Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong-Chapter 313: A New Era Begins.

Mark did not want to accept this conclusion.

He looked in Rio's direction and begged without caring about his dignity at all.

"C-can you please save him? He's the 'hero' of this world! Losing him will be a devastating tragedy for our entire planet!... please save him! I beg you, please!"

"Aren't you very strong, Please save him!"

Hearing Mark's words, Rio, who was just done with absorbing all the miasma in his sword, carved out a massive portal in the space-time fabric and threw away all the miasma he had absorbed.

Then he flew down to Jareth's side once again and shook his head.

"I am indeed quite strong, strong enough to help your planet get out of the sea of miasma, but that doesn't mean I am a 'God'…"

"I am not capable of creating new 'Strings' of 'Destiny' to bind a person's soul and body to this world once again… he's lost his 'Anchor' to this world; perhaps only the 'Origin' is capable of recreating new 'strings' of 'Destiny'…"

Seeing that others didn't know what the 'Origin' was, Rio explained patiently,

"The 'Origin' is basically the 'World' itself, the 'natural order,' or you could say the 'Creator' of everything… no one knows how to harness its power, though, not even I don't…"

Rio was indeed a powerful being; he was much more powerful than those false gods that were roaming in the 'Sea of Endless Miasma.' He was powerful enough to scare the miasmic sea.

But he wasn't strong enough to rewrite the 'natural order' of the 'world' itself.

"There was a time a while back when someone did try to change the 'Natural Order' of the world… but that attempt failed as his means were not acceptable…"

Rio could only shake his head and sigh.

He had no cure for Jareth and could do nothing to stop him from fading away into nothingness.

Mark and everyone else felt despair descend in their hearts once they heard Rio's words.

Reynald wanted to support his son but had no words to speak; Risa and Azul were on the brink of fainting as they were crying too much.

Mark held Jareth's hand and trembled while crying.

"No! No! This can't be happening!"

All Jareth did was just smile; he raised his palm on Mark's head and caressed his head with a smile on his face.

"You were the best disciple, Mark; you have grown amazingly. I hope that you grow up to be the 'hero' that everyone can depend on in the future. I am proud of you."

Then Jareth looked at Risa and Azul before saying,

"I considered all three of you as if you were my own kids… work together in future, be tolerant of each other's mistakes, celebrate many festivals together…"

"I hope that all three of you, grow up in peace and happiness and you don't have to see another day like today ever again…"

Although Jareth's body was arrogant and he usually spoke coldly, today his voice was soft, warm, and gentle.

He was smiling happily; he was happy from the bottom of his heart that he had managed to somehow make his plan succeed.

Even though he himself did not manage to make it through to the end, at least the kid who he had already started to consider as his own son had survived.

That much was enough.

Jareth looked towards everyone else and spoke with a smile.

"Thank you everyone… I liked the time spent with you all; I might not have shown it but I liked staying with you all… Hehe, I can be a bit cold at times, but forgive me for whatever mistakes I made in the past..."

Hearing Jareth's words, everyone could not stop their tears, and many collapsed on the ground as their knees could not support them anymore.

Jareth looked towards Rio and spoke.

"Thanks for saving this unfortunate world; if not for you, our defeat was inevitable… I am grateful that you came to save us…"

Rio shook his head and replied with his usual emotionless voice,

"No, it was all because of you. you managed to open the portal to me, you managed to find the resolve to sacrifice yourself to save this world…" 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"There are barely a few in this entire universe who are as brave as you… I will remember you forever in my memories, 'Jareth'…"

Jareth smiled at Rio's words and placed his head in Mark's lap; a relaxed look appeared on his face as he said,

"I always wanted to achieve something that I could be proud of… thanks for letting me do it. I have no more regrets left in life.

"The only regret is that I wouldn't be able to attend your and Risa's wedding one day Mark…"

Mark trembled all over and cried as he nodded his head.

"To us you will always be our greatest teacher! You are our professor! We will always follow your footsteps and become people that you will be proud of!!"

Mark choked on his tears a few times while speaking, but his tears did not stop no matter what.

Jareth caressed the young man's head and ruffled his hair as he said,

"Be happy, all of you; a bright future awaits you. I hope you all have a lifetime of happiness..."

"I hope that in next life… I can once again be as happy as I am right now…"

With those final words, Jareth hand disappeared; he closed his eyes, and one final thought appeared in his mind as his consciousness plunged into darkness.

'Thank you, Shiina… your love pushed me forward to keep doing better…'

'Your love protected me all along; that's why I managed to get to this point. thank you for all the sweet memories…'

'I hope you are also happy wherever you are, my love…'

And with that final thought, Jareth's consciousness disappeared as his soul departed to the afterlife.

His body broke apart into tiny fragments and flew away with the wind, disappearing into nothingness.

Many wailed, and many cried that day; after all, a hero had departed from the world.

Jareth's sacrifice would be remembered as long as civilization exists on this planet.

With his great deeds, he made his name immortal for several millennia!

The planet he sacrificed for became the first to ever survive the deadly claws of the 'Sea of Endless Miasma' in the entire universe.

His sacrifice did not go to waste at all; he managed to carve out a future for the next generation.

He managed to create a brighter path for the next generation.

The era of chaos, unrestrained power, and rotting miasmic corruption came to an end as Jareth brought 'Order' and 'Peace' to the world that was once surrounded by miasma.

It was the beginning of a new era.