I Killed an Academy Player - Chapter 143
Preparation (1)
To discuss the life of Merkava freshman Germain Luther, we must start from the monastery.
One day, a newborn baby was left in a basket at the entrance to the Michaela Monastery.
He was taken in by a priest who was a devout believer and grew up under the care of nuns among boys and girls who gathered for similar reasons.
From a young age, he volunteered in the choir with his extraordinary singing ability, and when his qualities as a knight were revealed, he was raised as a member of the Boy’s Cross Charge.
Putting aside the issue of faith, the anachronistic education of the old denomination. Goidel’s fundamentalist interpretation of the Bible. With his apostate views on the new denomination… that is, Protestantism, this boy grew up to be a very good religiousist.
It may be true among brothers who share the same faith, but in a society where non-religionists and Protestants are mixed, it is difficult to receive positive attention even with empty words.
No, even considering the same faith, it is difficult for extremists to mix in with a group. Especially if the extremist is also an elitist.
“Uh… let’s go to the cathedral together? I go to the cathedral!”
“Um… I’m not educated. Sorry.”
“Old Church? I only go to the church where Saint Estelle goes.”
“Catholic school… no.”
Naturally, Germain became a voluntary asshole who ostracized everyone.
“Ha… After all, it is difficult to find true believers in a city as corrupt as Merkava.”
Evangelism, which can be said to be the duty of church members, is still far away today. Just as he was about to take a shaky step, clutching the brass-colored rosary the church had given him.
“Hey newbie. What are you doing alone?”
A boy surprises me from behind and gives me a friendly shoulder hug. To be exact, he is a second year senior.
“Senior Corrin?”
“Are you going to church?”
“Oh yes…”
“Zeon? Or Zeruem?”
Zeon and Zeruem. It is the official name that divides Protestantism and Catholicism.
The world conveniently calls them Protestantism and Catholicism, but many Catholic believers are dissatisfied with these names.
‘Old’ school. They are not outdated. We are simply adhering to long-standing principles and doctrines.
Still, just by classifying him into Zeon and Zeruem like this, the evaluation of Corin within Germain went up.
“This is Jeruem.”
“Really? Ah, that brass-colored rosario. Did I ask you something unnecessary?”
While the new denominations do not hide their splendor and distribute rosaries made of gold and silver, the old denominations nominally promote integrity and poverty, so they use inexpensive brass rosaries.
It seems that there is enough religious knowledge to know these differences.
“I’m going towards Zeon.”
“Are you planning on going to Jeruem Cathedral?”
Germain objectively evaluated this man highly.
A first-class article that is rare even across all grades. He is the leader of the Guardians, where many strong players are members.
Aside from being competent, he has close contacts throughout the academy, so there is no harm in getting to know him, but he is the type of person that makes you feel good about him as a person.
If there’s something unfortunate about such a great talent…
“That can’t be possible. One of my friends is a Zeon nun. Even though I’m not a believer, it would be a bit unreasonable to take her to Zeruem.”
“Hmm….”
This means that you are making the wrong friends.
The nun from the Church of Zeon he just mentioned is the result of evil research that turned living humans into jiangshi. It’s ginger.
One of the biggest differences between Catholicism and Protestantism. The question is whether to accept demons as humans or reject them as monsters.
According to Catholic doctrine, demons were never acceptable.
Hwaran… is not just the living Jiangshi. The boy maintains close relationships with beings that the Catholic Church cannot tolerate, including the vampire Marie and the werewolf beasts Len and Ron.
This is truly unfortunate.
“How about going to the cathedral and then going on a mission? There’s a request for the Guardians, but the other guys aren’t enough.”
“I…”
“I know, I know. It’s an apprenticeship. First-year classes are tight, right? If you build up your track record at Guardians, you can be exempted from some classes.”
“Hmm…”
Germain infiltrated Merkava as a spy. For him, his track record as a guardian, allowing him to be exempted from classes and assignments, is a honey apple that is difficult to pass up.
Above all, Corrin’s Guardians are a group of Guardians that can soon be promoted to level 1 thanks to their outstanding members. If you work for such a large group of Guardians, you will have many opportunities to obtain information…
“What… is it about?”
“It seems that a den of monsters was discovered near a village about 70km away from here. This is a mission to deal with it as soon as possible.”
“…It’s a long way. Don’t long-distance missions like this usually be handled by the Association?”
“It’s okay. I have a secret weapon.”
“???”
………
……
…
-Kyaaaaa…!
“Aaaah…!”
The roar of a beast flying across the vast sky. Human screams mixed with this.
“Save me…!”
