Bab 578
Untungnya, kepala sekolah tengkorak tidak menunjukkan banyak reaksi terhadap hasutan para Ksatria Kematian.
Dia pasti sedang berpikir dalam-dalam tentang apa yang akan terjadi ketika dia menghadap Kaisar.
-Hmm... Aku khawatir.-
Setelah berpikir dalam-dalam untuk sementara waktu, kepala sekolah tengkorak menghela napas.
Sebanyak apa pun dia berpikir, dia tidak bisa melihat masa depan di mana segalanya berakhir baik ketika dia membawa Yi-Han untuk bertemu Yang Mulia Kaisar.
"Kalau kita bicara baik-baik dengan Wardanaz... bukankah semuanya bisa beres?"
Eunrad Lee dengan hati-hati angkat bicara setelah mengamati situasinya.
Sebenarnya, Eunrad Lee tidak begitu memahami mengapa kepala sekolah tengkorak begitu khawatir.
"Tentu saja, dia memang memiliki pencapaian berlebihan untuk seorang mahasiswa baru bahkan di semester 2, tapi Yang Mulia pasti akan memahami hal itu dengan murah hati. Dan apa yang terjadi selama liburan musim panas benar-benar tak terhindarkan."
-Um. Tuan Eunrad Lee. Kau tahu bahwa dia mengalahkan Ular Laut, kan?-
-Ngomong-ngomong, masih ada lagi selain itu.-
"Maaf?"
Eunrad Lee ragu-ragu.
Setelah berpikir sejenak, Eunrad Lee langsung berkata.
"Kalau kita bicara baik-baik dengan Wardanaz dan semua orang tutup mulut, bagaimana Yang Mulia Kaisar bisa tahu?"
-Memang benar lulusan Einroguard.-
-Lihat pikiran jahat itu.-
Para Ksatria Kematian berbisik, tapi Eunrad Lee tidak memperhatikan.
Bukankah semua ini dilakukan demi bertahan hidup?
Orang-orang yang lambat berpikir tidak bisa bertahan di Einroguard.
Dia secara alami berniat menutup mulutnya. Sejak awal, tidak perlu khawatir Wardanaz akan keceplosan…
Hingga saat ini, berbagai macam jenius telah memasuki Einroguard, tapi jenius seperti Yi-Han yang cerdas, pandai bergaul, dan serba bisa di semua bidang sangatlah langka.
Karena kebanyakan jenius adalah tipe yang kemampuannya terkonsentrasi tajam di satu bidang yang mereka sukai, maka keserbagunaan Yi-Han seperti itu semakin menonjol.
"Kalau begitu, bukankah malah lebih baik?"
-Makanya kau tidak pernah bisa jadi siswa terbaik.-
'Tidak...'
Eunrad Lee merasa tidak adil.
Dia harus dimarahi soal nilainya bahkan setelah lulus?
-Tuan. Aku penasaran apa yang kau khawatirkan.-
-Benar. Kalau Wardanaz, dia akan bekerja sama dengan baik kalau kita jelaskan situasinya.-
-Kalian mungkin benar.-
Kepala sekolah tengkorak langsung mengakui.
Sikapnya justru membuat yang lain lebih terkejut.
-Tapi kegilaannya memiliki aspek-aspek yang sulit diprediksi bahkan oleh grand mage baik hati sepertiku...-
'Betapa absurdnya fitnah ini.'
Eunrad Lee mendengus dalam hati.
Kepala sekolah tengkorak membicarakan kegilaan orang lain.
Terlebih lagi, kepada mahasiswa baru yang baik hati seperti Wardanaz?
-Kau pasti baru saja mengutukku dalam hati. Eunrad Lee.-
"Ah, tidak!"
-Aku mengerti. Orang sepertimu yang tidak pernah jadi siswa terbaik tidak bisa memahami level itu. Tapi bagiku, kegilaannya...-
DUAR!!!
