Academy’s Weapon Replicator chapter 91

Chapter 26 Sacred Grove (3)

Selena blinked with her mouth open.

“Then you’re saying this isn’t a forest?”

“It’s a forest. Animals and plants live together, there are dense trees, and there is a lake.”

“But you just said it was a dream.”

“Well, it’s a dream come true.”

Magic is what causes phenomena. In that sense, this forest is also a kind of magic.

For that reason, non-magicians sometimes misunderstand magic as ‘deceit’.

If you cancel the magic, the burning fire disappears, and the frozen ice disappears in an instant.

But burns and frostbite remain. The same goes for this forest.

The animals and plants in this forest already form an ecosystem.

Of course, all of this is a circulatory system made of mana, but some people will hardly notice the difference from reality.

A dream close to reality that most people cannot even distinguish. There, for several decades, it was called the ‘Sacred Forest’ and the evidence that has been spoken of by people.

It has already existed for too long to be called ‘deception’.

“Can a normal person do that?”

“I can’t. Merlin is an archmage.”

“Yeah, though. Even in a dream, to create such a sophisticated world. There must be a limit to a person’s mana, but this will last for several decades… … .”

Selena’s question was justified. In fact, I didn’t even think that this would be possible for several decades. As Selena said, simply because there is a limit to the total amount of human mana.

There were parts of it that I guessed, but for now, I saved my words.

“Anyway, let’s hurry. I wasted my time because you were suddenly squeamish.”

“… … Be sure to say it that way.”

Ignoring the crawling voice, I drove Cassian again.

As I was walking for a while, I suddenly remembered and said,

“But aren’t assassins used to torture? You will be trained.”

“I am used to it. the pain and suffering. The fear that penetrates all five senses. That’s why I’m taught not to disclose information even if I cry and beg.”

“Aren’t you enduring pain?”

“At first, I lied like that. training to endure pain. But it wasn’t. The pain is unbearable. Even if I cry, beg, or shout, it doesn’t end. However, the robbery gets worse when information is leaked. Then the pain that goes beyond the limit is engraved in the brain. Then, no matter how painfully tortured you are, no matter how much you cry and beg, you will not vomit information. I remember the horror of that time.”

… … That’s scary.

I have nothing more to say, I just quietly looked ahead.

After a moment of silence,

“wait.”

Selena said.

“But how did you know? that I am an assassin I just said it was an escort station.”

“Because what you’re doing is like an assassin.”

I don’t know about that, but I saw it as an ‘analysis’ skill.

“Are you okay with talking like that? How did you get torture training? Isn’t Hagley, his boss, angry?”

“does not matter. Mangot is an ugly place. Everyone there knows for themselves. So there is no need to hide the ugly. You just have to hide the things you really need to hide.”

“… … .”

I didn’t answer that further.

Mangot is a miserable place.

It is like a refuge for those who have been abandoned in the country, but it is also a place where anger and hatred accumulate and cause fire someday.

It is literally a karma. It is the ‘karma’ that the continent has committed, and Mangot is its flame.

Of course, from the gamer’s point of view, apart from such an understanding and loss and complicated emotional battle, it is difficult to deal with monsters.

Because I don’t want to fight This is the mind for clearing. Because the human race in this world is slaughtered by fighting the wrong way.

Can Mangot and the continent make peace? It’s one of the most impossible things I’ve ever failed in this game.

“… … However, the road has been going on since before.”

Selena said strangely.

“If I keep following this road, will I really come to that lake?”

“no. If you follow me, you will be lost forever.”

This forest is Merlin’s dream.

This road, which seems to go straight, is also strangely twisted according to his thoughts, making it impossible to reach the lake.

That’s why Merlin retreated without any regrets when he saw me holding Mjölnir.

Rather than fighting me and seeing blood, I decided that it was more likely to prevent me from reaching the lake.

“Then what do you do? Why do you keep going down this road?”

“I know the way.”

This forest is actually a ‘trial’ that Aster will reach someday.

Most players know the strategy of this forest.

But, in fact, because Aster’s high level was recognized by Merlin, Merlin only provided an appropriate level of difficulty.

But, as always, I am Frontier.

There’s no way Merlin would give the lake to someone like me who doesn’t know where he came from.

‘However.’

it seems to me The ‘illusion’ of this dream.

It is also seen as an ‘analysis’ skill, but my intuition reacted before that.

Perhaps it was because he had a skill that was closer to an illusion than anything else called ‘weaving’, and there was a strangely familiar smell in this dream world.

“Cassian. From now on, follow my instructions.”

After speaking, I grabbed the reins lightly. Cassian slowed down slightly as if he understood. It’s a really smart word, and sometimes it’s scary.

‘… … Whoa.’

I captured the scenery alone. First of all, the path to this straight line was the same as when playing as Aster.

As a player, Merlin gives hints while walking down this road, but I have to find it myself.

