Chapter 35 - Lord Professor (1/2)

”My Bloodship, I come to you with a disturbing piece of information.” The servant bowed.

”Speak.”

”The fifth lord of the humans has been announced, a 6th rank visionary that is said to have the intellect of a god. Intel suggests that he can turn a lowly beginner rank visionary into a 4th rank within the span of a month. That's not all, he is also a professor of Haven and teaches a class of 100 now genius level students.”

”Interesting... Only a 6th rank human dares to make such a ruckus in this world? The 4 senior lords have grown incompetent at their old ages. The lordship is made up of those that are on the verge of ascending past 7th rank, and they choose a lowly 6th rank professor of Haven.”

”Well, has anyone witnessed his battle capabilities?”

”No, your Bloodness. Although, a few of his students have been seen in combat scenarios, towering over their peers.”

”This keeps on getting more and more interesting, a human that has become the centre of the plot. To bad that he will die soon enough. Our invasion is scheduled to take place in 6 months, the end of Haven's educational year. No one will survive, I will make sure of it.”

”And yes, inform Callus that he has permission to oppose this new professor... what's his name?”

”Peter White.”

”Peter White... Make sure his students and him are crushed under our boots.”

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1 week later:

In the span of this week, Fabian Winston, or 'Callus', silently prepared some obstacles for Simon's group. From bribery to downright targeting, Callus had planned it all. The Trial By Fire would be a direct challenge to Simon's group, not only by demons, but by their very own peers. The silently plotting Callus is a devil of low standing, but nevertheless is a devil. He never spoke much, but he talked with his actions. Everything could be conducted with gestures and money, and Callus just so happened to possess mountains of money reserves.

And all that could be seen from the devil's face was a gleaming smile that could invoke terror in any lesser being that witnessed it. The strength of a late 5th rank devil should never be underestimated.

However, Simon was contemplating something else. In the span of the week, his goal had spontaneously ended. He had received the respect of his entire class as their teacher. It happened at no important time, sometime in the middle of one of the heated lectures. It made Simon wonder about who was the last person to hold off on viewing him as a their teacher. What did Simon do at that moment that made them change their mind?

'People are complex, not everything can be deduced by logical reasoning. If things were logical, I wouldn't be a f***king lord!'

But whatever it may be, he had no time to ponder. He had classes to teach, and he had a trial to prepare for. When he wasn't teaching, Simon was training, when he wasn't training, he was learning. The only time he didn't do any of the three was when he was doing his daily preparations, or was sleeping. It had actually gotten to the point where Simon had started to gain experience points in his mental strength, something that was virtually impossible for the majority of people.