On My First Day Undercover, the Organization Collapsed - Chapter 256
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The Organization Collapsed on My First Day of Infiltration Episode 256
Practical Training (2)
The given time was tonight and tomorrow!
Ziel took the lead in carrying materials. Gilbert and Kelvin were left speechless.
“How on earth is he so fast….”
That’s right.
Ziel carried mountain-like piles of materials in both hands with ease.
Seeing this, Kelvin rushed over to try the same thing but soon collapsed.
“Ugh!”
“Hey, you can’t even keep your balance.”
“You, you can’t even li-, lift anything.”
“….”
When the Boss leads by example, how could his subordinates just stand around!
Even Emeric, the mage who was the weakest physically, stepped forward to carry materials.
The materials were roughly as follows.
Fences to mark boundaries.
Sand to spread over half the auditorium.
Soil to spread over the other half.
“We’ll divide the boundaries to construct extreme cold and extreme heat environments.”
“Like a desert and the Northern Region, something like that?”
“Similar. Professor Emeric Kent, how are the magic preparations?”
“Ah, yes. First, the temperature control magic is installed and complete, and here, if you activate this, rain will fall throughout the entire auditorium. I’ve set up drainage this way. Later we’ll recycle the drained water to make hot steam and use that in the extreme heat environment.”
“Good.”
Artificial environment construction using magic!
That was exactly Ziel’s practical training
“Specifically, what kind of training will you be giving them, Boss?”
“Body temperature maintenance and management, and methods for dealing with extreme environments. We’ll also do fire-starting training and methods for collecting water.”
The auditorium was quite spacious. Of course, not as much as an island, but enough for students to be fully immersed.
“Please lower the lighting to about this level, and set the extreme heat environment as bright as possible.”
“Yes, how should I set up the blackout?”
Ziel activated the Blade of Extreme Night for the first time in a while.
“…!”
In an instant, the surroundings were plunged into darkness, and when he released the Breath of Extreme Night, light returned again.
“Do it like this.”
“…Did you learn magic or something?”
“No. There’s a separate method for doing it.”
“…Yes, I understand. But Teacher, what’s on the menu for the day I’m going to eat?”
“I don’t know. It’s up to the Head Chef.”
“Ah.”
Emeric seemed to be incredibly excited about it.
Anyway, the auditorium was being transformed like that.
Although classes were held in the auditorium, Ziel rather thought of it as an opportunity.
“Boss, if you set up the auditorium like this, how will other classes proceed?”
“If it’s an environment where footing is unstable due to sand and soil, training efficiency actually increases.”
The Boss seemed both efficient and ruthless.
Gilbert mourned inwardly once again.
However, today it seemed he should offer condolences to himself and Kelvin.
“Wow, this is killing me.”
The work of spreading sand and soil all over the auditorium floor was no ordinary task. It wasn’t just spreading it thinly, but piling it thick and compacting it firmly.
And Gilbert, Kelvin, and Ziel were doing this work together.
“Is, is it hard?”
“It’s not hard.”
“I’m, I’m sweating.”
“I’m not sweating!”
Their competitive spirit was also being appropriately displayed.
Of course, Ziel’s work speed was the fastest.
And amazingly, they pulled it off.
“It’s perfect. I thought it would be impossible to construct this kind of environment indoors….”
One side was a dry desert.
One side was a cold plain.
Both were extreme environments.
“You said you’re going to Osu Island?”
“Yes. It’s an island in the middle of Lake Rikan. I heard it’s very large.”
Emeric had also visited there several times for research.
An island that became uninhabited after all the people living there relocated due to some incident.
In terms of size alone, it was large enough for several cities to be built, but at present it was being used for various purposes under Imperial management.
‘Certainly, it does seem like it would become an extreme environment.’
Some incident.
After that incident, the island’s climate became unpredictable, and dangerous magical beasts came to inhabit it.
The areas where people could ‘reside’ and carry on daily life were extremely limited.
Considerable threats lurked in the remaining areas, and they were going to thrust students into there.
Of course, the Imperial Palace and Academy would dispatch people, so students wouldn’t actually die.
‘Teacher Ziel is truly preparing thoroughly.’
Emeric was impressed.
“The Second Years will achieve good results this time too. I was honestly quite surprised last year.”
“It will be the same this time.”
“Teacher Ziel always has confidence.”
“I don’t move without confidence.”
“Hmm.”
Perhaps there was no one in this Empire other than Teacher Ziel who could say such things.
“I should teach like this too. Constructing an environment identical to real combat. I’m learning something today.”
“Is that so.”
“Of course there are some complaints from the kids, but the results are still good. Haha.”
In fact, Emeric was in charge of actual grade levels with full support from the Department Head and was producing clear results.
Even though not much time had passed since the semester started, the students’ growth was clearly noticeable!
Of course, it was natural for magic to have theory-centered classes, but Emeric took a step further and began applying ‘practical theory.’
“Magic is ultimately something that becomes possible only by using it directly and learning it in the field. It’s an obvious thing to say, but it seems it took me a long time to realize. I think I’ve been too set in my ways until now.”
Ziel listened quietly to those words and then answered.
“Someday I’d like to learn magic too, Professor Emeric Kent.”
“Magic?!”
At his surprised reaction, Ziel tilted his head.
“Why are you surprised?”
“Well… it’s not a typical thing to say. The mana structures of knights and mages are formed differently, so once you reach a certain level, you have no choice but to focus on only one side….”
He was saying complete compatibility was impossible.
However, Ziel was different.
