Academy’s Weapon Replicator chapter 89

Chapter 26 Sacred Grove (1)

Sanders ran quickly and grabbed Frontier by the shoulder of the man who looked like Frontier.

“What are you?”

“Huh!”

The guy in Frontier’s attire shrugged in surprise. Sanders looked at the face. It was the first face I saw. It wasn’t an article. I don’t even know if I’m a soldier.

His scruffy face seemed unmanaged, and a strange stench stung his nostrils despite the cold.

“I asked who it was!”

“He’s called Grovel… … .”

“Grobel? Which affiliation do you belong to?”

“I, I am just a prisoner, knight.”

Sanders felt his eyes dizzy at Grovel’s answer.

There can be no mere prisoner standing in frontier’s attire. This is what Frontier had planned from the beginning.

Change your clothes when the time is right, so that you can escape at any time. Changing into thick clothes on the way was also aimed at that.

“I just did what I was told… … .”

“I know that! What is the purpose of Frontier!”

“I don’t know… … .”

Whiick, Sanders hurled Grovel on the shoulder. It was a simple rant. Still, the person did not go away.

If you think about it, Frontier is just a student. A half penny who wasn’t even an adult. Not even an article. It is wrong to expect anything from such a child.

‘it’s okay. I’ve been doing well so far without him. Tactics don’t change.’

As Sanders thought, his jaw tightened and his muscles bulged out. It was a desperate battlefield that was almost impossible to win, but the word ‘almost’ was cut in two by Frontier’s escape.

Sanders cried out with blood.

“Kill them! Do not take a single step into the land of this tavern!!”

* * *

“What, what? What’s up?”

Cybel was perplexed when she saw the noise above the wall.

Sanders was yelling something at someone.

Aten also saw She knew that the Frontier on the wall was the same outfit Sanders was facing now.

“… … fake.”

“yes?”

“I think Frontier has put up a fake with his clothes on.”

“… … What?”

Cybel looked over the barrier. There was certainly no frontier to be seen anywhere.

“… … Then isn’t Frontier over there?”

“yes. maybe.”

Cybel and Atten were also momentarily speechless about this absurd situation.

But the two were not swallowed up in anger like Sanders. While understanding the situation, the two realized something at the same time.

“… … Cassian.”

“Maybe you asked me to borrow it.”

They both looked in one direction at the same time. It wasn’t on Tayburn’s side. It was the wall.

The two, oddly enough, had no idea that Frontier had escaped in Cassian. A more terrifying assumption came to mind.

“Is that guy going over the barrier?”

“To go to the realm outside.”

The two climbed up the wall. I couldn’t even remember Sanders’ words that warned him of danger at this moment.

Atten was able to detect Mana, and Cybel to the maximum to find the Frontier.

—And, the assumptions they made were unfortunately correct.

The two discovered Frontier almost at the same time. The figure of Frontier riding Cassian and sprinting into the ‘Sacred Forest’. Selena was also riding behind them.

Suddenly, a sound came from Cybel’s molars. She was so angry right now that she thought she would break the barrier at any moment.

“You are very, very funny… … ! Frontier… … !!”

His voice trembled, his breathing ragged with anger. Even though the monster had not yet reached a distance, auras appeared all over his body.

ugh-

Aten grabbed Cybel’s wrist. Cybel was startled. Aten’s body temperature was a little cooler than others, perhaps because of her character, but Aten’s hand, which had just grabbed her wrist, was very cold.

“… … Barrier, you have to block it.”

Aten’s breath did not even steam. Her body was close to this frigid temperature.

The transparent eyes now looked like carved ice cubes.

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

“… … It did.”

Cybel agreed.

It was bad for Frontier, and they had to do their job.

* * *

I clenched my teeth and sprinted towards the Sacred Grove.

A strong headwind hit me at Cassian’s speed, and the wind followed me to the empty spot.

The reason for writing this is no different, it’s because I’ve never even done horseback riding. That is why he is clenching his teeth and holding on to Cassian.

“So you said I was driving a horse.”

Selena, who was riding in the back, said calmly.

“Do you know where you are going and leave the horse?”

“No trust, no trust.”

Of course.

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

At first, Cassian only ran a little bit, but I almost got thrown out by myself, but it seemed that I had managed to get the hang of it.

It was also thanks to Cassian’s attention to me while sprinting at high speed.

“Somewhat, familiar, seemingly, and… … !”

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

Whether that alone had a warming effect, neither Cassian nor I suffered from the cold.

After lending the fabric for a day, Cassian began to follow me quite well.

Did you think that if you looked good to me, you would be able to avoid the cold, or did the value just go up a bit just because I had this kind of cloth?

