The Academy’s Weapon Replicator - Chapter 89

Academy’s Weapon Replicator Episode 89

Chapter 26 Sacred Forest (1)

Sanders quickly ran over and grabbed the shoulder of the man who looked like Frondier.

“What are you!”

“Huh!”

The guy dressed as a frontier cowered in surprise. Sanders saw that face. It was my first time seeing this face. It wasn’t an article. I don’t even know if he’s a soldier.

His scruffy face looked like he hadn’t taken care of it, and even through the cold, a strange odor stung his nose.

“I asked who it was!”

“It’s called that Grobel….”

“Grobel? “Which affiliation do you belong to?”

“I’m just a prisoner, sir.”

At Grobel’s answer, Sanders felt dizzy before his eyes.

There is no way a mere prisoner would be standing there dressed in Frondier’s attire. This was something Frontier had planned from the beginning.

When the time comes, you can change your clothes and escape at any time. The reason I changed into thicker clothes along the way was aimed at that.

“I just did what I was told…”

“I know that! “What is Frontier’s purpose?”

“I don’t know…”

Whiik Sanders roughly threw Grobel’s shoulder. It was a simple venting of anger. Still, the person did not go away.

If you think about it, Frontier is just a student. Banpoon is not even an adult. Not even an article. It is wrong to expect something from such a child.

‘are you okay. Even without him, we’ve done well so far. Tactics don’t change.’

Even as Sanders thought, his jaw tensed and his muscles protruded. It was a hopeless battlefield where it was almost impossible to win, but the word ‘almost’ was cut in two due to Frondier’s escape.

Sanders cried out as he coughed up blood.

“Kill them! “Don’t set a single foot on this Tavern’s land!!”

* * *

“What? what’s the matter?”

Cybel was taken aback when he saw the commotion on the wall.

Sanders was yelling something at someone.

Aten also saw it. She saw that the Frontier on the wall was wearing the same clothes as the figure Sanders was now facing.

“…FALSE.”

“huh?”

“It looks like Frontier has set up a fake dressed in his own clothes.”

“…what?”

Cybel looked over the barrier. Clearly, Frontier was nowhere to be seen.

“…Then Frontier isn’t there?”

“yes. maybe.”

Cybel and Aten were also speechless for a moment about this absurd situation.

However, the two were not swallowed up by anger like Sanders. While understanding the situation, they both realized something at the same time.

“…Kassian.”

“I can’t believe you asked me to borrow that.”

They both looked in one direction at the same time. That wasn’t the Tavern side. It was on the side of the wall.

Strangely, the two had no idea that Frondier had escaped on Cassian. An even more terrible assumption came to mind.

“Did he really get over the barrier?”

“To go to the outside realm.”

The two climbed up the wall. At this moment, I couldn’t even remember Sanders’ words warning that it was dangerous.

Aten used mana detection, and Cybel raised his energy to the maximum to find Frontier.

—And unfortunately, the assumptions they made were correct.

The two discovered Frontier almost at the same time. The sight of Frontier riding Cassian towards the ‘Sacred Forest’. Selena was also riding in the back.

Suddenly, a sound came from Saibel’s molars. She was so angry right now that she felt like she would break the barrier.

“You are so funny…! Frontier…!!”

I was breathing heavily with anger and my voice was shaking. The monster hadn’t even come close yet, but an aura bloomed all over my body.

Sigh –

Aten grabbed Saibel’s wrist. Cybel was startled. Aten’s body temperature was a bit cooler than others, perhaps due to his nature, but Aten’s hand that had just grabbed his wrist was extremely cold.

“…We have to block the barriers.”

Aten’s breath didn’t even produce steam. Her body was exposed to this frigid temperature.

The transparent pupils now looked like carved ice cubes.

The more Aten gets angry, the colder he becomes. Cybel was keenly aware of that fact.

“…It did.”

Cybel agreed.

It was a shame that Frontier was a shame, and they had to carry out their duties.

* * *

I gritted my teeth and raced toward the sacred forest.

Due to Cassian’s speed, a considerable headwind hit me, and the wind chased me into the empty space.

The reason I gritted my teeth was because I had never done anything like horseback riding. So, I grit my teeth and hold on to Cassian.

“So I said I was driving a horse.”

Selena, who was riding behind her, said calmly.

“Do you know where you are going and leave the horse to me!”

“There is no trust. There is no trust.”

Of course.

It’s been less than a month since we met.

At first, Cassian only jumped a little, and I almost got thrown off by myself, but it seemed like I finally got the hang of it.

It was also thanks to Cassian taking care of me while racing at high speed.

“I guess I’m getting used to it…!”

I tied Penelope’s cloth to the halter and held it in my hand.

That alone may have had a warming effect, so neither Cassian nor I suffered any damage from the cold.

After I lent him the cloth for a day, Cassian started to follow me quite well.

Did they think that if they were visible to me, they would be able to avoid the cold, or did the mere fact that I had this fabric increase its value?

Anyway, since he did what I said, I was able to put my plan into action.

──This plan is similar to the ‘raid’ that took place in Constel.

