Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 127

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 127

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

80. Let’s Take It

 

 

 

 

 

The Restricted Zone.

 

A place shrouded in silence.

 

The most secretive area in the Academy.

 

A place where even a mouse would find it hard to enter, with security strengthened due to the recent undead rampage incident at Saint Aimar’s Hall.

 

In such a place—

 

“Now.”

 

A group was moving.

 

Consisting of five in total, all wearing black robes with hoods pulled deep over their heads, making their faces difficult to recognize.

 

“Keep moving without stopping. If we delay even a little, we’ll be caught.”

 

They moved stealthily but without pause, following the instructions of the man at the front.

 

“Ugh, this is killing me. When does this damn shift end?”

 

“About 40 minutes left now.”

 

“Hurry up and end already. Yawn. I’m dead tired.”

 

5 AM.

 

The time when guards who started their shift at 4 AM would be most drowsy.

 

Perhaps due to their already scattered concentration.

 

The guards completely failed to notice the five men passing by not far from them.

 

And finally, the men arrived in front of the building that was once used as Saul Hanston’s Research Laboratory.

 

“Zeke.”

 

When the man at the front extended his hand, the man called Zeke handed him a thick cloth that had been neatly folded.

 

Then, when the man unfolded the cloth and pressed it against the mana barrier, amazingly, the mana barrier that Saul Hanston had installed disappeared.

 

It disappeared only for the size of the cloth, creating a kind of passage.

 

“Move quickly.”

 

While the man at the front held the cloth, the other four entered inside.

 

And when the man at the front finally entered and retrieved the cloth, the barrier reappeared as if nothing had happened.

 

The man at the front clicked his tongue while looking at the retrieved cloth.

 

“Every time I see it, it’s an absurd mana barrier. To make cloth woven with Turan thread useless in just one use…”

 

Indeed, the cloth made from precious thread had now served its purpose and become worse than an ordinary scrap of cloth.

 

Proof that the mana barrier installed by Saul Hanston was tremendous.

 

“Soon we’ll be able to create this barrier ourselves.”

 

Zeke. At his words, the man nodded.

 

“We just need to collect all the mana from Saul Hanston’s essence inside. We’re the last ones. The glory will be ours.”

 

At the words that they would take the glory, everyone trembled. A reaction as if they felt thrilled just thinking about it.

 

“Going in.”

 

Then the man at the front lightly disabled the mana barrier installed on the outer wall.

 

A mana barrier that was nothing compared to Saul Hanston’s level.

 

After that, he groped along the wall, grabbed a hidden handle, and pulled hard.

 

“Going in.”

 

Finally, another passage was revealed.

 

It was for immediate access to the basement where the mana stone containing Saul Hanston’s essence was located, and also a place to escape in case of emergency.

 

“Now I can finally breathe easy.”

 

“Phew. I almost couldn’t breathe.”

 

“How long do we have to stay here this time? Was it two months?”

 

“The guys who switched shifts have two months, but we might take even longer. We have plenty of food supplies, so it shouldn’t be a problem.”

 

Everyone seemed to have relaxed now.

 

‘That’s understandable. They’ve been running non-stop since infiltrating the Academy.’

 

From the moment they infiltrated the Academy, they had been moving in a state of extreme tension.

 

Once they entered the Restricted Zone, they moved without even a moment to breathe.

 

But now they could rest.

 

Taking turns to get some sleep would help.

 

“Everyone, let’s eat first.”

 

“Oh, good. Let’s take out some hot food from our spatial storage.”

 

“Who made the stew we were supplied with?”

 

“Was it Helgas?”

 

“Ah, then I’m not eating the stew. Who would eat stew from hell?”

 

Just as the five men were walking down the passage toward the basement with their tension released.

 

Click.

 

The mana lighting that had been illuminating the passage suddenly went out.

 

“Wha, what?”

 

Before they could even assess the situation—

 

Whiiiiish!

 

They heard something flying through the air, followed by a dull sound and something hitting the man at the front with a thud!

 

“Ca, Captain?”

 

“…”

 

Instead of an answer, they heard the sound of someone collapsing.

 

What had happened?

 

Having relaxed their guard and facing this completely unexpected situation, they couldn’t even think of how to respond.

 

Thud!

 

Next was the man right behind the captain, Zeke.

 

Similarly hit by something that flew from the darkness, Zeke collapsed with a thump.

 

Without even letting out a scream.

 

“A, ambush…”

 

The cry that burst out desperately was brief.

 

A dull impact struck his chest area, and the man whose breath was suddenly cut off collapsed.