Anyway, as far as moving as I said, I was able to carry out the plan.

──This plan is similar to the ‘attack’ that took place in Constell.

While the ally blocks the attack, I hit the enemy’s boss.

The difference from last time is the difficulty. The timeout is much shorter, and the level of the enemy I’m dealing with is different.

And above all, I have very little preparedness for the situation of the barriers and troops.

To put it bluntly, the ice wall’s advice. Therefore, there are many variables, and the probability of failure increases as much.

But the reason why I came all the way to Tayburn on vacation is because there is a high return that can ignore all the risks.

Keek!

Then a scream that cut off my thoughts flew in.

Looking sideways, it was a monster resembling a bat. He was a really simple-looking guy. It’s just a bat, and it’s as big as a bison.

“Cassian!”

I pulled the reins and shouted, and Cassia understood me in a terrifying way, avoiding the bat’s teeth. At the same time, I even showed a bat in my sight.

Weaving (織造), Heukcheon

Rank – Rare

Slev’s Eerie Dagger

I smashed the black cloth to make a dagger, and threw it at him.

My throwing skill is now advanced to intermediate level. It doesn’t go away with any guy.

And a guy with that size can be hit with an intermediate throw.

Keek!

The bat slashed the dagger with its wings as if there was nothing to see.

Oh, like that.

Throwing was useless.

Kiek-

The bat put its teeth at me again, and it fell to the ground on its own.

Without knowing the reason, he raised his head a few times to fly again, then repeated the slamming again, and then he trembled and became quiet.

“What, are you dead?”

Selena asked, surprised.

“No, not yet.”

Well, he’s not dead yet. Because it takes 24 hours.

However, this is a cold land, and it hangs on the frozen ground.

Paralysis first or freezing first? It was unknown to me.

* * *

As we approached the sacred forest, more and more monsters were interfering.

It was natural. Because there is a person who can handle monsters in the forest.

‘Monsters cannot enter the forest, so monsters and forests have an opposite relationship like water and oil.’

Humans have had these thoughts in their minds for granted.

There’s no way the guy who controls the monster that attacks Tayburn is in the forest. Everyone thought so. It’s a psychological trap.

‘… … Also.’

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

Obviously, the level of the demons is low. It’s because they sent all the powerful monsters to the barrier.

The fact that humans do not doubt the forest is, of course, also known to the enemy.

So they neglect their own defense. You have fallen into a psychological trap.

“If this is enough, we will be able to break through the forest without difficulty.”

“Well, that’s mostly what I do.”

“shut up.”

I dismissed it, but Selena’s words were true.

Selena was very faithful to her duty as an escort, and took care of other monsters that interfered with her while heading to the forest.

It’s really surprising to see that all the things that were hit by a needle called a small, powerless thing are falling apart.

After spending a few days with me, Selena got a rough idea of my personality, and that annoying pretense slowly faded away.

That doesn’t mean it’s all gone, but it can be said that the politeness towards me has been reduced by half, and half of it has been filled with negligence.

Ironically, this was a little better than when I was trembling to seduce me.

‘The assassin of Mangot.’

Selena was sent from Cape Mango, and since her boss is Hagli, of course, she can’t be relieved.

But the mission itself to escort me must have been true.

Rather than protecting me, I am protecting my ability to interpret ancient languages, but while I was playing this game, I searched any continent to find no human with the ability to interpret ancient languages.

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

“It’s a forest.”

Selena said.

In the forest, there was an orderly path that seemed to invite people.

“I know.”

I led Cassian and entered the entrance.

* * *

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

Inside, there was even a refreshing energy.

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

“okay. It’s vague to be called a commander, though.”

“yes?”

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

If you find the lake before the bastard, you don’t have to do anything annoying.

But, of course, he must have thought too.

[Stop.]

The guy appeared with polite lines.

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

The soil that rose from the ground subsided again, leaving a single figure in its place. The guy who showed up like that really seemed to be a part of this forest.

But that was all, and his appearance was an ordinary old man. A white-haired old man dressed in a long robe, who seemed to be anywhere on the continent.

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

“okay.”

Selena continued to stare at the old man in disbelief. More than that, Selena probably didn’t understand the divine energy she felt in the old man.

I got off Cassian. The green forest, the warm sunlight, and the old man exuding holy energy in front of him.

It’s a scene that comes out of a fairy tale anywhere.

yes it will

“Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. It’s called Frontier.”

[…] … okay. Sir Frontier. A name to give to an old man like me.]

“Mr. Merlin.”

[…] … !]

His name is Merlin.

In the legend of King Arthur, he is an archmage, a prophet, a sage, and a teacher and assistant to King Arthur.

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