The Academy’s Weapon Replicator - Chapter 23

Academy’s Weapon Replicator Episode 23

Chapter 6 Golem (4)

The throwing distance of the dagger made from weaving has increased.

The situation was so urgent that I threw it away and luckily, it reached ‘reality’ even for him.

If I had come out of the training room earlier, I could have attempted it more safely.

‘Anyway, what is that?’

Boasting a huge physique and covered in metal armor, it is undoubtedly a metal golem.

I saw Edwin.

From afar, it seemed like Edwin was the golem’s owner.

“…Senior Edwin.”

“Frondier.”

The voice calling my name is somehow dry.

He calls my name in a voice that seems to contain all the resentment in the world.

“Is it you again?”

“…This is my second time seeing you.”

I approached Elin, somewhat wary of Edwin.

I kneel down and check her condition. There is a stab wound on the side.

“Did senior Edwin do this?”

At my words, Elin blinked her drowsy eyes a few times.

I don’t know if I’m sleepy or tired.

“…The golem did it.”

“Senior Edwin is controlling that golem.”

“…huh. sorry.”

What am I sorry about?

I stood up.

Edwin’s anger was still directed only at me. As if I were the last piece of the puzzle that I was putting together as I pleased.

‘…No way.’

Edwin’s surroundings turn purple. A haze rises from his body.

I know what that thing is.

It is one of the things that sets it apart in Etius, which does not have much preference for players.

A purple haze that only the player can see.

This is evidence that the character has become ‘corrupt’.

‘What a piece of shit.’

Why is Edwin ‘corrupt’?

He was a person who had never done anything like that.

While I played the game countless times, he always stood up and restored the family’s honor and glory.

If only I had two more years of golems, I could have made it using only my own skills.

Edwin’s current appearance is very unfamiliar to me.

If I had to guess the reason, there is only one reason.

‘…is it me?’

A character that doesn’t exist no matter how many times I play it.

Frontier.

Does the existence of Frontier de Roach corrupt Edwin von Behertio?

“Frondier. That golem doesn’t belong to Edwin. “Edwin is being manipulated by the golem.”

“I understand, so I’m taking a break.”

It is difficult to listen to voices struggling with pain.

‘I am being swayed by a golem.’ In other words, does this mean that the golem’s movement was not Edwin’s intention?

“Senior Edwin.”

“…why?”

“Can you handle that golem?”

“of course.”

A metal golem that moves as if to prove the answer.

The golem certainly seemed to be faithful to Edwin’s orders. No, are you faithful to that will?

As someone who just got involved, I don’t know why the two fought.

I don’t know.

“…Sir, did you kill someone with that?”

Edwin’s eyes darkened at my question.

That’s right. This is a question that makes me feel bad even when I hear it. However, it is a question that cannot be helped.

“…This guy, that guy, and that guy are asking if he killed that guy…!”

I knew it. You asked Elin too.

“What would you do if I killed someone?”

“….”

“What are you going to do, you bastard!!”

The Vung Golem flew up.

The figure running toward me while wielding a spear reminded me of a top with a spinning sickle.

It’s worse than that, though.

Weaving

Workshop Rank 13

– Rare

Bastard Lion’s Greatsword

I unfolded the weaving and held the Bastard Sword with both hands.

Such a reckless attack cannot be blocked with a small weapon.

Due to the weakness of the weave, which disappears the moment it hits you, you will die if you cannot completely swat it away.

“Hmph!”

Kyaang-!

I knocked away the golem’s spear and my weapon disappeared at that moment.

The golem didn’t understand that its window was suddenly blocked.

I had been hit in the face with a woven dagger several times before, but golems do not have the ability to learn.

If so,

go for it!

Cough!

I weaved the dagger and threw it at his face.

If you can’t learn, just keep doing it. I’ll beat you until you’re reduced to rags.

But the guy moved forward little by little.

Since I can only weave one piece at a time, it comes to me in that empty time.

‘I should practice weaving two weapons.’

Regret is always too late.

* * *

Elin checked her injured abdomen. The bleeding stopped and the pain went away a little.

Her trained body and accumulated mana steadily restored her body.

When she had some free time, she watched the Battle of Frontier.

‘I have to let them run away…’

Why is Frontier helping? Frontier probably doesn’t know me.

Even if you knew, there would be no reason to risk your life.

I heard a little about Frontier from my younger brother, Aster.

Did you say that he is a much more honest and decent person than his reputation as a ‘human sloth’ suggests?

However, from Elin’s perspective, it was not a very trustworthy statement.

Aster feels indebted to Frondier for the Mystiltein incident.

However, I knew nothing about its combat capabilities.

If the rumors are true that he sleeps all the time in the classroom and tries to skip practical training and outdoor classes at all costs, it is unlikely that he will do well in combat.

Even now, there is still no system to Frontier’s movements when dealing with golems.

But why?

‘How are you stopping it?’

Frontier is empty-handed. However, every time the hand is swung, the golem’s spear bounces and the golem’s head swings.

At first, I thought about ‘transparency’. Hiding one’s weapons with magic. It’s definitely a difficult technology, but it’s worth it.

‘…But then how did you save me?’

