All-Master Player Of The Academy [EN]: Chapter 173

87. Let’s Do a Little More – 1

The Sword Saint’s strikes felled the researchers.

Only three of them survived.

The Sword Saint brought her sword to the neck of the eldest-looking elven mage among them.

“What were you doing here?”

“I, I, I told you. That, that was to save the people….”

The sword dug into the skin of his neck.

Even so, when he kept his mouth shut, Ian pulled the Sword Saint back and glared.

“Kkeuaaaack!!”

“Tell me the truth. What were you doing here?”

Was it because of the pain of his soul being crushed?

He finally revealed the truth.

The research they conducted here was simple.

They made a deal with Rurin [likely a demon or entity of power] and obtained some control over the Mushroom People.

Then, they researched what would happen if they helped him and grafted a mushroom containing demonic power onto a person.

“This, this mushroom has very, very powerful power… Kkeuaaack!!”

“I know that. I also know that it’s refined and used as a drug.”

“So… so, using that….”

The main ingredient of the drug produced in the Pelle territory is this mushroom.

So, what if instead of refining and ingesting the mushroom,

It was implanted in a person?

Wouldn’t it be possible to create powerful warriors if the power of the mushroom could be used to continuously administer drugs,

While maintaining their sanity?

That experiment was being conducted here.

“And… uh… if we could completely take away the control method of the Mushroom People in the process… uh….”

They could control the Mushroom People and prevent their rampage.

In other words, it wasn’t wrong for them to say they were trying to save other people.

Ian chuckled and looked around the lab.

Like outside, this place also had facilities for manufacturing and improving drugs.

“That’s true.”

“Right, isn’t it?”

“The problem is that it’s true in a way that deserves a beating.”

-Kwaduk!!

Ian smashed his head and looked at the remaining two researchers.

They looked at their dead superior with fearful eyes and quickly knelt down.

“P, please just spare our lives!!”

“We were wrong! We were wrong!”

The Sword Saint raised her sword to them, begging for their lives.

She looked at Ian before swinging her sword.

‘Kirke. Where is the research report?’

If this is also an experiment, there must be a report summarizing it.

When Ian asked, Kirke searched and immediately reported.

As Kirke reported, he broke the wall and took out the report from the vault.

After roughly skimming through a lot of data, Ian handed some of it to the Sword Saint.

“Drugs, Mushroom People… and that mushroom too… they experimented and researched all of this.”

With this much, further interrogation is meaningless.

The Sword Saint looked at Ian again.

Noticing her gaze that she wanted to kill them, Ian nodded.

“Go ahead.”

As he readily allowed, the Sword Saint swung her sword.

She inflicted sword strikes all over their bodies, making them suffer until the moment they died, and then turned away after stabbing each of their chests once.

With those wounds, their lungs would fill with blood and they would suffocate.

The Sword Saint, who made them die in as much pain as possible, panted and looked at the survivors.

And in a trembling voice, she said as if sobbing.

“They say I’m one of the four strongest on the continent… but, but I’m really insignificant.”

If she could have moved as quickly as Ian,

She could have saved those who were thrown away like trash over there.

What kind of strongest on the continent and what kind of Sword Saint is she if she can’t even do that?

Feeling her powerlessness, she murmured weakly.

“Anyway, since this incident is said to be related to the sin of greed of the Seven Deadly Sins… it would be better to hold him accountable for this sin as well.”

Ian approached those who were groaning with a large number of mushrooms still attached.

“Can… can you save them?”

The Sword Saint gripped her sword tightly.

If Ian said it was impossible, she seemed ready to end them with her own hands.

“I said I could, didn’t I.”

“…That’s a relief. But Ian-nim. How can you treat them? And this seems familiar to you….”

Was there such a terrible thing in other places as well?

At her question, Ian shrugged.

“There was.”

Ian lightly replied to her and began treating those who were resisting to survive.

He saved all those who had been captured as test subjects.

Those who had been consumed by mushrooms looked quite tired, but their lives were not in danger.

The Sword Saint checked their condition and said to Ian.

“I think we should evacuate them first.”

“Go ahead.”

“Haa. To think that demons would go this far… We were lucky. If we hadn’t known, this would have continued to happen here….”

“That’s what I’m saying.”

The Pelle County, which had joined hands with Gehern of Greed, deceived Rurin of Jealousy and decided to use him as a test subject.

Then, they captured him and locked him up here to cultivate mushrooms.

Later, Kaen attacked Pelle County with the crystal ball activated by Rubellin.

The Count of Pelle, who was supposed to seal Rurin, became food for the Nightmare Flower.

As a result, the unsealed Rurin caused this chaos.

In other words.

All of this is related to demons.

“And if we trace the starting point, it’s Rubellin and Gehern of Greed after all.”

When Ian summarized and said, the Sword Saint clenched her fist tightly.

“He’s really a piece of trash.”

“I agree. That’s why I’m saying this.”

Ian smiled and spread his arms.

“Do you happen to have any information related to those guys?”

“Well… I fought against the ancient demons with Crowley, but the one I’m chasing is Kesin of Lust.”

She knew almost nothing about demons related to greed.

“Ah. I know a talent merchant named Tamruin, though.”

“He’s already been annihilated, so that’s no good.”

