On My First Day Undercover, the Organization Collapsed - Chapter 258
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The Organization Collapsed on My First Day of Infiltration Episode 258
Imperial Mana (1)
If unexpected results were being achieved in the extreme cold environment, then in the extreme heat environment, the differences in students’ physical strength were clearly showing.
“Huff, huff. I’m dying. Wow, so this means it’s even hotter in real combat.”
“It’s hot just staying still, but if we have to move…”
Ziel looked at the students with calm eyes.
The important thing was adaptation to the environment.
Fighting magic beasts, securing supplies for survival, making fires – these were matters for later.
“Endure it. For 4 hours, use every method you have to withstand this intense heat.”
Methods to withstand intense heat.
There were definitely ways.
He had provided the basic environment.
Water.
Various tools.
Even cloth to block the sunlight.
It was just their first time experiencing this situation, but in Ziel’s view, there were plenty of ways to survive in this high-temperature environment.
About 2 hours had passed.
Ziel spotted one of the students who was gradually getting exhausted and about to collapse.
It was Maris.
‘It seems she’s figured something out.’
Maris had a much more comfortable expression than the other students.
She seemed to be sweating less, and most importantly, her mana consumption was slightly higher than the other students.
This meant she was enduring by doing something with mana!
“Student Maris Sopen, come forward.”
“Yes, teacher.”
“What were you doing with mana?”
Maris flinched.
‘Did I do something wrong?’
“I… I was continuously sending mana throughout my entire body.”
“The reason?”
“It felt a bit cooler when I did that…”
Ziel nodded.
“Correct. You found the method.”
And what he took out was-
“A Praise Card.”
“Oh!”
“Well done, Student Maris Sopen. You’re the only one here who found the method.”
It was proof that she had done very well.
As soon as Maris received the Praise Card, she thought of the 【Unlimited Dining Table】.
‘I have to go tomorrow!’
“I’m jealous of Maris…”
“Sending mana throughout the entire body? Is that related to body temperature regulation?”
When everyone had puzzled expressions, Ziel explained.
“Everyone send mana throughout your entire body like Student Maris Sopen did.”
When they sent mana throughout their bodies as Ziel explained, they could feel something changing.
“It does seem a bit less hot…?”
“Oh. Kind of a cool feeling?”
Surprised expressions followed.
“When you activate mana throughout your entire body, it becomes advantageous for body temperature regulation. The areas touched by mana become activated, and your body becomes activated as well. This also improves your body temperature regulation function.”
“Ah.”
“Student Maris Sopen did it throughout her whole body, but to improve it a bit more, it’s more efficient to send mana throughout your body but focus it on the body parts most directly exposed to sunlight.”
Only then did the students have somewhat more comfortable expressions.
To think there was such a method.
They had been feeling overwhelmed thinking they’d have to endure it through sheer willpower, so this was fortunate.
“Then teacher, are you also enduring it that way?”
At one student’s question, all eyes turned to Ziel.
Something was strange.
Ziel wasn’t covering his face, nor were his clothes particularly thin.
Yet he was completely fine.
He hadn’t shed a single drop of sweat and showed no signs of thirst.
“Of course. The teacher has long since…”
“No. I’m not doing anything.”
“What? How?”
“I’m just being.”
“So how is that possible…”
“It just works.”
“Ah.”
It was the same pattern every time, yet it was always new and always fresh.
The fact that it was always incomprehensible was also consistent.
‘How can he endure this heat without using mana?’
‘He didn’t even drink water when we weren’t looking…’
Of course, there was nothing they could do about areas that couldn’t be understood no matter how hard they tried.
Because it was Teacher Ziel.
They just thought of it that way.
“If you’re assigned to desert terrain, avoid moving during the day and if possible, move after sunset. And be careful of mirages. If you discover something in the desert and head toward it, nine times out of ten it doesn’t exist.”
Among the students here, only a few from the Western Region had desert experience.
Even they had only briefly set foot in it occasionally; no student had experience surviving in the desert.
