Struggling as a Villain

Chapter 36: Chapter 35- Sadist

The quick fight in the morning was followed by underwater training. The task was to keep himself alive and try to get out as soon as he could by using telekinesis or body enhancement. Lilia just gave him a vague knowledge of how to utilize Enhancement while binding him with chains.

It was absurd to think that the maid who didn't even lift her eyes in front of him in the past because of fear, was now bold enough to not only bound him in chains but also to ask him to jump into the waterfall.

"Mmgh." He swayed his body a little—not moving around too much in fear of suffocating from the get-go—and found out that his body was completely immovable. His arms and legs were tied together and around his shoulders and chest as well. It was a complete lockdown.

He closed his eyes and focused with all his being to force ether into his limbs; packing them until he could feel his arms swelling before trying to exert force.

However, it didn't work. The moment Richard lost his focus from ether control, his body returned to its original state and he wasn't able to break the chains. Not to talk about he lost a good amount of ether and oxygen in the attempt.

"Bluoorgh...." He let out bubbles of air from what he held in his mouth and felt his eyes become dark. The water wasn't that deep, but in this state, he was experiencing what one could regard as helplessness.

If he tried again, then he surely would faint...but since he was already drowning there was no point in pondering

"Hnnghhhhh!!!" Exerting everything he could, Richard forced the ether in such a way that it seemed he was trying to force it out of his body. Every single fiber of his existence was crying in the extreme tension that suddenly rose, and slowly, the chain finally began to break.

"GHHRRRREGHHHH!" With the last bit of his energy, he finally ripped the restraints and the effect of Enhancement wore off instantly—leaving a spasming and breathless Richard to crash against the bottom of the water body.

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"Gha!" He suddenly spurted the water and found his eyes aligned with Lilia's caramel ones.

She was wet and he was as well. He was gasping while she was helping him to get a hold of his composure.

It took a minute, but Richard was able to regain his breathing and look around; only to find himself ashore with the chains he was tied with, broken in several fragments.

"I brought them back to remind you that my lord hasn't failed but passed with flying colors." With a smiling face like she was praising a child, Lilia announced.

However, Richard didn't feel motivated at all as he slowly uttered, "What's the point when I lost my control and ended up drowning."

Richard wouldn't say that he is extremely close to pulling this off since even this achievement was something he couldn't repeat. It was a miracle that under such a dire situation, he was able to utilize Enhancement again.

'For now, let's just focus on climbing...' Utilizing his focus on telekinesis, he even initiated Detection to keep an eye on his surroundings. His feet were in a rhythm with only a single-second gap between each step.

He climbed for like three hundred meters when suddenly a presence came onto his radar and Richard knew that presence was coming at him from behind.

Richard brandished his dagger in preparation and continued to walk forward. It took only three more seconds and Richard knew that the presence was just behind him—urging the redhead to tilt a little back and drop the boulder on whatever was chasing him.

"*KHRUEEEGH*" The sound revealed it was another mount goat who was trying to attack him from behind and was taken by surprise when suddenly the boulder dropped on the being.

Richard had no other option since turning around at this point was nigh impossible unless he knew levitation.

Much to his shock, not only did the mutated goat hold the boulder, but it threw it down the slope before the path beneath its hooves could have crumbled.

Richard was thoroughly shocked, and in his current state, he never realized when the beast lunged at him and bit Richard into his shoulder.

"Aarghhhhh! Fuck!" He cursed out aloud feeling his arm being torn away by the beast.

Clutching the dagger, he stabbed the goat in the head. However, it was already too late. The bitten arm was no longer working because of the position it carried.

"*BLEUUURGH*" The goat recoiled back, having a venom-coated dagger plunged in its head.

Both the prey and the hunter were injured, and, in that precise moment, someone landed between them.

And that person was not Lilia...

That person had the same shade of hair as Richard...

And that person...looked awfully angered at the moment.

Not only was the mountain goat cowering in terror, but Richard, as well, felt his heart sinking to see her here.

"M-Mom?"

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A/N:- Uh...oh. I hope Lilia ain't dead already. I would describe the brief flashes of his training to give you guys a vague understanding of his strength before he enters the academy.

Now, let the drama unfold!!!!!