Academy’s Undercover Professor Chapter 696

Episode 696: The Temple of Chaos (2)

The newspaper company was busy…

As the crusade began, they continued to receive radio signals in real time and kept a close eye on how the situation was progressing.

When I had a scoop, I immediately wrote an article and published it in a newspaper that day.

“Keep checking the status!”

“Don’t miss a single piece of news! “This is all a scoop!”

An unprecedented situation in which the Holy War begins and the attention of the continent gathers on Bretus.

The newspaper sold like hotcakes like never before.

They wondered what happened to the Demon Lord’s army and the Holy Crusaders in Bretus.

What was able to attract that attention was a newspaper that received real-time contact from war reporters and wrote articles.

Even though prices were higher than usual, newspapers sold like hot cakes.

From publishing only one copy a day to the point where it was published almost hourly due to the special circumstances of the exhibition.

As a result, newspaper companies faced an unprecedented boom, and they worked hard to avoid falling into this trend.

“They say Bretus is full of dark clouds right now…”

“They say there is a storm in the sky… But surprisingly, they say the sea is calm…”

“The island is full of black beasts?”

“It wasn’t like there was a tsunami and the battleships were tangled together.”

People listened to the battle situation heard in real time.

It was the same with Flora…

Flora sat down in the seat that only the head of the Lumos family could sit in and threw the newspaper she had finished reading to the side.

There was already a pile of old newspapers in that place.

Flora, who became the de facto head of the family of Lumos, controlled all the people in the mansion with her outstanding resourcefulness and charisma.

After realizing that Kayden was trying to start a rebellion, the workers had no choice but to remain loyal to Flora.

There was no influence from Eileen’s help…

However, because they did not completely control the family, Flora could not return to Seorn and had to stay in the family.

So she had to learn about the outside world only through indirect news.

For example, Ludger became the devil and started a holy war…

“Whoa…”

Flora stood up from her seat, pressing her index finger to her throbbing forehead.

Her steps headed toward the room where Kayden, the former head of the family, was detained.

“What? Are you asking for forgiveness now?”

said a haggard-faced Kayden, glaring at her Casey.

Originally, she should have been imprisoned, but she was still locked in this room to treat her as the previous head of the family.

Of course she did not neglect surveillance ·

No matter what Kayden does, she can’t escape from this ·

Because the moment she runs away, she can then have the justification for summary execution.

“Forgiveness… It looks like you still haven’t figured out the situation… Surely you haven’t forgotten your situation?”

“I also have ears to hear… It may be your world now, but if Bretus wins in the temple, His Majesty the Holy Emperor will appoint me as the head of the family again…”

“You have such a dream…”

Even as Flora shot back, she tskled inwardly and clicked her tongue.

The fact that this news reached Kayden, who was locked in the room, meant that there were still rats in the family that could not be weeded out.

She said she could catch it, but was it impossible to cut it out cleanly in a short period of time?

Kayden must have read Flora’s nervousness and let out a low laugh.

“Even now, confess your sins to His Majesty the Holy Emperor and surrender… If you do so, at least he can show you mercy one last time…”

Kayden had no doubt that this crusade would end in Salesian victory.

It was because he believed in the power of Salesin.

Despite such threats and cajoling, Flora did not blink an eye.

“That’s something you have to see…”

“The empire also participated in the crusade… It is said that the heads of other families are paying attention, but how long will they continue to ignore such a choice made by the imperial castle?”

“The 2nd Prince Ibellon…”

Flora thought of this bellon, and she immediately burst into laughter ·

Kayden had doubts about Flora’s reaction.

If you have a head to think, you won’t know that the current situation is going against you.

Nevertheless, there seemed to be something believable about Flora’s actions.

“Do you even believe in the devil?”

“I won’t deny that, and I believe in my teacher, not the devil.”

“He will die. The world will hang on his beheaded head.”

“I guess you desperately hope so. Unfortunately, things won’t go the way you want.”

“what?”