I threw ‘something’ and knocked away the spear that was stabbing at her.

I don’t know what it is, but I’m guessing it’s a throwing dagger?

But they keep throwing it around non-stop. As if there is no limit to the number.

Even as I was thinking that, this time I felt like I was holding something with both hands and swinging it. It blocks the golem’s spear.

Also, sometimes it wounds the golem’s back or legs from a very close range.

dagger? window? Great sword?

Just being invisible irritates the other person, and even the length of it is incomprehensible.

‘…It’s a shame.’

Nevertheless, Elin expected Frontier’s defeat.

At first glance, it appears that Frondier attacks one-sidedly, but all of its attacks are meaningless to the golem.

If you repeat something like that hundreds of thousands of times, the golem might collapse. But first, Frontier will run out of stamina.

Even if I had just learned ‘Auror’, I would have had a chance of defeating the golem.

‘…Whew.’

Elin took a deep breath. Thankfully, Frontier is buying us time.

You need to recover quickly to give Frontier time to escape. If possible, yourself too.

Looking at the situation, it doesn’t seem like Frontier will suddenly be attacked.

“…that spear technique.”

At that time, Frondier’s murmur was heard.

Elin, sensing an ominous voice, raised her head and saw the golem.

The golem stopped its blind attack and took a stance.

From that position, slowly swing the spear.

It looked slow at first glance, but all of its speed was loaded with power, and it drew a clever trajectory that the opponent could not easily attack.

‘…Ajie’s spear.’

Elin bit her lip.

As expected, that golem is copying Ajie’s spear technique.

Frondier’s hand moved again. Invisible throwing weapon.

But this time it was blocked by the golem’s spear.

The golem didn’t block Frondier’s weapon after seeing it. It’s just that the moving trajectory of the spear does not allow the dagger to penetrate.

If you aim between those orbits, you can somehow attack, but stopping the golem is now impossible.

“Frondier! “Die in silence!”

Edwin’s cry is heard.

Elin breathed in slowly and exhaled slowly.

In one breath, you take in a piece of stamina.

* * *

Edwin’s murderous intent toward me is definitely real.

It’s strange. Everything else seems to have been a mistake, and the only thing aimed at me is murderous intent.

Are my actions causing that level of anger?

‘furthermore.’

The haze of Edwin’s ‘fall’ from earlier looks strange.

I couldn’t see it as a game, or maybe I couldn’t see it because it was a game.

The purple haze seemed to have some form.

Just like a human. Like something resembling a human.

I felt like there was someone behind Edwin’s back.

Whick!

I narrowly avoided the tip of the spear and retreated.

If it was really Ajie, I would have died here.

This golem imitates Azier’s spear skills, but is still different. If you think of it as a game, there is less coding involved. Technology is used according to conditions, but the conditions are still simple.

“Frondier!!”

I hear Edwin’s voice.

The voice is still full of passion.

“I already killed someone! “If I’ve already killed you once, adding one more won’t change anything!”

The voice is like a confession of despair.

Meanwhile, the golem continues swinging its spear at me.

If you’re thinking about disturbing me with your voice, this is a really great connection.

“If you came with the half-hearted determination that you wouldn’t die, then you…!”

Ah, it’s noisy. I’m already so busy.

“It’s noisy! Because no one died!!”

Cough!

I shouted and swung the woven greatsword.

Even hitting the golem’s spear is starting to take a lot of effort. Continuing to consume mana is also dangerous.

“What what?”

Edwin stammered as if he was quite embarrassed by my shout.

“You confirmed that?”

“I know that even if I don’t check it!”

What happened? What exactly is that that causes Elin and Edwin to fight? Why do you think Edwin killed people?

I don’t know anything about that.

I don’t know.

“You couldn’t have killed someone!”

I know Edwin von Behertio.

The purple haze is evidence of corruption.

There is nothing you can do after the fall.

But it was only recently that the haze began to rise. In other words, Edwin was not corrupted until then.

There is no way Edwin, who was not corrupted, would kill someone.

“What do you know…!”

What do you know?

How do I explain that?

The days when I became Aster and challenged Etius countless times with you.

The lives that have watched you countless times.

If I explain it all, will you understand? No matter

what I do with the golem,

my thoughts remain the same,

regardless of whether I am swayed by the golem, which moves as it pleases as long as I have the will .

Edwin cannot have the heart to kill anyone, even for a moment.

That uncontrollably soft nature is a weakness that has plagued Edwin until now, and it

is Edwin’s own elegance that later makes the Behertioga rise brilliantly.

“Ah… no! I am! “You’re a coward who ran away without checking whether those people were dead…!”

Edwin looks confused. On the other hand, the golem’s attacks become more intense.

That contradictory appearance will probably make not only me but also Elin feel uncomfortable.

I can see with my own eyes that the purple haze that dwells in Edwin is slowly moving to the golem.

Now I finally understand the identity of that ‘corruption’.

I have seen God.

A little boy with black wings who tried to kill me by faking suicide.

Thanatos.

Now, the same atmosphere is felt in that ‘corruption’.

I don’t know who it is.

‘God’ exists behind Edwin’s back.