Professor Bard was actually very open-minded and highly learned.
In fact, he was essentially Avalon's most authoritative historian.
He simply wasn't good at lecturing—compared to teaching classes, he was better at studying on his own, absorbed in old stacks of books.
At that moment, a thought arose in the history professor's mind.
Perhaps... I could hire Iver as my teaching assistant.
His knowledge in this area was already greater than that of many third-year students.
But perhaps it wouldn't work. In principle, teaching assistants could only be selected from outstanding third- or fourth-year students, like Hai Na.
Mr. Iver was only a first-year student. That wasn't exactly in accordance with the rules...
Just as Professor Bard fell into thought, Iver had already deftly steered the topic back to the Stibium Kingdom, drawing everyone's attention and anticipation:
"This is why the Path of Wisdom and Path of Love were banned within Avalon.
"Now, have you ever wondered what would have happened if they hadn't been banned... but had developed in balance with the Path of Authority?
"Then what we'll be discussing is the fall of the Herasul Empire."
Iver lowered his head as he spoke, then raised his voice while comparing the material with the lesson plan. "Everyone, please turn to page 241 in your textbooks."
The next moment, the classroom instantly fell silent.
The sound of everyone turning pages rang out with exceptional clarity.
"The Herasul Empire had a long history and vast territory... and that meant it had Transcendents from all kinds of Paths.
"You may find it difficult to imagine this, but the empire's most mainstream discipline was demonology. In fact, that was where the profession of 'Demon Scholar' was first born. People studied demons just as we study mechanics and physics, and developed new rituals just as