at the appearance of a superhuman with an ability perfectly suited for the current situation, to the point of wondering why she only showed up now.

“If we use that area as an evacuation point…! We can get healed quickly even if we’re injured!”

“It’s possible! We can block everything here!”

The threads connected around the girl acted as excellent traps, sticking to the debris of collapsed buildings.

Although the threads started to become neutralized one by one as too many corpses piled up…

Beyond that, the threads the girl controlled spread out in all directions.

Perhaps due to that influence.

It felt like the number of spiders they thought were endlessly swarming had decreased slightly.

If it continues like this, they thought they could somehow block them.

Just then.

A howl rang out in their ears.

“Awooooooo!”

“A wolf? Is it the monster?! Damn it, at a time like this…!”

“No! … It’s not a monster! It’s an ally! Look over there!”

Crunch, crunch.

Even superhumans can’t avoid injury if they’re bitten by those spiders.

Moreover, the moment they hesitate even slightly after being bitten once, attacks from other spiders pour in all at once.

That’s why the front line was pushed back. To ensure maximum safety.

…However, it wasn’t the case for the being before their eyes.

A wolf walking on two feet like a human.

Some superhumans were horrified upon seeing that appearance.

“Wait. I’ve seen that in a book before. Isn’t that a werewolf…?”

“…What? A werewolf? Why is a species that went extinct hundreds of years ago here?”

“Awooooooo!”

The werewolf howled, not paying any attention to their astonishment.

As if to say this much can’t hurt it.

Unlike the front line, which was gradually moving back to match the movement of those waves, the werewolf advanced.

Shortly after,

From within the waves, fluids started to flow. It was probably killing the monsters inside.

“…It doesn’t seem to have reason. Is it really an ally? Not just a monster that appeared by chance?”

“Don’t worry. It’s definitely an ally. That’s a transformation from a superhuman’s ability.”

“Oh my gosh…! What, it was one of the students?! Where have they been all this time…!”

“They had some things to take care of. Thanks to that, didn’t something good happen?”

“…Those superhumans, you brought them, didn’t you?”

Superhumans specialized in mass destruction. They were exactly as described.

They endlessly created walls with their abilities to take out as many monsters as possible without dying. When it broke, they moved again to make the next layer.

Unlike them, who gradually grew tired as the front line was constantly pushed back…

Those people didn’t need a front line.

“We survived thanks to them. With just two people, at this rate…!”

“It’s not two people.”

“…What?”

“Over there.”

As they turned their gaze to Ha-Yul, who was nodding his head, a woman with a snake’s lower body was shedding tears and cursing.

“Why am I in this state…! Why am I in this state…! I’ll curse you, I’ll curse you, I’ll curse you…!”

“…Is that really okay?”

“She exaggerates a bit, so she’s probably fine.”

“Huh?! I-I almost died…!”

Perhaps because she didn’t notice the spider approaching from the side.

A few strands of her hair that were caught were instantly cut off by the spider’s mouth.

Fortunately, it seems she wasn’t badly hurt since she ran away, probably out of fright, but…

“Hey, I think that person needs to be sent to the rear.”

“Isn’t it too dangerous?”

“It’s fine. She’s quite unreliable, exaggerates a lot, doesn’t even think of listening to what others say, and always just gobbles up food like a pest, but…”

…Is it really okay?

As their faces became filled with worry at the scathing remarks about a former colleague…

Perhaps because it was humiliating to be attacked.

The snake woman’s face that they glanced at was flushed red.

“But she’s quite useful.”

“Trying to kill me…! You guys, I won’t forgive you!”

Amidst the dry tears, yellow eyes shone.

For a moment, they felt her pupils split vertically like a reptile’s.

At that instant.

The color of the spiders in front of her turned gray.

As if their material had changed.

“…Is that stone?”

“A barrier is created simultaneously with the attack. It’s a good ability.”

“Yes, she can transform whatever she wants within her focused vision into stone. But…”

“But?”

They expressed their questions, admiring it as an amazing ability at the sight of her grinning triumphantly.

Is there some problem?

