Episode 106
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Current time is 08:57.
When I arrived at the academy, I was in the same empty space where the inspiration had previously given his speech.
As for anyone else besides me, there was not a single person besides the Master sitting on my shoulder.
An empty lot.
I climbed up onto the platform and tapped a long cylindrical bar, about 30 cm long, installed there.
-Beep.
A strange, meshing sound echoes throughout the academy.
The name of this artifact is Mike.
This is an item that amplifies your voice.
Since regular school starts at 9:00, it’s a bit of a precarious situation.
“Ahhh – can you hear me?”
No answer came.
But I’m sure everyone in the Academy is listening to me.
Yes, I adjusted it.
“This is Jack, the head of the Academy Inspectorate. I know that the students are very confused by the recent events at the Academy. However, this is something that needs to be addressed at least once. If you are dissatisfied, as I said before, you can just leave the Academy.”
I looked at the empty lot and smiled.
If those words came out of someone else’s mouth, I would be a little angry too.
“What kind of nonsense is this, grabbing the mic in the morning…? I think there are some people who think that way, so I’ll get straight to the point. All regular classes at the academy scheduled for this morning have been canceled. Students, please return to your dorms, and all instructors, please gather at the instructor’s office. I’ll give you 10 minutes.”
There’s no need to waste time.
When I was organizing the Department of Swordsmanship and the Department of Magic, it was a bit showy, but now it’s a little different.
There are a whopping 18 people who will be my hands and feet for the work of the Academy.
Now that you have 18 swords to wield, there’s no need to waste time.
It’s cleaner to gather them all together and kill them all at once like this.
Should I say that it provides a kind of board?
anyway.
“Let me say this again, all regular classes scheduled for this morning at the Academy have been canceled. Students are advised to either study on their own or go to the dorms to get some much-needed sleep. Instructors, please drop everything you are doing and gather at the Academic Affairs Office. Don’t make me come to you personally. That’s all.”
He tapped the microphone and came down from the stage.
[I felt it before too.]
huh?
[No matter how you look at it, you are not destined to live an ordinary life.]
I burst out laughing.
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Jack’s amplified voice reached the ears of everyone in the Academy.
The first-year students of the Department of Swordsmanship were confused.
“What is it all of a sudden?”
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“What are you trying to do now… … .”
“What the heck… … .”
Even though he’s 14, he still knows how to tell right from wrong.
From Jack’s perspective, they were just ordinary people, but the fact that they entered the academy was itself a sign of talent.
But that’s it.
A class that was suddenly canceled.
The students were confused, and so were the instructors who were preparing the theory classes.
When they have this look on their face like they don’t know what to do.
[Let me say this again, all regular classes scheduled for this morning at the Academy have been canceled. Students, please do whatever you want with your self-study or go to your dorms to get some much-needed sleep. Instructors, please drop everything you are doing and gather at the Academic Affairs Office. Don’t make me come to you personally. That’s all.]
To the instructors, Jack’s name was fear itself.
The power they possess is too great to be lumped together and called crazy.
monster.
devil.
Even if you try to escape the academy, they catch you like a ghost and cut off your limbs.
The word monster is not enough, and the word devil feels rather too purified.
A human being who cannot be defined.
Jack’s position at the Academy was already at the top.
The instructor, who was preparing a theory class, sighed deeply and said.
“Everyone, return to the dorms.”
The teacher left the classroom with those words, but the students who remained in the classroom were still dumbfounded.
Then, a female student stepped forward.
“What are you doing? Everyone, return to the dorms.”
A school girl with blonde hair and a smaller build than the other kids.
Her name was Charlotte.
“… … .”
“… … Uh… … Uh.”
Although Charlotte is small in stature, none of the first-year students are as talented as Charlotte.
In the past few days, when the massacre at the Academy was taking place, the commoners rallied around Charlotte, and more than half of the nobles sided with Charlotte.
As Jack said, Charlotte became the bully of the neighborhood.
The children stand up, open the door, and go out.
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But the children’s expressions were dark.
In the current atmosphere of the academy, education was almost a formality, and the children’s minds were all focused elsewhere.
Charlotte said, looking at them.
“It’ll end today.”
“huh?”
“It’ll all end today.”
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“what?”
“Everything.”
Charlotte trusts Jack implicitly.
I think everything he does has meaning, and I think about how I can help him do it.
Was it after I experienced the Pianhua?
Charlotte thought she had become a little smarter.
Actually, Charlotte got smarter.
Increased intelligence, increased senses.
The limits of the body itself have grown, and the vessel has expanded.
Charlotte knows Jack’s intentions.
Jack wants the Academy to return to normal.
That’s for sure.
And this morning, no fewer than ten faculty members came to see Jack.
And, he returned safely alive.
Charlotte noticed.
That they joined hands with Jack.
Sending the students to the dormitories is intended to prevent them from watching the ‘massacre’ that will occur in the future, and gathering the instructors to the administrative office is intended to clean them up all at once.
