Please stop persecuting your students!

Well, it's pretty versatile.

......

The affairs of the politicians in Gula Territory came to an end for the time being. On the other side, after crossing the Great Plain of Geldea, Saki and the others finally arrived at the town of Torig - a town with a thoroughly medieval style. Wood and stone are the main components of this town. The huge horizontally rotating windmills are operating slowly, providing sufficient and stable power for the facilities in the buildings - after all, this is on the back of a constantly moving giant creature, and at the front end. As long as there is no bad weather, there will be stable wind all year round.

The scale of the town was beyond Saki's imagination. Not only did it occupy a corner of the right half of his body, the city was also trying to extend outward - that's right, the buildings were built in the air. A house might have two-thirds or even all of it hanging outside. Looking from afar at the houses hanging on the outer wall of Gula, with clouds all visible in all directions except the top of his head and the right side, Saki felt his legs go weak.

Putting all this aside, this is indeed a very peaceful and quiet city.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!"

The moment they walked on the flat wooden plank road and entered the town of Torig, a series of screams suddenly rang out from the sparse crowd near the bulletin board. The next moment, a large amount of blood rushed up into the sky from the crowd and scattered from the air, scaring the group of people who had been joining in the fun early in the morning so much that they screamed and dodged, revealing the skinny man lying on the ground covered in blood.

He had the typical appearance of a Gullah, dark skin, animal ears, ragged clothes like a refugee, skinny, and with the amount of blood he was bleeding, he was probably dead. Soon after he fell, two armored, masked Imperial soldiers came out from the side, carrying him away, and another Imperial soldier pulled out a water pipe from somewhere and expertly flushed the ground, causing blood to flow into the manhole cover at the edge of the street. Both groups of people acted very professional.

Saki: “…”

Is it so exciting?

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It’s really exciting!

I originally thought it was a peaceful and beautiful town, but the next moment someone exploded and died in the street. It exploded without any ambiguity!

"He's dead..."

"In that physical condition, the only way he could fail is to die."

Nia watched this scene calmly. Unlike Saki, such scenes were not difficult to encounter in this world. The culprit that caused a living person to explode to death on the spot was a square "stone" emitting a blue luster placed on the wooden table. It was covered with a metal coat like armor and looked extremely extraordinary.

This is the Core Crystal, the world's largest strategic material, the 'embryo' of the Blade, and what was just presented to them was a wrong demonstration of coordination between humans and the Core Crystal.

They were not the group of people 'destined' by the core crystal. In other words, their synchronization qualifications were not up to standard, and there was no special means to force them to meet the standards. The final result was what they saw - this was considered quite serious. If it were a group of people with normal physiques, they would not have died on the spot. It would be better to say that normal people would have had nosebleeds for a few days at most and that would be the end of it. The one just now was simply because of poor physical fitness.

According to Nia, in recent days, it seems that because the soldiers in the army are not qualified, Spebia has to recruit people with the qualifications of Blade Masters from the public. Although those who fail will be seriously ill for at least three days, there will always be brave men under great rewards. As long as you become a Blade Master, even if you only coordinate with an ordinary Blade, you will have the capital to rise to the top, so such scenes are not uncommon.

After all, most of the people who would come to gamble are either extremely confident reckless men or those refugees who are so poor that they cannot even meet the standard of joining the army through normal channels. The former is fine, but the latter simply cannot bear the burden of failure. It is either success or death. It is really nothing new. Even the imperial soldiers at the recruitment point can't muster much enthusiasm, and passers-by ran away after this wave of self-explosion. Saki frowned slightly, looked at the "local" beside him, and asked:

"Is this meteoric rise you mentioned really that smooth?"

"Blade Masters in the army generally have titles~"

"It's OK."

From a refugee to a noble with a title, all he needed was a small core crystal, which was indeed a step to heaven... Unfortunately, he could only extract the Black Uncles, which were a kind of original blades with a jet-black body and silver-white armor like Iron Man. They were all "ordinary" core crystals selected by Arcadia. Although there were powerful blades among these "Black Uncles", after Arcadia's selection, there were naturally no powerful individuals. His lifetime achievements were limited...

Well, so the reason why I drew hundreds of core crystals was because all of them were from Black Uncle Arcadia. It definitely had nothing to do with being unlucky or anything like that!

