I was scared that today’s class would turn into another one where my friends die due to the Special Class lecture, so I ended up being dragged into a lecture-exclusive dimension after protesting.
The Foundation Faction Professors greeted me with gratitude and respect.
“Hello, Miss.”
“I’m not okay! I want to go back!”
“Please don’t say that. We’ll make arrangements for your convenience.”
“Really?”
Since I’ve rarely benefited from lectures, I looked at them with suspicion, and the professors used barrier magic mixed with message transmission to convey their thoughts.
[Today in the lecture dimension, we will conduct training against Golden Badge-level disasters.]
[Due to severe weather disasters expected, we recommend you learn the Yellow Magic Tower’s weight-increasing magic or the Eastern region’s Heavy Body technique, Chugong.]
[It is also advised to stick close to student Kasia.]
[The Yellow Magic Tower has mainly developed Earth Magic, so Airstream Magic has a high chance of being used practically. Kasia is the only master of Airstream Magic, excluding Astarot’s transfer student.]
Hearing this made me understand what today’s lecture would be about and how I could hopefully benefit.
“Wow, illegal lecture! So cool!”
“…Please say it was just a bit of convenience!”
“Legal lecture!”
“I’d appreciate it if you would just not say anything at all.”
After getting hints, I rushed over to the waiting room where the students who entered first were.
“Ah~ Haha~~! Do you get it now? There’s nowhere to dodge my Sound Sphere within the barrier!”
“Hello, Senior!”
“Oh, it’s Oknodie.”
“Why is everyone else covering their ears and cowering?”
“Because Titosso’s cries exceeded my Sound Sphere, and I felt the need to show everyone how powerful I am after a long time!”
“Wow! Totally evil! Respect!”
“Shout out to the Demon, isn’t that demon worship?! So wicked! Evil Children deserve this kind of punishment!”
I’m giving it to them, giving it to them, giving it to them.
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[Sound Sphere] + [Dispersal] + [Penetrating] + [Designated] + [Echo] + [Advanced Mana Control]
6-Linked Sound Sphere Technique [Inevitable Echo]
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Daze by the voice hitting my head like bang, I collapsed.
“Ah~ Haha~~! Even Oknodie kneels before my power. I am unbeatable!”
Suddenly, my senior decided to playfully ambush and knock me down.
One of the previously downed Class 980 seniors made a face as if he wished to die of embarrassment and apologized on behalf of the others.
“Sorry. That Mandela jerk, because Velvet was rubbed in, couldn’t even become the vice president, and was worried he’d get hit by Titosso too.”
“Yeah, I know!”
Although I knew, Ahaha, I couldn’t help but be annoyed by the teasing laughter that just kept going, so I prepared a surprise counterattack.
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[Imitation] + [Cry]
Special Sound Sphere [Dragon’s Pierce]
Activation: Principal Omoshiroi’s scream of despair when he forgets about the weekly event.
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Today was a week without any happy events for the students, and for the principal, it was a week without any absurdly bleak events related to dragons!
The anguished roar of a dragon filled my very essence, making the magic that was attacking me cease instantly.
All nearby magic manifestations were canceled, and the barrier flickered as if shaken.
Even Class 980’s strongest, Mandela Castera, was taken aback.
He was surprised to find out I could counter him anytime if I wanted to.
“Don’t tease me too much! I’ll be angry!”
“So the rumors were true!”
“Rumors?”
I had intended to intimidate him to calm down, but Mandela’s eyes sparkled more than when he was bragging and suddenly clasped my hand.
“Principal has noticed Oknodie, who can no longer be with Papa! There are stories of you being the principal’s disciple, learning vision techniques!”
“Eh? That never happened!”
“It’s too late to play coy now! After using Dragon’s Pierce, who would believe you’re not a little evil dragon?!”
“I believe you.”
“Eh?”
I was just as shocked as the senior.
Normally, I would’ve been relentlessly teased for a while, yet here he was, saying he believed me!
I turned to look at the one who made the declaration and was astonished for many reasons.
First, that person was Ishtar.
Second, Ishtar’s spirit seemed unusually intense.
And lastly, she already had the special buff activated that only triggers when a comrade in the Warrior Party dies.
