All-Master Player Of The Academy [EN]: Chapter 132

◈ Chapter 132

66. It Was You – 2

“How did you know and come all the way here?”

When Willdy greeted him with joy, Ian shrugged instead of answering.

“It’s nothing much. Here. I’ve cleared the way, so let’s go.”

“I don’t think we can climb back up there.”

“Well, the other paths are quite complicated, and there are many monsters. I checked while being captured… you’d have to fight quite a bit.”

Blanche lamented, pointing to the hole that Ian seemed to have smashed through.

If only they had a rope, they could have climbed up somehow.

She was quite disappointed that an easy escape seemed impossible.

“I’ll secure the rope now.”

Ian tied a rope to a throwing dagger.

Balla smiled wryly at the sight.

“Will that be enough?”

It was more than enough.

Demonic Divine Art, Chapter of Heavenly Destruction.

Sword Control.

The thrown dagger soared into the sky.

And it wrapped securely around a pillar on the second floor.

“But who are those people?”

“Oh? People who lived in the Bades Territory. Those who were said to have been kidnapped.”

“There were supposed to be more missing people. We couldn’t find anyone else. It’s a shame.”

All were women under the age of 20, and a few seemed to be nobles.

Were they captured as sacrifices for black magic?

Ian glanced at them, barely conscious, and nodded.

He could hear the details later.

“Ian, let’s go together.”

“Going together is a bit… I came here to catch the Lich.”

Especially since he didn’t want to leave someone who created such an unpleasant place alone.

Haroon was puzzled by Ian’s words.

“How did you know about the Lich?”

He heard it from Circe.

But he didn’t need to tell him that, so he didn’t answer the question.

“He has many ways of finding things out.”

“It’s not like it’s been a day or two [implying this is typical of Ian].”

Blanche and Balla didn’t pay much attention, as always.

Haroon scratched his cheek, understanding, and gave a wry smile.

“Anyway, thanks for saving us. I did make a plan, but I was worried.”

“What? You planned this operation?”

“Haha. Yeah. We need to save people first.”

When he first entered the dungeon, he thought about the type of dungeon and the monsters.

It was hard to see this dungeon as one designed to kill enemies.

But he couldn’t guarantee that the captured people were safe or could last long.

There wasn’t enough time to explore the dungeon, so he took a gamble.

After preparing protection magic for everyone and a way to escape, he pretended to be exhausted and asleep from the magic in the second floor’s maze.

And as he thought, the undead took them away, thinking they were incapacitated.

“You chose a truly brave and foolish method.”

“I learned it in class, and I was confident. And it worked, right?”

Haroon grinned, and Willdy shook her head.

“They told us not to use it in class unless it was a dangerous situation. And the enemy is a Lich…”

“When else will I get this kind of experience? The mission is to train us for situations that could happen in our territories after we graduate.”

“Still, I won’t do it next time.”

“Ugh. It felt so bad being caught by ghouls.”

Blanche said seriously, and Balla nodded.

Aranse gave a wry smile towards them.

“But there’s no better way to save prisoners easily and quickly. It’s a good decision to feign weakness to lower the opponent’s guard.”

“You could die doing that. Anyway, let’s talk later and go up.”

When Ian urged them, Aranse grabbed one of the unconscious girls and tied her to his body.

He went up first, followed by Blanche and Balla.

As they climbed up with the women tied to their bodies, Willdy asked Ian.

“Ian, are you going to be okay alone? I only saw him briefly, but he seemed very strong.”

“As I’ve said many times.”

“You’re stronger than we think, right?”

Willdy smiled, noticing Ian’s answer.

“Anyway, thank you. We’re planning to return to the Bades Territory for now. Let’s meet there.”

“I followed the magic and checked, and the Lich is in the center of the dungeon. The center of the dungeon is…”

“I know where it is, so don’t worry and get out. Oh, and take Myane with you, just in case.”

“Will Myane be helpful? I know she’s a spirit of light, but…”

“What can she do with those fluffy paws…”

“More than one or two guys have died from those fluffy paws.”

He also gave her quite a bit of the energy of the sun and moon, so Myane could take care of most monsters on her own.

Willdy held out her hand to Myane, who was on Ian’s shoulder.

Myane stared at the hand and then jumped into her arms.

Willdy was delighted with her even fluffier fur and grabbed the rope to climb up.

“Are you going to be okay?”

“I’m okay, so go.”

“Okay. Well, you always take care of things yourself.”

Haroon nodded and climbed up the rope last.

After he left, Ian turned his gaze.

Vibrations and screams were heard from one side.

Ghosts, banshees, ghouls. Armed skeletons.

The undead that should have been in other parts of the third floor were all rushing over.

As they appeared in the hallway, Ian quickly swung his sword.

-KWAH-!!

Ian annihilated the enemies with a single blow and turned his body.

“Circe. Find the center.”

After hearing the report, Ian strode forward.

After walking for a while, he saw the iron bars where he thought the prisoners had been.

The iron bars that should have been locked were open.

It seemed they had used an unlock spell to open the door.

Ian glanced at it and frowned at the intense malice felt inside.

“Myane would have made a fuss if she were here.”

