All-Master Player Of The Academy [EN]: Chapter 172

◈ Chapter 172

86. Eat or Be Eaten – 2

“Hiss!!”

Ian’s sword strike severed the Mushroom King’s leg.

As a new leg formed instantly, Kirke reported briefly.

‘Let’s keep analyzing.’

With Kirke’s report, fog-like spores spread.

Therefore, Ian raised his sword.

Wind began to gather on his sword.

A powerful wind, like a typhoon, gathered the spreading spores at once.

Of course, buildings in the village were destroyed in the process, but there were no people, so it was not a problem.

-Kuaooo!!

As the spores were blocked by the strong wind, the Mushroom King threw a punch to break the Wind King’s Barrier.

However, the strong wind merely deflected his punch.

“Alright, alright. There are still tests left. Next is……”

Ian pointed his sword at the Mushroom King, who was flustered by the Wind King’s Barrier.

Instantly.

A huge flame erupted from his body and flew straight towards the Mushroom King.

Various tests were conducted.

While Kirke collected the test results, the Mushroom King was almost in tatters.

‘The last one is the discharge test. They said Rurin of the Seven Deadly Sins, Envy, is in there, right?’

Ian struck a nearby wall.

As he picked up one of the collapsing wall fragments, a subtle sacredness was imbued in the fragment.

“May the will of the Great One be contained in the stone I throw. May it become a star that erases turbidity.”

As he recited the prayer, the stones around him floated.

And at the moment when sacredness was imbued like the stone in his hand.

Ian threw the stone he was holding.

-Kwagwagwagwang!!

Hundreds of stones struck the Mushroom King like a meteor shower.

Ian was impressed as the Mushroom King collapsed.

“Oh. That doesn’t work? Then next.”

Ian, who had jumped onto the Mushroom King who couldn’t get up after collapsing, reached out his hand towards its head.

“You who wander the world, I command you to leave by the authority of the Great One.”

The exorcism ritual, which senses malice and removes only that, began.

However, the Mushroom King only suffered and did not vomit Rurin.

“Next.”

The sword from Ian’s waist moved.

As it drew a sacred pattern on the floor, he immediately began the Sacred Ground Ritual.

As immense sacred power flowed out, cracks began to form on the Mushroom King’s body.

“Got it.”

And a man with four horns popped out from the crack.

Ian, looking down at him who couldn’t even breathe properly, kicked his head.

“Cough……”

The man, who finally exhaled, tried to raise his body with difficulty, but Ian’s foot was stepping on his chest.

“Rurin of Envy, right?”

“Kugh…… Who…… Who are you……”

“Ian Brandon.”

He trampled on Rurin of Envy and spoke calmly.

“What’s that?”

“……Kueugh…… Ugh…… Greed…… Gehern of Greed is……”

“Hmm?”

“That bastard…… That bastard tricked me……!!”

Rurin explained the situation, panting.

Before the gate in the Forgotten City’s tower closed, Gehern of Greed came to him and made a suggestion.

“When the world is destroyed and demons take its place, it must be decided who will be the true ruler.
Shouldn’t we gather strength in preparation for that time?”

And, Gehern held out the Star of Talent and suggested.

“If we use the aggregate of possibilities, demons can also strengthen their power. His subordinates are traveling the world creating Stars of Talent, and he will share more of these with him, so help him.”

Rurin, who didn’t want the other Seven Deadly Sins to rise above him, accepted Gehern’s offer.

And.

That was a mistake.

“That bastard!! That damn son of a bitch!!”

The moment he manifested in the place he had promised, the demons and humans who followed Greed moved to greet him.

And after sealing him, they began to extract the power of the demon and do some strange experiments.

“Humans, huh? With whom?”

“I don’t know!! Arrogant and absurd!! Why would I bother knowing about humans who deserve to be destroyed!!”

‘I guess so. No matter how much it is the Pelle County family, they wouldn’t be able to seal the Seven Deadly Sins like that.’

In the end, Rurin was captured by them and only his power was taken away.

However, Rurin was not just standing still.

“Heu…… Hehehe…… Idiots. They took my power and raised something strange? Huhu…… Fools. Did they think the Seven Deadly Sins would be so easily defeated? In the end, those are my powers. Only I can handle them. That’s why I was able to dominate them and make them my subordinates.”

“Ah. So you caused this explosion?”

“Yes.”

In order to seal him, a ritual for sealing must be performed once a month.

And, the guy who was supposed to perform the ritual didn’t come.

That was the opportunity, and Rurin didn’t miss it.

“Well. Let’s put that aside. Then why were you there instead of just escaping?”

“I had to regain my strength. To do that, I couldn’t afford to be picky. I had to absorb anything.”

Using spores to create mushroom humans, he dominated them and absorbed their power.

