Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 290 A Perfect Ending
"I don't think it's going too far or excessive. In order to ensure that my teacher continues to be my teacher in all aspects, I will fulfill the promises that my teacher did not intend to keep!"

As Ritas spoke with unwavering resolve, the energy clusters within the "World Tree Space" gradually dimmed. At this moment, neither the "quantity" nor the "nature" of those forces were sufficient to support Livis in carrying out her plan.

Just as Ritas had boasted before, this war, aimed at stopping the two sages from doing whatever they wanted at Erles Academy, was his victory.

However, victory does not guarantee stability, nor does it mean that he is above all else.

Livis's face was turning ashen.

This was the first time Ritas had ever seen such a look on his teacher's face.

Having realized that the course of events was irreversible, Livis finally understood that her arrogance of ten years—no, countless years—had ultimately become a stepping stone that successfully tripped her up.

But so what?
Even someone as unique as Ritas, through his closest relationship with her, perfectly exploited her personality flaws and used all the effort he had accumulated over a long period of time to target her.

The results achieved only "hindered" her.

She remains the "Tree Witch" at the pinnacle of the world.

The face shrouded in shadow had pupils constricted to a single point, revealing large amounts of white in the eyes, which stared menacingly at Ritas as he continuously constructed a protective barrier.

"My beloved student."

The resounding intimate address, coupled with Livis's lowered and hoarse voice, sent chills down Ritas's spine.

"Since there's not much power left in the World Tree space, I probably don't need to expend any more effort to maintain the status quo, right?"

Suddenly, Ritas stopped activating his shield and instead manipulated the pseudo-World Tree Giant, frantically fleeing towards the Shadow Mist Forest.

Even though Livis had previously overwhelmed Ritas, leaving him with no chance to retaliate, her power was still only a small fraction of her full strength.

Livis wasn't holding back her power before; rather, after the World Tree Space was dragged to Erles Academy and overlapped with the academy, she had to use her power to maintain this state to prevent the World Tree Space from "escaping."

And now.
The pseudo-World Tree Giant moved with incredible speed, plunging headfirst into the Shadow Mist Forest.

found it!
Due to its immense size, the pseudo-World Tree Giant quickly found its target.

If you were to ask what's currently in the Shadow Mist Forest, it would be the "Ideal Core," which was shot down earlier.

In the distance, Livis stopped levitating and landed firmly on the ground.

After the supporting force was removed, the World Tree space began to shake violently.

Ignoring the chaos around her, Livis calmly shook her finger.

She was dressed in a green and white outfit, which was rather sparse compared to the fabrics available in autumn.

Besides the change in her clothes, a silver-white longbow, as bright as a crescent moon, appeared in her hand.

"What a coincidence, on the very day you remembered you were a disciple of the 'Elson School.' I also remembered that I seem to be an elf—"

He drew the longbow to its full length and nocked the arrow.

It was a pure black sphere. It was only the size of a finger and looked extremely strange at first glance.

It seems to exist independently of the entire world, completely out of place with everything around it.

As the black sphere slowly rotated, it seemed to begin absorbing its surroundings. Space began to distort, spiraling out of shape around the sphere. And what the black sphere was absorbing was, surprisingly, "color."

All that could be seen was that, apart from Livis's hand holding the bow and arrow and the silver-white longbow itself, everything around the black sphere had completely lost its color and turned into a spotless white.

At this moment, the position where Livis stood was like someone creating a half-finished painting on a blank sheet of paper, with only figures and no background.

On the other side, Ritas had no idea what Livis was doing. But he didn't need to know, nor did he need to spare any effort to observe.

Because the result is the same.

In Ritas's mind, an opponent who loses their reason and composure due to anger, no matter how powerful they are, is not frightening. He has countless ways to make them gradually self-destruct.

But is Livis, who is equally angry now, in a state of irrationality?

Obviously not!

She even had the mood to make witty remarks.

Ritas, who had already crawled into the wreckage of the Ideal Core, quickly located the airship's engine room.

By quickly smashing the surrounding storage containers, Ritas allowed the pseudo-World Tree Giant to obtain more than a dozen massive magic crystals of the highest purity.

With twelve magic crystals at its core, Ritas began to cast the strongest enhancement magic he could use, "Elemental Artifacts".

