Ruler of the Game 856

Chapter 856 – Mythology Academy

‘Sounds good, so let’s copy one ability… If you summon one more Creator’s doll and then use ‘Creation Time’, the magic book of all things will be copied for free, right? I have to eat this…!!’

The identity of that essence fragment is unknown. It was clear that it was an item from an extremely evil spirit, but Seong-il decided to gamble for the powerful possibility.

“The reaction didn’t specifically warn me, so I guess it’s okay.”

Thinking like that, Seong-il calmly picks up the essence and then makes a motion to absorb it into his inner world.

“Ugh!!”

As the essence is absorbed inside, Seong-il begins to receive a tremendous shock to his head. For a long time, the terrible pain hit my soul. Surprisingly, soon Seong-il realizes that he ‘knew’ the foreign news from the beginning.

‘I don’t remember exactly, but… Is the foreign media in question… A deception?’

As Seong-il absorbs the essence little by little, he feels that forgotten memories are coming back one by one. Surprisingly, Seong-il realizes that the essence of the god in question is that of an evil foreign god called ‘Tala’ and that the god in question was killed by an unknown great being.

“Who on earth…?”

『Who could it be?』

“…!!”

When he hears a loud sound in his inner world, Seong-il is startled and quickly turns his head towards the space where the sound came from. Then, a strange emoticon appeared in the middle of a huge universe.

^ㅡ^

“… Are you the game master?”

^ㅡ^b

The universe’s answer seems correct to everyone. Seong-il is thrilled when he realizes that the game master, who was in a near-dead state in the past, has grown tremendously thanks to the dungeon core he gave him.

“… Did you kill this guy to help me?”

『It’s half true. Hey! Good points.』

“… What!?”

Seong-il looks horrified at the game master’s words and quickly turns on the status window. Then, a shocking sign caught his eye.

“Po… 0 points?!”

When he recently received quarterly points and saw that the points that were a little over 400,000 were marked as 0, Seongil just stared blankly at the status window with a shocked expression.

『You crazy guy. I caught a foreign media, but 400,000 points is a bargain.』

“… Yes, but.”

『Think of buying a good item with points.』

“Ugh…”

Seongil had no choice but to admit that there was nothing wrong with the game master’s expression. He is lucky to have overcome the serious threat he faced with only points, but he also boasts that the points are not expensive at all since he gained the ‘forgotten essence of foreign media’ as a bonus.

“Anyway, thank you…”

『Ahem! Come on! Since most of the problems in this world have been taken care of, we can now supply and demand cores, right?』

“…”

The game master who attacked the core whenever he got the chance was dumbfounded, but Seongil nodded his head calmly because he had received something from him.

『See you next time then! Am I getting some sleep?』

“Are you coming?”

When Seong-il sees the game master acting like an innocent friend to him, a cosmic being, he smiles bitterly and shakes his hand.

“Eh… Well… I haven’t had to spend any points for a while, but it worked out. Huh…?”

That time when I try to control my bitterness as much as possible. Seongil sees that quite a few notifications are piled up in the message window of his smartphone.

[Quest List]

◎ Mythology Academy

Main Quest (1/1) – Complete 1 task

– Train three or more heroines. (3/3)

Subquest (3/7)

– (Optional) Defense against extradimensional invasion. (Get reward)

– (Optional) Resurrect the World Tree. (Completed)

– (Optional) Be recognized as a transcendentalist class. (Get reward)

– (Optional) Academy graduation.

– (Optional) 1st place at Academie.

– (Optional) Be in the top 10 on all exams until graduation.

– (Optional) Subdue extradimensional followers within the academy.

“Oh…!! You cleared two sub-quests through this incident!? Shit!!”

* Defense against extradimensional invasion: You achieved an unprecedented feat in protecting Mythology Academy from an extradimensional invasion! As a reward, you will receive 100,000 points and a copy of Class A skills.

* Recognized as a transcendentalist class: You have been recognized as a transcendentalist who symbolizes the harmony of the two worlds! To praise this great achievement, we will reward you with 100,000 points and 1 item enhancement ticket!

* Item Enhancement Ticket: Makes a specific item stronger. However, it cannot be used on items that have already been strengthened to the extreme.

