Chapter 177: Professor, You Owe Me...Again!

"This..."

Soren stood stunned in his position, his gaze focused on the ground, or rather, Ruther’s body.

No... what remained of it.

After all, his head... wasn’t there anymore.

It seemed to have exploded, literally, leaving behind fragments and dark blood scattered across the ground.

That same black blood slowly spread beneath the corpse, thick and unnatural.

A faint, demonic air lingered around it, clinging to the body like gangrene, refusing to leave.

To be honest, it was more gruesome than anything he had ever seen before.

’Is this...Lilith’s work?’

How could Soren not understand what might have happened to Ruther?

Since he dared to divulge information about his Lord to an outsider, even if accidentally, he wasn’t going to be spared.

Just...Soren never thought Lilith would be so ruthless. She directly blew his head off so ruthlessly.

’Is that why she didn’t even care to warn me?’

Soren smiled bitterly, feeling even more uncomfortable. Now, he couldn’t wait to use his Unique Skill to get rid of that Demon Seed in his mind.

Just the thought of his head being blown off made him shiver uncontrollably.

"Soren, how did you know about this?"

Seeing that Soren’s gaze looked ugly, Professor Lyra suddenly asked from the side.

"Hmm?"

For a moment, Soren thought she might have noticed his weirdness, but looking at her frown fixed on the dark aura surrounding the body, he understood what she meant.

"Well, I can’t say I knew who he was exactly. Just...I had a few leads that Ruther was involved with some demonic group recently."

’Sigh...I shouldn’t have told her about Ruther before.’

Soren sighed internally. If he knew Lilith was going to kill Ruther anyway, it was better not to tell her anything.

Too bad, he wasn’t a seer.

"I just didn’t know he would die so brutally. Just...what the hell happened after we were gone?"

Of course, Soren didn’t show anything outside and asked.

"Sigh...I don’t know."

But what he got in return was Lyra’s heavy and distressed frown.

"I have no idea what happened to him...he just exploded suddenly. Even if he was a demon servant..."

Lyra paused, feeling a headache.

Today was the worst day for her.

First, she made the mistake of confronting the

Crucible

on her own, allowing a demon gate to appear and jeopardizing her students.

In the end, she used every bit of her power to close the gate, and now...

With Ruther’s death, things went a bit out of control, especially when he was found to be a demon servant.

An Elite Hunter Academy had a demon servant in its ranks as a professor.

How laughable.

If not handled well, it could very well lead to their Academy’s downfall.

Fortunately, only a few students and three professors saw this incident, and she should be able to stop the news from going outside.

"Anyway, it seems your guess was correct. Ruther was definitely a demon servant and even a high-ranked one. We still don’t know if Ruther’s death has the Crucible’s hand in it."

Lyra showed a pensive look and whispered,

"But don’t tell this to anyone, especially the part about you knowing Ruther’s identity. It can bring you unnecessary trouble."

This was the reason why she summoned Soren here.

She had already warned other students not to divulge this information about Ruther’s death outside.

"Yeah, don’t worry. I am not an idiot. Besides, it is good that he is dead. Why are you so anxious anyway?"

Soren saw how stressed and tired Lyra looked and couldn’t help but frown. In his opinion, Ruther’s death was good news.

This guy had plans against his girls. Even if he survived, he would kill him with his own hands later on.

"If you think it might bring you trouble, don’t think too much, Professor Lyra. We just need to hide the fact that I gave you that

Abyssal Compass

, that’s all."

"You can just say you somehow stumbled upon the demon servant’s plan and tried your best to foil it. As for the incident after, there is no need to hide it."

Soren shrugged as he couldn’t understand why she was stressed.

"As for this Ruther, just say he was killed by their men somehow. They are a bunch of madmen anyway."

He bet even Principal Logan could say nothing to Lyra after that.

After all, it was clear that Ruther was a demon servant and died from the explosion of his head, not in a fight.

"Hehe...see? He clearly thinks about you, and you were afraid that he would tell on you to that muscle head?"

Just as Soren finished speaking, Lysandra suddenly appeared out of nowhere, giggling beautifully.

For a moment, Soren couldn’t help but flinch unconsciously.

After the awakening of that Perverted Quest, he found it hard to be as nonchalant as before with Lysandra.

"Hmm? Why would I tell Principal Logan anything?"

So, Soren just raised an eyebrow, focused on Lyra, only to see her face brighten up in an instant.

"Okay, thank you, student Soren. As long as you help me hide this, I owe you one."