This is a spell that requires a large number of magical particles to support its use, so even though Ritas has mastered it thoroughly, he cannot use it normally.

And here, the magic that Tass could only use in special circumstances, such as drawing power from the entire labyrinth, was displayed once again.

Flame Crown, Rock Shield, Gale Legplates, Flowing Cloak, Root Armguards, Radiant Ring, and more.

One by one, elemental artifacts resembling works of art appeared, and a total of twelve of them appeared.

Even though most of the energy orb's power has been divided, the remaining portion is still considerable.

As a result, the elemental artifacts, which were previously just equipment for "humans," have now been enlarged and equipped entirely on the body of the pseudo-World Tree Giant.

it's not finished yet.

In his previous battle with the "Fireworks Maker," Ritas learned so-called "divine magic" to some extent by analyzing, dismantling, and distorting Rita Gabriele's magic after countering his opponent's magic.

Rita possesses an immense power that needs to be divided into several parts before she can use "divine magic," which is derived from mythical beast magic.

Ritas is currently in a similar state to Rita.

Thus, the elemental artifacts, with the purest magic crystals in the world as their core, "awakened" as if they possessed gods.

But before the "gods" entwined around the pseudo-World Tree giant could begin their chaotic rampage...
The black light, seemingly ready to devour all colors, was already "prepared".

Even in his final moments, Ritas, still struggling, used the "Future Forge" on the Ideal Core as a shield for the pseudo-World Tree Giant.

At that moment, his gaze seemed to meet that of Livis in the distance.

Then, Livis released her fingers from the fully drawn bowstring.

After a moment of stillness where all sound seemed to be absorbed, a deafening explosion resounded long afterward in the sky above the Shadow Mist Forest.

"." "." "."

what is that?
Inside Erles Academy, the Goddess of Bath, Misri, and Anne simply stared blankly at the scene on the horizon.

In the distance, a pure white expanse appeared in the sky, devoid of any blue hue. At the center of this expanse, a massive black rift resembled a black sun.

A hole has been punched in the sky. And it seems that the hole won't disappear anytime soon.

The three of them didn't know how long they had been stunned into silence, until the Bathing Goddess, who was the first to regain her senses, let out a mournful cry. "K-Kori! You, you, you... why did you have to provoke someone like that, Kori?! ...

Amidst the piercing cry of the goddess of bathing that echoed through the sky, a voice she recognized very well slowly returned.

"Did you call me for something, Goddess of Bath?"

From the other side of everyone's line of sight, Ritas, limping and looking disheveled but at least still alive, slowly walked towards them.

"Whoa—! Is that really you, Ri?! Or is it some kind of vengeful spirit from Ri?"

A short while later, Ritas met up with the three of them.

This was the worst impression the three of them had of Ritas.

His clothes were so tattered that if a few more stitches came off, they would probably need to be blurred out with mosaics.

Rather, it would be a miracle that some of his clothes survived the massive explosion.

Furthermore, Ritas had numerous external injuries, too many to count. However, more than the bloody and mangled parts, the three were more concerned about some exceptionally fair and tender areas, as if they had grown back.

If those marks indicate that powerful healing magic was once in effect, then at least 60% of Ritas's skin may have completely "disappeared" at least once.

With such exaggerated injuries on the surface, the three of them could hardly imagine what the internal state of Ritas's body must be like.

"Looks like I'll have to go back to my 'hometown' for a while again. Wait, since you've finally returned here, does that mean you won against Lily?"

Ritas, who had seemed half-dead, suddenly seemed to have gained strength and repeatedly made gestures with both hands to stop them.

Even if the teacher shouldn't be able to hear, please don't say things like that.

Still shaken, Ritas took a few deep breaths to calm himself and continued speaking.

"The teacher let me go from the location of the explosion, and you can also see some clues from that."

Ritas looked up at the sky, at the still-present black hole, and truly felt what it meant to survive a catastrophe.

Previously, he and Livis were standing opposite each other, not exactly level, because the pseudo-World Tree Giant was enormous. However, they were basically both standing on the ground.

Therefore, it was Livis's "arrow" that, after hitting the pseudo-World Tree Giant, took a detour, sending it, along with Ritas's elemental artifacts, divine magic, high-purity magic crystals, and other items, to be buried in the sky.

