Academy’s Genius Swordmaster - Chapter 218

218. Elcia (1)

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“Ronan is your father.”

Elcia said. Ronan’s face hardened. In the silence of the space, only the muffled sounds of machinery could be heard.

“Ronan…”

Adeshan was looking at the distraught Ronan with concern. how long has it been His lips, which had been silent for a long time, parted lightly.

“…my father? A savior?”

Elcia nodded. Ronan’s legs, which had been stiff as if they had taken root, finally moved. He slowly moved towards the glass tube containing the savior, or father.

The closer we got, the more details we could see. The man floating in the glass coffin was wearing nothing. His physique was average, but his body was covered in stocky muscles.

The most notable thing was the gaping hole in the upper body. A hole the size of the one-year-old’s head completely penetrated the chest from the back, and the area around the affected area was stained black as if it had rotted.

‘Are they still alive?’

Ronan frowned. It was a serious injury that a normal human could not possibly have survived. Dozens of hanging tubes, presumably meant to preserve life, were embedded in his body like stems.

Finally reaching the glass coffin, he turned in the direction in front of the man. Taking a deep breath, Ronan raised his head.

“…ah?”

Ronan’s eyes widened as he looked up at his face. Contrary to the expectation that it would be covered by a fucking shadow, the savior’s face was clearly exposed.

I couldn’t even hear or see the name, so I couldn’t figure out what happened to it. But that wasn’t what mattered now. Adeshan, who sneakily followed, covered her mouth with both hands.

“Roronan. This face…!”

“…Robe man.”

Ronan, who was dumbfounded, said to himself. The savior’s face bore a striking resemblance to the traitor who stabbed him. The silvery-white hair, reminiscent of Lee’s, swayed in the water, and his features were distinct and sharp.

In fact, the horses are similar, and it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that they were just the same except for a really small part. He couldn’t see because his eyes were closed now, but Ronan was sure that the pupils under his eyelids were the same color as his own.

‘What happened?’

It was confusing. I even thought that the dwarf woman might have actually set me in a trap. In fact, what was in front of me was a traitor, who suddenly opened his eyes and rushed at me.

However, the energy transmitted through the glass wall was unmistakably the savior’s. Ronan’s worried eyes widened for an instant.

‘Zaifa and Barka…no way.’

For an instant, Brother Turgeng’s face flashed through my mind. Their minds were opposite, but they also resembled each other as if they were stamped on a plate.

Pieces that had been wandering around without knowing where to go were coming together one by one. It was a pity that I couldn’t have a direct conversation with him because he was unconscious. Ronan opened his mouth without taking his eyes off the savior’s face.

“…the savior and the traitor were twin brothers.”

“betrayer? Aha, you mean Abel.”

“Abel?”

“yes. He’s the savior’s brother and the traitor who stabbed him in the back. I am also the principal of Nebula Clazie.”

Ronan’s eyes widened. A question that had been lingering for years was immediately resolved. I always called him by nicknames like a traitor or a robe man, but it was the first time I heard his real name.

“what? But how do you know all that?”

“That’s…”

Elcia tilted her head. It seemed that Ronan was unaware of the fact that he had experienced memories of past saviors in the mental world. Ronan was dragging his horse by the tail.

“And wait, can you see the savior’s face?”

“By the way.”

Elcia’s eyes widened. She was very surprised that Ronan could see the face of the savior.

“No way…! Please wait a moment.”

Elcia, who came with quick steps, stood in front of Ronan. Looking at it up close, he was quite short. Suddenly, she raised her tiptoe and grabbed Ronan’s face with both hands.

“Look into my eyes.”

“What are you doing right now…!”

Adeshan was frightened by the gesture that seemed like a kiss. However, Elcia just stared into Ronan’s eyes and didn’t do anything. Elcia, who had been doing that for about a minute, exclaimed a little.

“Oh my god, how can this be?”

“What’s wrong?”

