<747 – Unbeknownst to Anyone (5)>
Professor Dihtart possesses a dimensional gateway leading to Goblin World, but for now, everyone has taken refuge in the Desert Lizard Dimension.
Thanks to the goblins’ skill enhancement, they are temporarily safe from the ongoing threats.
They have also found the ley line.
The energy for generating dimensional gateways is accumulating rapidly.
However, there’s a saying that the ley line can dry up.
The escape speed of the ley line in the Desert Lizard Dimension, which has already been used by students to escape, has naturally slowed down.
This meant a prolonged exposure to threats.
Meanwhile, tragedy began in Goblin World.
“Tech development is way too fun, Gob!”
“Metal refining is the happiness of my life, Gob!”
With language awakening, technology being developed, and the number of professionals increasing, the goblins from the traditional Goblin World, who had ruled over subspecies by polluting mana and creating Mana Poison, suddenly found themselves pioneering technology purely out of ‘fun.’
The goblins experienced explosive innovation and improvement.
Some people claim elves are conservative and humans are progressive due to humans’ short lifespans. This opinion isn’t wrong.
The desire to achieve as much as possible in their brief lives led humans to efforts and growth, despite lacking the inherent strength of true kin, which ultimately spurred technological development.
Mage Engineering.
This is how humanity has developed the technology that allowed them to become the dominant species in the Middle Realm.
But what if goblins, with even shorter lifespans than humans, began to feel a stronger impulse for technological development than the instinct to reproduce?
Goblin World answered that question with rapid advancements in Mage Engineering.
“The magic circle is shining, Gob!”
In a laboratory, a mad goblin scientist, exhilarated by magical reactions, threw materials around recklessly and engulfed a whole village in dazzling flashes.
However, the record left by this goblin in a sturdy vault remained the only thing from the explosion, and the goblins used the energy triggered by the explosion to raise their technology tier.
At the moment they encapsulated the opposing attributes of the explosion into a weapon, the goblins obtained a handy tool to take down mid-sized creatures.
“We no longer need shamans, Gob!”
“With the explosion staff, nothing is scary, Gob!”
By killing the Goblin Shaman, who was blooming with the characteristics of their species, the goblins who once polluted the world with their unclean Mana Poison gained new possibilities.
The newly empowered Mage Engineer goblins needed stronger technology to counter the shaman’s spells, and technology continued to advance at an alarming rate.
To combat goblin riders who tamed giant riding wolves with enhanced affinity through spells, tech-savvy goblins equipped vehicles comparable to wolves and massive explosion staffs.
Even as the wolves charged, they didn’t scream but launched explosive bombs and even resorted to self-destruction, making the terrified goblin riders flee with yelps.
The order of goblin society underwent a drastic transformation through the images of Oknodie and Titosso.
Before long, a great war was about to divide the world in two.
Colossal creatures that goblin technology couldn’t deal with.
The slow feet of the giant types couldn’t keep up with a widespread self-destructive engineering terror.
What seemed like an everlasting civil war suddenly landed in Goblin World as if it were fated.
After devastating the foundation area of the Fire Spirit Realm, the Airodilon, a hovering ruler scavenging to transform powerful living beings into new bio-weapons of non-fair flight, wandered dimensions.
Having sensed the existence of the Airodilon late, the enraged Spirit King’s attack left it half-destroyed, barely escaping to Goblin World.
[Operation Unavailable. Operation Unavailable.]
Airodilon lost its strength and functionality, yet this provided a significant opportunity for the goblins.
“I’ve acquired non-fair flight technology, Gob!”
“The dimensional leap device is operational, Gob!”
In the blink of an eye, a goblin village was born somewhere in the Middle Realm, akin to how time flows differently in Goblin World. Even if peaceful time passed in the outer dimensions, a great upheaval occurred in Goblin World.
The fact that this had not become evident was due to the goblins having lived off shamans and mana erosion, never feeling the need to develop strength or special powers.
The mixed nature mana distribution, a smorgasbord of all kinds of mana attributes from the Middle Realm, made it impossible for goblins and goblin shamans from the realm to exert their power, reducing them to trivial beings, which caused a dismissal of the goblin threat.
“Hmm? Was there an impact from the dimensional explosion? It seems like a connection with another dimension is forming. If things go well, re-entering the Middle Realm might happen faster than expected.”
“Which dimension are we dealing with?”
“From the mana leaking from the other side, it looks like Goblin World, but… there’s something strange. The erosion ratio is too low, and something much larger than a giant is entering.”
What in the world is that?
As the professors peered through the hole in the dimension, they spotted a small but clear light shining like starlight in the night sky.
Pretty.
As they gazed at the light blankly, the professors’ eyes widened.
At some moment, they turned and ran.
Not even able to scream, their faces turned serious as they ran for their lives, causing even the professors watching from afar to exclaim, “Eep!” and retreat in kind.
A fast retreat saved the professors’ lives.
THWACK!
The spot where the high-energy reaction passed left only scorched earth behind.
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Airodilon Gob Type Modified 1
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A non-fair flight capable vehicle that can travel between dimensions.
“Is that… Airodilon?”
“Wait, those on deck, are they goblins…?”
Their eyes were not foggy.
No filthy drool dripped from them.
There was no Mana Poison constantly leaking.
“Why is that mad non-fair flight vehicle that Professor Robert Elahim isolated, appearing here?”
“How can goblins possibly possess mana crystal refinement technology? What in the world is their energy source?”
