The Academy’s Weapon Replicator - Chapter 246

Chapter 77 Promise (3)

“Huh…?”

When Elodie heard what I said, she became as stiff as stone and said nothing.

The girl’s large, lake-like eyes trembled.

Would someone say this is a lie?

Because it is not my heart, I am not a frontier, but because I am the one who pretends to be a frontier.

Should I say that all of this is fake?

“Oh no. Ahaha. “Suddenly, what?”

Elodie laughed awkwardly and hesitated to say something, but then closed her mouth and lowered her head.

“What is it? that is.”

The young child speaks awkwardly with a smile, but is full of tears.

“What are you idiot?”

“Tap.”

The one word I uttered as if it was no big deal did not resemble a girl, but rather the Elodie I had known from the beginning.

But starting with that.

“You idiot…”

Those words of habit, which she had uttered as if nothing had happened, eventually

led

Elodie to break down the tears she had been holding back.

“Uuuuuuuuuuu…”

Elodie slowly sat down.

I lowered my head, covered my face with both hands, and cried silently.

…Elodie had a hard time even crying.

She covered her face as if she should never be seen, held back her tears as if she should never be heard, and her small shoulders were shaking.

I approached Elodie, lowered my posture, and spoke to her again.

“Sorry.”

“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuu….”

“I had a bad feeling.”

“Don’t say that…!”

Elodie suddenly hugged me.

“I was wrong, I was wrong! “Why are you telling me…!”

Elodie cried and cried out like that. The hand that held me tightly, leaning against my chest, gave strength.

“You didn’t do anything wrong.”

It’s wrong.

It would have been wrong to hurt Frontier’s feelings.

Regardless of Elodie’s good intentions, Frondier didn’t feel that way.

But I know.

Through my diary and memories, I saw what Frondier was trying to do to Elodie.

Was even that evil act Elodie’s fault? Even if Elodie’s boasting was not well-intentioned, is it all Elodie’s fault that Frondier tried to plunge her into the abyss?

Would Elodie continue to suffer alone like this just because she knew Frondier’s feelings?

“Sorry.”

“Fron….”

“I’m sorry. It’s my fault.”

That’s why I say.

I, the fake one, say this.

“I couldn’t understand your feelings and was jealous of you.”

Even if Frontier cannot forgive Elodie, I do.

Even if everything I say is fake.

“But it’s okay now.”

I am the only one who can comfort this girl now.

It means there is only me.

“I don’t hate you.”

“…Fron.”

“You promised.”

I said.

I don’t remember, but I’m sure it’s a promise between Frondier and Elodie.

“You said you would protect me.”

“…Fron…Fron Fron….”

Elodie recited my name a few times with her lips trembling sadly and then said,

“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!”

Only then did she completely lean into my arms and cry loudly.

Because what Elodie was trying to endure was not just sadness.

Elodie’s tears, which had barely begun to cry like a child, continued to flow for a long time.

* * *

The two of us left the cabin.

Elodie seemed to have calmed down a little, but lowered her head and followed.

“Are you okay Elodie?”

“…I’m embarrassed.”

He raises his head further and mutters.

“This is probably the first time I’ve cried so loudly since I was a baby.”

How many years have you grown since then?

“When will that monster come?”

“I don’t know exactly. But somehow I have a feeling it will come.”

If that monster is Elodie’s trauma, then the ‘feeling’ that Elodie was talking about would be when her own bad emotions were stimulated.

‘Of course. That monster is the key to getting out of this dream.’

It would have been nice if Elodie could have resolved her trauma by relieving her emotions through crying, but the human mind is not that simple.

I received comfort, but it will take time for the trauma to completely heal.

Of course, it can be said that the beginning of healing has been broken through this incident, but we do not have much time to wait for that right now.

“Hey, Frontier.”

“huh?”

“Are you really going to fight too?”

“of course.”

I answered immediately. It would be difficult for Elodie to overcome that monster alone. It is a monster that was set up that way from the beginning.

From what I observed, that monster is the natural enemy of all wizards. In general, wizards are wary of close combat masters who quickly close the gap between them and come in, but that’s not what they’re really afraid of.

Being toyed with at a distance, where he can best demonstrate his magical skills. If that happens, the existence of a wizard loses its value.

‘A bundle of tentacles that are destroyed by magic, but their meaning is meaningless. A beam of eyes that shoots out, limiting the wizard’s entire evasion range.’

It might have been a battle worth doing if it were a combat type. It may not be easy to approach, but these tentacles can be avoided to some extent even with Elodie’s flight magic.

