It’s an Academic Fact That Rankers Are Model Students – Chapter 246

Chapter 246: The Realm to Overcome (1)

“Excuse me? You called someone higher than the Superintendent and the Commissioner……?”

Rebirus was bewildered by Siam’s words.

From the rank of Superintendent General (4th grade), level 500 is a given, and Commissioner (3rd grade) is an incredibly strong person who naturally exceeds level 600?

Someone higher than them?

Is it the Commissioner General (above 2nd grade)?

No matter how great she is as the representative of Grand Magic Tower Arc-en-Ciel, she wouldn’t have the right to order the police chiefs around like that……

“Who in the world did you call……”

“My friend.”

“Friend……?”

“Yes.”

A friend.

Superintendent Rebirus had long known who his superiors and those in high positions were close to and how they were close in order to advance his career.

However, among them, there was no one who would obediently follow Siam’s call.

Siam Tinya, the representative of Grand Magic Tower Arc-en-Ciel and the owner of all the shares of all magic towers.

She was a very legendary figure, having been called a pioneer of the Magic Tower Valley since 700 years ago, but that didn’t mean she had the power to control the police.

She excelled in finance, not politics.

‘The only person she knows very well in politics is probably the the Fairy King……’

The moment Rebirus thought that far.

An unexpected possibility flashed through his mind like electricity.

“Gasp…… C, Could it be……”

Rebirus, who seemed to have noticed something.

Siam, who recognized his appearance, smiled.

At the same time.

She pointed her finger up.

“Oh, I see you’re here.”

On the roof of Grand Magic Tower Arc-en-Ciel.

Flash!

Along with an indescribable, tremendous light.

Crackle!

The space there began to tear.

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

The rooftop of Grand Magic Tower Arc-en-Ciel.

Crackle!!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Kuwoooo!

Shhh!

Thud!

Village attack, Thousand Fists, Energy Shooter, Photon Strike, Quick, Ultra-Vibration Mana Dagger, Divergence, Curl, Gradient, Superbase Cannon, R-wave, Mana Recovery, Rain of Sodium Hydroxide, Hide Casting, and so on.

Countless magics were flying.

The fight between Kyung-joon and Merde was so messy and complicated that it was impossible to see properly with open eyes.

And then at some point.

Swoosh!

Kyung-joon caught Merde from behind.

“Vaccine injection.”

Push!

The vaccine that Kyung-joon had barely managed to obtain while dodging, containing the data he had collected on the spot.

Slowly―.

It is injected into Merde’s body.

[The level of infection is too severe.]

[The efficacy of the vaccine is completely negated.]

[It cannot be cured.]

━Keeek! You know what I did when everyone left work and I was left alone in this spacious office? I sat down at each and every seat in the empty office and thought endlessly about what I would do if I got to this position, what I would be able to do if I went up to this position, and I looked over the desks and picked up any trash on the floor and threw it away before leaving.

Gwaaaagh!

Bright red blood spurted out of Merde’s torn mouth like a laser.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Each drop of blood contained a surge of mana and mana virus, so powerful that it tore the floor apart.

“‘Quick’.”

Swoosh!

Kyung-joon barely dodged it.

He got a little splashed, but other than his stamina being a little low, he was fine.

He had already been vaccinated against the mana virus.

But the people waiting outside were not.

[Mana Mechanics Research Skill 『Vector Calculus』 ]

[Emits mana to form a divergence field.]

▶Current proficiency: 85.9% → 86.4%

Swoosh!

As if telekinesis had been applied, the blood in the air gathered and compressed.

[Unique skill 『Photon Strike』 ]

Bang!

As soon as he confirmed it, he immediately fired a powerful blow of light, oxidizing it in the air.

[Unique skill 『Photon Strike』 has leveled up to 4.]

Due to the constant barrage of magic, most of the skills he had had increased in level by 1 to 3.

Research skills such as Vector Calculus have also increased in level or proficiency.

“Gasp…… Huff……”

Nevertheless, Kyung-joon was struggling greatly.

No matter how much he boosted his stats with all sorts of doping items, it was still just a boost.

Kyung-joon, who was still at level 176, could never defeat a strong person over level 600.

“Huff…… Huff…… This Infinite Knowledge Seeker is…… not always good……”

His head is spinning.

The wounds all over his body feel like they’re burning, and the muscles all over his body are trembling.

The aftereffects of boosting his abilities with all sorts of doping items were coming back to him as side effects.

Even though the pain reduction sensor was working for the player, Kyung-joon was feeling the pain of the side effects.

[Warning!]

[The link (synchronization) between the game character and the real body is too high!]

[Urgent logout is required.]

[Urgent logout is required.]

[Urgent……]

Similar to how the senses and exhaustion in the game directly affected reality.

Now, Kyung-joon’s senses in the game were becoming more and more real.

『You will one day be consumed by the power of that predecessor! You’re already feeling it, aren’t you? That your ‘real body’ is being affected and becoming strange!』

The words that the demon in Zot had spoken just hours ago filled his mind.

“Ugh……”

Anxiety.

Fear.

Emotions he had never felt before in the game suddenly welled up inside him.

And it.

“Ah……”

It came back as a brief moment of vulnerability.

━Keeek!

Merde’s mouth, which had grown so large that it could swallow a human’s upper body in one bite, was right above him.

As expected, it was too much.

If only he had decided to go with the endurance meta from the beginning.