Seeing her reaction, it seemed Lyra really thought he might tell Logan everything. It was only after hearing his response that she visibly relaxed, causing the corner of Soren’s mouth to twitch.

"Am I...that unreliable?"

Soren couldn’t help but mumble, speechless.

"Pfftt..."

Seeing his expression, Lysandra immediately laughed while Lyra wore an awkward look.

To be honest, since Logan had given Soren an S-rank artifact for nothing, she thought he had a good relationship with him now.

If the principal asked, he might not hide this incident from her. And if that happened, she didn’t know what kind of punishment she would get.

Especially when there were a few people with power in the Academy who didn’t want to see her teaching here.

"Okay, stop laughing, you idiot. You are in front of a corpse. Are you crazy?"

Lyra tapped Lysandra’s head, a bit angrily, stopping her, and then looked at Soren.

"It isn’t that you are unreliable, Soren. This is a matter of hiding things from the Academy after all. To be honest, I am asking too much from you here."

She explained.

As a Professor who took her teaching seriously, it was very shameful for her to ask her students to hide her shortcomings.

But she had no choice.

Maybe, Soren might not understand her...

"Okay, I understand. Then, you owe me two wishes."

Soren suddenly shrugged contrary to her thought,

"Professor, be careful of owing too many wishes to me, though. Who knows what I might ask later?"

"Maybe, you might not be able to fulfill it."

He then showed a cheeky smile, leaning a bit closer to her, whispering in a low voice, intending to lighten the mood.

Only...he forgot that his recent charm was so high that even Lilith found him good-looking.

Poor Lyra could only stare blankly at him for a while, caught off guard.

Maybe she truly relaxed her guard and was too tired; she was somehow affected by Soren’s aura.

She only managed to snap out of the trance when she heard Lysandra’s giggle once again.

"Pfftt... yeah, he’s right, no? What if he directly asks for you? You’re so hot, and this student has his eyes all over you all the time."

Lysandra gave Soren a sneaky smile as she understood his thoughts clearly, only to get smacked on her head loudly.

"Ouch!"

"Stop joking and don’t laugh in front of a corpse, didn’t you hear?"

Lyra gave an angry glare at her before turning to Soren.

"Okay, that’s all. Go meet with your friends first, and I will teleport you all after I recover a bit."

After saying that, she directly left without waiting for a response, her cheeks a bit red.

’Ah...so embarrassing.’

This was the first time she was caught in such a trance. In fact, even she didn’t know why she lost her cool for a second.

Sure, Soren was charming, understanding, and even a bit handsome, but...

’Lyra...he is your student for fuck sake...’

She admonished herself, disappearing swiftly. She needed some time to cool down.

"Tch...look at her so shy even at such an age?"

Lysandra just mocked Lyra’s disappearance while caressing her forehead with a pout.

Then she finally turned her head, her gaze meeting Soren’s.

"..."

"..."

"So? If there is nothing else, I will also leave."

Since Lyra left, Soren had nothing to do anymore. But just when he was about to do so, Lysandra spoke.

"Hey, wait. Student, there is something I want to ask you."

She suddenly stopped him from leaving and asked, a bit curiously.

"Did you...take that

Null Potion

I gave you?"

In fact, her eyes were so curious that Soren swore they flashed a green color ever so slightly.

"Yeah...of course, why did you ask?"

But he didn’t think much and answered, only to see Lysandra frown and mumble,

"He didn’t lie. Then why...?"

She seemed to be in a dilemma about something.

"Come to think of it, nothing happened to that Lizard either. Is my potion not working?"

She mumbled in a low voice, as if perplexed, completely unaware of the darkness slowly surrounding Soren’s face.

’This bitch...’

In fact, Soren was already cursing her in his heart as he had already guessed what she meant by that.

’Tch...so this bitch definitely did something to that potion and now is confused why the effect didn’t show up?’

Although Soren also didn’t know why that was so, that’s beside the point right now.

Rather, he felt quite stupid to believe in this crazy healer.

Who knew what kind of effect she was searching for?

Truth serum? Sexual stimulation or something even more bizarre? From the game, he knew she had weird kinks.

Thank God it didn’t work.

"Okay, if there is nothing, I will leave, Professor."

In the end, Soren controlled his urge to curse and directly left the place, not even waiting for a response.

Now he felt that he would definitely complete the quest of this professor someday.

Just...instead of the usual gentle, cheeky slap, it would be a solid one on her butt.

’Just wait!’