I attack the enemy boss while my allies block the attack.

What’s different from last time is the level of difficulty. The timeout is much shorter and the level of enemies I face is different.

And above all, I had almost no preparation for the situation of the defenses and troops.

If I had to say it, it was just advice from an ice wall. Because there are many variables, the probability of failure also increases.

However, the reason I came all the way to Tavern during my vacation is because there is a high return here that makes all the risks negligible.

Kieeek!

At that moment, a loud noise cut off my thoughts.

From the corner of my eye, I saw that it was a monster that resembled a bat. He was truly a simple-looking guy. It was just a bat, but it was as big as a bison.

“Kassian!”

I pulled the reins and shouted, and Cassia understood my meaning and dodged the bat’s teeth. At the same time, it even showed a bat in my field of vision.

Weaving Black River

Grade – Rare

Slev’s Eerie Dagger

I broke the Black River into a dagger and threw it at the guy.

My throwing skills have now risen to upper-intermediate level. It doesn’t go astray for most people.

And a guy of that size can be hit with a mid-level throw.

Kieeek!

The bat struck the dagger away with its wing as if there was nothing to see.

Oh my.

Throwing skills have become useless.

Kiek –

The bat jabbed its teeth at me again and fell to the ground on its own.

Not knowing why, it raised its head several times to fly again, then lowered it again, then trembled and became quiet.

“What are you dead?”

Selena asked in surprise.

“No, not yet.”

Well, I’m not dead yet. Because it takes 24 hours.

However, this is a bitterly cold land, and we are stuck motionless on the frozen ground.

What comes first: paralysis or freezing? It was something I couldn’t figure out.

* * *

The closer we got to the sacred forest, the more monsters were in our way.

It was natural. Because there is a guy in the forest who controls monsters.

‘Monsters cannot enter the forest, so monsters and the forest have a conflicting relationship like water and oil.’

For mankind, this idea was naturally ingrained in their minds.

There is no way the guy controlling the monsters attacking Tayvon could be in the forest. Everyone thought so. It’s a psychological trap.

‘…also.’

But as I got to this point, I realized something.

The level of monsters is clearly low. This is because all the powerful monsters were sent to the barrier.

Of course, the enemy also knows that humans do not suspect the forest.

So, you neglect your own defense. You have fallen into a psychological trap.

“At this level, we should be able to break through the forest without difficulty.”

“Well, I do most of it.”

“shut up.”

I dismissed it, but what Selena said was true.

Selena was very faithful to her duty as a guard and took care of other monsters that got in her way while heading to the forest.

It’s truly amazing that everything that gets hit by a small, seemingly weak needle called a needle falls out.

Selena must have gotten a rough idea of my personality after spending a few days with me, so the annoying pretense gradually disappeared.

But that doesn’t mean it’s all gone, it’s that the politeness towards me has decreased by about half and half of that has been filled with lack of vulgarity.

Ironically, it was better this way than when he was trying to seduce me.

‘The assassin of Mangot.’

Selena was sent from Mangot and her superior is Hagley, so of course she cannot be at ease.

However, the mission itself to escort me was obviously true.

It’s more about protecting my ability to interpret ancient languages than protecting me, but no matter which continent I searched while playing this game, I couldn’t find anyone with the ability to interpret ancient languages.

In other words, there was no substitute for Frontier’s abilities, at least in that era. Of course, I have no choice but to protect it. Perhaps this mission is higher than Selena’s own life.

“It’s a forest.”

Selena said.

There was a neat path in the forest that seemed to invite people.

“I know.”

I led Cassian through the entrance.

* * *

As soon as I entered the forest, the monster disappeared like a lie.

There was even a refreshing energy inside.

“…I don’t feel any demon energy. “Is there really a monster commander here?”

“okay. Although it is ambiguous to call him a commander.”

“yes?”

Actually, I was looking for a ‘lake’ rather than a guy who controls monsters.

If you find the lake before he does, you won’t have to do anything troublesome.

But of course he thought that too.

[Please stop.]

The guy appeared while reciting polite lines.

I stopped Cassian and the ground rose up before our eyes.

The soil rising from the ground settled again, leaving a single figure in its place. The guy who appeared like that really seemed to be a part of this forest.

But that was all, he was just an ordinary old man. A white-haired old man dressed in a long robe who seems to be found literally anywhere on the continent.

“…Is that person really the commander of the monsters?”

“okay.”

Selena continued to look at the old man as if she did not understand. More than his behavior, Selena probably didn’t understand the sacred energy felt by the old man.

I got off Cassian. An old man radiating a sacred energy before his eyes under the warm sunlight of a green forest.

It is a scene that would appear in a fairy tale somewhere.

That’s right.

“Nice to meet you. It’s my first time meeting you. “It’s called Frontier.”

[…okay. Lord Frontier. A name to reveal to an old man like me.]

“Mr. Merlin.”

[…!]

His name is Merlin.

A great wizard, prophet, and sage who appears in the legend of King Arthur, and King Arthur’s teacher and counselor.

And above all, here in the game Etius, Merlin was a ‘druid’.