The Reincarnated Person Became a Professor at the Academy

Chapter 154 – An Elopement Of Love?

Within the Divine Cult, I had set up secret places here and there.

There wasn’t much reason for it.

In my second life, I died without leaving a trace.

Perhaps that was why.

Because of that, I created secret places all over the Central Plains.

Naturally, I made one within the Divine Cult as well.

‘How would it have changed?’

The Heavenly Demon would surely know.

Her sensing range was immense.

However, I was confident she hadn’t touched my storage.

‘She wouldn’t need the elixir, after all.’

The elixir I carefully stored was there.

“Let’s go.”

“Where to?”

“To eat the elixir.”

I grabbed Shin Yura by the scruff of her neck and headed straight to the storage where I kept the elixir.

‘Strictly speaking, it’s a place for one elixir.’

There lay the Thousand-Year Snow Ginseng.

Originally, I was going to eat it myself.

But since it hadn’t reached ten thousand years to elevate its grade, I didn’t bother consuming it and instead used the area as storage.

“……Are you really giving me such an elixir?”

Shin Yura looked at me with a seemingly touched expression.

I looked at Shin Yura with a bewildered expression.

“Did Yoo Eunchae influence you or something?”

“Sorry?”

“I was just going to give you a few roots of the Ten Thousand Year Snow Ginseng, but you seemed to want to swallow it whole.”

“……”

Lately, it felt like they were trying to take things easy.

‘If you can take it easy, it’s good to do so.’

But even that had its limits.

If you didn’t solidify your foundation, it could eventually lead to ruin.

“Ah, no, that’s not it.”

“If that’s not it, then what is it?”

“Giving the root of something so precious means I’m that precious to you, right?”

“……Well, yes.”

Not only Shin Yura.

Every time I looked at the students, my heart tickled in a strange way.

These inadequate guys were toddling around, and I never knew when they’d fall to dangerous ones.

‘This world is strange.’

Second life.

Third life.

The senses that roamed freely there were telling me something.

Not even a year had passed.

Yet in the second life, I lived over eight years, and in the third, even more.

But this time, not even a year, and already two beings called Demon Kings have appeared.

‘Though the Insect Dragon King and the Warlord descended quickly due to their ties to my past lives.’

Fate had already tried to meddle in my life and death twice.

And those so-called gods. Even other demon kings were being deployed to the frontlines to fight them.

‘We never know when they might come.’

These gods could not be trusted either. Since we had already defeated two demon kings, they would be cautious in their movements.

But if we killed all of them, we might have to go to war with those gods.

‘Fortunately, the Manifestation of Thoughts is starting to show itself properly.’

Manifestation of Thoughts, the Kaleidoscope.

The soul created with it was nearing completion.

So.

“It’s to make sure you don’t die out there.”

“Teach me more so I won’t die.”

“At your level, this is about right.”

However.

Should I say it?

It wouldn’t hurt to teach her at least one trump card.

‘The Divine Thunderbolt is already enough.’

It was a secret technique that could kill someone of a higher realm than oneself.

If it was someone with a lower realm than oneself, it was a secret technique that could eliminate dozens while alone.

“First, let’s check the elixir and see its condition.”

“Thank you.”

Could it still be maintained after those words?

They’d push to the brink.

‘Would Stardust be suitable?’

Stardust.

To unleash its true power, it needed a realm above Divine Thunderbolt.

It burned negativity and could become a healing force for those it chooses.

Glacial Heavenly Moon, Brilliant Blazing Fire, Divine Thunderbolt.

Stardust embodied all three of those powers.

However, Stardust could be made to learn and use just one of them.

You could say it was a weakened Stardust.

Anyway, after lifting Shin Yura, I moved to find the treasured elixir I had stored.

The cave was quickly located.

The Heaven-Surrendering Godly Technique.

It resonated and guided me to its location.

Tap.

I landed lightly and slowly activated the godly technique.

“There’s a warehouse here?”

“Yes, I designed it so that it can’t be found unless you’ve mastered the Heaven-Surrendering Godly Technique.”

“What?”

Ignoring Shin Yura’s questioning, I stepped forward.

Ash-colored flames blossomed from my fist.

Creak.

With a sound like glass cracking, the wall-like structure split open.

Clang!!

What was revealed was a cave.

“It’s one of the devices created by merging magic with martial arts. Without my godly technique, even those in the Supreme Realm couldn’t properly recognize it.”

“Then what about those above?”

“For those above that level, no matter how well hidden, it’s futile.”

Those at such a realm could detect even the slightest deviation in an instant.

The same went for those who had somehow reached transcendence.

Once you broke free from the laws of the stars, your eyes opened.

No matter how talentless they might be, the moment they reached that place, they became a separate existence.

A Transcendent was such a being.

Even if others were divided by realms.

Calling them Transcendent, or Ascendant, as a separate existence, followed that logic.

“Even if a pretty pathetic guy becomes a Transcendent, he can handle about ten Supreme Realms.”

“……Are they that strong?”

“Yeah. Once you reach that place, all the basic conditions change.”

The conditions would change.

The body was restructured.