 

Now only two remained.

 

“Ru, run… ugh.”

 

One who was just about to turn around was hit by something on the back of his head and fell forward—

 

Hissssss…

 

The last one who was trying to go back inhaled a colorless, odorless gas that had unknowingly leaked out, and collapsed as well.

 

And the passage became quiet as if nothing had happened.

 

Click.

 

A moment later.

 

“…Even though it’s a narrow space, it gets handled this cleanly?”

 

A woman’s incredulous voice was heard.

 

“Two got their heads cracked… two in the chest. The remaining one got sleeping gas. But they’re all fine?”

 

Another woman’s voice was also heard.

 

“That’s Dane for you. He hit them all precisely to knock them out, right?”

 

An excited man’s voice.

 

Finally—

 

“Let’s move them before they wake up.”

 

A man speaking as if finding it interesting.

 

Even Dane Sogress’s voice.

 

Of course, the five who had just fainted couldn’t hear any of these sounds and wouldn’t be able to.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I quickly set up traps while forming several hypotheses.

 

Who exactly would be coming to this place?

 

First, the purpose is clear.

 

It’s this giant mana stone containing Saul Hanston’s essence.

 

They must be coming after this.

 

At first glance, it’s an object that any mage, or anyone in the world for that matter, would covet. It contains Saul Hanston’s lifetime mana intact, and incredibly compressed at that.

 

Generally, mana stones aren’t made this large and crudely. The efficiency is too poor. There’s no point in making something that can’t be recharged so big.

 

But if it’s for ‘storage’ purposes, that’s different.

 

Since Saul Hanston must have made this himself, he probably created it to store his own mana.

 

I don’t know why he did that.

 

More importantly, the question is who’s targeting this.

 

“Could it really be someone from inside the Academy?”

 

Logically speaking, it has to be someone from inside the Academy.

 

This is a restricted zone, and staying within the restricted zone for a certain period without any problems would be difficult unless it’s an inside job.

 

But that’s only in conventional cases.

 

“The discovery of this large mana stone containing Saul Hanston’s essence is already beyond conventional, isn’t it?”

 

I heard that after Saul Hanston’s death, all the items that existed in this research lab were moved to the Hanston Memorial Hall.

 

But isn’t it strange that they left this mana stone behind?

 

They probably couldn’t find it.

 

Either they didn’t know about the existence of this basement itself.

 

Or they couldn’t move it.

 

Whatever it is, I’ll find out soon enough.

 

From those poor fellows who are about to fall into my traps.

 

Bang, thud. Crash!

 

I heard some noise for a moment, then it became quiet.

 

As I approached to open the door, Priscilla asked, perhaps out of caution.

 

“Wouldn’t it be better to prepare before going?”

 

“They should be unconscious already.”

 

“Huh?”

 

And when I opened the door, the bodies of five fellows who had tumbled down the stairs came spilling out.

 

“Ah…”

 

Priscilla finally looked convinced, and we immediately moved the five unconscious fellows to one side of the wall and tied up their hands and feet.

 

After searching their belongings, some pretty decent items came out.

 

“Looks like we might find something interesting?”

 

Ernest, who was in charge of the search, laid out all sorts of items.

 

First, six pouches that appeared to be spatial storage and several notebooks.

 

Perfect items to dig into.

 

“There’s some Crown coins too… Why are there so many miscellaneous things?”

 

I joined in too. I also examined the miscellaneous items. Then I suddenly checked what appeared to be notes.

 

 

 

-During the essence extraction phase, maintain two extractors at all times. When extraction progress reaches 60%, add one more person.

 

 

 

Essence extraction.

 

So these fellows are extracting the mana contained in this mana stone.

 

 

 

-If the magic circle is damaged, immediately stop extraction and reinforce it. Check the separately attached magic circle diagram.

 

 

 

As written on the note, there was also a magic circle diagram.

 

I took the diagram for now and glanced at the magic circle.

 

Essence extraction.

 

“Dane. There’s this too.”

 

Then Ernest handed me a rolled-up piece of parchment.

 

“Looks like a map.”

 

When I unrolled the parchment, a continental map appeared.

 

It was somewhat crude, but everything that should be there was there, and everything that should be marked was marked.

 

“Just this alone would be a serious crime for these guys.”

 

For reference, maps are one of the items strictly controlled by the Imperial Palace.

 

Because they’re extremely useful as military intelligence.

 

Even if it’s crude, a map like this with everything drawn would mean at least prison time the moment they’re caught.

