I Became an Unknown Professor at the Academy

The floor was covered in pristine white tiles.
The walls were adorned with antique wallpaper and elegant paintings.
Vases and Western-style swords were strategically placed throughout the room.
The place looked like someone’s private villa or an art gallery.
“Hurry up and find it and destroy it!”
A man was screaming as if in agony, his voice echoing through the room filled with luxurious items far beyond what was necessary for daily life.
“What the hell is going on here?!”
He threw a vase that was sitting right in front of him and nervously pulled at his hair.
This was the Korean branch of the Black Sky Church, a cult that worshipped the chaos god Asmos.
The place that had seemed like an art gallery was actually their headquarters.
And now, for some unknown reason, the branch was under attack.
‘It can’t be a betrayal…’
Kim Kyung-tae, a first-class priest of the Black Sky Church and the head of the Korean branch, shook his head.
If anyone, including himself, were to leak information related to the Black Sky Church, they would face a terrible death as their soul would be burned away by the divine punishment engraved upon it.
Therefore, even if someone had betrayed them, it was impossible for any information about the branch to have been leaked.
“Damn it…”
The problem was that if someone hadn’t revealed the location of the branch, there was no way to explain the current situation.
The branch was hidden within a gate in one of several buildings on the private property of a high-ranking government official in Paju.
They even had artifacts to deceive detection-type ability users, making it impossible to find this place even by chance.
At least, that’s what Kim Kyung-tae thought. In his understanding, even if a high-ranking player came, it would be impossible for them to find this place.
-Cough…!!
Gatele…
Another radio went dark.
There were nine radios on the desk.
Just thirty minutes ago, all nine of them had been glowing a bright green.
But now, only two of them were still lit.
All of the connections had been cut off by an unknown intruder, whether it was a group or an individual.
‘Fuck, fuck, fuck…’
No one had noticed the intrusion. By the time they realized it, two of the radios had already gone dark.
Not only had they let the intruder into the branch, but they had only realized it after dozens of believers had died.
This was already more than enough reason for him to be reprimanded, and Kim Kyung-tae himself knew it, so he frantically tried to salvage the situation by giving orders to the remaining believers.
It wasn’t until the third radio went dark, following the first two, that he realized something had gone terribly wrong.
Kim Kyung-tae’s next course of action was simple.
He was going to smash the crystal that was stored in the safe in his office.
But when he opened the safe, the crystal that should have been glowing with a radiant light was nowhere to be found. The safe was empty, as if it had never existed in the first place.
Kim Kyung-tae barely managed to keep his wits about him and infused the communication device, which was connected to the other branches, with his magic power, intending to inform them of the situation and ask for help.
However, no matter how much magic power he infused into it, the communication device didn’t work.
Everything was incomprehensible, from start to finish.
“…”
Only one radio remained, and it was with his closest aides who were guarding the entrance to his office.
Kim Kyung-tae regretted not creating a separate secret passageway to the exit, instead intertwining all the paths with absolute confidence that they would never be discovered.
“You stupid bastard…”
“Ha.”
Before he could curse his past self, death had already reached his doorstep, and Kim Kyung-tae stood up from his seat.
‘I won’t let you leave this place easily.’
He had already given up on the idea of surviving.
He just wanted to be of some help to his great god.
‘The sun will lose its light, and the world will be consumed by chaos…’
He pulled out the top-grade magic stone embedded in his staff and swallowed it.
The magic stone melted away as it passed through his throat.
“Ugh…”
Kim Kyung-tae’s veins began to bulge grotesquely.
His magic power circuits expanded uncontrollably, and he accelerated the flow of magic power through the suddenly widened circuits, suppressing the excruciating pain.
Whoosh…!!
His skin turned redder and redder.
He strained to keep his consciousness from drifting away and focused all his remaining senses on his hearing.
He was waiting for the door to his office to open so that he could swallow everything up.
It didn’t matter if he exploded before the intruder got close.
The explosion, fueled by his life force, would engulf the entire space in darkness.
‘All… three… of them…?’
Kim Kyung-tae’s eyes, which had been growing dim, suddenly widened.
The magic power, which had been racing through the circuits like a runaway train, came to a halt as if by a lie.
Ssssss…
“Im…possible…”
His veins, which had been swollen to the point of bursting, began to move on their own, along with his right hand.
His arm stretched out slowly and straight, then bent inward at the wrist.
The tip of his hand aimed precisely at his left chest.
