Academy’s Genius Swordmaster - Chapter 35

35. Scream in the ground (2)

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“What the fuck.”

Ronan hurriedly stood up. A strange sound like the one I heard the day I left Gran Cappadocia. And a faint scream was coming from down there.

Seeing the grim expression on his face, Asher shrugged.

“What’s wrong, Ronan?”

“Somehow, it seems that something happened in the lower town.”

Ronan pressed the back of the furnace at random. At some point, a certain section entered and the floor began to sink. Ronan frowned and murmured.

“Too slow…”

The descent was too slow. Ronan picked up a battle hammer hanging on the wall. Then he started hitting the corner of the elevator.

bang! bang! bang!

“What are you doing right now?!”

Surprised by Ronan’s sudden action, Marya shouted. A hollow sound resounded, and pieces of stone bounced. Ronan met Marya’s eyes and nodded.

“Yes, you were the strongest. Use some strength.”

“What?”

Ronan threw a battle hammer at Marya. Picking up the hammer, Marya looked back and forth between Ronan and the hammer. Ronan groaned.

“Damn it, hurry up. I don’t think I should take your money and weapons!”

“Oh, I really knew!”

Marja grabbed the handle of the hammer. The mana that permeated through the hilt gathered at the head of the hammer.

Raising the hammer to the top of her head, she slammed it down on the elevator floor. Kwaaang! A bluish arc was drawn and at the same time a roar rang out.

“The rice ball old man was right. This is also true for you.”

The corner of the elevator crumbled down, revealing a black space. There was complete darkness in which not even a handful of light could be found.

A rush of cool air brushed Ronan’s bangs back. Ronan, who smelled the stench of rotting eggs, frowned.

“Smell of sulfur….”

“Oooh!”

Asher and Marya covered their noses and mouths. It was a much stronger smell than the usual sulfur.

Ronan twitched his lips after recalling the number of cases. A dwarf who digs into the sulfur-smelling land where lava boils underground.

Judging from the experiences accumulated while wandering the world, a good future never came to mind. Ronan winked at Asher and said.

“Let’s go, Asher.”

“huh? uh? uh huh?”

“Marya. You go back to Phileon and report the situation. In particular, make sure to tell the prayer room.”

“If it’s the prayer room…that hunting instructor? Didikan’s older brother?”

“okay. You’ll have a knack for finding people. And at the level of our professors, they probably know the identity of the forge. Anyway, hurry up.”

“Ro Ronan? Why are you catching me all of a sudden…”

Ronan grabbed Asher’s hood. It was the car Asher, who felt a familiar ominous feeling, was about to back off. Ronan stepped out and jumped straight into the hole.

“Quaaaaaagh!”

“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”

Darkness fell over the boys’ heads. Marja’s screams echoed from above. Sheeta, her eyes wide open, descended toward Ronan and Asher with her wings folded.

“Ppaaaaaaa!”

Sheeta, who reached the boys’ side in an instant, grabbed Ronan’s back. The four wings spread and the speed of the fall slightly decreased. It was the moment when Asher, who had barely regained his senses, was about to cast a spell.

“This Invisible…up!”

“Not yet.”

Ronan covered Asher’s mouth with his palm. Even in the midst of falling at great speed, Ronan’s expression was calm as if he had come for a picnic. He said as he pulled Asher’s hood.

“You can’t stop now. It’s almost all down and it stops. okay?”

“Ugh…! Ugh!”

“You have to do it right. If I make a mistake this time, it’s not empty words, I really die. If you understand, nod your head.”

Ronan asked. Asher barely nodded. Tears welled up in his eyes and scattered into the air. I finally wanted to see the light under my feet, and the appearance of Gran Cappadocia unfolded in front of me. Ronan twitched his lips.

“Shit, it’s late.”

“What is all this?!”

It was a devastating landscape. It seemed that a heavy rain of huge rocks had swept through the cavity. The orderly buildings were half destroyed like a sandcastle that someone had once stepped on. The stagnant lava was overflowing and cooling down on the road. Dense stalactites and stalagmites stood out

. Most of them were broken. Ronan, who smelled the stronger sulfur smell, frowned.

“Let’s get ready soon.”

“Yes!”

A steel pole passed quickly by the boys, Asher closed his eyes, and a low chant rang out in the roaring wind:

“Slow zone.”

