Chapter 840 – Mythology Academy
“This is crazy…!!”
That was when Seong-il opened the dimensional Pineapple House and entered the Academy’s artifact storage. Before his eyes, the ruined Mythology Academy archives appear.
“They made such a big deal out of it in such a short period of time?”
Since the time they talked to Walter was only ten minutes at most, Seong-il wonders why there were traces of such a fierce battle at the academy in such a short period of time.
“… It is understandable that as Tala’s power is strong, it could have caused great damage to the Academy, but…”
As an experienced person, Dean Gerhard senses that there is something abnormal about the current situation at the academy and quickly approaches the scene to investigate the surroundings.
“Dean…?!”
A professor who is cleaning up the artifact storage room with a golem exclaims in surprise when the two deans suddenly appear at the same time.
“What kind of situation is this!?”
“Ah… A student who referred to himself as an apostle of Tala half a day ago…”
The professor, who majored in enchantment-related studies, leaves the field cleanup to a nearby golem, sits down in front of the dean, and begins to briefly explain the terrible accident that occurred half a day ago.
“… Do you mean that the Lantz Rudian army went on a rampage and attacked the academy storage and stole various artifacts? Were there any casualties in the process?”
“Yes. That’s right. Among them, there were even strange ‘artifacts’ that we didn’t know about.”
At first, the magic guard looked at the actions of Lanz, who was only a first year student, in bewilderment. But, let your guard down for a moment. When Lanz slaughtered them all at once using his overwhelming power and even killed the professor who came here in a hurry, the academy realized the seriousness of the situation and quickly called nearby faculty members to try to subdue him.
However, surprisingly, it is said that Lanz Ludian unleashed a storm of overwhelming and powerful power that a first-year student could not show, killing additional faculty members who came in a hurry.
“The first-year student who called himself an apostle had great skills, but what really scared me was the strange power of the turquoise crystal.”
“… Correction?!”
“Yes.”
Lanz Ludian raided the artifact storage facility, blew away the security there, and stole all kinds of valuables. After that, it is said that he somehow moved to the central library and began attacking the place at random.
“… Students?!”
“Quite… Many students quit…”
And in the process, a disaster occurs in which many promising students die. This explains how dozens of enraged faculty members came to Lantz and attacked him like crazy.
“… Dozens of Academy faculty members came and attacked Lanz Ludian with all their might, so we thought we would be able to take him down quickly.”
However, after destroying the library, Lanz Ludian used a strange turquoise crystal he found in the basement to use great and evil power, and the faculty, who were aggressively attacking, suffered serious damage due to the baptism of that overwhelming power. 〈 Br〉
“I thought it was probably Tala’s holy relic. I don’t know why such an item was hidden in the academy library, but…”
However, the holy relic seemed to be nothing more than a ‘fragment’. The power Lantz was using soon ran out. The faculty, who had once again lost a colleague, became enraged and went berserk, attacking Lantz even more violently than before. However, Lantz Rudian laughs at the professor and uses the remaining power of the crystal to escape somewhere.
“Currently… Almost all the faculty, except for a few, are pursuing Lanz Ludian, who has become an apostle of Tala.”
‘Does that make sense…?’
Even though Tala is an evil god with a knack for toying with mortals, Seong-il is dumbfounded when he tells him that he persuaded Lanz to become his apostle in just ten minutes, quickly strengthened his body, and devastated the academy. .
“No… Does it make sense to have so many accidents in less than 30 minutes…?”
“30 minutes?”
“Yes. Isn’t it?”
When Seong-il tells the professor in front of him the general lecture time, the professor now looks at Seong-il with a puzzled expression and answers.
“What are you talking about? The fierce battle between Lanz and the faculty near the library lasted more than two hours. If you include the time he devastated the Academy artifact storage room and stole the items, it would have been almost three hours.”
“… Yes?!”
Seong-il was momentarily taken aback by the professor’s words and shouted with a bewildered expression. However, unlike Seong-il, who looks dumbfounded, the two deans ask the professor with serious expressions if he felt anything.
