Academy’s Weapon Replicator chapter 92

Chapter 26 Sacred Grove (4)

lake woman.

The mysterious woman whose name does not appear in the original King Arthur legend is called by several names depending on the place name and the adapted story.

Women, fairies, ladies, etc.

But all the gamers of Etius called her this way.

‘Witch of the Lake’.

[Excuse me. you’re a witch Am I a fairy? There is also the name Nimue.]

yes, nimue. That was the name. I forgot her name after hearing that she was only a witch.

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Nimue smiled softly as he said that. Its clean appearance and smile certainly did not suit the nickname ‘witch’.

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No, that’s why she’s a witch. Among gamers, there are quite a few people who have been deceived by that appearance.

So, actually, I believe that he is a good character, and there are quite a few guys who have been stumbling around here and there.

But I, who held on to this game the longest, assert that,

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Nimue is a witch.

“Yes, Mr. Nimue. I have been to the lake.”

[What’s the matter?]

“I came to find the sword in it.”

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Nimue’s expression faltered slightly.

[indeed… … . It seems like he really knew what he came to know.]

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Nimuer spread his arms. It was as if he was welcoming me.

[If you can find it, look for it.]

[Nimue!]

Merlin called out Nemue.

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Nimue smiled and said to me.

[It’s in the Black Lake. If you can take it, you can.]

“What does that mean?”

[Are you forgetting where this is? This is an extreme land, farther north than yours. This lake is colder than a glacier. It just exists as a ‘lake’, so it doesn’t freeze.]

I looked down at the lake. The lake’s water was clear and transparent, but like Nimue’s words, I felt a chill.

Water colder than ice. It is impossible for this non-flowing lake to have such a low temperature, but the lake retains its appearance forever under the name of ‘mystery’.

Simple cold cannot freeze this lake. The temperature just keeps dropping.

In the extreme, even if humanity perishes, this place will remain the same forever.

Anyway, it’s an odd chill.

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Nimue, who looked at me, smiled huhuh.

Even that smile looked so good, it was rather strange.

[Would you like to come in? What’s the use if you can’t come out even if you search for the sword?]

“Don’t worry. I have come prepared.”

I turned back and walked over to Cassian. He picked up Penelove’s cloth and tied it to his hand. The chill that had just lingered disappeared as if washed away. It was the effect of cloth.

[…] … Huh.]

The smile on Nimue’s face faded a little. Still, there seemed to be plenty of room.

[Well, please.]

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Nimue said again. still didn’t stop me

I looked at Merlin for a moment. He also looked at me with a firm expression on his face, but he didn’t seem to be moving.

“… … Are you really going to jump in?”

Selena asked. It was a worrisome fight for some reason.

As an escort, I thought it was natural to worry about me, but it seems that it is not.

“It should be.”

“Something is suspicious. It’s so easy to send it off.”

“Yeah, me too.”

“Yes?”

I laughed. He waved his hand as if to run an errand for a moment.

“Then I will go.”

So, I jumped into the lake.

* * *

Selena looked at the lake where Frontier had jumped for a moment.

You’re an escort, and if you jump in there together, you’ll probably freeze to death in less than 5 seconds.

Even if I put my hand in right now, I feel the chill of frostbite in this street.

Haha, Nimue next to him sighed as if he was sorry.

[This is how another greedy life dies.]

“… … What does that mean?”

Selena asked.

It’s not for her to know where and what Frontier is doing, but dying was a different matter. It’s her job to escort Frontier.

Of course, I wouldn’t even kill her at Mangot if I die, but I’m sure there will be strict censure.

“Frondier-sama is not affected by the cold. Bringing a sword would be easy.”

The fact that Frontier didn’t feel the cold had been noticing since Tavern. Maybe it’s because of that fabric. The one I usually wore with a tie would have that kind of function.

But Nimue shook his head.

[Not because of that. You can’t bring a sword just to block the cold.]

“… … Isn’t it because of Hangi?”

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Nimue covered her mouth with one hand. That smile was kind.

[This lake is deep. Normal people can’t even reach the floor.]

“… … Even then, I wouldn’t die.”

[If it ends there. That guy looks stronger than he looks, so it looks like he’s going to reach the bottom. But in fact, according to the black tradition,]

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Nimue, who was talking happily, stopped talking and suddenly looked at Merlin. As if to check his reaction. It was a very strange move, but soon Nimue looked at Selena again and said:

[…] … It’s plugged in. Deep in the floor.]

“… … !”

Yes. Excalibur was originally a sword stuck in a rock. Or the sword that the lady of the lake handed over directly.

But neither, the sword stuck at the bottom of the lake? Tradition was completely mixed up.

[If you try to pull out that sword, you lose mana. Furthermore, it takes away the vitality. Only those strong enough to overcome them all can draw their swords. [

Selena swallowed at Nimue’s explanation.

A sword that really obscures its owner. To the extent of driving an unworthy person to death.