“what?”

It was the first spell he had ever heard. Asher stretched out his hand toward the floor, and a geometric magic circle was drawn at the point where he was expected to fall, and the fall began to slow down remarkably

.

Ronan rolled his mouth in admiration. The boys’ bodies, which had been slowing down, came to a standstill at a distance of about 5m from the ground. Asher’s mouth opened again, and a familiar incantation flowed out. “Invisible Hand!

”

Soon, an invisible hand snatched up the slow bodies. Asher’s telekinesis quickly and safely lowered the bodies to the ground. Ronan stepped on the ground and patted

Asher on the back

. Did you learn?”

Asher, who uses magic other than the Invisible Hand. It was very novel and proud. Asher breathed out a sigh of

relief.

Fortunately, because the weight they had to lift was light, they were able to succeed safely. At that time, a weak moan was heard from

nearby

. Ronan hurriedly ran and pushed the stalactite. A dwarf wearing an

apron appeared

.

Ronan’s eyes widened as he recognized the dwarf’s face. It was the same dwarf who had been angry at Didican before about the invisible scroll

.

Asher vomited when he saw the legs turned at a bizarre angle, and Ronan tapped Sheeta, who was still attached to his back

.

“Subtract.”

Sheeta, who chirped in response, used magic on the Dwarf. A small magic circle was drawn in the air, and at the same time, the twisted leg returned to its original state. Feeling the pain subside, the Dwarf widened his

eyes

. Legs…? Wait, you guys must have been with Didican before…” “Right

, Sir, I’m running out of time, so I’ll ask you quickly. A simple bedrock accident, a fucking angry rock spirit, and a cave giant. Which of the three struck you? Personally, I hope it’s not the second or the third.”

Ronan grabbed him by the shoulder and shook him, and the dwarf said in a trembling voice, “It’s like three thirds…

suddenly coming from deep in the shaft…”

.”

It seems that he touched the cave giant’s dwelling place while digging a tunnel. It is a monster that you rarely encounter because it lives in a really deep underground, but anyway, the dwarf tribe. Ronan was about to step

out

. .wait for a sec…!”

The Dwarf swayed and got himself up, holding onto Ronan’s trouser hem as he continued,

“Help me… My colleagues have been kidnapped. Doron the old man has been taken…”

“Old man Niimi Doron too?”

“That’s right… the stupid old man is supposed to be locked in. He set it up to fight… That kid from Didican went to rescue him, but he hasn’t come back yet.” “How long has it been since the rocks hit you?”

Ronan nervously brushed

his bangs .

“Oh, it’s not long. A few hours at most.”

“It’s fortunate. Wait here.”

Ronan nodded. Judging by the habits of the cave giants, there was still hope for a few hours. They had a habit of taking the prey they had kidnapped back to their shelters and saving them. Tears like chicken droppings flowed from the eyes of the dwarf wearing an apron

. “I ‘m

asking for wealth…Both of them are talented people who shouldn’t go like this…Especially that guy from Didikan…” ”

I’ll try.”

Ronan leaned the dwarf against a rock and looked around. It wasn’t too difficult to figure out the path the cave giants traveled. The huge footprints left here and there were all pointing in one direction

. But if there was a problem, there was a moan in places. It was that a sound was coming in.

“Damn it… can Asher handle it alone?”

“I’ll try. But it’s too wide and I think I’ll run out of mana.”

“It’s true. Damn I don’t have time.”

Ronan sobbed. It was important to save the captives, but it was impossible to neglect survivors who might die soon. However, the field was too large for Asher to save everyone. Searching for injured people who do not know where they are,

telekinesis If you wield it, your mana would run out

in no time. It would be much easier if you knew where people were buried

.

“huh.”

Asher nodded sternly, and Sheeta, who had been tilting her head from the side all the time, climbed over Asher’s head

.

“Pay.”

All of a sudden, the four wings spread wide. Red eyes lit up. Before long, streaks of red light began to rise from all over the pile of rocks. Ronan’s eyes widened

.

“I can’t believe this…”

Ronan ran to the nearest beam of light, brushing off a bulging mound of dirt to reveal a shaggy face. The dwarf coughed, spitting out dirt and stones

. Cool!”

