All-Master Player Of The Academy [EN]: Chapter 127

64. I Can’t Recognize Illegal Assemblies – 1

“So, the organization Hastings was involved with is a gathering of devils… Ha. No wonder I couldn’t find anything, no matter how hard I looked…”

“It makes sense that there are so few records related to them. If they’re devils, they could easily manage that.”

“And they probably don’t keep records very well either.”

Everyone chimed in, and Widia raised her hand.

“By the way, you caught one?”

Ian explained simply, answering her question.

“I caught one of the Seven Deadly Sins in the tower, so, yeah, I caught him.”

“…You’re simplifying things too much!”

“Is that really one of the Seven Deadly Sins? One of the seven highest-ranking archdevils of hell?”

“Probably?”

He certainly possessed much greater power than other devils.

Of course, he might have been lying, but that didn’t seem likely.

“Hmm… Pandemonium…”

Just then.

The door burst open, and Aranse came in.

“Ian!”

“Yes?”

“Is what you did in the Forgotten City true?!”

“Where did you hear that from?”

“The Adventurer’s Guild just contacted me. They said you closed the dimensional gate in the tower of the Forgotten City!”

It wasn’t something to hide, and it would spread soon anyway.

It was just revealed a little faster than expected.

Ian nodded indifferently in response to his question.

“What on earth have you been doing?”

Other students clicked their tongues and asked, and he smiled.

“I told you. I saved the world.”

* * *

The next day, the students prepared to leave for their mission.

Ian was included in the group.

“First, we’ll go to the Barony of Veridan.”

“Then we should set up the gate near the village of Tecode, which is the midpoint.”

Haroon was in charge of leading this mission.

Although he bickered a bit with Wildy, Blanche and Valla were good-natured.

So, Aranse entrusted him with the leadership, judging that they would follow Haroon’s instructions.

“It would be best if you went with them.”

If Ian went, anyone he took would listen well.

As Aranse muttered, Haroon burst out laughing.

“Hahaha. Then you might as well just send Ian alone.”

“I guess so.”

He’s the guy who obtained the legacy of the Magic Kingdom, closed the tower of the Forgotten City, and even caught one of the Seven Deadly Sins.

He smiled bitterly and shook his head.

“We’ll depart now.”

A mage must have prepared the gate in the meantime.

As he opened the way, the academy students, Aranse, and Ian entered the gate.

Outside the gate was near a village with a wide plain in sight.

The road leading to the two territories was visible in the distance.

The left was the Barony of Veridan.

The center was the Barony of Bades.

From now on, they had to split up.

“Will you come to our side after you’re done?”

“Maybe? I’ll go if there’s nothing special.”

“Isn’t it possible that we’ll finish first? Then we’ll come to help you.”

As Wildy grinned, Ian shrugged.

That didn’t seem likely.

“I don’t know what will happen, but let’s see then.”

“Okay. Take care.”

After Wildy stepped forward to greet him on behalf of the group, they moved away.

Ian, who was watching them, opened his bag.

As Myane, who was inside, peeked out, Kirke reported.

With the increase in Truth Access level after the second Rebirth, the search range has also greatly expanded.

Kirke, who immediately discovered the demonic energy there, reported the exact location.

The exact location is the Lord’s direct territory of the Barony of Veridan.

“What about Leila?”

“Then let’s go.”

“Customer! We have carriages! Carriages!”

“There are carriages going to the Barony of Veridan!”

Was it for nobles or merchants taking the gate?

Luxurious carriages and coachmen were waiting.

They smiled brightly as they saw Ian coming down from the gate.

“Oh my! Sir!”

“Where are you going?! If you’re going to the Barony of Veridan, my carriage is the fastest!”

“I think I can run faster.”

Celestial Demon Art, Chapter of the Moon.

Moon Shadow Step.

The moment Ian finished speaking, his body blurred and disappeared.

The coachman, who was staring blankly at him as he quickly moved away, collapsed.

“G, Ghost!!”

Using Moon Shadow Step, one of the Celestial Demon Art’s [a martial art focused on speed and agility] movement techniques, he ran and arrived at the Barony of Veridan.

As he entered the castle, a fairly bustling city came into view.

The road was quite wide, enough for two carriages to pass.

He walked there towards the Lord’s mansion.

“Heeheeheeing!!”

The horse of a carriage passing by suddenly began to neigh.

The carriage, led by two insane horses, rushed madly towards Ian.

“Kyaaak!”

“It’s dangerous!!”

“Get out of the way!!”

People who saw Ian shouted, but he just swung his sword.

The immense energy carried in the sword stopped the rampaging horse.

Only then did the horse calm down, and the coachman in the carriage was relieved.

He almost hit someone who looked like a noble.

“T, Thank you, sir.”

“It’s okay. And it’s better to send the horse to the Solar Church [a religious institution focused on light magic].”

