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  So What if It's an RPG World!?

  (RPG世界又怎样)

  Volume 08

  Academy, Shine!

  Qiye Kai Wen

  (七夜凯文)

  Story Description:

  On a certain day, Lin Fir, was transported into a different world, with only some of his memories kept intact. And, to his surprise, the world was filled with many RPG elements! Watch him get trolled by the system, as he tries to live in this RPG world and find the reason why he and some other people like him, were transported into this weird world.

  Original Story can be found here: Link

  Prologue: Change of Plans

  At the square in front of the library entrance, the fourteenth Team Battle of the Academy War was about to begin.

  In the opposing party, the head of the team was Sryador Mir, the new Squad Leader of【Knight of the Blue Seas】. 23 Years Old, with a level of 28, he was a new entry into the Heavy Knight Squad which belonged to the Ouera Empire. In battles, he specialized in using defenses and counterattacks, and his defensive strength was higher than his attack strength.

  Don’t ask me why I know all these. These idiots had already uploaded all these intel onto the magical internet. As long as we hack into their country’s database, we will be able to easily obtain all of their intel.

  The person next to him was their Vice-Leader, Henrens Haste. He was also a knight of the Ouera Empire as well. With a level of 30, he was a Dual-swordsman. According to what was stated in the intel report, this bastard tend to coat his daggers with poison. However, this guy rely too much on the poison’s effects. The moment he saw that his opponents had took his hits, he would reduce his attack speed.

  The remaining one was a Fire Magician, Sidor Martin. With a level of 27, he specialized in continuous harassment with small-scale fireballs, and then, he would cast large-scale magic spells to attack when his opponents stop moving.

  These three people could be considered to have the best compatibility out of the many different teams. Although I don’t wish to admit it, these seemingly many weeks of battles had allowed the teamwork between the Knights and Magicians to improve, and their relationships had gotten better as well.

  But…

  If their opponents are us, then there no way out left for them.

  “Are you sure you’re going up on your own?”

  The one who said this was Bai Yueguang, who was looking at the scenery at the side of the square.

  “That’s of course. And isn’t your blade destroyed? In times like this, just leave it to me.”

  “Alright then. Then I don’t need to cut in either, right?”

  The person on the other side was Tai Shixi. Her weapon was not destroyed, however, I still wish to try if it’s possible to take on a group of enemies with our difference in levels.

  “If I were to lose, then you two can tag in.”

  “Alright, alright. Then I will be waiting at the side.”

  After saying that, she immediately sat on the ground, and looked towards the square.

  “You shall pay the price for being so conceited!”

  Mir raised his broadsword as he looked at me. His broadsword revealed a red glow, in other words, in order to suppress my ice element, this guy especially looked for a fire-type broadsword. He sure thought this through.

  “I will definitely have to pay the price or whatever, but it’s simply not now.”

  I smiled. After wearing a magic badge which increased my magical attack, I pulled out Bloodmoon.

  “Come!”

  “Begin… Battle!”

  Immediately after the teacher’s signal, their dual-swordsman took a step forward, and disappeared in front of my eyes. However, he did not reappear immediately, which meant that this guy had simply used a tool or skill to hide himself.

  This guy’s level was not as high as mine. So, naturally, it’s impossible for him to escape my【Phad’s Eye】. In other words, he was using a tool of a higher grade to hide himself.

  However, his goal was to simply poison me, so it didn’t matter.

  While the Broadsword User came charging towards me while carrying his broadsword on his shoulder!

  Broadswords had highly-efficient defense breaking characteristics, while I what I’m using was a tachi, so naturally, I would be unable to block against his heavy attack!

  I leapt to the back in order to avoid his heavy slash, while a red shadow instantly smashed right in front of me. Following after a loud bang, a red airwave spewed out from the place he attacked!

  “【Arcane – Searing Red Lotus】!”

  It was actually an Arcane skill as well! I smiled, and then, an ice wall was built in front of me. The blazing waves struck onto the ice wall, and was blocked completely, while I took the opportunity to retreat with an Accelerate, hiding to the sides of the battlefield.

  But what welcomed me was a sky filled with fire balls!

  Like cannonballs, the fireballs which covered the heaven and earth flew towards me. Using【Light Steps】, I quickly circled around the sides of the battlefield, and sprinted towards their rear. Those fireballs were like droplets of rain, as they descended onto the ground. While I quickly pushed forward while making left and right turns, and charged out of the attack radius before it turned into a sea of flames.

  “Guaaaah!”

  Seeing my speedy approach, the Fire Magician shouted out as he hid towards the back. With a quick step, I charged right in front of him, and then, I smacked away the magic staff in his hands.

  “With your staff gone, you’re unable to use large-scaled magic spells, because this magic staff allows you to reduce your casting time. And if you don’t use your staff, you require at least 50 seconds to release a large-scaled magic spell, anyone who sees you will be able to strike you down. So, you best remember this. In the future, carry a weapon that will not escape your hands.”

