The countdown that had reached 0 suddenly froze and a notification screen that only [Otomen Lover] could see popped up.
[Sending 1 Life Vote ••• ]
A faint light came out of [Otomen Lover]'s heart.
[Otomen Lover] felt a tiny, tiny bit of her vitality was sucked out, slowly absorbed by the screen and sent to the silver-haired guy.
Leinster himself saw a tiny light ball the size of his pinky finger coming out from the screen, slowly entering his chest.
The moment the light ball touched him, Leinster and every other audience heard the system's notification.
DING! [Otomen Lover sent you 1 Life Vote!]
The life countdown that had already hit 0 suddenly changed.
[00:01:00]
1 Life Vote added 1 minute to Leinster's lifespan.
As if by coincidence, the darkness in the room receded and bright light shone upon the entire room, looking like the light of salvation.
Leinster's eyes welled up with dry tears as he looked at the first Life Vote that came to him.
The death door that was previously wide open immediately closed with a bang and the cold breath of death instantly dissipated, replaced by the warmth of life.
Along with this tiny life force, Leinster felt a hint of relief and hope, all coming out of the virtual screen— it must be [Otomen Lover]'s emotions.
These emotions were both sweet and sour, emitting an alluring smell that made Leinster drool on the spot.
Want to eat— ah no, no, focus!
Quickly wiping the drool, Leinster squinted his eyes and smiled like a fox.
"Thank you for the vote, Otomen Lover~ I will definitely get you that Life Votes rebate!"
Leinster pushed back his long hair and winked at the direction of the virtual screen.
Under the bright light, Leinster's current rag-tag state was clear down to his pores, instantly giving [Otomen Lover] a full-body goosebumps.
[Otomen Lover:
Uh, uh, thank you for the fan service, I guess? D-don't worry, even if you're disfigured, you're still handsome!]
The other audiences cringed at Leinster's sudden display of charm, but before they could scold [Otomen Lover] or insult Leinster, the man quickly closed the virtual screen with a wave of his hand.
Time to kill the last monster~
I pick you, the wall monster Wall-E!
Leinster walked towards the wall, but then, his movement suddenly slowed down, his body swayed and he almost fell to the ground limply!
Huh...? What is this...?
Why did he feel so...weak?
A puff of mist came out of Leinster's mouth with every breath, something that was impossible to happen in a mere office.
Not to mention, Leinster felt his body growing colder and stiffer.
His condition shouldn't have deteriorated that much, especially after the so-called awakening strengthened his body to a certain degree.
Such a bizarre phenomena…
It must be a monster's doing!
The previous four monsters he killed had their own abilities, albeit not really magical, but there might be a monster with a magical ability lurking in this office!
If Leinster was a human, he would have already noticed the monster's true identity from the cold air alone, but as an alien, Leinster could only close his eyes and carefully felt the flow of the cold air.
Where did it come from?
Soon, his sensitive senses picked up a specific direction.
Behind the table...up, up, up...
Leinster opened his eyes and saw a white rectangular box with a little slit.
The cold air came from that thing.
The thing was silent, just like a dead thing, not to mention a monster.
But Leinster immediately trotted towards the table and pushed the office chair a distance away from the table.
Then, the young man lifted the office chair with his face contorted like a demon.
"Ughhh!"
The wound on his palm pressed onto the chair and some wet blood quickly stained the leather, but Leinster finally lifted the chair high.
Amidst the audience's confused stares, Leinster hurled the chair straight towards the white rectangular box— the air conditioner monster.
Swish—
BANG!
The chair hit the air conditioner with a strong impact and fell to the ground with another thud, yet to Leinster's despair...
The air conditioner monster was unscathed, with not a single scratch in sight!
"Impossible!"
Leinster almost cursed the air conditioner monster as he ran towards the chair and repeated his previous attack.
Bang!
The chair hit the AC and fell to the ground, one of its three legs dented, yet the AC was still as smooth as before.
Actually, it even emitted an even colder air than before.
"Huff! Huff! Huff! Damn— "
Leinster felt his eyes growing heavy, his legs stiffening and his entire body turning into an ice sculpture.
In less than a minute, he would freeze to death!
Leinster clenched his fists as he looked around the office, trying to find something.
This thing was similar to the paper-spewing monster before.
He needed a unique, correct method to kill it!
Once again, Leinster didn't know that the AC monster had a remote control that could immediately shut it down, a.k.a killing it for real.
But there were many paths leading to Rome.
Leinster learned from the paper-spewing monster incident and quickly grabbed the chair again.
This time, he actually climbed onto the table, stood on tip toe and raised the chair high, high enough to barely touch the air conditioner mounted on the ceiling.
The moment the top of the chair's backrest touched the small gap in the air conditioner where the cold air came from—
Leinster ruthlessly shoved the entire chair into the gap.
BANG!
The cold air flow suddenly paused for a split second.
With the gap tightly blocked, the air flow couldn't come out at all, and soon, it actually filled the inside of the air conditioner monster!
The monster felt its own magic backfired and its entire body instantly clanked, teetering, on the verge of collapse.
Ziiik! Ziii-?!
—What!! What's going on?!
The monster couldn't move and could only try to blow away the blockade with its strong air flow, but how could Leinster let it be?
"Don't be too excited~ I still have a present for you!" Leinster casually waved his right hand and,
Swaaaa...
A swirling red mist appeared above the palm, it quickly formed a familiar thing—
The black liquid with an ominous sizzling noise.
Leinster's 100-point gauge decreased by 20 points and he strengthened the liquid, deducting another 10 points.
The level 2 corrosive liquid swayed ominously and Leinster slowly pulled back the chair from the gap in the air condition.
Before the air conditioner could blow a whole load of freezing cold air, Leinster swiftly flung the sizzling black liquid into the thin slit.
Splash!
Sizzle!
"Ziiiii!!!!"
—AHHHHH!! Hot! Hot! Hot!
An ear-piercing shriek exploded from the air conditioner, but before it could react, Leinster shoved the chair right into the slit, instantly blocking both the cold air, the scream and the sizzling corrosive liquid!
"Zzhhiiiii!!!!!!"
—Gyaahhhhh! I'm melting!!
The monster's inside quickly melted with the double attack of its own magic and Leinster's corrosive liquid.
In no time, smoke rose from the thing and the air conditioner monster shook violently, its muffled scream echoed throughout the room!
Leinster curled the corner of his lips as he leisurely counted.
Three,
Two,
One…
Leinster snapped his fingers.
BOOM!