Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 109

Chapter 109: The Artificial dungeon test… Part-2.
One by one, all the students entered the dungeon, and those who were hesitating got kicked in the A*s and were forced to go inside.

One thing is sure: the professors don’t give a sh*t about how much trauma you may have to suffer while fighting the monsters with your life on the line.

To make the students improve, they need to be ruthless.

Mark entered the dungeon without hesitation, so he didn’t get kicked at all.

The moment he opened his eyes, he found himself lying on the branch of a giant tree that seemed hundreds of meters tall.

Fortunately, Mark doesn’t have a fear of heights; otherwise, he might have fainted at this scene.

[Basic Magic: Float!]

Mark floated in the sky and reached the topmost branch of the tree to look at the geography around him.

‘It’s a vast rainforest…’

Mark remembered the words of the assistant professors before coming here.

The assistant professor said that the first floor is a vast rainforest, the second one is a deep ocean, and the last one is an underground cave-like maze with lava in it.

All three tests are more difficult than the others.

Just as Mark was contemplating which direction he should go, he noticed a giant watchtower in the distance.

‘That must be the destination…’

Mark took a mental note of the direction he needed to go in and easily formed a route for himself.

He’s not called a genius for nothing; making a safe route in his mind and remembering the area with just one look is child’s play for him.

Just when he was thinking about rushing to the destination, a giant mosquito appeared nearby.

The giant mosquitoes were more than one meter long and half a meter thick. Its gigantic wings made an eerie ‘buzz’ sound in the air.

As Mark looked at the ugly creature, black lines appeared on his face.

‘I expected that there would be weird monsters here… but to think they will use such hideous monsters…’

This place might be created from an illusion, but the monsters here are real, which means that the professors purposely allowed this hideous creature’s existence here.

‘Nightmare Mosquito… It’s infamous for sucking massive amounts of blood and life force from the bodies of prey… It’s favorite target are female creatures, but it can attack others too if hungry…’

‘Moreover, it hunts in groups, which means…’

And Mark’s prediction was right: hundreds and hundreds of giant mosquitoes started to fly towards him at the speed of sound; their constant buzzing caused him to feel annoyed.

[Basic Magic: Mana Shield!]

Mark gritted his teeth, cast the mana shield, and dove down towards the ground.

Using the ‘float’ magic, he landed on the ground without any injuries and then brought out his wand to deal with the enemies.

Giant mosquitoes are just grade-5 monsters independently, but when in groups, their lethality is not much weaker than that of a semi-grade 3 beast.

Most students in the first year are barely in grade 5 right now, so they will definitely get eliminated if they get caught by these mosquitoes.

Mark glanced at the mosquitoes that were rushing towards him like a tsunami, and he finally understood why the assistant professor said that the test was about surviving.

Most students are weak; they will have no choice but to run, and the longer they can survive, the more points they can get, so running away is a valid option.

‘I don’t need to waste my mana on these things… I need to save mana for the main trail of this floor… The optimal choice here is to do a tactical retreat!’

Mark took a calm and rational decision; he decided to avoid the pointless fight and to save his mana for later.

With that one decision, Mark has already grasped the true motive of this floor.

They designed it to help the students understand that it’s not always a good idea to charge head-first into battle like an idiot.

You need to change your strategies according to the circumstances.

…

Near a lake in the rainforest.

When Allen first appeared in the dungeon, he found himself falling from the sky, and a giant lake was right below him.

Before he could come to his senses, a giant snake jumped out of the lake and swallowed him in its stomach.

The snake went back to the deepest part of the lake to lie down and digest its food.

Fortunately, Allen had learned fire magic from Aiza, so he used it to burn the snake from the inside, which caused the snake to vomit him out of his mouth.

Nearly all of Allen’s clothes got dissolved in the stomach acid of the snake, and even his skin burned from the acid.

“f*ck! Who the f*ck created this sh*tty dungeon!!”

With a pained expression on his face, Allen raised his hand and placed it on his chest.

[Grade-6 Healing Magic: Basic Heal!]

Allen’s injuries improved slowly, and the burned skin regenerated.

But before he could fully heal, the snake started to attack him again, which made him even more annoyed than before.

“I will kill you!! Godd*mn oversized worm!!”

…

Rainforest, southern area.

The southern area had a much higher density of trees, due to which the sunlight wasn’t even able to reach the ground as the leaves of trees were stopping it mid-way.

As a result, the entire southern forest area was extremely dark, even during the day.

But this darkness meant nothing to Risa, who was used to working in the shadows; in fact, this darkness worked in her favor instead.

*Bam**bam*

A giant bear lay on the ground, wailing in pain as Risa kept kicking its head back and forth.

“Kekeke, you dare to sneak behind me? Did no one tell you to not sneak around an assassin?”

The bear’s head couldn’t hold it any longer, and it exploded like a watermelon after withstanding so many kicks.

The brain matter splattered everywhere, but Risa had already cast a shadow barrier, so she remained unaffected.

Seeing that the bear had died so early, a look of disappointment appeared on Risa’s face.

‘Tch! How weak!’

Risa shook her head and stopped messing around.

‘Let’s stop wasting time now; I need to move fast!’

[Grade-5 Shadow Magic: Shadow Bypass!]

Risa used the darkness in the forest to her advantage, easily bypassing the obstacles in her path.

She went right through the trees, boulders, and other objects that stood in her way; thus, her journey became extremely smooth.

‘Hehe, Victory will be mine today! And then I will make you do ‘that’ massage to me… hehe…’

Risa has recently seen a very questionable type of massage technique in a magazine, and now she wants Mark to do that for her.

(Don’t mind her; she’s just too obsessed with Mark…)