Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 158

Chapter 158: The Dungeon of Undeads! Part-5.
There are many types of dungeons in this world.

Some are filled with acidic poison; some are hidden in forests, while others are hidden underneath the ocean surface.

There are dungeons where thousands of monsters live, and there are also dungeons where only one strong monster resides.

Most dungeons have several floors, and the lower the floor, the stronger the monsters that reside there.

This isn’t because strong monsters like living in dark and deep underground hell holes; it’s because the stronger a monster, the stronger their intuition and intelligence.

Strong monsters who are in grade 3 or above can understand the benefits of hiding in deeper caves.

Ever since humanity conquered many races and became the overlord of the whole planet, they have been hunting and killing monsters like crazy.

Before humans, monsters roamed the land freely, and everything followed the law of the jungle.

Only the strongest survived, and the weak were just prey, but all this was destroyed by the interference of humans.

Not only did they kill monsters, they killed their own kin, and they laid siege to many races.

Hundreds of races went extinct, and millions of creatures perished in the long annals of history.

Intelligent monsters learned from this experience; they adapted to the environment for survival and found deep caves and hidden areas to hide and strive for survival.

This instinct of hiding in caves got passed down from generation to generation, and now it’s in the genes of these monsters to look for dungeons to hide in and live in.

This is basically a result of natural selection.

Those monsters who ran and hid in deep caves survived and were able to create offspring, but those who refused to hide died from the endless march of the human armies.

Mermaids are just one of the few races that were wiped off the face of earth by the human armies just because of land and resources.

These monsters who live in dungeons are not actually doing so because they get some benefit from it; this is their way of self-preservation.

You can go and look at any race in the world and understand the terror that is the human race just by reading about their histories.

Yet, humans still teach in schools that they are the ones who are always in danger of monster attacks and invasions from other races.

The real truth is that there is no race in the world that has the capability to fight toe to toe with the current human empire.

The current human empire is extremely advanced in technology and has huge numbers of strong wizards and warriors.

No other race has this capability.

Then why do humans spend so much money teaching false histories to children, you ask?

The answer is simple: if you make humans seem like victims and brainwash the kids from a young age, they will have more patriotic sense in them when they grow up.

Humans need money for the army, so they must always demonstrate that they are in constant danger of invasion. This way, funding for new weapons of mass destruction will never stop.

And those who see through this façade end up dying from ‘Natural Causes’ after getting hit by ten bullets in the back of their heads.

These monsters, who are forced to live in dark and humid caves called dungeons, are the best example of the terror of the human race.

Humans have hunted them for several millennia, and they hunted them so much that all monsters went through natural selection and were forced to run and hide to survive.

Today, the situation is so severe that various kinds of monsters go extinct every year, non-stop.

Strong monsters push deeper into the dungeon and force weaker monsters to guard the upper floors for them.

Those monsters that humans call ‘floor bosses’ are usually the guardians who are keeping an eye on the entrance to the lower floors of the dungeon.

The stronger they get, the deeper they can stay in the dungeon; this is how dungeons work in this world.

But even after all these measures taken by the monsters, humans still never let them go.

Whenever a new dungeon is discovered, humans rush to conquer it and slaughter all the monsters that were peacefully living there.

All that is just for the sake of discovering rare artifacts that were originally dug up by the monsters from various places.

Sometimes these monsters even decide to cooperate with other types of monsters to survive together.

The same is true for the dungeon into which Jareth and others have entered.

The wolf-type monsters here have learned to cooperate with the undead beings for survival.

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Still, regardless of the cause and reasons, a floor boss is by no means an ordinary monster.

It rules over all the monsters on the floor of the dungeon and only takes orders from the dungeon master, who lives in the deepest area of the dungeon.

Aria has always thought that she won’t be able to face a monster without panicking her whole life.

But today that misunderstanding was cleared from her mind.

When she entered the boss room with Jareth, the floor boss of the fourth floor, a steel-boned wolf rushed at them to attack.

Aria’s legs immediately went weak from just seeing that ferocious beast, but to her shock, Jareth didn’t even flinch.

Just when the wolf was about to attack him, he raised his hand and slapped the wolf on the face, and a massive shockwave was created.

The wind pressure alone cracked the ground, and a loud sonic boom rang out in the air.

The wolf’s face hit the ground, and the impact of the collision created a massive crater in the ground.

The wolf jaw broke apart, and it suffered heavy brain damage from the impact, and one of its eyeballs shattered on the spot.

Several of its broken teeth fell to the ground, and it fainted on the spot from that attack.

For the wolf monster, that was the strongest attack it had ever faced, but for Jareth, that was just a casual flick of his hand.

He ignored the monster as if he had done something completely insignificant, then glanced at Aria before speaking.

“Hmm, would you like to stay here and wait for the students? I am thinking of going deeper to take a stroll…”

Hearing Jareth’s words, Aria could feel complicated emotions in her mind.

‘He made a semi-grade-3 monster faint on the spot with one attack… I guess wandering in this dungeon is like taking a walk in a park from his perspective…’

Aria was shocked at Jareth’s power, but she collected herself and said,

“I-I will follow along with you…”

Aria didn’t know if the wolf would wake up suddenly and if the students would take a while to get here, so she didn’t want to stay in this dangerous place.

Instead, it was better to follow Jareth.

At least by staying by his side, she can ensure her safety from the monsters.

‘Actually, I am having difficulty distinguishing who is the real monster here… This wolf looks more like an innocent puppy in front of this monstrous guy who doesn’t have the word ‘Mercy’ in his dictionary…’

Aria shook her head and followed Jareth to go to the next floor.

While walking, she summoned her courage and inquired,

“Uh… Vice-principal, I wanted to become as strong as you… b-but whenever I try to fight, I end up losing my will to hurt the other party…”

“Er… Can you tell me how to become as…. You know, as calm and indifferent as you?”

Jareth was taken aback by Aria’s sudden question, but then he shook his head and said in a calm voice,

“You want to become a ruthless, merciless, and cold ‘monster’ like me?”

Jareth felt quite funny thinking about this, but he replied in a serious tone,

“Professor Aria, the thing is that I myself wasn’t born as a ‘monster’ from the start… I also had a warm heart once…”

“In my opinion, having a merciful, warm heart and a benevolent personality is actually a much better option…”

Jareth glanced at his palm and said,

“With a good personality, you live an honest and happy life, but when you have the personality of a monster, you live a lonely life with your hands smeared in blood…”

A rare look of envy appeared in Jareth’s eyes as he glanced at Aria.

“In my opinion, you don’t need to change and turn into a ‘monster’, you are already much better than that. Aim to become a savior, not an evil manic…”

“Taking others lives is easy, but giving life to others… that’s basically only a ‘god’ can do…. It’s impossible for us mortals…”

“Professor Aria, don’t taint yourself with darkness; you have a pure soul; it’s better to not pollute it with corruption…”

Jareth’s own miserable life has contributed to his cold and ruthless personality.

But if he had the choice, he would have preferred to live a happy and honest life with those he cared for.

‘Entering that shady company in hope of impressing her father was the worst choice I made in my life…’

Aria was taken aback by Jareth’s words.

She thought that he would belittle her and say mean words to her in return. She was already expecting him to say that she could never become as strong as him.

But the answer she got was completely different than she expected.

Jareth praised her clumsy personality, which she was most ashamed of. In his opinion, no one should strive for the bloody path that he has been following.