The Academy’s Weapon Replicator - Chapter 539

Episode 539

Chapter 146 Hell (2)

Everyone was speechless.

Belphegor, who repeated the chant until the Frondi arrived.

That is, Belphegor knew that Frondi would reach Yggdrasil, even if he did not know when.

[It’s boring, but there’s nothing to do here.]

How many times did he repeat it? Belphegor himself probably doesn’t know.

But Belphegor said as if it was nothing.

It may be a boring, dull, dull thing that doesn’t happen right away.

But it seems that there is no problem for the lazy king.

“···Belphegor, you were waiting for me to come here?”

Frondi asked:

He didn’t know what the situation was at the moment. However, Belphegor appeared at this timing. Satan’s face changed because of him.

This is a clear variable.

[Yes, I’ve been waiting for you, Frontier]

“···Why? Belphegor, what are your intentions?”

It is true that Belphegor is a new variable, but it is also true that he is also an enemy of Frondier.

The time when we fought and fought in the middle of Mangot is vivid as if it were yesterday. In the end, Frondior won, and Belphegor lost and fell from his seat of sloth.

There would be no reason for such a Belphegor to help Frondi. Rather, wouldn’t it be normal for him to be filled with resentment?

[Frondia· This is Nastrond· A place worse than Helheim· So I don’t know the situation there·]

Belphegor said:

[So, how are things going?]

“···what?”

[I decided to save humans.]

At those words, Frondi blinked for a moment, then remembered his last conversation with Belphegor.

─If you decide to save humanity, see it through to the end.

─Then I won’t come back later to eat your soul again.

It seems that it’s not just Frontier that the fight back then is as vivid as yesterday.

Belphegor asked again:

[How are things going? Are humans still beings that need to live to you?]

“······”

Frontier couldn’t answer right away.

Even after winning the war against Mangot, he went through many hardships to reach where he is now.

And most of them were movements to save humanity,

The result is always·

“···That’s right·”

Frontier answers:

I thought while answering.

Belphegor is indeed a demon. How dare he ask such a question.

[Hahaha]

Belphegor laughed briefly.

[Frontier· I am the devil· In the devil’s time, there is only evil· Therefore, everything I do is nothing but evil deeds·]

“I know very well”

Frondior answered, and Belphegor’s short laugh was heard behind him.

[I, a devil like that, to you,]

It was just a sound, but Belphegor’s smile was brighter than ever.

[Make me an offer you can’t refuse.]

When Belphegor said that, it was Satan who shouted.

[Belphegor! What are you thinking! Frondia must die here! It is the will of both the devil and the gods. You know it too!]

[No, that’s ‘you’ thinking. Satan. You have a devilish habit of carelessly using the word ‘everyone’.]

Belphegor denied it outright.

Then he said,

[Have you forgotten why I didn’t want to be king?]

[···What are you bluffing about again? It was just because I was annoyed.]

Hahaha. Belphegor laughed out loud.

[Yeah, it was annoying, the process of unifying everyone’s thoughts under me.]

[···!]

[What is it like to be a king, Satan? Isn’t it annoying? Everyone with thoughts thinks their own thoughts. How does it feel to tell them, ‘We’re moving forward with the same thoughts’? Even you yourself don’t think that way, but you’re spouting out lies and sincerity that you think that way.]

[···You bastard··· With such remarks, you are disregarding the king’s duty···!]

Satan, who has a face that matches his nickname for the first time in a while.

Belphegor spoke to Frondier again without any particular reaction, as if he was familiar with it.

[Okay, shall we begin?]

“···I don’t know what you’re talking about. What is an offer you can’t refuse? I’ll listen to it first and then decide.”

[I wanted to save Atjie]

“···!”

[Frondia, when a soul is sucked into Yggdrasil, it is not easy to maintain one’s own will. It just flows and floats like a river. You can hold out for a while, but it won’t last long. Can you find Atjie’s soul in that state?]

This is the truth that Satan has been hiding.

Even if you get the chance to save Atjie, you won’t be able to use that opportunity properly.

The devil is not a devil because he grants human wishes and eats souls.

He is a devil because he doesn’t even grant that wish properly.

Belphegor said:

[Satan, that guy is a fraud. Don’t trust him. His name alone makes it obvious that he’s a fraud. I have a better way. You don’t have to die or get sucked into Yggdrasil. Since your consciousness is clear, this is a more certain and amazing way to save Atjie. What do you think?]

Belphegor said something more deceitful than Satan’s:

[There’s no way that could happen···!]

Even Satan could not believe it and cried out:

However, from Frontier’s perspective, he has no choice but to listen to whatever happens.

“···What is that method···”

[Would you like to try?]

“Tell me the method first.”

[Oh, don’t worry, it’s the same story anyway.]

···Same story?

