Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 247

Chapter 247: The Recovering Elven Nation…
As things had calmed down in the forbidden area, Jareth and Zion both decided to go above and see the situation for themselves.

Originally, the elven kingdom wasn’t supposed to be affected by the battles below, but Luche’s appearance caused trouble, and then the opening of the miasmic rift further escalated things.

*Boom!*

The two of them flew up at an insanely fast speed like two rockets and instantly appeared in the sky above.

“They are still trying to evacuate?”

Jareth glanced towards Zion and spoke in his usual cold tone.

“How about you make an announcement in a loud voice to inform them… you are their hero after all; they will trust you more than me…”

Jareth is a human and is an outsider, but Zion is a legendary hero of the elven race; the medal badge hanging on his coat is the proof of that.

“I think they might have already forgotten about me though… no matter how long an elf’s life span is due to the harsh conditions of this world, they also end up dying…”

Just when Zion was wondering about what to do, the Elven Queen noticed the two of their presence appear in the sky, so she came over flying instantly.

“You are back! Did you succeed in sealing the miasmic rift!?”

Hearing the question, Jareth nodded his head.

“Well, the miasmic rift has been completely closed; there was no longer a need to seal it anymore… this hidden danger has been thoroughly eliminated…”

A bright smile appeared on the face of the elven queen for the first time in the past two centuries; this is the greatest news she has heard recently.

“Thank you… you have helped the elven empire greatly… words cannot describe how grateful I am to you…”

“Alas, the world tree leaf you were looking for doesn’t exist anymore…”

“I wanted to grow the last world sampling in the forbidden area, but in the end, it got destroyed too, I had no idea things would turn out like this…”

Hearing the depressed tone of the elven queen, Zion’s eyes narrowed a bit as he put his hand in the inner pocket of his coat.

“Well, if it’s just a leaf of the world tree… I can give you one.”

He brought out an ordinary-looking leaf from his pocket, which seemed to shine with the glow of immense vitality pouring out of it.

Just by being in the presence of that leaf, Jareth could feel all the fatigue and stress instantly leave his body.

In fact, he could even feel that the leaf was even purifying the mana in the area and making it purer each second it was exposed to the outside world.

‘This is… this is the real thing! This is a genuine leaf of the world tree!!’

The leaf of the world tree is a genuine ‘World-Class’ item in the game; just by having it in your inventory, you can get at least a dozen buffs at once without even needing to use your own mana.

Originally, the elves used to have a lot of saplings and had a lot of these leaves, but now they are nearly nonexistent.

Jareth wanted to use the leaf of the world tree in his wormhole opening device’s creation; that’s why he even came to the Elven Empire.

“Back then, when I was still the hero of the elven race, I was once rewarded with this leaf of the world tree for doing great deeds…”

“It’s been with me for a long time now… Matter of fact, I have dozens of them…”

“I was getting rewarded every decade or so for my great deeds so they just kept piling up…”

Even the elven queen was shocked to the point that her eyes seemed to pop out of their sockets after hearing those words.

The current elven royalty doesn’t even have a single leaf of the world tree left, but Zion has dozens of them piling up in storage space.

Zion glanced towards Jareth with a serious look and spoke in a calm tone.

“How about it, I will give you all of the world’s tree’s leaves in my possession if you give me the second broken part of the artificial sun that you have…”

“It’s a fair deal, I think…”

Jareth was also tempted by this offer, but he still shook his head to deny.

“Although your offer is indeed very tempting, I have no need for so many leaves; I just need one… Also, I can’t give you the piece of the artificial sun…”

Seeing Jareth firmly deny those conditions, Zion sighed heavily and handed over a leaf to Jareth.

“Well, you did save the elven empire this time; you can have one as a reward…”

Zion, being a person with the mentality of a ‘Hero’, can’t deny the credit of others for his own benefits.

Although he has disagreements with Jareth, he can’t deny the fact that Jareth helped in saving the Elven Empire this time.

So, an appropriate reward for his great deeds is a must.

“Well, you must be tired; how about staying in the royal palace for a while first…”

Seeing that the matter of reward was settled, the elven queen heaved a sigh of relief and invited the two into the royal palace.

“I will first go and look for my students, then I will head to the royal palace…”

With that said, Jareth flew in the direction where he could sense the presence of his students.

Zion, on the other hand, glanced at the devasted state of the elven nation and spoke in a calm voice.

“I will stay in the elven nation for now, although I might not be of much help in terms of rebuilding the empire, but I would like to help the elven nation for now…”

The elven queen couldn’t help but feel grateful and happy at those words.

The current Elven Empire lacks greatly in terms of high-end combat power, and Zion is a world-famous hero whose name is mentioned in the legends!

If they have someone like him in the elven nation, their security will increase tremendously, and they will no longer need to worry about their nation’s safety anymore.

They can even freely trade with humans in the future without worrying about exposing their nations weaknesses.

As long as Zion is there, even humans won’t be able to do much to their nation.

“Thank you, I am sure every elf of the elven nation will be filled with reverence for you after hearing about your great deeds…”

Zion waved his hand at those words of praise.

“Forget it, I am not interested in increasing my honor or anything, let’s focus on helping the people for now…”

“The nation has suffered a lot of damage… not only many people lost their homes due to the earthquakes caused by my clash with Luche…”

“Some unfortunate ones even ended up dying…”

“We don’t have the time to chit-chat here; let’s focus on rebuilding the empire first!”

With that said, Zion and the elven queen both refocused on helping the people who were still filled with panic and terror from the previous disaster.

The elven queen made a nation-wide announcement, declaring that they had won against the forces of the demon army.

She used a spell to increase the volume of her words and let the people know that they have completely closed the miasmic rift and have successfully dealt with all dangers.

With the words of their queen, most of the people finally calmed down and started to focus back on their daily lives.

Elves are inherently kind, so most of them voluntarily helped the others who had their homes destroyed or had their family members killed.

The elven queen took full advantage of this moment to announce that being weak and passive will cause this disaster once again.

They need to become strong and make new policies for their nation.

She had always wanted to bring change to the common folk’s mentality, and this is a very good chance for that.

Using the current momentum, she made many new laws and passed several royal decrees; she even declared that they would officially create an army to defend their nation after today.

This is a completely game-changing move; up until now, the elven nation didn’t have an official army as the elf’s despised violence.

But now, with the excuse of disaster prevention, making an army has become possible.

Moreover, Zion Reid, ‘The Legendary Hero’ is here; he has volunteered to train the army of the elven nation, thus it became even easier to get things moving in the better direction.

Seeing how skillfully the Elven Queen handled the entire situation over the course of the next few days, Jareth was also impressed.

‘I guess not everyone in the elven empire is a fool who believes in limitless kindness; there are at least one or two smart people…’

Usually a nation mostly suffers from too many people competing for merits and power, causing various factions to form and increasing friction between the factions.

But the elven nation suffers from a lack of people’s will to compete for the nation.

They are the exact opposite.

‘I despise politics and stuff… but it guess that they are indeed important for a nation; without them, people will be like headless flies…’