I Got a Fake Job at the Academy
Chapter 451: Roots of Rebellion (3)

 Chapter 451: Roots of Rebellion (3)

The elders' faces turned pale at his polite speech that dripped with eeriness.

They were the ones who gave up fighting and hid inside during the racial war 100 years ago.

They gave orders to their subordinates, but they themselves had never even seen the frontlines.

However Vierano was different, he had directly participated in the racial war and stood alone on various battlefields.

His accumulated experience was different from the start.

"Do, do you think you'll be safe if you touch us!"

They needed to stop Vierano from going wild first.

"Don't you care what happens to the Dentis family!"

"Are you threatening me in this situation? Perhaps you've underestimated me quite a bit since I always use polite speech and treat you with a smile."

The elder's threat had no effect on Vierano.

They tried to use his niece as they pleased, and even brought their soldiers into the family's mansion.

No matter if they were one of the Three Noble families, this clearly crossed the line.

"This is rebellion!"

The elder of the Radix family shouted while straining his neck veins.

At that moment, Vierano's hand grabbed his throat.

"Kuhk! Kek!"

The Radix elder struggled to break free from him.

However, Vierano's hand didn't budge, as if it were a massive compressor.

"Did you say rebellion?"

Vierano quietly glared at the Radix elder.

The struggling Radix elder rolled his eyes, asking for help from the other elders.

‘What are you doing now? Attack quickly.’

Recognizing this, the elders of the Crown and Floheim families each summoned spirits to attack Vierano.

Swirling ice picks and spears of fire targeted Vierano's body.

"That's nice."

Vierano snickered at the sight and used the Radix elder he was holding as a shield.

"Wh-what!"

"Kuk!"

The two elders hastily tried to redirect their attacks.

However, since they had increased the power of their attacks so much, that wasn't easy, and some attacks hit the Radix elder.

The Radix elder trembled in pain.

The other two elders couldn't close their gaping mouths, as if they hadn't expected Vierano to do such a thing.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Perhaps this is your first time fighting?"

Vierano mocked such elders.

The family elders are those with superior bloodlines even among elves.

In elven society, having a superior bloodline meant having strong innate power from birth.

The elders of noble families with precious bloodlines are fundamentally those who possess powerful strength.

However, their experience was poor compared to their power.

Those who only rely on their innate power neglect their training and don't try to handle power efficiently because there's no need to and because they don't even have occasions to fight.

They are those who ran away because they had never fought even when fighting was needed.

"You, you coward......"

"Are you talking about cowardice in a fight where lives are at stake? It's not something that should be said by those who usually engage in worse acts while playing political games."

Vierano threw the Radix elder at the two elders.

Even with severe injuries, he was still alive.

Should they dodge? Or should they catch him?

The two elders with no fighting experience became hesitant in their actions from this point.

Vierano slipped into that widely open gap.

After blocking their view with the flying Radix elder, Vierano emerged from the blind spot and planted a kick into Floheim elder's abdomen.

-Kwang!

Floheim elder's body bent forward greatly and flew backward.

If it were other elves, a hole would have been punctured in their body, but since their power protecting their body was strong, such a horrific thing didn't happen.

It was the same for the Crown elder.

Vierano's fists simultaneously struck his glabella, philtrum, and solar plexus.

The Crown elder fell backward while bleeding.

His head rang and his body cried out in pain as the power he had drawn up for counterattack was cut off like a severed pulse.

Vierano's attack didn't stop there.

He kicked the sprawled Radix elder's abdomen, sending him flying into the Floheim elder who was trying to regain his stance.

While the two elders fell in a tangle, he struck the Crown elder's shin, breaking the bone.

The Crown elder knelt at the pain that made his head turn white.

"Ah, aah......"

No voice came out of his mouth.

His gaze turned to the family soldiers who had fallen dead and the Crown elder realized at this moment that perhaps dying so miserably sprawled out like that might be the greatest blessing.

His power that was just big was nothing more than a sandbag that would be beaten even harder by Vierano, a sandbag that wouldn't break easily no matter how much it was hit.

"What are you looking at?"

-Kwajik!

Pain rushed to the opposite leg from the broken one.

The Crown elder screamed and fell forward as Vierano's body disappeared with a white afterimage.

