Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 170

Chapter 170: The Bleak future…
Next day, Morning.

Standing atop the city wall, Jareth glanced at the military vehicles pouring into Bastille.

Now that Bastille is no longer isolated, the government has decided to send the military to strengthen the defenses of this place.

Moreover, they will soon be able to create a military base nearby, and the whole desert has now become available to the empire.

The benefits this place will bring are immense.

The government can create hidden bunkers and nuclear powerplants in this vast desert.

Solar panel farms can be created now, and the amount of solar energy this place will bring is immense.

Although most of the money will still end up in the pockets of corrupted ministers and officers, people will still have access to a significant amount of energy.

The more energy sources the empire has, the cheaper the electricity bills will be.

In the end, the whole empire will benefit from this one move of Jareth.

This is the reason why Grade 1 mages are considered above ‘Law’ in the empire; they have the power to sway the whole nation and change the geography of a country.

Just by using his understanding of the laws in this area, Jareth directly influenced the change.

From now on, Bastille will become a hotspot for those who want to personally come and see the traces of battle left behind by Jareth and Konda.

Tourists will arrive in this place from all over the nation, and the economy will be boosted a lot.

‘Even after all this, I barely got just two thousand credit points… I guess that these clouds didn’t have much effect on the main plotline afterall…’

‘Still, two thousand is more than nothing; I can still make do with it…’

Jareth’s dark purple hair waved along with the warm breeze. He put his hands behind his back and glanced at the horizon with a look of contemplation on his face.

‘Moreover, Bastille will not stay a desert anymore… The reason why it’s currently a desert is because it hasn’t rained in this place for several centuries…’

‘Now that those dark clouds are gone, the whole area will finally get to have changing seasons… There will be monsoon soon…’

Eventually the land will start recovering, vegetation will grow, and this vast desert will turn into a large forest area.

‘Alas, it’s pointless…’

If Jareth hadn’t known about the truth of this world, he would have thought that everything would become better now.

But as he knows about it, he also knows that it’s pointless.

The whole planet will get destroyed by the unavoidable tide of miasma; there’s no future for this world.

Perhaps this was also the reason why none of the grade 1 mages in the past tried to solve the crises in this place.

They would have had to devote a lot of energy to studying the workings of the ‘laws’ here, and the result would have still been ‘pointless’.

Jareth can understand the thoughts of the grade-1 mages now; he can see why most of them are so fixated with benefits and stuff.

They already know that the world is going to end; why not just enjoy the time they have left?

If they already know that the whole planet will get destroyed, they won’t waste their time solving this crisis here, as it’s just pointless efforts.

The reason why Jareth decided to solve it was not much different thought.

He already knows that there’s no saving this planet, but at least the people will be able to live a decent life in these last few years.

Death is not what’s terrifying; it’s the thought that it might happen to you that is more terrifying for the common people.

If he tells people that the whole world is going to get destroyed soon, then panic and chaos will happen.

But if he keeps them in the dark about it, then at least the people will die without suffering too much.

Knowing about the exact date of death will just cause them to panic and anxiety.

And now that he has already decided to escape from this place, Jareth is just trying to leave a few last gifts behind for the people.

‘Sigh, if there was a way to completely resolve this sea of miasma and destroy it thoroughly… I would really like to take that path instead…’

Jareth personally doesn’t like the fact that he has to ‘escape’ from something, but when things are out of hand, it’s always good to retreat.

‘If my guess is right, the sea of miasma is much bigger in size than a whole galaxy… It likely spans across many galaxies…’

‘To destroy something of that scale… I really can’t think of what can achieve it…’

Even the mana-powered nuclear bombs are, but at the level of being able to destroy a continent at most.

Against the power of a sea of corruption that spread across galaxies, this is nothing; it isn’t even enough to barely cause any damage.

And it’s not just that the sea of miasma is big; it’s blessed by the ‘Law’ of ‘Miasma’ itself.

‘I wonder if there exists a legendary skill that can be used to command ‘Miasma’ like how I use mana singularity to command ‘mana’….’

If there was someone in this world who could control the power of Miasma, it would have been much easier to eliminate the Endless Sea of Miasma with their power.

‘No wait, I need to consider the worst-case scenario too…’

If there really is someone who can control the miasma with the help of a legendary skill, then that certain someone might be their actual reason why this sea of miasma even exists in the first place.

Jareth’s thoughts weren’t actually baseless.

He has mana singularity himself, and if he can get his hands on ‘Mana Field’ and master it to ‘perfection’ he would be able to control the law of ‘Mana’.

Then he can artificially create a massive sea of infinite mana too; in other words, there’s a possibility that the sea of miasma could be an artificial thing.

Jareth has to consider all possibilities after all.

‘Hmm, I can already consider that my escape plan might have three different possibilities..’

The first possibility is that Jareth succeeds in escaping, learns mana field, and then counterattacks on some later date after perfecting it.

This is the optimal result, precisely what Jareth is striving for.

The second possibility is that his escape plan fails and he gets engulfed by the sea of miasma.

At that point he will be stuck in a battle with the demons while still trying to resist the corrosion of the sea of miasma.

Eventually he will run out of mana and die, then his soul and body will get corrupted and he will turn into a demon; at that point he will never be able to escape the control of Miasma.

Once his soul gets corrupted, he will have no free ‘will’ of his own.

Jareth is trying his best to avoid this outcome.

The third one is the worst possibility.

The third outcome can be that the sea of miasma is being controlled by someone, and that demon god who is leading the False Dome cult is likely also just a minion of that certain someone.

If this possibility is true, then the wormhole will never even open, and then the demon god will personally capture his soul and torture him till his soul gets annihilated into nothingness.

This is the possibility that Jareth doesn’t want to face at all.

It doesn’t matter if he can reach grade-0 or not; unless he has ‘perfect’ mana field, he can’t win against someone who can control the sea of miasma.

‘Sigh, I don’t know what the future holds for me… but all I can do is get stronger for now… I already have enough credit points, so I should do another lottery draw soon…’

Just when Jareth was still contemplating his future, the mayor came over with a bright smile on his face.

He saluted Jareth respectfully and then said,

“Sir, the hidden village that you informed us about has been officially recognized; all of the people in that place will receive support, and that place will be turned into a new underground city for them…”

“Bastille is open to the outside world now; there’s no need for extra tax, and people will get a lot of subsidy from the government. I promise you that there will be no more people who will be exiled anymore…”

“It’s all thanks to you that things have improved so much. I would like to sincerely thank you for your efforts…”

Jareth nodded his head and replied in a calm tone,

“I just did it on a whim, no big deal… From now on, put your most efforts into improving the lives of people; that way your family will be able to wash away the sins of exiling so many people…”

“Maybe those dead souls may not forgive you… But you can at least try your best…”

Originally Jareth was just going to leave that village as it is, but then Azul came over and requested that it would be better to connect the village to the outside world now that things are getting better.

He even contacted the people back home personally and made them agree to this offer.

Jareth directly agreed to this matter, as he personally doesn’t care much; in the end, it doesn’t really matter where these people want to live or how they want to live.

This world’s fate is already decided; it’s just a matter of time.

Even the false dome seal can only buy extra time but can’t save the world forever.