Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 62

To Artavia! Part-2.
Artavia, Military Airport.

A private airplane landed at the airport, and its door slowly opened when it stopped.

Nathan led the way, and the professors and students followed behind him and exited the airplane.

Soldiers formed two lines on either side of the red carpet as the general in charge of this operation came in person to welcome Nathan and the others.

Not only Nathan himself is a Grade 1 mage, he also brought a large group of strong people with him, so the general was more than happy to welcome this much-needed help with open arms.

“Principal Nathan, I have heard a lot about your achievements! I have no doubts that with your help, this mission will definitely succeed!”

While saying those words, the general smiled and raised his hand to do a handshake with the principal.

Nathan nodded at the general and shook his hand in return.

“You praise me too much, general Ferdid Kheihran; it’s an honor to meet an excellent person like you actually…”

Nathan returned the compliment to the general without showing the slightest hint of embarrassment.

After exchanging basic words of flattery, the general shook hands with each professor individually.

“Prof. Shin! It’s been a while! The last time I saw you was when you won the national level dueling tournament!”

Shin scratched the back of his head and smiled a bit,

“Haha, I didn’t expect you to remember my face from that time, General. You came over as a chief guest at that time, and I thought you might not remember me…”

The general shook his head at those words and replied in a confident tone.

“No way, I never forget the name of the brilliant people whom I have rewarded with medals with my own hands…”

“I already knew that you would have a bright future when I first noticed your talents… and see! You’ve achieved the same grade as me in such a short time!”

After a few more seconds of chatting with Shin, the general stretched out his hand towards Jareth too.

Jareth nodded his head and shook hands politely.

“Pleased to meet you, General Ferdid…”

“Y-yeah, I am happy to meet you too…”

Although Jareth was speaking politely, his overwhelming gaze was enough to easily scare an old man like Ferdid.

Ferdid didn’t talk too much with Jareth and moved on to the next professor, as he wasn’t ready to withstand Jareth’s intense stares.

Ferdid is already in his late 80s; although grade-2 mages have longer lifespans than ordinary humans, that too has a limit.

Grade 2 individuals can live for 150–180 years if they haven’t suffered any severe injuries in their lives.

But usually, most people die before making it past 120.

After all, throughout their lifespan, a mage goes through many battles and suffers many fatal injuries.

They might heal over time, but their lifespan will shorten in the end.

Rarely does a grade 2 mage live more than 125 years.

The average age of a Grade-1 mage is 300 years.

Nathan himself is past the age of 120 by now. The reason he looks old is because he has shortened his life span by going through many intense fights and battles.

It would be challenging for him to survive beyond the age of 125 years at most.

Moreover, he has sacrificed quite a bit of his own life span to gain more knowledge; now he is already too old to even wear his own clothes.

He uses magic to keep himself functional every single day. (There is a reason why Jareth has saved his name as ‘old fossil’ in his contacts…)

The general personally escorted everyone after the introductions.

Several luxurious cars were already waiting for the group, so Jareth and others immediately entered.

A huge number of military vehicles surrounded the luxurious cars, and the whole convoy started to move towards a nearby hotel.

The principal and the general occupied the front car, the professor occupied the middle car, and the students occupied the third car.

Looking at this arrangement, Nathan nodded his head at the general and said it with a smile.

“You seem to have arranged everything quite well! I wasn’t expecting such a warm welcome from a territory attacked by a monster like Abella.

The general smiled awkwardly at those words and replied,

“Well, we wouldn’t have been here to receive you all if you had arrived one day later…”

The general pondered for a moment before continuing,

“We have already prepared everything; we will leave for the battle tomorrow morning…”

Upon hearing those words, Nathan nodded his head in inquiry.

“By the way, what’s the situation on the frontlines now?”

At Nathan’s question, the general shook his head and sighed,

“That monstrous witch has already destroyed a small town and a medium-sized city; nearly ten thousand deaths are expected…”

“Fortunately, she has stopped moving forward and is staying in one place now…”

The general sighed again before continuing.

