Chapter 2665 – 2665. God’S Atlantis

「Dawn of the Desert
 A beautiful necklace.
 Enhances the wearer’s charm.
 Holds the secrets of the desert.
 Rank: A」

The desert’s secret inscribed on the pink diamond necklace. If it were some great secret, the original Kang Min-jin would have done anything to get his hands on it.

‘Kang Min-jin just treated this as a slush fund. That means the desert’s secret isn’t anything special. At least, not the kind that would help with the Atlantis conquest.’

So, offering this as a tribute wouldn’t be a waste at all.

‘Two more tributes left.’

I was starting to get annoyed and wanted to solve it with money, but I pulled myself together. This was a tribute to Hera. To buy her blessing, I had to go through some trouble myself. That hardship would increase the value of the tribute.

Before pulling out a teleportation scroll to return, I glanced around.

Since I came all the way here, I wanted to take anything else I could find.

‘There doesn’t seem to be anything else worth taking. Except for that one coffin.’

The cybernetic coffin where the reptile human was kept.

「Cryo-Coffin
 A coffin for cryosleep.
 Due to its self-contained perpetual motion engine, it can be used permanently without external intervention.
 Rank: S」

It was an S-rank item.

‘Honestly, it doesn’t seem very useful.’

There was no reason for me to enter the cryo-coffin myself. Still, I took what I could.

‘I can just throw it to the Boji Tower for them to research.’

Nothing else caught my eye among the other items. I tore the teleportation scroll and moved to the entrance of the Boji Tower.

• • •

A tall structure with a hollow center. At its top was a tower decorated with a round sphere. The landmark of the desert area, recently completed. The Boji Tower. Currently, the Boji Tower was in an overloaded state, the entire building turning red and emitting heat. The mages belonging to the Boji Tower were pouring water on the tower with magic to cool it down as quickly as possible. The Boji Tower quickly became soggy.

And, as befitting a landmark, the front of the Boji Tower was crowded with onlookers.

“Today, we’re seeing something truly special. I never thought I’d see the Boji Tower fire an energy cannon. It’s obscene in shape, but a tower is a tower. They say the tower’s functions are superior to the Imperial Tower… it seems that’s true.”

“Wow. Damn. It’s firing so fiercely. This is the first time I’ve seen such a hot boji! Damn it! Seeing that giant boji is making me horny! Where are the whores?”

“Hey! Why are you talking like that! Children might hear you!”

“What children? Where are the children here? And damn it. That’s a boji to anyone who looks at it. It’s called the Boji Tower, so I’m just saying what the creator intended.”

Only adults were around the Boji Tower. Although it was a great landmark, it wasn’t a place to bring children.

It wasn’t just tourists around. There were merchants and mages. Mages from other places looked at the tower with interest.

“The tower is in an overloaded state. Most of its functions are probably paralyzed.”

“Despite its obscene appearance, the tower’s functions are excellent. It’s protecting the surrounding desert from volcanic ash…”

“Excuse me, mages. If the Boji Tower isn’t functioning properly… does that mean no water is coming out?”

The reason the merchants gathered was to buy water from the Boji Tower.

The Boji Tower had a large-scale purification ability. The reason why volcanic ash from the volcanic island wasn’t visible around the Boji Tower was because of that. In particular, the water from the Boji Tower was famous for being clean. It was premium water that came directly from the Boji Tower, which could be called an ultimate purification machine.

“Even in an overloaded state, the purification function is maintained. You can still get purified water. There might be some difference in quantity… but there won’t be a shortage. If I had to point out a side effect, it would be that the purified water is a bit hotter.”

“In short, we can keep getting boji water!”

“…Why do you call it that when you can just call it purified water?”

“That’s what everyone calls it these days. Boji water from the Boji Tower! It’s a kind of branding.”

“It’s hard to keep up with the world these days…”

The old mage sighed quietly.

I smiled contentedly as I watched the onlookers.

‘As expected, putting up a landmark makes people gather on their own. And it even makes money.’

The red-hot Boji Tower had never looked so beautiful.

I met the half-elf, Erlang, who had become the tower master of the Boji Tower. She trembled when she saw me. Even though we had been intimate several times, she was still afraid of me.

“L-Lord Heavenly Demon. E-Even though the tower is overloaded, there’s no problem.”

“I know. Try researching these.”

I took out the delicate mana device and the cryo-coffin. Erlang’s eyes widened as she checked them.

“T-These are much more advanced magical engineering products than what we have now…! Is it really okay for our tower to research such precious things?”

“Research them and show me some results. Preferably results that can make money.”

“I-I will definitely show you results!”

“Good. I’m looking forward to it. But do you have any information related to precious metals? Like very valuable necklaces, bracelets, or rings?”

Erlang was the tower master. As such, it was natural that she possessed superior knowledge compared to others. She rolled her eyes around and said in a trembling voice.

