All-Master Player Of The Academy [EN]: Chapter 101

51. Well Done – 1

Ian and Danju immediately gave chase to Dolce.

They leaped across rooftops, pursuing the carriage until they arrived at a sizable plaza.

At one end of the plaza stood a rather luxurious building.

It was where the high-ranking nobles of the Scarlet Kingdom gathered to make decisions.

The carriage stopped in front of the large plaza where nobles parked their carriages. It was empty, perhaps because the Noble Assembly was not in session that day. Dolce stepped out of the carriage.

He lingered there, as if waiting for someone.

After some time, when it seemed he wouldn’t meet anyone, he became angry and was about to get back into the carriage when Danju spoke.

“Let’s strike now.”

He had hoped to capture anyone involved, but it was a shame. Still, they had to achieve their objective.

Ian and Danju leaped from the rooftop.

The sound caught the attention of those below, and Dolce, who was about to board the carriage, smirked.

Ian and the leader of the Sword Flower Troop.

Both were enemies of Blue Moon.

“Kill them.”

As soon as his command was given, two Masters [highly skilled martial artists] charged forward.

Watching this, Ian took a large step.

Heavenly Demon Divine Art, Chapter of Destruction.

Lord’s Walk.

-Kugugugung!!

The ground shook the moment he stomped his foot.

Those who were rushing in lost their balance.

“Ugh?!”.

That was the end.

The staggering enemies were vulnerable.

Danju seized the opportunity and swung his sword, and the heads of the two soared into the air.

The neck of the coachman, who had been disguised, was also severed by Ian’s Void Sword.

Dolce’s eyebrows twitched as three men died in an instant.

“I received a report about what you did on Mount Kille…”

Before he could finish his sentence.

Ian reached out his hand.

“Chain Lightning.”

Hundreds of magic circles combined.

The electricity that erupted from the magic circles struck his body in an instant.

-Kwaaaang!! Kwang! Kwajijijik!! Kwaaaang!!

Danju was astonished by the power of the magic, which was more powerful than a typical Chain Lightning and didn’t seem like a 3rd Circle spell [a measure of magical power and complexity].

“What kind of magic is that?”

“Didn’t you hear the incantation? It’s Chain Lightning.”

“No, the power…”

“Oh.”

Even after being directly hit by the enhanced magic, Dolce’s expression did not change.

He simply held a cyan-colored sword in silence.

‘He wasn’t much before, but now that cyan light is appearing, the aura of the moon is incredible. Did he block it with Moonlight Sword?’

‘Analyze it.’

“Do you think this world’s insignificant magic can overcome the power of the moon?”

He scoffed and raised the Moonlight Sword.

At that moment, a cyan light flashed.

“Haaap!!”

And he swung the sword down with all his might.

In that moment, a second moon appeared in this world.

A cyan crescent moon, resembling the white crescent moon in the sky, took its place on the ground.

Danju, seeing this, gripped his sword tightly, trying to block it, but Ian casually reached out his hand.

“Haha!! Blocking Moonlight Slash with his bare hands…”

And he lightly grasped and absorbed it.

Dolce’s mouth dropped open as he watched the cyan crescent moon disappear without a trace.

“…What… did you do?”

He had never encountered anyone who could block Moonlight Slash like that before.

But Ian was merely nonchalant.

There was no way he couldn’t do what even a tiger could do.

While the bewildered Dolce was preparing his next move, Danju moved.

Dolce tried to move his sword as he suddenly appeared nearby, but it was too late.

-Pshushushut!!

The shock of his technique being blocked so futilely led to carelessness, which resulted in his head being severed.

His head soared into the air and tumbled to the ground.

“I kept my promise, so you should keep yours, Danju.”

They had a common enemy in Blue Moon, but their goals were different.

Danju wanted to eliminate Dolce, the leader of Blue Moon, and Ian wanted his sword.

So Danju grabbed the Moonlight Sword that had fallen to the ground and tossed it to Ian.

As he caught it.

