Chapter 111 - 110 - A Magic Crystal? Horn? Or Something Else?

Twitch... Twitch... My eyes widened when I saw a Master Quest given by my Maid Order ability. The quest given by my Maid Order ability was a little more difficult than usual. As I wrapped the magic crystal in front of me, I felt my magical energy struggling to wrap around it. As I had previously suspected, this was a big magic crystal that resisted magic and was being studied by sages from another world. By utilizing the students’ abilities to break the outermost part of the big magic crystal, I could feel that the sages from another world were deliberately doing something like this to cut their research budget on this big magic crystal. From a business and research perspective, this could be implemented well, and the giant piece of magic crystal in front of me would be used for important research for them. I, who was being used by the sages from another world and the Quest Master who was testing me, somehow felt like a coincidence that happened at the same time, as if the Maid Order ability that I had was always observing the life that I was living. "Phew... this is going to feel hard and painful at the same time," I grumbled after feeling the thickness of the giant magic crystal that my magic energy had wrapped. Just by feeling the thickness and hardness of the magic crystal that was immune to magic, I could already guess what kind of research they were doing. Hermione and a woman named Dontol Xu Mei seemed busy with their affairs. I didn’t want to disturb what they were doing, that’s why I prepared several small portals that were connected to the black hole, along with my magical energy that had wrapped this giant magic crystal. Using the help of a magic cane that was equivalent to an ancient magic artifact from the past, I tried to open small portals that were covered by my magic energy and formed a strong suction that was the same as the pressure of a tightly closed vacuum. Swoosh... Squuuutt... The creaking sound of air being sucked out into the black hole portal attracted the attention of a sage from another world, like Dontol Xu Mei. "What are you doing, Weiss?" she asked curiously. "I’m checking the thickness of this giant magic crystal. If my measurements are correct, originally, it has a much larger diameter than this current size, right?" I said while measuring the thickness of the giant magic crystal after it was wrapped by magic energy, and my magic portal that drew air into the black hole. Swuuusshhh... The air around the giant magic crystal wrapped in my magic energy slowly entered a critical point like a high-pressure vacuum, which made my magic energy that was wrapping the giant magic crystal also sucked into the small portal that was connected to the black hole. I immediately controlled the black hole portal and my magic energy that was wrapping the giant magic crystal, while answering several questions asked by Dontol Xu Mei. "The original size is indeed much bigger than this. You seem to be unlucky to get the outer shell of a giant magic crystal that is as hard as this. Even the magic energy you possess cannot wrap around the giant magic crystal and destroy it from the inside," said the sage from the another world, without blinking her eyes, who was watching the changes in my magic energy that was wrapping around the giant magic crystal and hiding the black hole portal inside. "Forgive me, Dontol Xu Mei. This is going to be quite a tedious re-test, as I am currently calculating the hardness level of this giant magic crystal. The rough calculations I am currently doing have already surpassed the hardness level of a diamond on Earth. Just by knowing that, I am already exhausted from crushing anything harder than a diamond," I said carelessly and tried to cover this giant magic crystal even tighter before the black hole portal inside it opened wide. "..." Dontol Xu Mei was just silent after hearing my words. "Weiss..." With her soft voice, I could hear Dontol Xu Mei, who seemed to want to say something important. "You can ignore that insignificant title of Dontol Xu and call me Mei," Dontol Xu Mei continued. "Wouldn’t that be rude to one of the sages from another world?" I quickly replied, maintaining my magical energy as it began to envelop the giant magic crystal, making it look like food in an airtight package. "I don’t have a problem with that. Don’t you call Hermione by her nickname? Not by the title that comes with it, like Dontol Xu Hermione," replied Dontol Xu Mei, who wanted to be called Mei. "Mei, it would make Weiss feel more awkward by calling you by your first name. As a male student who is trying to respect his instructor, Weiss should address you politely," Hermione chimed in, joining in the conversation. "Then, I will make a written rule for Weiss that he must call me by my real name without using a title," Mei replied while typing something on her smartphone. Bzzttt... Brrrttt... Without waiting for a long time, I could feel my smartphone vibrating along with the smartphones owned by the sages from the other world. "Mei, you’re doing this, so Weiss will look friendly with you, right?" Hermione chimed in after reading something on her vibrating