On how PhDs become human evil

A purple magic circle, ring upon ring, appeared beneath Bai Jie's feet, rotating and radiating magical light like rising smoke, gradually filling the entire space.

"Transfer, begin."

As soon as Bai Jie finished speaking, the space immediately experienced violent fluctuations, and then a huge spatial rift appeared vertically in front of Bai Jie.

"If spatial transfer doesn't work, then we can just tear open space and go anywhere."

With that thought in mind, Bai Jie stepped into the spatial rift where countless spatial turbulences were raging.

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It was an execution ground that was like hell for people on the ground.

Below the cliff dwell many ferocious monsters. Although magic is almost impossible to use in this environment, the monsters are powerful enough to break through such limitations.

The canyon has an average depth of one to two kilometers, a minimum width of nine hundred meters, and a maximum width of eight kilometers.

This place is known as the scar on the earth, extending to the Great Desert of Ancient Luen in the west and stretching to the Sea of ​​Trees of Haltrina in the east, forcibly cutting the earth into two sections, north and south.

This place is known as the Leisen Canyon.

Emerging from the spatial turbulence, Bai Jie discarded his tattered clothes and reconstructed a new set using the evil of this world. He then looked around.

Rock walls, rock walls, rock walls... As far as the eye can see, there are endless rock walls. The wind, carrying yellow sand, blows through the canyon, while the blazing sun shines down from the sky.

"It's the ground. Even though I've only been underground for a few months, it feels like I haven't seen the sunlight in ages."

Bai Jie raised his hand to cover his eyes.

"So, which way should we go next? Although we followed the traces left by Nan Yun and the others in the space all the way here, this is the only way we can go."

Because Bai Jie didn't use traditional spatial teleportation magic, but instead forcibly tore open a spatial rift with magic and traveled inside for several days before arriving here, he wasn't sure which way Nan Yun Shi and Yue, who had arrived here several days before him, had gone.

"Awoo..."

A deep sound suddenly rang out in the canyon. Bai Jie shifted his gaze and saw that, without him noticing, more than a dozen demons had appeared around him. Each of them exuded a violent aura, clearly indicating that these demons were starving and desperately craving food.

Unfortunately, they chose the wrong prey this time.

"Sifang."

"Clang!"

[Four Directions Gods] was drawn in an instant, and a blue vortex of wind swirled around the sword, forming a sword beam more than ten meters long. Then, four sword lights immediately slashed out, and the horizontally flying sword energy directly cut everything in its path in half. Deep trenches large enough to stuff a person into appeared on the rock walls on both sides!

And naturally, all the demons surrounding Bai Jie were killed without exception.

"Weren't the monsters in the Leisen Grand Canyon supposed to be incredibly ferocious? This seems easier to me than cutting melons and vegetables?"

While saying this, Bai Jie didn't even consider how strong he had become. Based on his ability stats alone, he could crush the entire world. The only one who could rival him in terms of stats was Nan Yun Shi.

Moreover, while the monsters in the Leisen Grand Canyon are powerful, they are only powerful in the eyes of the people of this world. After witnessing the many monsters in the Orcus Great Labyrinth, their strength is not even worth mentioning.

"Alright, what should we do next? Should we go straight to find Nagumo, or continue wandering alone for a while longer?"

After putting away the Four Directions God, Bai Jie took out a gold coin from his pocket and threw it into the sky.

Looking at the gold coin clinking and falling to the ground, Bai Jie retrieved it: "Heads, wandering alone... that doesn't seem so bad. It gives off a feeling of a wandering samurai from Japan's Warring States period."

To be precise, Bai Jie rarely acts alone. Besides external factors, he is also used to acting with a group of people. Whether on Rhodes Island, Lungmen, or Schicksal, Bai Jie is always accompanied by one or two people.

But now, Bai Jie is truly all alone.

"There's nothing wrong with it. Just treat it as experiencing life and see what the world is really like."

Section 238, Chapter 13: Only two days left of military training, I'm so exhausted!

[Neutral commercial city of Fren].

It is the largest commercial city on the mainland, surrounded by an outer wall that is 20 meters high and 200 kilometers long.

