Despite the three of them joining forces and firmly holding the upper hand—so much so that they could have seriously injured or killed him at any moment—
they did not do so. Instead, they deliberately maintained a stalemate and tried to learn through conversation what had happened to Mithrilos Academy.
"Hey, you stinking old man. You're a professor of Mithrilos Academy, aren't you? How did you end up looking this disgusting?" Landfall shouted.
After hearing their questions,
the Tainted Professor did not remain silent. Instead, he shouted furiously.
"Disgusting? You ignorant pieces of trash! This is eternity!"
"Mithrilos—the power of the Star Spirits has long since reached its end. I refuse to die alongside those rigid, foolish people!"
"I want eternity! I want greater control!"
"Look at my power! It grants me eternity and lets me enjoy power forever! I can even control more!"
"And the price I paid was merely a few strange looks from the mundane world. It doesn't hurt or itch!"
The Tainted Professor glared with bulging eyes, hysterical.
With a boom, the Teacher's Hall could no longer withstand the aftermath of their battle and collapsed outright. Their battlefield shifted outside the Teacher's Hall.
Filth intertwined with his spells, making the surrounding area unbearably foul and stinking so badly that it was hard to keep one's eyes open.
Burton, who had been guarding the perimeter, naturally saw the commotion and heard the Tainted Professor's words. He quickly joined the battle.
After telling Burton not to go all out, Landfall hurriedly asked again, "Mithrilos and the Star Spirits are approaching their end? What do you mean by that?"
Even as he spoke, he dealt with the other party's attacks.
"What do I mean?"
The Tainted Professor's face twisted viciously.
"Born from darkness and the stars, wielding the power