Furthermore, no matter how limited the achievement is, that is only for people like Saki who are too ambitious. For people who already need to rely on this method to advance and to earn a way of survival, there is no achievement and future, only becoming a Blade Master... or death.

How can the upper limit of strength and other things be as important as financial prospects?

Meanwhile, Nia noticed that Saki was obviously very concerned about the Core Crystal. She raised her eyebrows under her mask and asked casually:

"Are you interested, Sensei? Do you want to become a Blade Master?"

"Of course I think so."

Saki stroked his chin, looking serious.

It's okay for ordinary black uncles, but there were still many high-quality blades in the game that could be traced and did not need to be searched in the core crystal pile. If you get them, his combat effectiveness will definitely increase by leaps and bounds.

To be exact, he had considered this aspect when he came to the Netherworld. Since it was his own Blade, wasn't it natural for it to become a student of Tenshin Elementary School?

The increase in students will not only resolve the crisis of Tianshen Primary School, but his subsidy will also increase, and he can buy more. Isn't this a two-birds-with-one-stone deal? It's a huge profit!

Apart from anything else, there will be more "students" like Nia from various worlds in the future. If a few difficult children who cannot communicate emerge from here, he will not be able to suppress them without some strength. It is reasonable for him to get a better blade.

Of course, this was just Saki's personal thought before the invitations mysteriously disappeared.

"Hmph...if you're not careful you could die~"

It was a reasonable operation for Saki, but for some reason, it was exchanged for a long snort from Nia, and even a vicious curse to curse him to death. What else could Saki say? He looked at this Hannya who cursed him with a helpless look, and he was hesitant to speak.

Being a tsundere is a good thing, but the tsundere of a cute girl and the tsundere of a girl who is wrapped up tightly and wearing a devil mask are another matter - do you like the shyness of a brotherly girl who can kill a cow with one punch?

Saki couldn't accept it. He admitted that he was a member of the Appearance Association. He wanted both the inner and outer appearance. If he couldn't automatically replace the ghost mask with Nia's appearance in his brain, he probably wouldn't be able to maintain his expression now.

After watching the excitement, Saki went to the notice board at the town gate and looked at the lifelike portraits posted on it, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.

He couldn't understand the words, but by looking at the string of numbers and the familiar faces below, he could roughly guess what it was.

Wanted!

"It's Ira~"

"Ira?"

Saki had a bewildered look on his face, and his acting was at its best. Nia, who knew that Saki didn't recognize the language of the underworld, nodded and continued to explain.

"A very dangerous group of people, attacking the core crystal transport ships of the Empire Kingdom and Arcadia everywhere, snatching the core crystals. In a way, they are no different from the core crystal hunters in the other pictures, except that Ira's movements are more loud."

It was fine when Ila was mentioned, but when she saw several other faces that Saki didn't recognize at all, the people that Nia called "core crystal hunters", the girl's voice revealed obvious disgust.

Ira is a terrorist targeting a country, but the Core Crystal Hunters are pure robbers. They will attack and snatch rare Blades, and take photos before beating them back to the Core Crystal, and then sell them to high-priced employers. To Nia, who is also a Blade, this behavior is no different from human traffickers. They kill and rob a family, and even sell their babies. It is extremely bad.

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As for the Blades that were sold being disobedient... that's unlikely. After all... once the Blades lose coordination and turn back into core crystals for some reason, they will lose all memories of 'this life', so there's naturally no question of them avenging or betraying their original owners.

And this certain reason... well, the Blade itself suffered fatal damage, and the Blade Master died, it is nothing more than these two situations. Anyway, one of the Blade Master and the Blade must die - it seems that the Blades are not immortal, but have an obvious system of reincarnation.

It is not a myth or legend made up by people of all generations who are afraid of death, but a real, visible reincarnation. The mechanism of reincarnation is even... very scientific.

Endless reincarnation, changing blade masters again and again, either as a partner, or as a weapon, or as a companion, or even as a guide for young blade masters, losing the memories of the former blade masters, for such a life, how can it be...

"Isn't it a kind of happiness...?"

"what?"

"nothing."

Saki shook his head, putting aside the emotions he had just felt, took a deep look at the bored soldiers squatting at the recruitment point, and took a deep breath.

"Let's go and see if our disguise is successful."

"Tsk, no one will care about this."

