Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 58

Hidden Schemes… Part-3.
While Jareth and the others were busy with the banquet, Abella had murdered more than six hundred innocent people in the border town of Artavia.

To repair her broken magic broom, she massacred the people living in that area without holding back and forcefully extracted their souls.

While looking at her minions working tirelessly to collect souls for her, a satisfied smile appeared on Abella’s face.

‘A few hundred more, and I can start the ritual… Kekehe, watching the souls of innocent people howl in pure agony and fear is indeed the best way to pass time. I will never get tired of this~’

To Abella, people were just playthings; even her summoned monsters seemed more precious to her than the lives of other humans.

Although the master of the organization did ask her to lay low for a while, she wasn’t really going to do exactly as he had asked.

After all, mutual benefits served as the foundation for the ‘False Dome’ cult.

Abella provides her services to the cult in exchange for more summonable monsters and rare materials.

She isn’t absolutely loyal to the cult either.

All she wants is to see the destruction and pure carnage the demon gods will create once the ‘seal’ on ‘False Dome’ is broken.

She will be happy to see people suffer horrible torture.

Her interests aligned with the cult, so she joined it, but she wasn’t bound by anything.

She doesn’t fear the leader of the cult, either, as he is also a grade 1 mage like her, and she can definitely fight him as an equal.

The leader refrained from punishing her because he was aware that Abella would not comply with a harsh penalty. (That warning he gave was immediately ignored by her…)

Abella shook her head and flew towards a hidden cave in the nearby forest.

Outside the cave, a massive hill of mummified corpses stood, and the spider monsters were slowly rearranging the corpses within.

Without stopping to look at the gruesome sight, Abella entered the cave and reached the innermost area.

They were building a gigantic altar out of the skulls and bones of those mummified corpses.

Many spiders were working hard to build the altar using their own solidified webs.

Abella nodded her head and smiled as she noticed the altar was already 1/3 complete.

‘A few more days, I guess, kehehe, and I will be back to my full combat prowess…’

*Step**step*

Just when Abella was feeling satisfied, heavy footsteps rang out, and a knight wearing dark black armor walked inside the cave.

Noticing the other party’s arrival, the smile on Abella’s face disappeared in an instant.

“What are you doing here, Norton ‘The Bane’? I remember telling you not to meddle in my business… Do you not take my words seriously?”

The death knight ignored Abella’s words and walked over to the altar.

He stared at the altar for a few seconds before he spoke.

“Master said… prepare… another one…”

Norton’s voice was hoarse and weird; it seemed like a beast’s groan instead of a human’s voice.

Abella’s eyes twitched at Norton’s words, and she rubbed her forehead to stop the headache.

“Ugh… I was just about to complete this one in a few days, and he wants me to make another one now?”

At Abella’s words, Norton nodded his head and spoke.

“He said… If you are… doing it…. then do it…. Large…”

Abella sighed as she heard those words.

‘I really underestimated that man; he really is much crazier than I was originally expecting him to be…’

Thinking this far, Abella glanced at the death knight and asked in a doubtful tone,

“How big does he want it to be then?”

The death knight nodded his head and replied,

“Ten thousand… summon an incarnation…”

Hearing those words, Abella’s eyes widened in shock,

“Ten thousand!? Do you even know what you’re saying?! If we kill that many people, we will attract the attention of that monstrous guy, you know!”

(She is referring to King Reynald, as he is considered the strongest man under the heavens in this world…)

Reynald typically avoids addressing the empire’s issues due to his lack of obligation, but a significant massacre like this one would infuriate him and the entire empire.

(Yeah, he has no other choice but to come forward when a massive amount of people start pestering him… Otherwise, he won’t even care…)

The death knight shook his head and replied,

“Orders… have to follow…”

The death knight Norton is extremely loyal to his master, and he won’t refuse any order from the leader of the cult, but Abella is different.

She doesn’t want to die, and she doesn’t want to get involved in a situation in which her death is certain.

