[…]

[The Refined Copper Carriage stands still within the fog. You lean against the outer wall of the carriage, the scarlet greatsword resting on your shoulder, your gaze cast into the endless mist as you wait for a destined visitor to come to you.]

[Far behind you, deep within the fog, the colossal outline of a skyscraper slowly appears. That is the Multivision School Branch Association located in the auxiliary capital.]

[…]

[You have not waited long when your ears twitch. You hear the sound of a carriage racing in the distance.]

[You tap your toes against the ground and your figure darts into the mist as you dash toward the unfamiliar carriage…]

[Very soon, you catch sight of the carriage’s outline. You swing your sword sideways to block the road. The Refined Copper horses rear up in fright, performing an emergency stop that almost overturns the entire carriage.]

[The carriage is forced to halt. The door opens and a furious Scholar steps down.]

[The Scholar’s robe is the same standard style as the Multivision Grand Scholars you have seen before. The only difference is that the robe at the chest is pushed up high. Judging from the figure and facial features, this is clearly a female Scholar.]

[Her originally lovely face is covered by countless eyes that completely ruin that beauty, even making her seem eerie and terrifying.]

[Your eyes light up. Although this Grand Scholar is not the same gender as you, her status is quite decent. Using this shell to slip into the Branch Association will save you a great deal of unnecessary trouble.]

[The Multivision Grand Scholar glares at you with the countless eyes on her face. When she sees that you are a warrior with no Knowledge stat at all, she immediately shrieks in anger…]

[You lowly, blind brute of a warrior, do you know whom you have disturbed? I’m a Multivision Grand Scholar. Get on your knees at once and beg for mercy and forgiveness!]

[Your eyes turn cold. You suddenly step forward and swing your sword to strike.]

[The Multivision Grand Scholar had never expected that you, this vulgar warrior, would not only refuse to admit your mistake but would even dare to use your lowly identity to offend those above you. She immediately raises a Knowledge Barrier to defend herself, determined to give you an unforgettable lesson in a moment.]

[The scarlet greatsword tears through the air with a piercing shriek. The Multivision Grand Scholar’s expression changes drastically, her beautiful face contorting in high pitched terror.]

[Only now does she realize that you, this vulgar warrior, possess strength she can absolutely not resist, but it is already too late…]

[Blood flares in a flash. The Multivision Grand Scholar wears a complicated expression as she clutches her chest and slowly collapses to the ground…]

[You have defeated the Knowledge-Seeking Multivision Grand Scholar. Your experience points increase by a small amount.]

[Shell of the Knowledge-Seeking Multivision Grand Scholar: A female Grand Scholar rushing back to the Branch Association, seemingly on urgent business. On her way, she was blocked by a crude warrior who lusted after her beauty. Because she refused the warrior’s advances and enraged him, she was mercilessly slain. Compatibility: 118% (+65%).]

[Do you wish to possess this shell?]

Lin Xun’s mouth twitched. Ignoring the hellish game’s trolling, he pressed the ‘Yes’ option.

[You possess the shell of the Knowledge-Seeking Multivision Grand Scholar.]

[The fragmented memories remaining within the shell begin to slowly awaken…]

[…]

[Unlike the Scholars of the Direct Vision School, who are all from wealthy and noble families, most Multivision Scholars are commoners. Rarely will noble offspring actively choose to join the Multivision School.]

[You too are a Scholar born to a common family. But as long as you can obtain a Scholar’s academic rank, whether Direct Vision or Multivision, you will become a noble existence whom ordinary people can only look up to.]

[With no good family background and the meager salary of the Multivision Association, it is hard to bear the many expenses of a Scholar. So most Scholars do not stay at the Association long term. They frequently go out to earn some quick money to supplement their heavy expenditures.]

[Today, you went to give a lecture at the invitation of the Notos Chamber of Commerce, teaching a group of lowly little merchants great knowledge… Heh, if the chamber’s president had not promised you a large sum of gold coins, you would never have bothered with these petty profit mongers.]