Although Germain was a second-class knight, he was distracted by the flight of this violent and rough beast.
“Ugh…!”
Germain, who was not used to flying wyverns, almost fell out of the wyvern stirrups.
“Oh my!”
At that dizzying moment, Corin grabs my hand in time.
“Be careful. Your seatbelt is fastened, right?”
“Ugh… yes. But I can’t see.”
The problem from earlier was that strong wind was blowing through the flight goggles. The strong wind made the corners of my eyes wet and obscured my vision.
“Oops. There’s a crack in the goggles. I dropped it last time and it looks like it got damaged then. Hwaran.”
“huh.”
The girl in a nun’s uniform in the front seat responds to Corinne’s words. Germain was uncomfortable with Hwaran, a demon, but Corin was reluctant to show it openly.
“Hold on to the reins. Get me some spare goggles.”
Corin quickly took out a pair of goggles from the backpack hanging on the wyvern.
“Use this.”
“Thank you… Ugh…”
Germain tried to take the goggles Corin gave him, but he struggled because his eyes were covered with tears. The wind was so strong that my vision was blurry even when I wiped away my tears.
“Junior Eoyu. Stay still.”
Corin held Germain’s face, wiped away the tears that were flowing down with his sleeve, and gently put on the goggles.
When he finally regains his vision, he sees a senior with a wild smile in front of him.
“From now on, we will be using the Wyvern for long-distance travel, so get used to it. We haven’t used it often, but there is a flight instructor at the aviary, so we learn whenever we can.”
“Oh, I understand.”
“boy.”
My hair, which I had put down with great care, became matted randomly due to the wyvern flight. Corrin shook it even more.
“Wear your belt tightly. Wear it well so that the strap of the goggles does not press on your ears.”
Corinne tightens Germain’s belt like a nanny and presses the goggle button. Here, they even open a sweet chocolate bar and hand it to you.
“Flying consumes a surprising amount of calories. You need to stay alert, so eat them.”
“Thank you.”
This is what I’ve felt over the past few days, but this boy… I’m used to taking care of someone. Should I call it a calling?
It was famous even among first graders. He is a kind and good brother.
If it weren’t for hanging out with demons, Germain would have wholeheartedly agreed to that.
………
……
…
I almost died.
A worm that appeared out of nowhere in the cave he went into after chasing a group of monsters was about to swallow him.
I don’t think I would lose in a head-to-head fight, but in a narrow cave like this, the worm is a monster that is more dangerous than its rating.
“……are you okay?”
A nun in a silver rosary extending her hand. Germain, who knew she was a dirty demon, reflexively tried to move her hand away, but stopped when he saw the torn nun’s clothes.
Traces of the worm throwing itself away the moment it attacked and being bitten by its large teeth. If it weren’t for the Dutch, Germain might have been cut in half and died.
“Thank you, senior.”
“huh.”
Germain is moral enough to turn away the outstretched arm of his benefactor.
“I heard it was definitely a goblin’s cave, but why are the worms…”
“It’s not just a goblin’s cave.”
Corin bows her head low as if she has noticed something and does the best. He seemed to be wary of something.
“Seniors?”
“Hold on tight. There’s… something in here.”
“Something…?”
“Predators do not share the same nest with prey animals. Goblins and worms living together in the same cave? Isn’t this a very suspicious situation?”
surely. Even if they are the same monster, unless they are of the same race… No, even if they are of the same race, there is no forgiveness if they invade their territory.
Isn’t the wild ecology inherently hostile to anything that invades its home ground?
“It would be a different story if both goblins and worms were ‘familiars.’”
“Familiar…”
Refers to beasts engraved with wizards’ servant techniques. Perfectly obedient familiars are puppets that simply follow their master’s orders.
“Here… there’s a wizard.”
“That’s right. There are quite a few wizards who build laboratories and study evil magic near this secluded town.”
Damn sneaky wizards. Unlike noble religious people, magicians crazy about profit and experimentation did not hesitate to do unbelievable things.
Isn’t this one of the reasons why inquisitors, regardless of Catholicism or Protestantism, especially condemn wizards?
At that moment, Germain was also paying attention and heading towards the cave. Corin raised his hand to stop them.
“Hwaran.”
“huh.”
“Knock them all down. If there are wizards, capture them alive.”
“okay.”
The next moment, Hwaran started running through the cave. bang! Kwasik! Yes you bastard! Do you know who I am… Wow!
As Corin expected, this was a wizard’s laboratory. It was also a place where very terrible experiments were carried out.
“Crazy…”
It was a terrible sight.
Tanks full of culture fluid were spread out all over the place, and animals emitting a black aura were being cultivated within them.