In this city, people from all walks of life compete with each other every day. Some achieve their dreams and become successful, while others lose everything and leave in despair. The number of tourists and traders coming here is the largest on the mainland.

The enormous Freyman was divided into four regions—

The central district is home to facilities related to various procedures in the city; the tourist area is filled with entertainment facilities; weapons and armor go without saying; there is also a craft area that produces and sells furniture and other items; and a commercial area lined with shops of various kinds.

There are main streets leading to the central district in all directions, and it seems to be common knowledge here that the closer you are to the city center, the more reputable shops there are.

Places far from the main streets and central area are mostly occupied by greedy and unscrupulous shopkeepers, which are essentially black markets.

Conversely, one can sometimes find rare treasures that seem to have appeared out of nowhere there, so people who are used to fighting, such as adventurers or mercenaries, often frequent such places.

In a corner of the central district of Furen, there is the city's Adventurers' Guild. It is noon now, and the Adventurers' Guild should be bustling with noise. However, if someone were to go and see, they would be surprised to find that the Adventurers' Guild is now eerily quiet. Everyone is standing at the entrance of the guild, staring at the small mountain of human flesh piled up in front of the guild.

"Is nobody here?"

At the top of that small hill, Bai Jie, with a blade of grass dangling from his mouth, said with a grin.

"I thought that since it's the number one city on the mainland, there should be a lot of capable fighters, but it turns out they're all just show-offs, not a single one of them is actually a fighter."

After spending two days walking out of the Leysen Canyon, Bai Jie walked for half a month to reach this place, Fulian. He originally wanted to find a place to stay, but unfortunately he didn't have a penny on him, so he had to think of a way to make money.

As the result was as shown before, Bai Jie almost single-handedly defeated the entire Adventurers' Guild, and everyone who lost to Bai Jie took all of their cash.

After glancing around and confirming he had received enough money, Bai Jie said, "Looks like there's really no one else to fight. That's enough for today—"

"Excuse me, may I have a moment to spare, sir? This unknown swordsman."

Before Bai Jie could finish speaking, a middle-aged man who looked to be around forty years old with blond hair combed back suddenly stepped out from the crowd and spoke.

"I apologize for interrupting you. I am Ilva Qianggu, the branch manager of the Adventurers' Guild's Fleen branch. May I trouble you for a moment?"

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In a high-class restaurant in Fulian, Bai Jie looked at Ilva sitting across from him and said, "So, what does the head of the Adventurers' Guild want with me? Someone as important as you doesn't need to waste his time on a nobody like me."

"You're joking. Defeating all the Black and Gold-level adventurers in the entire Fleen branch, you're no small fry when it comes to that kind of strength."

Ilva said with a wry smile.

To be honest, when he first heard from his subordinates that someone was coming to challenge the guild, he was dismissive. After all, the many black-level and gold-level adventurers in the guild were no ordinary people; they were all seasoned veterans who would never be defeated.

But he was wrong, terribly wrong. Bai Jie actually defeated all the high-level adventurers in the Adventurers' Guild all by himself! And not a single one of them made him swing his sword a second time; they were all taken down with a single strike!

While shocked by Bai Jie's strength, Ilva couldn't help but recall something.

"To be honest, Sword Saint, seeing your immense strength, I would like to ask you for a favor."

"Whoa?"

Bai Jie raised an eyebrow. Was this an NPC story quest or a main story quest?

"tell me the story."

Seeing that Bai Jie seemed to agree, Ilva stopped hesitating and took out a piece of parchment from his pocket.

"The purpose of this commission is as stated in the letter of commission: to search for a missing person. A group of adventurers accepted the commission to investigate the [Northern Mountain Range], but failed to return by the scheduled time. Therefore, the family of one of the adventurers has requested our assistance in the search."

What Ilva said next can be summarized as follows:

Recently, the guild has received several eyewitness reports of large groups of monsters being seen in the [Northern Mountain Range], requesting the guild to investigate.

In the Northern Mountain Range, once you cross a mountain peak, you'll find yourself in an almost undeveloped area. While the monsters there aren't as numerous as those in the Great Labyrinth, there are still some quite powerful monsters lurking there. Therefore, it was ultimately a high-level adventurer who accepted this quest.