  “Ou…”

  He responded with a stunned look. And then, with a smile, I threw him out of the battlefield.

  “Kuh!”

  But, in the next second, I felt a sword had cut across my thigh. Then, my body entered a poisoned state.

  Even though that was the case, I detoxified myself in the next second, because I wore a detoxifying accessory in advance.

  However, because of his attack, he evidently revealed his figure. I speedily aimed right at his dual swords, and unleashed the 【Iai Slash】. The blades of the swords instantly shattered!

  “Oh my god, you…”

  “Your poison is neurotoxic, which carries a paralysis effect. However, do not forget this. The more you use it, naturally, more people will be able to see through your tricks. So, in the future, if you wish to become stronger, there’s two ways. One, change to a different poison. Two, do not rely on the poison effects, and attack with your full strength!”

  “Ah… Ou… Is that so….”

  Just like that Magician earlier, he had a skeptical expression as well, while I immediately threw him out of the battlefield.

  And correspondingly, an attack warning rang from behind me. I immediately left an Ice Bomb at where I was standing, and then, with a Shadow Sneak, I charged to the other side of the battlefield.

  His broadsword struck directly onto the 【Ice Bomb】.

  “This is… Oh, my god.”

  Boom!

  The 【Ice Bomb】, as expected, exploded. The ice magical particles enveloped his entire vicinity, and he turned into a gigantic ice flower.

  He tried to struggle out of the ice flower which was sealing him, however, no matter how much he moved, his body was unable to struggle out.

  After a few minutes, he finally sighed and stopped struggling.

  “Why aren’t you attacking me!? Are you trying to humiliate me!?”

  He roared out angrily.

  “No, I simply wish to have you deeply experience the advantages you should be exerting to the fullest potential. That’s your defenses and counterattacks, and not charge out recklessly just because your opponent is a Magician, or a user of weapons that’s lighter than yours. That’s very dangerous. Because the trajectories of broadsword attacks are too simplistic.”

  “You…”

  “Alright.”

  I snapped my fingers, and he instantly fell out of the ice flower.

  “Allow me to see your true abilities!”

  With 【Quick Steps】, I charged right over, as I pulled out the tachi in my hands.

  “【Arcane – Iai Slash】!”

  With a flip, my opponent leapt up, his expression was stern. Turning the broadsword in his hands, he borrowed the momentum of the broadsword to instantly deflect the slash attack! Then, he pressed down his broadsword, and a slash attack came falling towards me.

  【Iai Slash】 was an attack with only a single time use. If it did not hit its target, it would continue heading straight for a long period of time.

  But, that rule only applied to Samurais, and not Magicians.

  His slash attack heavily smashed onto my ice shield, causing me to take a few good consecutive steps back. However, I was able to successfully grabbed onto his broadsword.

  “Alright then, this is the next lesson. When your broadsword is caught, how are you supposed to retaliate?”

  “… This…”

  “Remember, learn a couple of skills which allow you to retreat at high speed. And then, bring a few mo
re broadswords.”

  With a smile, I threw him out of the battlefield as well.

  “… Victor, NEET Tea Party…”

  The teacher who was in-charge of refereeing the match, announced as such.

  Chapter 1: A Knight’s Honor and Strength

  A week later, our NEET Tea Party’s score instantly reached a hundred points.

  Of course, that wasn’t the result gained just by my own constant grinding for points, rather… it’s the result of our opponents sending their points to us, as though they were seeking death themselves!

  Ting~ Ting~ Ting~

  Knight of the Blue Seas challenges NEET Tea Party

  Black Prince challenges NEET Tea Party

  Sweeper challenges NEET Tea Party

  Do these people know the time I wake up or something? I heard these challenge notifications the moment I got out of bed.

  As I yawned, I walked down the stairs. I realized the hall was already fully seated, and all of them were currently having breakfast.

  “Yo, good morning. Did you guys see the notifications?”

  “We saw them. Those people are sure not stopping at all. Even though we have clearly reached 100 points yesterday, those people still keep sending challenges.”

  Ms. Mari said while biting on her sandwich.

  “Hey, hey, hey. You don’t seem to live here, right? Why are you eating your breakfast here!?”

  “Don’t sweat the details. It’s just breakfast, isn’t it? I’m the one who set up protections for your airship for free, you know.”

  “……”

  I shook my head, and then, sat at the edge of the table.

  “Speaking of which, why are those bastards still continuing to send out challenges? Even though we clearly won.”

  “Aren’t all these because of your ‘teachings’?”

  Bai Yueguang said while he drank his cup of orange juice.

  “While you’re battling with them, you even instruct them on how they should be fighting. I heard that the strength of the group of three from【Knight of the Blue Seas】rose by more than just a single level after receiving your ‘teachings’. I don’t know how those Knights managed to find out that you were the one providing the battle instructions either. But, after finding out, those people began to send out the strongest battle potential from their own Squads, in hopes that you will personally engage them in a battle.”