“No…ooo…!!”
Kim Kyung-tae screamed in anger as he dug out his own heart.
.
.
.
Thud.
I spat out the unpleasant substance that remained in my mouth and removed the mask I had been wearing.
The memory of Gil Bain, one of the bishops of the Black Sky Church, contained all the information about the hideout of the cultists in this country.
Additionally, some of the recent plans they had been preparing were also revealed.
The problem was that I hadn’t extracted Gil Bain’s heart myself, and the longer his body had been left unattended, the more crucial information about the cultists’ headquarters was lost.
The more unreasonable an artifact’s ability, the greater the price or the more stringent the conditions required to use it. The mask of Loki in my hand fell into the latter category.
“Destroy it.”
Whoosh…
A crystal that had been hidden in the air revealed itself.
Gatele…!!
Simultaneously, gates appeared on the floor and walls, and the entire building began to shake.
Whoosh…!!
The creature, without my command, created an exit leading outside right in front of me.
Whoosh…
Then, it calmly landed on my hand.
‘At least it wasn’t a complete waste of time.’
With several branches destroyed, their activities would be subdued for a while.
Additionally, I obtained information about the believers who had infiltrated the association and government officials. This would be quite useful in the future.
The primary goal was to capture another bishop, but as expected, I didn’t encounter any bishop-level cultists while destroying five branches.
The highest-ranked cultist I encountered was the first-class priest I had just devoured. And neither his memory nor the memories of the others contained any information about Gil Bain.
This confirmed once again that the cultists treated their followers, whom they called believers and priests, as mere disposable pawns.
“Go inside.”
Whoosh…
The creature, which had been sitting quietly on my hand, chirped softly and entered the bag hanging at my waist.
The biggest gain from this incident was discovering the creature’s new ability, which it had just demonstrated.
An ability that had not been mentioned by the other side.
‘Stealing the territory of another gate…’
And absorbing the original owner who has lost control.
My guess is that this ability is influenced by both my magic power and the power of greed.
Boom…!!
The ceiling of the branch collapsed, and debris rained down on me as I brushed it off and stepped into the shimmering blue light.
No matter how many times I experienced it, I couldn’t get used to the sensation of floating. The scenery changed instantly.
A cramped garage.
I quietly climbed the stairs, trying to remain unnoticed.
The pool of blood that had been there earlier had now seeped into the floor of the villa, leaving behind a dark red stain.
‘I’ll need to replace the battery with one that lasts longer.’
After leaving the mansion, I wanted to inform her, who was taking care of the children alone, that I was on my way back. But no matter how many times I pressed the screen of my smartphone, it remained dark.
“Haa…”
I realized that not only could I not deliver the message, but I had also lost the means to call for transportation.
When searching for the cultists’ hideout, I had pushed my body to the limit, fearing that they might move their location upon learning of Gil Bain’s death.
As my soul had become thinner, my physical endurance had inevitably decreased. In exchange, I gained more freedom in using greed, but that was of no use in the current situation.
I didn’t have enough inherent magic power left in my heart to teleport, and enhancing my body with external magic power would strain my body, which had been overworked for several days.
‘I’ll have to walk…’
It was a bit secluded, but there was a golf course nearby, so I could call for help from there.
As I took a few steps to leave the villa’s garden after finishing up,
Ring…
My smartphone, which should have been dead, suddenly came to life with a loud ringtone.
[ ₍₍٩( ᐛ )۶₎₎♪ Behold, I have arrived!]
“I’ll give you three seconds. If you say anything stupid, I’ll break it.”
[ (⇀‸↼‶) That’s harsh! But I believe you will really break it!!]
[ (･ω<)☆ For your convenience, I’ve sent one of our children to take you to the Academy at high speed! Please wait patiently!]
I glared at the rising message and said,
“What’s your game?”
[ (─‿─) Nothing in particular. I just want you to return to our adorable children as soon as possible!]
“Then, I’ll consider this a debt.”
[ ̋(๑˃́ꇴ˂̀๑) Debt? No, no! Anyway, I’ve sent one of our children to take you to the Academy at lightning speed! Just wait patiently!]
The screen of my smartphone went dark again.
Thud, thud, thud, thud…!!
At the same time, a loud noise came from above.
I looked up and saw a pure white helicopter with the symbol of the God of Information approaching from the sky.
“Haa…”
I had gone to such lengths to handle it quietly, and now this.
I felt a genuine desire to gate open the head of the person responsible.