Ledakan terdengar dari halaman depan gedung utama.
Kepala sekolah, Eunrad Lee, dan para Ksatria Kematian mendekati jendela dan melihat ke bawah.
Sebuah golem yang tampak ditambal dari segala macam rongsokan mengeluarkan suara aneh dan bergerak maju.
-Profesor Verduus. Tolong kami! Kita harus menghentikan benda itu!-
-Kenapa? Berjalannya bagus kok. Kalau kita hentikan sekarang, golemnya bisa rusak?-
-Kalau terus begini, bukankah semua yang di jalannya akan hancur?!-
-Kenapa kau baru bilang sekarang? Kau juga sudah tahu, kan?-
-Tidak, Anda bilang tidak apa-apa, Profesor! Anda menyuruh saya membuatnya karena katanya tidak apa-apa...-
-Ya. Aku bilang tidak apa-apa, kan? Abaikan dan selesaikan pembuatan golemnya. Jangan berhenti.-
"...I-itu. Mereka membuat golem dari rongsokan??"
Eunrad Lee tidak bisa mempercayai matanya.
Dia juga pernah mengambil ujian di ujian akhir tahun pertamanya untuk membuat artefak instan dari benda-benda yang dibuang dan rusak, tapi paling-paling hanya hal seperti artefak pemurnian air atau artefak pendeteksi lokasi.
Bahwa seorang siswa tahun pertama bisa membuat golem yang dilengkapi sumber tenaga dan bisa bergerak, meskipun kualitasnya rendah dan sementara.
Dan dari rongsokan???!
-Kau lihat?-
Kepala sekolah tengkorak berbicara tanpa rasa terkejut.
-Itulah kegilaannya.-
Meskipun dia sendiri tampak baik-baik saja, masalah dengan Wardanaz adalah bahwa dia bisa melakukan hal-hal gila sampai tingkat mana pun jika ada kesempatan di sampingnya.
Jika seorang birokrat di istana kekaisaran secara bercanda berkata, 'Karena kau belajar dari Tuan Gonadaltes, kau pasti bisa menangkap Adipati Iblis, haha,' dia mungkin akan berkata, 'Baik, saya akan mencoba menangkapnya,' dan memulai tarian pedang.
'Dan Kaisar beserta para birokrat akan meminta pertanggungjawaban dariku.'
Memikirkan bahwa para birokrat dan bahkan Kaisar akan mengatakan hal-hal seperti 'Pendidikan macam apa yang kau berikan biasanya?' 'Grand mage jahat itu menyalahgunakan muridnya dengan cara kuno,' dia merasa begitu tidak adil hingga jantungnya yang tidak ada berdebar-debar.
Mengapa ini salahnya bahwa muridnya melakukan hal-hal gila sendirian?
"Bukankah sebaiknya Anda menghentikannya? Kalau golem itu meledak, akan ada kecelakaan!"
Alasan golem itu berbahaya adalah karena sumber tenaganya.
Untuk menggerakkan massa sebesar itu, jumlah daya yang diperlukan pasti meningkat, jadi secara alami, artefak yang cukup kuat harus digunakan sebagai sumber tenaga…
...Jika ada sedikit saja kesalahan atau salah penanganan, artikel-artikel seperti itu akan muncul begitu saja di surat kabar kekaisaran.
-Biarkan saja. Dia akan menanganinya sendiri dengan baik.-
"Tidak... Kita harus bertemu Yang Mulia sebentar lagi, jadi kita harus menghentikannya!"
Sebanyak apa pun dia berpikir, kecelakaan ledakan beberapa minggu sebelum bertemu Yang Mulia Kaisar tidak bisa memberikan kesan emosional yang baik.
Jika dia menghadap Kaisar dan berkata, 'Saya mengalami kecelakaan ledakan beberapa minggu lalu,' seberapa banyak suasananya akan membaik?
KRIIIT-!
Namun, bertentangan dengan seruan Eunrad Lee, golem itu kehilangan tenaga dan berhenti dengan presisi.
