All-Master Player Of The Academy [EN]: Chapter 278

139. A Necessary Sacrifice – 2

The researchers’ blood, sweat, and effort exploded forth.

Watching the Titans burst in the sky, Haryun muttered blankly, “Goodness. If you sold all that, it would exceed the annual budget of a decent-sized country….”

“Ugh. What a waste.”

Everyone lamented the Titans rushing in and self-destructing with dark energy.

As the self-destruction show, which brightened the darkened sky, ended, Ian pointed to the sky.

The darkness had cleared quite a bit.

“Impressive.”

“Physical force is a power that mostly works in any dimension.”

Especially the destructive power created by the Titans’ self-destruction was more than enough to neutralize that sense of incongruity.

Ian waited with his hands in his pockets, and Wilbal muttered while looking at the sky, “But… did we get rid of it?”

“Ah?!”

Of all things, to say something like that.

Haryun tried to cover Wilbal’s mouth, but it was already too late.

-Kuuuung!!

The black smoke began to subside, gradually converging in one place.

Blanche and Wildy flinched at the sight.

It was something wrapped in black energy, like Rubellin’s puppet they had seen in the Mial Mountains before.

“Hey. That….”

“Isn’t that another puppet?”

“No.”

As Ian replied, the black energy floating in the sky rippled.

At the same time, the sky began to darken again.

-Ttaak!!

But there was no way Ian would just stand by and watch.

He snapped his fingers again, and a red light flashed from the Academy’s research and development building.

-Kwaaaang!!

“W-what is it?!”

“Artillery strike. A type of wave cannon fired based on my magic power.”

“You really made all sorts of things?!”

“Why do you think I worked so hard at the Academy?”

One should always be prepared for everything.

Ian spoke lightly and looked at the black energy hit by the artillery strike.

This artillery strike also seemed to have dealt quite a blow, as the black energy was slowly disappearing.

What was revealed inside was a black-haired beauty who wasn’t wearing a single thread.

“Wow….”

“Heeh….”

“Ooh….”

It was a beauty that surpassed humanity.

Even though she was looking down with an icily cold gaze.

Her appearance, as if she had brought the entirety of ‘beauty’ itself, was captivating everyone, regardless of gender or age.

“That’s… Rubellin…?”

Even the always-composed Danju seemed shaken.

Ian smirked at him beside him.

“What are your thoughts? I thought you said you couldn’t forgive Rubellin.”

“There must have been some circumstances.”

Her beauty could shake an empire.

This level of beauty is almost a curse.

Ian, watching the woman who revealed it without hiding it, took a breath.

I use the Lion’s Roar of the Celestial Tripiṭaka [a Buddhist term for a powerful, truth-revealing shout].

“Wake up!!”

Ian’s Lion’s Roar caused those who had been captivated by her beauty to snap out of it.

Watching them falter, Ian pointed his sword at her.

“You. Are you Rubellin?”

Nod.

The black-haired beauty Rubellin finished her answer with a nod.

“I wanted to meet you.”

“You should have come sooner.”

“I should have. I didn’t know you would be preparing as well while I was preparing.”

As she smiled kindly, a dangerous beauty began to spread again.

Ian frowned and swung his sword.

-Chaeng!!

Was it because of the sound created by the collision between the formless energy and Ian’s aura?

Those who were about to be charmed raised their weapons and pointed them at her.

“Ian. Is that Rubellin?”

“Yes.”

“Then we must kill her.”

Danju pointed his sword at Rubellin.

But she didn’t even glance at Danju.

Her gaze was directed at only one person.

Only Ian.

“Why did you come?”

“Can’t I come?”

“I should have gone to meet you….”

A feeling of longing spreads.

*I don’t know what the two of them are talking about, but somehow it seems like Ian did something wrong.*

As the Academy students watched, Ian frowned.

“Are you guys not waking up?”

“Ugh… this is driving me crazy. What is it? This.”

Even though they know she’s the enemy, they feel like they’re being drawn into every single movement.

Blanche gritted her teeth and said to Ian, and Rubellin’s eyebrows twitched in the sky.

Then her long fingers moved.

-Kwagaagwang!!

“Uwak!!”

Red lightning fell from the black sky.

Thanks to the hard training, they barely managed to avoid it, but looking at the traces of the red lightning, they would have died instantly if they had made a mistake.

Blanche felt a chill and gritted her teeth.

“That bitch….”

“I’m… talking to him.”

Rubellin said with wide eyes, and Oerina flinched and looked at Ian.

He had the same indifferent expression as always.

“Hey. Isn’t this because my hair is too pink?”

Widia next to her had the same thought.

“I agree. That Rubellin… seems to like Ian?”

“It’s a little different from that. Is that admiration? Obsession? Something like that?”

The students who were whispering turned their eyes to Rubellin.

Only longing for Ian could be felt in her eyes.

“Wow. That guy’s luck is really terrible.”

The students alternated between looking at Ian and Rubellin with a look of horror.

Meanwhile, Hairal approached Ian and stood next to him.

“Don’t approach him.”

Red lightning falls again.

But Hairal only raised her staff.

The red lightning, sucked into her magic circle, changed direction and flew straight towards Rubellin.

Rubellin erased it as if she didn’t even care.