smartphone. I was curious about this, so I immediately felt my school uniform pocket and took out my smartphone to read the notification. "Huh?" As I read the notification that appeared on one of the applications used by the Special High School, I could only read the rules that had been specifically given to me. I put my smartphone into my school uniform pocket and commented on the written rules from Dontol Xu Mei that were directed at me. "I can’t believe you used the live broadcast message from the school app just to make me call you by your first name, Mei," I said to Mei, who was currently standing calmly and elegantly beside me. "Is there a problem with this, Weiss?" Mei replied with a beautiful expression on her face, as if she didn’t mind her abusing her authority to access the written rules of this Special High School. "Well, nothing, at least don’t use your authority as one of the sages from another world to do something that will surprise the students of this Special High School," I replied, giving Mei an important piece of advice. Bzztt... Zzrrtt... As I was giving Mei some advice, my smartphone vibrated again, as if receiving a message from someone. However, the smartphones of the sages from the other world also vibrated, as if receiving the same message. "Weiss, it seems like I’m not the only one who thinks this way," Mei said, showing the notification on the Special High School app about me being allowed to call Hermione without using the honorific sage from another world. "Now there are two Dontol Xu, I’m legally not allowed to say, huh?" I grumbled as I glanced at Hermione, who was smiling mischievously at me. "If Mei can do it, then can’t I do it too as a fellow sage from another world and your homeroom teacher?" Hermione replied with a wide smile on her face. "..." I could only deal with this situation by taking a deep breath and exhaling slowly. "It’s up to you," I said, returning my focus to the giant magic crystal that was currently wrapped in my magic energy. As my magical energy enveloped the giant magical crystal in front of me, I discovered several cracks that came from the attacks of the top ten-ranked students. "Hmm... this is interesting. Isn’t this giant piece of magic crystal more than enough for you to examine? I can feel several large cracks on the tip and base. If I try to feel its original shape, wouldn’t it be shaped like a horn?" I said, closing my eyes as if guessing the shape of the giant magic crystal in front of me. Swwongg... Swoonngg... The moment my magical energy found a large crack, I thought of a way to destroy this giant magical crystal from inside. The plan I’m currently developing is an explosion effect that originates from inside. Unlike explode, which originates from within and outward, I’m using an implode technique that compresses until it shatters. Just like an object being subjected to water pressure from various directions, I began to cover various points on the giant magic crystal in front of me. The portal connected to the black hole immediately formed points on each of the curved patterns on the outer surface of the giant magic crystal and began to exert enormous pressure, ready to implode. Kraasshh!! A loud crack was heard, and the gazes of the sages from the other world immediately fell on the giant magic crystal that was being pressured by my magic energy. "I think I’ve found some vital points that I can exploit to shatter it, just like the glass that forms a Prince Rupert Drop," I said, glancing at Hermione and Mei. These two sages from another world seemed curious about the outcome of the giant magic crystal before their eyes. This grueling re-test made me want to end it with an implosion that would split the entire giant magic crystal apart. However, the abilities of my Maid Order forbid me from damaging this giant magic crystal with destruction. [ System Notification: You are not allowed to damage any of your rewards on the Master Quest you are currently working on! ] "Hmm..." Just as I wanted to destroy the giant magic crystal with strong gravitational pressure from all directions using the scattered black hole portals, I had to postpone it after getting a warning from my Maid Order ability. "I’m not allowed to destroy any of the rewards from the Master Quest I’m currently on?" I grumbled in a weak tone, seemingly mumbling something, which caught Mei’s attention. "Is something wrong, Weiss?" Mei asked, seeing the doubt on my face. Like it or not, I had to lower the pressure of the gravitational force so as not to destroy the giant magic crystal in front of me with a huge implosion. Krraasshh!! As if answering Mei’s question, I could hear the crack of a giant magic crystal splitting apart, and it made me immediately stop my magic energy that was enveloping it until it closed the black hole portals that were spread around it. "Yes, it looks like we got a problem related to something inside this giant magic crystal," I said after my magic energy came into contact with another magic energy that seemed to be awakened from inside this giant magic crystal. My magic energy that was wrapping the giant magic crystal was released, revealing something that shocked the sages from other worlds.