The Academy’s Weapon Replicator - Chapter 550
Episode 550
Chapter 149 Niflheim
Frondi and Belphegor landed on the ground.
Frontier put down Selena who was carrying him.
“···hmm·”
They looked around for a moment. Soon their expressions gradually became subtle.
Frondi opened his mouth.
“That was a bit too much.”
“It’s not too much, Frontier.”
In the previous Tavern, Frondier had done something similar to this: to clear out the monsters in front of the wall.
At that time it was Excalibur, but this time it’s Gram. Excalibur will probably be superior in terms of the weapon’s destructive power.
But in the Tavern, if only Penelope’s cloth, the size of a palm, had been spilled,
This time, Frondia poured in all the mana he had, and it was a magic that combined all the mana crystals and dragon hearts. And on top of that, he even had the Black Sky that had evolved further with nine mana.
result·
“···It’s like a crushed cake. It’s like the main character threw it on the floor at a birthday party.
“Don’t try to describe it too precisely.”
If the attack at Tavern had created a crater, this one seems to have turned the ground upside down.
Belphegor whistled.
“Whew, that’s amazing. Frontier, at this rate, I’ll have to redraw the map every place you pass by.”
“Don’t tell me I do this everywhere. Have you found the root?”
“Oh, of course.”
Belphegor turned his palm upward and lifted his fingers. With that, pieces of the broken ground rose into the sky.
“At this point, there’s no need to worry about digging up all the roots. Let’s see… Yes, I see it over there.”
Belphegor pointed to a part of the ground with his finger. Frondier and Selena’s eyes turned towards it.
“···?”
But they both tilted their heads together.
Their eyes couldn’t see what the tree roots were. The part Belphegor pointed to was the lower part where the ground was turned upside down. So it was just a deeper layer. Unlike the ground above, the lower part was white.
“Where are the tree roots over there?”
“When you try to find your roots, you can’t see them. Expand your horizons.”
“···I told you to expand your field of vision, no way···”
Frontier’s eyebrows furrowed.
Belphegor laughed playfully.
“Yes, that ‘stratum’ is the root of Yggdrasil.”
Belphegor raised both arms this time. As the hands he had gathered in the middle stretched out to both sides, the broken ground split left and right along with him.
Beneath it, the white land that Belphegor had said would be the root gradually appeared.
How much debris did Belphegor clear?
“···oh my god·”
Selena let out a sound of admiration. The white thing that she thought was the ground had a clear end. I don’t know if it’s right to call it a root, but..
Selena turned her head slightly and scanned it from the left end to the right end. It was thick enough to do that.
“···Is that a tree root?”
“Yes. It’s one of the many roots of Yggdrasil. If you look at it, there’s a thicker side and a thinner side. We just need to go towards the thicker side.”
At those words, Frondi looked at the roots for a while and then asked:
“···But, the trunk of the Yggdrasil I saw was thick, but not this thick. Is the root of Yggdrasil thicker than the trunk?”
“That statement is half true and half false.”
Belphegor said:
Frondior’s eyes narrowed.
Now this question is half right and half wrong, what do you mean half thick? This guy who is full of nothing but pretense
“It’s only half thick.”
“What?”
“Think about it. Yggdrasil is the tree that connects the worlds. Its trunk is everywhere. How do you think that’s possible? Do you think the worlds happen to be in such a vertical shape that one trunk runs through them all?”
At those words, Frondi and Selena thought for a moment,
“huh·”
“Wasn’t it like that?”
He answered:
Belphegor pursed his lips and said:
“···That would be great, but the secret lies in the way Yggdrasil grows.”
“How to grow?”
“Yggdrasil has roots that extend deep into the ground, and many stems grow from different places. Frondia. What you saw is one of the many stems that grow from the roots. It is the stem that extends to your human world. So some stems are thinner than the roots, and some are thicker.
Frondier gradually tilted his head at those words and said as if he understood.
“Aha, like a maple tree.”
In the case of the zelkova tree, each tree grows from roots in the ground. That’s how a forest is formed. Even though they look like individual trees when viewed from above the ground, they are all connected by roots underground.
Even if one tree dies, the roots do not die, and the next tree just grows.
In a similar way, the famous aspen tree is said to be so old that the lifespan of the entire forest is not yet known, because it sprouted a long time ago and has not yet died. It is said to be 80,000 years old.
“For a tree like that, Yggdrasil is very sparse. It’s not enough to make a forest.”
“I don’t know. From Yggdrasil’s perspective, it might not be sparse.”
“···That’s a scary sound·”
From Yggdrasil’s perspective, this is an appropriate amount of growth. There is one line in each world.
“Anyway, it’s this way.”
Belphegor stood on the tree roots and pointed in the direction the roots stretched out.
“The roots are getting thicker as you go this way.”
“···okay?”
Honestly, from Frontier’s perspective, I don’t know if the roots are getting thicker because they are so thick.
“···It seems that way to me too·”
But Selena seems to be able to tell the difference. Frondi nodded at her words.
“Then this must be right.”
“You little punk, why don’t you believe what I say?”
“You are the devil.”
“Yeah, you have to trust what your fellow countrymen say.”
“······”
Frontier, whose head is spinning for a moment.
“But if that’s the way it grows, there’s no guarantee that a stem will grow in the direction of thickening. A stem can grow from anywhere in the root.”
“Don’t worry, there are some rules.”
“rule?”
