Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 174

Chapter 174: Massive Improvements…
Jareth flew down and landed on the ground after everything was done.

The heat burned his clothes, so he immediately pulled the spares from his space ring and put them on.

He could already feel that his mana reserve had become much bigger than before, and he could feel enhanced vitality from his body.

‘Finally reached grade-2, I see…’

After so long and going through so many troubles, Jareth has finally reached the level that the people thought he had reached years ago.

‘At least I am not a proper ‘fraud’ anymore… I have beaten the ‘fraud’ allegations, and now I am only a partial ‘fraud’… Once I get to grade 1, I will be completely rid of this identity of a fraud…’

Jareth shook his head and glanced at his status panel.

…

<Status>

[Name: Jareth Blaze]

[HP: 7800/7800] [MP: 10800/10800]

[Titles: Ruler Of Mana, Wyvern Killer, Jareth the Goat, Master of the True Flame]

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

[Talent: Fire Affinity (Grade: X), 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, Blessed By the True Flame.]

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

[Shop] [Credit Points: 14100]

[Evaluation: Blessed by the power of true flames, you have changed the course of destiny…]

…

Looking at his own improved panel, Jareth couldn’t help but feel happy.

The first and foremost improvement was in his health points and his mana capacity.

His mana capacity directly broke through the 8000 level and he got promoted to grade 2.

The second significant improvement is that he now holds the title ‘Master of the True Flame’.

‘I didn’t expect that I would get blessed by the ‘law’ of ‘Flame’ after using this enhancement card…’

When you use this card in the game, it only improves your affinity to the grade-1 level; that’s the highest your affinity can get in the game.

But now, Jareth directly got blessed by the ‘Law of Flame’ and his fire affinity went off the charts in an instant.

At this point, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that he has the strongest flames in the world, and no one can compete with him in terms of fire magic.

‘I will need to learn higher grade spells soon; right now I only know grade 3 and lower level spells…’

The reason why Jareth’s fire magic is still in grade 3 is because he hasn’t yet learned any higher-tier spells yet.

Once he learns them, his fire magic level will also increase.

And lastly, there’s the passive skill ‘Blessed by the True Flame.’ This passive skill will enhance all his fire-type attacks with the True Flame, which will improve his powers by an immense level.

‘Moreover, true flames are closely related to the power of a ‘law’, which means they will have a more potent effect on things related to miasma… Now I have stronger methods to deal damage to miasma corrupted beings…’

If Jareth had this ability before fighting Konda, he wouldn’t have needed to fight the other party for three days and three nights.

He could have directly used the enhancement card on the true flames and burned that pile of bones on the spot.

‘Now that I have this ability, I can finally go and venture in the abyss altar area without worrying too much about safety…’

Originally, Jareth was thinking of visiting that place only after visiting the other six nodes of the seal.

That place is one of the most dangerous areas to go to after all, and most enemies there have very high resistance against magic.

When miasma corrupts a being so thoroughly that they literally become slaves to corruption, at that point, mana-related attacks start to become weaker against such beings.

Mana and Miasma are polar opposites after all; if miasma is stronger in a person, then the person will have a higher ability to resist mana as miasma repels mana and negates it.

The same is true for mana; it can negate miasma if miasma is of lower density.

Both the law of mana and the law of miasma are like mortal enemies to each other; neither of them can stand to gain an upper hand, and the outcome depends on conditions and various external factors.

In Jareth’s case, he has extremely pure mana and even has mana singularity that further improves control over mana, thus his resistance to miasma is nearly high.

Corruption will have a nearly nonexistent level of effect on him.

Moreover, now that he has the blessing of the flames, he can eliminate even that nonexistent possibility of getting corrupted by miasma.

‘With such high resistances and defensive powers, it would be stranger if I got corrupted in the first place… If not for the sea of miasma, I wouldn’t have needed to be so frustrated…’

Although Jareth has insanely high resistances, the sea of miasma is much stronger after all; the law of miasma has manifested in it to a very great extent, and Jareth can’t bet his life on these small resistances.

‘Regardless of this current matter, I still need to work hard to get stronger and leave this place fast; the road ahead is still very long…’

Although the seal in the abyss altar has broken apart, the false dome seal as a whole hasn’t weakened too much yet.

Demons still can’t get in, but Jareth can still go there and look for the hidden chamber that was located behind Konda’s boss area.

‘If my luck is good enough, then the false dome cult hasn’t yet gotten their hands on that thing, and if it’s still there, I can take it and use it as another material for creating my wormhole opening device…’

Jareth isn’t going to go in that god-forsaken place for no reason; he has a mission in his mind, and he has to find many rare items so that he can create the wormhole stabilizing device.

He was originally planning on using some other material in place of the one that is locked behind Konda’s boss fight, as Konda is too f*cking strong.

But now that Konda is dead and gone for good, Jareth can go ahead and infiltrate his home to steal the things that originally should have belonged to the protagonist.

‘Well, the area is optional anyway, and I highly doubt that Allen could have ever been able to defeat this optional boss, so I am technically not stealing anything this time…’

‘I am just claiming what I earned with my own efforts…’

…

While contemplating various things in his mind, Jareth flew back towards the group and landed near the helicopter.

“I have already dealt with my matters; we can continue our journey now…”

The pilot was too speechless to say anything, and he just nodded his head at Jareth’s words before starting the helicopter again.

The rest of the group also kept giving Jareth curious stares from time to time, but they also boarded the helicopter honestly along with Jareth.

Once the helicopter started flying again, Shin was the first one to ask the questions.

“Are you sure you are a Grade 1 mage? How did you end up creating such a massive scene just while ascending from early grade 1 to intermediate grade 1?”

Yeah, Shin and the others think that Jareth just ascended to the intermediate level of grade-1.

Well, their reasoning is not unfounded either.

Jareth had just ascended to grade-1 recently, and right now, his next breakthrough will obviously be to grade-1 intermediate.

What the others didn’t know was that Jareth is barely just a grade-2 mage right now, and he’s not even a grade-1, yet Shin is suspecting him of being stronger than an ordinary grade-1.

“You are thinking too much; it’s just that my fire magic affinity is too high, so when I had a sudden ‘realization’ it caused chaos as the fire elementals in the area went out of control…”

Jareth’s reasoning was logical, and even Shin couldn’t find any flaws in it.

“Your overly lethal basic magic aside… your fire magic is really something else… to think it would create such a massive scene just from a small improvement…”

“Sigh, I wonder when I will be able to reach grade 1.. ugh..”

Shin couldn’t help but complain and envy Jareth’s improvement speed.

Just a few months ago, the two of them were still in the same grade, and now the gap between their strengths is just getting bigger and bigger as time goes by.

Shin feels depressed that his improvement speed is much slower than Jareth.

Looking at that depressed face, Jareth shook his head and spoke in a calm tone,

“If you weren’t always busy lazing around, you wouldn’t have been left behind…”

Shin spends most of his time nowadays being pampered by his wife and lazing around all day long in his house, so obviously he’s not making much progress.

‘Still, I don’t blame him for being that way… He’s not aware of the truth of this world and thus can live a happy life… As they say, ignorance is bliss…’

Being ignorant of the fact that this world is a literal hell hole that is destined to be doomed one day or another, Shin is able to live a satisfying and happy life with his family.

What else does a man want anyway? A happy family and a peaceful life are the most sought-after things.

‘I guess I would have done the same as him and lived a life of ignorance and bliss too if I was in his shoes…’

As a wise sorcerer once said:

{Love is the most twisted curse of them all…}