‘… … But it’s in the water.’

Even if he was a qualified person, would it be possible to draw a sword from this water?

Is there really such a thing as a person who can do difficult tasks on land in the water?

Why is it that two different lore are mixed, and the sword requires a task that no one seems to be able to draw?

– Because lakes are real.

The words of Frontier keep coming back to me. Selena’s head kept spinning.

But in the meantime, time has clearly passed.

How long can a person survive in water? Nimue looked up at the sky for a moment as if bored, then said.

[…] … Then go back now. The master you are waiting for will not come,]

Whoa!

At that moment, the water of the lake surged loudly. Selena, Nimue, and Merlin saw the scene.

It was frontier. He soared with something like a hammer in one hand,

iron poop.

Degur-

“… … .”

He threw it to the ground and rolled like a dog.

It was really cool to break through the surface of the lake, but Selena didn’t say anything.

“Hey, I thought I was going to die.”

The dialogue that came out was no better. Selena shut her mouth and walked over to him.

It seems he was holding something like a hammer in his right hand the moment he rose from the lake, but then it disappeared again.

In other words, Frontier had both hands empty.

Selena asked Frontier as if looking at her.

“… … Did you fail?”

“yes? failure?”

“You couldn’t come out with a sword… … .”

“Oh, right. I tried holding it once just in case, but the power was gone. It was something I wasn’t going to touch.”

Frontier admits it coolly.

Selena was relieved to see that. Frontier is not dead. I will not be scolded even in Mangot.

[Hmm, yes. The subject was someone you knew.]

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Nimue looked down at Frontier, who was lying limp.

I saw his empty hands. Haha, it’s weird coming out with a sword. Isn’t it commendable just to have come back to life after giving up greed like this?

[Did you say? That sword you can’t take.]

“yes. It was.”

Saying so, Frontier stretched out a hand. He lay down and raised his hands towards the sky.

“It doesn’t matter though.”

and.

With the other hand, Frontier broke the necklace he was wearing.

[What… … ?]

I didn’t understand it for a moment.

About the time when the black liquid flowing from the necklace gathered in Frontier’s outstretched hand and formed into a thin thread like a stem.

At that moment, Nimue’s eyes widened. The smile is gone. He opened his mouth in amazement.

Frontier’s face had the same smile that Nimue had lost.

“I told you.”

Frontier took the finished product in his hand.

A round pommel, a grip that fits both hands, a sword with a concave center, a guard and blade that emits golden light.

[Well, no, how… … !]

It is the sword that the hero will pull out by being stuck in the rock, and it is the sword that the lady of the lake will hand over to you.

Excalibur.

“I came to ‘find’ the sword.”

He never said that he had come to pick it up.

* * *

From the beginning, I had no intention of pulling out Excalibur.

‘Real’ is not mine. A sword that the protagonist of this game, Aster Evans, will one day hold in his hand.

It’s a sword that will be his main weapon, but he doesn’t do stupid things that I take away. That’s impossible, and there’s no need for it.

After I entered the lake and found Excalibur, I grabbed the sword just in case.

… … He really didn’t even budge. The sword that was embedded in the bottom of the lake seemed to have become one with the earth rather than being embedded in it.

Besides, as soon as I grabbed it, I felt my mana run out and quit. at the same time convinced

This sword, no one can draw. The same goes for Astor Evans.

It was the moment when a hypothesis in my head turned into a certainty.

After all, it was ‘witnessed’. I used Menosorphos and checked Penelope’s cloth. Since you ate the Dragon Hearts earlier, this cloth will replace your mana until you run out of them.

‘The use of Menosorpo has increased.’

It was thanks to Menosorpo that he was able to jump from the bottom of the lake to the surface.

Since the woven weapon moves freely within the range of the magic circle, wouldn’t it be possible to fly while holding the weapon?

It came from a simple idea, but it was possible. The problem was only Mjölnir.

The other weapons couldn’t handle my weight even when I tried to move them while holding them in my hand. It looks that way even in the water, so on the ground it must be seen as hopeless.

When I was about Gram, my body shook a little, and Artemis’ bow and arrow both reminded me of me, but I almost stopped my breath first.

‘I’m almost done.’

Penelope’s cloth tied to her hand was now shortened to the length of an elbow.

Meanwhile, Nimue murmured in confusion.

[Nonsense. No way. There’s no way I can pull out that sword! That’s impossible, no one… … .]

impossible. No one. Nimue himself said so.

[Yeah, yes! That’s fake! Yes!]

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Nemue exclaimed. Pointing your finger straight at me.

“… …ね.”

I couldn’t stand it anymore and burst into laughter. He smiled very brightly.

He accepted her words from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head. It felt like my whole soul was in tune with Nimue’s words.

So I brightened a smile that could not be more sincere than this.

“Yes, it is fake.”

I uttered a truthful word.

I was so proud of this answer.