T0 Gaming Guild Saves the World

Before they could finish venting their complaints and grievances at the round table, the Inner Guards visited the Star Speaker.

A guard in a flowing black robe stood at the doorway, his robes fluttering even without wind, like a grim reaper reaping lives.

"The accounts, student files, and a host of magical materials have been sealed off. The finance officer will be on-site tomorrow to conduct a routine audit."

What was bound to happen has finally happened.

For a long time, as the selection body for imperial talent, the academy has been independent of the various imperial institutions.

Due to the importance and special nature of talent selection, its financial expenditure has always been given priority review and disbursement by emperors throughout history.

In a world with magic, the ruler of a nation knows better than anyone that no matter how difficult things get, the value of education must not be compromised.

Enormous profits inevitably breed corruption, a fact the emperor was well aware of. He believed that too much purity leaves no room for corruption, and thus, Emperor Anna's attitude had always been one of mutual benefit.

As long as the academy's mentors safeguard the talent pipeline for him and maintain the foundation of the empire's violence, everyone will live in peace.

The arrival of mint changed everything.

Enraged, Kurien could not tolerate the meat in his bowl flying away before he could even eat it, and decided to overturn the table.

The instructors at the Star Speakers Academy gave this a strange smile.

Check it out, check it out freely.

Deceiving superiors is a skill that everyone who has reached their current level must learn.

Every file and account in the college is flawless and unafraid of auditing.

The Lion King is old now; he wouldn't have acted out of anger when he was young.

Even in a hasty audit, those below have a million ways to cover it up.

Finally, the imperial treasurer would report to him that "there are no obvious errors in the accounts and expenditures."

As for Mint... what's done is done. She's already a guest of honor at the Fallen Star Sea Queen's Sea, and she'll probably be able to get along well with Anna in the future. The Empire still has a chance to make amends and get closer to her.

As long as there is a solution, at most, they will be given a minor punishment, and after they regretfully admit their mistakes, the matter will be over.

What else can Kurien do?

Chapter 395 Star Speaker Academy, I'm back!

Ready to eat after opening the can: "No, we worked hard for two days to clear the 5th floor, optimized our strategy endlessly, and leveled up at lightning speed, and we only reached level 27. How did you guys manage to ascend to level 28 in one night?"

Huangliang Yimeng: "Talking Potato, I, Canned Food Bro, am asking you a question!"

During the day, everyone in the chat group was exchanging their optimized leveling strategies and sharing their current progress.

A screenshot casually posted by the prison guard ignited the entire group. After a series of question marks, Jiang Heyi frankly revealed the "plot-driven" upgrade method.

Even if you can't learn it, the boundary between reality and illusion can always suddenly produce some tricks that are either eye-opening or baffling.

At first, other guilds liked to follow suit and learn from them, but now this kind of practice of consuming exhaust fumes has disappeared.

Anyone who tries to copy this will fail.

Although their ranking has plummeted from the top spot to 42nd, those in the know understand what kind of fierce competition will ensue once they finish leveling up.

Seeing that everyone had finished dinner and were about to rest for a while before starting the new day's games, Jiang Heyi couldn't help but feel impatient as Nong Ya was nowhere to be seen.

"Is Nongya really arriving today?"

The four original bodies glanced at the message: "It says they've done their homework on the Cantonese and want to play around in the city for a while."

That's what they said two days ago too.

Even the jailer couldn't freely travel around in a country where he didn't speak the language, but Nong Ya did.

For this reason, everyone admires her.

Before going to bed, Jiang Heyi browsed the community posts.

Thanks to Nong Ya, the fifth layer of the Shili Slope Sword God Style, with its optimized boundary between reality and illusion, has become widely known both domestically and internationally.

Nowadays, most players who are farming level 5 are modifying the strategies provided by Nongya San.

Jiang Heyi hopes that most players, regardless of their skill level, can settle down on this level, because the randomness of the tower world will become stronger as you move to the next level.

The items sold in Yuu-ro's shop alone are reminiscent of the merchants from the World Championship qualifiers.

They must get as many players as possible up to the higher levels to improve the overall win rate.

Upon re-entering the game, a day had already passed in the story.

Renee's visit today was just to experience the everyday atmosphere of Mint Life; she wasn't prepared to leave home.

It was rare to find someone she could have a good conversation with; she was very eager to confide in them, completely unlike the dullness and coldness she felt at the Grelian's house.

It was as if the liveliness that had been imprisoned in her body since she was 10 years old was suddenly poured out all at once.

Mint is naturally good at communicating; otherwise, how could she be such a shrewd businessman?

They started by discussing their shared experiences during their college days, and before they even finished a few sentences, they were already having a great time.

Renee was furious when she learned that someone in the academy was using her name to constantly pressure Mint, while she was made to bear the blame.

After Mint left, she was filled with remorse, believing that her relentless pursuit of challenges, her strange competitive spirit, and her awkward desire to express herself had led to Mint dropping out of school.

The moment the misunderstanding was cleared up, Jiang Heyi knew that his opportunity had arrived.

"In that case, you can now do something for Mint that you can manage."

Feeling deeply guilty, Renee quickly stood up and asked, "What is it?"

“There should still be quite a few people watching outside the manor, waiting for Mint to show up. You can confidently push open the door and walk out, tell a little story of mutual appreciation, and describe Mint’s experiences at the academy.”

"Finally, remember to emphasize that you clearly remember that the materials you used were of completely different specifications from those used by Mint. I wonder if this is a case of discrimination against Wild Mage."

"In this way, people will not talk about your failure, but will think that you can afford to lose, that you are honest enough, and that your concern for the Wild Master will also add points to your image in the eyes of most people."

