I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 49

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Chapter 49. Misfortune vs Fortune (7)

 

Ruin quickly returned to the Healing Magic Classroom.

 

Upon arrival, he saw the Dog Servant already panting after having dug the tunnel.

 

“Good, well done.”

 

「Woof!」

 

Ruin quickly jumped down toward the pit. Then he told them not to cover the tunnel yet. Because everything was for this purpose.

 

Swoosh!

 

“You really found another box, right? Even a money box this time?”

 

At Ruin’s words, the Butler Servant nodded.

 

「Yes.」

 

“Where is it?”

 

「Here, they say.」

 

The Shadow God found that conversation very strange.

 

「A money box?」

 

‘Yes. It might be my severance pay.’

 

Sure enough, there was a box being pulled up bound by shadows.

 

Ruin was extremely pleased with that golden treasure box. He joyfully broke the seal on the box and opened the lid.

 

The Ginseng Superior who climbed onto Ruin’s shoulder was amazed.

 

「Oh! This is!」

 

Soon what came out of the box was the long-awaited severance pay…! Even gold ingots, physical assets!

 

Ruin pressed his eyes as if his hard work had paid off. He always cursed the Intelligence Agency Superior, but this time he looked lovely.

 

‘Good. This should have increased in value!’

 

It was sensible severance pay.

 

Yes, with this he could be free… but it’s a bit little for that? No, it’s ridiculously little?

 

Ruin took out the single gold ingot and shook the box thoroughly.

 

「What’s going on? Were you scammed?」

 

Ruin who grasped the situation thought “Oh no.”

 

‘They split it up!’

 

That made sense since the amount of severance pay was considerable. Thinking about it, there was no way one box of this size would be enough.

 

So this was just spare change…

 

Driven crazy by that thought, Ruin quickly opened the box he had obtained first. And what came out was a ring in a transparent case… what?!

 

It’s not money?

 

「Isn’t this Katalun’s treasure!」

 

No way, this came out from here!

 

It was even an item that had been sealed and unusable, but the lid just opened with a click.

 

「This is what can heal the Princess, right? The one you stole before. But more importantly, the barrier is undone? You can use it right away?」

 

That’s true!

 

「But the vault room is deep underground. How did you already find the boxes?」

 

‘I’m not sure about that yet, but maybe the ground shifted when the Hero did illegal construction. So some of the boxes that were underground came up to ground level…’

 

「Oh, then misfortune won!」

 

Ruin with misfortune’s goal was to find his severance pay.

 

The Hero with fortune’s goal was to catch Fire Butterfly.

 

Since Fire Butterfly found his severance pay, in this case Fire Butterfly’s misfortune overcame the Hero’s Luck Power. In other words, it meant fortune for Ruin…

 

‘Still, it’s puzzling. I need to know the reason to find the other boxes…’

 

That’s when it happened.

 

Flash!

 

“!”

 

Suddenly light emanated from the box, and something in the form of lightning appeared.

 

「That’s!」

 

‘Frix?’

 

It was a communication messenger.

 

「Whose Frix is it?」

 

At that moment, the lightning form stretched as if yawning and transformed into a palm-sized dragon. That toy-like dragon spoke.

 

[You were alive. Butterfly.]

 

It was a woman’s voice.

 

Ruin immediately recognized the owner of the voice.

 

‘It’s the Dragon’s Granddaughter who made the treasure box for me. She must have set it to activate when I opened the box.’

 

「Huh, but why specifically the granddaughter and not the creator himself?」

 

‘Well… that’s strange to me too…’

 

[First, I think I should convey what my late grandfather said, so I’m letting you know.]

 

“Dead? A dragon?! After 50 years?”

 

Ginseng Superior scolded him for assigning work to such an old dragon.

 

“That’s elder abuse! You scoundrel!”

 

Ruin was exasperated.

 

‘He was a very healthy Sacred Dragon…’

 

“Wow, even a Sacred Dragon! A demon making requests to a Sacred Dragon? Did you threaten him with Curse Power or something?”

 

Ruin became even more exasperated.

 

‘He was an eccentric who loved that Curse Power so much he demanded the bones of an ancient Demon Lord.’

 

That’s why he even robbed the Papal Court that stored it and brought it to him, yet what’s this.

 

“Then assassination?!”

 

Ruin flinched.

 

There was some logic to it. He was a recluse with such good skills that both Union and Pride were looking for him…

 

‘Could it be that his cooperation with me was discovered and he was eliminated…’

 

[He just fell while flying and passed away.]

 

…That’s like saying a fish drowned while swimming.