“From now on, I and Oknodie will be one soul and one heart. Any attack on Oknodie will be seen as an attack on me.”
Ishtar suddenly awakened.
“Wait, did you just get married or something?”
“I’ll do something even more than marriage.”
“Eh?! What’s that?!”
Why are you trying to do something I don’t even know about?!
Tell me the name of that new event right now!
Instead of laughing at my flustered state, Ishtar declared proudly, “Soul Vow.”
“What?!”
“Oknodie has carried a sufficiently cruel burden for everyone and has completed it. From now on, I will bear all the burdens you have left for me. So…”
Ishtar raised the Holy Sword high and declared,
“As long as I, Ishtar, am alive, Oknodie shall not die. If that happens, I shall take on the death penalties that Oknodie receives.”
“?!”
“The cost of the vow is the gift of strength to bear the responsibility. Until the day you complete the mission put on you, with every moment my will does not falter, I will become stronger.”
A Soul Vow that not even priests who dedicate themselves to the gods can commit!
It was a sight to behold, one that couldn’t easily be made even in a marriage, where one would ponder when they might change their minds.
A vow is a type of contract that is executed with God as the notary.
If you fulfill the contract, you will receive power; if you do not, you will lose many functions, stats, titles, wealth, appearance, lifespan, and even your soul and freedom in the afterlife as a price for the notary.
That’s why there’s a hierarchy of dimensions above the Spirit Realm, which plunders the Middle Realm, that of the greedy deities.
Making such a vow to those greedy gods would be downright impossible without immense resolve.
“My dad and mom couldn’t even do a Soul Vow.”
“It wasn’t in our organization either.”
“Were there three couples in our city…?”
The pure symbol of love that only the genuinely devoted could undertake, the Soul Vow.
When the god that called for the vow was touched, the sky parted, and a pillar of light poured down as the execution of the ceremony commenced.
Saaahh~
A mystical sound resonated as a divine aura descended from the split sky.
Before that aura could reach Ishtar’s head, it vanished into the skies.
“?”
“?”
Where did the divine light go?
In confusion, we watched as the sky opened again.
Wow, divine light 2.0!
As we prepared to be amazed with our mouths open, the split heavens closed again.
Only then did we realize the cause.
The mana disasters in the Middle Realm paled in comparison to the insane speed of the Polar Vortex twirling out of control.
Winds surpassing 400 km/h pushed away the area of divine light, collapsing the Sacred Area and forcibly shutting it down.
It was something that shouldn’t happen in the Middle Realm.
There can only be one god for Ishtar to vow to.
The One God, Sofemia of the Sun.
The mightiest of deities surpassing the mainstream Divine Classes.
Except for the troubles involving the Evil Dragon Omoshiroi, who jumps in battle like a berserker, there wouldn’t be a wish Sofemia couldn’t grant.
Especially since the Unique God invests faith and points into the Warriors more than other gods.
The chances of rushing over to get a return are high, and it would be difficult to prevent the soul vow from being firmly instituted and ensuring her own territory from being taken away.
“Closed again.”
“Again.”
“What are you doing…?”
Before the befuddled students, this time, a beam of divine light comparable to Titosso’s light stand erupted, as if determined to finalize the contract.
Even with our eyes closed, we couldn’t escape the dazzling light, and everyone screamed as they rolled around.
As the light finally faded and our blurred vision returned,
all of our gazes turned to Ishtar.
Did you complete the vow?
“I… the vow… didn’t happen…”
The sky was in more chaos than before the divine light shone.
The Super Great Red Spot, which was hiding somewhere in the lecture dimension, had torn through the sacred area and divine light with an unfathomable, terrifying speed.
“Heavens.”
The ever-keen Kasia, skilled at air magic and convection phenomena, looked up at the sky and said,
“It surpassed a speed of one thousand kilometers.”
The overwhelming mana disaster can tear even the Sacred Area apart.
Unlike the sulking Ishtar, who had her vow broken, we realized there was no time for admiration as we nodded, impressed, but overwhelmed.
Where are we?
Lecture dimension.
Who can go out of the barrier?
We can.
The professors of the Foundation Faction maybe played around in a dream realm, but here, we were just going headfirst into danger.
“Can I go back?”
“No.”
After chasing off the Foundation Faction professors, even worse foundational devils had come!
