It’s an Academic Fact That Rankers Are Model Students – Chapter 236

Chapter 236: The Demon King and Kyung-joon: Parallel Lines (3)

The horizon, where the earth and sky meet.

The horizon, where the sea and sky become one.

The place where different thoughts intersect, in the limit that goes to infinity.

Surely, the answer can be found.

It can be overcome.

This was the parallel line theory that Kyung-joon kept insisting on to the Demon King.

Of course.

━Damn it! So what the hell does that mean?!

The Demon King still couldn’t understand the theory.

━Don’t you realize that what you’re saying is nothing but sophistry in the end? Huh? You little sh|t, you said you were studying, but all you’ve gotten better at is bullsh|t!

“It’s not sophistry. If that’s the case, I’ll prove it to you myself.”

Kyung-joon’s atmosphere became a little more serious.

“I’ll change it myself.”

Those who lament the world.

Those who were born without talent.

Those who have always looked up at the sky from the bottom.

Zot.

“I will change everything. It’s not that difficult.”

━Ha! I’m sure you will! I saw it, it’ll only be that b@stard Zot! It’s so easy! But you know what?

The Demon King continued in a louder voice.

━In the end, that b@stard Zot will only have changed because he was lucky enough to get a huge opportunity like you! It’s not much different from you accidentally being chosen as the descendant of that b@stard Huma! Then other b@stards will look at him and feel it. Like sh|t! In the end, your method will only create more Zot2, Zot3, Zot4!

“No, that one Zot is not the end.”

━What?

“Zot is just the beginning. Starting with him, a lot will change. And in the end, a better world-World will come.”

Kyung-joon, who spoke so sincerely, smiled bashfully again and continued to the Demon King.

“So give me some strength.”

━Oh, my back of the head!

The back of the Demon King’s head ached terribly, but he couldn’t even grab it because dozens of spears were sealing him.

━Hey, you stuffy little b@stard! How long do you think it will take! Know your place!

So he had no choice but to repeat the same thing he had been saying since earlier.

━You’re an otherworlder! And in the end, you’re a human! How much do you think you can accomplish in a few years, at most a few decades, when you are not a being of this world!

“A lot will change. And a lot will be achieved. Many things will remain a problem and new ones will arise, but they too will be resolved.”

Now Kyung-joon was not even listening to the Demon King and was just throwing out his own words.

━Hey, you b@stard who’s more of a demon than the Demon King! Open your ears! You’re still just rambling on about your ideals, let alone an answer!

“That’s why I told you. We’re parallel lines.”

━Oh my god!! The Demon King is dying!!

At the Demon King’s wailing, Kyung-joon just chuckled, twirling his pen.

Kyung-joon’s declaration of parallel lines, I don’t know how many times it’s been.

Swoosh. Swoosh, swoosh.

Kyung-joon, who had been exchanging questions and answers with the Demon King, began to tease the Black World Tree again.

The surroundings of Imi, the Demon King, and Kyung-joon were filled with black and blue letters.

He was recording everything that had come up in his conversation with the Demon King as a 『declaration』 of the Black World Tree.

“By denying this, by not acknowledging it, you can never connect the lines. That’s why I can accept you while not acknowledging you.”

Tak.

When Kyung-joon put down his pen, much had already changed.

Swoosh!

Crackle! Crackle!

Kyung-joon’s upper body was covered in blue mana.

On the other hand, the lower body was covered in jet black energy.

The two colors coexisted without ever mixing.

The jet black energy that had eroded even his head could no longer erode Kyung-joon.

“Anyway.”

Kyung-joon said after scanning the countless letters written in the air.

“After all, the problem is time. Even if I receive power from you, I’m an otherworlder and a human, so you’re saying I won’t be able to change the world-World in time?”

━There’s a lot more to it than that, but yeah!

“Hmm……”

Kyung-joon said, pondering and hesitating.

“If there’s really no time.”

━If there’s no time?

“Then it’s a bargain if I postpone it. Well.”

Kyung-joon put an end to the declaration.

━……What?

The Demon King, who heard the declaration, had no choice but to make the most dumbfounded expression he had ever made in his thousands of years of life.

Or rather.

Kyung-joon continued.

