It’s an Academic Fact That Rankers Are Model Students – Chapter 94

Chapter 94: At This Point, the Worldview Slowly Expands (2)

“W, Wait a minute……! What are you doing?!”

Rei shouted, seeing Kyung-joon gathering mana towards the library.

Wooong!

But it had already been a while since enough mana to engulf a person had gathered in Kyung-joon’s hand.

Even Rei, who didn’t know much about magic, could tell just by looking at it.

The moment that was fired towards the library, the building, which was nothing more than an ordinary wooden structure, would be instantly shattered.

“Stop it! Why are you, the one called a hero…!”

“Don’t worry. I’m just going to check something.”

“E, Excuse me…?”

Of course, Kyung-joon had no intention of destroying the library.

He had the ability to do so, but there was no reason or benefit to doing so.

Besides, there was no way Kyung-joon would destroy the library, a place he had used as a study space for a year and still occasionally borrowed books from.

Kyung-joon, having gathered all his mana, asked Rei, who was beside him.

“There’s no one in the library, right?”

“Huh? It was just the two of us, so probably……”

“Good.”

Kyung-joon nodded and stood in front of Rei as if to block her.

“It might be a little dangerous, so stay back.”

“Dangerous?”

“Come on. Don’t blame me if you die of cancer later, okay?”

“C, Cancer?!”

Startled by the sudden mention of possibly dying of cancer, Rei quickly took a few steps away from Kyung-joon.

Confirming this, Kyung-joon immediately moved on to the next step.

[Unique skill 『Multi Mana Control: Nano (Lv.1)』 ]

[Advanced Skill 『Energy Shooter (Lv.1)』 ]

[Disperses ultrafine mana particles throughout the area.]

Fwoosh!

All the mana gathered in Kyung-joon’s hand shattered into fine particles and sprayed forward.

“I, It’s gone…?”

However, to Rei’s eyes, it only looked like the gathered mana had disappeared.

Naturally.

What Kyung-joon had launched was 『Mana Radiation』 at the particle level.

It was so subtle that unless one was as sensitive to mana as Kyung-joon, they wouldn’t notice it at all.

Numerically, it was about one ten-billionth?

Of course, Kyung-joon could clearly see how it moved.

“Teemo, there must be a part that reacts. Tell me when you detect it.”

<Understood.>

The mana radiation hit the library.

The basement of the library, the interior of the building, the space between the ceiling and the roof.

The mana radiation swept through every nook and cranny, regardless of whether it was accessible or not.

[Cockroaches inside the library are exposed to strong mana radiation.]

[Rats inside the library are exposed to strong mana radiation.]

[Camel crickets inside the library are exposed to strong mana radiation.]

.

.

.

[All are exterminated due to exposure to strong mana radiation.]

[All pests and rats inside the library have been eliminated.]

[You have acquired the unique title 『Library Pest Exterminator』.]

[Library Pest Exterminator]

▶You have instantly exterminated all pests and rats in the Beginner’s Village library. Cockroaches, rats, camel crickets, termites, you name it!

Residents of Beginner’s Village will ask you to do pest control.

▶Insect and rodent monsters are less likely to attack you first. Weak ones avoid you.

▶Title Type: Regional (Beginner’s Village)

▶Title Grade: Unique

‘All the pests in the library were gone in an instant……!’

A status window similar to what Kyung-joon saw popped up in front of Rei’s eyes.

To think that with just one spell, he had completely eliminated all those pesky creatures that had been plaguing the library!

[Favorability with Rei has increased by 1.]

[Favorability with Rei has increased by 1.]

[Favorability with Rei has increased by 1.]

In Rei’s eyes, Kyung-joon looked more heroic than ever.

Of course, Kyung-joon’s thoughts were a little different.

‘What the, I’m not some kind of pest control company, why do I suddenly have a Library Pest Exterminator title?’

But when he thought about it, it wasn’t a bad title.

He knew that all sorts of annoying bugs, including mosquitoes, would swarm around when he was studying at Study Villa.

Next time, he’d use mana radiation to get rid of them all.

“Teemo. So, how is it?”

<Analysing…….>

<Analyzing based on currently measured data….>

Kyung-joon’s goal was to find the secret room hidden by the previous Infinite Knowledge Seeker.

Usually, hidden rooms were hidden in spaces between the walls of a building.

But according to Rei, there was no such thing.

So Kyung-joon changed his mind.

If there was no hidden space, there must be a hidden magic circle or something.

And he thought that the magic circle would lead to the hidden room.

This wasn’t the world of detective novels, but a game world of magic and fantasy, after all.

<Mana scattering was observed on the walls of the library warehouse.>

If there was a magic circle, it would be easy to find.

He just had to apply the principle of ‘observation’ used in physics.

In physics, when you wanted to observe an object, you always sent light or electrons to the target.

And by analysing the pattern of the reflected light or electrons, you could determine what the object was.

It was the same with how we ‘see’ with our eyes.

The reason we could see objects was that the light reflected from them entered our eyes.

It was just that the light wasn’t shot by us, but by the sun or the fluorescent lights on the ceiling, but the principle was the same.

Then, what if this principle was applied to mana?

Shoot finely fragmented mana particles throughout the library.

If it was an ordinary wall or floor with no magic, the mana particles would just pass right through.

But what if it hit a place where a magic circle was located?

Surely the mana particles would react to the magic circle.

“Found it.”

Sweep. Sweep.

The wall of the library storage room.

Wiping away the dust stuck to it, he could see a faintly glowing magic circle.

