On My First Day Undercover, the Organization Collapsed - Chapter 271

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The Organization Collapsed on My First Day of Infiltration Episode 271

 

You Don’t Know What’s Cool

 

Ziel was also somewhat flustered.

 

Usually, there weren’t cases like this.

 

The pattern of guys who get caught and interrogated is mostly resisting a little and then eventually confessing in terror.

 

Ziel was also preparing a dagger just in time.

 

But thanking him from the start.

 

“You are my benefactor! No, you are the benefactors of this island!”

 

Perhaps it might be a smokescreen operation.

 

Gilbert thought so.

 

“Boss, isn’t this a trick to make us let our guard down?”

 

Ziel also couldn’t make a judgment.

 

Since this kind of situation was a first.

 

‘Is he really pretending not to be?’

 

This time, even pulse and breathing were useless.

 

The opponent was already in an excited state.

 

“I really thought… I would just disappear along with this island.”

 

At his seemingly honest appearance, Ziel asked.

 

“That power, was it beyond your control?”

 

“…Embarrassingly, yes.”

 

“Hmm.”

 

It seemed like a more detailed account was needed.

 

Of course, he didn’t let his guard down.

 

Ziel first let the guy lean against the wall.

 

It was intended to make him speak comfortably.

 

“Oh! But my body won’t move. How did you do it? I was already thinking something was different when we fought earlier!”

 

“…”

 

Dealing with him was an opponent who made him feel strangely tired.

 

In the midst of this, he also felt something strange.

 

Despite his quite young appearance, his voice was like an old man’s.

 

Ziel finally grasped the situation.

 

“You changed your face with magic.”

 

“Oh, you noticed right away! As expected!”

 

No wonder mana was particularly concentrated around the face area, that was the reason.

 

“Please look at the ‘Cool Big Brother Mask’ attached to the back of my neck!”

 

It looked like a magical tool, but his sense of naming was truly terrible.

 

“The name is terrible.”

 

“What? Why! I put my desires into it!”

 

“That’s terrible too.”

 

Ziel removed the magical tool he mentioned from the back of his neck.

 

Then his face rippled like waves, wrinkles formed, his eyes became cloudy, and his skin began to roughen.

 

“My goodness.”

 

Gilbert was shocked.

 

It wasn’t because of the magical tool’s performance.

 

“Y-you are, Malacas Junior?!”

 

“Oh. You know my name!”

 

“Where in this Empire would there be people who don’t know you!”

 

Malacas Junior.

 

The son of the Empire’s legendary mage, Malacas, and one who reached the 6th Circle following his father’s footsteps.

 

So that means…

 

He was one of only three 6th Circle mages in the Empire-

 

“Y-you were said to be missing.”

 

He was precisely the missing mage.

 

Gilbert stared blankly at Malacas.

 

To meet one of the most famous people in the Empire like this.

 

Literally only his mouth was alive, chattering away enthusiastically.

 

“How on earth are you here?”

 

“I made it so rumors would spread that I was missing. Because it’s more convenient for focusing on research.”

 

“Research? Don’t tell me you’ve been on this Osu Island…”

 

“Ah, you mustn’t misunderstand. I didn’t come here with any impure intentions, this place has the perfect environment for research, so I asked His Imperial Majesty and came here!”

 

Summarizing the words that followed, this was the meaning.

 

“The climate of this Osu Island is very unique. It’s divided by zones like a chessboard with each climate existing separately, and no one knows the reason. I thought, wouldn’t the day I figure out that reason allow me to write a new chapter in magic!”

 

So he was someone obsessed with magic research.

 

Among mages, there are many who pursue wealth and honor. But there are quite a few mages like Malacas who are purely obsessed with magic research.

 

Among them, Malacas seemed particularly insane.

 

A 6th Circle person giving up everything and holing up on this Osu Island to do research?

 

“Don’t you have… an assistant?”

 

“That’s right. I don’t know why everyone doesn’t want to come to this island. My disciples all said they wouldn’t come, so I came alone.”

 

“…”

 

“That was about 10 years ago.”

 

10 years ago.

 

It almost matched the time when articles about Malacas’s disappearance came out.

 

It was a series of shocks.

 

“Boss, what do you think? Does it seem like lies?”

 

“He’s not lying.”

 

Ziel checked the pulse and heartbeat once more and came to a conclusion.

 

“Everything he’s saying is true.”

 

Then what was the reason Osu Island’s abnormal climate became more serious?

 

“What about that power inside?”

 

“Oh, you mean that Indeterminate High-Density Mana Aggregate and Phase Overlayer!”

 

“Indeterminate High-Density Mana Aggregate and Phase Overlayer?”

 

“To repeat this long name in one go after hearing it once! You really aren’t an ordinary person!”

 

At his moved appearance, his head seemed to throb for some reason.

 

“That Indeterminate High-Density Mana Aggregate and Phase Overlayer was actually running wild. In the process of researching and drawing out the power inside, there was a need to refill the depleted power. If it went below the critical threshold, it would collapse and sink this entire island!”

 

The words continued without pause.

 

“But whether the calculations were wrong, the Indeterminate High-Density Mana Aggregate and Phase Overlayer rapidly expanded that power, and while I was trying to calm it down, you two arrived! Ah! There were also three people caught in the spatial movement trap, but they seemed like they’d be troublesome, so I locked them up for now.”

 

If that sphere’s name had been just a little shorter, his head would have been less dizzy.

 

“Do you know what’s happening outside?”

 

“Uh, according to calculations, Osu Island’s climate is expected to become a bit stranger. First, the existing climate reaches extremes, and from a certain point, temperature, humidity, and all sorts of conditions change every minute, causing the climate to change.”

 

If they had left it just a little longer, it would have become even more dangerous.

