Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 116

Chapter 116: Collateral Damage…
*Crack*

The giant magic barrier shattered like glass, and Mark walked in with an exhausted look on his face.

Although he destroyed the barrier, he still ended up losing nearly all of his mana in the process.

The mana consumption of that giant golem was already quite huge; using that giant stone drill to destroy the magic barrier nearly emptied his whole mana reserve.

The expression on Mark’s face turned solemn.

‘If it’s like this… How is anyone even supposed to score full marks? My mana reserve is the biggest in the whole class, and I still ran out of mana only after completing the second floor…’

‘I still have to go to the third floor, but I don’t have any mana left to fight…’

The students aren’t allowed to bring their space rings to this test, and they can’t use any type of potions either.

Thus, Mark doesn’t have a mana potion or any other potion on him right now, due to which he can’t replenish his mana fast.

To recover his mana, he would need to sit down and meditate properly.

Mages can indeed recover mana continuously, as they can use their mana control to unconsciously draw in mana from their surroundings.

But the speed of this type of automatic mana recovery is very slow; meditating to draw mana inside your body is a more effective method.

Just when Mark was having a hard time deciding what to do next, Thomas waved his hand, and a new magic barrier was created on the spot.

Mark glanced behind him, and a complicated look appeared on his face.

‘It took me so much effort to break that barrier, and he created another one like that so easily… grade-2 mages are indeed quite strong…’

Mark shook his head and walked over to Thomas’s side with a dejected look on his face.

He wanted to just leave for the next floor and ignore the fact that his hard work was extremely insignificant in front of a grade 2 mage.

But before he could say anything, Thomas waved his finger, and a mana recovery potion floated towards Mark.

“Take it.. All students who can reach this place will get one mana recovery potion… You have used up your mana; recover it to full before going to the next floor…”

After Thomas finished speaking, the nearby sand vanished and a staircase suddenly materialized.

That was obviously the power of the illusion at play once again.

Mark nodded his head at Thomas’s words and drank the mana potion.

He sat down on the ground and properly meditated to absorb the concentrated mana in the mana recovery potion.

Mana recovery potion is just a highly concentrated mana that has been turned into a liquid state due to the high concentration.

If you drink it and meditate properly to absorb the mana, it will be more effective than taking it without meditating.

There’s only one mana potion at hand, so Mark didn’t want to waste it, so he tried his best to be as efficient as possible when absorbing it.

…

‘This kid… he’s insane…’

While Mark was busy recovering his mana, Thomas couldn’t help but sneak some glances at him.

‘His mana control is likely already at grade-3… He noticed the slight fluctuation in the mana barrier and used that weakness to destroy the barrier…’

‘This is the first time someone has passed the second trial so fast…’

Mark only took two hours to clear the first and second floors, along with both trails.

This is basically a new record; the previous fastest record for completing two floors was four hours!

In other words, Mark took less than half the time compared to the geniuses of the past and created a new unbreakable record that will likely not be broken by anyone in a century or two from now.

‘His mana absorption speed also points out how strong his mana control is.’

Mark was absorbing the mana in the mana recovery potion at an abnormally rapid speed.

His body is like a hungry whale, which is swallowing mana in large quantities. With his current speed and efficiency, he will likely absorb it all in just three minutes.

Keep in mind that this will take other students at least fifteen minutes to do.

‘If it’s like this, maybe Mark will really get full points today…’

Thomas was already rooting for Mark’s success; it’s rare for a talent like him to appear, and he wanted to see how far Mark could go.

‘I guess it won’t be long before he reaches my level… I guess a few years should be enough time for him…’

Currently, Mark is only 18; a bright future is ahead of him, and he can reach heights that no one has ever reached before.

The time passed quickly.

Mark finished absorbing the mana and took the stairs to go to the next floor after nodding his head towards Thomas as a way of expressing thanks for the potion.

Thomas smiled in reply and also nodded his head while thinking in his mind,

‘If not for my duty as a floor boss here, I would have liked to see how he will complete the next floor… sigh~’

He stopped staring at the stairs and went back to his work.

…

First Floor, near the watchtower.

“Argh… I can’t walk any more… urgh…”

Allen was having a difficult time remaining conscious due to the intense pain in his broken and twisted arm.

Aiza was the one who protected him from all the monsters on the way; now they only need to pass the trial and they will be able to go to the next floor.

But Allen seems to have lost his will to fight after suffering from pain for so long.

Aiza is a fire-type magician; she doesn’t have any healing spells in her arsenal. Only a healing-type magician can help Allen right now.

But the main problem is that there is no healing magician in the dungeon.

The healing magicians are weak in combat; thus, they weren’t sent here in this artificial dungeon, and instead, they will be tested on the basis of their healing magic’s capabilities on some other day.

This is also the reason why Airin isn’t here to heal Allen; if she were in the dungeon, Allen’s first choice would have been to find her and get himself healed.

Just when Aiza was still wondering what to do, a student suddenly rushed towards the watchtower and got blasted off by the water arrow.

The water arrow eliminated the student instantly, but it didn’t lose its impact; as it hit the ground, it split into countless water needles that flew in all directions and exploded like grenades at contact with anything.

Those water needles were so fast that Aiza barely had time to protect herself, and Allen got hit by one right on the face.

The water needle exploded, and Allen got eliminated in an instant as he lost consciousness due to the explosion and got teleported.

Aiza was so taken aback by that sudden change, she couldn’t help but glance at the spot where Allen was sitting with a blank expression on her face.

The protagonist was so unlucky today that he literally got eliminated from collateral damage.

This was indeed inevitable.

As the vice principal, Jareth purposely changed the positions of the teachers and assigned Gazid to the first floor himself.

Jareth’s interference was the reason why Allen ended up in this kind of situation.

‘I guess I should leave…’

Seeing that Allen was eliminated from the test, Aiza had no choice but to move on by herself.

She originally wanted to help out Allen because she still considers him a good friend and doesn’t want to see him fail the test, but now that things have come to this, she can’t do anything.

If she hadn’t wasted her time saving and escorting Allen here, she would have already reached the second floor by now, but she was just too naive in this matter, and she couldn’t bear to see Allen suffer.

Although she has only recently met him, it’s not a good thing to leave your friends behind when they are in need.

Actually, Aiza will get extra points for helping out Allen, who was in need.

Every action of the students is being observed by Yoseh; no one will leave without getting proper marks today.

…

Aiza shook her head and left the place. She headed towards the edge of the five-hundred-meter range and cast her spell.

‘A water arrow spell… the best counter would be firing a fire-type spell at the water arrow, but my fire magic isn’t strong enough yet and it will get overwhelmed…’

Just then, Aiza recalled how Jareth had used ‘Basic Magic’ and low-grade magic to deal with strong foes, and an inspiration came to her mind.

‘If he can do it, I can do it too…’

She pointed the wand toward her feet and cast her magic.

[Basic Magic: Float!]

[Grade-5 Fire Magic: Delayed Explosion!]

Not only did she use float magic to stay in the air, she also gave herself a push by making a fire explosion near herself.

The shockwave and air pressure from the explosion pushed her towards the watchtower, and she flew like an arrow.

Even the water arrow wasn’t able to hit her, as she easily changed direction in mid-air by creating another explosion.

That’s how she became the third person to pass the first trial of this test after Mark and Risa.

But obviously, she still got a few scratches and wounds as she was barely avoiding the water arrows.

The final explosion ended up being too strong, and she directly hit her head on the door, causing it to bleed a bit.

But that much bleeding couldn’t stop her at all; she went inside and descended to the next floor.

‘I will become strong! no matter what!’