Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 217

Chapter 217: The Elven Capital! Part-1.
Uervar Flower Area, Night.

“Whoa! It looks so beautiful!!”

Standing atop the giant sword in the sky, the group glanced down and saw hundreds of thousands of purple flowers bloom in the darkness of night and glow with a unique purple glow.

The entire grassland lit up with small purple glows as if someone had placed thousands of small bulbs in the entire area!

The stars shone brightly, and the moonlight added even more charm to this scenery.

The place looked so beautiful that even Jareth was fascinated by it, and a rare smile appeared on his face.

‘Although this game’s story was extremely annoying and the boss fights were overly difficult… The whole game was riddled with game-breaking glitches… The scenery was always the best…’

This game was years ahead of its time in terms of scenery, beauty, art, and details!

This much is something no one can deny; they literally hired world-class artists to create the scenery and turned it all into a masterpiece.

“I have been protecting this beautiful place for centuries, and due to my care, these flowers have grown to this amazing quantity…”

Uervar flowers are extremely difficult to grow, so many blooming here in this place together just show how much effort has been put into keeping them in good shape.

“For other creatures, these flowers are poisonous, but for me and my descendants, they are nutritious food actually…”

“Despite my looks, I am pretty much immune to poisons, actually… Also, my own poison is top quality too…”

Risa glanced at the fangs of the big snake and brought out an empty can from her space ring,

“Can you put some of your poison in this? I wanna taste the poison too!”

The snake shook his head at those words.

“No, my poison is capable of harming even grade 1 mages, let alone a little weak girl like you; maybe come back someday when you are stronger…”

Risa was a bit disappointed, but she nodded her head and didn’t pester the big snake further.

Jareth glanced at the scenery and asked in a calm tone,

“Still, are you sure you should stay here for long? Maybe some other powerful mage will come one day, and that will prove quite bad for you…”

If not for Jareth, the ones coming here would have been Nathan and Allen; the two of them would have definitely killed this ignorant guy.

Even his bones and skin would have been sold in the market for money by the hero for staying in this place.

It’s actually much better to go and hide in some inaccessible place where the hero doesn’t find you.

“No, it doesn’t matter if someone comes to trouble me… And even if I die, I will die in this field of flowers! That would be a fitting end to my life; I won’t mind dying that way…”

“If I die, that would be my fate, I guess… I will accept it happily…”

Jareth nodded his head at those words,

“I see… Your determination is impressive…”

The big snake hissed as if he were laughing in amusement at those words.

“Seceno used to say that all the time, those words suddenly reminded me of him.”

Jareth glanced at the moon and spoke in an amused tone.

“Seceno really has a very loyal friend; even I feel a bit envious of him…”

…

Time passed; the group enjoyed the scenery for a little more time and enjoyed the company of the big snake friend that they made today.

Eventually, the time to leave had come.

“Are you sure you should be leaving while it’s still night?”

Jareth nodded his head at that question,

“Meeting you was a fortunate event, but we are pressed on time; we have rested plenty in the daytime… Now that everyone is full of energy, it’s time to move forward on the journey…”

“We will be using teleportation scroll when we come back, so we might not be able to meet again soon…”

The big snake sighed at Jareth’s words, waved its tail, and threw a small, weirdly shaped artifact at Jareth.

“Here, take it; it’s a stealth type artifact; although it’s not useful for you, you can keep it as a memory at least…”

Jareth glanced at the artifact and placed it in his system space for identification.

…

[Item Name: Seceno’s Shadow!]

[Item grade: Grade-1]

[Item Description: One of the artifacts made out of Uervar Seceno’s bones that were loathed and cursed by thousands of people for several decades before being used to create this artifact!

This artifact carries the immense power of the dark elementals that corrupted Seceno’s rotting bones from the curses of the people he loved.

It is said that if you can collect all of the artifacts created from Seceno’s rotten bones, you can gain immense power and can evoke forbidden magic that carries immense powers.