Even mana armor is a terrible mana hog, and a non-fair flight vehicle is inefficient to the extreme compared to the ultra-mini golem armor, making it a flying weapon that epitomizes inefficiency.
The technology level that stands shoulder to shoulder with the cutting-edge tech of the Middle Realm was, in some sense, pure horror.
“If the academy’s technology has leaked, then such a level of development wouldn’t be surprising.”
“Are you serious…? You think Professor Robert Elahim has betrayed the academy too?”
“Think about it. Would you believe the story that a student caused an accident during a lecture and the non-fair flight vehicle vanished?”
The professors from the Border Region considered it ridiculous, and even the Empire Faction professors scoffed.
“Moreover, they said it was Oknodie who was responsible. Sounds like a lead, huh?”
“Ah, is that one of the spies enlisted by the Foundation?”
“No wonder they were catching 7th-grade dominant monsters with such ease.”
Robert Elahim’s efforts, being the youngest of House Elahim, which was founded by the creator of the Monster Bestiary and carrying its legacy, were suddenly reinterpreted as acts of treachery.
The professors, who already believed they had the upper hand after getting hit first by Professor Weird and Avalon, were relentless.
“Actually, this is great. Let’s ride that thing back.”
“Capture it.”
An area-level mana deployment of 4th stage surged wildly at the non-fair flight vehicle.
[World domination, should I give up...? ]
Golden Magical Girl Avalon felt a sense of doubt about her long-held dream as she observed the non-fair flight vehicle being gruesomely torn apart.
The non-fair flight vehicle was objectively strong.
Each time a beam fired, the 4th stage mana fields were shredded, and one by one, professors were spitting blood from mana backflow.
A phenomenon occurs when overwhelming output beams tear apart the field and convey shock to the caster!
SPIT! What, has everything been done?
“Huh?!”
From the bloodied hands of the professors, powerful grand magic strikes began to form, each different.
[Professor Paimon]
<4th Stage Domain – Crushing Domain>
[Professor Porneus]
<4th Stage Domain – Discord Domain>
[Professor Agareth]
<4th Stage Domain – Destruction Domain>
A massive gathering of power that could momentarily cause nature mana to evaporate led to the non-fair flight vehicle unable to maintain its output, resulting in a huge mana leak.
As the non-fair flight vehicle was about to crash, the goblins showcased their navigation secrets.
[Goblin Priest]
[Prayer Art of the Sun God – Burnt Offering]
A Goblin Priest calling forth a tremendous power of the sun by sacrificing the hostile faction’s Goblin Shaman.
“What a world we live in. To think the only god would commit an act deserving of a dark sorcerer, using black sorcerers to extract faith.”
The lost mana output surged dramatically, yet, upon realizing the trick, the professors’ interest faded.
Simultaneously exploding domains with power exceeding the non-fair flight vehicle’s momentary maximum output shredded the deck in all directions…
The ambitious goblins set forth in interdimensional navigation thus became the dynamically enhanced Golden Goblins.
“What do we make of this phenomenon?”
“Terrible. The monster that harmed the most humans in the Middle Realm using only its reproductive power has gained wisdom and technology. The opportunity for evolutionary advancement beyond mere beasts has arrived for such a lowly creature.”
“If such an event were to occur, how would the dominance of the Middle Realm shift?”
Professor Bronze interjected abruptly.
“The principal must be enjoying this.”
“…!”
The principal finds it amusing.
At that moment, the goblins’ evolution aligns perfectly with the principal’s desired outcome.
Weekly Event.
A huge change comes to the world every week.
If Dragon Principal Omoshiroi supports the advancements of the intelligent goblins, then at that point, it is game over.
The goblins’ growth becomes a given.
What could potentially happen if beings with reproductive power exceeding that of humans invest their greed completely into technological development? This non-fair flight vehicle is illustrating it.
Becoming a priest of the sun god, sacrificing the overflowing kin as burnt offerings to acquire the mana to operate the non-fair flight vehicle.
Considering the cost-effectiveness economically compared to mana stones, it won’t take long for them to surpass the non-fair flight capabilities held by humanity.
World Destruction.
At this moment, the professors seriously contemplated that possibility.
“Let’s delay our return to the academy. Any objections?”
“None.”
“If you don’t plan on stopping that sight, you’re crazier than a madman.”
Commoners, nobles, demons.
Despite their different backgrounds and species, all the professors agreed.
The prospect of goblins becoming the dominant species in the Middle Realm could not be tolerated.
Not wanting to place a lowly species above them was a reason, but the biggest factor was different.
Goblins become obsessively fixated on whatever they set their sights on.
Usually, that target was slaughter and women.
Now that their focus has shifted to faith and mage engineering, what would happen if madmen driven solely by research and study rose to the position of professors?
– This year’s top 50 professor evaluations are all goblin professors! Other racial professors who thought they could lounge around now that they’re professors will reflect on that.
– The privileges have been revoked. Starting now, you’ll all be regular teachers. I hope you comply without question with whatever decisions are made in the professors’ council of goblin professors.
– GOB GOB! Professors conduct research for 22 out of the 24 hours! They teach for 2 hours! They recover fatigue by offering sacrifices!
THWACK!
A crazy unlimited competition with lunatics immersed in nothing but research and study, without sleep, entertainment, or rest!
“Such goblins should not exist in this world.”
“Now is the last chance before the principal catches on.”
“Let’s hurry. Before their gateway collapses again.”
The professors who seized the non-fair flight vehicle entered Goblin World.
The professors who had never imagined they’d be traveling to Goblin World were now in a reality.
