2 in 1 chapter.
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-Ilinor Royal Academy.
Reji was not resting in the middle of the night. He was sitting at his desk, browsing through one spell book after another.
Reji entered the academy as a teacher not only to get closer to the Elf Princess but also to study the spell resources in the academy, which was one of his objectives.
He couldn't let his powerful learning ability from "Star Sculpt II" go to waste and needed to seize the time to transform it into his actual strength.
As for why Reji did not choose to go to the Sorcerer Demon, first, it was to maintain his "powerful" Demon King identity, and second, as shown in the previous "Witch Dragon Spell," the spells that the Sorcerer Demon possessed were too advanced.
With his current magic power level, he might not be able to use them even if he exhausted all his resources.
However, looking at the human academy side, although they were all simple spells like "Flame Strike" "Ice Arrow," and "Magic Barrier," which were first or second-tier low-level spells, they were all practical and could immediately improve his combat power.
Reji did not reject these basic skills.
Moreover, unlike in the game, his current self could learn all the "system" basic skills.
This operability and expandability were completely different.
For example, Reji could combine two spells, such as [Vine Bind] and [Flame Strike] both of which were first-tier spells. When cast together, they could produce a [burning] spell effect, greatly enhancing continuous damage.
Similarly, there was the [Freeze] spell and the [Blaze] spell. When released simultaneously, they produced a "melting" spell effect, exponentially increasing their power.
The summoning system's "Treant Servant" combined with the warrior system's battle skill "Brave Roar" could make the Treant, which was originally a first-tier creature, have the strength of a third-tier Treant Guard.(*1)
It could be seen that the [combo] effect formed by these low-tier spells could even exert stronger functionality than third or fourth-tier spells.
Reji was not sure if the Demon King in the first round of the game also had the same "Star Sculpt" effect as him.
If that's the case, Reji could only say that the Demon King was too bad at playing the game.
Cross-system spell combinations like these would have increasingly terrifying effects as the game progressed.
If the original Demon King had tried to explore this aspect, even if he couldn't win against the player, who was the "Child of Destiny", he wouldn't have lost so miserably and been single-handedly defeated by the player.
Bringing his thoughts back, Reji put down the spell book in his hand. Since Vielsia left, he had been sitting here reading for at least five or six hours.
As a reward, his character's skill column now had a dense array of new skills.
It was a bit cluttered, but it didn't matter. After learning the fourth-tier spell [Spell Collection] later, these basic skills would be packaged together into a separate category.
Although Reji's spirit was still eager to continue learning more basic skills, his body couldn't take it anymore.
He needed to relax a bit and clear his mind.
Thinking this, Reji picked up another stack of books from his deskor rather, notebooks.
To investigate the actions that the Wicked Demon had secretly taken in the human world before he was summoned, Professor Yeno from Vielsia's side was undoubtedly an excellent starting point.
Before the elf princess left, he asked Vielsia to bring him the her notes on "ancient history" classes.
Reji opened the notebook, which had rows and rows of careful notes written by her, all of which were key points from Professor Yeno's lectures.
At first, Reji was just trying to find some clues.
However, after reading just a few lines, he sat up straight in his chair, his expression becoming much more serious.
Because:
*Year 162 of the Radiant Calendar, Malvin was born in the Darran Empire*
*Year 176 of the Radiant Calendar, Malvin graduated from the Darran Intermediate Magic Academy with perfect scores in all subjects*
*Year 180 of the Radiant Calendar, Malvin won the championship in the Arcane Competition*
*Year 200 of the Radiant Calendar, the demon race invaded, and Malvin served as the Great Guardian*
Reji quickly looked through some other "ancient history" books, and their records were exactly the same as Vielsia's notes, which proved that this perception had become a consensus in human society.
Such influence was undoubtedly...
There must be people in the human race assisting the Wicked Demon in rewriting history.
No...
Reji even suspected that the Wicked Demon was the one playing the "assistant" role.
To think of changing history on such a large scale, to forget history, Lordan did not have this ability. This kind of brainwashing reform must have started from within the human race.
Moreover...
Reji was also sure of one thing: as he progressed through the game and completed the first round, his character must have disappeared as well.
Only this possibility would allow subsequent human rulers to harbor evil thoughts, to weaken the influence of the heroes of the past for the sake of their political power, and to force the world to "forget" the past.
But Reji still had many questions.
'What about the Radiant Saintess?'
Although he had always complained in the game that the Radiant Saintess was weak, that was only in comparison to himself, a "cheat" player. In the context of the entire human world at that time, the Radiant Saintess was definitely one of the top figures.
'But why did it seem like she had done nothing?'
'Even if we don't mention the Radiant Saintess, I had still maxed out the affection of more than forty companions in the game'
'Why didn't these companions, whom I did not bring with me in the final battle, prevent the rewriting of history?'
"My King, what's wrong?" Seeing Reji frowning and deep in thought, Shermen couldn't help but ask with concern.
Her voice brought Reji back to reality.
"Nothing."
Reji shook his head and did not reveal his inner emotions, but even as he tried to hide them, Shermen could still sense something. She approached and tried to comfort him in the best way she knew.
Shermen's petite figure moved closer to Reji, who was sitting at the desk, and hugged him.
"My King, Shermen doesn't know what you're troubled about, but please believe that no matter what, Shermen will always be by your side. You are not alone."
It seemed that his casual mention of loneliness in the past had been remembered by the Shadow Demon until now.
In a sense, Reji should perhaps thank the Wicked Demon and that "behind-the-scenes" human.
Because of their existence, he had untied a knot in his heart.
Reji had always been influenced by his past gaming experiences, and the shadow of the "Son of Destiny," the savior, still lingered in his heart. He still wanted to protect this "world of his own."
But now...
The familiar people were gone, the familiar things had all disappeared, and even the history of his own existence was being erased and modified by future generations.
To describe it as "his own" world...
Well.
That was really stupid.
So, for an "alternate world"...
It was still an "alternate world" that had "killed" everything he was familiar with.
Reji would no longer have any reservations.
He was beginning to understand the significance of the "Ten Evils Unforgiven" achievement in the first round.
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1* [(Treant is a monster In dota 2)]