Di kejauhan, mahasiswa baru dari keluarga Wardanaz yang berdiri di atas golem yang berhenti di halaman depan gedung utama mendarat sambil mengumpat.
Di tangannya adalah sumber tenaga golem itu.
Luar biasa, mahasiswa baru itu telah mencabut sumber tenaga dari tubuh golem yang sedang bergerak!
Itu adalah prestasi luar biasa yang sulit dipercaya bahkan saat melihatnya langsung.
-Saya tidak akan pernah mempercayai saran Profesor lagi!-
-Hah? Kenapa? Kenapa kau marah? Bukankah kau berhasil membuat golem berkatku?-
-Ini namanya berhasil membuat?! Kita hampir mati bersama!-
-Toh kau berhasil menghentikannya, kan?-
Percakapan berakhir di situ.
Karena teman-teman lain dengan tergesa-gesa menghentikan Yi-Han, yang mencoba menyerbu ke arah Profesor Verduus.
-Tahan dirimu! Wardanaz!-
-Dia profesor! Profesor!!-
***
Yi-Han memiliki pikiran yang sudah ratusan kali dia pikirkan sejak masuk Einroguard sekali lagi.
'Mempercayai seorang profesor!'
"...Semangat. Wardanaz."
"Tapi ujiannya sudah selesai, kan?"
"Ya. Ujiannya sudah selesai."
Itu adalah kesalahan untuk menerima saran Profesor Verduus selama ujian akhir.
-Sudah selesai. Profesor.-
-Hah? Ini saja?-
-...Bukankah saya sudah membuatnya dengan baik? Ada pertahanan dan semacamnya...-
-Nah. Ayo buat sesuatu yang lebih seru. Kau bisa membuatnya.-
-Tunggu. Anda membiarkan siswa lain lolos begitu saja, jadi kenapa hanya kepada saya...-
-Lihat ini. Kau lihat ini? Ini apa?-
-Saya tidak yakin?-
-Ini bagian yang digunakan sebagai kaki golem kayu. Ini? Ini lengan golem pembersih perunggu. Juga... ini dia. Ini helm golem pertarungan jarak dekat. Nah, kau paham?-
-...Saya tidak yakin??-
-Kau bodoh ya? Aku menyuruhmu menggabungkan ini semua dan membuat golem!-
-...Maaf?? Apakah itu mungkin? Saya belum pernah membuat golem sebelumnya, dan saya dengar golem tidak seharusnya dibuat seperti kain perca sejak awal...-
-Tidak apa-apa. Tidak apa-apa. Lihat, ada lingkaran sihir yang tersisa di sini. Merakit beberapa bagian ini jauh lebih mudah daripada membuatnya dari nol.-
-Memang benar, merakit lebih mudah daripada membuat sesuatu dari nol, tapi bukankah itu berlaku ketika semua bagian awalnya dibuat sebagai golem yang sama? Saya dengar kalau menggabungkan bagian golem yang berbeda, beberapa efek samping bisa terjadi. Tidak, sejak awal, itu bahkan tidak akan berfungsi...-
-Tidak. Tidak apa-apa. Aku sudah melihatnya dan tampaknya baik-baik saja.-
-Apakah benar-benar tidak apa-apa?-
-Tentu saja!-
-...Kalau begitu saya akan mencobanya, tapi...-
Yi-Han, yang tertipu bisikan jahat dan tidak bertanggung jawab Profesor Verduus, entah bagaimana mengikat, menggabungkan, dan menyambungkan bagian-bagian dari golem yang berbeda.
Kesalahan yang terjadi karena perbedaan sirkuit mana dan perhitungan lingkaran sihir diatasi dengan cara sederhana yaitu menghantamkan mana ke bagian tersebut.
