Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 171

Chapter 171: Flames of Destruction… Part-1.
Bastille, A newly built helipad.

Standing near the helipad, Jareth nodded his head at Mayor Zang and said in a calm voice,

“I am surprised you were able to build a new helipad in just a day. I have to say, you are really a capable person, Mayor Zang…”

Mayor Zang shook his head and gave a flattering smile in return for those words.

“Haha, Sir is joking. I put a lot of workers on work just so that you and the others will have the opportunity to board a helicopter to return home…”

“This way, your journey will be much smoother…”

Zang wanted to show that he will work hard and improve the infrastructure in this place fast, and Jareth was really impressed by this enthusiasm.

‘I guess there are still a few people in the government who are not corrupt and are genuinely working for the good of the common folk.’

Jareth stretched out his hand to do a handshake with Zang and patted the other party on the shoulder.

“Keep up the good work. I shall take my leave now. Let us meet again if fate allows it…”

With that said, Jareth boarded the helicopter along with the rest of the group.

Now that he has gotten both the important materials that he needed from this place, it is time to go back to the capital city first.

Not only Jareth, the rest of the group also gained a lot from this small trip.

Shin originally agreed to tag along just for buying the lipstick for his wife, but he got to witness Jareth’s battle against Konda and got a lot of new insights of his own.

Aria traveled with Jareth in the dungeon, and she got a huge boost in her confidence. From now on, she will not be as intimidated as before; she will aim to conquer her fears.

Mark and Risa both got to learn a lot of things and got to spend an amazing time in Bastille too.

Lastly, Azul’s entire life was changed by Jareth.

Now his fellow villagers will not die and will live a happy and decent life; his sister will be free from the endless pursuit of the police and will become a free person after completing just two years in jail.

By that time, he will also be close to his graduation, and she will be able to attend his graduation ceremony from the university.

For Jareth, his actions were meant for his own benefits, but he still ended up changing many lives with his actions.

He even saved the people of Bastille from the endless cycle of taxation and exile.

If you ask him about it, he will say that these people have clearly misunderstood him as a hero; he is no hero at all… He’s a selfish person, working for his own benefits.

Originally, Jareth was misunderstood as strong; now he’s misunderstood as a hero, but only he knows the reality of himself.

In front of the endless sea of miasma, he is as weak as an ant, and due to his own goals of abandoning this planet, he’s not a hero at all.

Still, he doesn’t really care about these things; he didn’t bother clarifying these misunderstandings at all.

These misunderstandings can now work in his favor; after all, it’s better to let them stay for a while.

…

The helicopter took off, and the people of Bastille collectively came together to wave their hands and say farewell to Jareth.

In their eyes, he’s a hero after all; his name will be recorded in the annals of history as the Great Sorcerer who defeated a bone dragon and commanded the heavens to get rid of the twisted ‘laws’ near Bastille.

Mark and Risa glanced down and smiled when they saw so many people coming out of their homes, waving and cheering for them in the streets below.

Shin glanced at Jareth, who was sitting with his eyes closed, and said in an amused voice,

“You really created quite the scene this time… How does it feel to be considered a hero?”

Jareth opened his eyes and replied with his usual cold tone.

“I did everything out of my own free will; what people think of me doesn’t affect me one bit…”

“Connecting Bastille to the empire has its own benefits; in the future I will not have to worry about shortages in research materials, and there are a lot of rare ores in this desert…”

“People will dug them out, and we mages will benefit from this by a great margin…”

The price of rare artifacts and expensive wands will become much cheaper now; although this will cause short-term problems for some companies, it will benefit the whole mage guild by a large margin.

And in return, all mages will have to spend less money on buying rare artifacts and wands.

Mark also nodded his head at Jareth’s words.

‘Yes! As expected of the vice principal, a mage’s thought process is much more inclined towards their own profits…’

‘Not only he earned the respect and love of the people, he also achieved the goal of getting a lot of benefits for himself… This is how a real wizard should be!’

