[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy":3,"chapter-the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-chapter-405":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Strongest Student of the Weakest Academy",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1026961,1339,"Chapter 405: The Beginning Of The End [LXVII]","the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-chapter-405",405,"\u003Cp>After trying to get out of Kael’s head the idea that he was the chosen one, they continued walking for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the space was simply huge!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike the arcade above, which was roughly the size of a decent supermarket, the underground graveyard stretched far beyond that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Easily twenty hypermarkets put together, maybe even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ceiling disappeared into darkness, and the ground beneath their feet felt endless, broken only by scattered remains of battles long past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They walked for more than ten minutes, and yet the end of the space never came into view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately for them, there was nothing even remotely comparable to the Heaven Swallowing Sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If anything, all they found were scraps like broken hilts, shattered armor plates, warped chunks of divine metal that had long since lost their divinity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fuuuuuckkk!\" Kael cursed loudly, kicking a half-buried piece of twisted metal. \"Why is this place so damn huge?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn... for once, I agree with you,\" Tyrian muttered, wiping sweat from his brow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It feels like we’re walking in circles.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Aestrea... his eyes were in an almost desperate search for anything valuable that could potentially help him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure... now he could use two swords in combat, but other than that, he didn’t have a life-saving artifact or anything like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’...Even my Divine Sense can’t feel anything out of the ordinary. Tsk, maybe it was a waste of time coming here?’ he thought, clicking his tongue internally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’...I mean, the Heaven Swallowing Sword can be very useful if it can cancel authorities, but that’s still just more offense.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea’s pace slowed almost imperceptibly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I need something that can protect me... or even save my life in dangerous cases.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lifted his gaze, scanning the endless darkness ahead once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ruins remained quiet, almost mockingly so, as if daring him to keep searching for something that might not exist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oi. Hey. Guys.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kael’s voice cut through the silence, unusually restrained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea and Tyrian both stopped and turned toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kael was standing a little ahead, his head tilted upward, his eyes narrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His usual carefree expression was gone, replaced by something closer to focus, but not unheard of when something genuinely caught his attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...You seeing that?\" Kael asked, slowly raising his arm and pointing forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea followed the direction of his finger, his Divine Sense spreading naturally as his gaze landed on the far distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far ahead, barely visible through the dim light and layers of dust, stood what looked like the remains of a massive structure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not scattered rubble like the rest of the graveyard, but an actual ruin that was quite big, as if it had once been a fortress, a sanctuary, or something meant to contain rather than to simply exist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even more striking was what stood behind it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A giant wall stretched from one side of the cavern to the other, finally marking what seemed to be the end of the space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t smooth, nor was it made from a single material.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, it was formed from countless types of rock fused, black stone, pale crystal, veins of metallic ore, and even patches that looked almost organic in texture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...That has to be the end,\" Tyrian muttered, staring at the wall. \"There’s no way this place keeps going past that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea didn’t reply immediately as his eyes narrowed slightly, his Divine Sense pressing against the ruin and the wall behind it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike everything else they had encountered so far, this area didn’t seem empty, as Aestrea could feel a very faint trace coming from the ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...There’s a trace of divinity,\" Aestrea finally said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both Kael and Tyrian froze for a split second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Kael’s eyes lit up immediately, a greedy glint flashing through them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Divinity? You mean like, actual god-tier stuff? Weapons? Artifacts?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Or a sealed being,\" Tyrian said quietly, his expression much more cautious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That made Kael’s excitement falter just a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Right. That too,\" he muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tyrian kept staring at the ruin, his brows slowly knitting together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This battlefield was from the war between gods and demons. Anything left intact enough to still carry divinity after all this time...\" He paused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It could be something that survived.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or something that wassealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We won’t know unless we check.\" Aestrea remained calm, but his hand had already settled on Midnight’s hilt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And if it wakes up?\" Kael hesitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea glanced back at them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then you don’t use the Void Breaking Spell.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both of them stiffened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\" Kael blurted out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That thing is literally our emergency exit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you tear space inside a place like this,\" Aestrea said flatly, \"you might wake up things that should stay buried. Or collapse the entire structure.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tyrian swallowed as he knew Aestrea wasn’t exaggerating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...So what’s the plan?\" he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If something happens,\" Aestrea continued, \"I’ll handle it. You only use the spell if it’s absolutely necessary. No exceptions.