Are trying it and telling you how to do it the same thing?

Belphegor’s words are difficult to understand.

After that, Belphegor made another strange sound.

[Ah, ahem· Wait a minute· I need to calm my voice down a bit·]

“what?”

Frondier, who does not understand at all, hears Belphegor coughing and clearing his throat.

And then,

[···Belphegor, the Demon of Sloth, begins the contract here and now·]

Belphegor lowered his voice in response and let out a strange sound.

[The target is Frontier de Roach]

Frondior’s two eyes widened at him.

Now I know

How to get to another world without dying or using Yggdrasil.

It’s something Frondi has seen many times before.

In the palace, and on the continent of Agoris,

Summoning the devil, just the opposite

Belphegor tries to call Frondier as a demon.

Satan cried out:

[Nonsense! Frondia is a human! Trying to summon a demon to a human! Have you gone mad, Belphegor!]

[Don’t ask the devil if he’s crazy, it’s hard to answer.]

[And summoning requires a medium! And for someone of the level of Frondiar, an ordinary medium is not enough! Unless you have a Dragon Heart!]

As Satan says, there are two problems with this contract now:

One is that Frondi is not a demon.

And the summoning of the demon requires a medium of that kind.

[Frontier, how is it?]

Belphegor said:

[I can solve either one of the two.]

“···!”

[You do whatever you want with the remaining one.]

Do it somehow

Which of the two should Frontier solve?

[The hint is right in front of you]

‘What the heck are you talking about····’

Even while grumbling like that, Frondier’s brain works quickly.

From all the past he has been through, he pulls out every means to solve this problem.

─Except for the bat wings, he’s almost human from head to toe. His blood is red, and he feels a bit uncomfortable.

─Frondier, I don’t know how you killed the souls of Helheim, but the ‘power of the devil’ is not much different from that.

─From the devil’s perspective, humans who make a contract in exchange for their souls are actually scary. Ordinary humans don’t have the resolve to go that far. The souls who make such contracts are more likely to be noble. Even if they receive such souls in exchange, weak devils won’t be able to swallow them.

─The purpose is to corrupt that soul,

“···I see·”

Frondier realized and raised his head.

There is a hint right in front of his eyes.

And before his eyes·

There is Satan

“It has to fall”

[···!]

The devil, in his contract with man, seeks the corruption of man. He cannot devour a noble soul.

However, if the soul is corrupted, but still cannot be swallowed,

‘Then how does it become corrupt?’

Belphegor said:

─I am lazy, the devil of the seven deadly sins, the antithesis of God.

─Because he is a devil, he only has evil intentions.

In response to that thought,

Pfft!

Something shone in Frondier’s arms.

What Frondia took out was a circular ring.

‘What is that···?’

Satan did not know its identity.

Something that is not even in Satan’s knowledge, but a decision that contains an ominous aura even in Satan’s eyes.

It’s a golden apple.

‘···Yeah, I see·’

Frontier holds the decision,

Phew!

Soak in the river

Kwaaaa …

At that moment, the golden apple began to absorb the river water while emitting a tremendous amount of light.

The aura of death that hovers around Yggdrasil.

The water that should originally flow to the tree is eaten up by golden apples.

“Okay, eat it.”

Frontier pulled the corners of his mouth into a sly, challenging smile.

Whatever this thing is,

Swallow all of this, whatever you want to become, it doesn’t matter anymore.

No, it’s the opposite.

Frondier knew what these golden apples would eventually become.

“You will be me”

All the water in the river has dried up,

A circular ring that has become even blacker, and has become even cleaner and blacker.

Frontier swallowed·

[···hmm·]

Belphegor, who saw that, said only a short word:

[Not bad·]

Kwaaaaahhhh!!

A ferocious aura rising from Frondier’s body.

“Ugh, ugh, euaaaahh …

Frontier writhe in pain that feels like his whole body is being pierced.

“Belphegor…! If you say no now, I will kill you!”

[Haha, I want to see that sight too, but I’ll put it off until next time.]

After saying that, Belphegor started chanting again.

[This contract is to summon the demon, Frondia de Roach.]

The first problem was solved.

Then the second one·

[As a medium,]

That’s Belphegor’s job.

[Use Nidhogg’s Dragonheart]

[what···!]

Satan cried out in surprise.

[You killed that dragon…!]

He killed the dragon of Nastrond, Nidhogg. It was a shock to Satan, who knew what that simple word meant.

Belphegor didn’t react at all to that and spoke to Frondier.

[Frontier, do you know the term ‘devil’s whisper’?]

Devil’s Whisper

He who overcomes is a hero, and he who is possessed is a human being.

He who leaves his sins to the devil,

He is also a devil.

[Frondier, you called yourself a fake.]

Belphegor says with a smile:

[Come and become real]