  “Then while you guys are fighting, give them some pointers as well. Won’t that solve everything?”

  “Are you kidding me? You’re the only one here who uses all types of weapons, alright?”

  I swept my gaze at the surrounding hall, and suddenly felt that what he said sounded very logical.

  “Those people sure are idiots. Compared to giving me trouble by using this method, they can simply come to me and have a chat. If I can convince them to avoid starting wars while doing so, I think it can be considered to be something good as well.”

  “You’re too idealistic. Don’t forget, the reason we needed to use this method was because we’re in opposing factions.”

  “Ah, the things about pride and honor, right? I really can’t understand their thoughts at all.”

  “No, you can.”

  Bai Yueguang said with a very stern expression.

  “Their honor is just like your girlfriend. You can’t always keep quiet when you see her being NTR’ed right in front of you, can you? Even though you didn’t suffer any physical damage…”

  “Even though I kind of understand what you’re getting at, I think your comparison is a little too extreme.”

  “Is that so? I think it’s the best comparison though.”

  Alright, I can’t disagree that his explanation have allowed me to somehow understand those Knights’ way of thinking.

  But I don’t really have any thoughts about them, at the very least, I definitely am not interested in their girlfriends or whatever.

  “Alright, I somehow understand the gist of it, but I can’t bother to take care of those prideful individuals any longer. If any of you wish to take on the battles, go then. I have other matters to tend to today. Oh right, Dale, you’re here as well. Let me have a look at the new intel you said you found.”

  “Un, you will definitely be interested.”

  Dale finished three-fifths of his breakfast, and then, stood up.

  “Let’s go, I guarantee that it’s something really interesting.”

  “… Do you mind waiting while I finish my breakfast?”

  I smiled bitterly.

  “Academy War? Aren’t we supposed to wait for all the battles to conclude, and those academies in the Eastern Continent to decide on the date of the start of the war?”

  After reading the details on the terminal, I looked towards Dale with a bitter smile.

  “In theory, yes. However, these nobles really like to do things at their own pace, after all. Casually…”

  “You’re right… This sure is irritating.”

  According to the details on the terminal, the Inter-continental Academy War will be brought forward to next week. Although the name was like this, in actual fact, it’s simply a competition to see which of the two sides, the East and the West, has the stronger youths, ranging from 10 to 25 years old.

  Another competition, huh. To tell the truth, this is merely a small-scale continental war, only the heavens will know what kind of ideas these noble can think of to save their own faces.

  “But if we have to compete, the bit of battle power we have on our side will not cut it. After all, even if our Squad is strong, our numbers are less than 50. If our opponent comes to us with a Squad comprising more than a few hundred people, I think we will suffer a complete loss in a war of attrition.”

  “Is that a good thing or a bad thing?”

  “Isn’t this obvious? Are you saying that it might be a good thing?”

  “That’s of course. Think about it. If only a few of us is capable of eliminating their group of a few hundred people, we will definitely become famous.”

  “And then?”

  “We will be able to initiate more quests, level up faster, acquire more godly equipment, get a fuller understanding of this world much earlier, and we might even be able to find a way to return home.”

  “Un, if you put it that way, that’s indeed true.”

  Dale sipped a cup of tea, and nodded.

  “Regarding the way to return home, well, I plan to use the magical power of this world to try creating a wormhole. I wonder if it can succeed.”

  “Hey, hey, hey. Don’t try anything funny. You might accidentally turn into pudding.”

  “Hahaha, with Spatial Magic as a base, that possibility should exist.”

  “That’s true… Oh right, back then, I even gathered some diagrams of magic teleportation formations, and the methods to set the magic stones. You can have a look at them.”

  As he said that, I passed Dale the screenshots I took back then.

  “Oh, things like these exist as well, huh.”

  “Un. The first one is the teleportation circle the people of the East used to escape back then, and the other is the teleportation formation located in Skyview Academy of Skybreak City.”

  “… Strange. Why hasn’t anyone in the Western Continent made a teleportation formation?”

  “How would I know? Though, I have my theories. Think about it. There’s definitely many places like the Church, which basically do not spread their knowledge in Light Magic. Most probably, there’s a organization which specialize in gathering Spatial Magic, and does not share it either.”

  “Well… Since the inhabitants of this world are doing things this way, let them be then. However, if there’s a chance for me to obtain it, I will definitely allow them to spread far and wide.”

  “Oh right, the Light Magic spell I passed to you people the other day, were you people really unable to use it?”

  “Un. It seems like it’s due to class and type restrictions. I’m a Lightning Magician, but to have me use Light Magic… unless I have Priest as my sub-class.”

  “Is that so…”

  “Who knows what’s up with that strange class setting of yours. Well, let’s leave it at that then. We will talk about it again later if we get the chance.”

  Ting~