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You always say that.\" Kael scratched his head, clearly uncomfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And it’s usually true,\" Tyrian added, though his voice was tense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea seriously looked at them once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Agreed?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a brief silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Fine, but if I die, I’m haunting you,\" Kael sighed deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only if it truly comes down to it.\" Tyrian nodded slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, the three of them stepped closer to the ruin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they crossed the threshold, the air changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground beneath their feet was smoother here, ancient stone worn down by time rather than shattered by battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ruin opened into a wide, circular chamber, far larger than it appeared from the outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At its center lay a massive circle carved directly into the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless sigils covered its surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some were familiar patterns used in sealing formations and divine contracts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others were older, twisted in strange ways, their meanings unclear even to Tyrian’s vast knowledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lines glowed dimly, but strangely, other lines of sigils didn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’...A Sacred Spirit Demon Sealing Formation...’ Aestrea frowned slighly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t something simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This kind of formation was one of the highest-grade seals ever devised, the kind specifically created to imprison monsters that refused to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If maintained properly, it could restrain a single 9✯ True God for more than five years without weakening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which meant one thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If something was sealed here, then whatever it was had to be terrifying. At the very least, it had reached the 7✯ realm, and possibly higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for how to destroy it, it was quite simple, actually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They only needed to find the point where all the sigils intersected, the crucifix formed by their combined directions, and inject a very small amount of mana into that exact spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If done correctly, the balance of the formation would shatter instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difficulty was not breaking it, but finding it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To locate that crucifix, one had to carefully analyze the flow and direction of every single sigil, then mentally reconstruct how they overlapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some did this by forming an imaginary crucifix in their mind, while others traced the sigils with mana, letting the flows guide them until the true point revealed itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single mistake meant failure or worse, triggering the seal and trapping them inside as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh... can someone explain what that means in normal words?\" Kael felt a shiver crawl down his spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tyrian stared at the formation with a puzzled look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I... actually don’t recognize this one. I’ve seen demon seals, and I’ve seen spirit prisons, but this exact structure...\" He shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No. This is new to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That alone made Kael uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So you’re telling me,\" Kael said slowly, \"that this thing is so old and nasty that even you, a walking library, don’t know it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tyrian didn’t answer right away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea stepped in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s a seal made specifically to hold something that can’t be killed easily. Instead of destroying it, the gods who made this chose to lock it away and bury it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked down at the glowing lines again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The formation works by overlapping dozens of sealing laws. Each sigil restricts a different aspect, like power, movement, regeneration, even consciousness.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay... that’s horrifying.\" Kael swallowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Breaking it, however, is not complicated.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both Kael and Tyrian snapped their attention back to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not complicated?!\" Kael repeated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes. But like all formations, it has a core weakness.\" Aestrea nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tapped the air lightly with his finger, tracing an invisible cross.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All these sigils are arranged around a single balance point. Think of it as a lock with a very specific keyhole. The problem is finding it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You mean a crucifix structure?\" Tyrian leaned closer, interest overtaking his caution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exactly,\" Aestrea replied. \"Every sigil points in a direction. When you follow all of them and align their flows in your mind, they intersect at one perfect point.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused, then added, \"If you inject even a small amount of mana into that point, the entire formation collapses.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That sounds way too easy.\" Kael blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s not,\" Aestrea said flatly. \"Finding that point requires extreme precision. One wrong direction, one misread sigil, and you trigger the seal instead of breaking it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’d need to either mentally map the entire formation or trace every sigil with mana and reconstruct the crucifix manually,\" Tyrian slowly nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, that sounds like a nightmare,\" Kael groaned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’...Mhm, why am I getting a weird feeling about Tyrian this suddenly?’ Aestrea frowned deeply as he looked over to Tyrian, who was staring at the seal as if it was priceless treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’...Even the crucifix structure is something only people from thousands of years ago should know, and he clearly isn’t thousands of years old since the academy has a certain requirement of age.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Fuck.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tapped the hilt of Midnight lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I hope my instincts are wrong...’\u003C\u002Fp>",1626,"2026-06-03T09:18:17.304Z","2026-06-03T09:18:22.613Z",1,"novelbin.me","4b15a05018795bde73652ec54e960ff48e0cca961aa1383fdcac8fd1af221844","the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-chapter-406","the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-chapter-404",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-cover.jpg"]