In other words, the know-how Ziel was imparting now would become invaluable in the upcoming practical training.
‘Let’s engrave this in our minds. If we don’t listen now, we might die later.’
‘I absolutely have to get good grades in the practical training to participate in the exchange tournament!’
The motivation for the practical training was clear.
The exchange tournament member selection!
Just as Jenesis had shown unexpected performance in the extreme cold environment, other students could do the same.
What’s important in this practical training isn’t swordsmanship skills.
They might encounter magic beasts, and swordsmanship skills would be important then, but it doesn’t occupy a large part of ‘survival.’
‘I’m looking forward to this exchange tournament members.’
In this practical training, existing top-tier students like Delev, Celia, and Yurio might be eliminated.
But there was no worry.
This exchange tournament would involve meeting enemies that couldn’t be solved with swordsmanship skills alone.
The first day of training was completed.
“It’s warm!”
“It’s cool!”
Students coming out from both sides of the auditorium cheered with opposite reactions.
“What did those guys do to have sand all over their bodies…”
“Did you see Quantus’s nose? What was that icicle?”
“Wasn’t that snot?”
They were surprised and dismayed looking at each other.
“Next time we have to do that…”
“What do we do…”
Still, today’s training was over.
He wanted to hurry and go shower.
“Today’s training ends here. Everyone go inside, wash up cleanly, and rest.”
After sending the students away, the three gathered to share training results.
“The students’ training results in the extreme cold environment are going in an unexpected direction.”
“That’s right, Boss.”
“The, the kids are sm, smart.”
“In extreme heat environments, they’re learning to send mana throughout their body to maintain body temperature. They can reference this in extreme cold environments too.”
“Ah! That method existed!”
Ziel nodded after receiving the joint report from Gilbert and Kelvin.
“Separately from this, finding new paths is always a good thing. Well done, Gilbert, Kelvin.”
The two felt good from the Boss’s praise!
These two had already gained confidence after placing 2nd and 3rd in the general division.
Of course, it was thanks to Sigmund and Eleanor attacking first, but still, 2nd place was 2nd place and 3rd place was 3rd place!
‘The Boss is acknowledging me.’
‘If I keep training, someday I’ll reach Master level…!’
Their goals were the same.
To be recognized by the ‘Organization’ and rise high!
Though Gilbert and Kelvin’s understanding of what the ‘Organization’ meant was slightly different.
Anyway, both were very satisfied with their Academy life.
Compared to their previous lives, their motivation, future, and happiness were on completely different levels!
“This concludes our results sharing. We’ll proceed the same way after tomorrow’s training ends.”
“Yes, Boss. Oh, Boss. Did you hear the news?”
“News?”
“About this swordsmanship tournament, that Dark Ghost guy. Everyone’s looking for him like crazy.”
“…”
Ziel pondered for a moment then nodded.
“His skills are quite outstanding.”
Ahem.
Ziel struggled to hide his pride.
“Exactly. Of course Boss would win if you fought him, but he was really no joke, you know?”
Ziel had properly combined the illusion monument and new human skin mask at that time to fool everyone.
As if he was watching from the spectator seats.
“And Sir Sigmund and Sir Eleanor are desperately searching for the Dark Ghost.”
“Why are they looking?”
“Well… probably because they want to fight him once more? Especially someone like Sir Sigmund must have been shocked tremendously.”
“I see.”
Of course, he had no intention of obliging them.
Unless there came a time when the ‘Dark Ghost’ was needed once more.
“Especially Sir Eleanor is searching frantically.”
“Sir Eleanor. I see.”
She was an impressive opponent.
Just considering her secret technique, she made Ziel’s heart race.
Wasn’t that so.
A secret technique used even while destroying one’s own weapon.
Extremely inefficient, but in some ways quite efficient and irregular too.
‘If the sword exploded at an unexpected moment, the opponent would also suffer fatal injuries.’
Conversely, the user would also suffer fatal injuries.