Warriors with more agile movements will do the opposite of Elodie and try to close the distance, and it will be difficult to attack the pupils as well.

It takes quite a while for the eyes to glow and fire, and the attack, which narrows in on a wide area, is not a technique that can be used on a warrior who reaches right in front of you during that time. Because you will hurt yourself.

‘It was Elodie’s trauma in the first place. ‘I’m imagining something I can’t win, so of course I can’t win.’

On the other hand, if it were me, it would be possible.

Because it’s Elodie’s trauma, I can fight him.

But the problem is that in the end, Elodie has to take it down.

‘Even if I defeat it now, it will only appear again one day and cause trouble for Elodie.’

A monster born from Elodie’s heart.

Unless Elodie overcomes herself, the trauma will continue to haunt her.

I fight to help Elodie.

After crying, Elodie seems to have quite shaken off many of her emotions, but

there are still some that remain.

“…come.”

Elodie’s head rises and she casts her gaze into the distance.

Before long, at the end of the line of sight, there was a guy slowly approaching, still of ridiculous size.

‘…Has it gotten a little smaller?’

It’s hard to notice unless you look really closely, but it seems to be a little smaller than last time. maybe.

This means that Elodie is overcoming trauma in her own way.

“Ugh…”

But as soon as Eloni saw the monster, she became restless and looked at me and the monster alternately.

…Oh this.

“Of course it won’t work! Frontier, I will put you in the cabin now”

Weaving (織造) Heukcheon (黑川). Grade –

10 copies of

rare long spears of the same type

Quaaaaaaang!!

I shot the spear faster than Elodie and blew up the cabin. Okay, now this level of ability is allowed.

I was wondering if Elodie’s overprotection had not improved yet.

“Frondier?!”

“Look ahead, Elodie!”

Elodie turned her attention to my shout and faced the front again.

I also said while looking straight at the monster.

“There is no such thing as a cabin!”

“…!”

“I can’t let that bastard bully you forever and then leave and come back again!”

Elodie’s trauma stems from guilt. To some extent, she had accepted that she could not defeat that monster. As if it was natural to be punished.

But since I have forgiven Elodie, there is nothing I can do to punish her.

“Let’s defeat that guy here and now! “Don’t let me come back again!”

“…huh!”

Elodie bit her lip. She slowly floated up and placed her magic in each hand.

Phew, in the meantime, I let out a long breath and recited it slowly.

“Menosorpo.”

A huge magic circle is drawn in an instant, coloring the entire surrounding area as its own territory.

Simultaneous replication of

Menosorpo air weaving

The entire

imperial palace armory

was opened, along with numerous weapons floating in the air.

‘…Elodie has witnessed this far.’

Since Elodie has already seen my abilities once, I can get this far. That’s because I added the setting that this ‘borrows and uses abilities from the future.’ Even the current Frontier is capable of this much.

“Fron! “How long can I use that?”

“I’ll do my best as much as I can!”

I gave a vague answer to Elodie’s question. I just want to mention a very long time, but if I do that and Elodie doesn’t believe it, I’ll be fooled, and if I mention a time that’s too short, it will run into a time limit of its own. It is better to answer like this.

‘You probably won’t be able to weave high-grade weapons.’

Elodie can’t use a technique she hasn’t seen before. Also, what if Elodie loses consciousness? That’s not what I wanted in the first place.

In other words, the weapons I have just taken out are the maximum I can handle in this dream. Even with this, you can suppress most things.

But the problem is,

“It’s coming!”

The monster’s tentacles stretch out, and my weapons shoot towards them.

The speed wasn’t bad, but the power of the weapons to cut the tentacles was quite disappointing.

‘Even this is just as Elodie imagined.’

The problem is this.

Because the power of these weapons was not shown to Elodie, the power itself was lowered from its original level.

Since this is Elodie’s imagination, it would be nice to see some improvements, but Elodie was extremely realistic. Even after becoming such a child.

“Haaa!”

Meanwhile, Elodie pours out flames. From the child’s hand, flames wrapped around like a red curtain burned away the tentacles.

It was an exciting sight on the outside, but my eyebrows gathered together.

‘…weakened.’

Elodie’s strength weakened. Trauma also weakened, but so did Elodie’s strength.

This is Elodie’s dream. The weakening of her magic, which should be as imagined, is not a matter of mana or skill. It’s a matter of the heart.

“Ha! Breathe! “Ahhhh?!”

Thanks to this, the tentacle, which would have collapsed by burning, did not die completely and attacked Elodie again.

