All-Master Player Of The Academy [EN]: Chapter 159

◈ Chapter 159

80. Sounds Like a Civil War – 1

Passing by the students, their faces blurred and indistinct, Ian stopped at the Academy’s lower-grade dormitory.

“Why here?”

“Because this is where I felt the greatest fear.”

He strode towards the vacant lot behind the lower-grade dormitory.

The greatest fear for Ian, the possessed one.

It was here that he felt the fear of ending without achieving anything.

And.

There, along with a single flower, stood two people.

A man and a woman who appeared to be nobles.

Wildy gritted his teeth as he looked at them.

Although he had never seen their faces before, he seemed to know who they were.

“Ian, you stupid bastard! You useless bug!”

“You should have just died quickly! Like your mother!”

If the previous apparitions were Ian’s brothers, then these must be Ian’s parents.

If so, Ian shouldn’t be the one to strike them.

It would be like killing his family twice.

“Everyone! Stop…!”

It seemed everyone had the same thought.

The moment everyone drew their weapons.

Ian raised his hand.

-KWAHHHH!!

A massive beam of light poured from the sky, obliterating the two figures in one blow.

Ian didn’t even register that no trace of them remained, and the students silently stared at him.

“What.”

“No… Are you okay?”

He was okay.

What did it matter since they weren’t his real family?

He was indifferent, but the students’ gazes were even warmer than before.

“Whatever. Now that it’s all done, let’s get out of here.”

“Huh? Okay.”

In the place swept away by the light, only a single flower remained.

It was a flower with blood-red petals.

Oerina admired the flower bud that had not yet bloomed.

“Wow. It’s pretty.”

“Pretty things are bound to contain poison.”

“Don’t get too close. It might be dangerous.”

Haroon and Grajin said coldly, and Oerina blinked one eye.

“Oh my. Then I must be in danger too?”

The students ignored her confident words.

While Oerina was feeling awkward, Wildy examined the flower from a distance.

“Is this the Nightmare Flower? Ian, it doesn’t seem as dangerous as you said….”

“Because the flower hasn’t bloomed yet.”

He said leisurely and grabbed the flower with one hand.

“Is it okay to just grab it?”

“It doesn’t matter.”

Ian roughly grabbed the flower and pulled.

At that moment, the ground began to shake.

-Wooddeuk!! Udeuk!! [Sound of cracking and breaking]

Huge roots burst through the ground.

Blood-colored vines began to gather from everywhere.

The movements trying to resist being pulled out were shaking even the dream.

And to stop it, the Nightmares appeared.

“Cock-a-doodle-doo!!”

“Park Bare! You idiot!”

-Ulkung! Ulkung! [Sound of something heavy throbbing]

“External intruder detected. External intruder detected.”

-Whirrrl!!

-Crack! Crack!!

At the same time, beings of fear appeared to the students as well.

They had heard from Ian that this was a dream, but the students still tensed up and raised their weapons.

To fight somehow.

To resist the fear within themselves.

The moment they were about to clash with the beings of fear.

Ian completely pulled out the flower.

At the same time, the sky shattered.

The ground cracked, and buildings began to collapse.

“Huh? Uh, uh…?”

Haroon shouted in panic, and Ian quickly threw the withered flower on the ground.

“It’s all over, so get ready for class.”

With those words.

The world collapsed.

* * *

Ian, who opened his eyes in a lotus position, blankly stared at the white-haired beauty in front of him.

She was definitely not there before he fell asleep.

Myaene was bristling, facing her, who emitted a subtle light.

Spirit King.

The ruler who leads countless spirits and is in charge of one aspect of nature.

Her power is said to be enough to shake the world if she so desires.

The reason why the Academy was still intact was because Sylphiron had descended into the mortal realm while reducing her power.

“Still, you have some sense.”

“Isn’t this your domain? I’m just showing respect for that.”

“Myaaaa…!”

Myaene jumped onto his shoulder.

Sylphiron, who was watching that with a pleased expression, reached out her hand.

A gentle breeze lifted Myaene’s body.

A normal cat would have made a fuss, but Myaene was just enjoying the breeze.

“It’s not good for a spirit to stay in the mortal realm for too long. Come back from time to time.”

“Mya! Mya!”

Sylphiron tried to grab Myaene with her hand.

When Myaene, who was hanging on her hand, started kneading [a cat’s behavior of pushing its paws into a soft surface], she smiled.

“Now you’ve completely become a cat of this world?”

“Mya~.”

“You or the Spirit of Darkness, or Nuave. I really can’t understand your tastes.”

“Mya~”

Lightly stroking Myaene, she infused her with spirit energy.

When white fur shone, Myaene purred pleasantly.

Sylphiron, who returned Myaene to Ian, looked straight at him and asked.

“You. You’re not an ordinary human, are you?”

“Seriously. You thought I was an ordinary human when I can freely put spirits in and take them out?”

“Hmm… Even the old High Elf kings bowed to me.”

“Should I kneel?”

‘If you say such a thing, I will feed you the Sword of the World.’

She smiled at Ian’s cold tone.

“There’s no need for that. Honestly, I’m not interested in the etiquette of this world.”

“Then that’s good. So? What do you want?”