Kayden asked that question, but Flora didn’t answer and just smiled strangely.

Because she was seeing and hearing more than Kayden…

Flora’s gaze looked out her window ·

Although she was not visible to the naked eye, there would be the Holy Kingdom of Bretus at the end of the direction her eyes were looking at.

‘Teacher, make sure you win, I will never forgive you when I die.’

* * *

Hans’ rampaging beast did not distinguish between friends and family.

The cryptids spread far and wide, bringing chaos to the battlefield…

The knights who were driving Pantos in the first inspection city had no choice but to take the flagship when they saw the wolves suddenly charging from behind.

“Cryptid?!”

One might wonder what effect the Cryptids would have in this fight where only masters and high-ranking knights gathered…

When the numbers grew to the point that they filled the field of vision, the story changed.

Veronica Deville recalled the chimeras emerging from the capital’s basement.

She thought there were a ton of them back then, but seeing the cryptids flooding in now made her seem like a charmer.

The Stella Sirens and the Cold Steel Knights were already forming a formation to fight against the Cryptids.

Even though they did that, they couldn’t handle the overflow of wolves, so some wolves targeted Reinhardt and Johan.

“Why, at a time like this!”

John lamented…

They were already being pushed back without even being able to stop a single Pantos, but with the wolves also charging in, their defeat was certain…

You can’t ignore the cryptid… But when you turn your attention away from Pantos, you can’t predict what that monster will do…

John’s thoughts did not last long…

This is because we discovered a Cryptid that secretly approached Vice-Captain Doria behind him.

‘Unusual object!’

Other cryptids act on instinct and wild nature.

He screamed, showed his murderous intent, and made no attempt to hide his presence.

But special objects are different…

They are more cunning. They know how to hide themselves, they are good at killing people, and above all, they are good at finding people’s weaknesses.

Even though Doria was a high-ranking knight, he was not mentally and physically unstable due to the fight with Pantos, so he was not able to notice the surprise attack.

‘Damn it!’

John eventually broke away from the formation and beheaded the cryptid that was targeting Doria.

“heartbreak?!”

Doria also opened her eyes unusually wide and looked at John and the dead cryptid ·

She knows too…

That Yohan deliberately went to great lengths to save himself…

Since the formation has collapsed, the Pantos who were fighting inside will now aim for the head here…

Doria and John were very nervous…

I was prepared to give up at least one arm, but Pantos remained calm despite that decision…

‘···Don’t you attack?’

Pantos, who thought they would attack if this side revealed a loophole, thought it was right and stayed calm.

Rather, the expression that was full of smiles during the fight felt even colder…

‘Why on earth?’

Doria did not know why…

Probably no one here knows how Pantos feels…

Why was he angry?

‘The fight was interrupted…’

Pantos became irritated by the change in atmosphere due to the appearance of Cryptid.

Crumble!

A black wolf ran across water submerged up to its waist, aiming for Pantos.

Pantos, without even looking at the wolf, grabbed him by the back of his neck with his hands and broke his neck with his grip.

I had reached a point of elation for a long time, but now that cold water had been poured on me, the anger was terrifying…

Johan and Reinhardt, who felt the momentum coming from Pantos, tensed up and burned the Auror brilliantly.

However, Pantos’ attention has already moved away from them.

“I feel like I want to knock them all down…”

Pantos also knows…

You can’t be emotional about anything…

Pantos is not a simple character. He knew how to think like a natural hunter and had patience.

Hunters had to know their prey well in order to hunt successfully.

The prey he was targeting were all extraordinary beings…

There were beasts, but there were also people who were much stronger…

This was especially true of Ludger Chelsea.

Pantos stayed by Ludger’s side for a long time, following his orders and observing him at the same time.

We analyzed how he behaves and makes decisions, and gradually accumulated data.

By observing Ludger like that, Pantos was able to learn many things…

The behavior was to judge the situation cool-headedly rather than blindly getting angry like now.