I fired my weapon to block the tentacles, but more tentacles rushed at Elodie.

Normally, Elodie would have been able to handle the rest, but for some reason, she couldn’t move as she wanted.

…Actually, I kind of predicted that scene.

“oh! Frontier!”

Elodie had already reached the place where she was sinking to the ground as she ran away.

“Elodie.”

I calmed my eyes while looking at Elodie.

“Stay right there.”

“Uh what?”

“Don’t do anything, just watch what I do.”

I left Elodie behind me and checked the tentacles rushing in front of me.

And all of that

! Kwagwagwagwak!

Heukcheon blocked it.

According to my will, Black Heaven grabbed the tentacles, blocked them, and cut them down, preventing them from approaching me and Elodie.

“…!”

Elodie was looking at the scene in surprise.

Black Heaven is a substance that Elodie has seen, but whose power and purpose she has no idea about. But since you’ve seen it, you probably know what kind of abilities I have.

Therefore, Black Heaven is now more useful than Menosorpo, who has already shown a knack for making weapons.

From Elodie’s perspective, it’s an unknown object whose identity I don’t know, so its power is the same as I knew.

“Like I said last time,”

I said to Elodie, blocking the attacking tentacles one by one.

“I have become stronger and I will become stronger.”

“…!”

The sound of Elodie taking a deep breath at those words.

That’s not just a happy expression. I know why.

‘…An archmage.’

Elodie tries to become stronger. To become a great wizard.

Become an archmage and create a peaceful world to erase Frondier’s stigma of ‘incompetence’.

But now Frontier is no longer incompetent.

Elodie doesn’t want Frondier to be incompetent, but it is true that as Frondier becomes stronger, her motivation decreases. That’s probably why Elodie’s strength is weak now.

“still.”

However, even though I, a frontier, am no longer ‘incompetent’,

“But I still need you.”

“…ah.”

That doesn’t mean her dreams are worthless.

A world that will one day perish.

If a truly great disaster and hardship comes to this world, it won’t just be Frontier or Elodie’s problem.

Elodie’s power is absolutely necessary in order for her to draw the scenery she wants.

And that much,

“And that much you need me.”

Elodie’s promise to protect Frontier. Elodie constantly tried to become stronger because of that promise.

All of that was correct.

However, the promise she has been carrying so far has made it too difficult for her.

There is just an afterword to this promise.

“So I will protect you. “As long as you protect me.”

“…!”

I have no intention of passing all the burden on to Elodie, but the opposite is also true.

This is how my relationship with Elodie was from the beginning.

“Use as much magic as you can. “Leave the rest to me.”

“…huh.”

Elodie is a wizard.

He is a wizard who will one day become the strongest human being.

It is quite natural for a wizard to need a sword and shield to protect himself.

And for me, the sword and shield are more than enough for anyone else.

“──Development of individual techniques.”

The moment Elodie uttered those words.

I felt her voice change and the mood she gave off changed, so I turned my gaze towards her again.

Elodie was standing behind me.

Elodie de Inies Richae.

Her blue eyes twinkled and she drew out a mana that seemed to absorb all of this dreamscape.

Individual spell development,

fire magic type 4,

elemental resistance, impact spread, mana replacement… named ‘Hellfire’,

wind magic type 4,

range increase, separation activated, high-speed rotation, rising airflow… named ‘Storm’

… added.

Lightning magic 2-type

overlap chain… Named ‘Chain Lightning’

technique combination, focus,

three element combination

, Elodie’s original ‘Jujak Oreum – Infinite Hell’

The magic unfolded like that was contained as a small water drop on Elodie’s index finger, and

she threw it lightly. The moment the water droplet touches the nearest tentacle,

Kwaaaaah!!!

“…!”

The storm of flames she was boasting about ‘chained’ along the tentacles.

The numerous tentacles became a good target for spreading, and the storm burned up, engulfing all the tentacles.

The monster, which was unable to escape from the tentacles that were its body in the first place, was also engulfed by the storm of flames coming from all directions, and all of its eyes flashed and burned painfully.

I looked blankly at the incredible sight, then turned my gaze back to Elodie.

Elodie stood with a cool face.

With a face that is always confident and confident that nothing seems to be able to flaw it.

That was Elodie, Constell’s second year student, who I originally knew.

“Ah.”

I also stood as my original self, not as a child.

Elodie looked straight ahead for a moment with a gentle smile and then made eye contact with me.

Hehe, smiling with a mischievous look on his face.

“Hello, Pron.”

That’s what I said.