The Academy’s Weapon Replicator - Chapter 213
Episode 213 Chapter
69 Antidote
Frondier dropped the last tool from his hand. A metallic clanging sound echoed on the floor.
Most of the tools here are rarely used. This was my first time using Frontier, so I was just checking how to use it one by one.
Of course, he did hurt Eden in the process, but compared to the injuries he received in the battle so far, it was at a ridiculous level and the pain would be much less.
“Hmm, what is this?”
Frondier muttered as if it was not interesting.
At first, the feeling of using torture tools for the first time was quite interesting, but after looking at them all, I quickly got bored.
Of course, they could have used these to torture Eden, but there was no need to do so.
“….”
Eden lowered his unfocused eyes and repeated shallow breathing.
He was already broken.
The sorrow of losing a comrade, his own fate standing before death, and above all, the fact that his family was standing before the blade of Frondier, he could not endure.
Above all, he was weighed down with a huge sense of guilt because it was his own karma achieved through harming people rather than the right process.
Slurp –
slurp.
The weapon that bound Eden disappeared, and he fell from the wall and landed on the floor.
All restraints disappeared, but he did not stand up. I already knew that it was impossible to get out of this place, and more than anything, I had no will to do so.
“Eden Hamelot.”
Frontier looked down at Eden. Even when I called Eden, there was no response.
Whoa!
Frontier kicks Eden. It didn’t contain an auror, but it wasn’t something I looked at either.
Only then did Eden see Frontier.
Frondier lowered his posture and made eye contact with Eden.
“Look at me, Eden Hamelot.”
“…!”
A gaze like frost. Eden automatically nodded at Frondier’s words.
“When you leave here, make everything that happened today have nothing to do with me. “I leave the method up to you.”
“…Regardless….”
“Yes. It wasn’t me who killed them. “Tell me.”
“…Frondier didn’t kill him….”
Frondier nodded.
“Remember my face straight.”
“…!”
“If this incident has even the slightest impact on me, you and I will meet again. Remember what I know about you. “If you don’t want to see this face again, you better be careful.”
Eden swallowed.
Frontier thought that Eden had understood enough and turned around.
There was no need to ask where the lab was. As Eden expected, Frontier had already extracted the information through the ‘Analysis’ skill.
“I’ll leave my workshop for another hour. In the meantime, clean up the bodies and equipment yourself. Of course, if you don’t want to organize it, you can do so. “Because all I want is that I wasn’t here.”
At Frondier’s words, Eden looked at him blankly for a moment.
“…are you saving me?”
Soon Eden asked Frontier, who was walking.
Frondier answered as he walked away.
“No matter what you do in the future, you will survive.”
Frondier speaks as if he is giving it to Eden.
however.
“Like today.”
Eden lowered his head as he realized the full meaning of that single word.
* * *
“Why is Eden so late!”
Constell’s underground laboratory.
Suddenly, a shouting sound was heard from a room where the lights were on until late at night.
“sorry. Since I received the call that I was coming to Constel, I haven’t been able to contact you until now…”
“Damn, how long does this have to stop?”
Angus Mason, the leader of the research team, bit his nails in nervousness.
While Eden is in charge of negotiating with monsters and coordinating with human sample experts, Angus Mason is a key figure researching the mana injection itself.
Recently, it was successful in suppressing the symptoms of mana injection, but in return, it turned into a fatal poison to the human body, causing a setback in research.
‘It was unfortunate that Elin got the injection…’
Elin is a student from Constell who was brought in by Eden a long time ago, saying she had the talent to become a professional.
At the time, this research had not reached the level of danger it does now.
Of course, Eden and Angus knew that the research would eventually advance to this stage, but Elin had no idea.
At this time, the research was limited to containing mana as liquid, so Eden diligently explained to Elin the effects and usefulness of liquid mana, and Elin, who believed in Eden’s reputation and skills, believed and agreed to what he said.
At the time, the reason Eden brought Elin was clear.
Mana injections are more effective and have fewer side effects in people with less mana.
Of course, it is effective for people with a lot of mana, but before the fatality rate was lowered to the current level, it was quite dangerous.
