Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 122

Chapter 122: A Hopeless World…
‘Realm of ‘Demi-gods’? Was there something like that in the game? And what is the ‘power of origin’?’

‘Sigh~ this is all so confusing…’

Jareth paced back and forth in the room and contemplated in his mind.

‘First of all, the Golden King who descended to this world and the First King, these two are different people…’

‘Secondly, the Golden King said to the whole world, ‘Leave this place’…’

Jareth couldn’t help but frown while thinking about all this.

‘Could it be that he knew that there would be demon gods trying to invade this place in the future?’

There was also a mention of a place called ‘Sea of Endless Miasma’, and apparently, they are located in this place right now.

Thinking this far, a thought came to Jareth’s mind.

‘Wait, could it be that… the seal of the false dome was created to keep the miasma from ‘The endless sea of miasma’ away from this place?’

‘And if the seal breaks… then…’

Jareth couldn’t help but feel a chill run down his spine at that moment.

‘Sh*t! Sh*t! Now I understand the meaning of the quote that was shown in the ending of the game…’

[The world may be hopeless, but you earned a happy life for yourself at least…]

Only now does Jareth figure out why this world was referred to as ‘hopeless’.

If they are really in the ‘Sea of Miasma’, then once the seal breaks, they will be flooded by an insanely dense amount of miasma, and all creatures will either be turned into demons or will be absorbed by corruption.

And even if they do nothing, miasma is a powerful force. After thousands of years of corruption, it is very likely that the seal of the false dome would have started to get corrupted too.

‘In the future… there will be a time when the seal will get destroyed on its own… This is inevitable…’

Only now has Jareth understood the so called ‘Reality’ of this world that all Grade 1 mages have been hiding from the world for so long.

Grade-1 mages can vaguely feel and see the ‘laws’ of this world, which means that once you become a Grade-1, you will be able to feel the overwhelming presence of the ‘Law of Miasma’.

You will be able to see and feel that the world that you exist in is just a hopeless graveyard that will be destroyed sooner or later.

Even Grade 1 Mages are just ‘Ants’ in front of the power of the ‘laws’ of this world.

‘So, all along, that demon god Azazel… has been trying to break the seal of the false dome because… he wants to destroy the whole of their world…’

No matter if you succeed in preventing the seal from getting broken or you wait it out,.

The result will be the same.

It’s impossible for even grade 1 mages to fight against the laws of this world, and the destruction of their whole race is already confirmed; it’s just that it will take time.

‘Sigh… It seems I really came to a hopeless world. I would have preferred it if it were a world filled with mana and miasma… Who could have thought that this world is literally floating in abyss…’

Jareth sighed and rubbed his forehead.

‘The main thing is… how that ‘Golden King’ came to this place if this whole place is submerged in the sea of miasma…’

‘No wait… If this place was already submerged in the sea of miasma before the ‘Seal of False Dome’ was created by the Golden King, then why didn’t this place get destroyed?’

‘Ugh… There are just too many unanswered questions that I have no way of figuring out.’

Just looking at one book from this hidden library, Jareth’s head was already filled with hundreds of questions, but there was no one or nothing that could answer his questions.

The Grade 1 mages have always hidden this ‘truth’ from the whole world, and none have ever told common people about it.

Which means all the creatures on this whole planet are living a carefree life, and they have no idea that they are literally floating in the abyss; they can die any day, and there’s no guarantee for the future.

‘This is insane… I can understand why most Grade 1 mages are so selfish and arrogant… It’s because they know that their existence is meaningless in light of the reality of this world…’

When a person finds out that their life and their existence have always been nothing but meaningless, the grief brought by that situation is very great, and it can change a person’s personality for the worse too.

‘I guess some of them must have even gone insane from ‘existential crises’…’

Jareth couldn’t help but look at the cover of the book again, and sure enough,.

The cover features a design of a young man gazing at the sky and drawing a picture with a sad look on his face.

‘The first king likely figured it all out that day when he heard the words of the golden king, and he likely wanted to prepare the world for the worst-case scenario…’

‘Alas, his legacy is gone…’

Jareth couldn’t help but shake his head while thinking about that.

At that moment, suddenly a thought came to his mind:

‘The good-hearted people aside, the interesting thing is, even the demon cult members are not spreading word about this topic in the world…’

‘The demon cult members are always looking for ways to create chaos, and there have been many grade 1 cult members in the annals of history… then why didn’t they spread word about it?…’

‘This is strange… very strange…’

While thinking about this, Jareth noticed a ‘Mana Contract’ scroll placed on the shelf of a book cabinet, and a thought came to his mind.

‘Wait… could it be that when you ascend to grade-1… you aren’t allowed to tell anyone about the ‘reality’ of the world because the ‘laws’ of the world itself put a binding contract on you?’

‘T-that’s insanity…’

Before coming to this hidden library, Jareth was still thinking that he could just help Mark become strong, and then this world would have a happy ending.

But only now has he realized just how f*cked up this world actually is.

There’s literally no hope for this world; even if Mark becomes a grade 0, he will be fighting an endless battle with the unending sea of miasma and the infinite number of demons that dwell in it.

Jareth believes that if it’s a one-on-one fight, then Mark will win against that so-called demon god, but no one can ever be sure that there is just one demon god in that endless sea of miasma.

There can be millions of such creatures out there, and even Mark can’t deal with that many.

In the main story, one of the most popular endings that you can get is that Allen ends the influence of the demon god on the world and goes home as a returning hero.

He lives happily ever after with his massive harem and spends the rest of his life living like a king.

But even then, the game refers to this as a bad ending.

The other two endings are not much different; it’s just that the size and composition of Allen’s harem are a bit different in those two endings.

All in all, this game only has three endings, and all three are referred to as ‘Bad’ endings by the game developers.

‘I remember reading somewhere on the internet that the game developers themselves admitted that they only created this game for the players wish fulfillment, not for the sake of the world itself…’

‘They likely didn’t even add any ‘happy endings’ to this game…. d*mn, the more I think about it, the more I feel that I am in a dire situation…’

‘Once this world gets destroyed, I will die, my soul will fall into the sea of miasma, and it will be corrupted and tortured by the endless sea of miasma… and then I will become a puppet of corruption…’

‘That’s even worse than going to hell… This is literally what you call falling into abyss…’

Jareth clenched his fist and thought.

‘Unless I somehow escape from this place while still alive, my end will be horrible, and I will suffer from corruption for several millennia…’

Jareth then remembered the clue left in the final lines said by the golden king.

‘Reach the realm of ‘Demi-gods’… is he saying that this ‘realm’ of demi-gods is a place or a ‘Grade’ that a human can achieve? …

‘And what is the power of ‘Origin’?… I have never heard about something like this in the whole game…’

Thinking this far, Jareth shook his head and thought,

‘Forget it; I need to take these things step by step… I will have to find out more about these mysterious things; only then can I preserve my life…’

‘I want to die in peace and not get tortured in the afterlife… I must do something about this all…’

That day, Jareth finally found his true goal in life.