Chapter 134
Why Did I Have to Enroll - Chapter 134
Lesson 28: The Flower Festival of Ruin - 1
Ban Yu-won realized through his grueling work with Shati that trying to take shortcuts always led to trouble. Or more precisely, since he couldn’t take shortcuts, he had to work hard to make everything digestible.
“Whew… Hahaha, are you satisfied now?” Shati asked, her face pale.
“If I squeeze out anything more, all you’ll get from
are tears, snot, and…”
“Shati, stop. That’s enough.”
Outside the academy, inside a suitable dungeon. Concerned about unexpected incidents from monster summoning, they entered the dungeon and conducted the summoning magic, which turned out to be a bigger deal than expected.
“So, did you get any results?”
“Yes, there were so, but… nothing is ever easy, is it?”
The biggest issue was that Shati couldn’t perfectly identify the target of her summoning magic. Although nothing strong enough to handle both Shati and Mira, along with Ban Yu-won, appeared, they always had to brace themselves for the peculiar creatures that erged.
It wasn’t the enjoyable ti Ban Yu-won initially expected, where he could absorb concepts imdiately after summoning monsters.
“Well, it’s good that there was sothing… Haha, it’s been a while since I summoned without worry. It reminds
of the days when I trained to control monsters…”
“Co here, Shati. I’ll pat your head.”
“Miraaa!”
The consumption of magic power and ntal strength by summoning magic was no small issue. While there was a way to replenish magic power for Ban Yu-won, the exhaustion of ntal strength required rest in a place like Eden or at least consuming an elixir jam. The student council president, who had recklessly promised his junior and paid the price with his whole body, was now leaning on Mira, looking utterly exhausted, showing just how ntally draining summoning magic could be.
“Senior, have a spoonful of this.”
“Oh? Is this the elixir jam Mira always boasts about… Ohhhh!”
In the end, Ban Yu-won gave Shati a spoonful of the elixir jam, ‘Extre Elixir,’ made in Room 30. The first ti it was consud, it had the highest effect, boasting excellent results but causing issues if consud too frequently. Because of its nature, even Rebellion mbers couldn’t eat it regularly and instead used it to share with others occasionally, as they were doing now.
Naturally, all the club mbers had a spoonful each. The video compiling their reactions was a big hit.
“Hahahahaha! Fully revived!”
And Shati’s reaction was no different from theirs. The mont she tasted the jam, she sprang up, her eyes sparkling with a dazzling array of stars.
“This is incomparable to any potion I’ve ever had! Mira, you’ve been keeping this to yourself? That’s unfair!”
anwhile, Mira, who had been receiving the elixir jam regularly from Ban Yu-won as a sort of company welfare service, snorted and pushed her rejuvenated friend’s forehead away. ??????????Ё??
“Do you think you and I are the sa? If you’re jealous, make a contract with Yu-won too.”
“Ugh, to suggest a contract with the Evil One…!”
While the two were playfully bickering, Ban Yu-won gathered the notable concepts he had obtained from his hard work and checked their depth.
In so ways, it was as expected, and in others, it was disappointing enough to make him sigh.
[Kill 37, Blood 18, Evil 8, Malice 6, Corruption 5, Death 1.7]
Monsters summoned from the special dinsion known as [Demon World] generally carried these ominous concepts within them. These concepts were the main factors that strengthened them, but when extracted as pure concepts, their depth decreased, making them hard to gather.
Moreover, even if the forms of the concepts were the sa, their detailed concepts could be completely different, as Ban Yu-won realized while collecting Malice and Evil from the Demon World’s monsters.
The depth was one thing, but compared to what he had seized from the Constellation Unmoving Manipulator, the brightness and abilities were sowhat lacking.
‘Still, since the base concept is the Constellation’s power, it shouldn’t be bad to use it as an addition.’
While obtaining a concept for the first ti was difficult, growing it wasn’t always hard. As long as the base concept was solid, adding more superficial concepts wasn’t a problem.
‘But…’
While collecting Malice and Evil, Ban Yu-won noticed sothing about the other concepts that ca along.
First, the most abundant ones were Kill and Blood. Coincidentally, weren’t these the concepts initially present in the Executioner’s Longsword?