“Just like my predecessor passed it down to me as a descendant, can’t I just pass it on to someone else and run away? Well, I’ll have to do well with the beastkin race, but.”

Kyung-joon’s utterly ridiculous words.

In a way, it’s the most irresponsible thing he’s said so far.

Nevertheless.

His words contained an undeniable persuasiveness.

“I’ll let you in on a secret to life that you haven’t realized in your hundreds of thousands of years of life, Mr. Demon King. It’s a honey tip, so be sure to write it down.”

Kyung-joon, who has only lived for 18 years.

But the Infinite Knowledge Seeker, who sees through the world-World more than anyone else.

Declared again.

『I, Kyung-joon, declare.

What you couldn’t do today, put it off until tomorrow.

What you couldn’t do this month, try to do next month.

If you couldn’t achieve it this year, then next year.

If you have regrets in this life, to your children.

If it’s impossible for this generation, then to the next generation.

Pass on what you couldn’t do.

That’s how we mortals have lived.

It is the reason why science, civilization, and all that it entails have been able to continue to this day.

And it is the reason why it will continue to exist indefinitely in the future.』

Kyung-joon put the last period.

And he flicked the handwritten letters.

As it touched the countless pronouncements Kyung-joon had written.

Flash!

It began to illuminate the surroundings with a blue light.

An intense light that completely obscures the darkness of the ruins.

But just as there is darkness where there is light.

This world-World cannot exist with only light.

“Now.”

Kyung-joon knew.

“It’s your turn. Make the last cut.”

Kyung-joon held out his hand and handed the pen to the Demon King diagonally above.

The Demon King, who saw that.

━Puhahahaha!

He started laughing like crazy.

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

━Sh|t, this is a mess! It’s a complete mess! Puhaha! Puhahahaha!

The Demon King, unable to stop laughing while stuck to the wall of the giant pupil.

Kyung-joon chuckled and added.

“If you really don’t believe me, you can take my soul as payment for breach of contract. Oh, of course, even if I don’t achieve it, my descendants will, and if they don’t, their descendants will, so there’s no way it won’t be achieved.”

━Puhaha! Puhahaha! You’re the first one to say such crazy sh|t to the Demon King! That b@stard Huma, your ancestor, didn’t even say this kind of bullsh|t to me! Puhaha! Puhahaha!!

How long did he laugh?

Swoosh.

The jet black mana that came from the Demon King’s right hand snatched the 『Black World Tree』 from Kyung-joon’s hand.

━Hoo, okay.

It was a very serious and low voice, as if he had forgotten that he had been laughing like crazy just now.

━Let’s see you do whatever you want. Come to think of it, this might be more fun.

Swoosh.

The jet black energy began to carve black letters.

『I, the Demon King, declare one last time.

To ‘Kyung-joon’, the human, otherworlder, and Infinite Knowledge Seeker.

I, the Demon King, give you the ‘power of jet black’.

In return.』

The Demon King’s right hand, manipulating the jet black mana, paused for a moment.

━How about we just do it like this in exchange for giving you my power?

“How?”

━Like this.

Without a long explanation, the Demon King brought up a status window in front of Kyung-joon.

It was the 『Quest Window』.

But there was something a little different……

[In Exchange for Handing Over the World]

▶Release the Demon King’s seal!

※You will receive the power of jet black as a down payment to release the seal.

▶Quest Grade: mythical

The fact that it was a mythical quest given by the Demon King.

“Huh.”

Kyung-joon let out a hollow laugh and snorted.

“As much as I said I would change the world, do you think I would just release your seal and put World in danger?”

━Just read it all the way through and then talk.

Kyung-joon began to read the rest of the quest window.

The last part was about the reward.

▶Quest Reward: Unlocks jet black study buffs, including Black Concentration, Black Tenacity, Black Creativity, etc.

※Demon King’s comment: This is multiplied by my jet black power! In other words, if your existing study buff is 2x and the jet black study buff is 1.5x, your total study buff will be 2×1.5=3x! Hahaha!

“Oh.”

Kyung-joon’s eyes and ears reacted as he finished reading the quest window.

Seeing this, the Demon King chuckled and said something to persuade Kyung-joon even more.

