Academy’s Weapon Replicator chapter 144

Chapter 44 Resurrection

At the warning of Obsidian, the guards moved quickly. At the forefront was Major General Esther. Of course, it was mirror Esther.

[Intruder Out, Intruder Out, Intruder killed three guards in the morgue. respond quickly. An intruder occurs—]

Following the guidance, the guards headed to the morgue. The entrance to the prison has already been sealed off. Blocking the escape route from the outside, a siege network was formed.

however.

Follow me-!

Another sound different from the alarm that the staff directly pressed rang out again.

At the same time, water was sprayed from a sprinkler installed on the ceiling.

‘fire?’

The intruder set the fire. Then why? Esther and the guards made their way across the pouring stream.

The door to the mortuary locked automatically the moment the alarm sounded. That is, there are still intruders inside.

It is difficult to understand the act of setting fire in a confined space, but he is a madman who broke into Obsidian in the first place.

beep-

shudder.

Esther in the lead opened the door without delay. It was a lock magic with fingerprints registered.

Esther has already opened the Auror. Not only her, but Obsidian’s guards can all use Aurors. This is a basic condition for a prison guard.

“this… … .”

However, the intruder had already disappeared. Renzo’s body was nowhere to be seen.

After that, more guards came in and searched the room, but to no avail. The culprit had already left the morgue.

‘It’s transfer magic. It’s also very good performance. Perhaps a portal.’

If you check the CCTV, it will become clear, but probably not.

Esther saw the situation and figured out a way to escape.

The perpetrator entered through the front door when entering. While babbling as if he had been favored by Renzo. If his transfer was of the ‘space transfer’ level, there would be no need for that.

In the first place, Renzo would have been able to get him out of solitary confinement before he even died.

In other words, it is a one-way street that can only be ‘returned’.

However, if that is the case, a question remains.

‘Then what is a sprinkler?’

Esther has been focusing on her sense of smell since before. The fire was extinguished by the sprinkler, but there was a faint burnt smell. Obviously, the culprit set a fire here.

The reason why the opponent who could return to the portal had to set fire inside. It is difficult to infer easily.

‘Whether you need fire or water to create a portal… … .’

While Esther was developing her thoughts, the guards cleaned up the inside of the morgue and continued their search within the prison.

According to Esther’s judgment, she would have already escaped from prison, but she could be wrong, and even if she was right, that was not a reason to stop the search.

“Sir, I have something to report to you.”

At that moment, one of the guards approached Esther.

“what?”

“According to the employee who sounded the alarm, the culprit changed his face when viewed on CCTV in the morgue.”

“You changed your face?”

“Yes. When she entered the entrance, she was a slender woman, but in the mortuary, it is said that her face was changed to a more neutral one. He said his face rubbed like clay.”

“Hmm. So, did the perpetrator not know that there was CCTV?”

“no. He said he was looking at the CCTV cameras. He said he showed it on purpose. He can change his shape at any time, so he won’t be able to find it. I think it was that kind of appeal.”

Esther’s eyes narrowed.

Esther said after rubbing her chin and lips once with her fingertips.

“If you do, it will be an outside monster.”

“… … A monster outside.”

“It’s not enough to change your face, so if you appeal to your abilities, your existence itself will probably never have been discovered in the Empire. So, the response is late, and no one knows what it is. That’s what his provocation means.”

“indeed. It must have been the work of a monster.”

The guard nodded as if in admiration.

But Esther was still suspicious.

‘Even so, it’s not enough as a reason for provocation. I heard that the monsters outside had excellent intelligence. Besides, I heard that there are monsters as powerful as you around, so they are wary of each other, so they have high intelligence and a more cautious and sullen temperament.’

If it was just a simple monster, it could be seen as a way to show off his abilities.

If it was an outside monster, there is a possibility that even the show was aimed at something.

‘Renzo’s corpse, portal, transformation, show off… … .’

The abbreviated keywords passed through Esther’s mind in order.

‘We need fire or water.’

Soon his eyes gleamed coldly.

‘—A monster from the outside.’

It’s not the portal that needs fire or water.

Maybe the monster itself.

After drawing a conclusion, Esther spoke softly.

“I get it.”

“Yes?”

“He showed off his skills. It was a form of confidence that we would never find. But what do you see differently? It is concluded that only ‘monsters’ are capable of such a thing. It’s also an unidentified monster we’ve never seen before.”

“Yeah, yes.”

“In other words, he deliberately let me know that he was a monster. There is no reason to take such a risk.”

“He’s not human, can’t he? They are people who do not know what they are thinking.”

Esther shook her head at the guard’s words.

“That is because you have never met a monster outside. People who don’t know what they’re thinking? right. But that doesn’t mean they’re dumber than us. Because it is beyond our imagination.”

The intelligence of external monsters and humans is almost the same. Esther knows it. She actually met a monster outside, and barely survived from her limbs.

However, unlike humans, where emotions, logic, beliefs, and values greatly influence one’s choices, there is no such thing for external monsters.

