Chapter 819 – Mythology Academy
“We don’t play just because our scouting mission is over. We spend our spare time using our powers of foresight to find the ‘Apostles’ or destroy the various evil hordes set up by the cultists. So we have time. There is nothing.”
Therefore, excluding the time spent on missions, the only time they can actually rest is about two months.
“And it’s really important to get proper rest during that period. Otherwise, even if you’re as skilled as us, your soul can be ruined. And… If someone as skilled as us becomes corrupted…”
“… Something terrible is going to happen.”
Seong-il nods his head as he realizes why the two deans have been living in seclusion near here, absent from the academy. Then he asks his final question to the dean.
“Then why aren’t the rest of you here? If you’re going to handle an important mission, shouldn’t you call them here too?”
In response to Seong-il’s sharp question, Dean Gerhardt and Dean Rothstein momentarily turn their heads and look at each other. Then, with a light sigh, they spit out the truth to Seong-il with a pained expression.
“Actually… The ten people in charge of sealing this place are originally people whose positions are sharply divided.”
“…”
Dean Rochstein explains that among the ten talented people, only four, including themselves, follow the ideals of establishing Mythology Academy.
“Most of the remaining six are skeptical about transcendental history. Two of them are indifferent or close to neutral, but the remaining four are fierce ‘purists’.”
‘You’re hitting me hard.’
Presumably, the remaining four abilities are divided into those that follow pure supernatural power and those that follow pure magic. After seeing Seong-il’s expression, Dean Rothstein nods his head with a slightly embarrassed expression and replies that Seong-il’s thoughts are correct.
“That’s right. They are people who believe that transcendental history is a fiction. They are people with old-fashioned ideas who believe that their respective studies are the best. The reason they cooperate with us is to solve the terrible situation they experienced during the old war and the problems that are right in front of them. You are not helping us by agreeing with our ideals.”
Dean Rochstein explains that he does not want to expose Seongil’s existence to such people.
“… To be honest, we are just together due to a common crisis and political understanding. Once all these issues are resolved, we will fall apart again. I did not want to expose your existence to them in such a situation.”〈 Br〉
“I understand.”
Since the superpowers and wizards belonging to the Athenaeum Order were all powerful people united by their beliefs and self-sacrifice for the world, Seongil also did not hesitate to reveal his identity to them, but the purists mentioned by the deans were not particularly liked. Since he did not want to become friends, he appears to be grateful for the deans’ consideration.
“Okay, I understand. So what do I do?”
“It’s simple. As I said before, we will rush into that rift. Then, we will have to forcefully close the rift by destroying the essence of the evil spirit that maintains it.”
“I see. So you two can guide me inside, and I can follow that guidance, store up my power, and then destroy the essence?”
“…”
At Seongil’s words, Dean Rochstein and others glance at each other again and then smile shyly.
“I’m sorry. Actually, we’ve never been inside there either.”
“… Eh?
The dean explains to Seong-il, who is confused, that in fact, once you enter that crack, you cannot come out again.
“Countless wizards and psychics have entered the crack to reveal its identity. However, not a single one of them has been able to return to the outside.”
Through the example, Dean Rothstein explains that the crack is close to a kind of ‘one-way tunnel’.
“Perhaps that is why the evil gods were unable to send their main bodies or alter egos, even though they had their essence stuck in a gap in the dimension, and only managed to send their ‘will’ here occasionally.”
“Aha… But… Can we come out?”
Since he had never experienced death in the world he cleared yet, Seong-il was worried about the big loss he might incur and did not want to gamble.
“Oh, we already calculated that too. Fortunately, after observing your abilities with a memory bead, we were able to come up with up to four positive possibilities.”
“Which…?”
“The first is, of course, to use Arunrabe, who has the power to kill gods, to cut down the essence of the evil spirit. In this case, the forcibly opened crack will quickly close, and there is a high possibility that we, whose essence itself is this world, will be thrown back to our own world. I guess.”
Seongil’s Arunrabe is an absolute weapon made from pieces of the essence of Meow, who is no different from the god of gods. Therefore, the two deans were confident that even though Arunlabe was a weapon from another world, the three evil gods, who were great gods, would not be able to withstand it at best.
“Secondly, you cast the Inner Plane with us. As you know, your Inner Plane has been shown to be cast without difficulty in any situation or dimension.”
Dean Gerhardt seemed to believe that Seongil’s Innerplane could take them safely even through the dimensional gap, since the power of the Innerplane itself is essentially a ‘new world’ in which the Godhead creates his soul as the basis.
“If escaping through the Inner Plane is not possible, I am thinking of using the dimensional Pineapple House as a third method. As the House is an artifact created by a ‘Game Master’ who is close to an absolute god, the item is confusing. I thought there was a high possibility of getting us out safely from the dimensional gap.”
‘It makes sense.’
Seongil was able to realize that over the past time, the two deans had looked into his memories and powers and identified possibilities through countless analyzes.
“What is the last one?”
“It’s simple. If all else fails, you can ‘disconnect’. As you know, you can escape from any world by using disconnect from the game, as long as it doesn’t hit you hard enough to kill you. “
“Hmm…”
“If we cannot return, you must enter the ‘Gate of the Transcendent’ and escape from the final ‘log out’ location. If you cannot ‘respawn’ at the desired location even after entering the Gate of the Transcendent, you will just be the children of our world. You can have him deliver this letter to Aaron, and he will report the situation to the two wise men who are friendly to us, and they will take care of the matter.”
“…”
In the worst case scenario, when the wise men are prepared to sacrifice themselves, Seong-il feels his heart sinking heavily. Perhaps misunderstanding Seong-il’s silence, Rostain speaks comfortingly to Seong-il in a benevolent voice.
“I swear, Seongil will never get trapped in that crack. So don’t worry too much.”
Seong-il quickly waves his hand at Roshtein’s words and says he wasn’t that worried. He then says that this plan will proceed without any problems and tells us that the two of them were present in the future through the strong welcome that he gave them in the past.
Haha!! I hope so. But keep in mind. Just because you can see the future, you shouldn’t blindly trust it. We mortals are unstable, and our lives are limited, but we can change the future or ruin the glorious future. So “Don’t blindly trust your wisdom.”
Seong-il lightly agrees with Dean Gerhardt’s words. He then invites the two to make a serious plan.
“Hmm… It’s dangerous to come up with a plan together. Anyway, one of us has to block the evil thoughts that will come out of the crack.”
“Hmm… Can I try blocking that?”
The deans were puzzled by Seong-il’s sudden request, but they let him do it without asking for a reason.
“Let’s first expand our response…”
After completely understanding the surroundings of the huge crack through sensitivity, Seong-il monitors the threatening power flowing from there. Then, an evil thought is discovered. Seongil instantly merges his telekinetic powers with the emotions spreading around him and quickly destroys his thoughts by manipulating reality.
“… Is it worth it? Wait a minute.”
When Seong-il thinks he can keep watch for a short period of time without much difficulty, he summons the Creator’s doll. He asks the doll to use ‘Creation Time’ and asks if it can defend this place for him for a while.
“Um… You mean to go into the dimensional Pineapple House and stop time?”
“Yes.”
“… If I lose connection with you, I would normally retire immediately. If I use the time of creation and unleash my power, I will be able to survive for about 10 minutes even if I lose connection with you. Then, I quickly return to reality and stop time. Just throw it away.”
“Good idea.”
Seong-il talks to the two deans and explains that the doll can help with the problem here for a while. Therefore, Seong-il says that he should use the timing provided by the doll to move to his own world and calmly make a final plan.