If only he hadn’t bothered trying to somehow bring Merde back, who was already infected and incurable.

He wouldn’t have been forcibly logged out like this……

Despite all the regrets.

At that moment, Kyung-joon.

Grin.

He was definitely smiling.

Flash!

Crackle!

With a tremendous light, space was split.

━Keeek?!

The moment the virus zombie Merde’s movements were momentarily stopped by the sudden light.

Slide―.

Merde’s head, which had suddenly begun to slide down from empty air.

Thud!

The split space cut through Merde’s body and head without any resistance.

And from the gap in that split space.

“This is the second time I’ve seen you like this, Kyung-joon.”

A very radiant, noble, and dignified fairy slowly walked out as if she were buttoning a silk dress.

Looking at such the Fairy King, Kyung-joon.

“I’ve been waiting, the Fairy King-nim.”

He repeated the same words he had said when he first met her.

Last time, she had reacted as if she had no idea what he was talking about.

But not now.

The the Fairy King heard Kyung-joon’s words that he had been waiting and.

“Yes. The paperwork took a while because of those old geezers in the Council of Elders. I’m a little late.”

She replied.

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

In order for someone of the Fairy King’s immense power, the king of a nation, to use magic, appropriate paperwork needed to be passed by the Senate.

After all, each of the Fairy King’s magics was a strategic weapon comparable to a nuclear bomb in reality.

Therefore.

Before diving into the Arc-en-Ciel Magic Tower raid.

Kyung-joon first contacted Siam using the business card item.

There were three things Kyung-joon asked of her.

Two of them were this.

The first was to issue a permit to operate inside the magic tower as the owner of Arc-en-Ciel and the top of the Fairy-Elven Alliance’s financial world.

The second was to get the signature of the Fairy King, the top of the political world, just in case.

the Fairy King and Siam Tinya were very old friends, having known each other even 700 years ago.

When Siam told the Fairy King this.

the Fairy King added this.

『the Fairy King: While we’re at it, why don’t we just get the paperwork passed by the Senate and I’ll take care of it myself? If I issue an emergency order, the paperwork should be done in about 1-2 hours.』

Siam was a little taken aback by the proactive remark that she would take care of it herself.

But she soon understood without explanation.

『Siam: Ah, like back then?』

『the Fairy King: Yes. His predecessor, Huma, was also reckless, so I guess not much has changed since then. Huma always pushed himself too hard at crucial moments.』

『Siam: It’s the same now as it was 700 years ago.』

『the Fairy King: You can say that again. I never thought I’d still be cleaning up after that guy 700 years later.

And… even if he hadn’t pushed himself and finished the job properly, I wanted to show him. Don’t you think he needs to see with his own eyes what his predecessor was like and what level he reached?』

『Siam: You don’t just want to show off your power, do you, the Fairy King-nim?』

『the Fairy King: Hahaha. Maybe I do.』

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.

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“Kyung-joon. Wasn’t that too much?”

the Fairy King continued speaking, keeping Kyung-joon safely behind her.

Behind her were not only Kyung-joon, but also the other Fael University students who had been released from the Isolated System and were now visible to the outside world.

“50%.”

Kyung-joon answered shortly, catching his breath roughly at the Fairy King’s question.

“50%?”

“Even if Merde’s mana core was sacrificed a little, there was about a 50% chance that she could be brought back.”

“And you pushed yourself for that?”

“Yes. She was someone I had my eye on, and she was the first person after Ezeri to recognize my worth. Even though the result is the virus in front of us…… It’s a shame to just let her die.”

Kyung-joon said he would get rid of her and take the CMO position, but that wasn’t what he really thought.

Kyung-joon, who had studied, knew.

How hard it is to find talent.

And how precious it is.

So if possible, he wanted to save Merde and put him in the CMO position.

“But it didn’t work out in the end.”

The 50% chance had finally tilted towards the 50% that was failure.

“As you can see.”

Since it had come to this, where he had to kill Merde.

Siam had told him that the the Fairy King would be here in 1-2 hours, and that by the time she arrived, it would probably be impossible to end this with treatment without any more sacrifices.

And this was the moment.

As expected.

What couldn’t be helped couldn’t be helped.

━Keeek…… Kreeek……!

Tentacles sprouted from the severed neck, and Merde was reattached.

the Fairy King reached out her hand towards him and said.

“Merde.”

Woong.

As the Fairy King clenched her mana, a transparent cube formed, trapping Merde.

And then the cube floated high up in the sky.

━───?! ───!

No matter how much Merde jumped, the cubic boundary separating the two spaces did not break.

What Kyung-joon could not achieve with Isolated System, the Fairy King achieved simply by clenching her hand.

“To lose you like this, the rightful heir of the Adivite family, who has illuminated the name of our Fairy-Elven Alliance for over 500 years and made the Magic Tower Valley what it is today, a truly great wizard, is truly regrettable and heartbreaking.”

Woong.

It was instant.

Wooong.

It was truly instant.

Wooowoong!

In an instant, a tremendous amount of mana, enough to obliterate everything around them, gathered at the Fairy King’s fingertips.

It was like a small sun.

Considering the pure white mana, it was a white dwarf.

“Infinite Knowledge Seeker. And the descendant of Huma. Watch closely and engrave this in your memory. This is the realm you must reach, no……”

the Fairy King slowly raised her fingertip, which contained the white dwarf, towards the sky.

“The realm you must surpass.”

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