(Juxi's perspective)

For some reason, I once caught a glimpse of the future, and I saw the despair of the world.

Perhaps it was the amplification brought by power that gave me the opportunity to change everything, but sometimes I wonder if I only changed the process, and did I really save the ending?

Every night when I fall asleep, I always hear the voice of the Black Dragon Emperor echoing in my ears.

"So you only changed the process, but you cannot stop the final ending!"

With just this simple sentence, it makes me feel that the Black Dragon Emperor... maybe hasn't disappeared! Does that mean the nightmare is far from over?

(Paroni's perspective)

"Paroni, I am a swordsman!"

I emphasized this word specifically.

"Paroni? My name is Arashi Yukari, you can call me Yukari, and I am a boxer by profession."

"Is that so, Yukari is indeed a nice name..."

Oh, her name is Arashi Yukari? Yukari... it's a nice name!

"Hello, I apologize for being presumptuous earlier. My name is Shinobu, but if it's okay with you, please call me Arima Shinobu, because I can..."

Clang! Yukari glared at her and also gave her a punch.

"Speak properly!"

"Yes, big sister. My name is Arima Shinobu, and I am an assassin, an agile type."

Although this person named Arima Shinobu is really rude, she surprisingly listens to Yukari!

Next is the girl who has been silently smiling behind Yukari and Arima Shinobu.

"Hello, Paroni, my name is Chiyori. You can just call me that. And as for my profession... I am a rare barrier master!"

Barrier master?!

I never expected to encounter such a complete team with such diverse professions. It is said that only one in fifty people becomes a barrier master, and it turns out to be her!

But what surprised me even more was that I thought she would be a reserved person, but her personality is completely opposite to Yukari's.

"Wow, I'm late, I'm late! Anyone wandering around the campus during the opening ceremony will be punished with confinement!"

I hurriedly exchanged footsteps and ran towards the direction of the church.

When I arrived at the church...

First, we found empty seats next to each other, and then... there were four empty seats together on the first floor.

"I feel like someone is secretly manipulating this..."

I was looking for a seat from the left, while they were looking from the right, so we didn't notice each other at all.

In addition, at this moment, the seats in the church had already been occupied by a sea of new students, and there was also a noisy atmosphere, so it was hard to concentrate.

"Cough, the opening ceremony for this academic year is about to begin. Please all guests and students of the academy..."

The principal's words were immediately drowned out by the intense discussions among the students.

Every year at this time, the school holds a grand opening ceremony, and the church has to accommodate hundreds of thousands of people for the meeting. There are even more than ten layers of student seats alone!

Having a large number of people is beneficial for the academy in terms of revenue, but it also increases the burden significantly.

Just like now, with so many people talking at the same time, the voices naturally grew louder and louder, reaching a deafening level.

"Your bracelet is really beautiful, did you buy it from a certain store?" (Female)

"Yeah..." (Female)

"Hey, isn't that our principal?" (Male)

"He's dressed like a clown!" (Female)

Everyone was making a lot of noise, and I was no exception.

However, no one noticed that the principal's face was getting darker and darker, but then again, you couldn't see it under the mask!

As I mentioned earlier, by chance, Yukari, the others, and I were sitting right next to each other.

But behind us, there seemed to be a guy who looked like a delinquent and a girl with purple pigtails who seemed to get along well with Yukari and the others?

They didn't notice me since I sat next to them, and instead, they were engrossed in conversation with those two.

"Hehehe... Oh hahahaha..."

I couldn't hold back anymore.

"I..."

"Hmm?"

All five of them looked at me at the same time.

"Oh my, it's really hot here, so many people in one church..."

Damn it, I didn't even know what I was doing!

But luckily, it was crowded, so the man didn't really look in my direction.

"Oh, I can't go hunting with you guys this afternoon. Nina and I received a romantic full house commission!"

The girl with purple pigtails nodded shyly. What kind of commission was that?!

"I see, then we won't disturb you. Our group is going to hunt C+ level monsters."

Phew, luckily they didn't join, otherwise, they would have ruined my chance!

And that guy, he seemed like quite a character. I tried to touch him with my elemental power, but I was met with a strong resistance.

"He must be at least A rank. How come I've never heard of a student with that level of ability?"

I thought to myself, people like him wouldn't care about low-level commissions like C+ level, right?

