Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 227

Chapter 227: Entering the Forbidden Area… Part-2.
Jareth took a deep breath and put his hand at the entrance door of the forbidden area.

[Mana Command: Scattered Mana Flow!]

[Basic Magic: Mana Detection!]

Jareth spread out his mana detection to the entire barrier.

‘D*mn this sh*t is gigantic!’

Measuring the barrier can also show how big the forbidden area is. Jareth spread out his mana detection far and wide into the barrier’s mana circle, but even he was surprised at its size.

‘It’s like an entire underground city spread across dozens of kilometers of area!’

The forgotten city in the Abyss Altar Area stretched over hundreds of kilometers of subterranean space.

Although this forbidden area below the elven capital is also big, it isn’t as vast as the Abyss Altar Area, so Jareth can still deal with it.

‘The structure and defense mechanism of this magic barrier are extremely complex… If it were any other grade-1 mage, it would have been impossible to detect the holes and flaws of this barrier in this way…’

Jareth has mana singularity, and thus he can use the mana in the surroundings as backup; that’s why he can afford to expend so much mana.

Others couldn’t do it, so they can’t completely measure the barrier as its defense mechanism interrupts your mana detection and increases the mana consumption by several times!

Time passed, and about half an hour flew by.

Jareth’s eyes narrowed, and he finally found the broken area of the magic barrier.

“How many times do you open the national weapon armory in a year?…”

Hearing that sudden question from Jareth, Sylvia was taken aback for a second but then contemplated in her mind and replied in an awkward tone.

“Er… w-we don’t open it at all… It’s been nearly a hundred years since we last opened it, I think… Last time they opened it was when a giant monster attacked the nation…”

“It was opened by the knight captain of that time, who then used a powerful weapon to slay the monster… Later, the knight captain was exiled from the nation for using such violent means…”

As Sylvia stated beforehand, learning combat skills and becoming a knight or a mage is basically asking to be outcast from society in the elven empire.

If you go ahead and use destructive weapons to kill monsters and taint yourself with blood and killing intent, then you are not accepted by the elves at all.

At that point, people will forcefully exile you from the nation.

That’s also the reason why no one goes to the national armory, and the powerful weapons inside it have been collecting dust for centuries!

“Why do you guys even have national armor when you don’t even use it in the first place? That’s such a waste of precious metals… They are just going to rust away and decay…”

Sylvia sighed at Jareth’s words and replied in a calm tone,

“The weapons stored inside it were created several millennia ago in the time of the first elf king, when the royal family first established the empire by defeating monsters and powerful enemies…”

“They stored the weapons they used in those times into the armory so that the next generations can use them later on… Most of the weapons have already decayed to the point that they are barely even usable…”

“Only a few grade-1 weapons are still in usable condition…”

Sylvia tilted her head in confusion and asked,

“But what does the magic barrier of the forbidden area have to do with the national armory?”

Jareth sighed at Sylvia’s question and replied in a calm tone,

“You guys haven’t been going to the armory, which is why you haven’t noticed anything amiss up until now…”

“In the first place, your armory is located in the uninhabited outskirts of the capital city; no one even goes there… That’s the reason no one noticed it earlier…”

“That armory is the place where the ‘flaw’ is located; Fisur Jolmoh likely entered the forbidden area from that place!”

“And worst-case scenario, he might have already stolen all of your powerful ancient weapons too!”

Sylvia was shocked after hearing those words.

“T-this is bad… There are several powerful artifacts stored there… If they are also stolen, then things will turn for the worse!”

Jareth couldn’t help but feel even more disappointed at the elves.

Powerful artifacts and weapons are something that you should guard and keep safe at all times, as they are like a double-edged sword.

If you don’t guard them properly, they will fall in someone else’s hand and will be used against you instead!

A weapon doesn’t care about friend and foe; it can be equally harmful to its owner if it falls into the hands of an enemy.

To think that the elves will neglect the safety of a place that is literally a storehouse for dozens of powerful weapons and artifacts is unbelievable.

“Sigh… Well, even if you had placed guards there, it wouldn’t have mattered much; Fisur is a grade-1 mage after all; random weak guards won’t even be enough to serve as cannon fodder…”

Jareth has noticed how weak those knights of the elven race actually are.

Although they do train, they likely only do it once in a very long time, and they don’t train properly.

The combat skills of the warriors and mages of the elven race seem very lacking in Jareth’s eyes.

‘I am more surprised at the fact that there is someone as strong as Sylvia in this weak a*s country… She’s clearly in a league of her own…’

Sylvia is an extremely talented knight; she can very likely go toe to toe with Mark’s mother when she was in her prime.

In the game, Sylvia alone was able to keep an entire siege of the monster army at bay for a good while.

This demonstrates that her combat capabilities are truly impressive.

As long as it’s someone at grade 2 or below level, they can never win against her unless they have several powerful abilities like Jareth.

But compared to Sylvia, every other wizard and knight is pathetically weak.

‘Sylvia is the odd one out of them, I guess; elves generally are peace-loving creatures; for her to be strong just shows she isn’t elf like…’

Becoming strong as an elf is like giving up your identity as an elf. Sylvia has sacrificed her peaceful life to become strong; not a single elf in the entire nation wants to talk to her except for the innocent kids.

She’s basically an outcast because she’s so strong and regularly goes out of the barrier to hunt monsters and beat human poachers who make it to the depths of the forest.

…

“Sigh, forget it… I guess that’s just how careless elves are… No wonder you guys are in such a dire state and your nation is dying… Even without the influence of Miasma, you guys are too weak for this cruel world…”

Jareth shook his head and started to head outside.

“Only take the most elite people with you and complete the preparation; we are heading to the armory; we will enter the forbidden area from there…”

“The place inside is likely affected by immense amounts of miasma, so if you bring weak people with you, they will just get in the way…”

“Make sure you bring enough mana and health recovery potions, by the way; they are crucial when traveling in miasma affected areas…”

Hearing Jareth’s words, Sylvia nodded her head, and the two of them rushed back to the surface together.

“By the way, what about princess Ava? Do we need to bring her with us?”

Jareth shook his head immediately at Sylvia’s question.

“No, we aren’t going there to have a picnic; there’s no point in bringing her there; in fact, it would be better if she stays here… At least she will be able to keep your empire barely alive in your absence…”

The queen who used to rule over the empire is missing, and now Sylvia is also going to head inside the forbidden area with Jareth; in her absence, only Ava will be the only person left with power to rule the empire.

If even she leaves, who will deal with all the official work and trouble in the empire?

“Okay, I will prepare the things; let’s meet up at the palace entrance in half an hour…”

With that said, Sylvia rushed away in a hurry; Jareth, on the other hand, headed outside the palace and informed Mark and the other two about the situation.

“You three should accompany me to the forbidden area… The effects of miasma are definitely very dangerous, but they aren’t as fatal as the Abyss Altar Area…”

“There’s likely still mana inside the forbidden area, so you don’t need to constantly put up the mana shield…”

“This will be a great training experience; just make sure you don’t take on enemies that are too out of your league.”

The trio nodded their heads at Jareth’s words and agreed immediately.

Jareth is training these three to combat the sea of miasma in the future; if they can’t even handle this level of miasmic corruption, then they aren’t worth the effort of raising them.

Not only is this training, but it’s a test for them three; if they can make it out of this place alive, only then can they be considered worthy assets that will help him deal with the miasma in the future.

Running away and always staying away from trouble won’t solve anything; sometimes you need to take things head on and deal with them before they can become more troublesome!