Seong-il received an enormous reward in an instant. Seongil feels the corners of his mouth rise as he has restored many of the lost points.

‘A skill copy ticket plus an item enhancement ticket… It’s a piece of cake!!’

Although the rewards from the sub-quest alone are so generous, Seong-il has no idea how great the reward will be from the hidden mission, so he tries to check the reward with a pounding heart.

『Hidden & Emergency Mission: True Salvation Success!』

* You have succeeded in driving out all foreign media that have plagued the world of Mythology Academy for thousands of years!! To praise your great achievement, we will reward you with a great artifact.

『Brilliant Essence of Life』

* The essence of life that foreign gods from this world invaded various worlds and looted from those worlds. To be precise, it is closer to corrupting the world and isolating the essence of life to prevent the damaged world from being restored.

* If you can inject the brilliantly shining essence of life into a suitable being, the status of that being can rise significantly.

“This is…”

Seong-il looks fascinated at the five-colored brilliant liquid contained in the crystal bottle. That time when he was absent-mindedly fiddling with the crystal bottle. A quite familiar feeling begins to creep over Seong-il. I don’t know why, but he feels like it would be of greater help if he gave this item to someone else rather than using it himself.

‘Let’s take care of it first.’

Seong-il succeeded in collecting all the huge rewards. Feeling reassured, he calmly sits on the floor, assumes a meditation posture, and prepares to return to the real world.

***

“Are you okay!!”

“Ugh…!!”

Seongil feels someone shaking his shoulder next to him, and he opens his eyes with difficulty and looks around. Then, familiar characters appear.

“Seo… No! Are you okay?”

“It’s okay. I just got hit by a wave and my head hurts a bit. It’s no problem.”

“Whew… I’m glad you heard that. I’m glad you succeeded in destroying the relic left behind by the foreign media and no one was injured.”

Seong-il feels a strange sense of discomfort after hearing Dean Gerhardt’s words. Therefore, he asks him about Tala with a puzzled expression.

“Isn’t it right to worry about Tala rather than the relic?”

“Tala? What is that?”

“…!!”

Surprisingly, Dean Gerhardt doesn’t seem to know Tala. Even Dean Anila Roshtein, who is by her side, does not recognize Tala, and Seong-il looks at the two blankly in shock.

‘Didn’t I… Forget about him because of pain or shock?!’

Seong-il visits other Athenaeum faculty members and asks them about Tala in order to find out if he has not yet escaped Tala’s trick. However, surprisingly, all the professors belonging to the Athenaeum Order did not seem to remember anything about Tala.

‘Oh my god… Was Tala literally sentenced to a cosmic ‘record erasure’!!’

Seong-il understands the situation and feels goosebumps rising all over his body. Then he remembered Lanz Ludian and asked about his whereabouts.

“Ah, you mean Lanz-kun? Fortunately, he was able to escape safely from the artifact’s possession.”

Unlike in the past, when he suffered the cruel fate of joining hands with Tala, the current Lantz is interestingly thought to have come here under the control of the power of a meteorite. Maybe that’s why people were showing pity for him instead of hating him.

“Master! Is Lanz safe?”

“Walter. He’s fine.”

Surprisingly, even Walter Ludian, who was corrupted by Tala, survived and was worried about Lanz. Seong-il is thrilled to see the world line completely distorted.

‘Is this the power of a game master…?!’

No matter how much it is a game world, Seong-il is once again thrilled by the game master’s transcendent causal manipulation ability at his ability to erase or manipulate his and everyone else’s memories without a care in the world.

‘There were so many strange things about this incident.’

An unidentifiable meteorite, the game master’s ridiculous powers, etc. Even though things went smoothly, Seong-il feels confusion still swirling around in his head. But, that lasts for a while. Because of the crowds of congratulations, he puts aside the chaos for now and celebrates.

“Dean. For now, I will go back ‘there’.”

Although he was disguised as an unknown strongman, Seong-il bids farewell to his group because he never knows when he might be discovered. After returning to reality from a secret place, he decides to test the power of the authority he has gained this time instead of worrying about problems that cannot be solved.