“Hmm. Maybe the Emperor knows something.”

“Oh? Is that so?”

“A long time ago, the Emperor defeated Lich Crescent.”

“Ah. I know that too.”

There were only three times the Emperor had left the Empire.

The first was to fight the Sword Saint.

The second was to fight the Forest Keeper.

And the third was to catch Lich Crescent.

“I heard from him back then that Lich Crescent was related to the demon of greed, Gehern. He had been looking for Gehern for a long time. And he said he was looking for a way to lure him out in order to catch greed.”

“It seems he failed.”

“Yes. He caught demons related to greed and tortured them to find a way… but he said they all failed. But he had also been chasing greed for a long time….”

He might know something.

When the Sword Saint said, Ian nodded.

“By the way, why is the Emperor looking for him?”

“It’s a personal matter. Revenge.”

“Revenge. What revenge?”

“Well? I don’t really know that far. That’s something only the Emperor knows… And the three of us don’t have good feelings for each other.”

So, she didn’t really ask questions about such personal matters.

So, it would be better to ask him directly if you want to know.

The Sword Saint explained lightly and then said.

“Okay. Let’s go out.”

As she took the survivors up, Ian looked around the lab and came outside.

And.

Heavenly Demon Divine Art, Chapter of the Sun.

Crimson Flame.

The flames shot from his hand burned everything inside.

Ian, who was watching it, walked straight up and burned everything in the drug manufacturing factory.

With the burning castle behind them, Ian and the Sword Saint came out with the survivors.

There were still some Mushroom People left, but they couldn’t touch those who were protected by the two of them.

As they left the castle, Bleiman, Cohen, Crowley, and the Sword Saint’s disciple, Yerin, were waiting, protecting the children.

“Kids!! Priest!!”

Bleiman and Cohen were happy to see those they had brought.

They also ran towards the two mercenaries and hugged them.

While they were having a touching reunion, Crowley asked Ian.

“What the hell happened?”

“Are the Seven Deadly Sins not on good terms with each other?”

“Huh? Yeah. That’s right. There’s no way demons would be on good terms with each other in the first place.”

“Is that so? Anyway, I heard that Rurin of Jealousy was defeated by Gehern of Greed.”

When Ian told him what he had heard from Rurin, Crowley snorted.

“Gehern is a bit cunning and sneaky.”

“That bastard. He must be in hell?”

“Unfortunately, I confirmed that he was in hell until recently. And the same goes for Kesin of Lust.”

To make them come out, we have to gradually eliminate the demons who follow them.

Crowley, who explained that one of the reasons the Sword Saint was working with him was because of that, sighed.

“Anyway, now there are only two of the Seven Deadly Sins left.”

If those two disappear, the demons of hell won’t recklessly talk about destroying the world.

As Crowley smiled, Kirke reported calmly.

‘Why?’

It seems that those who had escaped from here with the survivors before had moved.

As quite a few knights approached from beyond the hill, the children panicked and cowered.

“Don’t worry, they’re on our side.”

“B, but.”

“Myane.”

“Myaaaa~.”

Myane, who was on Ian’s shoulder, hugged the girl.

Was it because of the fluffiness and softness?

The anxiety of the children, including the girl, began to decrease little by little.

Meanwhile, Gust, who was at the front, ran quickly.

“I knew you were alive.”

“There’s no way I’d die with just this much. And I’ve solved some of the problems over there.”

“Really? That’s amazing.”

She smiled bitterly and looked around at the survivors.

She frowned when she made eye contact with Crowley, and was surprised to see the Sword Saint.

“…Why are you here?”

“Overlord. It’s been a while.”

She smiled and called her disciple, Yerin.

Since this work was over, there was no need to stay here any longer.

She approached Ian and bowed her head.

“Thank you. For saving them.”

After giving a light greeting, she left with her disciple.

Seeing her leave, Crowley also followed, and Ise hesitated.

“You’ll still lose, so don’t draw it.”

“Tch. Still, she’s the Sword Saint… one of the strongest on the continent….”

“Isn’t one of those ranks right in front of you?”

When Ian said with a smile, Ise shook his head.

“I even received this sword, how can I fight you? Never mind. Anyway….”

Ise looked around and muttered bitterly.

“Not only the Scarlet Kingdom, but the continent was almost in big trouble. You stopped it.”

At his words, Ian smiled and walked away.

Gust shrugged, watching him quickly disappear.

“That guy is not normal either….”

* * *

When Ian returned after finishing his work, Lakid, who had checked the report he had given, sighed.

“Something like that happened.”

“Yes. Something like that happened.”

Lakid rubbed his face.

Fortunately, Ian had gone, or else something terrible would have happened.

A monster that turns people around into Mushroom People.

“By the way, I didn’t know you would do this well. Even though it’s related to the Seven Deadly Sins….”

“Let’s just say it’s a gift.”

“A gift?”

Ian smiled at Lakid, who was puzzled.

“A small gift to clear away a vine for the person who will walk the thorny path of being a king in the future.”

When he said that, Lakid groaned and replied.

“They say you die if you do something you don’t usually do.”

“…Should I go and cause trouble again?”

Lakid smiled at him, who was grumbling.

He was just making a light joke, but Lakid couldn’t help but be grateful to Ian.