“By any chance, what is today’s date?”
“You mean today…?”
The professor is taken aback when the two deans suddenly ask for the date instead of leaving to solve the case in this critical situation. However, the professor was not so stupid as to ignore the dean’s authority, so he obediently answered the dean’s questions.
‘… Three days have passed?!’
Absurdly, Seong-il is shocked to realize that the world of Mythology Academy has passed so quickly that it cannot be compared to how he felt it.
“Oh my… Tala used Valtor to play with us.”
However, unlike Seong-il, who was embarrassed, Dean Gerhardt, who had been struggling with Tala and other foreign media for a long time, immediately figured out what the current situation was.
“What on earth is going on?”
“It seems that the reason Tala told us every secret was not only to gather her causal power, but also to secretly burn Walter’s good fortune and temporarily trap us in the bondage of time.”
Dean Gerhard said that since one of Tala’s main powers is the power of ‘time’, he uses the power of cause and effect accumulated by his apostles. In other words, I am sure that he burned all his luck and instantly made time around Walter pass extremely quickly.
“… You couldn’t catch my emotions?”
Because he was confident in his overwhelming power of response, Seong-il looked unconvinced by Dean Gerhardt’s answer.
“Seongilgun’s response is definitely a great power. Enough to easily deceive even a decent god. However, the opponent is Tala. In any case, he is a powerful foreign god who dominates the outer universe.”
“That’s right. Tala even indirectly shared the sum directly with Seongil, right?”
Dean Anila Roshstein, who was listening quietly, also seemed to agree with Dean Gerhardt’s explanation and gave strength to his words.
“If a powerful foreign agent as powerful as Tala had worked out a trick that even killed his own apostle, he could have deceived Seong-il’s senses to some extent.”
In addition, Dean Anila says that Tala did not cause serious harm to Seong-il, but only used a trick in the form of slowing down the passage of time very ‘slightly’, so he may have been able to cleverly deceive Seong-il’s response.
“Even Tala is a god who loves to disrupt fate by deceiving or infringing on the law of cause and effect. Even though he burned the life of an apostle, he wanted only a very small ‘result’ in return, so his emotions could easily have been deceived. .”
“Hmm…”
After hearing the two deans’ answers, Seong-il realizes that his response is not completely invincible. Of course, since Tala was a user of abilities similar to herself, she knew her blind spots very well, and she was able to deceive her because she was a powerful divine being, but it was close to impossible for ordinary beings to deceive their own emotions.
However, apart from that, Seong-il felt that the opponent could deceive him if he made desperate efforts and used enormous sacrifices, so he thinks he will have to find a way to prepare for that situation sooner or later.
“Anyway… Professor Runan. Why are you staying here to clean up after the chase instead of joining the chase team? If it’s a simple task like this, it should be enough to leave it to the assistant instructors?”
“That’s right. He’s as skilled as Professor Runan. Especially if he’s a master of enchantment magic, he’d be an essential talent for the chase, right?”
Professor Runan blushes and looks helpless at the two deans’ high praise. However, given the situation, he desperately hides his joy and explains to the dean why he has stayed.
“I’m not the only one left. In addition to me, there are eight other faculty members who are staying here to clean up the mess.”
The three party members are still puzzled by Professor Runan’s words because they do not understand what he is saying. The professor said it would be easier for him to show in person rather than explain verbally, and he was about to take the two deans to the scene of the incident.
“I’ll take this student too.”
“Yes…? It’s very dangerous there…”
“Don’t worry. Seongil here is stronger than I.”
“…?”
When Dean Gerhardt utters an absurd line, Professor Runan is taken aback as he does not understand what his joke means.
‘… This is a case with quite a few victims, so what kind of joke are you making? Do you think the atmosphere is too stiff?’
Professor Runan was a little dumbfounded, but he wasn’t stupid enough to dare to express a rude opinion in front of the dean, so he took the three people to the scene of the incident without making a show of it.
“This is…”