“If she uses it often, her eyes start to hurt, so in the end, she can’t use it much… Plus, to use it a lot, she has to keep her eyes open…”

“Aaaagh, my eyes…! Why won’t you guys disappear?! Eeek! Save me!”

A completely different appearance from the ability that turned countless spiders into stone.

They could only shake their heads at the sight of her rubbing her eyes with her hands and moving her tail to run away, probably because her eyes hurt.

“That’s what happens.”

“… It’s amazing, but also.”

“Yeah, it’s a bit…”

“Don’t worry too much. She may look like that, but she’ll survive on her own just fine.”

Just like during the Übermensch incident.

Ha-Yul closed his mouth when he was about to speak.

Because it seemed unnecessary to mention such things.

“Still, I didn’t expect it to become this easy just by having three people join.”

“I know, right.”

“…Can I make one more correction? It’s not three people.”

“Huh? Why?”

“I’m here too. It’s four people.”

“What? But you can’t…”

Before they could finish saying that he can’t use his ability offensively against demons…

Ha-Yul disappeared instantly, turning into mist, leaving them blankly staring at the air.

Didn’t that guy complain before, saying he could only use his ability for evasion against monsters?

He says that even if he enters their bodies and fills their respiratory organs with water, it has little effect since they’re so large.

…And only after recalling that fact did they realize.

The fact that those monsters were infants.

“…Do those spiders have lungs?”

“I don’t know. But they should have respiratory organs. If they’re infants, their size should be quite small.”

As if to prove their thoughts were correct, the mist instantly settled in the middle of the waves.

And the spiders rushing towards the superhumans at full speed while inhaling that mist soon collapsed, foaming at the mouth, never to rise again.

“Whew, seriously. That’s scary.”

“I know, right.”

But even if it’s a creepy ability, it’s the power of an ally.

The moment the four superhumans joined, the burden noticeably decreased to the point it caught their eyes.

It’s not just a feeling. They could directly confirm it with their own eyes.

The number of monsters had dramatically decreased.

“Phew, it’s finally getting a bit bearable.”

“I know, right? Since we’ve worked hard, let’s take a short…”

“Don’t slack off and fight right now! There’s a time limit! We need to wrap this up as quickly as possible!”

“…Ah, damn it. A time limit. I thought we could take it a bit easy.”

The faces of the superhumans, who thought they could finish the job a bit more comfortably due to the drastically reduced burden, crumpled.

A time limit.

What kind of information did that old man obtain to rush them like that?

“… Can’t be helped. Let’s just finish quickly and rest.”

“Yeah…”

Still, they jumped back into the front line, thinking there must be a reason for the Commander to rush them.

Because they were certain there must be some reason.

Even though he’s an old man, he was the only one who cared about them.

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*Siwoo POV

“Ugh…! Aaaagh…!”

“…Oh dear, you look like you’re in a lot of pain. Are you okay?”

“Die!”

“Sorry, I can’t grant that request. I promised the person I love that I would definitely return.”

Fire flies to burn me, arms are swung to crush me, and streams of poison pour to dissolve me into a puddle.

But I dodged them all with minimal steps. Because the more I move, the harder it will be to do so later.

It was a cruel thing to say to the girl in front of me, but I had no intention of dying to her.

To keep the promise I made to the girl I love.

“…Hmm, I wonder how many more hours I need to endure before others come? Want to make a bet?”

“Why, why isn’t it hitting…!”

I didn’t bother answering the girl’s irritated question.

It would have been good for me if the girl hadn’t attacked for a while.

But her irritation was short-lived.

Perhaps realizing I was the cause, the girl started attacking me even more fiercely.

Did she think I was predicting and dodging her attack patterns?

She started attacking recklessly and erratically.

And after dodging all those attacks, just as she was getting irritated…

“Grrr…”

“…What is this now?”

When did it get there?

An unknown monster was glaring at me next to the girl.

Realizing she had gained one more ally to attack me, the girl looked at me with a wry smile.

“…Okay. Let’s see how long you can last.”

I discarded all the calculations I could have endured even for a day.

Two of them.

It’ll be harder to endure for as long as I thought.

But I didn’t give up.

I will definitely return to Arte’s side alive.

I promised it.