“Our soldiers are monitoring her movements; if the monster army advances, we will receive immediate notification!”

Nathan nodded his head in response to those words.

“Good, I wouldn’t want there to be any delays… “Too many lives are lost by now…”

Nathan glanced outside the window and glanced in a certain direction,

“What about the ‘Blaze Family’… Are they going to join or not?”

Hearing that question, the general shook his head,

“They have yet to give us a proper answer… We sent them the emergency summons two days ago, but they haven’t responded yet…”

The smile on Nathan’s face vanished after hearing those words.

“Tch! They are behaving as if all this has nothing to do with them… This territory belongs to them, yet they didn’t find out about this incident until things went out of hand…”

“How inefficient… It would have been better if someone else took over the command of this area…”

The general sighed and shook his head.

“We can’t blame them either, actually…. The Blaze family has ruled over this land since the time of kings and emperors… but now that the government is the ruling body…”

“The Blaze family is not responsible for whatever happens to the common populace…”

Nathan sighed at those words.

“Still, their major industries and business headquarters are located in this territory; after all, they should consider basic aspects like ‘safety’… sigh~ forget it…”

“It’s all the work of my own brother anyway… He was the one who ended the rule of the king and allowed the formation of a government…”

“If not for that, the king would have punished the Blaze family for neglecting their duties…”

The general could only smile at those words.

Due to his affiliation with the government, he is unable to express his opinions in the same open manner as Nathan.

Thus, he refrained from talking about the problems in today’s government structure.

Instead, he decided to change the topic.

“By the way, isn’t Prof. Jareth here… Can’t he represent the ‘Blaze’ family?”

Upon hearing those words, the principal chuckled a little before continuing,

“No, he can’t represent the Blaze family…”

“In the first place, he isn’t a member of that family at all; they have erased his name from the family records; he had been disowned by them at a very young age…”

Few people are aware of Jareth’s true past, so the general was taken aback when he discovered that some individuals had the audacity to discard such a remarkable talent as Jareth without any compassion.

Today, Jareth is famous all over the nation for his amazing strength.

Parents use his name to soothe their misbehaving children to sleep.

{Good children should sleep on time; otherwise, the demonic eyes of the Wyvern killer will turn you into stone!!}

Making an enemy of someone who can one-shot a wyvern is definitely the biggest mistake the Blaze family made.

The general himself is a grade-2, yet he was unable to detect Jareth’s mana fluctuations at all.

This demonstrated Jareth’s superior mana control over the general.

‘I would rather fight three grade-2 mages instead of fighting a monster like Jareth Blaze…’

Suddenly, a thought came to the general’s mind.

“Oh wait… If he’s not a member of the Blaze family, can we still add ‘Blaze’ at the end of his name?”

Hearing that question, even the principal was taken aback for a second,

“Oh right… Now that I think about it… I have never heard him say that he is Jareth Blaze, by his own mouth…”

While looking at the sky outside from the window, Nathan said,

“I guess I will need to ask him about it when I get the chance…”

The principal’s voice sounded calm, but he was actually quite excited in his mind, as he had found this fact quite interesting.

He couldn’t wait to ask Jareth about this now.

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(Random fun facts…)

The principal has a peculiar habit of making fun of others’ sensitive thoughts, as he is doing now.

He knows that Jareth will be irritated if he asks what he uses as his surname, but he still dares to ask because he has an interest in these kinds of things.

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Jareth has learned active healing, so his body can’t age anymore, but this skill isn’t too effective on the brain yet, so his brain will continue to age…

This is quite a strange phenomenon indeed; maybe Jareth will overcome this limitation in the future too…

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Shin accepted to enter this battle because he wanted to enjoy the free vacation with his beloved wife.

If not for this, he wouldn’t have bothered to come here…

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(People were complaining that the fun facts were breaking immersion, so I have placed them here, instead of adding them in this ch…)