Executioner’s Longsword [Magic Sword 200, Murder 94, Blood Poison 75, Slash 50, Resonance 35]
These were the current concepts contained within the Executioner’s Longsword. At one ti, he had added concepts like lt or Skewer, but most were absorbed by other concepts forming the Magic Sword, leaving only these significant ones.
The important ones among them were Murder and Blood Poison. Murder grew whenever the Executioner’s Longsword killed a human (including NPCs in the Tower), and as it grew, the sword’s power and killing intent increased against humans. Blood Poison was a unique concept of the Executioner’s Longsword, enhancing the sword’s power by drawing Ban Yu-won’s blood to coat it, a concept he hadn’t found elsewhere despite his experiences across dinsions.
‘To think it already contained concepts that only Demon World monsters have… The Executioner’s Longsword truly is a remarkable artifact.’
No matter how much Ban Yu-won enhanced its depth with his ability to handle concepts, the fact that he could still use this Earth-made item from a lower dinsion proved its extraordinary nature.
‘I could reinforce the Executioner’s Longsword with Blood and Kill, but… I’ll think about this later. There might be a better combination of concepts. Corruption is intriguing, but I don’t have a use for it now, so I’ll store it in the Code Core.’
There was another notable concept. It was Death. This was a concept held by only a few monsters, and even when combined with what he obtained when the World Giant committed suicide during a previous solo exploration, its depth was only 2.7.
As such, it seed even more special—but also difficult to approach. He wasn’t confident in assigning it to an object and controlling it, and he pondered how best to handle it.
Perhaps the most effective use would be to unleash it like a language spell to attack enemies, but it felt too precious to expend in such a way.
‘Ah, maybe I should research this in the Orb’s space?!’
“Yu-won, it’s evening now… Do you still have work at Ronica? Or…”
“Hmm?”
Just as Ban Yu-won had a genius idea, Mira approached him, cautiously taking his hand and whispering in his ear.
“Shall we, um, go to a bar together?”
The fairy’s pointed ears turned bright red as she spoke. When with Luciel, she boldly approached him, but at tis like this, she was as innocent as a young girl. However, her mistake was that Ban Yu-won wasn’t the only one present.
“Wow, look at her naturally leaving
out. They say friendship is useless in front of a guy, and even Mira’s like that!”
“Shati, you…”
“No, let’s head back today.”
It would be a lie to say her proposal wasn’t tempting. But drinking and wandering around on weekdays was a bit off-putting. He was also mindful of Light, who shared the room. More importantly, he wanted to stay focused, especially since there was a special activity this week.
“Let’s drink next ti, on a holiday.”
“…Promise.”
“Sure. Ah, could you help again next ti, Shati?”
“Huh? As long as the timing works for , anyti! Next ti, without Mira—just kidding, Evil One joke! Hahaha!”
As Ban Yu-won watched the student council president Shati, who tirelessly teased Mira and laughed heartily, he thought quietly. Although she claid she couldn’t handle summoning magic well, from what he observed spending the day with her… Well, perhaps he could help her hone her skills while collecting concepts. But he decided to ponder it alone for now, not wanting to raise her expectations without certainty.
This week, team-based special activities were scheduled. Even with all the assistant professors combined, there weren’t enough to assign one to each first-year team. Therefore, most teams were grouped together with a single guide, allowing them to undertake quests in the sa dinsion. Naturally, Rebellion had no such arrangent, with Yumina as their guide.
“So, the place we’re going to this ti is a star called ‘Uraha’ in dinsion F-138.”
On Thursday after class, in a lecture room without doors, the Rebellion mbers gathered to preview the dinsion they would visit the next day.
“I’ve explained the dinsion grade classification, right? The dinsion grades are organized by mana density, with many dinsions connected to the Union Net through the Babel Tower. The ten dinsions ruled by the ten great families are classified as S-grade, and it goes down from there in ABC order.”
Lucein Ortima and the other Special Class mbers scoffed at this, finding it amusing. However, it was undeniable that the average mana capacity of dinsion inhabitants varied according to mana density.
“Dinsion F-138 is the 138th lowest in mana density among F-grade dinsions, which is the seventh from the top. In fact, F-grade dinsions are so similar that they’re distinguished by numbers for convenience.”
“The way dinsions are categorized shows how obsessed people are with mana.”
In simpler terms, dinsion F-138 was an absurdly insignificant lower dinsion. Their special activity taking place in F-138 wasn’t due to any discrimination against special admissions; it was simply that the first-year’s initial special activity was always conducted in such an easy place.