Using the entire set of these types of artifacts will give enhanced bonus!]

[Effect: Grants immense stealth capabilities to the user by reducing mana fluctuations and other physical disturbances caused by the user…]

…

Jareth and the group waved their hands to say goodbye to the giant snake and flew away with the giant sword in an instant.

Jareth brought out the artifact and handed it over to Risa and asked her to keep it for herself.

Jareth has ‘Mana Singularity’, so he has no need for any other additional artifact to hide himself and go stealth mode; that will just hinder the working of his mana singularity.

Thus, he gave it to Risa, as this stealthy type item is more suitable for her due to her being an assassin.

Risa was happy to receive a free gift and immediately attached that artifact to the sheath of her sword.

“Ohh! It works quite amazingly!!”

With a grade-1 item in her arsenal, Risa became capable of dodging the detection of anyone whose mana detection is below grade-1 level.

Even Mark and Azul, who are both exceptionally talented in mana control, couldn’t sense her presence properly and could only vaguely sense it through their intuition.

But this alone made the two of them feel a bit vigilant.

Both of them are geniuses and have their own pride in their talents; they can’t let Risa surpass them so fast, so both of them became determined that they would work harder to train later.

Although Mark and Azul couldn’t sense Risa, Jareth could see and sense her as clearly as day!

In front of his mana singularity, it’s easy to detect past the restrictions of grade-1 artifacts! These small things can’t stop him!

“Oh, I can deactivate and activate it at will!”

Risa deactivated the effects of the artifact and became visible again; the artifact proved to be more useful for her, it seems.

“Next time you meet, thanks that old snake for this artifact…”

Risa nodded her head at Jareth’s words and agreed immediately.

Flying through the sky, the group traveled at a speed much faster than a fighter jet; thus, they traveled a vast distance in a matter of seconds!

In just a few seconds, they crossed the entire Uervar Flower Area; they crossed a small river, and the flying sword finally arrived at the entrance of the ‘Forest of Illusory Flowers!’

“We are about to enter a place filled with an immense number of illusions and hallucinations inducing plants and organisms…”

“Make sure you all remain vigilant and don’t fall for these petty tricks…”

Seeing that shiny, colorful forest where each tree was shining with various different vibrant colors, Jareth immediately warned the three about the dangers.

In this world, the more beautiful something looks, the more dangerous it can actually be.

These shining and colorful trees may look beautiful from above, but this entire forest is one of the most dangerous areas on this planet.

Although it wasn’t much of a problem in the game, now that it’s reality, things can turn more dangerous.

Unexpected things can happen at any turn. Jareth has learned his lesson from the fight with Zion and Konda, so he’s always cautious now.

‘I have already encountered two of the three endgame bosses already… I surely don’t want to encounter the third one at any cost; it’s better to be more careful…’

‘Talking about that third one… that crazy plant-obsessed freak, I seriously don’t want to see her at all…’

‘Just thinking about that freak gives me the chills; she was already quite the weirdo in the game, and nearly all the players hated her…’

‘I don’t know how much more of a weirdo she would be now…’

Unlike Risa, who can be considered a villain and still has some redeemable qualities, that third endgame boss can’t even be considered a villain; she’s a monster.

A monster in humanoid shape.

‘I was already unlucky enough to meet two endgame bosses back to back; there’s no way I am so unlucky that I will meet the third one too… right?’

Jareth sat down on the chair and let the trio control the sword and started to drink juice to calm his mind. There’s no point in worrying over something that’s uncertain, so he stopped thinking about it.

‘For once, let this trip be more normal. I just want to go to the Elven Empire, check the golden nail, cast a barrier, and come back… That’s all!’

What Jareth didn’t know was that the moment he had entered the range of the illusory forest,

A pair of eyes had already noticed the flying sword in the sky and were looking at him with curiosity through the dense camouflage of the trees.

‘Humans? That direction… They are heading towards the elven capital? Hoho… now that’s interesting…’