118: The Waning Moon Has Yet to Arrive

Natural Ecology Academy, Student Forest Dormitory.

Although they had been told that the situation was different from previous student brawls, when the members of the Magical Application Academy's Student Union arrived at the scene with their testing equipment, the sight before them still made everyone frown and look grim.

Minister of the Enforcement Department Modote Huseel, lowered his head and picked up Delafis's mechanical skull. Even though he was wearing tight protection, the residual elemental radiation on it still slightly eroded his Mental Power, making him feel a little dizzy.

Maintaining a strictly professional attitude, he commanded his magical assistant—a magical coffin shaped like an inverted pyramid—to fly over and unleash the [Disintegration Spell] beam, which, with its precise cutting power, shattered a small portion of the skull.

The person next to them used the [Mage Hand] to lift the fragment in mid-air and place it into the pre-set detection box.

While the scan was in progress, he placed the mechanical skeleton in front of him and scanned it briefly with the [Greater Detection Spell in the exoskeleton. The magical AI quickly processed the information, and the next moment, a large amount of information popped up from the crystal lens.

"This is neither a golem nor a robot from Tech Side advanced civilization—the [Mechanic] would not use such an outdated method as steam to create robots."

As he spoke, his face was bathed in a luminous blue light.

Mordot turned his head to the side—the fire department was performing a spell to extinguish the fire, extracting elements from the atmosphere and summoning carbon dioxide to combine into dry ice.

The elemental energy here was too intense and agitated. While this amplified the effects of their elemental spells, it also increased the difficulty of their work. Mordot immediately heard the fire brigade students cursing. "The last time I saw an elemental riot of this intensity was during my internship in the Demiplane of [Naya Hell]!"

It wasn't just the fires; every now and then, overly excited elemental entities would pop out of the air. These small elements, generally at the Gamma-rank level, would run around everywhere, bringing cold winds, raging fires, and rock splinters with them.

Even the normally well-behaved trees were affected by the elemental fluctuations and began to grow uncontrollably. Mordot even saw a girl entangled in tree roots, half of her body dragged into the ground. Fortunately, her cries were loud enough that the fire brigade students immediately came with a magic chainsaw and felled the evil tree.

Everything around him seemed incredibly magical—perhaps to the mages, this should be called 'science fiction'— Mordot's expression grew even more serious.

"Father of Crystal, who exactly created this?"

Clutching her riot rifle, Silia Ruth, in shock, voiced what Mordot had been thinking.

As a newly joined disciplinary committee member, she felt an unprecedented Terror in the face of such astonishing destruction. Her originally peaceful campus life seemed to have suddenly turned into the front line of the Galaxy Eye Battlefield.

In such an environment, watching the danger level on the auxiliary panel climb steadily, the radiation counter clicking away, trees, air, fire, rocks, and water could all transform into a twisted little monster at any moment and pounce on you.

"How terrifying... how astonishing... such destructive power—Minister, a student, shouldn't be able to possess it, right? Minister Mordot?"

Her gaze was gentle, her blue eyes rippling, as she looked toward Mordot, the most powerful third-year student present.

The latter was wearing heavy magical power armor, like the plate armor of an astronaut or knight. Both the riot bolt-action rifle in his left hand and the steel-framed Magic Guidebook at his waist gave people a strong sense of security.

This minister, a favorite of the Guild Leader, is not only about to break through the Epsilon and reach the Zeta-rank on his path, but has also worked diligently for many years, managing the campus order in an orderly manner without any major trouble.

"Minister?"

However, Mordot shook his head at the pitiful yet adorable newcomer, stood up straight from the ground, and his massive and powerful Epsilon body appeared incredibly small in the revelry of natural forces.

"I have no idea."

Mordot replied.

"This power... may be caused by some kind of weapon, or forbidden magic."

"Could it be that a [Dominator] type implant has infiltrated?" Sylvia gripped the butt of her rifle and asked softly, "Haven't there been cases before where high-risk Aoneng holders, colluding with traitors, sent Implant Equipment Vanguard into the school, causing a serious crisis in Trivella— "

"The fact that the Higgs Field has not changed indicates that this was not the work of an evil Aoneng."

