74. Chapter 74 – This Glow Demon Must Be the Most Evil of All

Chapter 74: This Glow Demon Must Be the Most Evil of All

Inside a giant classroom shaped like an arena at the Purgatory Cloister Academy, dazzling spotlights illuminated the four walls.

Instead of the typical square design, this classroom presented an oval-shaped arena indoor structure, with ring-shaped seats like an auditorium, one tier upwards, with the last row almost touching the ceiling.

Now, halfway through the fourth period.

And in the center of the arena, there were demons engaged in a fierce battle.

In the back row of the audience, a pair of siblings sat quietly waiting.

[3 hours and 30 minutes remaining]

[Quest Objective 1: Academy exploration exceeded 60%, current progress 748%]

[……]

They were silver level challengers from the Kingdom of Yaloran, and had previously wondered if there were demons mixed in among the challengers, and now they were silently watching the Shadow World’s quest objective change.

The numbers were as bad as it gets.

Originally, the progress was only 40% at the beginning of the fourth session, and then it started to plummet at an extremely outrageous rate.

Although the two of them had probably found out after exploring the school a bit, according to the size of the school, if they explored the entire teaching area, the exploration degree would definitely be more than 100%.

But accordingly, 100% should be the limit of exploration that the Shadow World had projected that, according to common sense, all challengers could accomplish within 12 hours.

But obviously now it was beyond common sense.

The current number was still jumping every few moments, and continued to grow!

The siblings were completely confused as to what was going on!
Everything was still normal at the end of the third session, and it was easy to see from the change in exploration level that all three teams had cleared the difficulty 3 classroom, adding a total of 18% to their progress.

After investigating in the previous classes, the siblings had also learned a bit of information – there would be an uninvited guest inspecting the academy tonight, and it seemed that this guest would be able to make even the senior teachers feel intimidated by him.

The “inspector” must be the one referred to in [Quest Objective 2: The Source of Tonight’s Danger].

What exactly is his identity, what are his intentions, and how is he related to the humans lurking in the Devil’s Academy, the three groups of challengers will need to meet and exchange information before they can piece together the key to solving the mystery.

This is the correct mechanism for this world of shadows.

However.

No matter how much the siblings left clues and code words between classes to try and contact the other four challengers, the other challengers acted as if they didn’t have the slightest intention of coming to meet up with them!
In the Shadow World with its scattered openings and secretive identities, the challengers would not be able to find out who was who from each other if they did not find a way to connect with each other.

When this happens, the correct challenge strategy must be to give up on entering the classroom during fourth period and do your best to find the other challengers to seek cooperation.

On the contrary, just a moment ago, the school issued an urgent new rule–

All students will be required to return to the teaching area from the function area and must enter the classroom in the fourth period without leaving. A large number of teachers will begin to patrol the corridors, and if any students are found, they will be driven into the classrooms first, and if they still disobey, they will be killed. At the same time, all difficulty 3 classrooms will be closed during fourth period.]

This joke of a rule was like this shadow world suddenly accelerating into rampage mode!

The siblings had no choice but to enter a Difficulty 2 classroom for the time being to save their lives and survive another session.

“Brother, could it be that there’s someone who operated incorrectly, causing the danger mechanism to advance ……”

The young girl’s voice trembled, her empty eyes seemed to be searching for some kind of hope that she could grab onto, but she couldn’t find it.

“……”

The youth bit his lips, not knowing how to respond.

His heart was also filled with endless fear and anxiety that almost consumed him, but he knew he couldn’t increase his sister’s panic any further as an older brother.

“…… Don’t worry.”

The youth murmured in a low voice, comforting her. Since the first class, he had been there to observe the changes in the exploration degree as a way to deduce at what time the other teams had entered the classrooms of what difficulty ……

There were two challengers who, although they had been raiding the classrooms in the teaching area step by step, similar to the progress of the two of them, did not have the slightest intention to rendezvous, and their attitude was very strange, as if they didn’t care about whether or not the Shadow World could be cleared at all.

And then there were the two paddling monsters, who clearly had the ability to clear difficulty 3, but hadn’t entered the classroom for a full two periods between the second and fourth! It seemed like they had been running around the functional area and were completely nowhere to be found!
“Goddess-sama …… we haven’t done anything bad, why have we come to such a demonic academy …… if you’re still willing to shelter us, please send someone to save us… …”

The young girl bowed her head and clasped her hands in trembling prayer.

When one could only pray to the gods, it was almost as if one was completely desperate.

Just then, the door to the classroom was pushed open.

The sound of the door lock opening echoed between the classrooms, making it particularly harsh.

Then a large group of Demon Teachers walked quickly into the classroom, their pace steady as if they were making way for someone waiting behind the door.

This sudden intrusion immediately caught the attention of all the demonic students in the room, as if pressing the pause button on time.

Next, behind the door, like a leader, a black-haired, green-pupiled glow demon walked in.

His footsteps paused slightly.

Scanned the classroom.

“Here, send all the students in this classroom to the principal’s office.”

The Glow Demon immediately ordered the teaching task in the classroom to be terminated and escorted all the students to the principal’s office.

It was rather like trying to send prisoners to a concentration camp.

The youth and the young girl in the back row felt all thoughts die for a moment.

What was to come had finally come.

But they didn’t understand just what kind of mechanism of the entire Shadow World had been gotten so wrong that it would provoke the principal to personally obliterate them!
The Glow Demon seemed to have sensed the uneasy atmosphere throughout the classroom and frowned slightly.

“Don’t worry students, the principal’s office is not dangerous and is spacious. Now that the school is facing a surprise inspection, there is a risk of non-compliance with the curriculum in this classroom, so I’m going to let you all avoid it for a while. When the fourth class is over, you will return to school and the school will compensate you with three credit coins per student, this principal assures you.”

The Glow Demon raised his hand, signaling all demonic students to calm down, and said quickly.

Immediately, all the demonic students quieted down, and even their expressions couldn’t help but be surprised because of this unexpected joy.

Naturally, they didn’t doubt the principal’s words much.

Because this principal who was accompanied by many senior professors, there was no need for it to be that complicated if he wanted to harm them.

The siblings in the back row, who were holding their breath, looked at each other with confusion mixed in with the uneasiness that was hard to dissipate in their eyes.

Why did it feel like this principal was helping them?

Even trying to protect them?

But no matter how you think about it.

The principal of the Demon Academy was the only one, and there was no way this Glow Demon was going to help the challengers!

With this inscrutable aura of his, the supreme power that made all the ten thousand powerful demonic teachers respect him, he was undoubtedly the most evil and terrifying leading demon in this Shadow World!

There must have been some kind of trouble at the school as well, making the course of the Shadow World go just wrong enough to stumble upon some turnaround for them.

The mechanics of the Shadow World, though, get more and more confusing the more you look at it.

But right now, it seemed like there was that little bit of life again for the siblings!

(End of chapter)