On My First Day Undercover, the Organization Collapsed - Chapter 279

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The Organization Collapsed on My First Day of Infiltration Episode 279

What Kind of Fortune Was He Born With

At the very moment when the students began devoting themselves to preparing for the exchange competition.

“How is this… how on earth could this be possible?”

This Osu Island practical training and exchange competition had the sponsorship of several noble families.

One of those sponsoring families was the Delphis family.

Right now, it was Eleanor’s family, staring in shock at the cleanly cut Root Tree, unable to contain their astonishment.

Eleanor had come to Osu Island a few days ago.

But since arriving, she had only been resting in a villa prepared in the safe zone.

As befitting a sponsoring family, it was a place where she could spend comfortable time like a vacation inside, regardless of what happened outside.

In fact, several areas of Osu Island had recently been rising as ‘resorts’ for nobles.

While various climates existed, there were naturally areas with mild climates among them, and nobles had been building and using villas in those few areas.

Eleanor had also come with that intention.

However, from today onwards, that wasn’t the case.

“Vice Family Head, I have never… seen such a sight in my life.”

Eleanor and her butler, who had come to this place after encountering the series of ‘incidents’ that occurred on Osu Island, had to ponder countless times over the ‘incomprehensible’ scene.

Was this even remotely possible?

Could such a thing happen?

The fact that the missing Sir Malacas had actually been here and had even died trying to stop a rampaging power wasn’t important to Eleanor.

It was surprising, though.

But what was more surprising than that was, so how did they cut this tree?

“Teacher Ziel Steelheart cut this tree?”

“Yes, according to the explanation… that’s correct. I ask because my knowledge of swordsmanship is somewhat lacking, but I’m not sure if this is even possible…”

Those were accurate words.

Eleanor didn’t know either.

No, she thought it was impossible.

Could there be a person in the world capable of this?

Therefore, the conclusion reached through incomprehension was exactly this.

“This teacher named Ziel, I heard he was strong, but there was a reason for his strength. No matter how I look at it, this… can’t be explained unless it’s secret arts.”

It was a misunderstanding.

But it was understandable.

Secret arts were a field with an extremely narrow area of knowledge compared to magic and swordsmanship.

Due to their characteristic of being passed down through family bloodlines, they kept many parts secret like the breathing techniques of prestigious families.

Their numbers were far fewer than mages, but people often feared secret arts users more.

Because their power wasn’t something that could simply be explained by physical laws and magical laws.

“Have you heard about the Steelheart family?”

“I don’t know much about them properly. I only heard that they were wiped out at some point. He’s probably the sole survivor of the current Steelheart family.”

Eleanor nodded as if she finally understood.

“I can roughly guess the reason they were wiped out too. Among secret arts families, there are many cases where they don’t even mention the fact that they possess secret arts until they reveal it themselves.”

More misunderstandings were piling up.

But from Eleanor’s perspective, it couldn’t be helped.

Look at the cross-section where this massive tree was cut.

It was clean without the slightest curve.

Cutting such a thick tree in one stroke?

No swordsmanship she knew could make it possible.

Would it be possible even if a master-level knight among the Empire’s finest came?

Impossible.

First of all, Eleanor herself was classified as master-level in the same domain.

‘I’m not confident.’

She couldn’t guarantee, no, it seemed impossible even for a tree half this thickness.

So this incomprehension reached another conclusion.

“He must have definitely used some special method.”

“It seems so, Vice Family Head. Indeed, unless it’s secret arts… it would be difficult to explain.”

Strength that reaches unfathomable domains often causes such misunderstandings.

Thus, Ziel was currently receiving both the misunderstanding of being of imperial blood and the misunderstanding of being a secret arts user simultaneously.

Moreover, those misunderstandings seemed unlikely to be resolved in the future.

“The wind that this Ziel fellow has brought to this Empire is quite extraordinary. I thought it was simply a tempest in a teacup blowing within the Academy…”

“Countless families have already made contact, and even His Imperial Highness covets this talent, so he’ll surely be a man who will bring tremendous storms to this entire Empire someday.”

“Hmm. Seeing how he rejected all those proposals, the rumors that the Imperial Palace sent him to the Academy with some mission seem to be true.”

Anyway, strong was strong.

She could never think he was above master-level, but he definitely possessed some tremendous power as a secret arts user.

So there was one person who came to mind.

“By the way, what news of the ‘Dark Ghost’?”

“I apologize. We’re currently investigating through all channels, but…”

“Hmm.”

Eleanor absolutely had to find the Dark Ghost.

A secret technique so dangerous that it was only passed down orally and would never be used again!

‘Please let me use it freely! It’s my wish!’

She wanted to put that secret technique to use somehow.

Wasn’t that right?

It was a secret technique of sorts, but she felt wronged that she might grow old and die without properly using it.

So she wanted to get that answer from the Dark Ghost who had defeated her.

The problem was she couldn’t find him.

“I’ll collect additional information as soon as we return.

There wasn’t just one or two people who faced such misunderstandings.

“Huh, this is Teacher Ziel who teaches our children…?”

“How on earth could this be possible?”

“It seems like he used some special method…”

“I heard he cut it with one sword strike, but isn’t it probably to hide some kind of power?”

The nobles who had come to this Osu Island to watch the exchange competition also witnessed this scene and had similar thoughts.

It seemed everyone similarly turned away from power beyond the realm of understanding.

“What do you think, Head of Kundel?”

Amos shook his head without hesitation.

“It’s impossible with swordsmanship. Even I would find it difficult to cleanly cut through a tree of this thickness in one stroke.”

However, he didn’t forget to appeal himself.

