Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 41

The Nightmare… Part-1.
Competition Venue

Mark wiped the sweat from his forehead and carefully placed the potion in a vial using a dropper.

At his signal, Risa closed the vial with a magically enhanced wooden cork.

“Good, it’s finally done!” (Mark)

Looking at the liquid inside the cork takes the shape of a sleeping dragon made out of flames.

This potion is called ‘The Sleeping Flame Dragon’, it can be used for surprise attacks on the enemy.

All flame magicians like to carry one or two of these potions with them for emergency use.

Mark was sure that if Jareth was the judge, he would have given a perfect score to this potion.

But now he isn’t so sure about it.

The whole process of their team making the potion was broadcast live so everyone looked at him with awe.

Mark took his group and went over to the judges immediately.

Their group was the first to finish and thus received the most attention.

Shin took the vial in his hand and stared at the potion for a while.

“Hmm, you guys made such a difficult potion in such a short time, you really deserve praise…” (Shin)

Shin nodded his head in acknowledgment and directly gave a ‘9 out of 10′ score.

“1 point deducted because the mana impurity is a little higher, you can improve it by improving your mana control over time, but again, being able to have the mana control to refine this potion is already a great feat…” (Shin)

Next Thomas took the potion in his hand and observed it carefully.

“Hmm, with the concentration of fire element in this vial, you can create an explosion with the power of a grade-4 fire magic… good, it’s a good potion, you have meticulously followed all processes…” (Thomas)

Thomas being a person who liked to stick to proper processes and rules gave a total of 9 out of 10 too.

“1 point deducted for the lack of team coordination…” (Thomas)

Being a grade-2 mage, it was as easy as breathing for Thomas to figure out that Mark’s team was lacking in coordination, but he didn’t blame them too much for it as all that mattered was the end result after all.

Lastly, the professor in charge of monster anatomy observed and said with a smirk.

“Hehe, you can certainly feed this potion to monsters and watch them writhe in pain, this is a great gem!”

That professor gave a 10 out of 10 score to Mark’s team while smiling creepily.

Mark knew about that professor’s weird personality so he didn’t think too much about the reason why he was smiling so creepily.

Mark’s team’s name shined on the leaderboard and the total points ’28/30’ appeared beside the team’s name.

Even the principal was surprised by such a high score.

“Hmm, that kid Mark… he seems to have some talent for potion making too…” (Nathan)

The principal smiled as he stroked his long white beard with an amused expression on his face.

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After Mark’s team went back to their table to wait for the final results, other teams also started to bring their potions one by one.

Only when others brought their potions did Mark see the strictness of the professors.

“The mana is simply too impure for it to even be considered a potion, please work more on your mana control. It’s a 3/10!” (Shin)

“You didn’t even follow a single of processes properly, it’s a 2/10!” (Thomas)

Barely any team got more than ten points in total and not even a single team crossed the 20-point mark on the leaderboard, thus Mark’s team remained at the first rank without any problems.

Seeing the harsh criticism of the professors, the netizens boiled up instantly.

“D*mn! It’s so difficult to impress the professor of the university!”

“If I had been a student at that university, I would have failed long ago!”

“The standards are too high for us common folks!”

Mark is a well-known and famous talent, thus no one doubted why Mark was highly praised, but seeing the other teams get such severe remarks, they realized why the university is so famous.

It’s because their standards are too high.

By the end of the event, only two other teams made it past twenty points, but Mark remained unchallenged.

The only team left now was Allen’s team.

‘Hmm, why are they taking so long… weren’t they just making a simple ‘compressed water’ potion?’ (Mark)

Compressed water is a basic and very easy-to-make type of potion, you just need to gather enough water elements through the element conversion mana device given by the university and then use your mana control to compress the water elements into the vial.

This potion is used to store large amounts of water so that you can use it to replenish your water supply during longer dungeon raids.

