The Academy’s Undercover Professor – 97



◈ Episode 97: Banquet of Flames (2)

The banquet hall instantly turned into a crucible of chaos due to the sudden appearance of the fire giant.

“What on earth is that!”

“Ugh! “Run away!”

People were startled and scattered around colliding and tangling with each other.

Most of the people gathered here were without any abilities. As a result I was unable to maintain my senses in a sudden situation and fell into a panic.

The giant looked at those people and soon opened his mouth.

When the mouth full of sharp fangs like the maw of an animal opened what was visible inside was writhing flames.

Like the bright red fire that burns the hottest in the depths of hell.

The complexions of the people who saw the scene turned pale.

The people here felt it instinctively.

What is that giant trying to do now?

Kuwaaagh!

Flames so hot that even skin could be cooked even from a distance erupted long toward the center of the banquet hall.

At that moment the guards moved.

Since it was a banquet hall where important people gathered the guards to prepare for any unexpected situation were all knight class.

“Sigh!”

The guards wearing black suits pulled out the swords worn on their waists and swung them right away.

Even if the number of guards is not large considering that one knight performs the role of dozens of mercenaries.

The stability of this banquet hall was by no means low.

Kaang!

The sword swung by the guard who came out first struck the flames.

The aura contained in the sword cut through the flames and deflected them greatly in another direction.

Grumble!

A long stream of fire turned and engulfed the ceiling of the banquet hall.

The fire spread across the ceiling in concentric circles burning down all the chandeliers hanging in the air.

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The chandelier could not withstand the heat of the fire and melted and fell to the ground.

“Avoid blood!”

“Run away!”

Kwadangtang!

Screams rang out from everywhere. People in panic bumped into each other collided and fell.

People who were running on top of it repeatedly stepped on it got tangled up in it and fell.

The banquet hall was suddenly filled with chaos reminiscent of a phantom battle.

At that time the teachers of Seorn took action.

“Avoid everyone! This way!”

“slowly! “Stay calm and move!”

Spirits appeared everywhere blocking or clearing away debris falling from the sky.

The wind spirit supported the fallen and the water spirit extinguished the burning ceiling flames.

Other wizards also did not stay still. Magic techniques were implemented here and there and magic was fired towards the fire giant.

The fire giant who first fired the breath blocked the magic with his body.

“Stop everyone! “We have to defeat that monster!”

“Where on earth did it come from?!”

“First of all buy some time! Evacuation of people comes first!”

Ludger stared at the figure of the fire giant.

It’s my first time seeing this person but that energy definitely looks familiar.

It was clearly the superior spirit of fire that I had encountered at that time.

‘High level? no. ‘It’s stronger than that.’

At the time I felt it was at least a high-level spirit but now that I see it its majesty is quite extraordinary.

At that level it seemed close to a top-level spirit that is said to be born from the essence of nature with an extremely low probability.

‘The highest level would be the level just below the Elemental Lord which represents the attributes of each spirit. ‘You’re dealing with a guy like that.’

On the continent spirits are divided into classes.

Starting from the lowest level to the highest level.

Among them high-level spirits belong to the 4th or 5th rank when compared to wizards and the highest level ones have power close to the 6th rank.

And what existed above that was the Elemental Lord.

The fire giant who has now invaded the banquet hall is a top-level spirit that can be said to be just below the elemental lord.

Because it was such a powerful being the attack magic that appeared on the spot was not able to properly hit it.

‘Where is Esmeralda?’

Ludger rolled his eyes. The most suspicious one is the girl Selina told me about Joanna Lovett.

However she has not been seen at all since the fire giant appeared.

We have to find her.

The moment I was about to think that the fire giant that had been hit by magic moved again.

Kuoooooo!

The fire that had not yet been extinguished from the ceiling continued to grow and fall downward as if responding to the giant’s cry.

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It felt more like a thick liquid with high viscosity rather than fire.

As it fell down the guards quickly moved.

“Prevent damage to customers!”

“Cut it down or destroy it whatever you want!”

One of the guards who shouted like that immediately swung his sword and cut off the falling fire droplets.

“uh?”

Eventually I couldn’t help but let out a breath full of doubt.

The thick flame that was cut with the sword did not cut properly and instead stuck to his sword.

If it were just that it would have been enough to infuse the sword with aura and shake it off.

However the story would be different if the flame on the blade of the sword spread along the blade and instantly spread to the guard’s body.

Grumble!

“Kwaaaak!”

The guard who tried to hit the falling fire drop was instantly engulfed in flames and rolled around on the floor.

Even the superior physical ability of a knight had no power at this moment.

The power of fire possessed by the highest level spirit was very different from ordinary natural fire.

Extremely high temperature jade salt.

In an instant the guard’s body seemed to melt and disappear turning into a pile of pitch-black ashes.

The other guards’ complexions turned white when they saw that scene.

“Everyone be careful! “Don’t touch it!”

“If you strike with a sword throw away the sword! “Otherwise you will die!”

But perhaps that was because the shout was a little late. After the first victim three more guards were burned to death.

Ludger frowned at the sight.

‘After all it’s an element used by spirits. It is different from regular fire. That thing is closer to magma.’

For a fire its shape is clear and its calorific value is unimaginably high even though it is small in size.

In fact if you look closely at the fire giant you will see that there are dark spots all over its body like black spots.

