Ch.406406 – Difference in Perspective

# 406 – Difference in Perspective

The Red Mountain, the great giantess who once ruled over the Thousand Spirit Mountain Range.

No, a being who had her own name before being forcibly renamed by the Dragon Principal.

Crimson Mountain Great Ape Zhan Miaomiao.

赤山大猿 孱杳杳.

She had commanded countless boss monsters under her and fought numerous beasts that challenged her authority.

Until the vast mountain range of Thousand Spirit was dyed with blood.

Until the feeble screams of defeated monsters echoed through the deep, dark valleys.

She had reigned as a symbol of terror, standing atop countless corpses.

Being who she was, she understood when she saw the massive leg rising like a gigantic pillar across the sky.

That too was the same.

Like her past.

Like herself before she was defeated by the Dragon Principal.

<Heavenly River Protection Talisman>

<Spirit Strengthening Secret Art>

<Thousand Spirit Soul Summoning Talisman>

Professor Red Mountain didn’t hesitate for a moment to use the most expensive talismans, elixirs, and spirit summons.

That’s why she was able to block the massive leg that was descending with enough force to crush her abdomen.

KWAAANG!!

CHIIIK!!

Even as the patterns of the Heavenly River Protection Talisman burned to their edges, the enhancement formula of the Spirit Strengthening Secret Art shattered, and all the spirits summoned by the Thousand Spirit Soul Summoning Talisman were completely incinerated.

She barely managed to block the violence of scale, successfully protecting the freshmen and sophomores behind her without a single hair being harmed.

“You’re being quite insolent, you impudent octopus…!”

From her seductive figure that instinctively attracted men, a vicious killing intent rose that would make any man fear to meet her eyes.

It was a killing intent strong enough to push back all the wide-area fear that had been emitted by the Kraken’s domain expansion.

“What impressive sorcery. To think that such combat is possible with mere talismans, elixirs, and auxiliary aids meant only to assist growth. Is this the true value of the Production Department?”

Professor El Draco, the great pirate, had honestly been looking down on Professor Red Mountain.

A foolish professor who tried to use cheap tricks and was severely beaten by a freshman.

That thought was completely reversed by the battle unfolding before his eyes.

A professor with remarkable skills that justified her arrogance.

Endless talismans soaring into the air formed a massive defensive barrier, sealing off one of the Kraken’s legs and twisting the flow of natural mana to artificially induce natural phenomena comparable to grand magic.

<Divine Punishment>

<Lightning Strike>

As they say, all techniques at their peak reach the same realm—lightning strikes comparable to the ultimate natural magic continuously struck the Kraken’s leg.

Even then, the power didn’t spread to the seabed to harm the juniors underwater; instead, the power of the talismans that had seeped into the water made the lightning travel along the surface of the barrier back up to the road, causing lightning to strike repeatedly like perpetual motion.

If a human body were to be hit by such formidable talisman arts, they would die instantly without any chance to react.

‘Unlike magic that merely defies the principles of the world, how could a human body withstand an offensive that uses the principles themselves to repeat the same phenomenon endlessly!’

Nature cannot be defied.

This strength that directly contradicts such common sense was being displayed through mysterious talisman arts.

However, this extraordinary feat comes with an enormous price.

‘The power and natural phenomena grow with the number of talismans. And not all the talismans used here can be recovered!’

Talismans burning up after being struck by lightning.

Talismans melting away as they exert all their power to bind the Kraken when it struggles.

Every second, every moment, Professor Red Mountain’s talismans were diminishing.

Even though the endless quantity was replenishing their numbers, each of those talismans was essentially equivalent to a magical tool.

It was a horrifying sight that would make even the wealthy who spend money like water tremble.

The reason Professor Red Mountain didn’t hesitate was because the cost of the talismans was cheaper than the price of recovering lost strength.

‘If it weren’t for that insolent freshman, Professor Red Mountain wouldn’t have suffered such damage.’

The juniors had their summoning ritual altered and were crushed by the spiritual power of the great monster, suffering tremendous damage.

The professor was also watching her precious talismans melt away like snow in real time.

In this situation, it wouldn’t be fair if only the sophomores who boarded the ship and worsened the damage remained unharmed.

<Domain Reduction>

The moment she reduced the domain that was protecting the freshmen, excluding the sophomores from her protection range, all the sophomores turned pale at the tremendous impact from the clash of powers.

Some sat down with blood flowing from their mouths, while those with slightly better skills stood in front of their comrades only to collapse while coughing up more blood.