No matter how he thought about it, he felt it was good to send her along.

As he entered through the large iron door, there was a large cavity.

The inside of the cavity was stained with demonic energy, similar to what he had seen in the Cheonchuk Taoist temple and the Beridan Territory.

In the center, along with the dungeon’s core, sat a skeleton that was not a demon.

As Ian closed the door, the skeleton’s head turned.

Red light flickered in its eyes, and the jaw, which was only bones, moved.

“The demons I called for don’t come, and only humans keep coming in. You’re such a nuisance.”

“But you kidnapped them, didn’t you?”

“You shouldn’t treat them like tools needed for black magic.”

“Those tools have all escaped now.”

“I can catch them again soon. I only let them go because those who have lost hope can also be used as sacrifices.”

With those words, dozens of ghosts and banshees appeared around him.

Their immense hostility was connected to the malice rising from the center of the dungeon, making it even stronger.

Demonic Divine Art, Chapter of the Sun.

Sun Sutra.

That’s why Ian raised his sword.

The immense light pouring from his sword annihilated the ghosts and banshees in one fell swoop.

“If you don’t have anything else prepared, let’s finish this.”

In the center of the Lich’s exposed ribs.

There was a stone with a faint light emanating from where the heart should have been.

He had seen it before.

A Star of Talent, an aggregate of possibilities that can be created by stealing the potential of others.

He carried it within his body.

As Ian stared at it, the Lich rose from his seat.

“You’re showing interest in the aggregate of possibilities.”

At the same time, a large staff hanging on the wall flew over and was grabbed.

“I am Wildron, one of the Lords of the ancient Magic Kingdom, Kalteg.”

“Ian Brandon.”

Kalteg slowly pointed his staff.

At the same time, immense malice began to gather in the staff.

“Did you trap a demon in that staff?”

“You know.”

“I saw someone do the same thing as you.”

In the tower, Loki sealed the demons and then devoured them to steal their power.

Kalteg also seemed to be stealing and using the power of demons in a similar way.

“Ian, you said. Do you know? This world is…”

Another guy who’s going to talk about the world or something.

He frowned and swung his sword.

The sword of demon subjugation was imbued in Ian’s sword.

He cut through the magic that Kalteg fired and threw his sword.

Demonic Divine Art, Chapter of Heavenly Destruction.

Sword Control.

The sword imbued with the energy of demon subjugation flew through the air and began to attack Kalteg.

He desperately blocked it and was bewildered.

“What is this?!”

“You saw the future of the world, but you couldn’t see your own future?”

“There was no such future…”

-KWADEUK!!

The arm holding the staff was cut off by the sword.

Was it because Ian’s attack was much stronger than he had expected?

Kalteg gritted his teeth and put his hand into his chest, taking out the Star of Talent.

“Possibility! Show me the future!”

The red light in the skeleton’s eyes turned blue.

At that moment, he panicked and stepped back.

“…Why has the future changed?!”

“Did you use the Star of Talent’s possibilities to use future sight? How pathetic. Why bother using something like that? The future is just one possibility, not something fixed.”

Using Moon Shadow Steps, Ian approached him and quickly moved his hand.

In an instant, he snatched the Star of Talent and then extended his other hand.

The power of demon subjugation contained in his hand struck Kalteg.

Not stopping there, the sword moving with Sword Control split Kalteg, who had been knocked away, in half.

-PASSSSSS…….

Kalteg, an undead, took a great hit from the power of demon subjugation and annihilation.

He couldn’t even maintain his body properly and stared blankly at Ian.

“Why the future…? How did you avoid destruction…? Such… such a future… Ah… If I had known this… what was I doing all along…?”

Those were his last words.

Kalteg’s body completely slumped, and Ian stepped on the lightless skeleton and crushed it.

“Circe. See if there’s anything useful.”

Ian picked up the fallen staff.

A large black orb hung at the end of the staff.

Immense malice flowed out from within.

“What kind of demon is sealed?”

There were as many as three high-ranking demons.

To be able to seal them.

He certainly had the skills to be called a Lord of the Magic Kingdom.

“There’s no point in keeping this.”

“It’s not like I’m going to use black magic.”

After finishing speaking, Ian absorbed the staff’s magic as it was.

-PADEUK! PADEUDEUK!!

An immense amount of magic, exceeding several dozen guardians, was absorbed.

As he absorbed it, the staff snapped.

One circle was added to the circle in his heart.

Ian threw away the staff, which had now lost all its power, and asked Circe.

“Anything else?”

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Among the things Circe reported, he unfolded Kalteg’s records.

After reading it calmly, Ian snorted as if it were absurd.

“Becoming a Lich, trapping demons, and creating a pseudo-hell here to prepare malice were all things he did to save his own life.”

He accidentally caught a demon and stole the Star of Talent he possessed, reading the future with future sight.

The tower will go berserk in the future, and the world will be destroyed.

And the demons will take over this world.

Fearing that, he trapped the demons and used the Star of Talent to negotiate with them and survive as a demon when the destruction began.

That was the result.

Ian burned the records and took the artifacts.

As he was about to leave after taking all the useful things.