The Academy’s Weapon Replicator - Chapter 169

Academy’s Weapon Replicator Episode 169

Chapter 54 Remnants of Talent (6)

I was watching Laurier inside the workshop.

Originally, the workshop was not about weaving, but rather it was saved as an image as my skill from the beginning.

An intruder inside is clearly visible.

‘It looks like Laurier can’t see the inside of the workshop.’

When I first entered the workshop, I could see the inside was clean and clear. I knew it was a place where not a single ray of light could leak in, but the inside was bright nonetheless.

But that’s my position and I don’t think it’s Laurier’s as an outsider.

“Mana consumption… isn’t that different?”

The workshop is essentially a storage warehouse. In order to move the objects inside, a certain amount of mana is needed.

However, because it is in it from the beginning, it is much faster than weaving it in reality.

Above all, the enemy cannot go out, and I can play with the opponent from a safe position, so it is absolutely evil.

…I don’t think this was its original purpose.

“Then slowly.”

I opened the door to the workshop.

The door opened smoothly without even making the usual squeak. Maybe that’s normal for workshops.

And in front of me, as I walked slowly,

there was Laurier, who was repeating,

“Huh, huh…” in a faint breathing sound.

Laurier is tied to the weapon I fired and is unable to move his limbs. Most of the weapons were spears, and the arms and legs were unable to move because they were caught on spear poles that shot out in three directions.

If I had to describe it, it looks like a mannequin is being hung on a clothesline to dry.

“Hmm, your face doesn’t look good.”

When I opened my mouth, Laurie raised her face in my direction. This place was definitely too dark for Laurier’s eyes.

Still, the look in his eyes hasn’t died yet. Even though he couldn’t see exactly where I was, his eyes were bright with anger and hostility towards me.

No matter what, it should be like that.

“You weren’t hurt, right? “I thought I dodged and aimed well.”

“…You let your guard down, Frontier.”

Laurier muttered something. Laurier was smiling in remorse, wondering if he had let his guard down.

The moment I made eye contact with Laurier, her green eyes lit up. The pupil opened wide, revealing a unique pattern within the pupil. Intense magical power boiled from its eyes and rushed towards me.

“Frondier de Roach, this restraint right now”

“I’m sorry, but it doesn’t work.”

I cut off the confident Laurier. Laurier’s expression hardened. The change in expression was so drastic that I felt somewhat sorry.

Laurier’s specialty is ‘hypnosis’. It is a slightly different ability from Edwin’s emotional changes from Hephaestus and Serph’s business card. To put it bluntly, it is the ability to make the opponent ‘drunk’.

It does not require special conditions like Hephaestus or Serph, but it is less mandatory.

Laurier’s hypnosis is still more powerful than other common methods, and is excellent enough to create a new personality when used as self-hypnosis.

“It doesn’t work well with people you already know. “We had to launch a surprise attack, but that also failed.”

Laurier might have thought it was a surprise attack, but to me, who already knew, it wasn’t a surprise attack or anything.

‘…But I didn’t know it wouldn’t work to this extent.’

I was a little nervous reading The Nature of Hypnosis. Just in case, he was also wearing an auror. I knew that the hypnosis would be mild, even if not strong, and I promised myself that I would wake up right away.

But it didn’t work at all. If it had worked at all, Laurier wouldn’t have made that kind of expression.

‘Could this simply mean that Laurier’s hypnosis was weaker than expected?’

“…Kill me, you crazy bastard.”

Laurie relaxed her body as if she had given up. It seems that the hypnosis just now was my last resort.

I looked at Laurier’s body for a moment. Well, there are still small cuts on the arms and sides of the legs.

This isn’t my fault. This is because Laurier moved his body as he pleased when he fired the weapons. If I had stayed still, I wouldn’t have been hurt. I didn’t get hurt trying to avoid it, but I was restrained, so I can’t explain it other than that I just moved my body out of surprise.