Mordot interrupted the other party's unfounded conjecture:

"It's best not to mention anything about Aoneng, especially for Implant Equipment Vanguard..."

Sylvia paused for a moment, then realized her slip of the tongue and quickly nodded, "Ah, I forgot that the Student Union forbids mentioning 'Crescent Moon'..."

"The Student Union doesn't care, there are no taboos," Mordot said calmly. "But the relatives and friends of the victims of the 'Crescent Moon' two years ago, as well as Guild Leader Koreina, might be more concerned."

Sylvia nodded, understanding Mordot's goodwill.

Two years ago, a holder of high-risk Aoneng nicknamed "Crescent Moon" used some unknown method to send twelve Implant Equipment Vanguard to invade Trivella in collusion with others.

At the time, no one knew how he broke through the tight magical network of interception, or how he evaded biochemical checks, allowing these Zeta-rank Implant Equipment Vanguard, carrying his Aoneng, to stealthily infiltrate the deepest parts of various campuses and steal a large amount of valuable research data and extraordinary knowledge.

That day, the Enforcement Department of White Candle Star Interstellar University made a last-minute decision to conduct a surprise inspection, and they happened to run into Crescent Moon's elite soldiers. Fortunately, the patrol team members that day happened to be top students who were about to graduate.

A dozen students, with their excellent skills and tactical teamwork, plus the advantage of playing at home, defeated the elite troops.

However, that was also the beginning of an unfortunate event.

After the plot was exposed, Crescent Moon decided to destroy its own elite soldiers. The extraordinary genes in each of the Implant Equipment Vanguard mutated, triggering an unprecedented Aoneng disaster.

Those who experienced it firsthand described it as a nuclear explosion without smoke or flames; 20 out of 21 students and 5 staff members died instantly.

Those who were lucky enough to survive either died from cancer caused by gene mutations or were rendered disabled by terminal illnesses.

The loss of knowledge and information caused by such scandals and destruction cannot be measured in monetary terms.

Seeing such a disaster again today... it's hard not to recall the horrific attack that shook the entire Crystal Tower Civilization.

"Canyue escaped in the end, and no one could catch him. It was precisely to counter the emergence of such scum that the Ministry of Education spent a lot of money to set up the Higgs Field."

Mordot reminded him, "He won't sneak in again. No Aoneng will leave Trivella's campus alive. White Candle Star isn't what it used to be either. Now, with Minister Barkomon in charge, Kappa-rank powerhouse is like a god in the Abyss... You don't need to worry."

"Yes, thank you for comforting me." Sylvia's face flushed slightly. She felt much better after experiencing the simple and straightforward care from Mordot, this rough man.

'Yeah, I know perfectly well that Aoneng is severely suppressed under the Higgs Field, yet I was still worried about Implant Equipment Vanguard sneaking in... Ha, what a worrywart.'

She was thinking to herself:

'Senior Mordot is so handsome... I need to seize this opportunity and make a good impression on him...'

Mordot, a shrewd and straightforward man, completely ignored the girl's thoughts.

He was more concerned about the outcome of this disaster... How long would it take to return to normal? In Mordot's view, this was entirely the work of Zeta-rank powerhouse.

"The test results will be available soon; it might just be a normal natural disaster."

Mordot spoke, the inverted pyramid coffin beside him suddenly flashed red, alerting him that someone was approaching. He immediately looked in the indicated direction and shouted, "Who's there? Come out!"

Whoosh!

A row of riot rifles immediately pointed forward. The Enforcement Team pulled the bolts, channeling magic into the barrels, and the energy rings on the barrels instantly turned the entire barrels a dazzling azure blue as a warning.

A group of people moved about in the woods, and after a while, a freshman with a stiff expression slowly walked out.

"It's me! Don't shoot! I'm one of them!"

Seeing this, the freshmen quickly raised their hands:

"I am Lioz, a first-year student at the Magical Application Academy. I'm here to meet with my senior to discuss potions. Here is my Information Rune; please take it and check it!"

As he spoke, he waved his student ID and Information Rune.