-Wooduk! Wooduk!

A black aura surged from Dolce’s body.

It was the same sight he had seen before.

The demon contractor died, and the demon within was interfering with reality.

The surging malice began to grow.

The five-armed monster, which had grown to be taller than a one-story building, twisted its body and chuckled.

“Khehehehe… The time has finally come to end this world!! The time has come for this Volshedi to follow the will of the great god!!”

The enlarged malice exploded.

Not only the plaza but also the Noble Assembly building and surrounding buildings were melted or destroyed.

That alone was enough to know.

That Volshedi was no ordinary demon.

Realizing this, Danju gritted his teeth and gripped his sword tightly.

“Ian. Let’s retreat for now. We can’t handle a demon on our own. We need to bring a priest or something.”

Danju said, drawing his Aura Blade, but Ian shook his head.

And he stepped forward and asked.

“Let me ask you just one thing.”

“Hoo… Hehe. Yes. What is it?”

“Do you know about Pandemonium? And that so-called ‘him’?”

At Ian’s question, Volshedi paused for a moment.

He seemed to know something.

“Hehehe… Hehe… Pandemonium? I know it. What is Pandemonium…”

He gestured lightly.

As Ian approached, Volshedi smiled.

“A place that someone like you can’t even dare to mention.”

At the same time, a large arm moved.

Ian, who lightly cut off the pillar-sized arm as it came down, opened his mouth.

“You dare not mention it? Then I can guess two things.”

“…What?”

“Assumption 1. A place related to you demons.”

“Shut up!!”

The regenerated arm came down.

Using that reaction, Ian drew out his second assumption.

“Assumption 2. Also, a place quite important to you demons.”

Ian grinned and flashed his eyes.

Ian’s eyes flashed orange.

“I deny you who do not answer the truth. Answer about Pandemonium.”

“Don’t be ridiculous!!”

He didn’t answer.

At that moment, one of his arms exploded and disappeared.

Volshedi was horrified as one of his arms disappeared.

“Answer about Pandemonium.”

And he quickly racked his brain.

He didn’t know what kind of ability Ian was using, but he would take damage if he didn’t answer the question.

Then all he had to do was answer, right?

“Kuk… Pandemonium?! It is nothing. But it is also everything!!”

Volshedi ended his answer there and attacked Ian.

To attack Orange Denial like this.

He was a smarter demon than he thought.

“Answer about the Talent Merchant.”

“That is the same!”

“Are Pandemonium and the Talent Merchant related?”

“Khehehe… Yes and no.”

Ian, dodging another attack, asked a few more questions.

But Volshedi only cleverly avoided giving definite answers and attacked.

“That’s why yellow is not good. But I got a rough idea of the answer… Should I try a little more?”

“Kaaaaaak!!”

“What is Pandemonium?”

“Khehehehe… This little thing!! It’s nothing compared to the pain we’ve endured!!”

He endured well for a demon.

But there was no way he could endure the pain of his soul being crushed for long.

Volshedi endured the pain.

His body crumbled, and the demon’s soul distorted.

Even so, he didn’t say anything until the end.

Ian admired his pride and shrugged his shoulders.

“Forget it if you don’t want to talk.”

He didn’t know the details, but it seemed to be an important place related to demons.

Then he would find out on his own as he caught the demons.

And it didn’t matter even if he didn’t.

He had already heard from Beriswell that the demons were going to the Tower of the Forgotten City.

In other words.

Volshedi was no longer of great value to Ian.

He opened his mouth to Volshedi, who was suffering from the pain of his soul being crushed.

“Igeumgang Samdeungbangpyeon Shinseunggeumgang Banwolpungryun.”

A mantra to ward off demons flowed from his mouth.

At that moment, Volshedi’s body hardened.

“Dansanggu Bang Namjagwangmyeong Soyeomyeong Sojeokjishin.”

The huge body turned to ashes and dust.

The surprised Volshedi moved his hands with all his might.

But just before the huge, house-sized hand reached Ian’s head.

