All-Master Player Of The Academy [EN]: Chapter 119

◈ Chapter 119

60. Not a Set – 1

Loki stared at Ian with a stiff expression before asking awkwardly.

“My lord? What in the world is going on?”

He snapped his fingers again.

But there was still no change.

Loki, who had been gazing at him blankly, clapped lightly.

At that moment, a staircase connecting above and below appeared with a flash of light.

“You two should go first. I need to investigate a bit more and talk to this person.”

He seemed serious.

Danju looked at Ian worriedly, but he shook his head.

“I’m fine, so go ahead.”

“It’s not like we need to rush… but if you want, I can wait.”

“It’s alright. I’ll be up soon too.”

“Is that so? Ise, what are you planning to do?”

“I have business on the 6th floor, Ian. Let’s meet there.”

“I don’t particularly think we have anything to meet about… But why are you saying let’s meet on the 6th floor instead of the 5th?”

“Because there’s nothing on the 5th floor. There’s only the staircase to go up and down.”

As Ise spoke, heading towards the stairs leading up, Danju also nodded.

“Find Kak Jun in TaePyung Village [likely a specific village or area within the game world]. He will guide you to me.”

As they decided to go up, Loki grinned.

“What I gave you is the power of fire. The method is… well, nothing much. If it’s kept in the scabbard for more than 10 seconds, you’ll be able to use fire too.”

Ise looked at it curiously and drew his sword from the scabbard.

The moment he did, the pattern on the scabbard disappeared, and flames were imbued in the sword.

“Ice and fire, huh.”

“Hehehehe. It’ll be much better than the foreigners’ magic. This is quite a powerful fire even in the world I was in.”

Loki looked at Danju.

He was looking at the scabbard as if he felt unpleasant.

“My lord, won’t you use it?”

“Magic swords aren’t my thing.”

“Oh well. Then I hope you change your sword later.”

Whether Danju liked it or not, he just wanted to give it.

Loki, who spoke playfully, squatted back down on the throne.

“Well, thank you!”

There was no further conversation.

The two greeted Ian and went up, and Loki, who watched them go, narrowed his eyes on the throne.

“My lord. Could you wait until the next dimensional gate moves [opens]? I will give you my authority using the resources sent from there.”

“Your authority? Are you talking about something like this?”

A flame appeared in Ian’s hand.

At first, it was a normal flame, but the fire quickly began to change.

Into a horse, an eagle, a crow.

As the fire transformed into numerous animals and monsters, Loki couldn’t hide his surprise.

“…Good heavens.”

He couldn’t hide his embarrassment.

Ian, who was looking at him with his mouth agape, looked around.

Monsters began to appear around the ruined fortress.

“W, we should get rid of those first. My lord. Please wait a moment. I’ll be right back after cleaning up.”

Loki lightly did a somersault in the air.

At that moment, his body transformed into a giant eagle.

The eagle soared into the sky, devoured all the monsters, and returned.

Back in his clown form, he said with a serious expression.

“Hmm… I don’t understand what happened.”

Scratching his head, he grinned.

Such worries didn’t suit him.

“Well, then I’ll give you something else. There were those who approached me before.”

“Demons?”

“From my point of view, they were quite friendly. Anyway, they were called demons by the foreigners.”

Loki shrugged and looked around.

More monsters were appearing in the plains.

“They wanted me to kill Freya and become the ruler of this place.”

“Is that so?”

“They said that even if they went to Freya, they would only become her slaves. So, they must have tried to win me over since I have similar attributes.”

Loki chuckled and took out a small bead from his chest.

A black aura was swirling inside.

A very subtle malice was flowing out, as if a demon was sealed inside.

He put it in his mouth, chewed it up, and growled.

“You moronic bastards. They thought I had escaped or been chased away from my world like Freya.”

This place is not his world.

It’s just a world created for those who have escaped.

For those who have been exiled.

Freya escaped and escaped, and came here because there was nowhere else to go, but Loki was different.

“I just want to go back to where my wife and children’s graves are.”

“Then go.”

“This tower only receives.”

Even if he wanted to go back, he couldn’t.

The dimensional gate is one-way, and it only greedily receives things from other worlds, without giving anything from this world.

“They said that they would destroy this tower soon.”

The pillar of demons.

If that pillar from earlier is properly activated, it’s a very possible story.

As Ian nodded, Loki sighed deeply.

“I don’t want that. If the tower collapses, I’ll lose my chance to go back. Even if I survive the aftermath.”

And he took out another bead from his chest.

He chewed and swallowed the bead, which was similarly swirling with malice, and shrugged.

“One of the guys who made a few of them like this said. If they destroy this tower and become the masters of a new world, they would let me return to where I was.”

As Ian stared silently, Loki gritted his teeth.

“My lord. I’m quite the liar, even though I look like this.”

Loki grinned.

And he wrapped his arms around his squatting legs.

“So, I can easily tell other people’s lies.”

That’s why he knew.

That the demon’s offer was a lie.

“Anyway!”

And he smiled playfully again.

“One of my sworn brothers sacrificed his precious eyes and glimpsed the truth.”

“Is that so?”

“I will tell you one of the pieces of knowledge he gained from him.”

He deliberately looked around, even though there was no one there.

The clown, who made exaggerated gestures, approached Ian and whispered in his ear.

“Do you know what happens when something connected to another dimension collapses?”

“Things from the connected world will flood into this place. In the process, a runaway [uncontrolled surge or cascade] will begin, and the world that can’t withstand it will collapse.”