"Whether you choose to leave the Gridman family or not to start your own adventures, it is necessary to shed your family affiliation. Don't you want people to talk about you in the future and only mention the space magic master Renee, without adding the Gridman family prefix?"

"They need you to prove yourself for the family, not for you to need the family name."

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The financial officer dispatched by Kurien meticulously searched for clues from the vast amount of accounts.

All valuable magical equipment within the academy was temporarily transferred to a designated warehouse for inventory.

The Star Speaker Academy's management listened to him and cooperated fully, striving to prevent Kurien from finding any opening to lash out.

"The accounts, aren't they neatly done?"

"Don't worry, it's always been this flat, you won't find a single trace."

Hearing the mentor in charge of the accounts make a confident guarantee, everyone's tense hearts, which had been gripped by the mint, relaxed.

"Oh no, something big happened!"

The office door was suddenly pushed open, and the newcomer rushed to the desk, panting and shouting, ignoring everyone's astonished gazes.

"Rene, Rene and Mint are reminiscing about their time at the academy. They discovered that the materials we allocated to them were of incorrect value. Have you covered it up in the accounts?"

The instructor in charge of potion material management was taken aback: "Smooth it out? Why smooth it out? Weren't you distributing the materials normally?"

Mint's mentor, Vanaree, shuddered.

"During the conflict between Renee and Peppermint, I downgraded all the potion ingredients needed by the people in her dorm and told them it was because of Renee."

A draft blew through the office, and the professors present suddenly found their backs soaked with sweat.

Given the vast difference in status between Renee and Mint, and the irreconcilable gap between them, Vanaree never imagined that the two would have the opportunity to sit down together and calmly reminisce about the past when he made these moves.

Renee did indeed relentlessly pursue and compete with Mint in every subject.

However, the resource scarcity that Mint directly perceived was not caused by Renee, but rather by Vanaree's secret instructions.

Since the academy has the right to allocate resources, Renee is unaware of Mint's predicament and assumes it's simply a matter of the academy's own rules.

The moment the misunderstanding was cleared up, the two stared at each other wide-eyed.

Oh, so it wasn't you, as a member of the Grelian family, who secretly pressured and took away the learning resources that should have belonged to me and my roommates, forcing me to drop out of school.

Oh, so it wasn't because of the college rules that the materials you used were so different from mine.

Given that the confrontation between the two sides takes place in every discipline, a wide range of materials are used.

If the amounts on both sides are equal...

Some people's legs were already weak.

If Mint "voluntarily" withdraws from school, at most a minor issue of management negligence will be investigated.

But if we use the embezzlement of college funds as a pretext...

Before nightfall, the most talked-about topic in the streets and alleys of Anna Royal Capital had already shifted from Renee's historic failure to the shocking corruption at the Star Speaker Academy.

Wild mages make up a high percentage of the Star Speaker Academy, reaching 7%.

If the corruption that happened to Mint also happened to other wild mages, it would be shocking!

In just two days, the academy that selects magic talents for the empire has been embroiled in a series of scandals, including forcing students to drop out, discriminating against wild mages, and embezzling wild mage learning resources.

The instructors from the Star Speakers Academy were already drenched in sweat.

Looking at the flawless accounts, the Imperial Treasurer knew that if he couldn't find anything wrong, either they were incompetent or the entire academy was colluding to deceive their superiors and exploit the countless aspiring wild mages.

Kurien only considers the results brought about by the boundary between the real and virtual worlds, ignoring the process.

What he wanted was for the academic clique at Star Speakers Academy to collapse, for a major purge to reshape the academic atmosphere.

"How about starting with the topic of wild mages? That's a good idea. It's a sensitive topic in Anna, and the largest group of them are apprentice mages who haven't awakened yet and are eager to have a path to advancement after awakening."

"They are the most valuable people in the empire. Using this topic as the initial issue to make a big fuss will reduce the difficulty of subsequent operations. It's appropriate."

"With Mint's victory as a precedent, and still able to handle things so smoothly, well, we didn't choose the wrong person."

His continuous praise did not last for an entire afternoon.

"Ah, say it again?"

"It wasn't a rumor they spread?"

The guards confirmed that Mint's food, clothing, and other necessities at the academy were all inferior to those of other magicians with connections during the same period.

Kurien dismissed the guards and, in the study where only Wick was present, slammed his fist on the small table in front of him.

The small table was broken and scattered all over the ground.

Wick hadn't seen such a ferocious lion king in many years.

He lay back on the bench, one hand covering his forehead, the other gesturing as if trying to grab something.

"corruption……"

"Corruption is even more shameless than I imagined."

"Am I getting old? Are they no longer afraid of me?"

Wick remained silent for a long time.

The inner guards left and then returned.

Wick was furious and was about to scold this clueless fool when Kurien stopped him.

"Let him in. I'm not dead yet. I want to know what else they've done!"

Upon seeing the shattered table, the guard, who was kneeling on one knee, trembled involuntarily.

"Your Majesty, an emergency has occurred. The people from the boundary between the real and the virtual, Ms. Mint, and Miss Renee have broken into the Star Speaker Academy."

Kurien froze, still in the position of sitting up, his mouth agape in astonishment.

What does this mean?

They've already ruined the reputation of the Star Speaker Academy in the media. The next step should be for them to bring Mint to me to complain, and then I'll lead a group of nobles to inspect the academy in person, to make an example of them and deter any illegal activities.

In a normal scenario, the script would be perfect by now, and he would have gotten everything he wanted.

"When I left, Mint and Renee had already gathered a large crowd of onlookers. Now, the area outside the Star Speaker Academy is packed with people watching the spectacle."