He was just holding his breath like that until he regained all the power he had been deprived of.

“So even the demons became mushroom humans. The more mushroom humans he accepted, the easier it would be to gain the host’s power. Good. Gehern. Where is that bastard?”

“That damn bastard must be stuck in hell. Because he cares so much about his body.”

“Is there a way to call him?”

“That cunning bastard will only come out into the world when all his subordinates are dead.”

“Do you know about Rubellin?”

“Our god…… It’s been a long time since I’ve seen him.”

Ian nodded.

“Then goodbye.”

“Huh?”

Rurin was puzzled, but Ian had already created the Sword of the World.

“Wa, wait! You. Aren’t you an enemy of Greed?! Then join forces with me……”

No intention to join forces.

Ian quickly cut off his neck and annihilated him, then looked at the Mushroom King.

Even though Rurin of Envy had escaped, the Mushroom King still maintained its majesty.

No, perhaps because Rurin was gone, it was moving even more instinctively and spewing blue spores.

‘Let’s get rid of it.’

All the tests were done, and I saw everything I needed to see.

Plus, I got information from Rurin.

The Mushroom King was no longer valuable.

The embers remaining on his finger fluttered and flew away, completely burning the Mushroom King’s body.

“Wind.”

And Ian, who gathered even the remaining spores with the wind and burned them together, released the Wind King’s Barrier.

“……What, what happened?”

Those outside the Wind King’s Barrier could only be embarrassed.

Ian said he would deal with it, and then he started catching the giant mushroom human alone.

And suddenly, the wind blew and obscured the view, and after a while, the giant mushroom human disappeared without a trace.

“Where did it go?”

At the Sword Saint’s question, Ian shrugged.

“I burned it.”

The Mushroom King was annihilated, but not everything was over.

Therefore, Ian headed to the castle where the Mushroom King came out with the Sword Saint.

The half-destroyed castle had a large hole connected to the basement.

“It would be dangerous to just go if we go like this. I’m glad I didn’t bring other people.”

There were plenty of blue spores left around.

As the Sword Saint looked at them and jumped down, Ian followed her.

There were quite a few tools for manufacturing drugs in the traces that the Mushroom King seemed to have broken as he came out.

As Ian was checking some of them, the Sword Saint said.

“There seems to be something here……”

The Sword Saint pointed to one wall.

Ian approached the place and tapped the wall.

It definitely seemed like a secret wall with an empty interior.

-Wajigeun!!

The wall cracked with one strike of her sword, revealing a passage.

There were traces of people passing by.

“Are there people who were caught here? But when I looked at it, there were stable steps besides the traces of being dragged.”

“I guess so.”

As Ian said calmly, the Sword Saint’s expression hardened.

“Are you saying that there are also people involved in this facility?”

“I guess so.”

The Sword Saint, staring at him, quickened her pace even more.

As they went down the stairs leading to the bottom, there were many mushroom humans trapped in iron cages below.

They spewed blue spores and tried to attack over the iron bars, but they couldn’t break through even with their strength because they were quite strong.

The Sword Saint clenched her fist as she looked at them.

Anger was swirling in her eyes.

She walked roughly and headed to the end past the iron cages.

There was an iron door that was firmly closed.

“Open it.”

A cold voice flowed out, but there was no answer.

However, there was definitely a sign of people inside.

-Seogeok!!

The Sword Saint’s sword flashed.

The sword containing the aura cut through the iron door in an instant.

She scanned the inside and bit her lip tightly.

There were children inside.

And, some adults were taking mushrooms from those children.

And someone else was trying to cut off the part where the mushroom and the body were fused.

In one corner of the wide common area, there were people who seemed to have died due to the failure of the experiment.

And among the failures, there were children with mushrooms planted who were still conscious and begging to be saved.

Anger filled her eyes.

The normal scholars and wizards inside hurriedly began to make excuses as they saw it.

“W, we are t, to save people who have been harmed by th, this…… W, we are cu, curing these ch, children……”

Meanwhile, Ian approached a boy among the abandoned failures who was still resisting to live and groaning.

Ian grabbed him, who was having his life force sucked by the mushrooms implanted all over his body.

He froze the part connected to the mushroom using the energy of the moon.

And he pulled out the mushroom at once and healed the wound with the energy of the sun.

“Ah…… Euh?”

The groaning boy came to his senses.

People were horrified as he got up after complaining of pain.

“Heok!!”

“H, how?! How did you do it?!”

“No matter how many times we experiment, once we implant a mushroom, we can’t reverse it……”

“……Experiment, you say.”

They closed their mouths at the Sword Saint’s cold voice.

Ian, who simply healed him, said to the bewildered researchers.

“Sword Saint, I can heal those who have not yet changed significantly and haven’t died.”

The Sword Saint’s murderous intent was directed at the researchers upon hearing those words.