He appeared right in front of Floheim and Radix elders who were getting up unsteadily.

Vierano grabbed both elders' necks with his hands and slammed them straight into the floor.

-Kwang!

Along with a massive shockwave, spider web-like cracks formed on the sturdy floor of the private room.

Even in that pain, the elders couldn't even pass out because Vierano had subtly controlled his strength.

"It wouldn't be fun if it ended already."

The Floheim elder saw Vierano's appearance visible through the gaps between the fingers gripping his face.

Still looking down at them with indifferent eyes, he didn't seem to have any intention of ending them easily.

"Please put in some effort for the soldiers who went first. Aren't you the proud elders of the Three Noble families?"

"Mmph! Mmph!"

"If you were going to provoke my temper, you should have been at least this prepared."

* * *

In the long corridor connected to the private room two groups were in a standoff, aiming weapons at each other.

On one side were the Dentis family soldiers who were trying to move according to the plan.

On the opposite side were the soldiers from external families brought by the three elders.

They couldn't move an inch from their positions while checking each other.

This was because Rudger and Alex were blocking the path so both groups couldn't go to the private room.

"Leader. What should we do? They're all glaring like they want to kill us."

"We're already rebels who escaped from the underground prison. Even if we rampage more here, would it be any more than a few drops of ink on black paper?"

"That's true. Besides, it seems quite intense inside too?"

All sorts of thunderous sounds echoed from where Vierano had gone alone.

Originally, they should have moved together, but Vierano earnestly requested before going that they let him go alone this time.

Usually that shouldn't be allowed, but Rudger saw Vierano's expression and said to let him.

"Why did you just let him go?"

"For the same reason as you. There's no justification to stop him, and sometimes it's necessary to let someone rampage on their own."

"Right? Usually people who are that quiet are super scary when they get angry. Plus, that guy is an elf who has lived for an extremely long time despite his appearance. Though he lives quietly now, you can just tell he's done his share of fighting back in the day."

-Kung. Kung.

Large vibrations and the sound of something breaking echoed from beyond that corridor.

Alex smiled playfully.

"He's really getting into it. No need to worry."

"We just need to block this area."

The two elf groups glared at Rudger and Alex who were having casual conversation.

However, they couldn't move carelessly because if they moved first, this strange balance being maintained would collapse but Rudger didn't want to wait out this situation.

"Alex."

"Yeah."

"You'll have to handle this again."

"Me again?"

Instead of answering, Rudger created a shadow cloak flowing down his back and he lifted up the hem of the cloak with one hand and took out objects that had been swallowed inside.

Elemental sword, defensive bracelet, rings with magic embedded, gloves that increase strength, specially treated cape.

Alex whistled at seeing all sorts of artifacts.

"Whew. You were keeping all that stored the whole time?"

"Yes."

Before getting off the airship, Rudger had swallowed all the artifacts that were in the cargo hold.

More precisely, it was his familiar Aether Nocturnus that had swallowed them.

This familiar that had another space inside through shadows had swallowed up all the artifacts that filled the entire cargo hold like a bottomless pit.

"Don't tell me you were maintaining that familiar the whole time, from the moment we got off the airship?"

"Since I need to keep summoning my familiar to store the artifacts."

"What about magic power? Are you okay? You said just summoning that guy consumes an enormous amount of magic power."

"That would be true if it consumed my magic power."

Saying that, Rudger took out a small ring-shaped artifact from inside the cloak and he lightly tossed it into the air like flipping a coin.

Part of the cloak draped over Rudger's shoulder transformed into a giant bird's beak and gulped down the ring.

After swallowing the ring made of magic stone, Aether Nocturnus felt satisfaction and returned to the form of a cloak.

"Don't tell me you're maintaining it by feeding it artifacts?"

"Even now, artifacts submerged in the cloak are disappearing one by one every moment."

"Ha. That's really a familiar with amazing efficiency. Just maintaining it makes artifacts disappear."

Alex stroked his chin while speaking.

"Or rather, considering it's storing that much volume that an individual is keeping, is it an understandable level? How long can that last?"

"If I just maintain it, more than enough to last. However......"

"The consumption speed increases when entering combat?"

"Yes. So unless it's a critical moment, I cannot participate in combat."

"So that's why I have to fight instead."