He wasn’t someone who stored and used mana like in typical cases.
Of course, not knowing this fact, Emeric only said things that Ziel couldn’t understand.
“Ah! That’s right. Theory would be fine anytime. Using magic would be impossible, but still, theoretical things….”
“It’s not impossible.”
“Teacher, I know you’re amazing, but this is an extremely physical problem. People who have become accustomed to mana usage as knights physically have their mana structure itself change to become unsuitable for magic.”
“I’m not a knight.”
“What? If you’re not a knight, then what are you?”
“I’d rather not say.”
“….”
Ziel couldn’t bring himself to say he was a former assassin!
However, after briefly mulling over his reluctance to answer, Ziel responded again.
“If I had to say, I’m a teacher.”
That answer was even stranger.
Emerick was about to say something more but gave up and asked instead.
“By the way, Teacher. It’s getting close to dinner time now.”
“We’ll finish up soon, so let’s head over.”
Thump!
Emerick’s heart began beating rapidly.
The legendary 【Unlimited Dining Table】 he’d only heard about!
It had already become such a topic that rumors were spreading among the Arcane School professors and students.
It seemed everyone couldn’t go due to pride since it was run by a Sword School teacher, but Emerick was different.
‘I’ll be the first to eat there!’
And that evening.
After finishing a fantastic meal, Emerick said to Ziel.
“Teacher, if you ever have work for me to do, please call on me without fail. Not anyone else, but me—I’ll definitely help you!”
It was a perfect review.
Training in preparation for the practical exam began.
The second years, who had enjoyed two days of sweet rest, gathered in front of the auditorium looking like death.
“What’s going on? Why isn’t anyone going in?”
“I don’t know. The teacher told us to wait outside.”
“What’s that about?”
“Delev, do you really want to know? I really don’t want to know.”
Celia sighed.
While they were all students who trained diligently once they started, imagining Ziel’s always extraordinary training wasn’t easy!
Isn’t that how people are by nature?
The fear of the unknown that you want to avoid until you face it.
Ziel’s training was exactly like that.
“What could it be this time? Since he said Osu Island… did he bring some magic beasts?”
“That’s a reasonable guess.”
“Since it’s survival training, maybe he’ll lock us up and not feed us?”
“If it’s Teacher Ziel, he might push us to the brink of starvation.”
Amid the ominous speculation, Yurio spotted something and pointed it out.
“What’s that pile near the auditorium?”
Going closer, they found sacks.
Not just one or two.
When they turned them over and shook them out, some remaining sand fell out.
“…Sand?”
“There are sacks that had dirt in them too.”
“Huh…?”
Dirt and sand!
What could it be for?
That’s when Quantus suddenly stepped forward and made a comment.
“Hmm. Since it’s survival training, surely… we’re going to eat dirt and sand!”
“….”
Everyone was stunned.
They should have refuted it, but somehow it sounded plausible.
Why?
Because their opponent was Teacher Ziel.
‘Eat dirt and sand…?’
‘Certainly if it’s Teacher Ziel…’
‘Since it’s survival, maybe he’s teaching us to sustain life by eating dirt and sand…?’
Their bodies trembled with horrible imagination!
That’s when Gilbert appeared.
“What’s this? Why isn’t everyone going in?”
“The teacher told us not to go in. Teaching Assistant. But sir, do we really have to eat dirt?”
“Eat what?”
“We have to eat sand too, right?”
“Are you guys hungry?”
While Gilbert asked in disbelief, Kelvin also appeared.
“Teacher Kelvin! Sir, have you tried eating dirt first?”
Kelvin stammered in confusion and asked.
“Are, are you guys po, poor?”
“What?”
He was asking if they were so poor they had to eat dirt.
At that moment when the students’ nonsense was flying around due to misunderstanding.
Clank.
The door opened and Ziel came out.
“Everyone’s gathered. Now go inside. From now on, you’ll split into two groups. You’ll all experience it anyway, so it doesn’t matter which side you’re on.”
“…?”
For now, the students split into two groups of 50 as Ziel instructed.
After confirming the numbers, Ziel finally revealed the true nature of the training.
“From now on, you’ll enter survival training.”
“Survival training… it’s eating dirt and sand, right?”
Ann asked, and Ziel noticed Quantus looking strangely proud and tilted his head.
‘Why is he proud?’
He had no way of knowing it was because his opinion had become the general consensus.
“Why would you eat dirt and sand? It’s indigestible and causes stomach problems. But it’s not impossible to eat.”
“Th, then are we really training to eat it?”
“If anyone made a bet about eating it, stay behind later. I’ll help you win.”
“….”
So that meant no.
Ziel returned to the main point.
“Gilbert, Kelvin. Bring them over.”
“Yes sir.”
Then Gilbert and Kelvin each pulled a cart loaded with 50 backpacks.
“Those are the backpacks we used in the last practical exam.”
Ziel was frugal.
He didn’t just recycle the backpacks but also reused equipment from the practical exam and supplemented it with new gear.
Just as the students sensed something ominous, Ziel spoke.
“From now on, you’ll survive for 4 hours in groups of 50 each, in extremely cold and extremely hot environments respectively.”
Clank.
When he fully opened the door, they could see a wall running vertically down the center of the entrance.
From one side came tremendous cold.
From the other side came tremendous heat.
The temperatures from two completely different extreme environments poured out, silencing the students.
Breaking through that silence, Delev muttered.
“I’d rather eat dirt and sand instead….”
Indigestion and stomach pain would probably be better than extreme cold or heat.
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