“Huh sitta you bastard…”

Ronan laughed in amazement. Blood was flowing from both nostrils of the dwarf. A red light was manifesting there. The

magic that traces the location with the spilled blood is this? The story is different. Ronan looked back at Asher and exclaimed,

“Dig only where Asher’s light comes up with telekinesis!”

“Ah Okay!”

“Sita, keep doing this and fix the injured people. Can you do it?”

“Pun!”

Sheeta cried with confidence. Asher chanted an incantation at the beams of light. Various debris floated up, revealing the figures of dwarves and humans underneath.

“Are you okay…?”

“Uh…uh…my arm…”

Sheeta circled the cave and treated the wounded. Bloodstains scattered everywhere in the form of droplets were falling off and being absorbed by Sheeta. Ronan went straight to the

footprints Instead of following him, I ran to Doron’s forge, because of what the apron-clad dwarf left before leaving:

– Hey wait…! I still have something to say…

– What? Those rocks might have come out of shit

– but I have to say this though… there are your weapons lying in the old man’s workshop.

– Our weapons?”

– Yes. It will definitely help…It’s been a while since I’ve seen Doron so excited. If he

said that, then there was no reason to refuse. The reason he came here in the first place was to receive the weapon.

Ronan will soon be a cube I was able to find a building in the shape of a building. Compared to other buildings that became rubble, it was noticeable that

they were still in good shape.

A well-crafted sword would definitely help. There was less than 100m left to the entrance door. Coo-gu-gu…! A life form that seemed to have been made by attaching various ores to a huge human being appeared.

The cave giant rose from the rubble and roared at Ronan.

“Kuaaaaaa!!”

“Nimi.”

The whole cavity roared. It was a huge guy with a height of 5m from head to toe. Ronan gritted his teeth at the foul smell of sulfur pouring out of his mouth.

“All your friends went to eat, but why are you the only one left?”

Instead of answering, the giant raised his right foot high. Ronan tugged at the hilt. bang! The giant’s feet landed on Ronan’s place.

“Kwok?”

But there was nothing beneath the giant’s feet. Ronan slipped through his legs and fired a series of sword strikes at the giant’s left ankle. Slap! Slap! Slap! The sound of stones breaking echoed in succession.

“It’s filthy hard.”

“Wow!”

The attack worked, but his hands whined. The vain giant swung his arms to catch Ronan. Ronan evaded the giant’s attack and continued to strike the same spot.

It wasn’t until he swung a total of twenty-five times that all the ores that acted as armor fell off. Ronan swung his sword at the dark gray flesh that was finally revealed.

Awesome! Along with the feeling of cutting frozen meat, yellow blood gushed out.

“Quaaaaagh!”

A loud scream broke out again. The unbalanced giant stumbled and fell.

Ronan thrust his sword deep into the eye socket before the giant’s face touched the floor. It felt like the deeply sunken tip of the sword had pierced something soft. Kwok..! The giant, who let out a scream of despair, stopped struggling and stretched out.

“Naughty bastards.”

It was fortunate that I was used to dealing with big guys. Ronan drew his sword and swung his arm like a spray. The sword body, which was covered in yellow blood and flesh, was already sharp.

There may still be more giants left. Ronan ran to Doron’s forge as quickly and stealthily as he could.

Fortunately, the new giant didn’t appear until we went inside the building. Suddenly, a question ran through Ronan’s mind.

‘But do you know what my weapon is and take it?’

Come to think of it, I didn’t hear the most important thing. But thinking about it now didn’t change anything. Ronan moved into the forge.

The nest made of weapons was still there. In the center of the nest was a brazier and a white anvil that had not been extinguished even in this division.

“Is that…?”

Ronan’s eyes widened when his gaze touched the anvil. A knife in a shape I had never seen before was lying on the anvil.

Ronan approached the knife as if possessed by something. The hilt was short and the pommel was almost absent. The long black blade was so thin that it could see through.

“Is this a sword?”

Ronan instinctively realized that it was his weapon. It was the moment when he put his finger on the blade to check his anticipation. Along with the tingling pain, there was a thin cut on the index finger.

“Write!”

It was unbelievable sharpness. The blood that flowed down his fingers dripped onto the blade. Drops of blood soaked into the sword instead of forming or slipping. Ronan’s eyes widened.

“Young rice ball man…what the hell did you make?”

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