They don’t have people and hearts to protect. Its superior intelligence is only used for its own purposes.

If you don’t understand that mindset.

“As long as the outside monster is just a monster, even if its body is torn in half, it’s ‘deserving to die’.”

“… … .”

At Esther’s cold words, the guard swallowed his saliva.

he asked again slowly.

“Well, then, what do you think the warden is thinking?”

“This is not the work of ‘individuals’.”

“What do you mean?”

“He is a monster, as if he showed his abilities. that’s for sure However, if we are engrossed in that thought, we will only pursue the monster. That will be the factor that will drive you away from him.”

“… … What does that mean?”

The guard still did not understand Esther’s meaning.

Esther thought she was too fond of her words, so naturally she understood it.

“He is holding hands with a human.”

“… … !”

“So, you know that the more you pretend to be a monster, the safer you become. The more we look outward, the more he hides in.”

The guards then understood. his eyes trembled.

I started to understand at least a little bit what kind of monsters outside were.

Meanwhile, Esther let out a small sigh.

‘I’ll have to contact the main body.’

You haven’t arrived in Constell yet, so it won’t be too late.

* * *

On this day, Obsidian made a huge dent in its reputation.

An intruder stole Renzo’s body.

A shameful situation that does not live up to the title of being the best prison in the empire.

Only one demon has done this. It was hard to believe that he was not human, and it became a factor that created more anxiety for the citizens of the Empire.

But whoever made that great achievement.

“… … Renzo-sama, listen to me.”

With tremendous tension, he was looking at the man in front of him.

“Uh-huh, are you listening?”

Renzo grinned and looked at the Kraken.

The Kraken was also smiling, but his face must have stiffened somewhat.

Renzo said.

“One day the Empress of this Empire told me. don’t bark At first, as soon as I heard those words, I had a fever, but now that I think about it, I am a cub. You were very right.”

Renzo picked his ears. Scratching the other ear with the left little finger seemed awkward.

“So, you just bastard, four years? Anyway, I listened carefully to what you said. I am a beast, so I thought I would understand if I heard the sound of the beast.”

However, as soon as Renzo recited the word, his momentum changed. Renzo’s death shot the Kraken. He was even hot to live. If swallowed, it will burn to death. As the Kraken thought so.

“But, what did you say? Are you in control of my life or death? young boy Didn’t you just say that?”

“… … Renzo-sama’s heart is now being replaced by my core. If I put my mind to it.”

“Huh. This is true.”

Renzo shook his head. Slowly, as if I didn’t really understand.

Apparently, Renzo’s heart has now been replaced by the Kraken’s core. The owner of the core is the Kraken, and not the Kraken, but can stop the core and kill Renzo ‘if he wants to’.

“okay. Where are you going to try it? I’m just curious how fast you ‘make up your mind’?”

“… … .”

“I gave Renzo his nucleus to bring it back to life, right? young boy You broke the Obsidian.”

“… … Obsidian, aren’t you great?”

At Kraken’s words, Renzo took a deep breath.

Soon, fuhahaha!! let out a loud laugh.

“What is funny?”

“Isn’t that great? right. Is the information from outside monsters only that much?”

“… … What does it mean?”

“You seem to think that you have succeeded in escaping from ‘Obsidian’ just because four years have escaped the ‘building’ right now, but you are very mistaken. Four years is now the bell of your life. You don’t know what will happen if you get caught by the warden there, that crazy b*tch, or why the vicious prisoners in that prison are silent.”

Among the sinners of the continent, Renzo is by far the one who knows the most about Obsidian. The worst criminals in the world naturally have a strong relationship with the world’s strongest prison.

“Are you giving me your life, whining that you need my strength and threatening me with everything? You should have come to me after hearing what happened to all the guys who tinker with me. Octopus b*tch who doesn’t even know this subject.”

“?!”

Kraken’s face hardened.

octopus. The anchovy itself is unpleasant, but mentioning it.

“… … How do you know?”

“What, you mean the four-year-old is an octopus?”

Renzo chuckled. The Kraken felt his momentum was unusual.

──If the Kraken was a Frontier, you would have seen it.

The purple haze rising from Renzo’s body.

“I taught you. Ares. If I die, surely four years will come and save me.”

“Ares, are you sure that the war god Ares-sama? Are you saying you have met God?”

“Rather than meeting each other, I went by myself.”

The Kraken had nothing to say to Renzo’s confident tone.

Of course, the Kraken himself was not in a position to talk about it, but he ‘spoken’ to the god who gave him his divine power, no matter what.

“… … Then, knowing that he would be resurrected, you mean that he died on purpose for that?”

“Ugh. Ares told me.”

Renzo still spoke in a cheeky voice.

“If I die, the octopus head will come and revive me, and since Ares and I have the same purpose, they will lend me ‘proper power’.”

“… … purpose?”

“Yeah, it’s obvious, isn’t it?”

Renzo’s eyes widened. Life that seemed to be on fire was now bubbling and rising like lava.

“I will kill Frontier. It will be the most fun event of my life.”