Charlotte wasn’t the only one who understood Jack’s intentions.
The same goes for Thanos, a fourth-year student in the Department of Swordsmanship.
“Everyone, return to the dorms.”
Charlotte has changed, and Thanos has changed.
Thanos, who used to live only by getting hit, is no longer around.
So far, Thanos has entered the illusionary magic circle a total of 558 times.
Even if he didn’t actually die, if a normal person had entered that magic circle more than 500 times, he would have lost his mind long ago.
Here’s the evidence that Jack and Valentine didn’t just accept the odds.
Thanos has grown up.
warrior.
Thanos, a weak academy student, died inside the magic circle, leaving only a warrior training his mind and body at the crossroads of life and death.
Such Thanos naturally gave off an aura that swayed those around him, and the other children listened to Thanos’ words and acted accordingly.
A few people who still believed in the family’s support looked discontented, but that was all.
Thanos was too big for the little guy to look down on.
Thanos, who has stood on the brink of death more than 500 times and trained to decide between life and death, is looked down on by a nobleman who simply relies on his support?
That in itself is absurd.
So all the students headed to the dorms, and Charlotte and Thanos, who were not living in the dorms, headed to the cafeteria.
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I walked with a staggering pace.
The distance from the empty lot earlier to the administration building is at most 10 minutes.
I thought as I walked slowly.
‘Should I do a little more making behind the scenes?’
This may seem like a bit of a random thought given the current situation, but I had ordered Aveiro to spread the word that the Tulcan Empire’s dragon lab had been blown up, adding a little more seasoning to the story.
But it’s quieter than expected.
If Aveiro had done as I commanded, the kings of each country and other key figures in the committee would have sent their own investigative teams.
The purpose is, of course, to confirm the facts.
However, it is too slow.
‘Should I add more seasoning?’
I’m not impatient, but things are so quiet that I’m starting to doubt.
We’ll look into this later.
I raised my head.
As I arrived at the faculty office, my eyes caught sight of about 50 professors gathered in front of the office with bewildered expressions.
Department of Swordsmanship, Department of Magic, Department of Military Science, Department of Public Administration.
The most numerous of these were the Department of Military Science and the Department of Public Administration.
Among them, instructors are seen with expressions of fear.
They weren’t the ones who came to the villa earlier, they were strangers, but judging by their very dark faces, he must have known them instinctively.
Oh, I’m falling behind today.
Something like that.
Jeobuk-
When I make a slight noise, everyone looks at me.
Among them, one man with copper-colored skin stands out the most.
Gray Shearan.
He made a puzzled expression and came towards me.
It seemed like he was trying to ask something, but he just didn’t listen and hit the player.
“What are you doing?”
“……yes?”
“I’ve collected them all. I need to organize them.”
Dean Gray’s eyes lit up slightly as if he had realized something.
And then his expression changes.
A look full of determination.
Gray waved his hand lightly.
Chae-Ang-!
Chae-Ang-!!
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The sound of a sword being drawn.
Phew-!!!
Phew-!!
The sound of mana gushing continues.
Some instructors didn’t understand the situation, and some instructors did.
That moment when everyone made different expressions.
Crunch-!
“Kwak-!!”
Crunch-!!
Creak-!!
“Eww-!!”
Kwajik-!
Kwajijik-!
Swords swing, bludgeons cut through the air, and fists clash with flesh.
Then blood spurts, flesh is torn, and heads are blown off.
A few quick-witted people.
So, the instructors who had to be killed turned around, raised their mana, and kicked their seats.
It looked like he was trying to run away, but I just watched him quietly.
As I turned my head to the side, Dean Gray, who had been watching the situation like me, gave me a slight wave.
Next.
Boom-!!
The lock and the wrench kicked the ground and ran out.
The total number of instructors who ran away is 5.
Kwajik-!!
Kwajijik-!!
Two of the instructors were thrown to the ground with their heads crushed.
Crunch-!
Kwajik-!!
Two more people died.
There is only one left.
He was in such a hurry that he was lifted into the sky using flying magic, and the two Death Knights were staring blankly at him.
At that moment, Dolsoe gripped the sword he was holding like a javelin and threw his arm back sharply.
Mana rushing into the guy’s body.
And the ‘flesh-colored powder’ naturally scatters in the air.
Our Dolsoe swings his arms.
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Ss …
Kwajik-!
“Ugh-”
I’m not kidding, those three sounds came almost simultaneously.
dump-
A head falling into the air and a decapitated torso.
It was exactly 15 seconds.
The time it took for 24 instructors to die.
In a situation of confusion, panic, and silence, Dean Gray spoke.
“Deal… … you said.”
Before I left the villa, I clearly wrote the word deal.
And Dean Gray must have realized what that meant.
It’s quite burdensome to have you staring at me blankly.
“Did you show me the way?”
He smiled faintly.
Is it because he’s a soldier?
“I thought it would take one more day, but you’re quicker than I thought.”
“… … Are you going to deal with ‘them’ this way too?”
He nodded.