━See, isn’t it nice? If it’s multiplication, you can amplify it by a ‘factor’ on top of the existing addition? It’ll help you with your studies, and with my power, you’ll be able to solve the situation you’re in because of Zot, and I’ll be able to achieve my goal of breaking the seal. How about it? It’s not your world-World- anyway, right?

“Hmm. I see. That changes things a bit.”

With that, Kyung-joon immediately pressed the quest acceptance button.

[Quest accepted.]

Kyung-joon was the kind of person who would sacrifice even the world-World- for the sake of his studies.

At Kyung-joon’s choice, the Demon King grinned from ear to ear.

━Hahaha! Yes, yes! At first, when you were going on and on about parallel lines or whatever, I thought you were worse than Huma, but now I see that we actually get along quite well!

“I guess so. Actually, parallel lines are said to never meet, but when the distance becomes 0 and a point of contact is created, they become one. In a way, it’s only natural.”

━Yeah, yeah, yeah. So stop talking nonsense and let’s get on with it, shall we?

“Yes.”

The Demon King’s right hand began to move the jet black energy again.

『In return.

I will take the new world-World.

For more details, please refer to the quest window.』

Swoosh. Swoosh, swoosh.

After writing down some details about the reward.

The final declaration.

『This is a demon contract engraved on each other’s souls.

It is a contract of perpetuity that will last for generations to come.』

Thump.

The Demon King, like Kyung-joon had done, flicked his last declaration.

As it touched the countless pronouncements the Demon King had written.

It began to glow black with jet black.

Two lights.

Blue and Black enveloped the Demon King and Kyung-joon, and.

[The mythical figure 『Demon King』 and 『Kyung-joon』 have made a contract.]

Soon the world-World began to respond.

[A huge wave of causality is sweeping in.]

[Ancient creatures slumbering in various places are beginning to awaken.]

[The soothsayer 『Kaym』 awakens.]

[The Black and White alchemist 『Jagan』 awakens.]

[The singing silver unicorn 『Amdusias』 awakens.]

.

.

.

[The Demon King’s seal is greatly weakened.]

Wooong!

In that brief moment when they were enveloped in black and blue light and could only vaguely see each other.

━To be honest, I was just going to throw it away, but since you entertained me for the first time in 700 years, I’ll give you this as a special treat.

The Demon King declared one more thing.

『I, the Demon King, further declare.

I will inscribe the mark requested by the former Infinite Knowledge Seeker, ‘Huma’, upon his descendant, ‘Kyung-joon’.』

Twinkle!

An unknown magical light touched Kyung-joon.

It was not Kyung-joon’s, nor was it the Demon King’s jet black energy.

The mana of a third party not present.

“This is……”

━It’s the mana of that b@stard Huma. It will hide and control my super strong jet black power for at least a year.

“Oh. A year would be perfect. It’s going to be a busy time for me with entrance exams anyway.”

━……Aren’t you curious why Huma left this with me?

“Do I need to be curious? Oh, but please tell my predecessor thank you.”

━Thank you to the b@stard who’s already dead…… Oh well, never mind. You’re crazy.

That was the end of their conversation.

[Connection purification sequence complete.]

Crack!

The gap that connected the two spaces closed perfectly.

Then the blue and black light that had enveloped the surroundings disappeared, and.

Wheeing~

The desolate ruins reappeared.

Now the only being left here was the sealed Demon King.

━Infinite Knowledge Seeker. Let’s see how far your chosen descendant can go, keuh-huh…… I’ll be watching.

In the ruins where the dark red blood sand swirled, only the meaningful voice of the Demon King echoed quietly in the wind.

Surely this.

It wouldn’t have reached him, and even if it did, he wouldn’t have cared, that b@stard.

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

Kyung-joon, who returned to before the connection.

“Hmm.”

The moment he opened his eyes.

Thud!

Zot in front of him collapsed.

“Gasp…… Gasp……”

Zot was exhausted, but fortunately he seemed fine.

The dark energy that had been overflowing and about to explode was no longer visible.

The black magic stone that had been embedded in his heart had also been cleanly removed without any wounds or scars and was now in Kyung-joon’s hand.

Instead.

“It’s not like he’s Cain.”

Like Cain, the first murderer of mankind, who was marked on the forehead.

On Kyung-joon’s forehead was inscribed a mark he had never seen before.

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