‘Cryptid belongs to Hans · But he attacked me. Does that mean something is wrong with Hans?’

It is common for unexpected events to occur in war.

However, the fact that more cryptids appeared than before meant that Hans was going berserk for some reason, rather than that he was being attacked.

‘I said before that it was difficult to suppress my wild nature… I guess I can say that I let go of the string of reason I was holding on to and run wild…’

As if to confirm Pantos’s guess, a huge howling sound was heard from afar.

Even Reinhardt and Johan, who were very wary of Pantos, hesitated and trembled…

The reaction of knights of lower level than them was more intense.

The strange power within the howling itself ate away at the knights’ bodies, forcibly awakening the fear they had tried to ignore.

Pantos twisted his lips·

“I was in a bad mood because my long-awaited enjoyable fight was interrupted, but now an even more delicious-looking prey has appeared…”

Is this what it means to call a fortune?

Pantos has reaped his murderous intent towards the knights.

“May I live…”

“Did you harvest it?”

Everyone was puzzled by Pantos’s momentum that changed as if he flipped his palm.

“Everyone get out of the way, I’m no longer interested in you.”

Interesting…

This is very arrogant for a comment made against two master-level people.

But Johan and Reinhardt were unable to refute it…

More than my pride as a master, I was relieved that I no longer had to fight with Pantos…

They had already acknowledged in their hearts that Pantos was stronger than them.

To stop that monster, we need to at least bring Luthus…

No, I wasn’t sure that even Director Luthus would be able to catch that monster…

Either way, Pantos has predicted his next prey…

“Yeah, I’ve wanted to hang out with you at least once for a long time.”

Pantos has seen Hans transformed into the monster of Gévaudan…

Once at the Kunst auction house…

Another time in Dreamland…

At first, Ludger almost captured him and knocked him out by injecting him with drugs, so he couldn’t even fight.

The second time, I didn’t even think about it because I was joining forces to fight the goddess.

But it was different now…

For Pantos, who prides himself as a hunter, there was no prey as fascinating as the monster of Gévaudan.

In a situation where his colleagues had to fight among themselves, he had sufficient justification ·

I’m trying to stop Hans from running away before he causes more trouble, but who will stop him?

A castle rising in the sky…

A golden ray of light follows the fortress…

At one point, a huge iceberg pierced the fortress…

Nothing caught Pantos’ eyes right now…

Pantos instinctively identified the location of its prey and gazed in that direction.

thud!

Pantos gave one loud stamp of his foot and his body was shot into the distance like a cannon.

Reinhard, Johan Doria, and Veronica could only stare blankly at the scene.

* * *

Pantos, who jumped high, stepped on the building and leaped again.

Grumble!

The building collapsed under the force, but Pantos didn’t care.

Passing through the first inspection city, I caught sight of Alex fighting enemies, but he still did not offer to help.

Pantos recognized Alex as someone with equal skills to himself.

There was no way Alex of that caliber could be defeated by guys like that…

‘If he gets hit, that means his skills are limited to that…’

Whatever it was, it wasn’t something Pantos had to worry about…

There is only one goal now…

It was Hans’ energy that could be felt from afar…

‘I found it…’

The outside of the city was full of black waves.

Pantos, who jumped high, discovered a huge figure standing at the center of the waves.

Hans was there…

No, now that Hans had lost his mind, he had to think of it as a monster from the Zebo Party.

Just as Pantos discovered the monster of Gévaudan, the monster of Gévaudan also discovered Pantos in the air.

Red pupils flashed like the flames of hell on the skull-shaped face.

Even the monster of Jebodang felt it instinctively…

Pantos is a terrifying being that threatens him…

Crumbling!

The black waves that were moving slowly stopped for a moment…

Countless red eyes emerged from the black waves and stared at the pantos in the air.

Even in a scene that would have made an ordinary person go crazy if they saw it, Pantos smiled.

“Let’s stick together…”

A huge anchor that rotated like a windmill was launched with centrifugal force towards the monster of Gévaudan.