“Of course, destroying it in one go is possible. If it’s the destructive power possessed by our family’s secret technique.”

“Indeed, Kundel’s heavy swordsmanship!”

“Hmm.”

Daren also subtly added his words, not to be outdone.

“Hmm. With our family’s secret technique, I could precisely pierce and penetrate every leaf that was hanging on this tree.”

“Oh! Indeed, Rihart’s swift swordsmanship is also…”

The nobles had split into two sides before they knew it!

Amos snickered and said a word to Daren.

“When we brought up secret techniques, all you could say was…”

“Ahem, wasn’t there someone else who brought it up first?”

It would have been a scene where the children couldn’t lift their heads in embarrassment if they had seen it.

“Anyway… seeing it directly with our eyes like this, it’s tremendous.”

“That’s right. Sir Malacas’s memorial service aside… to think such tremendous things were happening down here.”

“I heard there’s also a reason why Osu Island below became like this?”

The family heads also saw the deep and profound hole in the tree.

But no one thought about going inside.

Since they weren’t directly involved, that was as far as it went.

Mourning for Malacas was a separate matter.

The reason they came all the way to this lake and took a boat in again was to watch the children’s exchange tournament.

Actually, there was a bit of behind-the-scenes drama here.

‘Damn it, he should have just said he wasn’t going instead of being wishy-washy…’

‘He had to wait until the very end to say he was going, so now we’re all rushing around…’

Kundel and Rihart.

A battle of pride between the two families!

They couldn’t not go since they had attended the last exchange tournament, but going meant the burden of traveling all the way to Osu Island.

In the end, this time Daren was the first to declare his participation.

As a result…

‘I’m already swamped with family business, so why am I here doing this…’

‘When will those two ever get along?’

‘They’re not even kids, what’s with…’

The other Family Heads ended up being dragged along as well.

Everyone felt the same way.

Honestly, they didn’t want to come.

But not going would be a loss.

Being a noble was all about connections, wasn’t it?

And since this was also an opportunity to see the children’s growth, everyone wasn’t entirely dissatisfied.

“By the way, I heard this exchange tournament will be a bit different. The first round is a captain battle?”

“That sounds interesting. Captain battles are fun to watch for the strategy.”

“The second round is about breaking through various areas of Osu Island, right? That should be very entertaining.”

Since they had come this far anyway, it would be nice to directly observe the children’s growth and enjoy some rest.

“Ahem. Well then, I should go watch our child’s training. They must be preparing for the captain battle…”

The Family Heads who left with the Root Tree behind them headed to the Training Grounds in the Safe Zone to watch their children’s training.

Amos and Daren naturally went to the Second Years’ side.

Amos even looked for Delev first, despite having his second son Aken in the fourth year.

It wasn’t because he particularly favored Delev.

He just didn’t like that Daren guy going to watch first.

Both of them thought the same thing.

Naturally, their own child would be the key player in this captain battle.

However-

“Student Quantus Hofel. Endure more.”

“Grrrgh!”

“That’s not enough. You need to last until the 3rd round.”

“Yes, Teacher!”

Watching the training quietly, they realized the key player was someone else.

“Indeed! That’s my son! Uhahahaha!”

The Head of Hofel Family laughed heartily from the sidelines.

Instead, Delev and Celia were listed as the second and fourth contestants respectively, following Quantus.

“Why… is our son…”

“Why is our daughter…”

The two had no idea about Ziel’s strategy.

“As expected! Big muscles come with big strength!”

The Head of Hofel Family even applauded while saying something that sounded very familiar!

“Quantus! Keep it up! With your muscles, you can go not just 3 rounds but 4 rounds!”

“Father!”

Quantus, as if he had made up his mind, faced Ziel and declared.

“Teacher, since it’s come to this, I’ll go for 5 rounds!”

“No. You only go until the 3rd round.”

“Why not!”

“Because that’s the strategy.”

Nod.

Anyway, the strategy was as follows.

Quantus until the 3rd round.

After that, Delev and Yurio would take turns, with Celia handling the next batter.

Of course, it wasn’t in order of strength.

It was an order determined according to the ‘intelligence’ Ziel had obtained.

“Boss, I found out. Student Aken Kundel from the fourth year will compete last.”

This time Gilbert put in some effort.

Gilbert was from Crow.

This level of information gathering could be handled by Gilbert without Ziel having to step in.

“Well done. This confirms the batting order for the remaining years.”

The Second Years had already achieved a crushing victory in the information war from the start.

Therefore, their preparation for the captain battle was solid.

“Why isn’t our daughter the vanguard!”

Daren, who didn’t know the situation, was disappointed but couldn’t openly complain.

Anyway, the training was proceeding very intensely.

The Family Heads had no idea, but Ziel was already demonstrating the swordsmanship of each year’s contestants that he had meticulously analyzed.

‘Come on, surely he’s just copying it roughly.’

‘It’s very similar to our family’s swordsmanship…?’

Meanwhile.

Not far away, the Family Heads watching the second round magical torch relay training were left speechless.

“Wh-when a wall appears, br-break it!”

Crash!

Kelvin smashed through the rock wall blocking the path.

“I think he said he would teach us how to pioneer a path…”

The 90 Students were dumbfounded.

An extraordinary method.

And with strength that seemed to surpass even Quantus.

If Quantus had been there, he probably would have cheered and nodded enthusiastically.

Meanwhile, the Nobles watching this were shocked.

“Didn’t they say that Teacher was an Assistant Lecturer?”

“The Teaching Assistant from earlier also seemed quite extraordinary…”

“Well, it seems the children are learning under proper teachers.”

They wondered what kind of fortune the Second Years were born with.

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