“There won’t be any difficulties. The mission type is a simple subjugation. It’s not even a monster wave, just eliminating a group of monsters that appeared in large numbers in a country within Uraha. Since it’s spring there, with flowers in full bloom, think of it as a flower-viewing trip.”
“But I rember hearing similar words before the previous school-wide special activity, only to encounter dinsion pirates.”
“If such a thing happens again, I’ll strangle the principal myself.”
Yumina’s bright smile and nonchalant threat left the mbers speechless. By the way, according to this dinsion grade standard, Earth, Ban Yu-won’s ho, had no mana and was thus ‘ungraded.’
“What about you guys?” Ban Yu-won, curious about the dinsions of his fellow Rebellion mbers, asked.
“I do not know. Nor do I care about external standards.”
“I’m from dinsion D-13. In this dinsion, there are quite a few stars with mana civilizations besides our ‘star,’ so we ford a resistance alliance to counter external invasions… Though sotis disputes arise within.”
Unlike Dokgo Yeon, who expressed disdain for dinsion grades, Light explained with a bitter smile. Given Light’s extensive interdinsional knowledge, it was no surprise he knew his dinsion’s grade.
“Co to think of it, not every dinsion has only one star. It’s starting to feel vast.”
Originally, Earth was just a planet in the solar system within the Milky Way, a corner of the vast universe. Thinking that other students’ dinsions also had vast universes made Ban Yu-won feel dizzy.
“No, Ban Yu-won. The universe is one.”
Seeing Ban Yu-won’s eyes spinning, Yumina interjected.
“Oh, really?”
“Yes. Although no one can fully comprehend the universe, the principal concluded that the universe is a single vast space, with all dinsions within it. You’ll learn about this in a liberal arts course next sester… Shall we preview it briefly now?”
Yumina reached out into the air, creating a sphere with visualized mana.
“Let’s call this the universe. Perhaps initially, the universe was whole. But at so point, it began to split. The ‘dinsion walls’ erged as boundaries, making it impossible to cross with the concept of physical distance.”
As Yumina waved her hand, the sphere cracked and split into dozens, hundreds of pieces. It still appeared as a single sphere, yet it was simultaneously a collection of hundreds of fragnts. Ban Yu-won, observing this, asked a question.
“Are you saying each of those fragnts divided by dinsion walls beca different dinsions?”
“Exactly. One more thing to note is that dinsion walls form at boundaries where mana density changes. This naturally led to the distinction between higher and lower dinsions.”
Just as hot and cold water with different densities don’t mix, dinsions with high and low mana densities also remained separate due to dinsion walls. Unlike water, however, where hot and cold water eventually mix to beco lukewarm, dinsions with different mana densities never mix due to the existence of dinsion walls.
“To divide what was once one into many and prevent them from ever mixing…”
Yet, for so reason, Ban Yu-won felt a strangely artificial and simultaneously familiar sensation from the existence of dinsion walls. Yumina continued, unaware of his thoughts.
“Of course, dinsion walls can’t completely block mana movent. That’s why mana appears in dinsions that initially had none. Dinsional travel technology also erged from researching ways to cross dinsion walls.”
Most of it was simply copying the technology possessed by the Babel Tower, Yumina added.
“When you think about it, it’s simple, right? There’s no need to feel that other dinsions are so distant. They’re just neighbors separated by sowhat insurmountable walls.”
“Putting it that way, it really does seem like nothing.”
“Exactly. Especially for you, climbing the Babel Tower, the origin of the power to transcend all dinsion walls.”
Yumina’s eyes twinkled softly.
“It’s a aningless distinction. You’ve already crossed the walls. The reason upper-dinsion students dislike you is that they feel you’ve taken away everything they considered their exclusive privilege.”
No one gave it to them, nor was it allowed only to them—.
Truly foolish and pitiful.
As Yumina said this, a montary arrogant smile appeared on her face, prompting a sudden curiosity in Ban Yu-won.
“Professor Yumina, could you tell us which dinsion you were born in?”
“Hmm, that—.”
Perhaps she had anticipated such a question? Yumina blinked playfully, smiling.
“I’ll tell you when it’s just the two of us.”
Ban Yu-won felt as if he had already received an answer. anwhile, the Rebellion mbers who heard this felt quite displeased.
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