On the other hand, people who had less mana to begin with had less backlash, so the side effects were not that severe.
Elin was the best material from that perspective. Constel has the best swordsmanship, but has very little mana. He was the most suitable person for this study.
And just in time.
“I’m back.”
The door to the lab opened and a familiar face appeared to Angus.
“Oh Elin. “Who is the guy I was talking about?”
“here.”
Elin pushed the restrained man’s back and held it out to Angus.
Angus grinned.
“Ellin, you are finally following my words.”
“Because I can’t help it.”
Elin closed her eyes gently.
“Wow, awesome.”
Meanwhile, the arrested man made a voice that did not suit the atmosphere.
He was Dier Ager.
“I was called by the student council president, so I went there with an honorable heart, but I was immediately caught and when I arrived, I saw that there was a lab full of strange glass tubes. “It’s something I will live to see for a long time.”
Dier looked around and spoke with admiration. Even though his hands were tied and he couldn’t move, his face was quite cheerful.
“Dier Ager, welcome here.”
Angus raised his arms with a kind smile. Of course, I wonder if it meant anything at the time when Dier was arrested, but Dier’s smile was also shining brightly.
“nice to meet you. “You know me?”
“I know. “You are the best person for our research.”
The most qualified person.
As said, Dier is the most suitable person for this study after Elin.
Of course, she does not have as good a swordsmanship as Elin, but she is wise, has good judgment, and has a good eye. And it has even less mana than Elin. It may have fewer side effects than Elin.
“okay. “It’s an honor to be the right person.”
“Okay, okay. Then, would you please stand up there and wait for a moment? “I have something to prepare.”
“Of course.”
Dier obediently followed Angus’ instructions and stood on the metal plate. It was a similar type of device to a device used in hospitals that scans the human body, determines its composition, and checks mana.
“By the way, student Dier. “Do you know what kind of place this is?”
Angus believed that Dier’s innocent smile was because he did not understand the situation properly.
Since the student council president led him there, he must have judged that there would be no great danger even if he was detained.
But Dier said.
“Of course I know.”
“Know?”
“yes. “This is a place where mana injections are studied, right?”
A neat and cool answer. Angus’ eyes widened at those words.
“…How did know?”
“There are a lot of rumors going around about Constell recently. Also, there was someone who came to scout me not long ago. “He looked at me and said, ‘I’m the right person.’”
Angus blinked in surprise at Dier’s explanation and then asked again.
“Then why do you look so happy? “Don’t you feel it’s dangerous?”
“Danger? why?”
Dier tilted his head as if he didn’t understand.
“If I get a mana injection, my mana will increase, right?”
“…Of course it is.”
“No one would refuse to become stronger!”
“You refused during scouting, right?”
“At the time, I couldn’t understand how they could make me stronger, but it’s different when I know there is such a clear answer.”
At those words, Angus looked at Dier for a moment and then burst into laughter.
“Yeah right! Not like that! After all, you are wise and excellent at the same time. Hahaha!”
Angus walked towards the device to scan Dier. When the button was pressed, the plate Dier was stepping on glowed.
“Wait a moment. “Scanning takes some time.”
“yep.”
Dier answered like a loyal subordinate and looked around leisurely.
He looked at Elin.
“If you had known this was going to happen, you wouldn’t have had to arrest me, sir.”
“…I didn’t know you would react that way.”
Elin looked at Dier and said as if she was dumbfounded.
Elin had heard quite a bit about Dier. In fact, rather than being wise, the spirit of victory and goodness that shines within that wisdom attracted more attention.
But Dier doesn’t have that look now. He seems like one of the many foolish people who try to get mana injections just to become stronger. Did she see it wrong?
‘Well, that’s not what I’m saying.’
Elin sighed softly.
──A considerable amount of time has passed since Elin did not receive the antidote.
After receiving an incorrect mana injection, Elin continued to receive injections and antidotes alternately.
She herself does not know where the mana injection and antidote are located. Just follow the orders and you will be given an antidote, and immediately after that, you will be given a mana injection to threaten her.
However, Elin at least did not receive orders to harm people. He would rather die than receive such an order.