In the end, it was the class valedictorian, Mandela Castella, who protected them all.

“Ahahaha!”

The mana wavelength carried in that brazen laughter was pushing back the shock waves, but the energy in the laughter was visibly weakening.

Her specialties—disruption, illusion, and forced status ailments—had no effect on the shock waves from the clash between the great monster and the professor.

In a true battle of the strong where petty tricks don’t work, the talent of an unripe genius was barely enough just to endure.

‘The Kraken is truly enraged. Is it because of the baby Kraken after all?’

The young Kraken clinging tightly to the back of the ship, making “muoong” sounds while trembling.

The mana formula implanted in the baby that Oknodie had released into the water had summoned its parent.

This was the rage of a parent who realized its child had been deceived and kidnapped by humans before barely being released.

“Lieutenant! Expand the field barrier further.”

“What about the ship on the other side?”

“The Meursault pirate gang? I don’t care if they die, but it’s troublesome to kidnap new teaching materials for next semester’s lectures. Just save their lives while you’re at it!”

The freshmen who happened to overhear the conversation thought what kind of crazy professor this was, but thanks to that, the Meursault pirate gang was able to preserve their lives.

“Those crazy Academy bastards. What the hell is a great monster doing popping out in a freshman lecture hall?!”

After being battered by artillery fire, when the enemy ship lost control and charged, they eagerly rushed in for hand-to-hand combat, only to have all their magic eyes neutralized by the aura emitted by the Kraken’s leg that shot up from the seabed.

Just as one’s eyes go blind when looking at the sun, a mana wavelength too powerful destroys the magic eyes that detect it.

The entire Meursault pirate gang, which specialized in magic eyes, essentially collapsed the moment the Kraken appeared.

“Could they have figured out our pirate gang’s characteristics and summoned such a great monster?!”

“Captain, that can’t be right. They’re just freshmen.”

“No, one of them. There’s a terrifying existence among those freshmen that transcends grade levels.”

Meursault spoke the name with fear.

“Dark Princess Oknodie. The masterpiece of the Foundation with authority comparable to kings of various countries, who can even issue <commands> to the seven great pirates who reign as lords over us pirates.”

“That Wiheomhae Foundation!!”

“Good heavens. Why didn’t you tell us this earlier?!”

“If I had known, would I have been willingly dragged into this crazy test? We would all have died trying to escape like dogs.”

“Why didn’t we at least try to escape! At this rate, we’re all going to die here!”

The name of the Wiheomhae Foundation is better known in the shadows than in the light.

Hearing that name in the light is due to a few anecdotes from some incidents that became scandals after everything happened.

In the shadows, there are numerous organizations entangled that were personally responsible for perfectly executed, unknown operations.

The number of evil deeds, their severity, and their danger.

Its notoriety in the shadows is far greater.

The existence of the scholarship student of the Wiheomhae Foundation, officially recognized young lady, is like a declaration of war.

We no longer remain in the darkness of history.

Those who fear the name of the Foundation, those who harbor revenge.

We can protect this young lady against all such enemies.

The power nurtured in the shadows of the world steps out into the light.

Finally standing shoulder to shoulder with the rulers of nations who sat on thrones.

If that is the ferocity displayed by this symbol and starting point, then summoning such a merciless deep-sea monster is not strange at all.

“We won’t die. If the great monster rampages indiscriminately here and now, everyone will die. Even the Foundation’s young lady can’t overcome such a political burden.”

“Are you saying that the Foundation’s young lady, who is merely a freshman, can control that great monster?!”

Even though she has lost power compared to her prime and is now on a leash held by the principal, an Academy professor is only able to bind a single tentacle.

Moreover, something even worse is approaching after this.

The <main body> of the great monster Kraken, with many more legs than this mere tentacle, is rising at full speed from the deep sea to this location.

The Dragon Principal could defeat the Kraken, of course.

But a professor couldn’t.

The casualties before the principal arrives would increase uncontrollably.

“You fools. Even with one eye left, you can’t see what’s right in front of you, which is why you can’t rise to the top.”

Meursault could see it.

The obvious causality that she summoned it because she had confidence in controlling it.

That thought was clearly realized.

“Baby. Tell mommy you want to go home quickly!”

“MUOOOOOONG!”

With just one shout from Oknodie, the baby Kraken cried plaintively.

In response, the tentacle that had been violently struggling until just a moment ago suppressed its anger as if by magic.

While Professor Red Mountain was struggling with all her might to bind just one tentacle of the great monster, Oknodie was able to control it at will with just her tongue.