Setelah entah bagaimana memperbaiki sumber tenaga yang setengah rusak dan mencoba mengaktifkannya dengan niat semata-mata membuatnya berfungsi…
-Bergerak! Tidak, saya tidak menyangka benda ini benar-benar akan bergerak...-
-Kan sudah kubilang untuk membuatnya.-
-Tunggu. Profesor. Golemnya bergerak sendiri, apa kata aktivasi atau kata perintahnya?-
Saat membuat golem, memasukkan kata aktivasi atau kata perintah di dalamnya untuk mengaktifkan dan mengendalikan golem itu adalah akal sehat dasar.
Dalam kasus golem chimera yang dibuat dengan memasang bagian-bagian berbeda ini, Profesor Verduus pasti sudah memikirkannya terlebih dahulu.
-Tidak ada hal seperti itu?-
-Maaf?-
-Kubilang tidak ada hal seperti itu. Bagaimana bisa ada hal seperti itu kalau menyambungkan bagian-bagian yang berbeda?-
-Lalu bagaimana kita memerintahnya?-
-Kau harus membuatnya sekarang.-
-...Benda ini sedang bergerak sekarang?-
-Buat dari atas dan masukkan
Chapter 578
Fortunately, the skull principal didn't show much reaction to the Death Knights' instigation.
He was surely thinking deeply about what would happen when he faced the Emperor.
-Hmm... I'm worried.-
After thinking deeply for a while, the skull principal let out a sigh.
No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't see a future where things would end well when he took Yi-Han to meet His Majesty the Emperor.
"If we talk well to Wardanaz... wouldn't it work out?"
Eunrad Lee carefully spoke up after observing the situation.
In fact, Eunrad Lee didn't quite understand why the skull principal was so worried.
"Of course, he did have excessive achievements for a freshman even in the 2nd semester, but His Majesty will generously understand that much. And what happened during the summer break was really unavoidable."
-Um. Lord Eunrad Lee. You know that he defeated the Sea Serpent, right?-
-By the way, there's more besides that.-
"Pardon?"
Eunrad Lee hesitated.
After thinking for a moment, Eunrad Lee immediately said.
"If we talk well to Wardanaz and everyone keeps their mouths shut, how would His Majesty the Emperor know?"
-As expected of an Einroguard graduate.-
-Look at that wicked thought.-
The Death Knights whispered, but Eunrad Lee didn't pay attention.
Wasn't all of this being done to survive?
Slow-witted people couldn't survive in Einroguard.
He naturally intended to keep his mouth shut. In the first place, there was no need to worry about Wardanaz making a slip of the tongue…
Until now, various types of geniuses had entered Einroguard, but a genius like Yi-Han who was quick-witted, sociable, and versatile in all fields was extremely rare.
Since most geniuses were the type whose abilities were sharply concentrated in one field they liked, Yi-Han's such well-roundedness stood out even more.
"Then isn't it even better?"
-That's why you can't be the top student.-
'No...'
Eunrad Lee felt wronged.
He had to be scolded for his grades even after graduation?
-Master. I'm curious about what you're worried about.-
-That's right. If it's Wardanaz, he will cooperate well if we explain the situation.-
-You guys might be right.-
The skull principal readily acknowledged.
His attitude surprised others even more.
-But his madness has aspects that are difficult for a kind grand mage like me to predict...-
'What an absurd slander.'
Eunrad Lee snorted inwardly.
The skull principal talking about others' madness.
Moreover, to a kind freshman like Wardanaz?
-You must have cursed me inwardly just now. Eunrad Lee.-
"Ah, no!"
-I understand. A guy like you who has never been the top student can't understand that level. But to me, his madness...-
Bang!!!
An explosion was heard from the front yard of the main building.
The principal, Eunrad Lee, and the Death Knights approached the window and looked down.
A golem that seemed to be patched together from all kinds of scrap was making a bizarre sound and advancing forward.