They broke free from the laws of the stars.

These three differences distinguished a Supreme Realm from a Transcendent.

No matter how strong I am, I can’t recklessly beat a Transcendent.

‘Though I wouldn’t lose either.’

I walked inside.

Then a fragrant smell brushed the tip of my nose. What I saw was a fruit that had sprouted from the ground.

“This, this is?”

“Millennium Snow Ginseng.”

I carefully uprooted the Eternal Snow Ginseng, leaving a few roots behind, and shook off the soil.

Then I chewed it whole.

[The purity of your mana has increased.]
[Mana has increased by +3.]
‘…As expected, no dramatic rise.’

To begin with, my current mana is abnormal.

I consumed elixirs like water and trained consistently on top of Spirit Veins.

Even with a one-year difference, there would be no one in the Supreme Realm with more mana than me.

“Here you go.”

I handed the roots to Shin Yura.

“This is what’s left of your precious thing, Professor.”

“……”

Really, she had a peculiar way of putting things.

Or maybe it was intentional.

However, it was something I was a bit immune to. It had somewhat lessened.

‘Whether it was the second round or the third, I did it quite a lot.’

To be precise, I wasn’t really interested, but it was a case of being pestered into it.

Anyway, I started picking the elixirs I had secretly prepared nearby for Shin Yura, who was meditating after consuming the root.

Then, using the principal’s money, I added a few more elixirs I had stashed away and skillfully intertwined mana to create an elixir.

Although my main expertise was in destructive magic, I also dabbled in enchantment and alchemy to some extent.

So making an elixir was something I could do with my eyes closed.

Shin Yura opened her eyes. I then handed her a pill I crafted with my mana.

“What is this?”

“It’s a pill made by mixing elixirs with my magic.”

“Something precious from the professor combined with the professor’s own essence to create this…”

“……”

For a moment, I was at a loss for words.

Judging by Shin Yura’s expression, she really seemed to think that way.

While Shin Yura was meditating for a moment, I noticed something strange.

‘What is this?’

I looked at a faintly shimmering space.

I had seen this somewhere before.

Where did I see it?

If what I saw was in the same form as this, I would have recognized it immediately.

But this, I had seen something similar in a fundamental form.

A woman with white hair and violet eyes came to mind.

‘The principal?’

A spatial system ability.

But the structure that formed it was the same as what the principal used.

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If the principal had been here, there would be no elixirs left.

Starting with the best elixir, the Millennium Snow Ginseng, to the mid-grade elixirs.

‘Did something happen elsewhere that connected to this place?’

It was the most plausible guess.

It felt unpleasant.

I was displeased that my space was connected to another space.

Whoosh.

The wind blew. The power of the sphere settled into my finger.

I pressed firmly against the rippling space with my hand.

Crunch.

Then, something inside broke.

The power of the void.

If the Heaven-Surrendering Godly Technique broke something, and the Divine Thunderbolt destroyed something…

This was the power to turn things to zero. As I pressed down on the flickering space with it, the flickering space began to scream—!!

Worried it might disturb Shin Yura, I blocked out the sound.

As I pressed down a little more with my hand, a peculiar voice was heard from somewhere.

-Stop, who’s trying to break the seal of that… huh? Our Seojin?

The principal’s voice etched itself into my mind.

-Hold on a second! Won’t you stop that?

I paused at the principal’s words. But the power of the void that had already been inscribed started to move.

-Ah, we’re doomed.

The principal’s lament. A voice etched into my thoughts.

I looked at the flickering space with curiosity.

But the hole began to grow larger and larger.

As if it was about to suck us all in.

The space gradually expanded. I went to Shin Yura’s side and enveloped her with the power of the sphere.

At the same time, an overwhelming presence began to be felt.

‘This is.’

I drew up my strength.

A colossal presence. And an overwhelming aura and the rank of a soul could be felt.

The space around us began to distort, leading us somewhere unknown.

-Kwahahaha! The seal that damn headmaster tied is finally broken!

An evil spirit emerged.

The entity revealed itself, and the surrounding space transformed.

We found ourselves in a place filled with malevolent energy.

It resembled a graveyard, with countless crosses planted around us.

-Ah, it is you. The one who released my seal, the Demon King who manifested in the human world.

“Demon King?”

-Yes, that’s right. I am the king of all evil spirits.

I looked at the being who introduced himself as the Demon King with a puzzled gaze.

The power emanating from him wasn’t as overwhelming as expected.

Each of the Demon Lords has a unique aura, and because of the power received from the Demon God, they can be recognized at a glance.

‘This is absurd.’

However, the power felt was real.

Even though he hadn’t fully recovered his strength yet.

‘A being who has ascended.’

But the power he possessed was just at the brink of the Supreme Realm.

In other words, given a little more time, he could become transcendent again.

‘In that case, here and now.’

He must be killed.

The Heavenly Demon barged into the cave where Han Seojin and Shin Yura had been.

Nothing remained. The entire space seemed to have been swept away, leaving only traces of movement to somewhere else.

‘This is absurd.’

Could they have used spatial movement to escape?

The Heavenly Demon gave a chilling smile.