Episode 99. Magic Fight vs. Agari Fight (3)
Finding the location of Mosria’s core isn’t that difficult.
If you dig deep into the temple’s basement, you’ll find the center, so just go in and find it.
In the main story, a number of professors join forces to detect the direction of the artificial spirit’s wavelength and barely figure it out.
He is forced to work hard because he has no power to draw out, and he collapses, leaving the work to his students.
After that, the arduous journey to Jaha’s center begins. Fortunately, thanks to Lyman’s aggro, powerful golems do not appear in large numbers, but there are still some that stand in the way.
While I was fighting those guys with a body that had no magic power… I can say that I am physically comfortable now.
Although we only have a small number of faculty and staff, we are searching for them one by one, but where is there no threat?
-Radon Crowler. How can a conman have such an innocent face?
“Hey, get out of here!”
-Jenny Chainsilver. You’re much more ghostly.
“I want to die!”
-Crona Delover. Didn’t your great family teach you proper sexual concepts?
“Shut your mouth!!”
Boom! Boom!-
Sunred appeared and scattered his feathers, causing an explosion that destroyed the golems.
They were torn apart and scattered, but they were just regenerated again.
And so again, I hear that dizzying tongue-twisting.
-Hahahahahaha.
-Hahahahahaha.
-Hahahahahaha.
A dry laugh that conveyed no emotion. Nevertheless, it was an unpleasant sound that made one dizzy.
“Aaah! I’m going crazy! I think I’m going to lose my mind!”
Crona crumples his face and howls like a pterosaur.
“Me too… I feel like my head is going to spin.”
Jenny’s legs started to lose strength as she walked, and so did I.
His complexion is haggard, as if he has been on a long journey, and he feels like he has aged by several decades.
No matter how many times you destroy them, they will come back to life again and again. Even if there is no advantage in battle, it is a combination that is enough to wear down a person’s spirit.
“This is the first time in my life that I’ve ever felt like I wanted to lose my hearing. Why are these guys so endless?”
“Ha… But still, why don’t we attack? Don’t worry about it and just find it quickly.”
Leaving behind the saddened Crona, we entered the basement of the temple.
Because they accepted my opinion that maybe it was hidden underground.
As soon as we arrived underground, the first thing we saw was a huge waterway.
“Still, it’s a really unique place. Since it’s an underground sewer, I thought it would smell like a sewer and be full of rats, but it’s so clean.”
“This looks like it would be okay to eat at first glance?”
“Really?”
Crona, curious about Jenny’s words about touching the water with her fingers, dabbed the water with his index finger.
“It’s really amazing. It seems cleaner than the water in the first palace.”
Although it is a place that has been seen many times in games, it cannot be denied that it is a unique place. If there is such a clean sewer, it is a place where you can come out and see it.
`It seemed truly amazing that the great sage had accomplished this on his own.`
The water that Jenny and Crona are now tasting has now turned into the sewer we commonly know.
It was a natural result that it got dirty as time passed.
[Radon Crowler. Where are you now?]
At that moment, a voice echoed in my head. Jenny and Crona also seemed to feel the same phenomenon, and their eyes sparkled.
The owner of the voice was Kent, the first-year representative. Currently, a communication network has been established using the magic of the magic students.
This feature also appears in the main game to help players understand each other’s situation.
“We’re in the basement of the temple right now. Usually, something is hidden in places like this.”
“How about we all gather together and look for this place first? It’s a bit suspicious.”
The moment I say that, Jenny suggests sending the rest over here.
It was an unexpected help. If you would do as I say, I would be more than grateful.
[I don’t know where the target is right now. But if the search is concentrated in one place, there’s a high chance that it will be in vain.]
Kent responded quite sternly. But what he said wasn’t exactly wrong.
Unlike the main story where you figure it out in one go with the help of professors, this is a situation where you have to find out everything one by one since you don’t know anything.
Thanks to that, the guy has no choice but to force himself to look for Seola and Naewol.
[But don’t worry. This place that looks like an immigrant village is almost finished. I’ll head towards you as soon as I’m done.]
“How are things with those kids over there?”
[I can’t explain everything in detail, but if I had to name just the main characters…]
It is said that there are still many cadets who argue with golems.
Mary is said to have collapsed foaming at the mouth after hearing their rapid-fire gunfire, while Ruska is said to have banged her head against a tree several times.
They say that over 50 trees were knocked down because of it.
“Then the professors.”
[If there are two of you now…]
As expected, Professor Stella also reportedly suffered a mental breakdown and went berserk after hearing Golem’s verbal abuse.
It is said that he was indiscriminately firing flash magic, but was finally able to regain composure after being stopped by Radian.
“What kind of verbal abuse did you hear that made you cast so many spells that you couldn’t even tell the difference between a sword and a shield? You’re not even Mary.”
[Because that’s a pretty sensitive topic.]
Old maid, never good looking, soon to be thirty, with childish tastes that kids treat as comrades, so men avoid her like goldfish, hahaha…
It’s quite dizzying just to hear it, but it goes without saying for the person listening. Just as the pen is mightier than the sword, so is opening your mouth.
There is a reason why they say that you can kill someone with your mouth.
[Is it radon?]
“professor.”
