The Academy’s Weapon Replicator - Chapter 159

Academy’s Weapon Replicator Episode 159

Chapter 52 Workshop (4)

I entered the workshop and opened the hidden door in the floor.

It was an ordinary floor that you could never tell by eye until you opened it, but when you pushed back with force, the gap in the floor that appeared to be one split apart, revealing the entrance to the basement.

Perhaps it is possible to hide the floor in this way because this workshop is not real but a skill. In reality, even if it was closed, cracked lines on the floor would have been visible. No matter how well it is made.

Long stairs to the basement. I slowly went down the stairs. There didn’t seem to be a light source somewhere, but I could see clearly ahead. Is this also a skill?

‘long.’

The enormous height of the underground seen from the outside. As if to prove that, the stairs going down were very long. My footsteps echoed loudly as I descended into the huge cavity.

And when I came down the stairs, there was a huge door in front of me.

‘Is this really a door for people to enter and exit?’

The door was needlessly grand and huge. It was literally a door that filled the entire height of the basement.

I walked up to the door and touched it. Even if I applied force, it didn’t budge. Well, looking at the size of this door, it must be incredibly heavy, so it seems natural that it won’t open.

‘But it’s my skill.’

Does it make sense that the owner of the skill cannot open the door?

There is a hidden door to enter the basement, and even if you go downstairs to find it, there is another door blocking the inside. It seems like they really want to hide what’s inside.

Faaah!

Then the door lit up. Light filled from the outside to the inside, as if flowing along the waves carved on the door.

When the light filled all the patterns, the patterns were completed into one sentence.

“…I guess so.”

The completed sentence was written in an ancient language.

[I am the manager of truth and the arranger of the world.]

“…somewhere in this sentence.”

Yes, the first dungeon I went to with Cybel Aster Queenie Jane. This is what the stone statue in the sanctuary there said.

Then at the end of this sentence.

[Name a god you believe in.]

“As expected.”

However, the stone statue in the sanctuary said after this, ‘I will give you the honor of facing God.’

If you don’t say that, does that mean you can’t face God even if you say you believe in God?

‘Is this door by any chance the original? Did the statue slightly modify this?’

I was the one who cleared that dungeon.

I didn’t know how to clear it, but it just happened to be.

But regardless of clearing, there is always only one answer to this question.

“I don’t believe in God.”

I recited the words in ‘ancient language.’

Immediately after speaking.

The kugugu

door made a heavy sound and moved on its own. As if welcoming my visit or tempting me inside.

‘During the dungeon and now. The correct answer is this.’

When I cleared the dungeon, I didn’t have time to think about it, so it just passed by.

When I think about it now, that dungeon is very strange.

On this continent, sanctuaries are not found only in dungeons. Sanctuaries are hidden in various dungeons and areas that people have not yet explored.

And the sanctuary rewards those who meet it for the first time. The reward of being able to face God. The player, Aster Evans, finds the sanctuary, meets Baldur, and receives his help.

However, most shrines have nothing to do with clearing dungeons. If you look at it from the game’s perspective, it’s like bonus points.

However, the only dungeon I went to first had the sanctuary as a clear condition. You must also answer that you do not believe in God.

‘A stone statue can tell a person’s divine power. ‘Lying doesn’t work.’

In other words, as long as the main character of this game is Aster, the player can never solve the dungeon. There is no way Aster, who receives Baldur’s divine power, would say ‘I don’t believe in God,’ and even if he said it, there would be no way the statue would believe him.

However, in this world where God exists, there is no one who can say that they do not believe in God, so it is difficult to expect a solution from someone else who does not have divine power.

So from the beginning, ‘I was the only one who could solve the dungeon

.’

A person from another world. I am the only one from a world where it is not strange to not believe in God.

Questions and answers as if we knew the existence of another world.

A contradiction in which the real answer is to reject God while offering the reward of facing the God you believe in.

What is the purpose of this question?

‘Will I be able to find out when I go in?’

I slowly stepped inside with some expectations and concerns.

As I came down the stairs, I expected it, but inside was a huge cavity. However, there was something at the end of each wall of fire. I walked slowly along the wall.

“…Is this a stone statue?”

As I approached the wall, I saw detailed carved stone statues. Almost all of the stone statues had human shapes and were about the same height as me. In other words, it seemed to be adjusted to the height of an actual person.

‘These are faces I feel like I’ve seen before.’

I don’t remember the stone statues, but they looked somewhat familiar. However, since it was a stone statue and not a real person, it was not easy to remember exactly who it was. Are these people who came across this while looking for information about the game?

There were endless rows of stone statues, piled on top of each other. Indeed, the number was such that an area as large as this underground was needed.

and.

“…what is this.”

I saw.

Among the many stone statues, I passed by the ones that I thought were familiar and I found one that I could never ignore, and I froze in place.

I stared at it as if nails were stuck in my eyes.

Goosebumps slowly rose from my fingertips, and an eerie wind blew past me. I couldn’t figure out where my emotions were heading in the end.

I simply recited as if confirming once again the identity of the statue I was looking at.

“…Merlin.”

Grand Wizard Merlin.

I met him in the sacred forest of Tayvon, and he was standing as a stone statue.

The other statues were vague, but Merlin, who had encountered them in person, could clearly tell.

‘Yes, Merlin is dead. ‘Merlin in the forest was a fantasy created by a dream.’

Even so, why is the statue of Merlin here? What is the relationship between these numerous stone statues and Merlin

? for a moment.’

Only then did I realize something and looked around again. I looked back on the path I had taken and checked the faces of the stone statues I had passed by.

‘…Definitely.’

I knew. Why do these stone statues look familiar? Even though they look familiar, why do they not immediately come to mind?

