Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 150

Chapter 150: NPC Stories are important too… Part-3.
“Eh, me? What do you want to ask from me?”

Azul was honestly quite surprised. When he went over to the back gate of the village to look for the stranger, he found Jareth coming back from the mines.

So he just declared that ‘you are my captive now’, and then he just led Jareth inside on his own.

Jareth, on the other hand, seemed busy thinking about something and didn’t even bother talking to Azul at that time.

But he came back to his senses after hearing Ensha call out the guy’s name.

“Yeah…”

Jareth waved his hand and used his telekinesis to drag a chair out of a nearby house, and he sat down on it with his legs crossed.

“The thing is, I stumbled upon this abandoned mine purely by accident, so I went into the mine out of curiosity.”

“But in this abandoned mine, there are no gems left for me to pick up, except for one…”

Azul’s eyes shone in excitement as he heard those words.

“There is a gem in this mine!?”

Jareth nodded his head and pointed his finger at Azul.

“Of course there is… It’s you, Azul Ignis… You are the most precious gem in this whole mine…”

Before Azul could even say anything, Ensha mustered her courage and stepped forward to block him.

“No! I-I won’t let you sweet-talk him! I know all about you; you are a monster in human skin! You are a grade 1 mage who can wipe out this whole village in one spell, I don’t trust you-”

Jareth didn’t even bother listening to Ensha’s words; he waved his hand, and his telekinesis directly made Ensha step aside.

[Basic Magic: Silence!]

Jareth’s mana control is higher by thousands of times when compared to Ensha, so it was extremely easy for him to force his magic on her by directly ignoring her magic resistance.

He directly cast the silence magic to shut up her mouth.

Ensha is indeed a very good person at heart and is one of the most useful NPCs in the game, but to Jareth’s, she’s just another person with no worth at all.

Not only has she several unforgivable charges against her due to her years of criminal history, but she has even practiced ‘forbidden’ magic spells that are harmful to the body and mind.

She’s beyond the point of redemption; she’s already gotten the taste of murdering innocent people, and she won’t be able to contain her bloodlust anymore.

Her talent has already been more or less wasted by the forbidden boost spells that she used to escape the grasp of the police several times in the past few years.

Originally, she was a talented bright star, but now all that is left of her is a dimly lit fire that has no future ahead of it.

Even in the game, after the player completes her quest, you will find her dead later on, as she will go back to the city and end up dying during a police chase due to the overuse of ‘forbidden’ physical boost magic.

Her death will turn Azul into a villain.

Azul is the same age as Mark and Allen, and he’s born with dual elemental affinities.

Not only does he have amazing fire affinity, he even has the extremely rare spatial affinity that barely any of the mages have in this world.

Just look at Nathan; he was able to become powerful with just Grade 1 spatial affinity, and Azul, on the other hand, is already born with Semi-Grade 0 spatial affinity.

Later in his path as a villain, he nearly succeeds in slaughtering the entire hero’s party but ends up dying purely because of plot armor.

He cared a lot for his sister and wanted to help her out, but after she dies, he goes berserk and slaughters his whole village in pure rage and despair.

This incident of slaughtering his loved ones with his own hands transforms him into a mentally unstable villain who can harm anyone and everyone.

He later collides with the ‘False Dome’ cult and becomes a significant obstacle for Allen and his harem.

Unlike Jareth, who was merely a third-rate villain who didn’t even last a few minutes in the game, Azul is one of the end-game villains who is extremely strong and brokenly overpowered.

Of course, he still can’t compare to Mark in terms of potential, but his dual elemental control indeed gives him a significant advantage.

Jareth has already associated himself with villainous characters like Mark and Risa, so he doesn’t care if he adds one more villain to his camp.

Having one more talented helper under his wing will be more beneficial to him.

Jareth arrived with the intention of obtaining the blue crystals, but if he can secure Azul’s support, he can accomplish two goals simultaneously.

…

Jareth glanced at Azul and said,

“I am the vice principal of a well-known university, and I formally want to invite you to join the university. Don’t worry about money and all; the university is always ready to sponsor talented kids like you…”

“As the vice principal, I will write a recommendation letter myself, and you will get a swift entry, even if you are uneducated right now and don’t even know the basics of magic…”

“You can just take your time and learn it from your fellow classmates…”

Azul frowned at those words and said,

“W-why are you offering something like that to me? What will you gain from helping me?”

Jareth smirked at that question and said,

“I will gain a talented student, and in the future, when you become strong, I will gain a talented helper and a pillar of support… We mages gamble on the future. I am betting my money on you…”

Azul asked again,

“But what about my village and what about Big Sister? I can’t leave them behind, and I have no interest in magic-”

Jareth smirked a bit at those words and said,

“Of course I knew you would say that… so I came prepared…”

Jareth stretched out his hand and said it with a calm voice.

“Your big sister is a wanted criminal, and all the residents of this village are those who were driven out of Bastille… If they find this place, you guys will not be able to live peacefully anymore…”

“The world of wizards is cruel; don’t expect mercy from the city once they find you…”

Azul frowned even more at Jareth’s words and questioned,

“Are you threatening me that you will tell the people in the city about this place?”

Jareth shook his head in response to those words.

“No, what I am trying to say is that this place has already become vulnerable; it won’t be a matter of time before you get found…”

The only reason why any mage wasn’t able to find this place even with mana detection was because of the presence of those blue crytals who were blocking the mana fluctuations of this place.

But now that those blue crystals are in Jareth’s pocket, they can’t protect this village anymore.

This village will definitely be discovered by the patrolling squads of the city, and what will follow is a massacre.

The wizards are inherently cruel and self-centered type of people; they will stop at nothing to conceal their errors, and the expelled individuals essentially represent a blemish on the city’s image.

Eliminating them can help the city preserve its reputation from getting worse. By eliminating them, you can eliminate the possibility of people from the outside world finding them.

It’s cruel, but that’s the reality.

“Just think that there was some artifact that was protecting this village in the dark, but it broke apart after I forcefully entered this place. Now they can easily find you…”

“In other words, your village is already as good as gone…”

An expression of despair appeared on the faces of the villagers as they heard all this from Jareth’s mouth; some even started to cry in sheer despair as they already knew what would happen if they got found.

Azul’s eyes trembled as he asked,

“T-then, if I agree to join the university, you will take care of it all?”

Jareth smiled like a villain after hearing those words of defeat.

“Haha, now you are being honest! Good! That’s what I was looking forward to…”

“Azul, the world works on profits and benefits; here’s my offer: become my disciple, and I will put in a good word for your sister…”

“Although she will likely still get punished, the jail time will not be more than a year or two…”

“I will personally cast a seal on this village; only the person you guys allow will be able to enter this place. This place will become so safe and secure that even a grade 1 mage won’t be able to enter it without permission…”

“And in return for all this, all you need to do is help me out in the future… Isn’t this quite a generous deal?”

Jareth knew the NPC stories quite well, so he was able to coerce such an important character into submitting to him.

That’s why… NPC stories are important too.