“H, Huh? There was definitely nothing like this before……?”

Rei was bewildered by the unfamiliar wall of the storage room.

She had been to this storage room before.

But there were no marks on the wall then.

But now, a faint blue pattern was engraved on the wall.

“It’s reacting to the mana radiation I shot.”

“Who on earth would draw a magic circle here……?”

“Well.”

It must have been the previous Infinite Knowledge Seeker, Kyung-joon didn’t say.

There was no need for him to step forward and reveal it.

Instead…….

“I don’t know who, but I think I can tell when it was made.”

“Really? How?”

“We can measure the half-life of the mana particles emanating from the magic circle.”

“……??”

Ignoring Ray tilting her head in confusion, Kyung-joon placed his hand on the magic circle.

After letting some mana flow, he continued speaking…….

“It dates back to about 600-700 years ago.”

“……??”

Ray had absolutely no idea what was going on.

“Excuse me! I’d like to borrow this book, is the librarian there?”

“……Oh! I’ll be right there! Please wait a moment!”

A library patron’s voice called out to Ray.

“I’ll be going then!”

“Yes. Good work.”

Ray gave a brief nod to Kyung-joon and dashed out of the warehouse.

Thanks to her conveniently leaving, he was spared the trouble of explaining.

“Good timing.”

<Indeed. Perhaps it’s the system’s guidance.>

This magic circle was created solely for the Mythical Job ‘Infinite Knowledge Seeker’.

Unrelated to it, Ray was unaware that the system 『God of the World』 might have intentionally gotten her out of the way.

Kyung-joon placed his hand on the magic circle once more.

[The magic circle reacts to the mana of the Mythical Job 『Infinite Knowledge Seeker』.]

[You can enter the subspace left by your predecessor.]

[Would you like to enter?]

Kyung-joon nodded silently and chose to enter without hesitation.

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

[You have entered the mythical dungeon 『Subspace: Beginner’s Village』.]

[The mythical quest 『Infinite Knowledge Seeker…』 has been completed.]

②Find the hidden place in the Beginner’s Village library: Complete

③Uncover the truth about the Infinite Knowledge Seeker: In progress

“It’s awfully dark.”

The subspace left by his predecessor was pitch black.

Kyung-joon created a small Energy Bolt in his hand and illuminated the interior.

It was an old room, very fitting to be called a small study.

“I guess it’s because it’s a subspace. There’s no door leading outside. No windows either. Should I try breaking it?”

<-_-a;;>

<The outside of the subspace is probably a void. It’s not recommended as you might get trapped in an eternal void if you’re not careful.>

“Haha, just kidding.”

Kyung-joon shone the light from his hand around, examining his surroundings.

And he found something strange.

“……A fluorescent light?”

One of the most common objects in reality.

But it was one of the objects he had never seen in the game.

After all, fluorescent lights were one of the many products of the scientific revolution.

“Why is this here?”

Kyung-joon stood on his tiptoes and examined the fluorescent light.

There was no sign of an electrical cord or a switch.

<The inside is coated with Tinkerbell’s wing powder. It’s an item that emits light when it receives mana particles.>

“It’s almost the same principle as a real fluorescent light.”

The principle of a real fluorescent light was that the fluorescent material inside the light bulb emitted light when it received electrons.

It was just that in this world, electrons were replaced by mana.

Whirr.

As soon as Kyung-joon infused the fluorescent light with mana, the bright light grew stronger.

“……Your previous owner was amazing.”

<He created me, so I believe he was indeed amazing. It’s a shame I can’t remember properly because my memory isn’t perfect.>

“Yeah, he was really amazing.”

Kyung-joon was deeply impressed by the fluorescent light, presumably created by his predecessor.

Of course, Kyung-joon also knew the principle of fluorescent lights, so if he was given the materials, he could make them as much as he wanted.

But the important thing wasn’t that he ‘could make it’.

Kyung-joon already knew what a fluorescent light was from reality.

However, the previous Infinite Knowledge Seeker didn’t.

He created it himself in a world where the name ‘fluorescent light’ didn’t even exist.

This was the true 『Magical Engineering』.

It was one of the lost technologies that had disappeared in the current world.

“It’s all written in a strange language.”

The books inside the study were all written in an unreadable language.

<It’s the language of ancient Humanity. I can’t translate it yet because I don’t have enough data.>

“I guess I’ll have to study ancient languages later.”

As he looked through the books one by one, he found a book with nothing written in it.

[Unidentified Book]

▶It is an unidentified book. It is too old and severely yellowed.

▶Item Grade: Low

“This is it.”

It was the same trick as the magic circle earlier.

Kyung-joon immediately poured mana into the book.

Wooong!

Readable letters began to appear on the blank book.

Kyung-joon immediately began to read.

『April 10, P.C. 57

Exactly 100 days after sealing the Demon King, 57 years have passed.

The Demon King has long since become a being beyond history books.

But the world is still in turmoil.

It feels like it was more united before the Demon King was sealed.

My dream has already failed a long time ago.』

『June 23, P.C. 57

I dreamed of a world where everyone, regardless of their race, could be friends as equals.

The Humanity Cantons were the beginning of that…… but it ultimately ended in failure.』

『October 10, P.C. 57

Dragons were too arrogant to be with anyone.

Fairies deeply despised those without ability.

Elves were either like Dragons or Fairies.

Dwarves were obsessed with metal.

The beastkins did not want to learn.

And Demons had no good in them.』

“Then what about humans?”

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