All-Master Player Of The Academy [EN]: Chapter 143

72. Spreading False Information – 1

“What are you doing?!”

Kenneth’s classmates tried to stop him, but Ian ignored them.

Meanwhile, Kenneth staggered to his feet.

“Can we talk for a moment?”

“What if I don’t want to?”

“It’ll be good for you, too.”

Kenneth, the one who had been hit, was now the one pleading. Seeing this, the B-Class students felt uneasy and quickly approached Ian. It seemed like Kenneth was hiding something.

“What’s going on?”

Ha-ryun stepped forward to stop the other students.

Meanwhile, Kenneth spoke more urgently and desperately. “Ian, I’m serious. How about listening first, and then talking?”

Ian stared at him intently before turning away.

As he left, Kenneth looked around, gave a light wave to the students who were looking at him with concern, and went outside.

“Follow me.”

After leaving the grand auditorium and arriving at a slightly secluded open space, Ian drew his sword.

“You released the demons outside the academy town, didn’t you?”

“Yes.”

Kenneth’s voice changed. It had been a low male voice until just now, but now it was a slightly higher female voice. However, there was still no hostility felt.

“This guy asked me to stop Rowena Salt from becoming the student council president.”

“Good. Then let’s die now.”

Crawley was taken aback when Ian drew his sword. “Wait a minute. Weren’t you asking me to come out to talk?”

“We talked.”

“Isn’t the reason you didn’t use your sword right away—since you’re always quicker to use your sword than words—because you don’t want to commit murder in the academy?”

“I don’t know where you heard such strange rumors, but do you think I would hesitate to kill someone?”

“If that were the case, you would have killed me without hitting me earlier.”

Ian snorted as Crawley tried to reason. “The resistance was good, but it was meaningless.”

“Those who wander the world.”

As Ian’s mouth opened, verses from a sacred prayer flowed out. The moment he heard it, Kenneth’s body stiffened.

“By the power of the Great One, let them depart.”

The moment the short prayer ended, Kenneth’s body trembled. Red liquid flowed down from his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.

Kenneth, who was kneeling, coughed and spat out all the liquid, and Ian raised his sword.

“Okay. That’s it.”

Ian kicked the panting Kenneth, knocking him unconscious, and saw the woman rising from the red liquid.

Crawley, forcibly evicted from Kenneth’s body after the contract was canceled, couldn’t hide her bewilderment.

“What is this……?”

Destroying even the binding force of the contract and then pulling out the demon?

A Great Demon.

No, even powerful demons belonging to the Seven Deadly Sins couldn’t do this. As far as Crawley knew, this was impossible.

“This is ridiculous……”

“There are all sorts of things in the world.”

“Myaa……”

Mya-ne raised her fur and became alert. Seeing this, Crawley raised both hands.

“Okay, wait. I don’t want to fight.”

“You’ve committed a capital crime just by releasing demons in my territory. Haven’t you seen me catching demons?”

“Those are old demons. Ian, aren’t you only catching demons who are trying to destroy this world? And the demons outside the town haven’t done anything yet.”

“Entering my territory is a crime in itself. And all demons are the same.”

“That’s not true. At least, not me. The demons who have been in this world since before are different.”

Crawley said pleadingly, showing a desperate attitude.

As Ian stared at her, he put strength into the hand holding the sword, and she cried out urgently, “I have been in this world since a long time ago, before the Tower of the Forgotten City appeared!”

“Hmm……”

“And I like this world and those in it. So, I helped the humans of this world who wanted to prevent its destruction and helped the Magic Kingdom to revive.”

“So?”

“I don’t know if you know, but not all demons follow the Seven Deadly Sins. Especially those who have been in this world for a long time, like me.”

She hesitated and explained the situation. Originally, demons were meant to corrupt the beings of this world and revel in their despair and pain.

However, as the world’s destruction approached, and the possibility arose for them to take over the world after the destruction, the demons in Hell changed their minds. Rather than enjoying the despair of those in the world, they decided to take over the destroyed world and create a world only for demons.

“Honestly, I don’t like those kinds of trash who have been acting like they’re the only ones who are great, taking the lead.”

Therefore, the demons who were already out in the world resisted them. However, they could not face all the powerful demons of Hell, including the Seven Deadly Sins. In the end, they were defeated and relinquished leadership.

“After that, the magicians of the Magic Kingdom used the tower to prevent the destruction.”

“And the guys in Hell who wanted the destruction moved directly to destroy the world using the Star of Talent [a collection of potential destinies], the collection of possibilities?”

“Yes.”

This kind of information was only available to demons and could not be obtained through Kirke [Ian’s AI assistant]. Unless the worldview collection is complete and Kirke’s Truth Access Level reaches its maximum. Currently, you can only obtain recorded information, so Crawley’s words were quite interesting to Ian.

“So?”

Crawley was relieved when he seemed interested.

“But the tower has now lost its function, and the guys in Hell are using the Star of Talent, the collection of possibilities, to come out of Hell and use their power directly.”

“What’s the problem with that?”

Crawley put her hand on her chest and said seriously, “Our goals are the same as yours.”

She felt quite sincere. With a glint in her red eyes, she said firmly, “We don’t want the world to be destroyed. The fact that the destruction hasn’t started even after the tower lost its function means… maybe if we pass the time of destruction, the destruction won’t happen.”

Then she couldn’t miss that opportunity. If the world is naturally destroyed, she can’t stop it, but she will be able to stop the demons of Hell from annihilating all beings in the world.

“There are not only guardians in this world but also many powerful people. They can defeat even demons who manifest in the mortal realm like you.”

“It won’t be impossible.”

“So, I’ll make a suggestion, Ian. Let’s join hands and fight the demons who are trying to destroy the world.”

“I don’t really want to join hands with demons because they are liars.”

“Shall I swear on my very existence? It’s not a lie. There are already those among us who are taking away the Stars of Talent from the old guys.”

They were also making efforts to prevent them from coming out. As Crawley spoke desperately, Ian shrugged.

“I’m not so weak that I have to join hands with you. Okay, the conversation is over.”

Ian raised his sword. As a huge energy began to gather on his sword, Crawley quickly shouted, “Sword Saint!!”

“What about the Sword Saint?”

“The Sword Saint is joining hands with us!”

‘Kirke, can you confirm?’