Chapter 112

Chapter 112

"Hurry up! This way, misters!"

That evening, Simon stopped by in Rochest with Benya to meet Gelen Eclipse, the one who made Simon's subspace.

'But why do we have to run??'

Benya was far too full of energy.

Even though they were in a hurry, Benya greeted each and every Rochest resident that they passed while laughing loudly. All the villagers knew Benya from the Vanilla family.

"By the way, senior."

"What is it, mister?"

"It's prohibited to go out of Rochest on weekdays. Is it really okay to go out while revealing your identity like this?"

In order not to be noticed by school officials, they changed out of their uniforms and put on hooded robes, but Benya was waving at and greeting everyone passing by.

Benya smiled, her teeth shining white.

"Of course it's not okay!"

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"If we get caught, well, let's consider the suspension a vacation and then come back after!"

Simon wondered if it was the easy-going nature of the second-years that made her act like this, or if this was just how she was. Still, she was a difficult person to comprehend with Simon's common sense.

Thankfully, they arrived at their destination without incident.

The meeting place was a small cafe in the city. As they ordered drinks and went up to the second floor, they saw a middle-aged man wearing an out-of-fashion evergreen coat and a fedora sitting at a table.

He noticed Simon and Benya coming up the stairs and stood up with a big smile.

"Hey Gelen!"

Benya waved first and greeted him. The man took off his fedora, placed it neatly on his chest, and bowed his head.

"Long time no see, maam."

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Simon and Benya went speechless for a moment. When Gelen took off his fedora, the center of his head was revealed to be completely bald. His long sideburns only reinforced the emptiness.

Perhaps Gelen didn't notice it, as he put the hat back on and looked at Simon.

"Could it be? You're!"

"Yes, I'm Simon Polentia from Kizen."

"Ahh, nice to meet you!"

The two shook hands.

"I heard about you! I was gobsmacked to hear that the person who bought my masterpiece was Kizen's Special Admission No.1! Haha! For a man of my craft, it is such a crowning glory!"

"My pleasure. I'm using the subspace very well."

The three sat down and started talking in earnest.

"I heard it from the lady. You want to order a dedicated subspace this time?"

"Yes!"

"I want to see what kind of undead it is. Would that be okay?"

"Of course."

There was no one but the three of them on the second floor, and there was plenty of space. Simon immediately took out the Overlord.

"Oh So this is the one!"

Gelen couldn't hide his excitement. And even though Benya saw it yesterday, her eyes were also glistening in anticipation.

Simon slowly shifted the Overlords tentacles and pretended to strike an enemy.

"Like this. I want to attack my opponent by moving only its tentacles out of the subspace."

"Haha, impressive. Very impressive!"

Excited, Gelen returned to the table and pulled out a sack from his pocket.

Then, he poured its contents on the table. It was filled with accessories such as rings, earrings, and necklaces.

"This one! Or how about this one?"

Simon, who became curious seeing Gelen choosing accessories, approached him.

"What are these?"

"Ah, all these products are subspaces!"

"More than anyone else. It was Senior Benya's arrangement, after all."

Since the meeting was directly arranged by the daughter of the president of the Vanilla Group, Simon thought the man was guaranteed to be reliable.

And since Gelen was also a well-known big-shot in that industry, the probability of him pocketing the 500 gold while ignoring a Kizen student was practically 0.

'Putting the price aside, the key is whether it'll be made in time.'

There was a reason why the subspace had to be completed quickly. Because the next Duel Evaluation opponent was Malcolm, the 10th S.A..

It was the first special admission student that Simon would face. Simon became No.1 due to the recommendation of Nefthis, but in fact, only those who had certain achievements or skills were selected as special admissions. Not to mention strength.

To top it off, he had heard some interesting information about Malcolm from Rick.

Among the second-years I know, there's this famous senior who runs a betting business, you see. The truth is, second-years are very interested in the first-year Duel Evaluation, so they bet quite often just for fun, but it was a bit shocking to see the odds.

Rick wore an extremely stiff expression on his face.

The odds for Malcolm winning were over 80%. This is a really, really odd case. The seniors haven't directly seen your skills yet, have they? If there's no information, of course it's common sense that the S.A. 1 would beat the S.A. 10, but judging from how the odds are so weird, there must be something making everyone convinced of Malcolm's victory.

Simon thought that the bets made by students for fun weren't very reliable, but it wasn't a story to be shrugged aside. It seemed that this Duel Evaluation wouldn't be easy.

A mud golem or skeleton archer would be enough to beat Malcolm. Simon had to up his operation level of the Overlord a lot by the day of the duel.

'After going back, I'll train with the Overlord for just three more hours'

[Kssssshhhhh!]

It was then. One of Elizabeth's corpse spiders appeared in front of Simon, who was heading toward Kizen.

Simon crouched down and looked at the corpse spider.

"What's wrong?"

[Shk! Ssshhhk!]

The corpse spider scribbled an X on the ground with its two frontal legs.

Seeing the sign, Simon's heart sank.

There was only one thing that code meant.

'A priest appeared!'

Simon still remembered that night where the moon was bright and full.

The memory of running away from the Keepers with Camibarez, accidentally witnessing a worshiping priest, and almost getting killed.

He'd never forget those creepy eyes underneath the hood.

'Pier!'

[I just received the report! I'll head toward the forest!]

'I'll go too!'

Simon stepped on his jet-black and ran to the Forbidden Forest.

Sprinting through the bushes, Simon recalled a story Nefthis had told him.

Do you remember that Cyclops Evaluation last time? The reason why the cyclops that your group faced at that time was particularly strong wasnt because of the side effects of drugs or curses during the capture, but because someone deliberately took some measures.

Even Simon felt that the Priests were slowly exerting their evil influence.

So, he decided to release Elizabeth's corpse spiders in the Forbidden Forest so they could immediately notify him if a priest appeared.

The plan for if one appeared had Elizabeth transform into an official of the priest to extort information from them.

If she got caught or the plan failed, theyd subdue the priest or retreat and tell Lorain so she could investigate all the routes back to Kizen.

He wouldnt let them escape again.

"Huff! Huff!"

The moment Simon went to catch his breath and entered the middle of the Forbidden Forest

Crrrrrrraaaaaaash!

Trees fell in the distance as a huge explosion rang out.

Things got tricky.

The encounter had already begun.

"Stay safe, Eliza!"

An opponent as strong as a professor.

Simon called forth his jet-black and ran with all his might.