Mesugaki Tank Enters The Academy-Chapter 665: Jundong (1)

First, it’s important to acknowledge that the coming of the era of myths cannot be completely stopped.

Although the praise of me by others is causing the balance to collapse steeply, the resurrection of the gods is inevitable, regardless of this.

As long as the Pope is determined to disrupt the balance, the gods will inevitably descend upon this land.

So, our goal isn’t to prevent the era of myths, but to minimize the damage caused by the evil gods and, within that, to defeat the Pope.

Back when this was a game, the approach was to steadily complete various quests, build connections, and use that influence to prepare for the catastrophe. But now, I am giving out influence based solely on fame, disregarding all the prerequisites.

In fact, this situation is far better than the game. Unlike when I was just a young genius, now I hold the position of Apostle of the God of War.

Even when I push my way through, everyone just thinks I must have some reason for it.

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Except for the mental exhaustion, this situation could be considered perfect.

But that mental exhaustion, that's the problem.

“The Apostle of the God of War is entering!”

Upon hearing the shout from the knight guarding the entrance, I felt tension in my lips.

Why do they make such a fuss when it’s my turn to enter, but remain silent when others go in?

Suppressing the urge to kick them aside, I stepped into the room and saw the Apostles who held command in various regions, along with Karia and other envoys from neighboring countries.

The influence of the broadcast was clearly significant. Important people from the palace have directly come to visit.

The sparkling gazes directed at me were annoyingly noticeable, but I decided to ignore them.

It won’t last long anyway.

Following Fabi's guidance, I took my seat in the highest position without any formalities. The desk is unnecessarily high.

Even when I tilt my head back, my face barely shows, which is frustrating.

The ones who are happily gazing at me like that only make it worse. Pouting my lips, I stood up and had Fabi take my seat.

Sitting on it, I at least gained a bit of height in my view.

“Y-Young Lady?”

“Why are you acting like you don’t like it? You prepared this weird chair for this very reason, didn’t you?”

“Y-Yes?! I-I’m sorry...”

“Ugh. Shut up. Just play the part of the chair properly.”

I lightly tapped Fabi's thigh to get him to shut up, then, with some expectation, I lifted my head.

Now you know that everything shown in that broadcast was a scam, right? Right?

...Wait, why do their eyes look the same?

No, it feels like I’m being pitied or something now.

What’s going on? If this were the past, someone would have shouted by now, wouldn’t they?

The broadcast had this much influence!? Blinking, I sighed and leaned my chin on the desk while glancing around at everyone.

“Hello. Fools. Thanks for all your hard work pretending to be normal.”

And yet, no reaction?

Why!?

Was that broadcast not a promotional video, but some kind of hypnosis app?

Did I cast a curse on you all to make it unbearable to be mocked by a mesugaki?

I’m seriously losing my mind!

“I don’t want to waste any more time with you guys, so let’s get to the point, shall we? Madam.”

As Karia placed the crystal ball in the center of the long desk, a large map began to appear.

“The first ones we need to focus on are the amateurs living next to the large dungeon. Some idiots will start popping up from there.”

The most troublesome enemy, the dark evil god, has long been consumed by Erginus.

The evil god of emptiness was badly beaten last time, so they won’t be able to do anything, and the evil god of fire has been weakened after fighting me, so they likely haven’t fully recovered. So dealing with these two won’t be that hard.

Now all that's left is the evil god of destruction, but they're being swayed by Rasha, and their countermeasures are already roughly figured out, so it should be fine.

As I rambled on, ignoring various prerequisites, I started to get suspicious halfway through.

Why is no one asking any questions?

“A pathetic fool who only knows how to burn...”

I proceeded to tell them how to deal with the evil gods who hadn’t appeared since the mythological era, and

“In the near future, the problem will arise from this godforsaken place. There...”

I predicted the coming events and explained them in detail.

“Don’t be scared. What’s here...”

Even though I provided all this information, explaining how to deal with enemies from a place the locals hadn’t even heard of, why were they accepting this so easily?!

At the very least, it should’ve made sense to question whether it was reasonable, or if there were better ways to approach it, right? Shouldn’t they ask for an explanation that makes sense?!

Don’t you dare accept it!

Even with the distortion of mesugaki skills, Karia was interpreting everything for them, so they nodded and kept their mouths shut.