“This is such a big event; who else is going to be here? We need more firepower if we want to go against the whole nation….”

The death knight pointed to himself and replied in his usual hoarse voice,

“Me, you, and…. a death squad member… we need only… summon the incarnation… then we can retreat…”

Hearing Norton’s words, Abella heaved a sigh of relief.

If she had to do such a big massacre all alone, she certainly wouldn’t agree, but now that she knows the ins and outs of this plan, she has decided to give it a chance.

‘I will retreat immediately after the incarnation of the demon god is summoned, and then I will watch the massacre from afar keheheke…’

Abella knew about how powerful an incarnation of the demon gods usually is, and she also knew that this was an amazing opportunity.

Although there were many risks in this plan, if it succeeds, not only will she get to watch thousands of people howl in fear and pain, she will also get to collect an immense number of souls to use.

Recently, she discovered a new method to enhance her minions, which is to imbue the souls of five or more people into their bodies.

This way, the minion becomes much stronger after consuming those five weaker souls.

(Fun fact: If for some reason your soul gets destroyed or consumed, you will have no chance to return to the natural samsara, and you won’t be born ever again… you existence will cease to exist…)

Abella clearly didn’t care that this plan would destroy the lives of countless innocent people; all she wanted was to profit greatly from this troubled situation.

Moreover, the most unfortunate aspect is that we cannot hold her accountable for her actions.

Neither Reynald nor Nathan will stop her out of chivalry or concern for the innocent people; even if they stop her, they will be doing so in a situation where they get some profit out of it.

Both of them are ‘wizards’ in the truest sense.

Despite their strength, they have no obligation to protect anyone.

The wizards are considered ‘selfish’ and ‘profiteers’ in this world, and this fact is not really wrong either.

{Being weak is the original sin in this cruel world…}

…

The banquet of stars ended late at night; the head of the Blaze family had already sneaked away for fear that Jareth might kill him.

Seeing that people were leaving one by one, Jareth also got up from his seat and decided to head home early.

He didn’t really have any friends to talk with, so he didn’t need to stay here for too long.

He had already completed his task of attending the banquet at the principal’s request; there was no need to stay here any longer.

Moreover, he now has an amazing piece of information with him.

Many plans were already formulating in his head, and he was thinking about his future steps beforehand.

‘Before going to Artavia, I need to do some preparations… Rushing ahead in the enemy camp without any preparation is a bad idea…’

Just when Jareth was about to leave, Mark’s younger sister, Alice, came running towards him.

She caught the hem of Jareth’s coat and said it in an excited tone.

“Professor! Take big bro Mark as your son!”

Jareth was momentarily confused upon hearing her words.

He stretched out his hand and patted her small head.

“Why does the princess want me to take Mark away? Don’t you like your brother?”

Although Jareth was trying to speak in a much softer tone, his voice still came out cold.

Fortunately, the bold princess was not intimidated by his cold tone.

At Jareth’s question, the princess widened her arms and said it excitedly.

“If big bro Mark leaves, then all of the candies and pastries that the maids make will be mine alone!!”

The corners of Jareth’s eyes twitched at her words.

‘This girl really is Reynald’s daughter; she’s also a profiteer like her father! The entire Royal family consists of eccentric individuals!

‘Even this little princess got affected by this weirdo syndrome!’

After a few seconds of contemplation, Jareth replied to Alice’s words:

“Let me tell you a trick, then: you should directly steal all of his share of candies and pastries and put the blame on Risa…”

Hearing Jareth’s words, Alice’s eyes shone with excitement.

“Th-this! This is an amazing idea! Thank you, Professor!”

After giving that advice, Jareth waved his head at her and left.

Once he was out of the banquet hall, his thoughts wandered once again.

‘Alice…. the NPC who got turned into a ‘human chimera’ and became the reason for Mark’s downfall… I hope she doesn’t end up like that this time…’

Although Jareth had seen the horrific ending of this little girl, he didn’t want her to end up like that in this timeline.

‘Not even the worst criminals deserve that horrifying end…’