Suddenly, the voice changed to Professor Radian’s. His words, as he swapped places with Kent, seemed full of worry.
[Professor Stella is in my arms right now. They say she stopped crying when I hugged her like this. But when I look at her like this, it feels like I’m hugging a little child.]
A child?
Now that I think about it, it was a perfect metaphor for what kind of cosplay Professor Stella is doing right now.
I’m making excuses that my younger sibling made it for me, but it’s too childish for the tastes of a woman who’s about to turn 30.
Considering that Professor Radian, although he may seem like a goblin on the outside, actually likes children, it seems like a pretty good match… No, what am I thinking?
[Anyway, I’ll always keep the communication network open. If anything happens, be sure to tell me.]
“All right.”
So the communication was cut off. The golems are strong but they can’t attack, and all the students, including the professor, are in perfect condition. It’s the perfect situation to eat them raw.
‘But we can’t just let our guard down.’
It would also be difficult if we were caught up in unexpected variables.
Since it was completely twisted from the beginning of the chapter, there is a good chance that the location of the Mosria core is different from the main story.
“How about we split up around here? If we all just huddle together and wander around, we’ll just end up walking longer.”
“I was just thinking about something similar.”
“That’s right. Rather than wasting time by hanging out together, it would be better to split up.”
They also happened to have the same opinion as me. I am really grateful that they have been acting according to my thoughts since a while ago.
“But you know.”
Then Jenny pauses for a moment and speaks with a stern expression.
“I wonder if… there’s a ghost or something coming out?”
“Why is there a ghost in such a clean place?”
“Oh, I see.”
After Jenny’s trembling reaction, the path forked into three. As we had discussed earlier, we split up and went our separate ways one by one.
First of all, there are many advantages to traveling alone. At first, I had no choice because Professor Radian emphasized safety and told me to travel with several people, but now I can find the location of the nuke on my own without having to worry about what other people think.
As soon as I broke up with them, I moved on based on the knowledge I had gained from the game.
It’s not a place where you just go deep into the waterway. There’s a dead end that you come across, and no matter how much you beat on it, it looks like an ordinary wall, but it’s actually a barrier.
To solve this and get through it, you have to solve the puzzle pattern that appears when you touch the barrier. It’s that complicated and vicious part that makes users get mad in RPG games.
Even though I’m an expert, this part takes a long time. That’s why I can’t just skip it.
“This is exactly what you need at times like this.”
I held up the archive mirror of my student ID to the wall. Then, a yellow light came out of the mirror like a flash, illuminating the wall.
A yellow stamp that neutralizes all magical powers and unwholesome entities. The moment it shines, even barriers become useless.
‘It’s an area created by Mosria, so the effect is really killing me.’
Just a light touch was enough to erase the complex barrier. It seemed like other effects could be used here without any restrictions.
The barrier disappeared and the hidden path behind it appeared. The waterway connected by the waves gradually disappeared and an open space gradually came into view.
It was a time when I felt like I was going through great success, eating for free.
‘I feel like I’m missing something.’
Left something behind? Missing someone? There’s nothing like that.
But what is this feeling that is subtly stimulating me? Things are going suspiciously well because I set it up in advance.
Even the center of Mosria was 10 steps away. Since it was almost over, there was no part to tackle.
If there was no person in front of me…
“Vice Principal?”
The entrance leading to the room where the core was located. Vice Principal Heidern was standing proudly in front of it.
I wondered what I had missed, and then realized belatedly that it was that gentleman. I had heard that he was also on night duty, so it was natural for him to be here.
‘But why are you standing like that?’
The neck is slumped, as if the person had died standing up. The head cannot be raised, creating an ominous feeling that the expression on the person’s face is unreadable.
In the main story, Heidern is fooled by Mosria’s tricks and becomes a wreck. In that state, his position is to watch the cadets fight.
Perhaps it seemed that he had been fooled by Mosria’s tricks here as well. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have ended up like that.
Jeobuk-
Heidern took a step forward.
A strange aura emanated from him, who had barely moved half a step. Suddenly, his ‘crisis detection’ skill was activated, and his body froze.
Why are you suddenly like this?
Let’s examine his condition with `Ma-an`.
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Race: Human
Occupation: Archmage
Magic Class: 7 Circles
Horsepower: 200/200
Alignment: Extreme Devotion/Empty
Feelings towards user: Hostility (Against)
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I gasped at the emotions that were at the very bottom. Perhaps, unlike the main story, it was more likely that it did not end at the level of being tricked.
“Professor Radian, we’re in big trouble!”
[What’s wrong with radon? Did you find anything…]
I had a bad feeling so I shut up and put on a call, but… it suddenly disconnected.
As I looked in front of me, I saw Heidern holding his staff and activating ‘Salt Cancel’.
It was a trick to prevent me from openly requesting support. On top of that, he openly attacked me by blowing wind magic.
“This is crazy…!”
I barely managed to avoid it by turning my head, but the wind had dug a deep furrow in the ground.
It’s a crazy situation.
At least in the main story, he was a human who stayed still and didn’t cause any trouble… but here, he was openly on the enemy’s side and planning to get in the way.
That damn old fart finally crossed the line.
I stared at Heidern with a pout. I could see his mouth moving slightly.
“Father… where are you…?”
Surviving as an Academy Fraudster
