167 – Dungeon Design
After completing some research, I returned to the academy.
This is to check the results of this class decision match.
But when I checked the results, I couldn’t help but be surprised.
Isabella naturally thought she would have won first place, but she ended up taking second place.
‘Isabella comes in second place…?’
I couldn’t believe it.
Even after rubbing my eyes and looking again, it was clear that I was in second place.
What kind of surprise occurred in the alternative class evaluation match?
It could be roughly inferred by checking who was in first place.
Enya Cruel.
She took first place in this evaluation competition.
“······.”
I ran the simulation carefully.
The showdown between Isabella and Enya.
‘····Your blue eyes have been opened.’
As a result, it was found that Enya also opened her blue eyes.
That’s because in order to block Isabella’s mental attacks, you must be able to see the mana contained in her brain waves.
I immediately went to the video recording room and checked the game content.
As expected, Enya was dealing with Isabella with her blue eyes turned on.
“·····”
And Enya was more desperate than usual.
It looks like she is trying her best to somehow win over Isabella.
Is that something that has been bothering me since I found out about the relationship between me and Isabella?
She heard from Ileiya that she stayed in her room for several days without eating properly, so we can get a glimpse of how much pain she was in.
[····You’re being very creepy today, aren’t you?]
While I was lost in thought for a moment.
Isabella in the video said this and released her denial.
There was a greater amount of negativity than usual.
All that negativity extended to Enya.
[-Pababat! Faaah!]
Hana Enya avoided all the negativity with her skillful movements and threw a sword blast.
Offsetting the negativity, he engraved his mark on Isabella and unleashed her sword energy.
The sword energy was blocked by Isabella’s mana shield.
Isabella’s Manashield without any scratches.
If the battle continues like this, it will probably end in Isabella’s victory.
That’s because, while Enya violently moves her body and even throws her sword in an attempt to stop Isabella’s denial, Isabella just floats in her place.
In short, it means that you are losing in the battle of physical strength.
‘····But.’
Isabella was reluctant to release any more negativity.
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Because the power of her denial is a resource she has worked hard to gather by consuming her own emotions.
In order to become the head of Graham’s family one day, he has to steadily accumulate negativity, so he is reluctant to use negativity any more.
[It’s a bit stuck!]
So Isabella, who had been expressionless the entire time, began to reveal her emotions.
He looks angry because he keeps wasting all the money he worked so hard to save.
[-Roaring!]
So Isabella stopped using negation and began dealing with Enya with her elemental magic.
Even if there was no need to use negation, Isabella would have judged that basic spells would be enough since she was at a considerable level as a spellcaster.
[Big!]
Hana Enya completed her swordsmanship and entered the beginning stages of becoming a sword master.
Since she is already perfecting her swordsmanship, which was originally only completed at the end of her third year, it is difficult to deal with Enya with just basic techniques.
[·····I will abstain.]
In that way, Isabella announced a shocking abstention.
He decided that he could no longer waste corruption, so he stopped the battle.
[···In the end, you have achieved nothing other than the power of denial.]
When Isabella declared her abstention, Enya left those words and turned around.
However, Isabella was smiling sadly as she looked at Enya’s back.
Probably negativity is piling up.
You must have been hurt by Enya’s words.
‘····This is also a big homework.’
However, my heart became heavy as I saw the two becoming increasingly separated.
I feel like I was the reason the two became distant.
But that didn’t mean there was anything I could do.
I have repeated many regressions, but in the end, I had no choice but to choose one and discard the other.
That is why I am currently in a dilemma where no one can choose.
‘····But, I can’t let you go.’
If someone saw me like this, they might say this.
Then be sure of your choice and quickly set one person free.
What you are doing now is actually hurting them and deceiving them at the same time.
But that means that only one person knows and the other does not.
I am in a position where I have to help them grow.
Unsurprisingly, despite numerous regressions, they have not reached the ‘best’ level on their own.
In other words, Enya cannot become a Grand Swordmaster without my help, and Isabella cannot become the head of the Graham family without my help.
The two can only be completed if I have my presence guiding them.
‘····I can’t help it.’
Because of this, I have no choice but to maintain this precarious relationship.
Because I know very well how great their growth potential is.
I must do the duty given to me.
Even though it may deceive and hurt them.
***
-Paaat!
Putting my complicated thoughts aside, I took a leap.
No, it would be closer to flight than leap.
These days, I am enjoying flying through the sky and navigating dangerous areas.
This is to test the performance of the suit and secure new materials.
Because we have focused too much on modern engineering, we have neglected to utilize materials from this world.
-Key─eee!
I loaded the repulsor beam and landed in the middle of the monster’s habitat.
I fired a repulsor beam at the gargoyle that was showing strong aggression toward me.
However, the repulsor beam alone could not completely suppress them.
Gargoyle’s pauldrons boast incredible durability in certain situations.
-Clap, clap, clap…
So, I transformed the repulsor gauntlets into plasma ray gauntlets.
After pulling out a lightsaber filled with thousands of degrees of heat, he swung it at the gargoyle in a ‘stiff’ state.
-Kaggeuggeut! Sigh!
Then his skin collided with my lightsaber and sparks began to form.
Even a plasma lightsaber cannot pierce its skin.
“Kerruk…Kellruk·····.”
However, when he was in a state of ‘stiffness’, he could not do anything.
This is because all of his energy has been converted to only be used for defense.
“I like it.”
And I smiled as I looked at the skin that boasted strong durability.
If you collect the leather of something that evolved solely for defense and polish it well, you can make a material with this rigidity property.
