The Academy’s Weapon Replicator - Chapter 558

Chapter 558

150 Mistiltein

While Malia was searching through shared senses,

Phil thought for a moment and then opened his mouth.

“Robert·”

“yes·”

Robert, the knight who was silently standing next to him, answered.

“While Aster is coming this way, can’t we take out Mistiltein first?”

Frondier wants Aster to get Mistiltein.

This is something that Frondia had already told Elodie, and Elodie had already shared most of the information Frondia had given her with the palace.

“I’m trying it now, but it seems like it’ll be difficult.”

“Why?”

“They say that Mistiltein is underground in the Parthenon. So I have already sent my knights there, but the poison is so strong that they cannot enter underground.”

“What if I use Aura or Healing?”

“Neither of them worked. It didn’t seem to be that kind of thing.”

At those words, Phil’s eyes narrowed.

‘It’s not just any ordinary poison. Is it the work of God?’

Philly thought·

If she were a god, she would have destroyed something like Mistiltein right away. A weapon that exists only to kill gods is obviously unacceptable.

But that wasn’t possible. Is Mistiltein a weapon that even a god wouldn’t be able to easily touch? So he spewed poison around it to keep humans from approaching it, and built a temple on top of it?

Then Robert said,

“They say that if you have divine power, you can break through that poison.”

“Divine power…? Oh, I see. If it was really a god who created the poison, then it can be defended against with divine power.”

But if that’s true, there’s another problem. Philly’s expression turned sour.

“···Now you come here and use divine powers?”

“It’s impossible.”

Just a few days ago, the Zodiacs swore to renounce their divine powers. This has rekindled the forgotten fervor of the Empire. It is absurd to say that they need divine powers again. It is not just a fraud, but a risk that they will lose their entire real power.

“Besides, the zodiacs are currently unable to move freely.”

“That’s right…”

The zodiacs are now staying in the palace, watching each other.

Because you never know when they might get hit.

There are conditions for descent, but not for possession. The Zodiac said they would give up their divine powers, but it is not that simple.

Just as humans cannot have divine powers if they want them, they cannot be abandoned if they want to.

So the zodiacs are watching each other to make sure someone isn’t possessed.

Regarding this, Aten said,

“What if they both appear at the same time? Doesn’t that seem more likely?”

I asked, and the answer was Osprey.

“It’s not just here that communication is difficult. Olympus and Asgard also have a hard time communicating with each other. They won’t be able to communicate at the same time if the timing is right.”

In other words, even if they are possessed at the same time, at most half of the zodiac, the rest can subdue that amount.

In particular, Osprey, which has no divine power, is definitely safe, so you can rest assured in that regard as well.

‘···Rather, the problem is,’

Phil glanced towards the palace conference room.

‘Iniesya·’

Elodie de Inies Lishae· She is also staying in the palace these few days· The reason is the same as the Zodiac·

But its seriousness is different from other zodiacs.

Philly had a conversation with Robert out of Elodie’s ear.

“What if Miss Elodie were possessed? What if the powers of all five gods were released?”

“First of all, Ms. Elodie herself said that it would not happen. If she has the resistance to that extent, she would have to be a god to possess it.”

“···The Lord, among her divine powers, the Lord,”

“Yes, there is Vishnu.”

Phillie frowns at him.

Even if you believe Elodie’s words, if Vishnu were to possess Elodie, that would be dangerous in itself. If a god of that level were to possess Elodie, there’s no telling what would happen.

Elodie said that if someone could use her body for five minutes, a town would be blown away without a trace.

But this is only when she uses her own power.

If Vishnu’s power joins in, and Vishnu can use all the magic that Elodie can use,

“Miss Elodie said her friend was helping her.”

“···That guy is also a god.·”

Robert nods his head. Philly’s head starts to hurt.

‘The Vedic gods are gods of another world. They may have nothing to do with this war.’

But gods are originally beings armed with caprice. They are the type that Phillie hates the most.

‘But if what Miss Elodie said is true, then those with that much resistance would not be able to possess most gods.’

What on earth is that resistance?

What is it that Elodie succeeded in resisting, and all the people called Zodiac were possessed and flown to Agoris during the last Palma incident?

“···I wish there was at least one more person. Someone who could be relied on to stop the Zodiac from going wild.”

Philly sighs

It’s a simple statement, but an extremely difficult one.

It’s about being superior to the Zodiacs who have divine powers without having divine powers. The only person who can do that right now is Osprey.

“···Monsieur Ampere, won’t you help me?·”

Ampere is still in the Loach mansion. Rumors have spread to the palace that his subjects are trembling.

Of course, that would be the case. Even if it were Phil, he wouldn’t have the courage to face Ampere now.

Philly spits out his grumbling. Robert looks straight at Philly without saying anything.

“···It’s strange·”

The voice heard at that time

It was Malia’s muttering.

“What’s going on? Malia.”

“Oh, I’m sorry, Your Majesty, I didn’t realize it.”

“It’s okay. Tell me.”

Malia said with complicated eyes at Philly’s words.

“Actually, I didn’t think I would be able to find it until now······”

“···hmm·”

Philly didn’t say much, but he thought the same thing as Malia.