The last incantation flowed out.

“Eobulbeopjung Hamgishinshim Yonghoryang Yeokhoshiju Gangboksojae.”

-Kuh….

The legs slowly crumbled.

The giant demon collapsed in front of Ian.

Volshedi reached out his hand to him with difficulty.

But that hand never reached Ian.

The demon’s soul itself completely turned to dust and vanished.

As his traces completely disappeared, Ian turned his head to Danju, who was staring blankly at him.

“It seems like the Sword Flower Troop is fighting the Blue Moon remnants right now. Is it okay for you to be here like that?”

Danju suddenly came to his senses.

He didn’t know what he had done.

But now was not the time to worry about that.

“Let’s meet again next time.”

As he left, Ian looked for anything useful inside the carriage.

After taking a few useful artifacts here and there, he came out.

A group of knights and soldiers were rushing into the plaza.

“Is that the Capital Defense Force?”

The Scarlet Knights, who followed the Icebin County [a region or territory], led the soldiers into the plaza.

And, they looked around the plaza, which had been devastated in the process of fighting Volshedi.

“Hmm. They’re going to make a fuss about this, right?”

As they surrounded him, Ian hung the Moonlight Sword on his sword belt and grabbed his own sword.

“I’ll try to talk it out, and if it doesn’t work, I’ll break through.”

He could escape through there.

Just as the surrounding soldiers were about to aim their weapons.

One person walked out from among them.

The female knight, who appeared to be in her late thirties, took off her helmet and asked.

“Ian?”

“Ah. It’s been a while.”

Keys Icebin.

Belonging to the Icebin County and the leader of the Scarlet Knights.

Ian greeted her lightly as he saw a face he had seen at the academy before.

Keys, who accepted his greeting, asked with a sullen expression.

“This mess. Did you do it?”

“No.”

To be exact, Volshedi did it.

As Ian explained the situation, she groaned briefly and returned her sword to its sheath.

“Take this for now. The Capital Defense Force is moving because of this commotion.”

The Capital Defense Force was an overbearing organization that would arrest anyone they suspected.

It was better to have his sword since they would try to arrest everyone outside right now.

Besides, the Noble Assembly building was destroyed.

Someone had to take responsibility, and Ian, being a strong person, was capable of taking that responsibility.

So they would try to arrest him by framing him somehow.

Keys, who explained that, held out her sword, and Ian smiled.

“I appreciate your kindness.”

As he left after finishing his greeting, Keys’ adjutant asked with concern.

“Are you okay? You might be reprimanded for this.”

Ian was alone in the place where the Noble Assembly was destroyed.

Anyone would think that Ian was the culprit, but she was letting him go like this.

Especially since there were not only Scarlet Knights but also soldiers from the Capital Defense Force.

Even if they were told to keep it a secret, this would definitely be known.

And the Noble Assembly would definitely cause trouble.

But Keys’ thoughts were different.

‘It was definitely the aura of a demon.’

A powerful demonic aura appeared that was so strong that even the priest of the Sun Order, who was drinking tea with her, was afraid.

And a short time later, an immense holiness that even the archbishops of the Sun Order could not use was felt.

That’s why she rushed over, but the holiness and the demonic aura were nowhere to be found, and only Ian was left alone.

He was someone that even the Sun Order was trying to accept as a paladin [a holy warrior].

It was difficult to see such a person as being related to demons.

In addition, her experience and judgment on the battlefield stopped her.

Perhaps Ian was related to that holiness.

That’s why she just let him go.

“There is nothing certain. It’s better to fight the Noble Assembly. Everyone…”

She gripped her sword tightly.

“Return to Icebin County.”

As she spoke briefly.

A commotion was heard from where Ian was heading.

“Are we just going to leave him?”

It seemed that he had run into other knights from the Capital Defense Force.

They would definitely try to arrest Ian, following the orders of the Noble Assembly.

Keys said coldly in response to the question of whether they really didn’t have to help the Capital Defense Force.

“I have already given the order.”