Indeed, just as Nia said, even the imperial soldiers who were not far from the signboard just glanced at them and didn't care anymore. There was no usual thing like the protagonist entering the city and collecting entrance fees. No one even came up to ask Nia to take off her mask. At most, they would take a closer look at the luggage on the two's backs and the very special scabbard on Saki's waist. Not many people even cared about Saki's appearance that was obviously not that of a Gula.

There is no need to care about it.

This is Gura, one of the only six super-large Arus left in the world, and the territory of the Spebian Empire, not the small map in the game that has shrunk drastically in order to emphasize the unique style of a region and its limited functions. The Spebians and Arcadians walking on the streets, and the sewers evenly distributed on both sides of the road are all "details" that do not exist in the game.

Looking at the manhole cover, Saki scratched his head, feeling that these giant beasts were really easy-going. They really just let humans do whatever they wanted, not to mention letting them eat, drink, defecate and urinate on their bodies, and they didn't care about this kind of "transformation" - or was it because it was too superficial that they didn't feel it at all?

Saki thought it was most likely the latter. Humans to super-large Arus were actually similar to mites to humans, and the body surface was the kind that had not been bathed for decades, with layers of mud condensing on it. In this case, no matter how much the tiny mites tormented the human body outside this layer of mud shell, the human body itself would not feel it... Well, it sounds a bit weird to say this, but that's the fact.

The quaint medieval streets, the shouting fishmongers, butchers, and vegetable shop owners, the aroma of bread wafting in the morning breeze under the huge windmill, this is the first 'attraction' of Torig Town after passing through the Torig Arch. Torig Shopping Street is just like the morning market in the original world, full of vitality and bustling, which is a scene that Saki has not seen for a long time.

Rather, after a week, he finally saw so many people at once, and for a moment he wanted to stay here.

Although the humans here were quite different from him in appearance and even in genetics, there was no doubt that he felt the long-lost atmosphere of "human society" here, which was the source of further spiritual needs after material needs were met.

From relaxation and entertainment to the recognition of others and society, all of them are inseparable from a complete human society. In Maslow's pyramid system, in addition to basic physiological needs and safety needs, social needs, respect needs and the highest level of self-needs can only be achieved in a normal human society.

To put it simply - it's so lonely without anyone to chat with!

...It all comes down to this one sentence.

The attention returned to the two people in Torig Town. After all, it was their first trip to the other world. Saki silently took out his mobile phone and took pictures all the way. He stayed in the shopping street for more than ten minutes, which didn't have anything to see. Nia didn't know what to say.

Photos and cameras also existed in the Netherworld, but they were not black and white, but in color. They had been manufactured five hundred years ago, so she was naturally familiar with them. Therefore, she was even more confused as to why this seemingly rational and calm person was so keen on such things.

I don’t understand!

Is it that pretty?

"Oh? That's——"

Suddenly, Saki stopped and stared at the townhouse in front of him, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

If the bakery selling pizza, the butcher shop selling grilled sausages, the fish shop selling fried fish, the vegetable shop selling vegetable chicken patties, and even the coffee shop were still within his scope of cognition, then the two in front of him were things beyond his common sense.

A burly man wielding a sledgehammer inlaid with blue crystals, with air waves sweeping around him like a tornado, and a muscular figure with equipment that was even better than the Spebbia Empire Army seen before, carrying several oxygen tubes on his back.

There are blacksmith shops and salvage shops, but the difference is that the blacksmith shop here mainly transforms and repairs the weapons of the Blades. The owner himself seems to be a Blade Master, and the hammer in his hand is his Blade weapon, so just swinging it has an aura that makes people difficult to approach. The other salvage shop mainly sells equipment related to the sea of ​​clouds salvage, from salvage suits, accessories, oxygen cylinders, etc. Unlike the blacksmith shop next to it, which is busy even though there are not many people, the salvage shop is crowded with people. Many "divers" who are also fully armed and can't tell whether they are male or female squeeze out of the crowd with large and small bags of equipment and rush towards the deeper part of Torig Town.

At the same time, seeing that Saki had stopped for a while, Nia came over and explained to her teacher that traveling was the duty of a local:

"Those are salvagers, a group of people who make a living by salvaging artifacts of ancient civilization from the sea of ​​clouds."

"Oh~"

"Yes, I know. Not only do I know that I made my fortune by salvaging, but I also own several streets in the capitals of several countries other than Arcadia."