 

The problem is what these fellows are up to.

 

“This…”

 

I could tell right away.

 

These fellows are…

 

“Are they some kind of organization?”

 

I found a small pill lodged between their teeth.

 

“For suicide.”

 

I remember learning from Mother.

 

A deadly poison that assassin organizations or secret organizations brainwash their members to use for suicide in emergencies.

 

I carefully extracted the poison pills from all five of them.

 

“There’s this too.”

 

There’s also a notebook with instructions written in it.

 

But the notebook wouldn’t open.

 

“It’s magic.”

 

Lock magic for securing specific items.

 

It varies depending on the caster, but it’s generally difficult to break.

 

‘Generally’ being the key word.

 

Click.

 

I analyzed the mana flowing through the notebook and gently channeled my mana into it, shaking it to match the internal flow, and the lock released.

 

“What did you do?”

 

“Push to unlock.”

 

I shrugged at Leila’s question and opened the notebook.

 

The first page read:

 

For a new world.

 

“A new world?”

 

From then on, various instructions, things to know, and precautions were visible.

 

 

 

-Code of Conduct 1. Security must always be thorough. In unfavorable situations, prioritize it over life.

 

-Code of Conduct 2. We always move for the change of the world

 

-Code of Conduct 3. Do not try to discover the identity of organization members. We are all one, and we are all individuals.

 

-Code of Conduct…

 

 

 

What was made like a manual was quite substantial in volume.

 

These were fellows moving in an organized manner.

 

“I should take this.”

 

It would serve as evidence.

 

Clear evidence at that.

 

“Dane, I think we’ve discovered something bigger than we thought….”

 

Ernest, who had been reading the notes, trembled with his hands shaking.

 

Who would have known.

 

We went there feeling like we were treasure hunting because something seemed to be there, but we’d end up confirming the existence of a secret organization.

 

And even mana stones like this.

 

“Hmm….”

 

Here, one rather shocking piece of evidence also emerged.

 

“Dane. It seems like an insider helped them?”

 

“Look at this.”

 

What Leila handed over while looking at the items together was another note.

 

 

 

-Academy North Latitude 34.58 Point

 

-If you send the designated signal, the door will be opened for you.

 

 

 

Ernest immediately figured out where North Latitude 34.58 Point was.

 

“That’s the supply transport passage near the back gate.”

 

Supply transport passage.

 

Then these guys came through there to get here.

 

Not climbing over walls or digging through the ground, but using the passage means….

 

“It means someone inside is helping them.”

 

That was Priscilla’s speculation.

 

As far as I know, Academy entry is managed quite strictly, so if they broke through that….

 

“There’s definitely a problem.”

 

Let me organize this.

 

A secret organization trying to extract Saul Hanston’s essence.

 

And a collaborator inside the Academy.

 

These two things are the key points.

 

“What are they trying to do with this essence?”

 

Every organization has a purpose for its formation.

 

I’m not sure what it is.

 

But if they’re trying to use this massive mana stone that Saul Hanston stored mana in for a long time, it wouldn’t be an ordinary purpose.

 

“We’ll need more investigation.”

 

For now, we thoroughly searched the pockets of the unconscious guys, collected all the evidence, and swept it into our subspace.

 

Before sweeping it up, we also checked in advance whether there was any tracking magic or devices.

 

“What do we do with these guys, Dane?”

 

Now what remained was dealing with these guys.

 

To Ernest’s question, I answered simply.

 

“Restrict their mana so they can’t move, and we need to call someone.”

 

“Th-then what about us?”

 

“We need to get out of here before that.”

 

We should report it, but anonymously.

 

If we get caught up in this wholesale by mistake, things will get troublesome.

 

“This has gotten quite big.”

 

“A secret organization… I really never imagined it.”

 

They seemed disappointed that it wasn’t the exploration they had thought, and flustered when completely unexpected things were discovered.

 

But my thoughts are a bit different.

 

I looked at the magic circle once.

 

It’s a bit difficult, but by my standards, it’s not at a level I can’t restore or operate.

 

Also, ‘accelerating’ the magic circle seems possible too.

 

And if my ancient mana is added to that?

 

“It would be too wasteful to go back like this. Right?”

 

I said to the three of them.

 

“Anyway, the fact that this was here was something no one knew, and only these guys knew about it, but these guys are illegal intruders from the Academy’s perspective, aren’t they?”

 

Everyone made expressions like ‘no way.’

 

I grinned and looked at the mana stone.

 

“So let’s take this mana stone for ourselves.”

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