The Ancient Dean

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"Welcome, guests from afar."

As soon as Gu Xi stepped into the temple, a voice reached his ears.

At the same time, the dark temple lit up, like a computer being turned on, and the surroundings were filled with the sounds of machinery running.

"Who?"

Gu Xi stopped immediately and looked in the direction from which the sound came.

At this moment, a human head made up of three faces appeared inside the temple. All three faces were old men with Big Beard, one of whom had Gray Beard and the other two had white beards.

Among the two white-bearded men, one of them, who wore Small Eyes, had a pink Butterfly tied around his beard.

The three faces kept turning, allowing all three to see Gu Xi at the same time.

"Hello!"

They spoke at the same time, and their voices were exactly the same. Gu Xi felt as if they were having a surround sound session.

"Hello, could you please tell me what's going on?"

Gu Xi could sense that the three-in-one head in front of him was neither an undead nor a faculty member; his situation was quite strange.

"It's nothing. I just happened to see you wandering around nearby. You seem to be trying to recruit faculty members to your side. Do you have the authority of the academy but don't have the manpower?"

Do you want to rebuild the college or the departments?

"Is there any difference? Who are you?" Gu Xi asked, looking puzzled.

"Of course there's a difference!"

"We are the deans of the Mysterious Academy!"

"We led you here."

This time, the three people no longer agreed on anything; instead, they each spoke their own version of events.

Gu Xi's head felt like it was about to explode, and he couldn't hear what they were saying at all.

Fortunately, the three of them immediately realized that something was wrong and quickly discussed the matter. In the end, one of them explained the situation to Gu Xi.

It turns out that the temple in front of us was actually a tomb.

Moreover, it was a rather high-class tomb.

This place is the final resting place of several deans who died fighting for the Mysterious Academy while serving as its deans.

Although it's said to be several people, there are actually only three of them.

After all, the Mysterious Academy has been established for many years, and most of the academy's deans have retired after achieving their goals, with only a few dying in battle while in office.

Some died in battle without leaving behind any bodies.

Take, for example Previous Dean.

So only three bodies were buried here.

When they were buried, they wouldn't have experienced any further reaction.

But who made the academy's main building appear in the Gap of Time and Space, turning the entire academy into what it is now?

The aura of death roused these three.

Although they were the deans of the academy in life, they had long since died. After being resurrected, they had no authority and could only stay in this place, watching the changes in the outside world.

This time, they suddenly sensed Gu Xi's actions.

At this point, they saw an opportunity, at least an opportunity to get out of the grave.

So they used their last bit of strength to bring Gu Xi here.

After listening to what the three of them said, Gu Xi remained silent for a moment.

"I can give you professorial authority and positions, but I think you want more than that."

"Yes, we want to get back to the position of dean."

"No, this is enough."

"The Department Head will do."

The three of them had different ideas.

Gu Xi shrugged as he listened, his eyes clearly saying, "See? You can't even reach a consensus among yourselves."

So, while Gu Xi remained silent, the three of them discussed it again.

Finally, they reached a consensus.

It's no longer possible for him to become the Department Head or dean again.

Gu Xi only managed to become the Department Head now.

They need a professorship, and ideally, they'd like to have a physical presence so they can easily get around.

However, all three principals told Gu Xi some secrets about the Mysterious Academy.

These secrets can make it easier for Gu Xi to establish new departments.

At the same time, when Gu Xi was establishing departments, they would also help Gu Xi in order to repay Gu Xi for the positions he gave them.

Of course, their most important role now is to help Gu Xi establish his own department.

These three individuals have all served as deans, and they are well aware of which permissions are useful and which are useless.

After learning about Gu Xi's plan, they all offered their opinions.

The Gray Beard man told Gu Xi that Karimdo and the others would hide something from Gu Xi when they established the academy.

Some of these are things that Gu Xi absolutely must obtain.

Without these permissions, even if Gu Xi became the Department Head, he wouldn't be able to be on par with the other Department Head.

They had witnessed many such things when they were deans.

Department Head and the like can easily be sidelined by the dean and end up with nothing.

Not to mention Gu Xi, who was preparing to rebuild a department from scratch.

There are so many areas where we can intervene.

There are so many things here that Gu Xi needs to take down.

The white-bearded man with Butterfly tie told Gu Xi that the ranking of departments in the academy was not based on the number of students who enrolled, nor was it based on the specific circumstances of each department.

Rather, it is related to the architectural style of the Mysterious Academy and the content of the basic skills taught.

Like the previous Mysterious Academy, which mainly focused on human knights, the top-ranked department at the time was actually the Crocodile Department, which taught leadership skills.

The department that teaches luck magic has Elf theme and has always been suppressed.

Everything changed when the Mountain Leopard Academy launched a final counterattack, swallowing the treasures of the other three academies.

This is actually an opportunity.

Regardless of what the other departments want to teach in this new academy, the style will definitely lean towards the undead.

If Gu Xi could choose the Necromancer's Summoning, a skill unique to necromancers, then even a newly established department could become the academy's First Department.

After all, Summoning is the foundation of necromancers.

As a necromancer, you may not know how to use poison, manipulate bones, or play with souls, but you absolutely cannot be ignorant of summoning spirits.

Gu Xi has an advantage over the others in this regard.

Although Karimdo and its people have become undead, their mindset has not changed.

At the same time, none of them had ever sat in the dean's position, so they didn't know the key to this.

They thought that the ranking of departments was done using something like an hourglass.

This gave Gu Xi an opportunity.

The opportunity to lock in the Summoning.

If Gu Xi seizes this opportunity, his newly established department will be the First Department, and he may even surpass Miranda to become the academy's undisputed Vice-Dean.