Of course, that was in the game. The reality was that he was penniless and couldn't even afford a vegetable leaf.

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Salvagers are people who use special equipment to sneak into the sea of ​​clouds during high tide to salvage relics of ancient or even super-ancient civilizations. Coins, special parts, artworks, and even core crystals sleeping in the sea of ​​clouds. There are two sources: one is the Arus who once died and sank in the sea of ​​clouds, and the other is the relics of more ancient civilizations. Although there are many examples of people getting rich through this industry, to put it bluntly, it is all survivor bias. This thing is like gambling on stones and drawing cards. The meaningful collectibles or some well-preserved important parts that are salvaged can naturally be sold at a high price, but most of them are useless sundries.

Moreover, this job is just like delivering takeout food, it is a job that only young people can do, but compared to joining the army or going out to the wild as a hunter, it is relatively much safer... In general, it depends on personal choice, and not everyone can be a salvager. Even though the existing equipment has lowered the technical entry threshold a lot, there are still many people who lose all their money every year.

Just like humans in the original world failed to conquer the ocean, humans in this world have not conquered the vaster sea of ​​clouds. Every year, a few seemingly safe salvagers still die at the mouths of the disturbed and violent creatures in the sea of ​​clouds.

Saki's attention only lasted till here. Looking at the hotel built in a corner of the fountain square not far away and next to an open-air coffee shop, he subconsciously glanced at his mobile phone.

ZhiXbao——Of course it can't be used. There is no signal in this world, and there is no signal in Tianshen Primary School, let alone mobile payment. Even if it can be used... He doesn't have the currency of this world. It's impossible to sell mobile phones and clothes for money, right?

Originally, I planned to experience the inn of this world after entering the town of Torig, but it looks like... I might as well continue to camp outdoors.

"Hmm? I have money~"

"Emmmm... Never mind. I probably won't be able to use it for a while."

Considering what the two of them were going to do next, Saki shook his head, shook the backpack on his back that was more than half lightened, and looked at Nia, or to be more precise, Nia's back.

"First determine the location of the transport ship, then attack once my spiritual power is restored, is that ok?"

"Well, it's better to do this... Where are all these things of yours? You're not planning to take them all with you, are you?"

"At least most of them should be brought, but the specifics..."

"Will you leave it at the hotel?"

"...No, I have a better place to go."

"?"

What good places can you go when you first arrive?!

Nia had a face full of question marks and was about to ask this question, but she still followed Saki's steps, passed through the shopping street, and walked down along the country road shaded by huge trees. After crossing a small arch bridge, she came to a large building complex made of wood and metal.

"Residential area...what are you doing here?"

“This is a residential area.”

Saki looked at the sea of ​​clouds on the left. There was a huge fault in Torig Town. The buildings in front of him were built on the cliffs on both sides of the cliff. There were several floors. On the other side, there was a huge waterwheel turning slowly, providing stable electricity for the residential area.

It looks like a medieval continent with fantasy and magic, but in fact it is a technological world where even beam cannons can be made!

Saki and the other man were standing at the side door of the residential area that led to the forest path. Looking at the large amount of piled objects in front of them, Saki suddenly felt relieved - then he walked to a wooden wall next to it that was nothing special, put his palm on the wall, and pushed it tentatively.

Of course I didn't move.

"Of course I can't move it, this is a wall!"

"Soleiwado Kana!"

"Um?!"

Without further explanation, Saki released some of the spiritual power accumulated during this journey from his palm, and an illusory arm that was invisible to Nia emerged from his palm and passed through the wall. Then, after slightly increasing the density of the spiritual power at the end of the extended spiritual power, a "touch" similar to that of a finger touching something was directly fed back to Saki's heart. With a thought, this "arm" bent over and stuck to the other side of the wooden wall to carefully explore, while the caster himself had a subtle look on his face.

After learning this method of manipulating spiritual power and confirming that it could easily pass through most obstacles, Saki's first reaction was... this thing must be very suitable for picking locks.

That's right, it can pass through walls, and as long as the spiritual power is sufficient, it can extend infinitely - relatively speaking, because the density of spiritual power is loose, the strength will decrease. How much strength is needed to break into a door and pick the lock? The key is that it will not leave traces such as fingerprints, which can be called an excellent criminal prop.

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