All-Master Player Of The Academy [EN]: Chapter 80

All-rounder Player of the Academy – Episode 80 (80/300)

40. Monster and Monster – 2

“I asked you, what are you?”

The young man shrugged at the question.

“I’m sorry, but I don’t think I need to answer you. The reason is…”

Annoyed by his irritating tone, the assassins moved immediately.

Divided into two groups, they rushed towards Ian and the young man.

And a terrible slaughter began.

“Ugh!”

“What, what kind of guy is this!”

Ian and the young man.

They mercilessly slashed the assassins’ necks.

Fast and concise, yet incredibly powerful swordsmanship followed, and as the assassins fell, Ian sheathed his sword and said.

“The reason is this, right? What’s the point of a dying man knowing?”

He answered in place of the young man.

Hearing that, he nodded and put away his sword.

Kirke quickly provided information about the young man.

Ian said with an indifferent expression.

“Osnen Rud Blad. Why are you here?”

The Empire’s monster Crown Prince.

A master who has been on numerous battlefields since childhood and the chief disciple of the Emperor, known as the strongest on the continent.

And a strongman who defeated Rakid Scarlet.

He stared at Ian intently, then frowned as if thinking about something.

But when nothing came to mind, he shook his head and replied.

“It’s Instructor Bilbost’s order. He told me to run all the way from the starting point to here.”

“Congratulations. You’re the first one. Go in.”

“But isn’t that priest behind you from the Order of the Moon?”

Osnen slightly bowed to Aout, who was standing awkwardly behind Ian.

“Hello. Priest. I am Osnen Rud Blad.”

“Oh… Yes. N-nice to meet you.”

The monster Crown Prince of the Blad Empire, only heard in rumors.

He was flustered to have Osnen in front of him.

‘Isn’t Fredon Academy and the Empire Academy rivals?’

He was surprised that they seemed to be on good terms, worrying that they might fight.

Regardless, Osnen strode forward and bowed his head.

“As a believer of the Order of the Moon, may I receive a blessing?”

“Yes? Ah. Yes, of course. But were you a believer of our order?”

He immediately took out a necklace and showed it.

It was the Divine Mark, only received by believers who had been baptized in the Order of the Moon.

“I’m a lifelong believer. My mother is a believer of the Order of the Moon.”

“Ah, I see.”

Aout immediately gave him a blessing.

After receiving the prayer, he politely took out a slip from his pocket, made a donation, and said.

“And I saw people from the Order of the Moon coming up from the south earlier. Are you perhaps waiting for them?”

“Yes, we are.”

“I see. I offered to escort them, but they refused, so I just came. Then, may the blessing of the Moon be with you.”

After politely greeting, he gave Ian a nod and left.

As Osnen walked away, Ian ordered Kirke.

‘Track their location.’

<30 minutes away, south. They are pulling a cart on the Pelodi Road.>

‘Any additional forces from the Blue Moon [likely a typo and should be Order of the Moon]?’

They couldn’t rule out the possibility of them attacking the priests.

Ian quickly turned his head.

“Priest Aout. I was wondering if we should go meet them. Is that alright with you?”

“Yes? Ah. Yes, please do. Rather, it’s something I wanted to ask you to do.”

If Aout went with him, they wouldn’t refuse the escort.

As he agreed, Ian picked up Aout and ran.

How long had they been running along the road?

As Osnen and Kirke had said, poorly dressed clerics were moving.

Two priests, five nuns.

And two paladins.

Ian tilted his head as he put Aout down.

They were all wearing the clothes of ordinary priests and nuns.

“Didn’t the head priest come?”

“Ah. Actually, I’ve decided to become the head priest.”

Aout smiled brightly as he greeted them.

He thought he was in a relatively high position because of his strong divine power, but already a head priest.

Ian nodded in admiration.

“I see. I look forward to working with you in the future.”

‘If he’s the head priest, I’ll be able to receive the energy of the moon as much as I want for a while.’

While Aout was talking with the priests and paladins, Mane got off Ian’s shoulder.

As she jumped onto the cart, the other clerics’ eyes sparkled.

“Myaa~ Myamya~.”

Aout said to those who were stroking Mane, who was sitting on the cart and yawning.

“Everyone. I think we should pick up the pace. Today, we plan to hold a prayer meeting for the temple construction and for Saint Ian.”

“Then we should go quickly.”

The monkey beastman priest smiled warmly and picked up the luggage from the cart.

As the others also packed their luggage separately, Aout grabbed the cart.

“How can the head priest pull the cart?”

“When I was at the headquarters, I ran a lot while carrying the children. Ah. Of course, I’m not as fast as Saint, but… Well, let’s go right away.”

Is it because they are all beastmen [humanoids with animalistic features]?

They all have basic stamina, so their movements are fast.

Ian glanced at them and hurried his steps.

As they ran and arrived at the temple in the academy, the clerics couldn’t close their mouths.

“Oh my god…”

“Moon, what a beautiful temple.”

“And what about this statue. Ah…”

“T-the cost. The cost!! Can the order’s budget handle this?! Priest Aout?!”

They panicked when they saw the temple.

With pale faces, they took out their energy pouches several times and collected silver and copper coins.

Ian watched them and said calmly.