[Compared to delving into the Abyss and the outer seas to hunt mysterious creatures for wealth, you believe that holding lectures and imparting knowledge is far more fitting for a Scholar’s elegance. If only your audience were not those small time merchants but imperial nobles instead, that would be even better.]

[After all, you worked so hard to become a Grand Scholar on the strength of your outstanding talent. Why should you risk your life doing extremely dangerous jobs?]

[Yet today your mood is extremely foul, because your lecture was only halfway through when you received an emergency notice from the Branch Association, ordering you to return immediately.]

[Damn it all. Your lecture needed only another half hour to end. Leaving halfway not only means you receive no payment, you even have to pay liquidated damages to these petty merchants.]

[Small time merchants are small time merchants. They do not have a shred of courage or boldness. Whatever they do, they insist on signing contracts with painstaking care.]

[Your face cold, you realize the liquidated damages are no small sum, which will only make your already poor family situation even worse.]

[The Association rarely issues such an urgent summons. Even if you are unwilling, you still have no choice but to interrupt the lecture…]

[Yet you cannot simply walk away without paying. Even if Multivision Grand Scholars are not rich, they still need their reputation and dignity.]

[The chamber president does not dare offend you and nervously tells you that the penalty can be waived, as long as the Grand Scholar will honor him with her presence at dinner next time…]

[Although his attitude is respectful and humble, you keenly catch a lecherous filthiness flickering in his eyes.]

[You give a cold snort, turn your back on the chamber, and board the carriage bound for the Association.]

[You are determined to find out what great matter has occurred to make the Association issue an emergency summons…]

[The carriage races along at full speed. Just when you are about to reach the Association, your path is blocked by a lowly warrior.]

[Only those without a Scholar’s talent and yet unwilling to keep their heads down will choose the lowly path of the warrior.]

[This warrior’s looks are passable enough, yet the lewd and lustful look in his eyes is exactly the same as the chamber president’s.]

[You are almost driven mad. Could this be a day when all the stars converge, that even you, a devout believer in Omniscient True Knowledge, must suffer such misfortune?]

[You decide to give him a harsh lesson. You just happen to be short of a test subject recently. This warrior who dared to collide with and offend you must pay a heavy price for his rudeness.]

[…]

[Ah, why is this warrior so strong? He is definitely not an ordinary warrior… could it be that the Great Prophet’s prophecy has come true?]

[You are not reconciled…]

[…]

[The fragmented memories end abruptly here…]

Lin Xun was speechless. “Lewd and lustful? How about you come back to life and explain clearly who exactly is lewd and lustful?”

There were two key points in the Grand Scholar’s memories. One was the Branch Association’s emergency notice, and the other was the Great Prophet’s prophecy.

As for the emergency notice, the Grand Scholar’s memories did not show the contents. But for it to be issued at such a critical time, he suspected it might have something to do with those Scholars he had deliberately let escape earlier.

The second was the Great Prophet’s prophecy. Lin Xun remembered that in the Direct Vision Association, only those at Sage level and above were privy to the prophecy’s exact content.

To ordinary Scholars, the True God’s Envoy was a figure that existed only in myths and legends. This was why, when he had revealed his identity in the workshop, he had been mocked and doubted by the Direct Vision Scholars.

The Direct Vision Association’s intention in hiding the prophecy was not only to secretly imprison the Envoy. The prophecy said that the Envoy designated by the true Lord would become the fuse that destroyed the world. Was that not a kind of blasphemy against Omniscient True Knowledge as well?

So it made sense that the Direct Vision Association dared not publicize the prophecy and only allowed the Association’s upper echelons and top combat power to know.

Yet this Grand Scholar clearly had not reached the Sage realm, just a wage earner whose strength was only slightly higher than that of ordinary Scholars and who certainly did not count as upper echelon. And even she knew the prophecy’s contents…

“Maybe the two factions do indeed differ in their attitude toward the Envoy.”