I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 174

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Chapter 174. Vault (2)

“…Finally!”

I was finally able to enter the vault room.

The vault room.

Deep underground in Haven, a secret sector that only Ruin knew about. The inner walls were covered with ancient script, and the floor was made of magic-blocking stone.

Ruin and Zera carefully entered the pit.

Thud!

The sound of dust and their footsteps echoed through the space.

It was an eerily quiet space. It looked like the interior of a temple where light leaked in. As if even sound held its breath, and even light had frozen… an unreal silence.

Right, Ruin had brought all kinds of treasures here! He had asked the Dragon to make treasure chests! This was the very place where he had asked for his severance pay to be stored!

Yes! That was the very box!

Ruin’s eyes spotted a massive chest. He hurriedly approached the chest and opened the trunk. His severance pay should be inside…

“…It should be here, but it’s not.”

It really wasn’t there. Damn it.

Inside the massive trunk that should have contained various treasure chests, only dust and scratch marks remained.

Ruin pressed his forehead.

‘I expected this, but.’

The Dragon’s granddaughter who had made the treasure chests had definitely told him. About the incident where a thief had infiltrated targeting this vault room. And the story of how the Hero had mistaken that thief for an intruder and driven them away with a slash.

‘I expected it, but I didn’t know it would be this much of a mess.’

There was a reason the Hero was called humanity’s strongest. The interior of the vault room was devastated as if a hurricane had swept through it.

Artifacts like braziers and statues were tangled together with pillars, and the miscellaneous items inside were also messily entangled in vines.

“Still, this is more decent than I thought.”

Fortunately, only the treasure chests had disappeared, and the other items seemed to remain. There was a variety from weapons that money couldn’t buy to fairly high-grade weapons.

That wasn’t all. There were also secret manuals and expensive equipment he had stolen before.

Seeing the items he had painstakingly collected again, Ruin groaned and covered his eyes. At his rare display of excitement, Ginseng Superior made a comment.

「You’d really cry if you found your severance pay.」

‘Please be quiet.’

Most importantly, Ruin found what he hadn’t wanted to lose.

Click.

It was the box containing his Master’s relics.

‘At least this didn’t disappear.’

That wasn’t all.

Ruin began rummaging through the messy room. Then he discovered a thick leather-bound book.

“Ah, here it is.”

-《House Manual》

When he placed his hand on the book, the letters on the cover flashed and the book’s lock seal was released. It was an authority only the landlord could exercise.

‘Good. It recognizes me. With this, I can control Haven’s facilities.’

「Then what about your severance pay!」

Good grief. When did you mock me saying ‘You’ll pay off your debts by teaching~’.

Ruin sighed as he put weapons and profitable secret manuals into his pocket watch.

“I expected this situation from the moment treasure chests started appearing all over Haven.”

The treasure chests had been scattered throughout Haven by the Hero’s slash. Coming here today was just to check the vault room’s condition and devise new strategies for the future.

Most importantly, he knew because he had withdrawn severance pay through Noah.

‘At least it’s certain that the retirement fund box ‘exists’ in Haven.’

He could find his severance pay.

Of course, if there was a problem…

‘Competitors have emerged.’

The Hero and the Revolutionary Army.

‘If the chest gets exposed to someone with treasure detection abilities… those two might steal it first.’

For Ruin, that wasn’t retirement but a threat to survival.

‘I must find it first before that happens.’

Fortunately, with landlord authority, he could trap them all in snares or…

That’s when it happened.

Bang!

The ground vibrated and rumbled. It was a sound coming from the floor below.

While everyone was puzzled about what the sound was, Ruin had an ‘oh no’ moment.

“…Don’t tell me.”

If the sound was loud enough to echo from underground to this extent, there was only one possibility.

“…Is it the imprisoned Priest…?”

Right. That guy he had stuck underground.

That white-haired priest could somehow be made to work by wielding the Papal Court’s seal, but the problem was ‘that side’ dropped into the underground.

「Make him work with the Papal Court’s seal~」

‘Common sense says a seal or whatever won’t work on someone you pushed into a trap.’

Even he thought he had caused trouble due to Ruins Wayne’s laziness.

“Ha, let’s just say the door closed automatically. Or that a tentacle plant accidentally pushed it.”

「…Who would believe that.」

As expected.

But there was a method.

Right. With the ‘House User Manual’ found in the vault room.

He actually flipped through the pages of the thick book. This could solve the priest situation too.

