On My First Day Undercover, the Organization Collapsed - Chapter 273
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The Organization Collapsed on My First Day of Infiltration Episode 273
Higher Up (1)
Malacas had a somewhat hollow expression.
“I never thought it would be resolved like this… I researched for 10 years, but in the end I did accomplish it this way…”
“Shouldn’t you return to the Imperial Palace, Sir Malacas?”
Gilbert presented the conclusion as if it were obvious, but Malacas shook his head.
“I won’t return to the Imperial Palace. I left there in the first place because I could only do the research the Imperial Palace wanted. Osu Island was… a good excuse.”
“Ah.”
Malacas was a mage devoted solely to research.
In that process, he achieved the feat of reaching the 6th Circle, but rather than flaunting it, he devoted himself only to new research.
Should I say he was more of a scholar than a mage?
Such a person had now achieved one goal while simultaneously ‘losing’ his goal.
“I did consider becoming a lich.”
“Pardon?”
“Because I could continue research in a state of neither living nor dying. I still have some life left, but there are many secrets in the world yet to be revealed.”
A person who could give up everything if only he could know the truth of the world!
‘He’s really crazy about research.’
It was strangely admirable.
Gilbert didn’t have confidence he could be like that.
Being a mage was a profession where you could live luxuriously just by reaching the 5th Circle!
Even doing the supposedly worst job as an Arcane School Professor, the annual salary approached 1 million cel.
It wasn’t just about 1 million cel – a person who could easily earn 10 million cel or 100 million cel and enjoy tremendous honor was saying he didn’t want to return to the Imperial Palace because he only wanted to do the research he desired.
“You live in a different world, Boss.”
“Is that so. But people should live doing what they want to do. He’s right.”
Ah.
This person was also from a different world.
Do extremes attract each other?
“Boss knows something too?”
“I know controlled life well.”
Ziel knew better than anyone.
Because he was an assassin of Black Sky.
In terms of control, it was perfect control where even free will was completely stripped away and you could only move as instructed!
“Boss understands me!”
But why does he keep calling me Boss?
“Um, Sir Malacas. This person is Teacher Ziel.”
“Ah, so Boss’s name is Ziel? Even the name is cool!”
“Well, so rather than the title Boss, calling him Teacher Ziel would be…”
“I think Boss sounds cooler though?”
It didn’t seem to be working well.
Who would have thought he’d be someone with so little sense of authority.
‘Even though he’s old enough!’
“So I’m troubled. There’s much I can research here too, but… once they know Osu Island’s problem is resolved, they’ll surely issue a return order.”
Ziel presented a simple solution.
“Go into hiding.”
“Pardon?”
“Go into hiding. Where no one in the world knows. And live a new life.”
“A new life…”
One of only three 6th Circle mages in the Empire.
An invaluable ‘resource’ and ‘military strength’ for the Empire.
The existence of a high-level mage itself serves as a deterrent against threats.
The Imperial Palace would never let such a person go.
“Hiding… you underestimate the Imperial Palace’s tracking abilities. I’ll definitely be caught.”
“No. You won’t be caught.”
“How can you be so certain?”
“I’m just certain.”
Nod.
The reason for his certainty was simple.
Ziel was doing exactly that right now.
Perhaps it was even more difficult than a 6th Circle mage going into hiding.
Why?
Because he was an incomparably dangerous Specter!
“Do what you want to do.”
“What I want to do…”
Naturally, it was research.
There was still much he wanted to know and discover.
He owed nothing more to the Imperial Palace.
Though the Imperial Palace had supported many of his researches, he had given the Empire the laws and secrets he discovered through them.
The results were brilliant, but rather than living intoxicated by that brilliance, Malacas set out to find new research.
“I want to continue researching in the future.”
“Then do that.”
“How should I go into hiding?”
Malacas’s eyes sparkled.
He really seemed to dream of going into hiding.
“If possible, I want to research in a place no one knows, discover new theories and laws, and publish them anonymously. Becoming a ‘specter’ of the magical world.”
Specter!
At those words, Ziel was slightly surprised and asked.
“Do you know about the Specter?”
“How could I not! Though we’re in different fields, I know well that he’s an incredible person.”
“You’re a fan.”
“Exactly.”
An atmosphere where they seemed to get along well.
Then Ziel made a proposal.
“I can help you hide, Malacas Junior.”
“Help me hide?”
“Yes.”
Malacas was a mage.
Mages are inherently beings packed with suspicion and curiosity!
“Why… why would you help me? Strictly speaking, I’m someone who nearly put Boss’s students in danger.”
Gone was the earlier madness as he posed a quite serious question.
Gilbert thought.
This was the first moment since meeting him that he looked like a normal person.
“That wasn’t actually your intention. Besides, the students can now do practical training again.”
“…What if anyone had been hurt?”
“I would have inflicted the same wounds.”
“Ah.”
The moment Malacas met Ziel’s gaze, he faced the emotion of ‘fear’ for the first time in a long while.
Those orange eyes!
He felt like he was being sucked in.
“You said you’re a 6th Circle mage.”
“Y-yes, that’s right.”
“If you help me disappear, what can you do for me?”
Ziel was definitely the type to make deals.
If there was no benefit, he wouldn’t bother helping.
Compassion?