The kind that leaves not even ashes.

"Oh, I see."

"Perhaps the teacher realized that a living student is more valuable than something that can't be retrieved and will never belong to them."

Or perhaps, the last thing he said to Livis, while hiding behind the pseudo-World Tree Giant and the Future Forge, touched his teacher to some extent.

In short, this was probably the first time in his life that Ritas had felt so fortunate to be the Tree Witch's disciple.
"As expected, no one can fathom the witch's mind. However, even though it was somewhat unexpected, it's a good thing that I can save some energy and the teacher won't interfere anymore. Because that means things will go much more smoothly from here on out."

As Ritas spoke, he took the white disc and held it in his hand, then turned his gaze to Anne.

Ann's expression was very complicated as she met Ritas's gaze.

From the moment Ritas began her battle with the two sages, and from the moment Misri invited her to join her, an exceptionally absurd conjecture began to surface in her mind.

Now, she is almost certain that her guess was correct.

But she felt no joy or excitement at the prospect of her destiny; only disbelief and incomprehension.

Because that guess was just too absurd.

"Let's go, Your Highness."

In contrast to An, whose mouth kept opening and closing slightly, as if she wanted to say something but couldn't, Ritas's expression was incredibly carefree.
"Let's bring today to a perfect close."

"Eh?! What happened here?!"

While the Goddess of Bathing is indeed known for her easily startled nature, her frequent expressions of surprise today cannot be entirely attributed to her inherent disposition. After all, a great deal had indeed transpired at Erles Academy that day.

At this moment, Ritas and his group arrived at the area opposite the central ritual circle, where the ritual circle was located, which was guarded and activated by the former "White Cat Adventure Team" and members of the Elf Guard.

Then, upon arriving at this area, the Goddess of Bathing saw a total of twelve very beautiful elven girls lying haphazardly on the ground.

Unlike the extremely nervous Bathing Goddess, Ritas, who could tell at a glance that the girls were "pretending to be asleep," went to the side of his student, the tanned elf Boudica.

"If you are really tired, you can go back to your dormitory to rest. Boudica, student."

"Professor, I'm not sleepy. It's just, well, it's not a good time to stand up!"

Seeing Boudica's eyes tightly shut, seemingly feigning death, Ritas, realizing further questioning was pointless, asked someone else instead.

He went to Hipper, who had previously gone to Spring City with him.

"Hipper"

"Hush—Hush—! Professor Ritas! We all fainted together after this golden space appeared. So it was definitely not intentional that the treehouse under guard failed, nor was it intentional that we didn't stop the ritual array that was affecting the Grand Commander's plan!"

Hipper, who also kept her eyes tightly shut, tried desperately in a very soft voice to drive away the "meddlesome" Ritas.

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Now, the goddess of bathing understood what had happened.

In short, the Elven Guard was caught in the middle between the "Commander" and the "Grand Commander," putting them in a very awkward position. Although they had actually chosen to side with Ritas, they dared not oppose Livis either.

And Ritas should have known what was going on from the beginning. But he deliberately went and teased Boudica and Hipper.

"Well, although Livis probably didn't give them any special orders, the elven guards and everyone else in the academy really stood against her without hesitation. You're such a useless teacher, aren't you?"

If we disregard what Livis was doing, this headmaster of Erles seems to be doing quite poorly.

"The more familiar you are with the teacher, the more you will oppose her and try to stop her. This can already be considered a special ability of the teacher."

Ritas shook his head and said.

For the elves who still dreamed of one day returning to be the Elven Queen, Livis's decision to defy the entire world and create a new one, regardless of success or failure, inevitably meant leaving that world, was something they could not accept.

Therefore, even if Ritas did not have the official position of the commander, which is still unclear to him, the Elven Guard would probably be the easiest to "turn into the enemy".

Although Ritas felt it was unnecessary, since the elven guards wanted to lie down, he had no reason to tell them to get up.

So, bypassing the "horrific" scene, they talked with the former White Cat Adventurer's group, or rather, with Sister Mary and others who are now truly direct descendants of Ritas and the Goddess of Bath.

Ritas stood in front of the ceremonial array and gestured "please" to Ann.

"The necessary conditions have been largely met. Your ritual can begin at any time."

(End of this chapter)