“W-Well, there is a bracelet that once shook the entire empire. It’s a bracelet that was the relic of a great mage, and there were rumors that all of the great mage’s knowledge was contained within the bracelet, which shook the entire empire.”

“The entire empire was shaken? I’ve never heard of that.”

“Ah. That was 40 years ago… no, was it 50 years ago? Yes. It would be around that time.”

Erlang was a half-elf. Contrary to her appearance, she was old.

“50 years ago, that was before the continent became Atlantis. Where is that great mage’s bracelet? Can we get it?”

“You won’t be able to get it. The great mage’s bracelet, Starway, is being kept by the Imperial Academy.”

“Does the Imperial Academy also act as a museum?”

“It’s not that… that great mage was the founder of the Imperial Academy. You can’t get it even with money.”

“More surprising is the fact that there’s an Imperial Academy. I didn’t know there was such a thing.”

“It’s quite famous. It’s a place to educate the children of lower-ranking nobles with low power.”

I stroked my chin and fell into thought.

Even though I didn’t know the details, it sounded like a pushover since it was an academy. Couldn’t I just sneak in and steal the Starway bracelet? With my Lightning Leap, I was confident.

“Thank you.”

“Yes? Ah. No problem.”

I learned the location of the Imperial Academy from Erlang and moved there. It was located a little away from the Imperial capital.

「You have entered District 3,919, the Imperial Academy.」

I frowned at the sight of the Imperial Academy’s gate.

‘There’s a barrier. The level of the guards isn’t low either. Are they retired knights? It seems the security is tight because it’s an academy for nobles. Even I can’t ignore this barrier. Isn’t this security tighter than the Valdert family?’

Thunder Heaven Style Electromagnetic Wave.

The electromagnetic wave was also blocked by the barrier. I couldn’t see the situation inside the academy. Unlike me, the students entered the barrier without any problems. The barrier didn’t block the students.

I felt the gazes of the guards guarding the main gate turn towards me. Before things got bigger, I hurried my pace, pretending to be a passerby.

「You have entered District 3,920, Noble Dessert.」

The gazes of the guards who had been following me from behind disappeared.

I roughly scanned the area lined with dessert shops and curled up one corner of my mouth.

‘For a mere academy to provoke my interest like this. Interesting. I’ve decided that you’ll be the second tribute. Starway. First, I need to get help from Elena. She told me to ask for help if I needed it last time, so she’ll gladly help.’

• • •

“Hmm, hmm. Heung♪”

Elena hummed as she stood in front of a full-length mirror.

In the mirror, she was wearing a different outfit than usual. A white skirt with gold thread accents, a white jacket, and white stockings. It was the uniform of a student at the Imperial Academy.

‘To think we’d be infiltrating the Imperial Academy together. I’m not very interested in the academy… but enjoying an academy romance with Eugene isn’t bad. Yes. Having this kind of romance before marriage would be a good memory.’

Was it called [Savior of the Academy]? She had felt a little envious of the academy students in that world, so she was happy with Sung Eugene’s suggestion to infiltrate as academy students together.

Our identities? It was enough to deceive them with illusion magic. There was no possibility that the professors or students of the academy could see through her illusion magic.

‘The Imperial Academy is an educational institution for lower-ranking nobles who can’t receive proper home education… well, it doesn’t matter.’

Nobles with power don’t send their children to the Imperial Academy. Need education? They hire private tutors. The basics are highly respected private tutors who used to work for the Imperial family. Since they receive teachings from those with overwhelming specs compared to the academy professors, there is no reason to enter the academy at all.

‘Was it called CC? I can enjoy that too.’

Elena in the mirror smiled sweetly.

Her beauty was perfect today as well. She nodded once and headed to the room where Sung Eugene was temporarily staying.

Clunk. Clunk.

The sound of moving things came from Sung Eugene’s room.

‘It’s just me and Eugene. There’s no need to knock.’

We were going to get married. Elena was confident that she could love any side of Sung Eugene. Even if Sung Eugene was doing a strange dance in the room.

Sung Eugene wasn’t dancing. Instead, wearing an academy uniform, he was holding strange objects in the center of the boxes.

In his right hand was a red lacquer he had brought from reality.

In his left hand was a flag with a slogan written on it. The slogan read: (We will not open even if we perish!)

“…Eugene. What is all this? Weren’t we just infiltrating the academy to steal the Starway bracelet? You’re not going to tell me those are writing utensils, are you?”

“Writing utensils? Ah. You don’t know. The academy isn’t a place to study.”

“……”

I was speechless at his absurd answer. Then, one of the printouts on the box fell at Elena’s feet. Elena read the word written on it and let out a hollow laugh.

(Democratic Empire)

What the hell was this nonsense?

Elena was silent for a moment, then realized Sung Eugene’s intention.

Sung Eugene was just planning to cause chaos at the Imperial Academy.