I've Become the King of Villains in the Game
Chapter 858 - 544 Secret Talk

This morning.

In the principal’s office, on the top floor of the "Wisdom" main building on the left side of Saint Byron Academy.

"This should be our first meeting, Your Majesty Jack."

An elder with graying hair sat in a chair, smiling at the gentleman in the black hat across the desk.

"Yes, Principal Hugo."

Jack gently nodded.

"Thank you for agreeing to my request to work at the academy. The environment here and the library’s collection are very helpful to my research."

Principal Hugo returned last night; this news was told to Jack by librarian Gallio, so he came to visit early this morning.

"It’s nothing, both Scholar Suraya and Mage Carmen explained the reasons in their letters. On the contrary, I believe it is fortunate for the academy to become a place for Your Majesty’s research on Mythical Power."

Hugo said with a cheerful smile.

Jack did not know if the old principal was sincere, but he did not care as long as his objective was achieved.

"By the way, Principal Hugo, the secondary building on the east side of the teaching building is somewhat old and might need renovation. Also, last time in the library, I overheard many students talking about the decrepit state of the academy’s tables and chairs; perhaps new ones should be purchased..."

Jack put down his teacup and casually smiled.

"With the academy’s support, I plan to donate a sum of money. What do you think, Principal?"

"I would be very pleased to accept."

Principal Hugo’s eyes revealed surprise, but his expression remained a smile.

"I plan to donate one hundred thousand Blue Gabo for the academy... Additionally, another one hundred thousand Blue Gabo to repay the academy’s education of Lucy Payne. This student had a brief encounter with me and plans to follow me in her studies, which I have agreed to."

Jack said.

Hugo immediately understood his implication.

This was effectively using money to offset the academy’s nurturing of Lucy, exchanging her freedom, making them even. In essence, the nurturing only amounted to two pieces of Constellation Supernatural Knowledge...

"That’s too much, Your Majesty Jack."

Hugo shook his head.

Although he did not care about the huge sum, he knew the academy’s kindness to Lucy was not worth one hundred thousand Blue Gabo and did not want to take advantage.

"It’s not too much, Principal Hugo; I still need your approval for Mr. Gallio to provide the Constellation Pathway’s Supernatural Knowledge... After all, I do not have the corresponding knowledge at hand and cannot offer Lucy much guidance."

Jack smiled.

Upon hearing this, Hugo was slightly stunned, then chuckled.

"So that’s how it is..."

He thought for a while and finally nodded in agreement.

"At Your Majesty Jack’s request, I will personally decide to give you the Supernatural Knowledge from Sequence Nine to Sequence Five of the Constellation Pathway."

"Thank you."

Jack softly said in gratitude.

A thought came to his mind; he coughed and then looked up to ask:

"Principal Hugo, could you also provide me with the Supernatural Knowledge of the Sun, Deep Sea, and Earth pathways... My other students might need them."

There was an immediate pause in the conversation.

Principal Hugo’s mouth slightly opened, his smile somewhat stiffened, and he finally replied in a deep voice:

"That might not..."

"I will donate another twenty thousand Blue Gabo, Principal."

Jack said earnestly.

"It’s not a matter of money, Your Majesty Jack, but..."

"Fifty thousand Blue Gabo."

Jack slowly stood up from his chair, wearing a polite smile.

"I think the west side building also needs renovation..."

Even Principal Hugo, who held a high rank, was shocked by the enormous sum, but he still shook his head to refuse:

"Your Majesty Jack, you misunderstand; knowledge is not a commodity, it cannot be bought with money."

"Principal Hugo, you must also know, though Mid and Low Sequence Supernatural Knowledge is precious, it is still somewhat circulated within the Mystic Realm. This fifty thousand Blue Gabo far exceeds their value; it’s merely a matter of collection time."

Jack earnestly persuaded.

"And I don’t need Magic pathway’s knowledge, just the three pathways mentioned before... My students need them."

"This..."

Principal Hugo looked at the serious expression on the gentleman’s face and the echo of his final words. After a few seconds of silence, he couldn’t help but chuckle and shake his head.

"Alright, you have indeed convinced me."

"Principal Hugo, on behalf of my students, I thank you."

Jack took off his hat and bowed gently.

He had calculated that Hugo would agree; after all, this knowledge was only Mid and Low Sequence and not Magic pathway knowledge highly valued by the Madman School. Hence, using a large sum and "Jack Spett’s reputation," Hugo would agree if he wasn’t foolish.

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That afternoon, in the secret collection room on the fifth floor of the library, Jack received the Supernatural Knowledge he wanted from librarian Gallio’s hands.

"Your Majesty Jack, thank you for your generous donation, but I must remind you... Studying adjacent pathway knowledge is already very dangerous, and non-adjacent pathway knowledge not only brings no benefit to one’s own pathway but also poses significant harm."

Gallio pushed two stacks of thick books forward, saying with a solemn expression.

"Thank you for the reminder, Your Majesty Gallio."

Jack smiled slightly.

"These are merely for my students; I do not intend to delve into them myself."

"So that’s how it is; your students are truly fortunate to have such a powerful and responsible mentor..."

Gallio chuckled.

Jack humbly nodded in acknowledgment, then took the books to the corner of the secret collection room and began to read alone.

Rustling...

Soon, in less than ten minutes, the sequence knowledge contained within these books was memorized by Jack.

The panel timely popped up a prompt box—

[Mastered ten pathways Sequence Seven Supernatural Knowledge, blessing "Collector of Knowledge" has been enhanced...]

