"Stop moving," he said. However, the demon wasn't a fan of negotiation, and when it tried to stand up, Max stomped its head deep into the ground.
Turning around to face the students, Max sighed. "How do I explain this?"
The students kept staring at him, hoping there was a good explanation for all of this.
Sarah had stood up and helped the male student who threw his life away for hers earlier... She didn't expect Gus would do something like that for her.
While Mira had slowly regained a touch of her consciousness.
"Sir, the exit, there isn't any," Gus pointed out.
The exit they once knew was now a dead end. It was sealed.
"Please tell us this is part of the tour, sir. That back there is a cosplay, right, sir?" Mira asked, her innocent voice carrying a touch of confusion.
For nearly a minute, the professor couldn't say anything.
He sighed.
"This is a high demon orc. It was sent here to kill everyone here, especially the five of you," he said.
"What? Kill us? Why?" Of course, that was the question they all needed to know, but Mira was the first to ask.
When an isekai occurs, it mainly has to do with transporting compatible young minds.
Normally, the goddess would have appeared—that is the one responsible for the summoning.
While the goddess summons them for help, the demons plan to kill the heroes who could potentially wipe them out.
"I don't understand. Are you trying to say we're in another world?" Gus asked.
Max nodded.
Silence~
All of a sudden, the usually unspoken male of the group, Flash, felt like Max was taking him for granted.
Although Max was a professor in the academy, in terms of size and muscles, it all led to Flash.
He grabbed Max by the collar, feeling pissed off.
"You think this is some shitty stuff from your fantasy stories? You better explain what the hell is happening."
"I understand how you're feeling right now, so I'll let this slide. Now let go."
Without saying anything else, Flash let go and turned around, saying he was going to find his own way out. Max, however, did not bother stopping him.
"But I don't understand. Group A and B entered the same cave. We didn't hear any of this," Gus asked.
Max understood the question very well, but he couldn't give a proper reason why it had to be them.
"No one even brought a cellphone, damnit," Gus growled. He hated feeling useless the most.
"It wouldn't have helped. This place doesn't support the Internet," said Flash. He came back with a cellphone he smuggled from a dead worker.
When he recalled the scene he saw, he frowned deeply. "There's no one alive back there."
Regardless, Gus tried accessing their location; however, it didn't work.
It pissed him off to the point where he threw the cellphone toward the sealed exit, precisely behind the professor.
They had expected the sound of the cellphone being smashed; however, nothing was heard, and the phone was nowhere behind Max.
"Uh, where the hell is the phone?" Flash asked.
At this point, the students looked at Gus, hoping for an answer.
Max, on the other hand, already knew what was happening beforehand.
'I probably should let them know,' Max thought and sighed.
Opening his eyes, he said something that made Flash confidently believe the professor had gone crazy—but in a quiet way.
"I didn't realize it earlier, but the moment we stepped into the cave, we actually entered another world. Behind me is that world where dragons would no longer be a myth," he said.
The students blinked twice.
"Tsk," Flash hissed.
"So? What are you saying, Professor Max?" Mira asked.
Even during classes, she paid the most attention and asked the most relevant questions.
From a clear perspective of the situation, you'd see Flash was the only student doubting the professor right now.
"I have been to that world before," Max sighed. "I shouldn't be here," he sighed again. "You've been summoned to protect the Heaven Domain. Each one of you has a special summoning ability. You will come to realize it once you've stepped into the world."
Without saying anything else, Max turned and faced the dead end. "Once you step in for the first time, you'll collapse."
After that, Max was no longer with them the moment he stepped into the wall. He vanished—or so they thought.
"Shit," Gus said in surprise.
Sarah, on the other hand, didn't think twice before following her brother behind, which also made Gus quickly run behind her.
Mira, Flash, and Sonia were the only ones left in the cave now. Flash couldn't say anything and just kept staring.
"Can't we just go back?" Sonia asked with her little voice that obviously carried fear.
"Not really. I walked through the whole cave. There isn't a single exit. It's either we spend some time here hoping we'd find—"
Flash stopped walking. The three of them heard a growl coming from within the dark parts of the cave.
"Great, just the motivation I needed," said Flash. No one stopped him before he walked through as well.
Mira, knowing Sonia was scared, held her friend's hand with a smile hiding how worried she was. "Come on, let's—" she paused. "Let's go."
With that, the students stepped through the isekai gate.
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Inside a room, Max stood beside the window, observing the world's red clouds. This was clearly daytime here, and it was beautiful.
Behind him were the students, all sleeping on different beds. After they collapsed, the nurses quickly attended to them.
Max closed his eyes, clenching his fist so tight that thick veins appeared on its surface. 'Why do they keep transporting humans like we're tools?' he gritted his teeth.
'Every single person I knew last time—Lenora, Amon, Tobias—they're all dead,' he thought.
He turned around, looking at his students. 'I don't think coming with them was an accident. They must have tried summoning just me, and I brought them into this mess.'
Max began feeling guilty. It would make sense they wanted him. After all, he was the strongest human they had ever come across.
'I must bring all of you back home safely. And if even a hair gets missing from them,' Max clenched harder. 'I will tear this world apart.'