Did They Notice?
Did they notice?
In the beginning, the God of Light and the God of Chaos had fought over the land. The God of Chaos had been defeated in the end.
[He was driven out and cursed. The curse that he could never escape from chaos.]
[The curse became the source of the 'Tower'. With the appearance of the Tower, demonic beasts manifested in the world.]
[The God of Light scattered his divine power and sent down the Heroes. To erase the curse and the Tower!]
“…”
Yeah, up to this point, it's exactly the same. There's not a single thing different from what I knew.
Sealing the source of the demonic beasts that disrupt the world means the Tower must disappear.
That's why the God of Light scattered his power to send down the Heroes.
[The only Hero who can bring down the Tower is one.]
It was also the case that only one Hero could enter, making it impossible to form a team.
[If they fail, the world will be reduced to ashes by chaos!]
If they fail, the world will be destroyed by the curse too!
'But why the hell can't even one of them show up except Enril.'
Rion closed the book and took a deep breath to calm his anger.
One, two. Hoo. One, two... Damn it. Even thinking about it makes me angry.
Your world is destined to be torn apart by curses and demonic beasts!
What the hell are you all doing! Why aren't you doing it right?! Show me a real end-of-the-world ending?
While grinding his teeth and cursing, Rion was sitting not at the Tower's throne, but somewhere a carriage ride away from the Imperial Capital, about an hour's distance.
It was the starting line where candidates gathered to hone their skills before heading to the Tower.
The Hero Academy, with a name as grand as it gets.
As soon as the shackles of restrictions were lifted, he had rushed here from the Tower.
Why did he suddenly come to the Academy? The reason was written on the temporary sign hanging there above.
- Hero Academy Instructor Hiring Test -
The current most curious point. Why aren't the Heroes showing up in front of him?
Looking at history, all the Towers that have appeared so far have been brought down by the Heroes.
It could end in as little as 10 years, or up to 30 years.
But why at the point when he was reincarnated, it's been 100 years and only Enril is the one?
'If I did 100 years of retry, at least a few should have entered the boss room.'
That's why Rion wanted to check how the Heroes were being raised.
And from that perspective, being an Academy instructor was a pretty good choice.
By the way, he would secretly teach the know-how to bring himself down.
'...But what is this? Is this the test for hiring an instructor? It's too weak.'
It wasn't a baseless remark. It wasn't that Rion's standards were overly high either.
Objectively, the levels of those who came to take the instructor test were too low.
First of all, most of them didn't know how to handle mana effectively.
Looking at their physical condition, more than half of the mana in their bodies was already stirring.
With that, they couldn't even kill the demonic beasts outside the Tower in one go.
Mana is the foundation of the world. It can be called the source of life.
Therefore, its essence is purity itself. It is the opposite of demonic beasts, which are creations of chaos.
One must master how to handle mana to conquer demonic beasts and the Tower.
Originally, the existence called 'Hero' was grandly said to be those who received the God of Light's power.
But to be more realistic, it was those who excelled in mana manipulation compared to others.
It could be said that it was a term referring to those special forces.
'That's how important mana manipulation is. But the instructors who are supposed to handle those Heroes are like this?'
This was beyond being outrageous and unbelievable, even to the point of being worrying.
That's right. It wasn't anyone else, but Rion, the master of the Tower, was worrying about the Hero level!
How much the reality differed from what he had expected.
It was so unsettling that he might end up taking the route of the world's destruction.
“Hah hah.”
The man sitting across from him started laughing while looking at Rion.
With eyes full of clear mockery.
“Whoa. The Hero Academy level must really be that low. They even give the test qualification to some black-haired country bumpkin like that.”
By the way, there are many Empire citizens with black hair in the Empire.
But most of them are descendants of northern tribes who integrated into the Empire.
Otherwise, it's a small number of foreigners who came from across the sea.
Having black hair often led to bad rumors.
The man was provoking him for the same reason.
'What, you blond beast.'
Of course, Rion had no reason to respond to the provocation.
The man who started the fight was at a level weaker than his own nose pick.
Where is the human who fights while cursing at a fly that comes to provoke?
Same level people should blush and respond.
“Hey. Don't you understand the Empire language? Did you cross the sea to make money? Your face is half and half, so you probably did some brothel work, so you have to go farther from here.”
Playing a game and crossing to another world, damn it. And I don't care about gay clubs.
That line lingered in Rion's mouth, but he endured it with superhuman patience.