 

But his granddaughter said something unexpected.

 

[Grandfather said this. ‘Butterfly, there’s someone in Pride targeting your vault. It seems they failed because of the Hero.’]

 

‘Someone in Pride is targeting my vault?’

 

Ginseng Superior laughed as if proud.

 

“Well, our Fire Butterfly is so outstanding he has many enemies! How many in Pride must be envious of you…”

 

[It seemed to be a spy from Pride’s Intelligence Agency that you belong to.]

 

“…”

 

Ginseng looked at him with eyes that said ‘What the hell did you do in your work life?’

 

“…What exactly did you do to make even allies target your vault? Don’t tell me you stored something that could be Pride’s lifeline? For example, the Demon Emperor’s heart! Ahaha!”

 

‘…’

 

“Seed? It’s a joke. Laugh!”

 

‘…’

 

“…Seed?”

 

Ruin, looking at the ceiling, rarely broke out in a cold sweat.

 

‘…I remember stealing and storing everything that seemed valuable at the time, so it wouldn’t be strange if something like that was there.’

 

“…”

 

You crazy bastard!

 

[Anyway, it seems the thief had a big fight with the Hero, and the treasure chests inside were thrown out.]

 

At the same time, Ruin, realizing something, thought ‘Oh no.’

 

‘Then could it be that the reason the treasure chest was found in a place like this…’

 

Ruin held his forehead.

 

That Hero bastard, just how strong is he to affect even the underground vault room?

 

‘Like a natural disaster.’

 

At this point, isn’t it almost at the level of tectonic movement?

 

‘Is my vault room really safe?’

 

Isn’t it completely destroyed?

 

“I can’t tell if it’s strong Misfortune or strong Luck Power.”

 

Ruin fell into thought.

 

Come to think of it, when he came for the interview, there was a Pride Spy who died to sparrows in the bathroom. Is that guy also connected?

 

‘Well, I have no choice but to continue digging the tunnel and go check directly.’

 

And I’ll have to meet Superior directly to confirm what they were trying to steal.

 

“Ah, but it worked out well. You couldn’t open Catalun’s treasure originally.”

 

‘!’

 

“Didn’t it open because it was touched by the Hero’s power? Now you can use all the other treasures you couldn’t open, right?”

 

Ruin rubbed his brow.

 

It was true, but it opened thanks to the Hero… is it okay to be happy about this?

 

“Why? I think it’s good. Just using that, you can absorb the Five Evils’ Magic Power! You can even reach the upper ranks!”

 

‘Magic Power absorption is good, but I’m not interested in upper ranks?’

 

Then Ginseng Superior was shocked.

 

“Why?! You can even use ‘Magic’ now!”

 

Magic.

 

Ruin narrowed his brow as he pondered those words.

 

Of course, being able to use Magic by devouring Ruins was a great benefit. ‘Racial Unique Techniques’ like Shadow abilities had great limitations.

 

First, Pride had something called ‘racial hierarchy,’ so techniques were suppressed by higher ranks. For instance, techniques of the lowest-ranked slimes worked on humans, but had absolutely no effect on upper-rank demons.

 

‘My shadow techniques don’t work on the Five Evils and the Demon Emperor either. They get suppressed.’

 

「Then just raise your racial rank?」

 

At the Shadow God’s words, Ruin rarely got agitated.

 

‘Haven’t I raised it enough all this time.’

 

「There’s still a long way to go above you though?」

 

‘How am I supposed to beat the leadership, the Five Evils’ armies, and the Demon Emperor…’

 

「Then at least deal with those of equal rank. Have you gotten lazy lately?」

 

…Let’s not even talk about it.

 

What this meant was that in Pride, you had to engage in hierarchy battles.

 

‘Otherwise, you get exterminated by higher ranks.’

 

Ruin had also steadily climbed the ranks as the King of Shadows. The reason Fire Butterfly’s shadow techniques were unrivaled was because he had built up his abilities while climbing the ranks like that.

 

‘But the fatal weakness of ‘shadow’ is that its power weakens during the day.’

 

In contrast, ‘magic’ grew stronger the more you trained it, regardless of time or place. When combined with racial techniques, there was no limit to its peak. It was truly the strongest.

 

Moreover, there was no place better than Haven for learning magic. That’s because this country, Britannia, was a land of magic that originated from the Magic Empire. Haven was one of the continent’s prestigious institutions built on such land.

 

It was an environment where you could learn the same magic but master it more powerfully.