Malia’s shared senses are of little help in combat except in special situations like Frondier’s ‘firecracker’. Even in Gregory’s case, he can peck at small animals with his beak, scratch with his claws, or bite them. However, Malia can only share senses, and cannot control the target.

Instead, the range of her sensory sharing reaches as far as the distant continent of Agoris, and the number of targets and precision are optimized for observation more than any other skill, and no magic can stop her sensory sharing.

Malia is using all her senses to search the empire, but she can’t find the place of worship.

“Aren’t the kids doing the research doing it roughly?”

No matter how great Malia’s sharing is, it’s useless if the person sharing it doesn’t have the research skills to do so. However, Malia shook her head.

“From what I’ve seen through visual sharing, it seems like the people who were sent are keeping a close eye on things. Besides, even if you just take a quick look at the place of worship, it’s not like you can hide it.”

It is not difficult to find one if you only consider these two conditions: a large number of people and a large space.

But I can’t find it.

“There is something I still don’t know.”

Malia thought deeply.

If this is the case, I really wonder if there isn’t a deep underground somewhere in this empire that no one knows about.

But even so, if you want to worship, you have to go in and out of there. It’s frustrating because you can’t see the path.

“You can’t stop God by finding a place to worship. He’ll come here at any moment.”

“Yeah, this is just a waste of time.”

The gods will definitely attack humans. To stop the frontier.

Blocking the place of worship is only a primary measure. The gods must have other methods. I don’t know what they are.

But whatever the method, the Empire’s current goal is simple:

─Prevent the advent of the gods until Aster has Mistiltein.

* * *

The empire is wide.

However, no one can say that when compared to the empire in its prime.

If someone’s arm is huge, then naturally that person’s whole body is huge. For that person, one of their arms is not huge at all. That’s the current state of the empire.

There was a time when the Palind Continent and the Terst Empire were the same thing. The entire continent was the empire’s territory.

However, the current empire that protected humans with a wall has handed over most of its territory to monsters.

Beyond the empire, there is a vast land that is even greater than the empire.

The area where the monsters outside are active. And even that is not enough. It is the area where the monsters still bang their heads against the walls.

But now that place,

BAM! BUZZ! KWAAAAHHH!!

It was literally falling apart like a meteorite.

“Kwaaah! Get out! Get the fuck out of here!!”

There is a man who runs around on the ground, and if that is not enough, he runs around in the air, destroying the land, trees and mountains as he pleases.

Originally, it was an area where there should be monsters from outside, but a single human was running wild as if it were his own home.

But the momentum is so ferocious and crazy that even monsters don’t go near it now. Some of the monsters that rushed in were already in a mess and became one with the ground, trees, and mountains.

“Get out of here!! Ares!!!”

Kwaaaaang!

This time, a man bangs his head on the ground. That alone causes a slight earthquake.

His gray hair grew longer and grew out unruly, and his beard hung unkempt.

Renzo, he was running wild like a madman in the middle of the outer territory.

Of course, in Renzo’s case, this expression feels a bit lacking, and to be more precise, it is more than usual.

“Hoo, hoo, hoo···!”

Renzo looks ahead with eyes that are young and full of life.

Blood was already flowing from his fists and forehead, and his clothes were all torn and ripped.

No one did this. Renzo did it himself.

No, to be exact,

[Renzo···!]

It was as if someone had guided Renzo in front of his eyes, and only Renzo could see him.

He faced Renzo with a look of almost the same anger as Renzo.

[Go now and get my spear and shield!!!]

“Why me! You crazy bastard!!”

What Renzo said isn’t all that wrong, but because Renzo said it, it somehow sounds wrong.

Ares reaches out his hand at Renzo’s shout. His hand goes up to Renzo’s head.

“Ughh …

Renzo, who is gnashing his teeth

He’s feeling really dirty right now.

It is a feeling of losing control of one’s body.

I’ve had a feeling that Ares was doing something strange since the last Palma incident, but this time it reached its peak.

In fact, even at that time, Renzo did not stop Ares’ possession.

Renzo is actually unable to resist the possession. He cannot be aware of his own soul like Frondia or Elodie. It is extremely difficult for Renzo, who does not even have that information, to resist Ares’ possession. Unless he is a genius like Elodie.

But Renzo is not a genius, but he is definitely crazy.

Kwaang!

[Ugh···!]

I hit my head on the ground again. The blood that was already flowing from my forehead is overflowing even more.

“Haha! Come here and try to steal my body! Before that, I’ll make this body half-crippled!”

[You are truly crazy!]

“I’m sick of that nonsense now!!”

Ares actually anticipated this outcome. That’s why he didn’t force himself on Palma. He anticipated that Renzo would commit suicide. There’s something that crazy people have in common.

“If I were to lose my body to someone like you for even one second, I would rather lose the use of this one arm I have left···”

Renzo stopped talking and looked away.

Renzo broke everything around here. He would have broken everything, the land, the mountains, the trees, the forests. If he could touch the sky, he would have broken it too.

Somewhere in the forest that was revealed like that

Several people were seen entering the cave with careful steps.

“···Huh?”