Ziel had never felt such emotions toward strangers yet.
Anyway, even if he was a fan, this kind of thing needed to be clear.
“I can provide all kinds of magical assistance.”
All kinds of magical assistance.
It wasn’t just anyone, but a 6th Circle mage saying this.
“Perhaps you want help teaching the students?”
“No. There’s already a qualified person for that.”
“Oh my.”
Gilbert mourned inwardly.
Even with a 6th Circle mage coming, Professor Emeric couldn’t escape from Ziel.
“Then, then what do you want? I’ll do anything if I can just disappear!”
“I want all other magical things. Can you do it?”
“All other magical things…”
Gilbert trembled with a different kind of fear.
The reason Boss was scary wasn’t just his endless powerful strength, but perhaps this method of providing what people desperately wanted with that ability and binding them tightly.
Wasn’t that right.
A 6th Circle mage hoped to disappear.
However, Boss had the ability to make that happen.
“If I can disappear completely, I’ll gladly do that.”
Their mutual interests aligned.
The great mage Malacas wanted perfect disappearance for endless research.
Conversely, Ziel was trying to use that as bait to obtain something magical.
‘Professor Emeric Kent’s education and… I can think about other things when I get back.’
Anyway, a 6th Circle mage-
‘Should I start him as a kitchen assistant? Chef Teo would like that.’
He was trying to use him even as a kitchen assistant.
“Alright. I’ll help you disappear.”
“Really? Then what should I do first, Boss?”
Ziel brought up a shocking story from the start.
“First, you die here.”
Agent 20, Kelvin, and the emergency search team centered around Berhal arrived at the Central District.
The scene they encountered upon arrival was truly shocking.
“The tree… the Root Tree…”
The tree had been cut down.
No, it had been cut down and fallen.
That massive, thick tree!
“…Is there some magic beast we don’t know about inhabiting this area?”
“Is… that so?”
Agent 20 couldn’t believe this scene.
It was impossible.
To cut down and topple this tree?
“…This is a trace of being cut with a mana sword.”
Berhal, who approached closely to investigate, let out a hollow laugh.
“This is ridiculous.”
It was split cleanly and horizontally without any curves.
The cross-section was perfectly uniform as if cut with a single stroke.
Who on earth could do such a thing.
‘…Teacher Ziel?’
Ziel and Gilbert who had gone ahead.
Only two people came to mind.
A magic beast?
No matter how powerful a magic beast was, it couldn’t do this.
It wasn’t a matter of strength.
This precise and powerful mana control to cut such a massive tree with a single stroke!
Only humans were capable of that.
“Could it be a mage?”
“To accomplish something like this at a mage’s level… at minimum 20 5th Rank mages would need to simultaneously exert physical force with identical mana. Even then, I’m not sure if it would be possible.”
Agent 20 cautiously offered his opinion, but even that was a very conservative estimate.
“Bo, Boss, where is he?”
In the midst of this, Kelvin was only focused on finding Ziel instead of the fallen tree.
“But here… there’s a hole drilled in the center of the cross-section.”
“You’re right. Now that you mention it, there’s an identical one in the upper part that was cut off too…”
The massive tree that had been cut.
A deep hole of unknown depth drilled beneath it.
While they were pondering that problem.
“You’ve arrived. Department Head Berhal Abue.”
“Bo, Boss!”
Ziel and Gilbert appeared.
Right from the hole drilled in that tree!
“You, you two! What happened?”
There was so much they wanted to ask.
“Bo, Boss! That’s too much! Leaving me behind like this!”
There was also someone who felt hurt.
“You were slow.”
“Ah.”
“If you want to come along next time, get faster.”
“I, I’ll do speed training!”
Still, the hurt feelings were quickly resolved.
But that wasn’t the important thing.
“Teacher Ziel, what on earth happened here?”
To Berhal’s question, Ziel gave a very characteristic answer.
“I cut the tree.”
“That’s… true, but.”
“When I cut it, there was a place leading downward, so I went in.”
“And, and then?”
Gilbert explained what came next.
“When we went down, there was a person, Department Head. Already… dead though.”
“…!”
Berhal asked urgently.
“Then that person is the culprit behind the incidents happening on Osu Island now?”
“It looked more like they died from exhaustion. There were no particular external injuries… and there was a sphere containing tremendous power in front of the corpse.”
“A sphere containing power…?”
Gilbert continued with the detailed explanation.
Because Boss doesn’t lie.
Berhal and Agent 20, who received the general story, were shocked.
“So… what’s down there is the cause of Osu Island becoming like this, and that power went out of control causing the severe abnormal weather.”
“That’s right.”
“Huh… What in the world is this…”
It was a natural reaction from those who knew little about the experiments on Osu Island and were unaware of the secret pact made between the Imperial Family and Malacas afterward.
But what truly shocked them was something else entirely.
Gilbert brought up the words he had coordinated with Malacas beforehand.
“By any chance, do you know about the 6th Circle mage who went missing 10 years ago?”
“The 6th Circle mage who went missing 10 years ago… are you referring to Sir Malacas?”
“Yes.”
Berhal and Agent 20’s eyes trembled with shock.
For that name to suddenly be mentioned at this point in time, could it be…
“The corpse we saw, it seems to be Sir Malacas’s body.”
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