“How to increase the difficulty of the underground labyrinth where the priest is trapped… there it is.”

「Are you a devil??」

“…Please be quiet. My retirement fund is being threatened right now.”

Ruin quickly read the documents.

-【Guardian Unit Activation Conditions】

-500 or more human believers.

-Human believer certification + offering presentation.

-Maintenance cost per unit: 10 high-grade gold coins.

Human believers.

“Hmm. Could the number of students I teach be considered the number of believers?”

Ruin fumbled around and took out the attendance book, placing it on the altar. Surprisingly, light came on in the eyes of one of the goddess statues guarding the altar.

‘It seems to apply… Then for the offering…’

He slowly looked at the Princess.

“Princess.”

“Yes! Lord Ruin!”

“Please lend me some money.”

“Yes!”

As the Princess hurriedly tried to take out gold coins, Ruin sighed.

“That’s how you get fooled by bad men.”

Ruin tapped the Princess’s forehead as if joking. Then he poured the gold coins that had fallen around onto the altar.

Flash!

Golden light spread, and after a moment, with rumbling vibrations from underground, a sand god with a dog’s face popped out.

It was called the Haven Ancient Guardian Unit, a Guardian.

Ruin commanded very naturally.

“Underground trap area. Deal with one intruder.”

The Guardian’s eyes glowed red. At the same time, it disappeared like sand.

That wasn’t all. Ruin summoned other Guardians too. Sand gods came pouring out. Then Ruin commanded.

“Beat up anyone digging tunnels in this house except me. Oh, just knock out students for now.”

The sand gods shouted “Yes!” and disappeared again.

「…Is it okay to just use this temple without even knowing whose temple it is?」

“Doesn’t Your Lordship know whose temple this is?”

Then Ginseng Superior flailed around squealing.

「Go find a Shadow Temple, you ungrateful bastard!」

“We’re poor so we don’t have anything that impressive.”

「Make one for meeee!」

At Ginseng Superior’s tantrum, no, wailing, Ruin covered his ears.

“What did you do with all the offerings I’ve given you?”

「I went shopping!」

“…”

「Gods need maintenance costs for dignity!」

“…Think about the feelings of the person who earns that money.”

「That’s what Seeds are for!」

“…From now on, earn it yourself.”

* * *

Ruin dropped a bomb on the faculty.

“This midterm exam will be replaced with a special test.”

“A special test?”

“A treasure hunt.”

The conference room stirred.

“Don’t tell me you mean…”

“Yes. I’m saying we’ll grade based on treasure hunting.”

The professors looked flabbergasted, but Ruin tossed down documents.

“Each department should evaluate the treasure hunt as a practical assessment item. Combat Department: search training. Magic Department: detection magic. Information Department: tracking magic. Command Department: map strategy search.”

Magic Department Head Inora frowned. Of course, the Head Professor ranked above department heads and had authority over the entire academy curriculum, but still.

Midterms and finals were major tests. Especially upper-year students took the crucial ‘Hero Qualification Test.’

“You don’t mean to make it a task for the Hero qualification test too, do you?”

Isn’t that obvious?

The higher grade students would be better at treasure hunting, wouldn’t they?

“Yes. The more excellent they are, the more sensitive they should be to treasure. I’ll have the top students search for that treasure chest the Chairman is looking for.”

Right, I’ll make them find it and bring that treasure chest to me.

「…Ruthless bastard.」

However, the professors showed reluctance.

“But isn’t that an intention to use the students…?”

“Not at all. Fulfilling the Chairman’s wishes is also what we faculty should do.”

“!”

If the Hero heard this, her heart would skip a beat again.

But Ruin actually had a purpose.

‘If they’re Revolutionary Army, they’d hate being suspected during this test. They’ll deliberately lower their scores or act passively to avoid revealing their abilities.’

In that case.

‘Whoever acts most ambiguously in this test is the Revolutionary Army.’

Actually, Veron had a shit-eating expression, but he thought it would be fine since it had nothing to do with the professors anyway…

“Oh, the professors will also take this test.”

“What?!”

“Isn’t that natural? The professors’ grades will be reflected in personnel evaluations, so please keep that in mind.”

“?!”

“Th-then what about Professor Ruins? Who will evaluate…?”

Ruin smiled, clasping his hands together.

“I’m the Head Professor. I’m the one who evaluates. Being evaluated is your job.”

At the Head Professor’s command, the professors gaped their mouths.

This is tyranny!

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