“Then shall we see if this holds up?”
But to do that, the priority was to kill all of these guys and get their skin, so I took out a special device and attached it to the gargoyle’s body.
It was a device that destroyed the body from the inside by flowing fatal mana properties into it.
Soon, the machine attached to the gargoyle activated, and the gargoyle began to twitch and tremble.
It causes damage from the inside, damaging the organs.
-Rurrr.
Just like that, the rigid gargoyle shed blood and collapsed.
When it enters a state of rigidity, the gargoyle that no one touches has died.
“Kyaaa—!”
Then the gargoyles around them became agitated and began to relax one by one.
It lunged at me and began to punish me, spitting acidic spit and swinging its huge claws.
-Weeeing······.
But this moment is the moment I have been waiting for.
I immediately crossed my hands in an X shape and started the laser cutter.
A red light came on on the back of my hand, and a violent high-frequency vibration rang out.
Soon, the laser stretched out fiercely.
-Whoa! Hung!
It rotated 360 degrees and swung in all directions.
I also turned around and got down on one knee to cut down all the guys who had lowered their posture to avoid the laser cutter.
-Patter patter·····.
When I got up from my bowed position and looked around, all the gargoyles that had attacked me had fallen.
I extracted the skins of those that could be used as materials using the newly acquired skill ‘Decomposition/Synthesis’ and placed them in my inventory.
Their leather, which boasts incredible hardness, will contribute greatly to materials engineering in this world.
“Hmm…”
After obtaining all the necessary materials, I looked around the forest.
This is to confirm whether this is an appropriate place for classes.
It has to be a place that is threatening enough to put the cadets in danger.
“Let’s look around some more.”
So, I decided to explore further the ‘Ancient Forest’, which was classified as a high-risk area.
Gargoyles are difficult to kill simply because of their enormous defense, but their attack power itself does not pose a major threat to the cadets.
We need to find a group of monsters that are more threatening than this.
-Kwasik!
How far into the forest did we go?
I was finally able to find a useful monster species.
That monster is hiding in the thick bushes and staring at me.
It was a bush wolf belonging to the ‘low to medium risk group’ in the ancient forest.
Because its entire body is yellow-brown, the same color as the bushes, its characteristic feature is that it hides until its prey comes into range and then bites its neck in one go with its rapid mobility.
However, even if you avoid a surprise attack, you cannot let down your guard in a fight on the field because your physical specifications are so good.
I can assure you that if you are a cadet who is not class A or higher, you could die if you make a mistake.
‘I have to take this level of risk.’
However, I believe that great growth follows great crises.
Like flowers in a greenhouse, training within a designated field never leads to dramatic growth.
You have to expose yourself to dangerous situations, even if it means taking risks.
‘Besides…’
I made a promise at OT.
He said he would make the cadets feel deprived.
Because only when you realize how weak you are will you crave strength.
***
After exploring the class location, I took a shower and lay down on the bed.
It was almost time to sleep, but I couldn’t sleep.
This is because I feel like something is missing from the class I am currently planning.
‘What is it? What’s missing?’
I tossed and turned, feeling uncomfortable for no reason.
It feels as if I have forgotten something important that should not be forgotten.
I was definitely trying to do something, but I couldn’t think of anything and it made me feel irritated.
“Ah.”
After thinking about it carefully, I finally realized.
What am I missing?
‘It’s not really helpful to top cadets like Enya or Isabella, is it?’
The correct answer is that my classes are useful for the bottom 90% of students, but are not very inspiring for top cadets like Enya and Isabella.
Because with their level of skill, they would easily deal with bush wolves.
‘We need a crisis…’
So, I thought we needed an ‘event’ that would make even Isabella and Enya feel in danger.
However, if it was an event that was dangerous enough for even them, we would have to take them to a place that was truly dangerous enough to risk their lives… But we couldn’t do that.
No matter how much growth comes with risk, the risks I can control and the risks I cannot control are two different things.
“····Wait a minute.”
As I continued to worry, a flash occurred to my mind.
What if I encourage the threat?
In other words, I play the role of a monster.
Then, you can control your strength appropriately and make the Archduke’s children feel in danger without killing them.
‘·····Wait a minute.’
Once an idea came to me like that, better ideas came flooding in like a flood.
Okay, instead of playing the role of a monster, how about playing the role of a devil?
We are giving vaccinations in advance.
How cruel the devil bastards are.
“Are you okay?”
Soon, I drew up a rough scenario and stood up, hitting my knees.
I lost sleep and couldn’t control my body due to excitement.
If you repeat these events, you will be able to prepare for the devil and at the same time increase your hatred for it.
“This is not the time.”
So, I immediately left the lord’s office and moved to the academy.
I went into Elena’s head professor’s office and told her my idea.
She, wearing comfortable pajamas, nodded her head and responded to my idea.
“Oh… Are you okay? “If that’s the case, I can help you.”
“Thank you, Master”
That’s how I gained Elena’s cooperation.
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With her abilities, she would be able to control hundreds of ‘miscellaneous mobs’.
“Hmm? “What are you doing at this hour?”
And I went to see none other than the emperor.
He was wearing trunk underwear and drinking a can of beer. He asked me the purpose of my visit with an annoyed expression on his face.
Soon I told my plan.
“Hey… That would be kind of fun, right? “Maybe I should go out for the first time in a while.”
And the emperor responded positively.
That’s because the idea I proposed was to create a ‘dungeon’ using the emperor’s ability to manage his inventory.
A fun hidden camera dungeon that will teach the children of the 4th dukedom a great lesson.