“Yes? What do you mean?”

Ian approached the horse.

He calmed the wary horse with animal communication and checked one side of its body.

There was a black pattern drawn there.

“No way?! What is this?!”

The coachman probably didn’t know there was such a pattern.

Just in case, he checked the other horse as well, but that horse also had the same pattern drawn on it.

“What on earth is this…”

“Where did you leave the horses yesterday?”

“Uh… I left them in the public stable.”

“Someone must have infiltrated there and used magic for the rampage.”

“What kind of crazy bastard…”

He huffed and then bowed to Ian repeatedly.

He was a poor coachman and couldn’t give him money, but he still had an apple to eat for lunch today.

“It’s nothing much, but here’s this…”

Ian, who received the apple he handed over, glanced at it for a moment before throwing it on the ground and stepping on it.

“Huh?! Why are you doing that? Is it rotten?!”

“Where did you get this apple?”

“The lord gave it to me from the public stable he runs… Is it rotten?”

It wasn’t rotten.

However, a subtle malice was felt inside.

‘Kirke. This apple.’

‘Is the devil nearby now?’

Ian nodded.

And pointed to the coachman’s bag.

“Don’t eat the food in there today.”

“Yes? Ah. Okay.”

Leaving him bowing, Ian walked down the street.

The more he walked, the more he felt a subtle demonic energy in this city.

Even the people had a subtle demonic energy dwelling in them.

It was clear that it had settled in by eating the food provided by the lord, just like the coachman earlier.

“Are they trying to sacrifice the territory’s people?”

“Are they crazy? Openly in the lord’s direct territory? Isn’t there a Solar Church or Lunar Church [a religious institution focused on moon magic] temple here?”

Devils react sensitively to divine power.

So, if they want to do something, the first thing to do is to exclude the priests.

So, they may have removed him by destroying the temple.

“But temporary priests often come at times like this.”

After interrogating Beriswell in the past, he already knew that the devils were moving.

They said they would increase the number of priests who could fight the paladins because of that.

Rather, it helped the devils move.

“When and where will the devil’s assembly be held?”

The mansion is in sight.

As Ian asked, looking at the soldiers standing there, Kirke answered calmly.

“I see… But where did you get this information? Devils don’t keep records.”

Kirke reported the source of the information she obtained by accessing the truth.

Arriving in front of the mansion, he asked Helid and Leila to be called.

The soldiers saw Ian’s Fredon Academy badge and obediently sent someone inside.

How long has it been?

The two walked out amicably.

“Ian! Welcome!”

“I was just about to have tea. Come in.”

He was guided into the mansion by the two.

As soon as he entered Helid’s room, Leila closed the doors and windows and said seriously.

“I heard the story. You conquered the tower of the Forgotten City and obtained the legacy of the Magic Kingdom?”

“That’s amazing.”

“I want to tell you something even more amazing.”

“What is it?”

Ian said calmly to Leila, who was curious.

“I found out what Pandemonium is. It’s…”

“A gathering of the Seven Deadly Sins and devils.”

Leila looked around and said.

Ian was rather surprised by her reply.

“How did you know that?”

“I found out a few days ago. And I found out one more thing.”

“What is it?”

“That a devil’s assembly will be held here tomorrow.”

Ian stared intently at Leila.

She tilted her head at the gaze.

“Were you a devil?”

“N, No way.”

“But how did you…? No, before that, how did you find out about Pandemonium?”

“A few clues, and inquiries. Finally, a little inspiration and advice?”

She told him what she had investigated.

She made quite a few inquiries and met priests.

As a result of combining them based on some knowledge they knew.

She derived one answer.

“That’s the identity of Pandemonium. I also found out a few days ago.”

“In the end, Hastings was just a piece of trash who went too far. Tsk. He was in league with devils.”

Ian nodded as Helid grumbled.

“The devil’s assembly is held here?”

When Ian asked.

A giant wearing a gray robe walked in as the door opened.

As soon as he came inside, he took off his robe.

What was revealed was an elven woman with gray short hair wearing heavy armor.

The giant, who was two heads taller than Ian, made eye contact with him and said.

“I taught her.”

Ian, who saw Baba, the man with the red beard standing behind her, pointed at him and said.

“Guardian?”

“That’s right.”

“Then you’re Overlord Gust.”

“Yes. I am Overlord Gust, the representative of the Guardians.”

“Next time, make sure to write it down properly when you scout. Who would go with that?”

Gust shrugged as he sneered.

“The Guardians are not a place for those who want to gain money or fame.”

“Then, literally, is it something like guarding the world?”

“That’s right. It’s a very noble mission. Do you know? This world is…”

“A world that should have been destroyed?”

She trembled, startled, as she was about to speak seriously.

“How did you know that?”

Ian replied indifferently to her, who was in shock.

“What’s so difficult about that?”