 

「You could give those upper-rank demons who looked down on you just for your origins a taste of their own medicine. The ones targeting the safe might have been their doing too.」

 

‘I’m not interested in giving them a taste, but there is a way to deal with them more decisively.’

 

「Ah. With the magic you gained when fixing Haven’s barrier earlier?」

 

‘No. There’s something more certain.’

 

「What?」

 

Instead of answering, Ruin smiled and looked at the ground.

 

‘The barrier wall the Hero set up in the ground.’

 

-☆ ♬ No entry beyond this point ╰ ^∇^)╯♫ ☜

 

-Hero-

 

Wasn’t this the magic of the Union’s strongest, whom even Pride feared?

 

Well, since they said there was an intruder, it wouldn’t be strange for them to have set up something like this…

 

‘Good. If it’s come to this, I’ll make use of it.’

 

If the culprit really was a Pride Intelligence Agency spy, there might come a situation where he’d have to suspect allies.

 

‘In that case…’

 

Finally, his eyes flashed as he activated magic.

 

‘Flame Kill.’

 

Then something amazing happened. Perhaps thinking Ruin was an intruder, the barrier spewed out violent lightning.

 

The servants were shocked.

 

「Master! You mustn’t!」

 

「Woof woof!」

 

「It’s the Hero’s power! Your safety is at risk!」

 

「Woof woof!」

 

Of course, normally he wouldn’t even be able to attempt this, but now was different.

 

First, Ruins’ ‘God’s Right Hand’ and-

 

‘Lapis lazuli.’

 

A precious ancient mineral that could absorb any energy, extracted from the Gatekeeper.

 

With these two, it was possible!

 

Bang!

 

Sure enough, ‘God’s Right Hand’ began removing the barrier’s killing intent. Simultaneously, the lapis lazuli absorbed even the Hero’s power, reducing the damage by over 80%.

 

Thinking he had blocked enough, Ruin let go.

 

Whoosh!

 

With a shockwave-like recoil, the barrier also quieted down. His hand was tingling. But this meant…

 

Sssss.

 

Ruin rarely smiled at the pattern that began forming on his painful hand.

 

‘As expected. I knew it would work.’

 

‘Defense Magic.’

 

It was an opportunity to obtain the defense magic of the Hero, who was none other than the strongest. Of course, he didn’t know what kind of magic would emerge, but…

 

‘At minimum, it’s special-grade magic. It would be foolish not to take something this good.’

 

At that moment, light emanated from Ruin’s arm. It was stronger light than any magic he had acquired so far.

 

‘As expected, a Transcendent’s magic…!’

 

Even though he had absorbed the power into the lapis lazuli, it was still this intense. It couldn’t be anything but insane power. The excruciating pain felt the moment it was kept in his body was extraordinary.

 

“Kugh!”

 

Thanks to that, his body tried to reject the Transcendent’s magic, unable to accept it, but-

 

【Everyone But Me Should Die】

 

Avatar of envy. Studies everything about the opponent to tear them down, deriving their strengths and weaknesses. In a state of envy, concentration and growth speed increase by 4 times.

 

【Ironclad Pride】

 

He has extremely strong pride and hates doing anything that would damage his pride. He absolutely refuses to kneel.

 

This bastard, is he even jealous of the Hero’s magic! And what’s with the pride! Even while in pain, he’s jealous of the Hero’s power and his pride is hurt enough to kill him!

 

Anyway, Ruins’ trashy trait was activated.

 

【Incomprehensible Genius】

 

A genius under extreme stress has a high probability of taking impulsive actions.

 

‘I don’t know if he’s stressed from pain or stressed from jealousy.’

 

In any case, a genius’s impulsive actions sometimes lead to solving difficult problems.

 

As evidence of this, ‘Ironclad Pride’ underwent a change.

 

【Ironclad Pride】

 

He has extremely strong pride and hates doing anything that would damage his pride. He absolutely refuses to kneel.

 

*Physical recovery rate increased by 100%

 

A hidden trait had emerged.

 

‘Recovery rate increased by 100%.’

 

No matter how prideful a young master he is, does he really hate kneeling that much?

 

‘…This bastard is the type who would die standing up because of his pride.’

 

It was absurd, but thanks to that, his physical recovery improved and magic keeping began to proceed safely.

 

Flash!

 

Finally, the seal mark was completely engraved on his forearm. He had obtained Hero-level magic.

 

At that moment, the Shadow God who had been watching the Seed’s actions seemed greatly surprised. My goodness, even though he had been pressuring him to raise his rank…

 

「Wow, you’re really determined to become the Demon Emperor, aren’t you!」

 

I’m not interested, I tell you!

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