“The trunk of Yggdrasil grows from the thickest root in the world, at least. It is the only trunk in the world, so it grows from the place where it is best supplied with nutrients.”
“···I understand·”
So the three of them flew again. In Selena’s case, she had a hard time facing the wind while riding on Frontier’s back, but she soon seemed to get used to it.
On the way, Belphegor said:
“I’m telling you this just in case, but don’t think things will go smoothly like this forever.”
“I don’t think about that at all. Rather, I find it strange that things have been going smoothly so far.”
Frondi answered, and Selena, who was being carried, also had a tense expression.
“Frondier’s path must have been predicted. Satan and other gods must have led him here. They failed to kill Frondier, but they know his purpose.”
Frondia goes to rescue Atzi. There is only one way. The other gods probably know what Belphegor is thinking.
So then why haven’t you been disturbed until now?
“It means that there is no need to waste energy.”
“What does that mean?”
“At the end of this root, another stem of Yggdrasil will be waiting for you.”
“Who is waiting?”
“Who could it be? The master of Niflheim?”
At those words, Frondior’s eyes lowered.
“···Hella·”
Hela, the goddess who rules over Helheim. Helheim is originally located within Niflheim, so it is only natural that Hela is here.
Belphegor asked:
“Are you familiar with that woman? She also has the mana of Helheim.”
“Yes, it’s a name I miss.”
“I don’t miss it that much.”
Selena muttered with a dark face.
“I still feel my blood boil when I think about how that woman almost killed Frondier.”
Belphegor laughed at that.
“Haha, you have a good subordinate, Frontier.”
“Not a subordinate”
“Then what is it?”
“······”
Frontier’s mouth stopped.
Belphegor shrugs and flies forward again.
“···Then what is it?”
But Selena asked:
She just didn’t let it go·
Frondier said with a subtle expression:
“Well·”
“Frontier, you are the worst man ever.”
The evaluation has fallen to the bottom. Where has all the trust built up so far gone?
“To evade an answer like that is not like you, Frondia.”
“This is not an evasion. It’s an honest answer.”
“Is that an honest answer?”
“okay·”
Frondi sighed, anguish written on his face.
“Because I don’t know”
“······”
Selena blinked at him.
It was a question that the previous Frontier would have answered.
Selena is Frondier’s escort, his disciple in the ancient language, and a student in the same class.
Just pick one and answer. It must have been Frontier.
But Frondier said now:
I don’t know
“···okay·”
There, Selena also kept her mouth shut without asking any more questions.
Frondier asked Belphegor to change the subject.
“The roots of Yggdrasil don’t necessarily grow in a straight line, so is it okay to set the direction like this?”
“Didn’t you see how big it was just now? Even if it was a little bent, we’d have to fly a long way before we could feel it.”
After saying that, Belphegor looked at Frondi and smiled.
“If you’re so anxious, why don’t you just smash the ground again? Then you’ll know for sure.”
“···Oh my·”
At those words, Frondier’s eyes changed, and this time Belphegor’s expression hardened.
“No, I’m joking. Making a fuss once is enough.”
“I thought it was a good idea?”
“There’s no good in just destroying the ground. I had no choice because I had to find my roots. But I don’t plan on continuing to do that as I go.”
“Why? Are you worried about being caught? The gods will know what we’re thinking anyway. Besides, we’ll meet Hela when we get there anyway.”
Belphegor said in a low voice at Frondier’s words:
“That’s not it. The problem is the giant.”
“what?”
“You’ve probably heard of it before. There are giants in Niflheim. They are as dangerous as the gods. No, in some ways, they are more dangerous than the gods.”
There are giants in Niflheim.
Of course, I’ve heard of Frontier too.
No, it’s not just Frontier, it’s also one of the things we teach our students at Constell.
Giants appear in many worlds, including Niflheim, Jotun, and Muspelheim. The same goes for the Titans on Olympus.
But at that time, I thought of giants as literal giants.
But now it’s different.
“Giant is human. Aren’t humans who resisted God called giants?”
Now Frondia knows the true identity of the giants. They are those who resisted the gods in the past and are also revered as heroes.
Belphegor smiled bitterly at him.
“Yes, that’s right. Your thoughts are correct.”
“Is that accurate?”
“The giants here in Niflheim are also human beings.”
“···what?”
Frondier asked back, and Belphegor tried to explain in more detail,
“Tsk…”
Clicked his tongue
“If you’re so curious, go see for yourself.”
Belphegor turned his gaze downwards.
Frondier followed the gaze and looked down.
Towering·
“Whoa!”
Selena let out a short scream in surprise.
Because the frontier stopped mid-flight.
“What is that?”
“···Frontier, time is of the essence. I can’t waste time on every single thing.”
“Belphegor·”
Frondier looked at Belphegor with life-threatening eyes.
“I’m still human. Are you telling me to just leave after seeing that?”
“······”
Belphegor sighed.
“Okay, watch it until you get sick of it.”
At those words, Frondier went down to the ground.
The place where he stood
“······”
Frontier looks around.
He looked around him with frosty eyes.
There are humans there
People who don’t move
“···Frontier, I won’t lie. There’s no need to do that.·”
Belphegor says:
“Have you heard the myths? They say there are frozen humans in Niflheim.”
“···That, surely·”
Frontier sees humans who do not move.
These are not frozen
These are just·
“It’s true, Frontier”
“······”
“It’s Pantemonium.”