Even when he fought with Frondier, he had no intention of killing him and predicted that even if he was gone, there would not be much harm to the students. Just like Frontier did.
More than anything, she wanted Frondier to kill her at that time.
But kidnapping Dier clearly crossed a line. It was an order that Elin would never follow. If it was like usual.
‘What are you thinking, Frontier?’
A crow delivered a note to Elin today. It was a note from Frontier.
The content was simple.
I hope you will obey any orders today. I wasn’t sure if he was being irresponsible or overly responsible, saying, “I will solve it well.”
‘So when I got here, I thought Frontier would get there first.’
Elin narrowed her eyes slightly. I felt my body temperature drop little by little. The moment when an antidote would be needed was approaching.
“──Senior.”
Elin looked at Dier at the voice she heard at that time.
“You look tired.”
“…!”
Dier’s words seemed to penetrate Elin’s physical condition. Dier smiled and said.
“I was always curious. Why did a senior become the student council president? “I don’t think it suits me.”
“….”
Elin did not answer him.
Angus listened for a moment, but then ignored it. Because I felt like Dier was just spouting random nonsense.
“You were originally famous for sleepwalking, right? In order to recharge your stamina while walking, you can sleep while moving when there is no emergency. I couldn’t understand why someone who attaches such importance to managing his physical strength would do something other than swordsmanship. “And the fact that you have a very tiring job as student council president.”
“…so?”
Elin began to be somewhat wary of Dier. I had no idea what Dier would say next.
However, Dier had no choice but to explode the bomb.
“That was a signal, right? “Senior’s SOS signal.”
“…!”
“Even though he looks fine on the outside, he is telling those around him that the situation around him is not very good right now, right? If you were just a student at Constell, you would be able to hide it even if you died, but if you were the student council president of Constel, if something happened, people around you would inevitably draw attention. “It was a minimum security measure to prevent death.”
“Hey you…”
“What are you talking about!”
Angus became indignant after interrupting Elin. Even a fool could understand what Dier meant.
“Senior Elin.”
Dier said, completely ignoring Angus.
“You look more and more tired.”
“!”
“I thought this bastard was discriminating, but he was just crazy! “Guys, shut up!”
At Angus’ command, the men who were waiting came out.
Since this is not an honest experiment to begin with, combat personnel who can prepare for sudden situations are always on standby.
Although they were not as skilled as the pros led by Eden, they were skilled enough.
They slowly approached Dier, who was tied up. Dier was imprisoned and his pure fighting ability was not that great to begin with. His chances of winning seemed slim.
however.
Crump, crunch!
The handcuffs that were restraining Dier’s arms from behind were lightly broken. It was an impossible task with even a reasonable amount of strength.
His mana exploded with explosive power.
“What the hell are you talking about!”
Dier’s appearance was almost similar to Elin.
Dier took something out of his pocket.
It was a syringe filled with liquid.
“When did you do that!”
At Angus’ shout, Dier looked at the syringe and said happily.
“Hahaha, I was really curious about this.”
fault!
At that moment, Dier moved at an incredible speed.
As soon as Dier took a step, the approaching combatants moved.
Although Dier’s mana has grown, they are also formidable veterans. They attacked from all directions and completely surrounded Dier.
However.
“Huh?”
“no?”
I perfectly caught the gap between their approaching hands and feet and escaped from Dier.
Now Dier is finally able to follow his eyes with his body. And judging from his visual acuity, the movement of the combatants was very slow.
Dier is not faster than that. Dier is simply moving with maximum efficiency in the shortest time possible.
“Hee hee!”
Dier caught Angus. He tried to run away somehow, but it was clear from Dier’s eyes where he was heading, so Angus gave Dier his back too easily.
And then a needle entered his neck.
“How are you, Angus? Do you want to become stronger too?”
“Huh huh!”
Angus is not a combat agent to begin with. Even if mana increases here, I don’t know how to use it properly.
In other words, the mana injection that Dier is holding is nothing but poison to Angus.
“Now, please answer me, Mr. Angus.”
Dier, along with the mana that was filling up, spread out his deadly blue blood.
“Where is it? The antidote.”