Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 208

Chapter 208: A New Journey Begins… Part-2.
Reynald’s words may hold some truth, but Mark couldn’t obediently agree with them.

“Father, your worldview is completely different than mine, it seems…”

Hearing Mark’s words, Reynald laughed out loudly.

“Hahaha, well… Time is the best teacher, Mark; you will understand everything as you grow up; you have a long way to go…”

“Well, I am not in a hurry either; I have enough time to wait for you; once you become good enough, I will hand over the throne to you right then and there…”

Saying that, Reynald got up from his seat with a smile over his face and started to leave.

Before leaving, he turned around and spoke in a vague tone.

“Oh, I nearly forgot. Tell Jareth to look out for the ‘Purple Earth Area’ while on the journey… I once got reports mentioning that there’s a powerful serpent lord or something like that living there…”

“But I guess even if it’s there, it shouldn’t be much of a problem for someone like Jareth; after all, as a grade-1 mage, he will have enough resistance to be completely immune to its poison anyway…”

Reynald had no idea that Jareth, in fact, doesn’t have much poison resistance at all! He uses Mana Singularity for solving these kinds of matters!

“Oh okay… By the way, father, who’s stronger, you or him?”

Reynald turned his back and smiled at those words.

“Well, if he advances any further, he may cause me a little trouble…”

“But would you lose?”

Reynald sneered at that question.

“Nah, I’d Win!”

With that said, Reynald left the dining hall.

…

While Mark and Reynald were having their discussion, Alice waved her hand at a maid and asked her to bring a sword from her collection.

She then personally handed that sword to Risa, who was quite confused at that sudden gift.

“You are going on a long journey; take this with you. I know that you have learned swordsmanship, and given the fact that you are able to use shadow magic, this sword will fit you the most…”

The handle of the sword and its sheath were both pitch black in color. Risa unsheathed it, and the blade itself was completely pitch black in color, as if it were made out of coal.

But there were a few words engraved in dark red color on the blade.

[Slaughter! Murder! Massacre! Blood Carnage!]

If Jareth was here, he would have been able to see the sword’s stats.

[Item Name: Cursed Shadow!]

[Item Rank: Grade-1+]

[Item Title: ‘Evil Terror’, ‘Maniac’s hand’, ‘Demon’s Creation’.]

[Item Description: Forged from the corpses of the members of Demon Cult of Therath, this weapon carries the power of the curse of ten thousand swords!

The legend says that once the cult of Therath was abandoned by it’s demon god, the followers were slaughtered mercilessly by a blind man who swore revenge for his murdered children and wife.

That blind man alone killed more than ten thousand members of the cult and was considered the biggest source of fear for the fleeing cult members.

He fed the blood of those corpses to his sword, which was originally just a rusty and old iron sword.

But after consuming so much blood, sacrifices and souls, it evolved into a cursed weapon with barely any equals.]

[Warning: This weapon carries one of the most lethal curses in the entire world upon it. The ‘Law’ of ‘Hatred’ has taken a liking to it… Using it will cause the holder to lose their mind…]

[Warning: Only those who are blessed with extremely high shadow magic affinity can tame this bizarre weapon…]

[Effects: Inflict the curse of rot, pain, suffering, hallucination, misery, and bad luck on the user; once hit by this weapon, the victim will die a miserable death unless the user of the weapon forgives them…]

[The curse can pass any barriers and will work on anyone, except those with ‘Legendary Skill’s or with resistance skills like ‘True Immunity’ etc…]

…

“I found this sword in my younger days when I was wandering around in some ruins filled with undead; I remember taking a casual stroll in that dark and spooky place…”

“That dungeon was quite beautiful actually; it had thousands of skeletons littered around everywhere; wherever you walk, that ‘Crunch crunch’ sound of bones cracking below your feet kept ringing…”

“It was like a melody to your ears…”

Risa’s eyes shined as if she were eager to hear the location of that supposed ‘wonderful and beautiful’ dungeon.

“Alas that dungeon collapsed on itself after I took the sword away…”

“By the way, this weapon curses anyone except those who have affinity for ‘Darkness-related elements’. For example, your Shadow magic…”

Although if someone had affinity for miasma, they could also use this weapon, but there’s no human in the entire empire who can use miasma.

Shadow magic itself is extremely rare to begin with; mainly the members of the ‘Shadow Fallen’ family are the ones who have affinity for shadow magic.

Thus, in Alice’s opinion, no one’s more suitable for this cursed weapon than Risa.

After all, in the entire Shadow Fallen family, only she has the highest affinity for shadow magic.

If not for Mark, she would have been the most talented person of the entire younger generation.

“Oh, make sure you never use it on Mark though; that’s a big no!”

Risa nodded her head at Alice’s warning, but she herself knows that even if she uses it, Mark can easily avoid it anyway.

He’s not that weak that she would need to hold back.

Later, Alice dragged Risa away with her to her room and gave her tons of her own artifacts.

Alice has also trained Risa for some time in swordsmanship, so she’s partially her student too; thus, there’s no need for her to hold back herself when giving gifts to Risa.

That day, Mark had to face a lot of trouble as Risa kept showing off all the items; she got in front of him and kept asking him which one seemed more cooler on her.

Mark was not able to get any magic research that day at all and had to entertain that energetic girl all day long.

Once morning came up, the two of them took the car together and went back to the university to meet up with Jareth.

They have made enough preparations, and in the past month they have done a lot of training along with their new junior.

Now the four of them are ready to go on a new adventure.

The car stopped at the main gate of the university; Jareth’s car was already waiting for them both there.

Seeing that luxurious car, the two of them boarded it with a look of excitement on their faces.

Jareth and Azul were already sitting inside.

Only the atmosphere seemed a bit awkward though, but that’s normal when Jareth is around; he causes anxiety attacks in people’s minds, so it’s no surprise that people get awkward when he’s sitting silently beside them.

Once Azul saw Mark and Risa, a happy smile appeared on his face as if he had seen his saviors! He was dying from anxiety sitting alone with Jareth.

Risa and Mark’s presence has finally blown away that anxiety, and he can stay calm.