What the hell is going on? I thought maybe I was seeing hallucinations, so I checked around, but in the end, everything was real.

“The future seems busy.”

“The Apostle of Magic, I have a matter to discuss...”

“The Apostle of the Mountain Range, I seek your insight...”

The moment I finished explaining, the people gathered together and began to discuss their opinions.

They seemed to have erased the word ‘doubt’ from their minds, and as I thought I might lose my sanity, I genuinely wished for the world’s downfall.

“Apostle of the God of War, there is one thing I wish to ask.”

What is it?! What is it?! Ask anything! I’ll answer the best I can with what I know!

Phew. Thank god. At least the people here aren’t idiots who only rely on women’s words.

Still, the representatives of the Magic Empire are clever...

“Could you show us the Holy Sun?”

Forget it. This guy’s an idiot too. A ridiculously shameless, stupid idiot.

I did my best to curse him with my eyes, but the Empire’s person was too busy gazing at me with hopeful eyes.

The others around were no different.

I sighed as I watched the idiot who dared to raise their thumb toward the Empire person. I couldn’t even be bothered to get angry.

After all, if I were to yell at them, would they even get upset?

If they were the type to be upset, they would’ve been yelling at me by now.

It got so tiring that I created a small sun, and gasps escaped from various places.

Let’s think of it positively. If they’re this foolish, they’ll at least do their best to follow my orders.

“Excuse me for a moment!”

A clergyman who burst through the door stared at the sun I created, shook his head, and continued speaking.

“From the east of Silverbrook, a giant dungeon's stir has been detected. It’s similar to the phenomenon that happened in the Magic Empire!”

Is something already happening there?

I thought we had a few more days, but I guess the heightened faith is having a big impact.

I furrowed my brow as I decided to move quickly.

Not long after, I felt a wave of admiration directed at me.

Oh. I see now. From their perspective, it must seem like the prophecy is coming true.

...But isn’t this all a little too convenient?

Shouldn’t it be normal to suspect that someone’s pulling some strings here?

“Let’s move immediately!”

“I’ll accompany you!”

Yep. No hesitation at all. They didn’t even show the smallest sign of doubt.

At this point, isn’t this more like blind faith than trust?

If I told them to lick my feet later, I’m pretty sure they’d do it without a second thought.

 In a room in the mansion, the Pope, leaning against a chair in the darkness, tapped his hand as he reflected on the recent political situation.

The minions of the evil gods were collapsing one by one.

Though not exactly gods, they were monsters who had defeated many sages during the era of myths, and they were powerful enough to become the center of the giant dungeons.

Yet, they were dying without causing much harm.

The giant dungeon that had to be conquered over months had already been fully investigated before entry, and these figures, who should have been forgotten after the mythological era, had all their hidden tricks analyzed and were torn apart.

Was it because the heroes of the past were advising them, the Pope wondered, shaking his head.

There’s no doubt that these heroes were sages who performed miracles, but frankly, they were foolish for their abilities.

He had often wondered why they made such mistakes from a distance.

Perhaps this was all part of the plan by the Apostle of the God of War.

There must have been a reason for the person who had been hiding their identity to suddenly reveal their power to the continent.

Looking at the two crystal balls on his desk, the Pope thought about the rumors of a clash between Erginus and the god of magic on the outskirts of the Magic Empire and smiled.

The evaluations of each other's abilities were similar, so they had decided to settle the score by facing off directly.

No matter how high their pride was, there was no way they would do something so foolish.

Anyway, the current situation was not ideal.

While it was good that the Apostle of the God of War was being worshipped, it was troublesome that all the minions of the evil gods were disappearing.

If they disappeared with the other gods, it would make it much easier to fulfill his plans.

Though earlier than expected, he had to start moving soon.

The Pope slowly rose from his seat, and as he stamped his foot, the floor disappeared and stairs appeared.

What lay beneath was the corpses of several individuals.

Prey who had been caught in the hunt for the strong.

These were once the apostles of the evil gods, who had done their best to spread their divine glory.

And individuals personally selected by the Pope.

Looking at the bodies of those sages who would have made a name for themselves in the history of the continent, the Pope bestowed upon them the powers of the evil gods.

Their deaths had reached their end.