Alex shrugged as if it couldn't be helped.

"Well, receiving this much support, I should at least earn my keep."

Alex equipped the artifacts that Rudger handed over.

The artifacts weren't in the form of fancy armor or anything like that.

An epaulette on top of his coat and a cape draped over one shoulder.

With the fancy sword at his waist and rings and bracelets, Alex's appearance was closer to that of a knight.

Alex slowly approached the elves while holding his existing sword and the newly received artifact sword in each hand.

Meanwhile, the vibrations that had been echoing from beyond the corridor stopped.

It was a sign that the fight between the three elders and Vierano had ended.

Which of them had won?

Not knowing this fact, the elves wanted to rush inside right away.

"Why are you all being so cautious?"

Alex slipped in between them far too easily.

With the Dentis family elves behind him, Alex flicked his sword toward the Three Noble families' soldiers.

"Your leaders seem to have been taken care of, so you should come at me too."

The last drop was enough to make a full cup overflow.

"How dare a lower race!"

"Oh. That's the first time I've heard such words so it feels novel."

Alex bared his teeth at the fresh provocation he had never heard in his life.

He had been cursed at for being a commoner, but it was his first time being cursed at for being human.

Rather than feeling bad about those words, they were just funny. So Alex smiled as if amused.

He didn't particularly intend to provoke them.

However, that reaction properly scratched at the Three Noble families' elves' nerves.

"Kill that human!"

The archers lined up behind the spearman at the front aimed their bows at Alex.

Arrowheads imbued with the power of nature and spirits crossed space targeting Alex's vital points.

Until then, Alex was still standing still in place.

‘Stupid bastard. Does he plan to die like that?’

The elves who were inwardly mocking Alex soon widened their eyes seeing their shot arrows get deflected.

Three layers of defensive magic circles appeared around Alex and blocked the arrows.

Indeed, since they were arrows shot by elves, two layers of defensive magic were pierced through, but they couldn't pierce the last one.

"Expensive items really are good after all."

Alex admired the cape glowing with magic circuits.

The elves' attacks were quite strong too, but it blocked them at once.

It showed performance worthy of an artifact made to block the firepower of tanks and mortars.

After confirming the artifact's effectiveness, Alex spun the swords in both hands once, then lightly bounced in place.

When he landed on the ground after one big jump, he disappeared like a mirage.

The speed was so fast that even the elves couldn't catch his movement for a moment and the same was true for Alex himself who actually moved.

'Whew. With both lightweighting and physical enhancement with magic power at the same time, this is ridiculous.'

Even a normal person can briefly step into the realm of superhuman by borrowing the power of artifacts.

Then what about a knight who has already entered the superhuman realm?

Moreover, what about a knight looking at the realm of master using them?

Alex almost failed to control his movement and nearly hit his head on the wall in front of everyone.

The fact that he didn't was due to his talent in adjusting his body by adapting to his movements in a split second.

"Let's see how sharp these weapons are."

The elves only turned around after hearing Alex's muttering.

The moment they realized their backs were exposed and tried to counterattack an ashen line crossed through the group of elves.

"You filthy lower race!"

An elf man with long hair and gorgeous looks rushed at Alex.

The elf who clearly looked capable in this group swung a sword imbued with spirit energy at Alex while riding a wind spirit on his back.

Alex blocked it several times while stepping back slightly.

In the standoff, the elf warrior sneered at Alex.

"Your swordsmanship is quite decent for a lower race."

"And you're talking for a dead person."

"What?"

Before the elf warrior could ask what that meant, he felt his vision spinning.

The last thing he saw before closing his eyes was his own body without its head.

"This, this can't be Floheim's great warrior."

"How in just one strike."

The elf soldiers looked at Alex with eyes full of fear.

Some quick-witted commanders aimed their weapons at Rudger and shouted.

"Kill his companion!"

Perhaps because they were properly trained, the elves who received the order immediately rushed at Rudger.

That was something even Alex hadn't expected.

The elves who rushed at Rudger were thrown back into the wall at a speed faster than they had charged out.

What threw the elves was a spear made of steel.

"Wh-what?"

The Three Noble families' soldiers stammered while looking at Rudger.

Around Rudger who was standing still wearing a black cloak, metal cubes were floating.

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