However, someone who wasn't originally in the team applied to join the adventurers' party with a bit of force, and after some twists and turns, they eventually formed a temporary team.

The newcomer was the third son of Count Kudetta, named Will Kudetta.

He ran away from home as if he were a runaway, intending to become an adventurer. He heard that Count Kudeta was secretly tracking his son's movements, but after this investigation, even the liaison officer who was following his son went missing. The count realized that the matter was of great importance, so he hurriedly requested the guild to search for him.

"Although the Earl also mobilized the family's resources and dispatched his own search team, the more people the better, so he also made a request to the guild. This was all just yesterday. The team that initially accepted the commission was composed of quite skilled adventurers. If what happened was something that even they couldn't handle, then sending ordinary adventurers would only result in further misfortune. We had to entrust the task to adventurers of considerable strength. Unfortunately, all the adventurers who could accept this commission were out of town. It was only at this time that you arrived, which is why I placed my hopes on you."

After listening to Ilva's story, Bai Jie leaned back and slumped into his chair.

To be honest, Bai Jie wouldn't have taken on this task if it were just about finding someone, but another piece of information from Ilva made him take it seriously.

—Large groups of monsters roam the area of ​​the Northern Mountains.

Monsters are generally low-intelligence beings, and with the exception of a few social races, they almost never form teams. However, there have been several sightings of large groups of monsters acting together. If you say there's nothing fishy going on here, even a child wouldn't believe it.

(Also, if I remember correctly... I might really have to get involved in this matter.)

Without thinking any further, Bai Jie took the parchment from Ilva's hand.

Section 239, Chapter 14: Crazy Capon

Aiko Hatayama, 25 years old, a high school teacher.

For her, the existence of a teacher is not just about imparting specialized knowledge, striving to improve academic performance, and guiding students' character to become a role model. While all of these are certainly important, she believes the most important thing is to "stand with the students." Specifically, she wants to be an adult that children can rely on, besides their family.

Because of an event that happened during her student days, which had a huge impact on her, details will not be elaborated here.

In short, being a support for children when they are away from home is not only Aiko Hatayama's creed as a teacher, but also her commitment and the pillar that supports her as a teacher.

Therefore, Aiko was extremely dissatisfied with the current situation. Suddenly, she was drawn into the fantastical and bizarre situation of being summoned to another world. Before she could react, her classmates had already negotiated the terms on her behalf.

When she came to her senses, the students who were taking it seriously were already preparing for war.

No matter how many times they tried to persuade her, the already decided things always easily overshadowed Aiko's opinions, and in the end, they couldn't stop the students from moving forward.

At least we should stay by their side and protect them!

Despite making this decision, due to the rarity and practicality of her abilities, she was assigned to a mission unrelated to combat—improving farmland in various regions and developing new farmland.

Despite her desperate resistance, even her students persuaded her to accept the task, arguing that it was the right person for the job. Aiko Hatayama herself had no choice but to accept the assignment.

She lived each day with trepidation, thinking of her students fighting far away. Under the protection of the Holy Church's Templar Knights and the Royal Guard Knights of the Kingdom of Helich, she traveled through various rural and undeveloped areas. When the mission finally came to an end and she returned to the palace, Hatayama Aiko discovered that two of her students were missing.

Fafnir Schariac, Nagumo Hajime.

In Aiko Hatayama's mind, these two students were always very special. The former was an Italian who had transferred to Japan twice and even managed to get the school to change the destination of their school trip to Italy, which was enough to show his extraordinary abilities and status.

The latter was a frequent target of bullying in the class, and Aiko Hatayama probably paid the most attention to him among all the students.

One can only imagine how terrified Aiko Hatayama must have felt when she learned that the two students had not returned from the Great Maze with the rest of the group.

But before Aiko Hatayama could ask any further questions, Shizuku Yaegashi and Kaori Shirasaki revealed the truth that was both laughable and pathetic.

Bai Jie was a god-slayer capable of killing even gods. Nan Yun Shi unleashed a powerful weapon, Bai Jie blasted a hole in the Great Maze, and then dragged Nan Yun Shi into the deeper levels of the Maze for training...