-Professor Verduus. Help us! We need to stop that thing!-
-Why? It's rolling well. If we stop it now, it will damage the golem?-
-If it goes like this, won't it shatter everything on its path?!-
-Why are you saying that now? You knew it too, didn't you?-
-No, you said it was okay, Professor! You told me to make it because it was okay...-
-Yeah. I said it's okay, right? Ignore it and finish making the golem. Don't stop.-
"...That, that. Did they make a golem with scrap??"
Eunrad Lee couldn't believe his eyes.
He had also taken an exam in his 1st year final to make an instant artifact with discarded and broken objects, but at best, it was only things like water purification artifacts or location detection artifacts.
To think that a mere 1st-year student made a golem equipped with a power source and rolling, even if it was low-grade and temporary.
And with scrap???!
-Did you see?-
The skull principal spoke without surprise.
-That's his madness.-
Although he seemed fine himself, the problem with Wardanaz was that he could do crazy things to any extent if there was an opportunity next to him.
If a bureaucrat at the imperial palace jokingly said, 'Since you learned from Lord Gonadaltes, you can catch the Demon Duke, haha,' he might say, 'Understood, I will try to catch him,' and start a sword dance.
'And the Emperor and bureaucrats will hold me responsible.'
Thinking that the bureaucrats and even the Emperor would say things like 'What kind of education did you give him usually?' 'That wicked grand mage is abusing his disciple in the ancient way,' he felt so wronged that his nonexistent heart was pounding.
Why was it his fault that his disciple was doing crazy things on his own?
"Shouldn't you stop him? If that golem explodes, there will be an accident!"
The reason the golem was dangerous was because of its power source.
To move that much mass, the amount of power required inevitably increased, so naturally, a quite powerful artifact had to be used as the power source…
...If there was even a slight mistake or mishandling, articles like would simply appear in the imperial newspaper.
-Leave it. He'll do well on his own.-
"No... We have to meet His Majesty soon, so we should stop him!"
No matter how he thought about it, an explosion accident a few weeks before meeting His Majesty the Emperor couldn't be emotionally good.
If he faced the Emperor and said, 'I had an explosion accident a few weeks ago,' how much would the atmosphere improve?
Screech-!
However, contrary to Eunrad Lee's cry, the golem lost strength and stopped precisely.
In the distance, the freshman from the Wardanaz family standing on the stopped golem in the front yard of the main building landed with a curse.
In his hand was the power source of the golem.
Surprisingly, that freshman had pulled out the power source from the moving golem's body!
It was an incredible feat that was hard to believe even when seeing it directly.
-I will never trust Professor's suggestion again!-
-Huh? Why? Why are you angry? Didn't you make the golem thanks to me?-
-Is this making it?! We almost died together!-
-You stopped it well, didn't you?-
The conversation ended there.
It was because other friends hurriedly stopped Yi-Han, who was trying to rush at Professor Verduus.
-You endure it! Wardanaz!-
-He's a professor! A professor!!-
***
Yi-Han had the thought he had hundreds of times since entering Einroguard once again.
'Trusting a professor!'
"...Cheer up. Wardanaz."
"But the exam is over, isn't it?"
"Yeah. The exam is over."
It was a mistake to accept Professor Verduus's suggestion during the final exam.
-It's all done. Professor.-
-Huh? This is all?-
-...Didn't I make it well? It has some defense and such...-
-Nah. Let's make something more fun. You can make it.-
-Wait. You let other students just pass, so why only to me...-
-Look at this. Do you see this? What is this?-
-I'm not sure?-
-It's the part used as the leg of a wooden golem. This? It's the arm of a bronze cleaning golem. Also... here it is. This is the helmet of a melee golem. Now, you get it?-
-...I'm not sure??-
-Are you stupid? I'm telling you to combine these and make a golem!-
-...Pardon?? Is that possible? I've never made a golem before, and I heard that golems shouldn't be made like rags in the first place...-
-It's okay. It's okay. Look, there are magic circles left here. Assembling some of these parts is much easier than making it from scratch.-
-Certainly, assembly is easier than creating something out of nothing, but isn't that when it was originally made as the same golem? I heard that if you combine parts of different golems, some side effects might occur. No, in the first place, it won't even work...-
-No. It's okay. I looked at it and it seemed fine.-
-Is it really okay?-
-Of course!-
-...Then I'll try it, but...-
Yi-Han, who fell for Professor Verduus's evil and irresponsible whispers, somehow tied, combined, and connected parts of different golems.