 

“Thank goodness, Boss. If it weren’t for Boss…”

 

If things went wrong, a terrible situation where all the Academy students would be buried on this island would have occurred.

 

“That’s right. Boss, uh I don’t know your name but anyway, thanks to Boss taking care of it, the power’s rampage could stop!”

 

Looking at Malacas expressing his gratitude, Gilbert could come to one conclusion.

 

“Still, this… person is definitely the one who caused this situation.”

 

“What was your intention? Malacas Junior.”

 

At Ziel’s question, Malacas answered without hesitation.

 

“While it does involve research, the Imperial Palace wouldn’t allow a mage of that level to go to such a place for that reason alone! I made an agreement with the previous His Imperial Majesty. To return this Osu Island to its original state. The rampage that ‘Boss’ put to sleep was an accident that occurred during that stabilization work.”

 

Malacas suddenly asked.

 

“But how did you put it to sleep? I tried everything I could right after the rampage started, but it didn’t work.”

 

“I cut it.”

 

“Pardon?”

 

“I cut the experimental equipment to sever the mana supply.”

 

“Wh… what?”

 

Malacas seemed flustered and at a loss for words.

 

Surely he couldn’t have failed to think of such a simple method.

 

“That… should be impossible though? All those experimental devices were made with incredible durability! And… since they were already running wild, cutting off the mana supply would have made them rampage even more.”

 

“I wouldn’t know about that.”

 

“What did you cut it with?”

 

Shing.

 

Ziel drew his sword to show him.

 

“This. A sword made from Ether-Steel. A very good sword. One of a kind in the world.”

 

“Boss, suddenly bragging about your sword…?”

 

“Isn’t it a sword worth bragging about? Don’t you think it’s cool, Malacas Junior?”

 

Somehow Ziel seemed to really want to show off his sword.

 

But rather than mentioning the sword, Malacas focused on something else entirely.

 

“It was because of Ether-Steel’s ultra-high-density mana conductivity and cancellation interference effect! In a mana saturation state beyond the critical point, normal physical strikes would have acted as detonators, but the Ether-Steel traced a trajectory while instantly absorbing surrounding mana to create a void phenomenon!”

 

“…”

 

Ziel looked slightly dejected.

 

“That momentary vacuum state physically blocked the chain reaction and forcibly fixed the phase overlap. My goodness, to implement such precise mana dynamics through swordsmanship!”

 

Gilbert, who naturally couldn’t understand, pondered deeply before asking.

 

“Anyway, it’s thanks to the sword, right?”

 

“Ether-Steel alone wouldn’t have been enough to create this variable! My experimental equipment consists of ultra-high-strength magical devices made from adamantium alloy with multi-layered hardening enchantments. Because you cut through them in one stroke without trajectory deviation, you were able to induce pure physical severance without distorting the flow of non-crystalline mana. It’s truly a result where all causalities aligned perfectly!”

 

He still didn’t praise the sword in the end.

 

Ziel looked at Malacas for a moment and muttered.

 

“What an unlikeable mage.”

 

Regardless, Malacas continued talking excitedly.

 

“The properties of Ether-Steel, the transcendent acceleration with which you wielded it, and even the cross-section of the experimental equipment that reached critical point…! Mages usually deny personal gods and pursue only truth, but today I want to believe in divine providence! You are truly the mortal miracle that prevented the annihilation of me and this island!”

 

This was somewhat understandable.

 

In any case, the conclusion was that Boss had done well.

 

But why did a certain someone come to mind?

 

That person who talked so much and tormented Gilbert and Ziel terribly!

 

If those two met, they’d probably get along well.

 

Though he could never beat Gunter.

 

“To summarize, this person… I mean, this gentleman has been repeating experiments here while researching to restore Osu Island to its original state, and this incident occurred.”

 

“I see. Malacas Junior. Then did you create this space too?”

 

“No. The space beneath the ‘Root Tree’ already existed, and this place was built by people who experimented on Osu Island in the past. How could a mere mage create such an absurd space deep underground?”

 

Root Tree.

 

He seemed to be talking about that giant tree they saw earlier.

 

In other words, the tree that Ziel had literally cut down with a single stroke.

 

“So that’s called the Root Tree, Boss.”

 

“I see. Though it’s no longer a tree.”

 

“That’s right. It was huge though.”

 

It was right then that Malacas, listening to their conversation, reached a fundamental question.

 

“Wait. But how did you two get in here?”

 

“There was a hole in the tree.”

 

“Ah, you mean that entrance up above? I wondered if there’d ever be a need to use it, but you climbed the tree to that incredible height…”

 

“No. I cut it.”

 

“Pardon?”

 

“I cut it. When I cut it, there was a passage leading downward inside.”

 

“…”

 

While Malacas remained silent, Ziel held up his sword again.

 

“I cut it with this sword. Isn’t it cool?”

 

But the response that came back contained no mention of the sword.

 

“You cut… the Root Tree…? My goodness…”

 

“Yes, I cut it with this sword…”

 

“Then there’s a high possibility that Osu Island might return to normal! Since you cut that tree, the catalyst that spread the power of the non-crystalline high-density mana accumulation and phase overlap throughout Osu Island has disappeared!”

 

It was amazing news.

 

The problem of Osu Island that no one had solved for ages!

 

Of course, cutting down one tree wouldn’t solve all the problems.

 

But the important thing was that possibilities had opened up.

 

“Boss, did you hear that? The problem might be solved?”

 

But Ziel looked dejected.

 

“Boss? Why are you…”

 

“He’s someone who doesn’t understand the coolness of this sword. I suppose it’s because he’s a mage?”

 

“Ah.”

 

Ziel really seemed to want to show off his sword.

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