“Originally, you shouldn’t be able to see the savior’s face. You shouldn’t even know the name. Because that’s what the savior is forbidding you to do. But this…”

Elcia removed her hand from Ronan’s face. Adeshan, who was nervous, let out a sigh of relief. She drooled and continued.

“…The ban has expired. Exactly, it disappeared like it was burned.”

“It burned and disappeared?”

“yes. Of course, I expected that by the time you got here, you would have cursed one or two curses, but how did you get to this level…what method did you use?”

The moment I heard those words, the face of Navardoze flashed in my mind. The rich dragon married woman laid Ronan down and tore out some of her own embers and replaced them with one of the curses.

Suddenly, the memory of falling into Barka’s trap and fighting in the ice cave came to mind. At that time, Ronan activated Aun Pillar’s magic and felt a strong burning pain at the location where the embers were planted.

‘I thought it would gradually grow, but did the fire grow bigger then?’

I’ll have to find out more, but it seemed right that he disappeared then. As Navardoze said, the embers must have grown and consumed part of the curse.

But I was wondering if I should say this. From Elsia in front of her eyes, the symbol of Nebula Klagie, sparkling mana was oozing out. It’s also with a thicker concentration than anyone else.

It was a natural phenomenon since he was the original member who received strength from the savior, but he couldn’t help but have doubts. I didn’t even see what happened after the savior was stabbed and fell into the fire. Ronan, who was silent for a moment, opened his mouth.

“Uh… I will. I don’t remember.”

“Not to mention how you learned about the past, and you don’t completely trust me. I’m still in Nebula Clash…so you’re suspecting that I’m Abel’s?”

Elcia’s eyes narrowed. Ronan hesitated at his sharp reasoning power. Elcia sighed as if she knew that.

“Huh… I understand. First, I have to prove that I am not the enemy. How can I trust you?”

“Ummm…”

Ronan twiddled his chin. I couldn’t come up with a proper way to differentiate. At that time, Adeshan, who was standing awkwardly, opened her mouth.

“That Ronan. If you’re lying, I can find out…”

“Ah. That’s right.”

Ronan snapped his fingers. Why couldn’t I have thought of this?

Adeshan, who handles the mana of the shadows, knew how to discriminate whether or not the opponent was lying. Thanks to this ability, in her previous life she always had the upper hand in psychological warfare.

“great. Then, take a close look here to see if Elcia is lying. Elcia, are you okay?”

“yes? Exactly what that means…”

Elcia tilted her head. Upon hearing the explanation of Adeshan’s ability, she shed admiration.

“Shadow’s mana…that’s also a mental system. Contrary to its appearance, it possesses extremely dangerous power.”

“I will never do anything out of the ordinary. I promise you.”

“does not matter. Because I didn’t mean to lie anyway. Where can I start talking to you?”

Elcia accepted the offer surprisingly calmly. said Ronan.

“From how I knew I was coming. You greeted me as if you had been waiting.”

“I heard from the savior that you would come here someday. You said it several times before you passed out. However, you didn’t tell me the time, so I didn’t know you came until we met on the cliff at that time.”

“Then why did you suddenly drag me here…”

“Yes. I followed the Savior’s will as it is. Because when Ronan-nim came, he told me to bring him to him first. You were conscious until then.”

Elcia twitched her lips. Adeshan met Ronan’s eyes and shook his head. It meant I wasn’t lying. Ronan took out a map showing the location of this place from his pocket.

“Who left this map? I found it in the savior’s room in Dreemur.”

“That…it’s something I don’t even know about. Perhaps the savior drew it himself and hid it. You said you left clues everywhere that you could find, but I think that’s one of them.”

“Damn I honestly don’t get it. To make such a thing when you are forbidden to know about yourself.”

“well. In fact, among the actions of the Savior, there were quite a few things that I did not understand. Still, I think I left it because I had a meaning of my own?”

Ronan groaned. If this was the case, I wondered why the curse was placed. Is it similar to the old lady who wants to live every day when it is time to die? This time, Elcia wasn’t lying.

“great. One more. Why did you quit your job at Dreemur and move to live? I heard you were working until just five years ago.”