I don’t know what it is, but there is no doubt that evil experiments are being carried out here.
“Take a look around there. We can’t take everything, so if there are important documents, you have to find them and submit them to the association.”
While Corin and Hwaran moved the captured wizard and the cultivated monsters, Germain secured the wizard’s experiment log.
Those who conduct such evil experiments must be punished by the Church’s Inquisitors. As a faithful religious person, he could not stand by this evil act.
“huh?”
Meanwhile, a document caught his eye.
“This is…”
A message sent by someone to the wizard who was conducting an experiment. The seal engraved on wheat paper is too hard to just pass over…
It’s a brass-colored seal without any patterns.
Zeruem knows this seal. This is because it was a seal used by secret departments such as the Cross Assault Team that carry out secret work.
When holy power is injected into this patternless seal… a brass-colored inverted cross appears… a seal for martyrs.
“Why… here?”
Germain trembled as he opened the envelope with the reverse cross engraved on it and read the contents.
“To the wizard of the Magic Tower, Geram… who is needed for your experiment… please do not kidnap me. We will soon send boys under the age of 13. -R.」
This patterned handwriting… was the signature of someone he knew.
* * * *
“Are you gone?”
“Yeah. What… I hid it.”
Immediately after robbing the warlock’s secret laboratory, he deliberately entrusted Germain with the search for the laboratory.
The secret message of Old Church Bishop Renaud Lijunan is also found in the quest of [Arhann Heroes Legend].
The story behind the quest is only explained in the game. Although it was only one of the text documents, in reality it was shocking evidence that could lead to an inquisition.
“What do you think?”
“Well… we’ll have to wait and see.”
In the previous episode, Germain Luther was a villain, not a villain.
As the game progressed , If he is discovered to be a spy, he is a fairly strong named character who appears as a mid-boss along with Renault Lijunan and the Catholic Crusade Knights. Although he is good at heart, he
was a case of miseducation since he was young. In
any case, he is a guy with one foot in the door of fanaticism. It remains to be seen whether he will hide his sect’s corruption or impeach Renault Lijunan.
Unlike the game, in the real world, all humans behaved organically.
“Hwaran, you move the evidence here with Germain. Stop it from going deeper.”
“If you ask me where I went?”
“Say I went to poop.”
– Puck!
I got my butt kicked. Anger these days… No, anger doesn’t go with my jokes. Is it puberty?
“Anyway, here I am. There is.”
Leaving behind his calm anger, he heads deeper into the wizard’s secret laboratory.
[You have stopped the evil experiment of the warlock Geram. The rewards of the precepts will be distributed.]
[Randolph]
※ Difficulty: D+
※ Reward
– 10 points equally distributed
Randolph. This is the name of the soldier guarding the Cathedral of Jeruem. He is the main character of the side quest [Father who lost his son]. Renaud
Lijunan kidnapped several children to support the secret experiments of the warlock Geram. I sent it to them, and one of them is Randolph’s young son. The
reason I came here was to solve the quest in advance before it occurred. And… if you defeat the magic tower wizards, these precepts will be cleared. I am here
. I remembered the system message that appeared when I arrived.
[Doron Warsky has defeated Blue Mage Filene. The rewards of the Precepts will be distributed.]
[Cranel Luden has defeated Golem Engineer Dreven. The rewards of the Precepts will be distributed. .]
[Yuel has prevented the plan of the corrupted druid Zana. The rewards of the precepts are distributed.]
This is proof that the members of the Guardians are working hard. Based on the information I gave, side quests that occur after Act 5 may occur. I’m hitting the player before.
Most of it is related to the wizards of the Magic Tower, and evil deeds from all over will be revealed one after another.
‘There’s still something big left. Just wait a little longer.’
Thanks to this, my precepts rewards are coming in steadily, but these are originally ‘side quests’ that players clear legitimately.
In other words, there are rewards for the player.
The warlock here, Geram, who I suppressed, is quite important among the forces to come to paradise. He was a guy who was conducting experiments. His level was at the level of a semi-first-level wizard.
What was this guy here researching? I know the answer.
Moreover, deep inside the cave. Now, the sound of wind coming from the blocked path where nothing can be seen. .
Slam! He kicks it and knocks it down. Perhaps because he is an intelligent wizard, when he overcomes the flimsy disguise, he feels the energy flowing out from the hidden inside. These are things that were witnessed once in this episode as well. Danan, who has now disappeared from this
continent
. The traces of paradise left behind as it collapsed.
“I found it.”
“The white-footed, four-headed monster. Mata’s head.”