‘As I thought, except for Vice-principal Jareth, all other wizards are just random frauds who don’t even know what it means to be a real wizard!’

While the group was busy chatting endlessly about various things, the helicopter flew out of Bastille and traveled a long distance in just half an hour.

The speed of this advanced, magically enchanted helicopter was so fast that the group had already traveled more than a hundred kilometers in just half an hour.

Jareth glanced down and noticed an oasis, then he asked the pilot to land as the area was already far away from the city.

“Er, what happened all of a sudden? Why are you making the helicopter land here in the middle of nowhere…”

The rest of the group was also just as confused as Shin.

This helicopter is very fast in speed, and it can directly take them back to the capital city without needing to stop anywhere for refueling or maintenance.

So Jareth’s decision to make it land near the oasis was really odd.

“Well, the area here is deserted enough; if I go back to the city, it will cause damage… You guys stay here for a while; I will be back in a bit…”

[Basic Magic: Float!]

Jareth ignored the bewildered look on the rest of the group and directly flew into the sky and distanced himself from the group.

Shin suddenly understood something and shouted in a shocked voice,

“T-this!? D-don’t tell me he’s going to breakthrough again!?”

From Shin’s point of view, Jareth just recently ascended to grade-1 and it should take him several years to achieve any further breakthrough.

But what Jareth is doing now clearly shows that he’s preparing for a breakthrough.

The reason he stopped in the middle of nowhere and distanced himself from the group, obviously, is because he will create a massive mana wave when ascending higher that might harm them.

“Come to think of it… He did say that he learned to control new powers and got new insights during his fight with that bone dragon…”

“Could it be that fighting for three days straight helped him improve? Yeah, that must have been the case…”

At this point, Shin and the rest of the group were simply too speechless to say anything else.

For them, fighting a bone dragon would have been a death sentence, but for Jareth, it seems it was a wonderful opportunity.

Not only did he get the admiration of millions of people, he even improved his strength.

For others, Konda was a literal terror incarnate, but for Jareth, he was a great treasure box that helped him upgrade his strength.

…

Ignoring the thoughts of the group, Jareth simply stood in the air and smiled to himself.

‘Last time I used the golden lottery, I ended up creating a massive scene; thankfully I was standing on a faraway mountaintop at the time or I would have caused a lot of problems…’

If Jareth was located in the middle of the city at that time, the mana tornado he created would have destroyed half the city, and many people would have lost their lives from being pressured by the insanely dense mana around him.

Thus, Jareth didn’t want to take any risks now.

He stopped the helicopter and decided to use the golden lottery while still in the desert.

The desert is rather empty, so no one will be harmed in this way, and he can ascend without any worries.

<Status>

[Name: Jareth Blaze]

[HP: 5780/5780] [MP: 7800/7800]

[Titles: Ruler Of Mana, Theory Genius, Wyvern Killer, Jareth the Goat, Divine Flame.]

[STR: 99] [AGI: 99] [SPE:99] [DEF: 99] [INT: 99]

[Talent: Fire Affinity (Grade: 6), Mana Affinity (Grade: X), Mana Singularity (Grade: X)]

[Mana Purity: Grade: X]

[Skills: Fire-Magic (Grade: 3), Null-Magic/Basic-Magic (Grade:–), Active Healing (Grade: 3)] (Basic magic has no grade because it entirely depends on the user’s ‘INT’ and mana control…)

[Passive Skills: Sharp Mind, External Mana Circuit, Chant less Magic]

[Personality Traits: Cold, Arrogant, Ruthless, Fearless]

[Shop] [Credit Points: 33100]

[Evaluation: The Ruler of Mana, the Dominator of an era… you are on the path to becoming a new ‘King’ of the human race…]

Jareth originally had 20100 CP, but then he bought an attack card for 4000 CP to beat Konda and then got 15000 as a reward for beating it.

Also, he got 2000 CP for clearing the clouds; thus, now he has 33100 CP at his disposal.

Now he can already buy a gold lottery, and there will still be a few thousand left to buy another attack enhancement card.

‘Let’s start the party…’