“That’s what you use.”

“What. Erasing magic? Yeah.”

“Then should we consider the enemy’s skill to be on par with you?”

Hairal glanced at Ian.

When she first fought him, she thought the difference in skill wasn’t that great.

But as time passed and she learned more about him, she realized.

The power Ian has shown so far is only a small part of the power he possesses.

That’s why she couldn’t help but be wary of Rubellin.

Being able to easily do what Ian can do is dangerous enough.

“On par?”

Ian snorted.

Meanwhile, Rubellin raised her hand to the sky.

Hundreds of magic circles began to form with a single gesture.

“M-my goodness, my goodness.”

The power contained in each of those magic circles is the same as a 7-circle magic [a high level of magic].

That there are so many.

*I can’t interpret what kind of magic it is, but if you look at that amount of magic power alone, this area will be annihilated in an instant.*

“Damn it!!”

Hairal raised her staff.

She will block it even if she has to use all the magic power she has.

As she gritted her teeth and gathered her magic power, Myaane on Ian’s shoulder cried.

“Myaaaaaaaa!!”

The magic circles disappear with Myaane’s cry.

Rubellin, seeing that, waved her hand with an emotionless gaze.

“Don’t approach him. You insignificant spirit of light.”

“Myaa! Mya! Myamya! Mya!!”

Myaane continued to cry with her fur standing on end.

Perhaps because of that cry that openly guarded him, Rubellin eventually raised her hand again.

“M-my goodness, my goodness.”

This time it was different.

A magic circle was created that filled the entire sky.

Thousands, no, tens of thousands of magic circles were directed towards the Academy.

“The limit of that power is….”

The story I heard from Ian before came to mind.

If you annihilate one species and delete it from the components of the world, you can have the power to form that component.

Maybe that’s that power.

As Hairal clenched her staff tightly and tried to block it again, and Myaane also struggled, raising her fur to protect at least the Academy.

Ian took a light step.

I start taking over the space in the imaginary world.

-Kuuuung!!

The moment Ian took a step, the magic circle covering the sky disappeared.

And everyone who was standing staggered.

A terrible sense of discomfort swept through their bodies.

“What was that… just now?”

“It’s an enhanced version of the search Ian did before… Uwek.”

While some students and magicians couldn’t stand the nausea and vomited, Rubellin raised her head.

The sky was gradually clearing up.

“As expected, you are amazing.”

Rubellin smiled kindly.

Willis, who was blankly watching it, bit his lip tightly.

“Saint Ian. Are you going to keep watching that demon?”

The paladins and priests were all ready.

They will be able to attack immediately if Ian gives the signal.

The Moon Order, which is with Out, has also finished preparing for battle.

As they all looked at him, Ian nodded.

“Wait a moment.”

“I understand. But… I don’t think it’s too dangerous.”

Both the immense power I saw earlier.

And the way she is obsessed with Ian.

If left alone, it seemed like it would cause a big problem.

“It will be over soon.”

“I understand.”

As Willis stepped back, Ian looked up at Rubellin in the sky and asked.

“I’m asking just in case. Is this all you’ve prepared?”

“Hoo. Hehehe. Hahahahaha… Ahahahahat!!”

She laughed.

Raising her head.

She looked up at the now clear sky and laughed like crazy.

“That can’t be!!”

With a light snap of her fingers, a black explosion erupted from the Mial Mountains.

Those who knew what was there screamed.

“Ugh!!”

“N-no way!”

“Why?!”

Others were puzzled by their reaction.

Why are they doing that?

As Park Bare looked curiously, Oerina trembled.

“Hey, Ian! That… you said there was still time left before the seal was released?!”

“Yeah. There’s still time left.”

“Then why?!”

“Seal? What seal is there?”

Some people froze at the word seal.

But as Park Bare, who hadn’t heard it yet, asked on behalf of the others, Oerina swallowed hard and said.

“…There… there’s a seal of the Demon King….”

-Kuuuung!!

The explosion ended and black energy soared.

What emerged from there was a huge mass of flesh.

That mass of flesh slowly began to split.

“Ah. Ahh….”

It had four wings and thirteen horns.

There were hideous scales all over its body, and three long tails remained.

But it didn’t look normal as it was drooping.

Rubellin reached out towards it.

“You know what that is, don’t you?”

“I know. It’s the Demon King. The Demon King who annihilated countless species in the past.”

Hairal was horrified.

Annihilated species.

That means it has immense power.

“Is it okay to just leave that alone?!”

“It’s okay.”

“Don’t talk to him.”

Lightning strikes again.

Hairal gritted her teeth at her excessive obsession.

Meanwhile, Rubellin, who had brought the Demon King’s body, clenched her fist.

The Demon King’s body disappears.

Then the power contained within flowed into Rubellin.

“Now… let’s start in earnest.”

The moment she finished speaking.

The entire Academy began to be enveloped in darkness.

Inside, some people, including Haryun, tilted their heads and then were horrified.

“N-no way, here?!”

“Heok….”

“Here again?!”

“What is it? Do you know anything?”

As the horrified Aranse asked, Haryun swallowed hard.

“…It’s inside a nightmare.”

No sooner had he finished speaking than the beings of their fears began to appear before the eyes of everyone in this place.