“It’s because the savior’s condition is getting worse and worse. He took up residence in these ruins as soon as he left Dreemur. It was enough to recover quietly by myself and to avoid Abel’s pursuit.”

The reason the savior left Dreemur early was because of his health. The wounds caused by being stabbed by Abel in the past ate more and more of his body and drove him to the point where he could no longer work.

Known to have stored seeds in the past, these ruins were an ideal hideout for a savior. Over the decades, he and Elthea remodeled this place into a fortress comparable to Dreemoor and built a life support system for the ever-weakening saviors.

“Even when I was in Dreemoor, I periodically stopped by to check on her, but at some point, it got worse to the point where she couldn’t stand it on her own. It has been here since then.”

Elcia explained that the savior entered the glass coffin by herself five years ago and lost consciousness only three years ago. Adding to the fact that the space they are in right now is a life support system. Ronan looked around and opened his mouth.

“That…when did you say the most brilliant period? I’ve never seen anything like this in a history book, like a luminescent thing.”

“I don’t know the details… They said it was a long time ago, before Navardoze-nim was even born. This world has been destroyed time and time again, and you said that the people of the world that was destroyed just before had the technology to literally reach the stars. I may seem erudite, but I only learned a few of the techniques of the time over his shoulder.”

Ronan looked back at Adeshan. Confirming that it wasn’t a lie this time, he laughed as if he was dumbfounded.

If it was before Navardoze was born, how many years did the savior live? Elcia went on without further questions.

“I was definitely committed to an organization called Nebula Klagier. The church grew with attachment. But that is when the savior leads the organization.”

“It must have been very different from now.”

“yes. I can’t believe it’s the same organization as before. Because the direction itself has changed. I want people who are suffering to be saved like me. There is no reason to remain with a group trying to destroy the world.”

Elcia knew something about Nebula Klagie’s plans. I didn’t know the details of making the thugs come down, but I knew that they were trying to feed something big by making people decline.

‘He’s an ally.’

Only then did Ronan feel safe and trust Elcia. If I had known all the details, I would have been more suspicious.

The loss of information she’s been experiencing has been around ever since she desperately escaped Nebula Clazier and ran away in search of a seriously injured savior. It seemed to be fine at this point. Ronan, determined to trust, opened his mouth.

“I have actually seen you before.”

“yes? What do you mean?”

“It was one of the cursing processes. I saw the memories of the savior in the world my mind created.”

“…Memories of the savior?”

Elcia raised her eyebrows. Ronan clearly explained what he saw and experienced in the image world. A savior who tried to escape but was eventually shot down with Elcia who summoned Abel Hyran who stabbed her behind the creation of Nebula Klazier. Elcia’s frozen mouth opened slowly.

“…oh my god. You really came to see it.”

“The problem is that I don’t know anything about it. So what should I do now?”

“Um… will you?”

“yes?”

Ronan frowned. I didn’t know that the word ‘I’ll do it’ would come out here.

“Didn’t you bring me there for a purpose?”

“That… As I said, I just followed the Savior’s words. It was my last order to bring you when you come. But, as you can see, he lost consciousness…”

Elcia dragged her words grimly. Ronan chuckled. It was an absurd level of ignorance.

“Then you say you need to talk to the savior first. But is that person still alive?”

Ronan raised the tip of his chin and pointed at the savior. Seen from the front, it was a much more serious injury. The occasional foam leaking from his nose and mouth indicated that he was breathing. Elcia answered in a voice tinged with melancholy.

“…not yet. But there is not much left.”

“How long do you have left?”

“About a year at most.”

“Damn it, I really don’t have much time left.”

Ronan spat out a curse. It was a part of knowing why the savior did not appear on the final battlefield.

How nice it would have been if he had come when he was conscious. I felt like an idiot without being able to say a word even though I was called.

“…is there any way to fix it?”

“I do. Only one.”

Ronan’s eyes widened. Of course, I thought the answer would come back, but this was another unexpected development.

“What is it?”

“It is transfusion of the blood of his twin brother, Abel.”