Chapter 1343: 101. Sudden Development

"Abolish the school?"

Muen had never imagined that a few simple words could possess such terrifying power that his vision immediately went dark.

What was the most important thing he was relying on for this trip?

The identity granted to him by the Enhancement School!

That ancient little brat's entire arrangement had also been built around this.

Without the Enhancement School supporting his identity, then no matter how perfectly he played the role of Master Enmu, he would still be nothing more than an unaffiliated wandering mage with no status whatsoever, completely unqualified to come into contact with the Origin Tower's core information.

Much less interfere in the matter involving that cheap senior of his.

"If there were more time, then abolishing it after I finished my business wouldn't really matter. But the problem is...... there are only three days left?"

The hand Muen used to hold the envelope was trembling.

Three days.

Forget obtaining secret intelligence related to his cheap senior—with this little time, he couldn't even properly understand the detailed situation of all the factions and powers within the Origin Tower!

Which meant......

Before investigating his cheap senior's matter, he first had to shoulder the heavy responsibility of reviving the entire Enhancement School!

Reviving the school......

Muen turned his head.

"Liar, liar, liar......"

His most trusted adorable student was still repeatedly elbowing him.

"Wow...... if there's a subsidy, what should I buy? Maybe a poison fang from a venom dragon subspecies and make it into a dagger? I heard licking your dagger before a fight looks very stylish."

The most senior member, Old Ide, was still babbling nonsense, having completely failed to understand the current situation.

"......"

As for the former leader of the Enhancement School, the person with the highest status......

He had already reincarnated into another world.

Muen sincerely prayed that he had reincarnated as a beautiful girl and was now following a busty Saintess and an airheaded priest into a goblin cave.

"......"

So how exactly was he supposed to revive this place?

With this bunch of hopeless misfits?

"This isn't just an ordinary disastrous start anymore. This is a genuine hellish start!"

Useless teammates, godlike enemies, an urgent time limit......

Every possible disadvantage was currently standing on the opposing side.

And more importantly......

"That bastard ancient brat...... there's no way she didn't know about any of this."

As the person who had arranged his identity, she absolutely knew the entire situation.

Yet she had still sent Muen here.

Which meant that restoring...... or at the very least preserving the Enhancement School was a task hidden before the matter involving his cheap senior, something he was required to complete first.

This definitely wouldn't be simple.

And yet Teacher Mela hadn't told him anything.

She'd even used sweet words to trick him into coming here.

Then she'd hidden herself in the shadows, happily eating snacks while watching him fall straight into the pit......

"You absolute animal!"

Muen immediately beat his chest in grief.

"How could you screw over your own disciple like this!"

"Doesn't your conscience hurt at all? Huh?"

Muen wished he could charge straight into the sea of flowers right now, press that utterly wicked and shameless little menace over his knee, and viciously spank her so she could personally experience all the accumulated grief she'd caused him!

Unfortunately, he couldn't.

With his current strength, acting rashly like that would only end with his own ass being beaten into eight pieces instead.

Damn it.

"Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river—never underestimate a yellow-haired man just because he's weak!"

Muen ground his teeth.

As a true man determined to stand on top, one day he would repay all these humiliations tenfold!

When that day came, he would absolutely make that wicked ancient brat experience the same feeling!

But for now......

He should focus on the matter in front of him first.

The task couldn't be left unfinished, and the problem couldn't be left unresolved.

This Enhancement School......

He genuinely had to save it.

His identity as head of the school was far too important!

"But with only three days, how am I supposed to stop the Origin Tower from abolishing the school?"

Muen began thinking hard.

But when it came to saving a department, the first method that came to Muen's mind was......

"How about......"

Muen [N O V E L I G H T] looked toward Ariel.

"My adorable Alice, my most, most trusted student...... why don't you debut as an idol? With how cute you are, you'll definitely be able to save the school from the crisis of abolition!"

"Then why doesn't Teacher do it personally?"

Ariel responded with a sweet smile.

"I think Teacher's other identity is much cuter than I am. If Teacher feels that identity isn't famous enough, I can help spread the word."

"Cough. Let's forget that."

Apparently, the route of saving the Enhancement School by debuting as idols wasn't going to work.

He could only think of another method.

But when it came to this issue, the biggest problem at the moment was still Muen's unfamiliarity with the entire Origin Tower system.

What the ancient brat had told him had only been a broad overview.

As for things like the standards for establishing or abolishing a school, he genuinely knew nothing at all.

Therefore, the most urgent thing now was......

"Old Ide, can you show us around the current Enhancement School?"

Muen looked toward Old Ide, who had been muttering nonstop to the severed head on the ground ever since handing over the envelope.

"Of course!"

Old Ide casually tossed away the head in his hands and sprang upright.

"I'll take you around our school right now, Master Enmu!"

"Thank you."

From the corner of his eye, Muen watched the head fly off toward some unknown place, yet he still maintained his smile. Then he grabbed Ariel, whose little lips were already pouting in obvious displeasure, and followed the extremely fast-moving Old Ide forward.

'Stop making trouble.'

'Who's making trouble? You tricked me into coming here, and there's nothing good at all!'

'I'm a victim too......'

'I don't care. Liar, liar, liar!'

'All right, all right. I'll compensate you properly afterward.'

'Compensate me? How?'

'......Whatever kind of compensation you want is fine~'

Gulp.

Ariel swallowed and transmitted with a stern little face:

'I'm not that kind of woman...... But considering how pitiful you are too, I suppose I can help you a little longer.'

'You are truly my savior!'

Thank goodness it was Ariel.

She was easy to coax!

"Great. Looking at it now, the situation isn't as bad as I imagined."

Muen let out a long breath.

Time was tight, but it wasn't as if there was no time at all.

His teammates were useless, but at least they understood human speech.

"So what we need to do now is find out why the school is being abolished and what the school lacks. Whatever we're missing, we'll make up for it. That way, we can stop the abolition, and only then can I rely on this identity to proceed with the next step."

Muen's thoughts moved rapidly.

Although this really was a hellish start, he quickly determined a course of action based on the situation before him.

Heh.

I'm amazing.

To be able to calm down this quickly even under circumstances like these......

Sometimes even Muen himself admired the powerful mentality he'd developed after being tempered by one absurd situation after another.

That also restored some of his confidence.

Thinking carefully about it, although that utterly wicked, shameless, bastard ancient brat had screwed him over this badly, things still hadn't reached the point where there was no way forward.

The game could still be played!

He could still turn it around!

"Let's go. Looking at it now, things are just much more troublesome than expected. I refuse to believe that the pit that bastard dug can really bury me...... Hm?"

His footsteps suddenly stopped.

"Who's there!"

Muen turned around with a cold expression, his tone unfriendly.

"Oh? You actually noticed us? I heard some important figure had come to the Enhancement School. I didn't expect it to actually be true."

At the enormous opening in the wall, several figures drifted in through the air with the light behind them.

The person in front was a sharp-featured middle-aged man.

He looked down at Muen and the others from above as though staring at ants, a mocking smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

"Who are you?"

"Who I am isn't important."

The group rapidly spread out, surrounding Muen and the others.

The middle-aged man in front waved his staff, and a powerful surge of magic instantly erupted.

"What's important is...... someone reported that your Enhancement School is colluding with an Evil God. So now, please come with us."

"......Huh?"