But what Ziel thought of was a way to reduce such risks a bit more!
‘If I embed the entire dagger blade and detonate it, I could minimize damage on this side while maximizing damage to the opponent.’
Of course, there wouldn’t be any occasion to meet Eleanor again for a while.
Since he had resolved all his curiosities.
No matter how desperately they searched.
“But who could that guy be? The Dark Ghost is… hmm.”
Gilbert, who had stopped mid-sentence, glanced at Kelvin.
Ziel didn’t mind.
He just felt a bit sorry for deceiving Gilbert.
Because Gilbert was someone who knew that Ziel had unintentionally gained the nickname Dark Ghost.
“He must be a very strong person.”
“That’s right, isn’t it?”
“He must be a cool person.”
“He did seem that way.”
“He’s probably handsome too.”
“…Not necessarily? I got a close look at him and he had an ordinary face.”
Ziel felt strangely indignant.
“No. He has a handsome face.”
“…?”
“By my standards, that is.”
“Ah, I, I see.”
Ziel particularly emphasized the word handsome then quickly changed the subject.
“Watching you two fight in the semifinals, I saw you’ve improved a lot. Well done.”
“Us, us?”
“We, we got eliminated in one hit…”
Ziel shook his head.
“The opponent was just too strong.”
“Ah.”
“Very, very strong. To an incomparable degree.”
“…”
Was it because they shared the same alias?
He seemed to be praising that Dark Ghost guy to a strange degree.
“Considering that, both of you have greatly improved in strength and speed.”
Kelvin asked with a racing heart.
“Ma, Master. Then, then Master level is…”
“Possible.”
“…!”
Kelvin immediately straightened his back, put both arms to his waist, and shouted.
“Lo, Loyalty!”
Gilbert couldn’t lose either and whispered slyly.
“I will devote my loyalty, Boss.”
“Do so.”
Ziel’s words were sincere.
It was possible.
Though it would take time.
‘By then, the organization will have become tremendous, right?’
Maybe it would become an organization that dominates the entire Empire!
Wasn’t it already like that now?
Professors were being cautious.
Nobles were courting favor.
Princes were anxious!
‘At this rate, we might dominate the entire Empire?’
But he didn’t think of Gilbert carelessly.
What’s important is dedicating loyalty to Boss!
If you get too caught up in expecting future rewards, you become materialistic.
Isn’t that right.
The reason he followed Boss wasn’t for the organization Boss would build, but for Boss himself.
“Boss. I will dedicate my loyalty.”
Ziel stared intently at Gilbert, who emphasized once again.
‘Is, is there something you want to say?’
As always, he had nodded with a response of “as you should,” but this time the gaze was somewhat different.
“Gilbert.”
“Yes, Boss.”
His heart was pounding then.
“Clean the auditorium with Kelvin. For tomorrow’s training.”
“Ah.”
A cleaning order was given.
Of course, Ziel didn’t just sit around either and helped organize together.
“You’ve worked hard, Boss.”
“G, good work! Boss!”
“Mm.”
After sending the two away, Ziel remained alone in the auditorium.
“Mm.”
Ziel was sensing something.
After the swordsmanship tournament.
Some power stirring within his body.
More precisely, it was a phenomenon that occurred after accepting the mana the Emperor had released during their handshake.
‘A power that’s rampaging before I can even analyze it.’
Ziel doesn’t store mana in his body.
Each time, as needed, he draws out mana through efficient operation using the Polar Night Breathing Technique.
However, the mana the Emperor had given him remained intact in Ziel’s body, revealing its presence.
“This actually works out well.”
The freezing cold auditorium.
Ziel sat down in position right there, then drew out the Polar Night Dagger.
Click.
After absorbing all the surrounding lighting with the Polar Night Dagger, he began analyzing the mana in the darkness.
The Emperor’s mana.
That power flowing through the Imperial Family of the Valdrain Empire.
That mana, which was the biggest reason the Emperor became Master-level, now began to truly surge within Ziel’s body.
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