It literally looked like a living incarnation of magma.

‘I heard that spirits usually show the mystery and grandeur of nature.’

Although the form of the spirit is not set in stone there is some regularity.

Basically spirits take on the appearance of animals plants or other deformed structures.

This is the same as the level of the spirit increases.

The status of a spirit varies depending on how much of Mother Nature’s energy it possesses.

The higher the level of the spirit the stronger the energy of Mother Nature is and the more it goes beyond the form of a living being and becomes something else.

A long time ago while wandering the world with his teacher Ludger had once seen the elemental lord of water.

What I saw at that time was quite different from what people assumed and talked about in the public eye.

Dragon of the East. Or a mixture of a huge whale.

The being was bigger than an island and moved on the surface of the sea with countless white manes like huge sea fog scattered behind its back.

Because it literally contained the wonders of nature.

But the fire giant in front of me did not do that.

If I had to express it it would be close to being attuned to human senses.

It had the highest level of power but it took on the form of a ‘human’.

A human form with folded arms. Although he is large his appearance is closer to that of a grotesque lump of fat than to the feeling of muscle.

The pitch black spots that appeared all over the body made the fire spirit’s appearance even more hideous.

‘Twisted spirit.’

There is no other way to describe the spirit that Esmeralda commands.

Ludger stared at the figure and realized something was strange.

‘No lower body?’

Compared to the giant’s unusually large upper body the lower body was barely visible.

That’s because he didn’t have a lower body.

And I immediately knew why.

That guy hasn’t manifested properly just now.

‘I guess you summoned me as a medium.’

When a spiritist summons a spirit he or she can make the spirit appear in two ways.

The first is to summon the spirit through the contractor’s magic power.

However when using this method magicians sensitive to magic were able to immediately recognize the identity of the spiritist who had summoned the spirit.

The second method to use in such cases is:

It is to summon spirits using a medium.

It varies depending on the type of medium but if it is a top-level spirit it will not be able to manifest properly unless a very expensive gemstone is used.

‘But the advantage of calling through a medium is that it doesn’t reveal who the user is.’

The second method was chosen by Esmeralda.

And now the medium that summoned the fire spirit is.

‘A silver tray placed on the table in the banquet hall.’

It was clearly the tray that Joanna Lovett had secretly brought along.

Even though it is imperfect does it mean that it was not an ordinary tray that was good enough to manifest the highest level spirit?

It was fortunate that Esmeralda’s identity was discovered but the current situation was not easy for Ludger.

You can’t go after Joanna right away. There’s nothing you can do about it by chasing it in the first place.

‘This is not the time.’

Ludger looked around.

The guards are working hard to get around the giant and some wizards are also hitting him with elements such as water and ice.

In that chaotic situation Ludger found one person who had not yet been able to evacuate.

‘That’s…’

His expression hardened in an instant.

* * *

‘What’s going on?’

Liné opened her closed eyes.

I remember walking around serving customers a little while ago but my memories after that are vague.

The last thing she saw was something exploding in front of her eyes.

Did he faint or something?

She raised her upper body clutching her dizzy head and only then did she realize what had happened in the banquet hall.

“What is it?”

The center of the banquet hall.

The place where the party was supposed to be in full swing was a complete mess.

More than anything else it was the presence of a huge flame near her.

‘government ordinance? ‘Could that be a spirit?’

A giant fire giant.

A giant of such gigantic stature that it was difficult for her to guess its level was fighting against the guards and magic teachers in the banquet hall.

What on earth happened while I was unconscious?

‘It’s not the time for this. ‘We have to run away!’

As Line tried to lead her body she felt pain running down her ankle and frowned.

‘All legs.’

Did he get hurt while he was passing out? There was a wound on her ankle.

The wound wasn’t deep but it didn’t take much strength.

‘You have to crawl away first!’

At that moment the fire giant scattered flames around.

He must have been planning to get rid of all the flies that bothered him at once.

“ah.”

Liné realized when she saw the scene.

This cannot be avoided or prevented. Each small fireball was powerful enough to reduce a person to ashes.

Line closed her eyes tightly as she faced death.

At that moment Liné felt that something had covered her body. And the feeling of your body being strongly pulled somewhere.

‘Huh? Doesn’t it hurt?’

Line carefully opened her closed eyes.

And I could see it.

The appearance of Ludger looking down this way.

“Rine.”

“Mr. Ludger?”

“Are you okay?”

Why is he here now? Or rather did you save me now?

Rine desperately tried to move her head which was not working well and realized what had happened.

Ludger saved her life.

And that too while throwing the body away.

“Mr. Seo…!”

“Stay still.”

Line’s face turned bright red and she struggled but Ludger remained steadfast.

He retreated to a safe place while holding Line and immediately checked her legs.

“The wound is not deep. “There is a recovery medicine so just wait.”

“….”

Seeing Ludger immediately taking out a medicine bottle from his pocket Line felt a strange sense of déjà vu.

‘what?’

Clearly she and Mr. Ludger do not have much contact.

To be honest I didn’t have many encounters with him.

But at this moment Ludger saves her from danger and even treats her.

She felt as if she had seen this scene somewhere before.

“teacher.”

“Why are you doing that?”

Line didn’t know why she was saying this but she really wanted to ask this.

“Us. “Where didn’t we meet?”