A romantic full house commission would at least be B rank or higher!

"Quiet down, everyone!"

The principal spoke from the podium and took out a purple glowing medal-like object.

She extracted a purple substance from it, and suddenly, the dark purple liquid began to spread endlessly with her gestures.

Black smoke rose from the purple liquid, like creeping vines, binding all the students.

Not only were they unable to move, but their mouths also couldn't open.

Although I wasn't restricted in my movements or speech, I dared not resist the principal anymore.

The power of one person being able to handle hundreds of thousands of people made the remaining few of us hesitant to make any rash moves.

"Very well, the rest of the students should sit in their seats. Today, we are honored to welcome a new teacher, our school's third SSS-level teacher, Teacher Juxi!"

As the principal's words fell, a man in white slowly walked up to the podium and sat down in the top seat.

You should know that usually only the king can sit in the special seat, but he dared to sit there as if it was his rightful place, how audacious!

As soon as the man appeared, the previously silent students immediately started whispering to each other.

However, in the position of the teacher, a bald teacher couldn't swallow this anger, so.

"This is simply absurd, I refuse!!"

This middle-aged man with a rockstar appearance (his beard looks like earthworms) stood out from the group of teachers and angrily said.

He was very dissatisfied with the fact that the new teacher was promoted to SSS level.

To the point where it made all of us feel that it was unfair.

"Principal, I, Larna, have dedicated myself to this school for over thirty years and have only just been promoted to SS level, but..."

"Larna, are you implying that you doubt the new teacher's ability?"

"Not only do I doubt it, I also want to prove to you that I am the one who truly deserves the position of SSS level teacher!"

Watching this rockstar approach the man in white, a hint of a bright smile appeared beneath the principal's mask.

"Not bad, but how do you plan to prove it to me?"

"Well..."

She deliberately fanned the flames like this, hoping for a conflict between Larna and the new teacher, right?

The atmosphere in the church was heated up by the principal, and it had become the fuse that would ignite a fight between the two!

I occasionally heard a few senior students excitedly say.

"This is interesting, is the new teacher going to challenge the bald Larna?"

"I bet on the new teacher to win."

Faced with the loud cheers of so many students, the situation for the new teacher became awkward.

I could clearly see that he was now on pins and needles on the podium.

Larna suddenly stood out from the crowd with such disrespectful behavior, but it didn't make the masked woman angry. On the contrary, she happily announced.

"Words mean nothing, if you have any doubts, I can challenge you to a duel in the academy's arena this afternoon, how about it?"

"That's no problem, let's do it!"

Larna immediately fell into the trap set by the masked woman without much thought, right?

"Very well, let me announce the rules of the match!"

"Wait a minute!"

The man in white raised his hand to stop the principal who was about to announce the rules.

"What's wrong, Juxi?"

"If the audience of the match is students and the venue is on campus, then dangerous divine techniques like this should not be allowed to be used. Otherwise, I refuse to participate!"

The man in white had a firm attitude, which disappointed many senior students.

But what he said made sense. If the badges were used recklessly, with SSS level strength, they could easily destroy the entire imperial capital!

"What do you think, Principal and Mr. Larna?"

"There's no problem with that, don't worry. This match will take place in the arena, and the rules of the match are - a contest of elemental power!"

The principal herself knew very well that a contest of elemental power would not cause much damage. As long as the teacher could control their elemental power well, it could completely avoid substantial losses.

"Good, this way it can also prevent you from cheating!"

Larna agreed to accept this match.

And the principal was also delighted at this moment, she announced again.

"Great! The time for the match is now, and I hope our new teacher can finish it quickly. Whoever depletes the other's elemental power first will be the SSS level!"

The principal said this, and I couldn't help but sweat for the new teacher.

Although Larna is only an SS-level teacher, his spiritual power is at least at the level of SSS.

It's really hard to say who will win or lose in this duel!

"Well, what are you waiting for? Please come this way!"

Larna couldn't wait to defeat the new teacher, so he gestured for him to go first (hurry up).

"Oh dear, this is really giving me a headache."

Looking at Juxi being escorted out, Yukari glanced at him helplessly and sighed.

"I didn't expect their significance to be somewhat unclear."

I thought to myself, but the mastermind behind these events seems to be the principal!