He himself was the king of the Tower. A glorious boss monster.
Engaging in a verbal fight with such trash was advertising 'I'm an idiot.'
It would be better to take more effective action in that time.
“Idiot. You got scared.”
The man who was laughing burst into laughter when his turn came and entered the test hall.
And after a while—
“Kyaaah!”
“T, take this crazy bastard out right now!!”
“Uwaa! Who brought this guy in!”
Heart-wrenching screams and vomit-inducing sounds.
After a while, the guards rushed in and dragged the man out roughly.
All of them were holding their noses, and that was why.
The man's pants were full of brown liquid.
Now, the man would be remembered forever as the one who peed his pants at the Hero Academy.
Wherever he went in the world, that mark would haunt him until he died.
'Go well. If you can't endure it, hang yourself.'
The technique Rion had used on the man without anyone noticing just now.
It was shocking the body using mana, and it could be done with just the basics.
It meant that even if you only mastered the basics of mana manipulation, you could detect and defend.
The man hadn't even realized what was happening to him, let alone defended.
How could such a guy come to apply to be an Academy instructor.
This was a devilishly kind gift given to some blond trash.
Rion showed satisfaction and added a like! to himself.
After the examiners' feelings were finally calmed, the hiring test resumed.
“You've waited a long time. Candidate 17, please come in.”
Finally, his turn came. Rion slowly stood up from his seat.
Show a decent amount of mana manipulation ability, and show some miscellaneous techniques, and it's over.
He was confident he would pass. There was no way he would fail.
“Welcome, Mr. Rion. You may sit there.”
Rion sat in his seat and looked at the four men and women in front of him.
'First of all, this man looks kind-hearted. I will definitely give him a good rating. The man next to him... um, he's the one sitting to catch flaws, the opposite. From his looks, he's completely out of his mind.'
The remaining two female examiners were just at a normal level.
They would agree with the first male examiner's opinion to leave a strong impression, and conversely, not agree with the second male examiner's opinion.
Without waiting any longer, Rion raised his mana to show his skills....
“Ah, wait a moment. Mr. Rion. One of the examiners hasn't come yet.”
One was missing? Rion glanced sideways.
As he said, one of the seats on the far left was empty.
Probably because of the terror just a moment ago, his feelings were upset.
“Do I really have to wait?”
But Rion didn't really want to wait for that fifth examiner.
“You have to. Since three or more out of five examiners must agree, just a little more...”
“I don't need it.”
After all, you all will definitely agree to hire me.
Uuuuuu—
“Eh, eh?”
“Hic?!”
“Hiiiiik!!”
Not only the four examiners, but also the guards standing around.
All of them were startled and grabbed the chair arms or window handles strongly.
It was huge mana. An indescribable whirlwind.
If they moved even a little, it seemed they would be swept away and torn apart.
Scary. Terrifying. Now, now it was enough, so it would be good to stop!
“...Up to here.”
Saaaa—
The rough whirlwind disappeared in an instant, as if it was a lie.
Now, what was left in front of the examiners was only the instructor candidate 17, Rion.
“Hah, hah!”
“W, what is this...”
While the examiners were still dazed and not recovering their senses.
Rion lightly tapped the chair arm and asked a question.
“How was it?”
How was it? What was he supposed to say? It was great. The best.
No instructor candidate so far had shown this kind of appearance.
Even retired knights, active knights, and successful mercenaries!
Although there was a mana aura that felt a bit different from usual, they said that those who came from across the sea often showed unusual cases.
Since he had black hair, the examiners let it pass.
“W, what...”
“Ah, by the way, I was quite skilled as a warrior across the sea. I came over because of circumstances, but.”
A proper disguise identity was essential. So that suspicion would be less.
“W, how are you all? Candidate 17, Mr. Rion is...”
“Pass.”
“Definitely pass.”
“Just hire him right away.”
Yeah, yeah. This is the natural reaction.
There is no one in this world who can push this body aside and become an instructor.
Still, if I have to choose one, probably that woman?
“Eh? What? Have you already taken the exam?”
Uh-huh. Yeah. It had to be at least someone like Enril, the owner of this voice...
'...Eh?'
Rion, startled, quickly turned his head.
There, standing, was a beautiful girl who looked like sparkling light.
“Ah! Welcome, Miss Enril. The exam has just ended.”
“I wasn't there?”
“It was unanimous already.”
“Is that really true? Amazing!”
While saying that, Enril turned her head towards Rion.
“...”
No way, was I caught?