“Don’t worry about the cost. I got the materials from someone I know, and I also took care of the labor costs.”

“Oh, no, how can you do that.”

“Even though our order is poor, we are not shameless!”

“Yes. It’s a much better temple than the one at headquarters… The construction cost is covered by the savings that our priests and nuns have collected little by little.”

“We will definitely pay the price!”

Money didn’t mean much to Ian.

But the Order of the Moon does not sell sacred objects for money.

So he just provided the temple.

He just wanted the Order of the Moon to take full responsibility for it and provide prayers and sacred objects.

Therefore, Ian thoroughly hid his intentions and refused their words that they would somehow repay him.

The clerics didn’t know what to do at his refusal.

“Didn’t you tell them about the temple?”

“I did… but they said it was hard to believe. Don’t worry. I’ll calm them down.”

Calming down the excited ones, Aout greeted Ian and went inside to prepare for the service.

Soon after, the bronze bell that Scranda had made rang.

The bell rang to announce the start of the service, spreading divine power along with a clear sound.

At the same time, the beautiful sounds of other instruments were heard.

“Ah. I know that too. The priests of the Order of the Moon are basically excellent performers, right?”

Then the bell rang once more.

The service will begin when it rings thirteen times.

How long had they been waiting, receiving the energy of the moon contained in the divine power of the music and the bell?

Valentine and the other races of the academy, including Scranda, came.

No. Not only them.

Willis and Hestian of the Sun Temple also came.

“Oh? Why did the priest and nuns come?”

“Haha. It’s the first service of the Order of the Moon, so the Sun Order had to come.”

“Saint Ian. I heard you made that statue? Can you make one for our Sun Temple too?”

Hestian looked at the statue enviously and asked, and Ian nodded.

‘What’s so difficult about it?

I’ll have to get another marble from Bakbare and make it.’

“If you give me a good sacred object, I can make as many as you want.”

“Hehe. You promised.”

“Yes.”

Soon after, the thirteenth bell rang.

Now the service will begin.

Ian entered the chapel of the Moon Temple with Willis and Hestian, handed Mane over to Willis, and closed his eyes.

‘Kirke. I’m going to concentrate, so call me if anything happens.’

Is it because they received a good temple?

The priests and nuns exerted their divine power to the point of exhaustion while holding the service.

Of course, there was a considerable amount of moon energy included, and Ian happily accepted it.

A service to commemorate the completion of the temple and even a thanksgiving prayer meeting for Ian.

Ian was satisfied with obtaining the level of moon energy contained in the Necklace of the Full Moon.

“Hoo… Saint Ian.”

After all the services were over and the believers left, Aout approached Ian with a tired look.

He was holding a box in his hand.

“This is a gift from the headquarters to Saint as an expression of gratitude.”

“Thank you. May I open it?”

“Of course.”

Inside the long box was a sword.

‘This is…’

‘But the divine power is stronger?’

As Ian examined the holy sword, Aout proudly explained.

“It’s the Holy Moon Sword. It’s a treasure that only five remain in our Order of the Moon.”

“Isn’t this the sword that sealed Grimghall?”

“Yes. It’s the same sword that sealed the illusionary demon Grimghall in the past. But it contains even more divine power than that.”

That sword’s divine power was exhausted while sealing Grimghall, but this one is not.

Aout smiled brightly at Ian, who was holding the sword.

“I hope it will be helpful to Saint, since you are a swordsman.”

“I will use it well.”

Of course, he had no intention of using it as a sword.

It contains a lot of divine power, but the power of the sword itself is slightly less than Karza’s sword.

The important thing is the energy of the moon, so Ian put the Holy Moon Sword in the box.

“Aren’t you going to use it now?”

“I can’t just use such a good sword carelessly.”

He needs to set a date and completely absorb the energy of the moon.

Aout nodded at Ian’s words.

“Then I’ll be on my way.”

“May the moon illuminate Saint’s path.”

When he returned to the dormitory, the magicians of Class B were sitting in the lobby meditating.

Among these quiet people, Haryun suddenly raised his hand.

At that moment, two magic circles were created on his hand.

Fredon-style magic enhancement.

He is trying what Ian gave him as homework.

-Clang!

But the calculation was not easy.

The magic circles broke and the magic was released, and Haryun frowned.

‘So I taught them… Should I have guided them on how to train too?’

Did I overestimate them too much?

While Ian was feeling bitter, Aranse entered through the door of the dormitory.

“Did you go to the service?”

“Yes. Ah. And Instructor. I saw Osnen earlier.”

“Hmm. I see… Huh? You saw him? Where?”

“He came into the academy village.”

After telling him what happened earlier, Aranse was dumbfounded.

“What a funny Crown Prince. He came alone? So? You just let him go?”

“Well, there’s no need to fight right now…”

It was then.

“Instructor Aranse! It’s a big deal!”

Aranse tilted his head at Hound’s rough shout.

“What’s wrong?”

“They say the Empire Academy is coming into the village!”

It’s already information Ian heard.

As Aranse stared with a sullen expression, Hound hesitated.

“What’s wrong?”

“Ian already told me.”

“Ugh. How did you know?”

As Ian shrugged without answering, Hound sighed and asked.

“Then what do we do?”

“What do you mean what do we do? Just leave them alone.”