“Heroes.”

Heroes who achieved great achievements and passed away in Etius’ distant past history.

The numerous stone statues I was seeing were all heroes from legends.

“Archmage Merlin Bellerophon Sigurd Roland…”

Since I thought they were all heroes, I could guess the identities of each one. Of course, I don’t remember all the heroes, but the famous heroes gradually came to mind when I saw their statues. The depiction of the stone statue was that elaborate.

“…King Arthur.”

And in front of me, who stopped walking again, was King Arthur.

Arthur Pendragon. A legendary king who accompanied the Knights of the Round Table.

He left a message to Merlin. ‘For the giant who will destroy the gods’ written in ancient language.

But Merlin did not know the ancient language. So Arthur probably wasn’t saying anything to Merlin. I left those words for someone who will come to Merlin someday.

I didn’t understand what that meant though.

It seems like the meaning is coming to light little by little.

‘Most myths have giants.’

Titans of Greek mythology and Jotuns of Norse mythology. Strangely enough, they are both in a position of opposition to God. The protagonists who brought the gods to the brink of collapse or their downfall.

If there was a conflict between gods and giants in this game as well.

Those words that King Arthur left as if he were revering a giant may be.

The hero is either on the side of the giant or.

‘Giant is another name for hero.’

Throughout the long history of Etius, there has been a distinction between giants and heroes. Giants are ‘evil’ who try to kill God, and heroes are ‘good’ who try to protect humans.

But if the two are actually the same being.

“…Is this compensation?”

It’s a shame that it’s not a reward for battle or magic.

It seems like an even bigger harvest has been achieved.

I knew the identity of weaving.

“Yeah, weaving wasn’t made for fighting in the first place.”

If you think about it, it’s natural.

What is created through weaving is essentially an illusion.

I’m using things like Black Heaven and Menosorpho to use them in battle somehow.

Of course that wasn’t the original intention.

The third floor above ground where each weapon and armor tool is displayed by type.

And a huge basement where heroes are kept in stone statues.

Weaving was not a skill to be used as a weapon.

From the beginning, its identity was an archive.

In order to prevent it from disappearing no matter what happens, to convey to future generations the truth that history and time have hidden.

I saw King Arthur again.

“…I hope we can meet someday.”

Stone statues of countless heroes sleeping in my workshop.

I would like to hear what they have to say someday.

They gave me a lot of hints, but there’s still a lot I don’t know.

In the end, in order to clear this game, the day will come when you will have to uncover the truth that the world is hiding.

* * *

Heldre died and the Indus, which had clung to it like a leech, disintegrated.

Afterwards, Constell’s life was nothing but peaceful for Frontier.

According to the original game, the Indus revolution would have occurred a long time later, but it collapsed quickly, so the boring days continued as if the schedule was empty.

Of course, from Frontier’s perspective, it secured invaluable time for maintenance.

First of all, Frontier has reduced its overly tight daily schedule. It would be a big problem if I fell asleep unexpectedly like last time. At that time, I was lucky. If the timing wasn’t right, the Indus personnel would have woken up first and missed it again.

Do it in a way that does not cause fatigue, but so that weaving and training with Atjie can continue. These were Frontier’s basic guidelines.

Other named characters also worked harder in training during the second semester than ever before. In particular, Aster’s growth was remarkable.

‘It may just be a rumor, though.’

Aster thought. There was a rumor that caught his ear recently.

It was a rumor that Frontier was deeply involved in the collapse of the Indus.

Having suffered from false rumors in the past, he decided not to be swayed by rumors that had no source or evidence, but Frondier’s rumors were a different story.

‘I guess my thoughts were right.’

Because Aster was suspicious of Frontier from the beginning.

Frontier was left out of the school trip.

It was under the pretense of volunteer work, and I actually worked as a lifeguard, but that alone was not enough to completely shake off suspicion. Except for the Lifeguard, I couldn’t find Frondier anywhere.

Above all, the process by which the Indus collapsed is strange.

Originally, it seemed like Constel had carried out the operation, but the place where they were eventually arrested was Heldre’s mansion. In other words, it is the enemy’s stronghold.

At the time, most of the teachers in Constel were busy leading their students back to Constel from Cropol, so how were they able to capture all the Indus personnel? Plus Zodiac Heldre.

‘I can’t fall behind.’

The Frontier destroyed the Indus.

It doesn’t matter whether this absurd rumor is true or false. For Aster, it just serves as burning material to grow.

Perhaps other people had similar thoughts, as Aten, Cybel, and others’ eyes also changed.

To keep up, to stay close, to protect him.

Each person’s purpose was slightly different, but the task to be done was clear.

Becoming stronger.

The passion of the named characters burned into a huge fire due to the presence of Frontier.

——Time passes.

The midterm and final exams of the second semester have passed.

The process was ordinary. Frondier was able to secure a perfect score in the written test thanks to weaving, and in the practical test, Frondier was now in a position to determine a certain ranking.

And the final exams of the second semester meant something else.

A continent whose temperature gradually drops depending on the season. A huge cold wave slowly flowed down from the north.

winter. The season when the monsters outside become more ferocious and move south to trample on human territory.

The empire sends more soldiers to the wall, and the people inside pray every day that the wall will not collapse, and the people protecting the wall prepare for death.

When the final exams were over and the winter break arrived at Constell like it always did.

Knock

Frontier knocks on a door.

After hearing the response from inside, I slowly open the door and make eye contact with the owner of the room.

Ampere de Roach. As the head of the family, he sees Frontier’s peaceful face. They both know each other’s thoughts, and they know better than anyone else that they have no intention of compromising.

Frondier said, looking into Ampere’s eyes that made his lion-like skin tremble.

“Please take me to the wall.”