[Mastered ten pathways Sequence Six Supernatural Knowledge, blessing "Collector of Knowledge" has been enhanced...]

[Mastered ten pathways Sequence Five Supernatural Knowledge, blessing "Collector of Knowledge" has been enhanced...]

[Collector of Knowledge LV5 (Blessing)]

Blessing Description: Blessing given to you by an unknown existence.

Blessing Effect: The experience points obtained through mysterious knowledge will be greatly increased, with a high probability of obtaining skill points and attribute points from reading, Willpower +25.

’The plan to collect supernatural knowledge... without realizing, I’ve already mastered the Mid and Low Sequence altogether... In addition, I’ve mastered Flesh, Conspiracy, Nature, and Destiny pathways’ Sequence Four and Sequence Three, as well as Black Sun Pathway’s Sequence Four knowledge.’

Chen Lun thought to himself, showing a satisfied expression.

’Now with the Level Five Collector of Knowledge blessing, I can get more experience points and points when reading books in the future, great.’

A certain mine owner was quite touched at this moment.

Donating and doing good deeds indeed brings rewards...

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Several days later, on a brand-new Monday.

Chen Lun came to the fifth floor of the library as usual to read.

The registrar, Gallio, left his seat for the first time, walked directly towards him, stopped two meters away, and spoke softly:

"Sorry for disturbing Your Majesty’s interest... It’s just that Principal Hugo suddenly has something to invite you, and asked me to convey to you, if you have time, please go to his office."

"Hmm, I understand, thank you for the information."

Chen Lun responded with a smile, then closed the black-covered mythological tome in his hand, stood up with the support of a white cane.

The next second.

He took one step forward, and his figure vanished from the spot.

Appearing in front of the principal’s office door.

Knock knock...

Chen Lun knocked lightly on the door.

"Come in."

Principal Hugo’s voice came from inside.

Chen Lun pushed the door open and saw the old principal standing by the window overlooking the academy’s environment. As he came in, Hugo slowly turned around, smilingly said:

"Jack Your Majesty, I have something I’d like your help with."

"Hmm?"

Chen Lun was a bit puzzled.

The old principal didn’t beat around the bush and directly explained:

"This time at the Miracle Academy exchange, I learned a message from an old friend, that the former Sub-God of Magic ’Miracle Knight’ Honorino left some traces in the Netherworld... I thought about it for two days, and finally decided to explore, wondering if you’d be interested in joining?"

Speaking, Hugo took out his chips.

A polyhedral crystal ball, two high rank moon mysterious substances, and a grayish-old-fashioned pocket watch.

"Of course, these are the rewards, Your Majesty can choose one."

Mission prompt box popped up.

[Triggered A-grade side mission: Journey to the Netherworld]

Mission Description: Principal Hugo of Saint Byron Academy has been following the footsteps of the sages. This time he learned about ’Miracle Knight’ Honorino and plans to explore, inviting you to join.

Mission Target: Help Hugo find the traces left by Honorino.

Mission Reward: 800,000 experience points, 1000 Blue Gabo, Hugo’s affection, and Hugo’s collection (choose one).

Chen Lun opened the "collection" details expressionlessly, the polyhedral crystal ball and old pocket watch were both Grade A Mysterious Objects, the former had strong divination effects, the latter was a rare storage type Mysterious Object, the space inside was ten times larger than the Blood Poem Ring and had a ten-second historical retrospection effect.

’All good items...’

He thought to himself.

But regarding the Netherworld, Chen Lun didn’t have much understanding.

In his previous life, he only stopped at Mid Sequence in the Moon Pathway. The version was just 2.1 at the time, understanding Star Realm, Netherworld, and Dream Realm only half-understood, completely unqualified to touch such high-end information.

’But this time is a good opportunity to understand, only...’

Chen Lun thought briefly, then looked up at the old principal and said:

"Principal Hugo, I am happy to join the exploration of the Netherworld with you, but although these three items are rare, they are not what I seek..."

"Oh? Then Jack Your Majesty, what do you want?"

Principal Hugo was not angry, but smiled and said.

"Between mages, there’s an equal exchange principle, the journey to the Netherworld has certain risks, so Your Majesty might as well state your request, I will try to meet it."

Chen Lun gently nodded.

Then, he took out the Black Book that Lucy accidentally picked up.

"Principal Hugo also knows, my purpose of coming to Saint Byron Academy is to research high-rank powers, deeply develop my pathway abilities through absorbing adjacent pathway knowledge... So I want mythological tomes similar to this one with magic system."

He believed, with Hugo’s status and position, it was impossible not to have such collections.

Sure enough, the old principal thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

"I have two similar ones, they can be used as rewards for Your Majesty."

"Thank you."

Chen Lun was delighted inside, lightly smiled.

"Then please prepare, Your Majesty, meet at ’Bridge of Thoughts’ at eleven-thirty tonight. We will officially enter the Netherworld at midnight... Additionally, I invited a helper, ’Veil Witch’ Ibrayin Your Majesty."

Added the old principal.

Chen Lun was a bit surprised, recalling the Nabile Forest Castle battle, he had killed the other side’s incarnation at that time and had conflicts.

But with his current strength, he was completely unafraid. If the other side cooperates peacefully, he will pretend nothing happened, but if there’s revenge, then he will simply kill her in the Netherworld...

As for the old principal?

’Believe Suraya the Great Scholar is right, this is a guy who assesses the situation correctly.’

Chen Lun’s expression was as usual, his eyes deep.