“You don’t want to talk yet?”

“Did I tell you to kill me?!”

I knocked the entire workshop sideways. It was literally knocked over like a rectangular lego being pushed to the side. What was the floor became the wall, and the wall became the ceiling and floor. I saw Laurier suspended in the air and hanging to the side.

“Besides singing ‘Kill, kill, kill,’ he screams every time he does anything.”

“How can you do something like this…”

I meant to make fun of him, but Laurie wasn’t even offended and just muttered in bewilderment. It looks like he has no time to get angry. Laurier must have felt like the world was turning upside down through his eyes.

‘Laurier was letting down her guard about me. ‘You couldn’t have imagined how you would react if you were arrested like this.’

That means there is quite a bit of time.

That’s probably why Laurier is mentally shaken so much right now. You are captured by an unexpected person at an unexpected time and place, and there is no follow-up action.

“Actually, I have no intention of killing you.”

“…?”

Laurier frowned and looked at me. His face looked like he was going to say some nonsense again.

But it’s not nonsense.

“I know from the test earlier, but you can’t get out of here. Now I’m locked up and can’t even move. “If you don’t get the deal right, I’m out of here.”

Of course, there is some bravado mixed in here.

Weaving a workshop uses less mana than weaving other weapons, but there is constant consumption anyway. The same goes for the weapons used to restrain Laurier. So, after a long time, the attack will disappear anyway and Laurier’s restraint will be released.

However, the amount of consumption is on the insignificant side in the current state of eating the dragon heart.

In addition, humans naturally recharge their mana over time, and I, who has repeatedly depleted my mana, recharges much faster than others.

If I don’t do anything else with mana, it will take at least a week for this attack to disappear, considering my body’s ability to recharge mana on its own and my current consumption.

‘It may not be enough to kill Laurier in a week, but it will be enough to make you think this battle will last forever.’

He deliberately put him in the attack and restrained Laurier in a fancy way, and even just knocked the attack on its side.

This is a bluff aimed at Laurier’s psychology. For Laurier, this is a method of making people believe that this unidentified space is something that can be manipulated at will and will last forever.

“The next time I come back here is in a month.”

“Ha, a month…?”

“If you don’t want to tell me, think about it deeply for a month. “That should be enough time.”

“….”

Fortunately, Laurier didn’t ask for water to drink or food for a month. If I had been that stupid, I would have really gotten tired of work.

“I hope you don’t think I’m lying. I’m tired of trying to convince you of that. Because I’m almost certain you’re targeting my father. “I don’t have to tell you everything, just having you detained here is enough for me.”

Is Laurier acting personally or is there someone above this guy?

Either way, Laurier being captured alone would be a huge loss to the enemy. If Laurier is moving alone, then the situation is over here.

If Laurier’s goal was to kill Ampere, I would have taken my hand off. Such a thing cannot be done by an individual or a single organization.

Ampere is not part of the ‘Zodiac’, but that was just his choice. If you’re trying to kill Ampere, just laugh at that stupidity.

But both Gregory and I know that that is not Laurier’s purpose.

“Then I will ask you the last question.”

“….”

“What is your purpose? “Why did you attack me?”

I did not put any hostility or bitterness into this question.

It wasn’t really a threat or anything. I told everything the truth. This question is the last and I will leave if you do not answer it.

Like I said to Laurier, I won’t be gone for a month, but it would be quite beneficial to just hold him for a week.

“….”

A look of concern appeared in Laurier’s eyes, but his mouth did not open.

‘hmm.’

That was my impression. Laurie chose not to answer. It’s entered into my head and I just print it out accordingly.

I turned back. I headed towards the entrance.

Now that I’ve captured Laurier, I need to be prepared to see if anyone else approaches Ampere or me. First, talk to Gregory first and say,

“Now wait a minute.”

