Derek collapsed onto the ground, falling flat on his rear.
「Impossible… This can’t be real… This is a lie…」
「Well then.」
「!?」
「You just said you were going to kill me, didn’t you? So――」
I lifted Derek’s body with psychokinesis.
Suspended him in midair.
「I’ve decided to kill you too.」
「N-No! I-I’m sorry for what I said! I’ll do anything! J-Just please, spare me!」
「No chance. You don’t deserve an ounce of sympathy.」
I imagined crushing him with psychokinesis.
Compressing him until he was nothing but pulp.
But then—
「Ah… that’s right.」
An idea came to mind.
I lowered Derek back down to the ground.
「H-Huh?」
His eyes widened, as if he thought he’d been spared.
「Hah… haha… you scared the hell out of me!」
Derek let out a nervous laugh.
And then, he tried to smooth things over.
「Y-Yeah, that’s right. We’re both reincarnators, right? Fighting each other is pointless. Let’s just get along from now on, yeah?」
「What exactly are you misunderstanding?」
「Huh?」
「Did I ever say I was letting you go? Even once?」
「W-Wait… you’re not?」
「Nope.」
Then why had I let him down?
I told him the reason.
「I figured I’d take all your items and gear before I killed you.」
Derek’s eyes widened again.
I smiled.
「I don’t have much money after getting exiled. But you? You look like you’ve got a pretty nice item bag. I think I’ll help myself to it—for my future expenses.」
Derek’s face twisted in fury.
「Y-You bastard…! Like hell I’m handing my stuff over to you! I gathered all of this through countless explorations――!」
「Shut up.」
I exerted my psychokinesis again.
Derek, who had just touched the ground, was lifted back into the air.
Suspended slightly above the ground—
Arms and legs outstretched, bound in an invisible crucifixion-like pose.
「D-Damn it! Stop this!! Release me from this psychokinesis!!」
「Stay quiet.」
I began stripping him of his item bag and gear.
He tried to launch a spell at me mid-process—
But I easily sealed his magic with psychokinesis.
…Alright.
I’d taken just about everything useful.
That was enough.
「Give me back my stuff, you piece of shit! I swear, I’ll kill you for this!!」
Derek screamed, spewing curses.
Yeah, I’d had enough of this.
Time to end it.
Then, Derek shouted:
「This world belongs to me! The kingdoms, the continents, even Lady Lizrod—all of it is mine to control! Not some worthless trash like you! I will be the ruler of this world, and everything in it will――」
I stepped back.
Then, I activated psychokinesis.
And compressed Derek.
With a sickening crunch.
His body was crushed into a lump of flesh, blood spraying everywhere.
Instant death.
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