The errors that occurred due to the different mana circuits and magic circle calculations were simply smashed by striking mana into that part.
After somehow repairing the half-broken power source and just trying to activate it with the sole intention of making it work…
-It's moving! No, I didn't expect it to actually move...-
-I told you to make it, didn't I?-
-Wait. Professor. The golem is moving on its own, what are the activation words or command words?-
When making a golem, it was basic common sense to insert activation words or command words inside to activate and control that golem.
In the case of this chimera golem made by fitting different parts together, Professor Verduus would have figured it out in advance.
-There's no such thing?-
-Pardon?-
-I said there's no such thing. How can there be such a thing when connecting different parts?-
-Then how do we command it?-
-You have to make it now.-
-...It's moving now?-
-Make it from above and put it in.-
-I've never learned that!-
-Really? Here's a book.-
-Professor Verduus. Help us! We need to stop that thing!-
-Why? It's rolling well. If we stop it now, it will damage the golem?-
...In the end, he had to go through such things.
It was fortunate that he was able to contact the golem's mana circuit, infuse mana, forcefully stop the movement, and somehow pull out the power source, otherwise either the forest, Yi-Han, or Professor Verduus would have been shattered.
"I should have just submitted it."
'Doesn't Wardanaz have some problems too?'
Salko thought seriously.
If it were Salko, he would never have accepted it when Professor Verduus said such a thing.
It was an impossible thing to assemble scrap and operate a golem.
"Salko? What are you thinking about?"
"Ah, no. I was thinking that Professor Verduus is truly an evil person. If it were our stonemason guild, we would have made such a person kneel and put a large rock on top to give him a crushing punishment!"
"Oh... there's such a good method?"
Yi-Han showed an interested expression. Seeing that, Salko newly felt that there was deep hatred in his friend's heart.
"Wardanaz. Let's go prepare for Professor Bungaegor's exam."
"Right. Forget about Professor Verduus."
At his friends' encouragement, Yi-Han's expression also loosened a bit.
At that time, students who didn't take enchantment magic appeared from afar.
"Hey. I heard you guys caused an accident during the exam?"
"What kind of mistake did you make for a golem to crawl out? Study enchantment magic properly... Aah! Ah! Wardanaz! Why are you doing this! What did we do wrong!"
The students who just wanted to tease lightly ran away in shock at the water orbs flying fiercely.
They never thought it was Wardanaz's mistake.
***
"Pegasus!!!!"
Even before arriving at the exam site, the excited voices of other students were heard.
The friends walking with Yi-Han also widened their eyes at the word Pegasus.
"Pegasus?!"
"That Pegasus...!?"
There were many rare magical beasts in the empire, but among them, the popularity of Pegasus was very high.
While rumors of various flying mounts, such as wyverns or griffins, threatening and eating their owners from time to time appeared in the imperial newspaper…
...Pegasus had a relatively gentlemanly and polite personality.
"How did Professor Bungaegor borrow such Pegasus?"
"The professor is one of the top adventurers in the empire. She must have borrowed them with her connections."
The students looked at Professor Bungaegor with eyes full of respect.
Such Pegasi were difficult to obtain even with money, as calling them was expensive.
But to prepare them just for the students.
"Don't look at me like that. I was just lucky."
"Professor... I respect you the most...!"
"It's better not to say that in front of other professors. Now, the exam you have to take today is to persuade these Pegasi. By the way, don't arrogantly misunderstand. Although Pegasi are kinder than wyverns, they are absolutely not easy."
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