Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 75

Partial Success?
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Although Jareth heard the sound of the system notifications, his attention wasn’t on them at that moment.

His eyes were fixed on the location where the attack had landed.

Jareth had used a mana shield to protect himself and the others from the effects of that attack.

That attack not only wiped out the whole city; it even destroyed the city walls, turning them into broken rubble or molten lava.

The earth had already cracked in the area where the attack had landed, and everything in the city had turned into a massive lava lake.

But that wasn’t all; the most terrifying part of it all was that a massive crack in the space-time fabric had been created due to that attack.

Jareth and others were aiming to destroy the altar and the incarnation of the demon god, but they ended up destroying the space-time fabric itself.

Which automatically turned the demon god’s incarnation into nothingness.

Jareth landed on a massive boulder while carrying the others in his mana shield, and he said it in a solemn tone.

“Uh… it seems we overdid it…”

Although Jareth and others came here to save people, they ended up turning this whole area into a destroyed wasteland.

The mana in this place has become chaotic, and the geography of the whole area has changed.

If left unattended, it will take at least a hundred years for this place to become habitable again.

Hearing Jareth’s words, others couldn’t help but look at each other with complicated emotions on their faces.

None of them thought that they would end up creating such a big scene here.

Fortunately, that massive spatial crack was healing at an extremely fast speed; if it had become a permanent crack, then things would have become extremely bad.

Reynald got up from the ground and heaved a sigh of relief after seeing that the spatial crack was closing on its own.

“Okay… There is no need to think too much about it; we still prevented a lot of casualties by destroying the demon incarnation right here…”

“Also, if others blame you for this mess, just say that I was the one who caused it… No one will dare blame me for what I did…”

Reynald’s words were filled with unwavering confidence.

He didn’t care about what others said about him, and he wasn’t worried about taking the blame.

Rather, this could potentially enhance his reputation even more, making it a fortunate coincidence.

Reynald glanced at Jareth and said,

“Of course, I will give you some credit too, I will hold a press conference about this matter and will also mention all of you…”

The others were pleased after hearing those words.

Not only did Reynald take responsibility for this place getting destroyed, he also took the promised benefits for them too.

This means that the trip to this place was a huge success for all of the professors.

At that moment, Jareth suddenly pointed to the sky and said,

“All that aside… What’re we going to do about ‘that’?”

Shin and others couldn’t see what Jareth was pointing to, as they couldn’t sense the existence of that ‘death cage’ with their mana detection, but Reynald understood what Jareth was talking about.

“Erm… Even I don’t know how to break that thing… It’s a death cage… Moreover, I can feel it… that the death cage is infused with more souls than the altar was!”

“Which means its defensive power is much stronger than that altar… We likely can’t destroy it at all…”

Jareth also nodded his head at Reynald’s words.

The altar required significant effort to manage, and the death cage has more than twice as many souls as the altar.

To deal with that death cage, Jareth would require an attack that is at least 2.5 times more powerful than his current one.

But currently, there’s no way to do that.

After hearing Reynald and Jareth’s statements, Thomas understood what they were talking about, and he figured out that the principal is likely trapped in a mysterious space.

He glanced at the sky and said in a solemn tone,

“I guess we should retreat for now. I will look into the ancient records and try to find a way out for the principal…”

Jareth and others have not been in contact with the online world for a while now, so they don’t know that there is currently massive chaos going on on the internet, and Nathan has become a public enemy by now.

Rahnan revealed a lot of dark secrets about Nathan, and all of that is circulating on social media like wildfire.

Nathan’s reputation as a war hero has already started to crumble!

…

Jareth and others brought out their mana potions and mediated for a few minutes before flying into the air.

The area surrounding this place has become hell on earth, and the temperature here is unbearably hot. Staying here for long is not a good idea.

Thus, all of them took off almost instantly after they recovered enough mana to fly.

While flying, Shin glanced at Jareth and asked,

“What to do next? Should we go back to the university or should we stay at the hotel prepared in the capital city of Artavia?”

Nathan was gone, and there was no one here to decide what to do next, so Shin simply asked Jareth for advice.

Now that all of them know Jareth’s amazing ability to control mana, they have already regarded Jareth as a senior, and they won’t mind going along with what Jareth has in mind.

Seeing that all of them were staring at him so intently, Jareth nodded his head and replied in his usual cold tone.

“Let’s go back to the hotel… You guys can take some rest before we head back…”

Upon hearing Jareth’s words, Shin inquired in a tone of confusion.

“We should take a rest? What about you, then? Where are you going?”

Jareth shook his head in response to Shin’s words.

“I still have some unfinished business left… I will meet you guys tomorrow morning…”

Before others could say anything, Jareth waved his hand and flew away in the direction of a barren plain, which was exactly opposite Artavia’s capital city.

Shin wanted to follow behind Jareth, but Reynald stopped him from doing so.

“Don’t go; he has to deal with some personal matters… You guys should focus on recovering your mana; you need to take care of the students too…”

Reynald said goodbye and left, heading for his royal palace.

He didn’t want to stay in this place, and he also promised his wife that he would return before dawn, so he was in a hurry to go back.

Reynald’s hasty retreat surprised Shin and the others, but they had no choice but to shake their heads and search for the students who were returning with the soldiers.

They can afford to lose a professor, but the university will suffer greatly if a student passes away.

…

Meanwhile, in an underground church, the location unknown.

Rahnan fell on his knees and pleaded for mercy.

“Forgive me! My benevolent protector, I have failed you! I am unworthy! I have brought disgrace to your great name!”

Hearing Rahnan’s self-blaming words, the statue of the demon god didn’t react much, but its eyes turned red, and a creepy and sinister voice rang out in the church.

“I am letting you live because this is the first time you have made such a mistake; if something like this happens again, I won’t mind taking all the power back that I gave you…”

Hearing those words from the demon god, Rahnan begged for mercy.

“Forgive me, my benevolent god; I will not make the same mistake again! I swear!”

After quite a while, the demon god replied to Rahnan’s desperate pleas for mercy.

“My power’s influence in the world has become significantly weaker after that incarnation got destroyed… It will take a lot of time to infuse my ‘will’ in here again…”

“But… not everything is lost… Before the incarnation got destroyed, it still was able to manifest my ‘will’ partially, and thus, I was able to use my power to vaguely detect the seven seals of the false dome…”

A bright red light radiated from the eyes of the demon god’s statue and fell on Rahnan’s body.

That bright red light gave a lot of information to Rahnan, directly via his brain.

Rahnan kowtowed to the statue again and again.

“I thank the benevolent god for forgiving this sinful lamb! I will definitely complete the missions given by you!”

The light in the statue’s eyes slowly dissipated after giving all the information to Rahnan.

Only a few words were left by the demon god before he disappeared.

“Although the incarnation didn’t cause as much chaos as I was expecting it to, it still fulfilled its primary purpose of providing information about the seals… It can be considered a partial success…”

“Hurry up and deal with the seals; once I descend into the world with my real body, I will reward you greatly!”

Hearing the promise of the demon god, Rahnan felt extremely happy.

Although he has grown stronger since receiving the power of the demon god, he still wants to live a long life.

He wants to avoid getting old and wants to live eternally.

Originally, his goals were to destroy Abella and Nathan’s lives thoroughly, but now that they have already been completed, his new goal is to pursue immortality.

Although it sounds quite cliché and something that a fool would want, Rahnan still wanted to pursue it as he had no other goals left in life.

Now that he has tasted the delicacy of immense power, he wants more!

As they say, Human greed knows no bounds…