Did the villainous professor survive today?

Chapter 84 The Disguise is Exposed

"V, you stay."

As soon as he finished speaking, the ten dark figures on the long table vanished without a trace, as if a brute force had forcibly erased them.

Even the transparent figure "A" behind Mengxiang was dispersed along with the other letter sequences.

The study was instantly left with only Krenk and Mengxiang.

Kroenke's back tensed instantly.

How come I'm all alone now?

Krenk felt as if the scene before him was like his childhood homeroom teacher saying school was over, but then making him stay behind to be tortured.

"V".

Dream Feast calls to Krenk.

A hoarse voice emanated from that sunken face, but there seemed to be a touch of warmth in the hoarseness, making one think that she was a woman.

"Lord Mengxiang, what brings you here?"

Krenk placed his hands on his knees and imitated the other letter sequences, speaking them in a very convincing manner.

"I heard that on the very day you replaced Krenk Ludwig, you proposed the theory of the common origin of magic at the chief professor ceremony." Even though it was a completely dark space, Krenk could clearly sense Meng Xiang watching her. She said, "And you said you could begin your research report in the near future?"

"Yes."

Kroenke nodded.

Mengxiang cut to the chase: "Could you help me answer the question about Professor Krenk's research, specifically the section on astral magic?"

Krenk pondered for a moment: "Star Magic involves a vast amount of content, which cannot be summarized in a few words. May I ask which aspect Lord Mengxiang wishes to learn about?"

Astral magic is a magical art in which mages sense the positions and movements of the stars in the sky, and use this knowledge to influence the operation of the entire world.

Star magic covers a wide range of topics, including concepts such as time, cause and effect, fate, and life and death.

Sistine's Pegasus sword, in particular, is closely linked to the concept of fate.

"Time travel".

Dream feast without hesitation.

"Can time be reversed?"

Krenk repeated it to himself, looking thoughtful.

He was caught in a dilemma for a moment.

The main problem is that Kroenke doesn't know whether he should pretend to be Tang.

After all, his current status is "V" rather than a real chief professor.

Time reversal is the most discussed topic in astral magic. Throughout history, only great sages have been able to do this, or rather, all the mages who have done this have become great sages, and they are extremely rare, you can count them on your fingers.

Meiwen's ability to reverse time stemmed from the star-position magic her father implanted in her, and it was only achieved through extremely fortuitous circumstances. It would be impossible to replicate this in the world.

As for why such a coincidence occurred—

This brings us to the big names in the game development team.

This explains why, in the early stages of the game, Mayun is nowhere to be found, but as the story progresses towards the later stages, she quickly rises to become the fallback character who takes down the mid-game villain Krenk, and ultimately becomes the Astral Daughter featured on the game's cover.

Because mastering star magic places extremely high demands on the archmage himself.

"I apologize, Lord Mengxiang, but I still only have a superficial understanding of this matter, and there are many areas where I need an organization member who is currently my teaching assistant to share the burden with me."

Kroenke decided to pretend to be Tang.

"It's okay, just tell me what you know."

Mengxiang floated to her feet and slowly drifted towards the balcony. She reached the edge of the balcony and gazed out at the outside world.

"There must be some record at all."

Krenk hesitated for a moment before deciding to reveal some relevant information: "Regarding time travel, I currently have no way to replicate it, but based on the experimental notes I've reviewed, I have made some breakthroughs."

"How so?" Mengxiang seemed very interested in this.

"Based on my understanding, it can be summarized as follows—" Krenk paused for a moment, "the faster the speed, the slower time passes."

"Oh?" Mengxiang seemed somewhat interested in Krenk's conclusion. "Could you elaborate?"

"Klenk Ludwig named this phenomenon the time dilation effect. In layman's terms, it means that the faster an object moves, the slower time passes for it."

"Is that so?" Mengxiang nodded thoughtfully. "V, you should have a watch on you, right?"

"I brought it."

Krenk didn't know why Mengxiang asked that question.

"Can I borrow it for a moment?"

"As you wish."

Just as Krenk reached into his pocket to take out the pocket watch, he noticed that the gold watch was already in Mengxiang's hands.

"Please wait a moment, it will take about a minute."

Mengxiang left only these words before quickly turning into drifting black smoke and evaporating on the spot.

Kroenke was now the only one left in the study.

Krenk looked around at his surroundings, licked his teeth, and wondered if he should just sit there and wait.

At that moment, a strange blue light emanated from the balcony of the study.

Kroenke's mind immediately went blank.

What does she usually look at on this balcony?

From the moment he entered, Krenk noticed that Mengxiang was always on the balcony, looking out as if she were monitoring something.

Kroenke's heart was filled with anticipation.

As the saying goes, curiosity killed the cat.

But as the saying goes, curiosity is the driving force behind human progress.

So, after a fierce internal struggle—

Without hesitation, Kroenke chose to stay obediently in his seat and do nothing, like a model student with perfect posture.

A minute passed quickly.

A cloud of black smoke suddenly appeared at the edge of the balcony and quickly condensed into a woman with chapped, pale skin.

Mengxiang took out the pocket watch that Krenk had lent her before and compared it with the grandfather clock in the study: "Hmm, it is indeed half a second slower."

Kroenke: "?"

No, you can reach sub-light speed?

Kroenke began to reassess his situation. Given Mengxiang's current strength, he might have to continue pretending here.

After Mengxiang adjusted the pocket watch in her hand to the correct time, the pocket watch appeared in Krenk's hand in the next instant.

"Thank you, V. Your explanation has helped me understand a lot of things."

Mengxiang had absolutely no airs of a leader. She asked, "Do you have any wishes you want to fulfill? Or are there any questions you have that need answering?"

My wish is to leave the organization.

Krenk knew he couldn't say such a thing, so he lowered his head and said with sincere respect, "To obey your will is my greatest wish."

"There's no need to be so formal and polite," Meng Xiang said, a bell-like laugh emanating from her face, which had sunken into a black hole. She sat down opposite Krenk. "Don't you agree, Professor Krenk Ludwig?"