When I opened the door halfway, I heard Laurier’s voice. Did I think it was impossible until I opened the door? Did you tell me to change my mind after seeing the light coming through the door in the darkness of nothing?

“If I tell you it’s just a moment, you won’t know.”

“I will say it. “What was the purpose and why did they attack?”

“It would be better to just pour out the information before you say you’re going to talk.”

I opened the door wide. Laurier may be trying to waste time. It may be that the request for support was made through a contact I don’t know, so it’s better to be quick.

I went out of the workshop and checked my surroundings. Hmm, there is nothing within Menosorpho’s range yet.

But nothing changes. If Laurier’s information is unremarkable, I will just leave the place like this.

“Yes, I witnessed a demon cult beyond the walls of Yeranhes!”

Stand tall.

There I stopped.

It seems that Laurier holds more useful information than I expected.

“I was sent to find out if it was Ampere’s doing?”

I released the attack and defense. Laurier, who was hanging from the wall, fell from the air along with his weapons.

With this, Laurier’s restraints have been lifted, but I tend to make sure of the deal. Laurier must have known for sure that he wouldn’t be able to escape from me anyway. If you try to run away again, there won’t be a condition like ‘no damage’ next time.

“Demon worship? “Humans are worshiping monsters outside the walls?”

Are there humans alive somewhere out there infested with monsters? I asked, excited by the possibility.

But Laurier’s answer left me somewhat disappointed.

“No, it’s the opposite.”

“the opposite?”

“When I say demon worship, I don’t mean worship demons. “The monsters were worshiping something.”

“…this bastard.”

How dare you confuse people?

Laurie saw my expression and hurriedly threw up her arms.

“I didn’t lie! “I only said that because I was in a hurry and was abbreviating it!”

“That’s a lie. Who uses the word ‘demonic worship’ like that?”

“…I see. sorry.”

Laurier apologized as if he was sorry.

After being released from custody, Laurier became somewhat more honest. That strangely stiff tone of voice still remains.

“What do monsters worship?”

“I do not know either.”

“If you answer like that one more time, I can let you know nothing.”

“It was a huge block of ice! No, it was a glacier! It was a huge glacier that rose up like a mountain. I saw them trembling and crouching on the cold ground where even monsters froze. The inside of the glacier looked like it was filled with something pitch black.”

…It’s a dark sky. No, it is a fragment of Helheim.

The monsters outside are worshiping the fragments of Helheim.

“How big was it?”

“You mean that glacier? It was enormous. “It could really be described as a mountain.”

Prison warden Esther said it was ‘a huge lake sleeping inside a glacier.’ It seems that that wasn’t an exaggeration.

“Why do they worship it?”

“I don’t know exactly, but sometimes something pitch-black inside the glacier came out and turned into something like a monster. It was giving off a sinister and ominous aura as if it were not of this world. At least it was a monster I had never seen before. And every time that monster comes in contact with another outside monster,”

“…that means that the black color of that monster is applied to the outside monster.”

“okay. Those buried like that became stronger and more ferocious. The blackened part became very hard. “I think the monsters are fascinated by its strength.”

So, when Laurier attacked me with goblins, there were fragments of Helheim on them?

…no.

“No, that can’t be possible. The goblins I faced were too weak compared to the monsters outside. Even though it has that color on it. These are probably monsters hiding inside the walls. “How were you able to get that color from the goblins?”

Could it be that even in this situation, Laurier is still lying to me?

After all, was it an easy idea to dig up information about the other person without getting hurt? From now on, Laurier’s body can be treated simply as

“…my hypnosis worked on that black monster as well. “I just took one and buried it with goblins.”

“…her?”

That hypnosis also worked on monsters made from fragments of Helheim?

‘….’

I said after thinking for a moment.

“That hypnosis is even better than I thought. I thought you were a talented person.”

“You’re so weird that you don’t communicate!!”

Laurie screamed.

It was the most feminine voice I had ever heard from her.