Undead Mage from a Cell-Chapter 483 - 481: The Ancient Deans

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"Welcome, foreign guest."

As soon as Gu Xi stepped into the Divine Hall, a voice came to his ears.

At the same time, the pitch-black Divine Hall lit up, feeling like a computer booting up, with the sound of machinery running all around.

"Who?"

Gu Xi immediately stopped in his tracks and looked in the direction of the voice.

At that moment, a head composed of three human faces appeared inside the Divine Hall, all three were old men with big beards, one with a gray beard, the other two with white beards.

One of the two with the white beards had a small pair of glasses on his beard and a pink bow tied to it.

The three faces kept rotating, allowing all three to see Gu Xi simultaneously.

"Hello there!" 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

They spoke in unison, their voices identical, giving Gu Xi the feeling of surround sound.

"Hello, may I ask what’s going on here?"

Gu Xi could tell that the three-in-one head in front of him was neither the Undead nor faculty staff; its condition was quite strange.

"Not much, I just saw you wandering nearby, you seem to want to recruit faculty members to be your subordinates. Have you obtained the Academy’s clearance but lack manpower?

Do you want to rebuild the Academy or the departments?"

"Is there a difference? Who are you?" Gu Xi asked, bewildered.

"Of course, there’s a difference!"

"We are the deans of the Mysterious Academy!"

"We were the ones who brought you here."

This time, the three faces no longer spoke in unison, but each said their own piece.

Suddenly Gu Xi’s head felt like it was going to explode, he couldn’t understand what they were saying.

Fortunately, the three quickly realized something was wrong and swiftly discussed among themselves. Ultimately, one of them explained the situation to Gu Xi.

It turned out that the Divine Hall in front was essentially a tomb.

And a rather advanced tomb at that.

Here lay the deans who died in battle for the Mysterious Academy.

They said several, but actually, it was just these three.

After all, the Mysterious Academy has been established for many years. Most of the Academy’s deans retired with honors, only a few died in battle while holding the dean’s position.

Some even died without leaving a body.

For instance, the previous dean.

So only three bodies were buried here.

When they were buried here, they were not supposed to respond anymore.

But the Academy’s main building was sent into the rift of time and space, turning the whole Academy into its current state.

The aura of death stimulated the three back to life.

Although they were once deans, they had already died. After reviving, they had no privileges and could only remain here, watching the situation outside.

This time they suddenly sensed Gu Xi’s actions.

At this point, they saw some opportunities, at least a chance to leave this tomb.

Thus, using their last bit of Power, they brought Gu Xi over.

Listening to what they said, Gu Xi fell silent for a moment.

"I can grant you professor positions, but I assume that’s not all you’re after."

"Yes, we want to return to the position of deans."

"No, that’s enough."

"Department head would suffice."

Again, the three had different thoughts.

Gu Xi shrugged, his eyes clearly saying, you see, you can’t even unify your opinions.

So, while Gu Xi was silent, the three of them discussed it once more.

Finally, they reached a consensus.

Becoming department heads or deans again was out of the question.

Gu Xi was only a department head now himself.

They just wanted a professor position and, if possible, a body for easier movement.

However, these three deans shared some secrets of the Mysterious Academy with Gu Xi.

These secrets could facilitate Gu Xi in establishing new departments.

While Gu Xi was forming the departments, they would assist him as a form of repayment for the positions he granted them.

Of course, their most important role at the moment was to help Gu Xi establish his own department.

All three had served as deans, they knew which privileges were useful and which were not.

Knowing Gu Xi’s plans, they each offered their opinions.

The gray-bearded one told Gu Xi that Karim and the others, when setting up the Academy, were hiding something from him.

Some of these were things Gu Xi must obtain.

If he didn’t secure these privileges, even as a department head, he couldn’t rival the other department heads.

During their time as deans, they had seen many such situations.

Department heads could easily be sidelined by the deans, ending up with nothing.

Let alone Gu Xi, who planned to rebuild a department from scratch.

There were too many areas ripe for intervention.

There were many things Gu Xi needed to acquire.

The white-bearded one with the bowtie told Gu Xi that the department rankings in the Academy were not based on student enrollments or each department’s condition.

Instead, it was related to the architectural style of the Mysterious Academy and the Basic Skills content taught by the professors.

In the previous Mysterious Academy, because it was mainly focused on Human Knight style, the top-ranked department was actually the Crocodile Department, which taught Leadership Skills.

The department teaching Luck Skills was following the Elf Wind and had been suppressed.

Until the Mountain Leopard Department made a final counterattack, consuming the treasures of the other three departments, thereby changing everything.

This time is actually another opportunity.

This time, regardless of what the other departments want to teach, the style will definitely lean towards the Undead Wind.

If Gu Xi chooses the Soul Summoning Skill, a unique skill of the Undead Mage, then even a newly established department can become the Academy’s first department.

After all, Soul Summoning Skill is the foundation of an Undead Mage.

As an Undead Mage, you might not know poison, not play with bones, might not play with souls, but you cannot not know summoning.

And Gu Xi, in this regard, has an advantage over the others.

Karim and the others, although they have become Undead, have not yet adapted their thinking.

Furthermore, none of them had ever served as deans, unaware of the key points.

They still thought department rankings were determined by something like an hourglass.

This gave Gu Xi an opportunity.

An opportunity to secure Soul Summoning Skill.

If Gu Xi seized this opportunity, his newly established department would become the first department, and he might even outpace Miranda, becoming the Academy’s vice-dean in the shadows.