“Become a spirit master and make a contract with a spirit.”

“I’m her owner.”

Ian held up Myaene.

When Myaene, whose waist was stretched out, yawned leisurely, she shook her head.

“I’m not talking about the Spirit of Light. I’m telling you to make a contract with another spirit. If possible, with the wind. If possible, with someone high up.”

“You want me to make a contract with a spirit and then get my information from the spirit realm through that spirit?”

Sylphiron didn’t answer when Ian immediately saw through her intentions.

She just wore a deep smile.

“What if I refuse?”

“Then it can’t be helped. But it’s not a bad offer, is it?”

“It’s a bad offer.”

Ian reached out his hand.

At that moment, a rift in space was created, and a red flame bird was caught and dragged out.

“Kieeeek!!”

It is Fireon, an intermediate fire spirit.

The intermediate spirit, caught by Ian, flapped its fiery wings, but it couldn’t escape from his grasp.

“I can summon as many spirits as I want if I want to.”

“How much can you do by dragging them out like that? The way you summon them is by forcibly bringing spirits into the mortal realm. If they take a lot of damage while fighting, they’ll just disappear.”

“I know.”

“And I heard you’re fighting demons?”

“That’s right. Ah. What, are you going to say that spirits can’t fight properly without a contract?”

Ian chuckled.

“If they can’t fight, it can’t be helped. But don’t spirits hate demons too? Shouldn’t they be grateful if I set the stage for them?”

“…Haa.”

She shrugged her shoulders and turned her body.

“I’ll come again.”

“When you come, if you could bring some information about demons, especially the Seven Deadly Sins or the demon god Rubellin, we can talk in a more positive direction.”

She returned to the spirit realm without answering.

As Sylphiron disappeared, Ian stroked Myaene.

“Myaaaaa~.”

“Where did the others go?”

“Mya!”

Myaene, who was enjoying his touch, jumped up.

And she approached the door and sat on the doorknob.

-Squeak….

Two boys were standing outside the door.

It was Norn and Ailfetein.

“Did Sylphiron leave?”

“Yeah. She left.”

“So… did you make a contract with Sylphiron?”

“No. I didn’t.”

When Ian replied, the two wore happy expressions.

And they quickly said.

“Honestly, I’m not saying this because I’m a fire spirit. If you’re going to make a contract with a Spirit King, I recommend Ignis, the Fire Spirit King.”

“The Earth Spirit King is the best. Hey. You do a lot of construction, right? If it’s Nuave, the Earth Spirit King….”

“Okay. I’ll at least meet with them.”

“…Huh?”

“No, something’s weird, right? Hey. It’s a Spirit King. Spirit King.”

“Okay. Okay. Good job. Go away.”

Shortly after the two were evicted to the spirit realm.

The students who were in the nightmare together earlier burst into the room.

“Hoo… I’ve really had all sorts of experiences.”

“Tell me about it.”

“Okay, everyone, gather around. Let’s make a promise.”

About what happened in that nightmare.

To keep it absolutely secret.

While everyone agreed, only Ian didn’t answer.

“…Hey. Why aren’t you doing it?”

“Huh? Do I have to do it too?”

When Park Bare shouted, Ian chuckled.

“Don’t worry. I won’t bring up such a story.”

“Really? Then that’s a relief.”

Everyone became of one mind and decided to just move on from this.

“Okay. Then let’s have a cup of tea.”

“Don’t you guys have class?”

Although they spent a lot of time in the nightmare, a dream is just a dream.

At most, less than ten minutes had passed.

It was just sunrise, so they should be preparing to attend class soon.

When Ian asked, Blanche laughed.

“Haha. I’m going to take a day off for my friend on a day like today.”

“Yeah. Of course, you should.”

Park Bare also agreed.

“Let’s go out and play today. You’ve been working all the time lately.”

“Yeah. Yeah.”

“We’ll pay for it, Ian. We need to cheer you up.”

‘Useless thoughts…’

But he didn’t think that kindness was bad.

So Ian said with a smile.

“Go to class.”

As they grumbled and left, Ian changed his clothes.

When he came out of the room and went down to the dormitory lobby, Aranse was sitting on the sofa.

“Are you ready to go to Red City? Do what you need to do.”

“No. I’m all done.”

“Count Eldan said there was something wrong?”

“It’s resolved, so don’t worry. But where is Lakid?”

“He’ll be here soon.”

As he said, Lakid entered the dormitory shortly after.

His expression didn’t look good.

“Why does the person who will soon be the King of the Scarlet Kingdom have such an expression?”

Aranse said jokingly, trying to lighten the mood.

He said this because he knew that the Scarlet royal family disliked Lakid.

Lakid didn’t respond to the joke.

“What are you thinking so hard about?”

“It’s nothing.”

“When you go to Red City, the Icebin County family will be there to greet you.”

“Isn’t Count Eldan going with us?”

“I have to.”

So the three of them came out of the Academy.

When they joined Eldan, who was waiting outside, and arrived in Red City using the Academy’s gate.

Ian and his party were dumbfounded by the sight of Red City.

“What is it?”

The front of Red City was full of people trying to enter, and black smoke was rising from various places inside.