The ‘analysis’ skill does not choose the target. This world itself is also possible to ‘analyze’ as long as it can be specified.

So far, the analysis has read to me additional descriptions like the description of the item.

Merlin’s ‘dream’ is clearly similar to Frontier’s ‘weave’. The reality of this dream could be revealed if it was Frontier.

yet,

“──It’s done.”

The analyzed dream world came into my eyes. Just as a weapon made of weaving is completed like a fine thread woven, this dream was also a number of strands of thread.

I led Cassian into the revealed fantasy world.

“… … Come this way.”

Pull the reins to the left. There were no roads, just dense trees. But Cassian was not afraid and followed my instructions and shaved his head.

In an instant, the dense trees were split in an instant. And it was transformed as if this was the original road.

As if correcting an error, as if rushing to complete a picture that had not yet been drawn, as if uncovering a hidden space behind the curtains of the stage.

“Ugh, I’m dizzy.”

Selena said. Clearly, this sight is dizzying to say the least. It’s like seeing a bug in a game right before your eyes.

I continued to lead Cassian. Every time I turned, the trees split and the path was revealed. It was definitely approaching the lake.

“By the way, Lord Soga.”

“How many times have I told you, call me Frontier.”

“I heard you like it when you call it Sogaju.”

“You just have to think of all the information Mangot has grasped as stingrays.”

“Are you stinging?”

“It’s copper.”

Selena didn’t answer me. Instead, she felt Selena’s hair on her back. Maybe he nodded his head.

“Then, Frontier-sama.”

“why?”

“If this is Merlin’s dream, can’t you change the location of the lake at will? Then, even if you find the right way, it will be difficult to get there… … .”

It was a pretty plausible idea.

After realizing that this is a dream, did you even think about it? Selena’s adaptability was quicker than I thought.

But that guess is wrong.

“It is impossible to change the location of the lake.”

“Why?”

“Because lakes are real.”

“… … ah.”

Everything around you now sees Merlin’s dream.

The lake is real.

Conversely, for that one lake, Merlin designed this dream.

Kugugu-

At that time, the appearance of the trees changed strangely.

The ordinary landscape was distorted, and the trees ignorantly increased their size and stretched out their branches. The thick stems were twisted, and the gaps between them seemed to smile like the corners of a person’s mouth.

“Uh, um, Frontier-sama… … ?”

Selena let out an anxious voice.

“Merlin is sure.”

“What?”

“We know exactly the way. It’s impossible to get you lost.”

So I’m thinking of pushing it again by force. But this time, I hid myself and was relatively safe.

The trees have already inflated my body for a long time, becoming a shadow. In the forest that became dark in an instant, huge trees looked down with their bent backs.

“… … Since this is a dream, wouldn’t it be okay if it was true?”

“what do you think about it? How do you think it would be?”

“It looks like it will be very painful.”

I nodded.

“As long as you can’t get away from that thought, you’re going to get really sick.”

Damn it, Selena muttered, then put her hand inside the product and pulled out the needle.

It’s nice to see the sassy disappear, but it felt like manners were also disappearing.

* * *

Merlin was standing in front of the lake.

He felt everything in this forest. Even the smallest breath of a little bird.

The Frontier was already approaching. They tried to block it with the trees, but it was only a matter of time before they got here.

[…] … What should I do?]

There was a slight echo in that self-talk. It wasn’t just a pure mumble that was uttered alone.

[What are you so worried about?]

The water gushed out in the middle of the lake, which Merlin was looking at.

A woman appeared in the place of the pouring again, and her appearance was very similar to that of Merlin who came out of the ground.

[The lake could not be protected.]

Merlin said.

[it’s okay.]

The woman at the lake answered.

[Whoever gets here will get nothing.]

The woman at the lake laughed.

[Manyong only invites death.]

That was then.

Dududu, Merlin or Lake’s woman was also getting close to her ears.

the sound of horseshoes

Paz!

It was also Frontier who came out through the grass.

His clothes were torn and torn in several places, as if he had fought quite a fierce battle while coming. However, there did not appear to be any serious injuries.

“Heh heh heh… … .”

On the other hand, the woman in the back was more likely to die.

“Hey, what are you doing? arrived.”

Frontier gave the pint to the woman behind him.

“It’s cowardly. He takes almost no damage, and he has to fight while avoiding me.”

“It’s an illusion, so if you know exactly, you won’t be harmed.”

“I thought too? It’s an illusion, it’s a fake, I kept repeating and believing it over and over again, so why am I being beaten?”

“It’s not that I believe, it’s that I know.”

Merlin quietly listened to their conversation before raising his eyebrows.

illusion? no damage?

So, the reason Frontier is fine now is because he has seen the ‘dream’?

… … It can’t be.

“ah.”

Only then did Frontier find Merlin. He also looked at the woman at the lake.

“See you again, Sir Merlin. and.”

Frontier looked at the woman and smiled broadly.

“I’ve been looking for it for a while. ‘Witch of the Lake’.”