‘Don’t tell me they don’t have anyone with good mana control… but if that is so then wouldn’t they end up-‘ (Mark)

*Boom!*

And Mark’s doubt turned out to be true, the vial broke apart due to the flaws in mana control and a massive amount of water burst out in an instant.

(Obviously, how could the protagonist remain silent and not try to get as much attention as possible…)

[Grade-5 Barrier Magic: Air Barrier!]

Thomas immediately waved his hand and cast an air barrier to stop the water on the spot, so that other students don’t get swept away by it.

“Team No. 15 disqualified…” (Thomas)

Thomas declared the disqualification with a straightforward face, and the looks on the team members, including Allen and Airin turned sour instantly.

With a simple wave of his hand, Thomas made the barrier in the shape of a bubble float into the air along with the water filled inside it and dumped all of the water outside the venue in an empty spot.

From the start to the end, Thomas didn’t even move from his judging chair and did everything by simply waving his hand.

Shin nodded his head at Thomas and said with a smile:

“Hoho, it seems your skills have improved recently…” (Shin)

“It’s nothing much, just a small improvement…” (Thomas)

‘What do you mean little improvement!? You clearly have much purer mana than before! This is an immense improvement! Tch! He hides too deep…’ (Shin)

Just when Shin was about to ask further questions, the wristwatch on his hand suddenly started to blink continuously with a dark red light covering its whole smart screen.

Shin looked toward the Principal and noticed that the principal nodded at them too.

The principal immediately got up and announced the end of the competition at that point.

“Thanks for coming everyone, but we shall postpone this competition here, as there’s been an unexpected situation all of a sudden-” (Nathan)

“KEHEKEHKEHEKEHE! What’s the hurry? How about we have a little chit-chat first?” (Abella)

Abella the ‘Nightmare’ had suddenly appeared in the sky at this moment without anyone even noticing her.

Sitting on her flying broom, a creepy smile hung over her face.

The witch hat on her head glowed dark red as if it was dripping with fresh blood.

The principal looked at the old Witch and a solemn expression appeared on his face.

“What are you doing here, Abella? I didn’t expect you that you of all people to join a demon cult…” (Nathan)

The smile on Abella’s face widened even further at Nathan’s doubtful tone.

“Kehkehkeh… well, of course, I joined the side of the great and benevolent demon god! He is the real savior of this world after all!” (Abella)

“Also, you old fox know the truth of this world better than others, but even you dare not tell it to the common folk, kehekeh…” (Abella)

“But I am different, I will work for this world, I will bring salvation to this corrupted world! Kehkehe! Only in the warm embrace of my demon god can this world be saved…” (Abella)

Nathan’s eyes widened at Abella’s words.

“Don’t tell me you are going after the information on ‘Hidden Dome’!?” (Nathan)

“Kehekeh, smart! As expected of you Old Fox! You are smart!” (Abella)

“But my motive to come here is different, I came here to kill you first, I can deal with other things later…” (Abella)

Before the other professors could even react to her, Abella immediately revealed her aura and instantly suppressed everyone in the stadium.

Shin’s eyes widened in shock as he was unable to move due to the immense pressure of a Grade-1 magician.

Nathan waved his hand and spread his own aura to negate the effects on others.

“You have advanced to grade-1…” (Nathan)

A creepy smile appeared on Abella’s face as she felt amused while looking at the principal’s surprised expression.

“KEhekeheke, of course! This is the power given by my benevolent god!” (Abella)

With a simple wave of her hand massive magic circle opened in the air and gigantic monsters like demon spiders, blood-hounds, and poisonous lizards were summoned by those magic circles.

“Let me make you all remember why they call me the nightmare!” (Abella)

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Author’s Note.

Yo! It’s your beloved author here! And everything went out of control instantly! All plans went down the drain with the appearance of another grade 1 out of nowhere!

Question of the day.

Would you have bought a ticket to this venue or not if you had known that this would happen?

1. Yes (There’s no way that the principal will lose… right?)

2. No (I would rather sit at my home to watch the show…)

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