The Academy's Barbarian-Chapter 123
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1.
Early morning at the entrance to the fountain of magic.
About forty people gathered.
Thirty of them were members of the Elloden delegation, and the rest consisted of a professor in charge of leadership, a special task force, and four students from Arsene..
However, the members were quite unusual..
Originally, it is common for third-year students who are familiar with the Magic Fountain to attend such a schedule, but all four of us today were freshmen..
Ulan and Noah, Ibela and Dylia.
It was Ulan's party..
And aside from being freshmen, these four had additional things in common..
The fact that all of them have been caught up in an incident related to the fountain of magic..
Accordingly, the faculty requested four guides for the tour, and Ulan agreed, and everyone naturally decided to attend..
Meanwhile, after checking Arsene's list, Ian sighed in succession. Seeing this, Laurea whispered in a small voice..
“You know, Ian..”
“why?”
“Why have you been sighing so long ago?”
“Are you asking because you really don't know??”
“I would have asked if I knew?”
her eyebrows narrowed.
As if to tell me why.
Ian sighed repeatedly and looked in the direction beyond the list. Right where Ulan is. He immediately responded with trembling fists..
“……nine times.”
“huh? what?”
“I've only fainted nine times in three days fighting that monster.!”
three days ago.
Due to Laurea's arbitrariness, Ian was forced to accept Ulan's teachings regardless of his will..
‘ok so far so good.’
Opportunities to be taught by the Master are by no means rare. However, there were two problems with Ulan's teaching..
The fact that his teaching consisted of 100 percent pure sparring, and that all sparring was so serious that it rivaled real battles..
When I first fought with Ulan.
Later, when he faced the murderous intentions he spewed out, Ian felt a sense of crisis that he could really die if he didn't do it properly..
The fact that I fainted nine times right away is proof.
The problem is not only.
“and look here!”
“what else?”
“This uniform! I hope you don't pretend you don't know this.?!”
Compared to the other cadets, Ian's uniform had more holes and tears..
As if cut by a sharp knife.
Seeing this, Laurea frowned and scolded him..
“too old put on some clean clothes.”
“No, is it because of that monster?!”
Ian shouted in an absurd tone..
At the time of sparring with Ulan.
Unlike Ian, who was armed with an iron sword and shield, he did not use any weapon. It means that he dealt with himself only with his bare fists..
‘just instead…….’
Uhlan had no mercy in his hands.
He pushed Ian relentlessly, piercing his shield and breaking his armor with his bare fists..
The part that Ian felt the most fear here was that his uniform was ripped apart with only the shockwave generated by extending his fist..
“Also, do you know the seniors too? He had a lot of bruises all over his body, and he even broke his ribs yesterday morning.!”
Not only that.
The arm turned in a direction it shouldn't return, and the finger bones holding the shield were crushed like powder..
Faced with these complaints.
Laurea shrugged..
“so you healed me.”
“that, that……!”
“Shouldn't I say thank you if the next saintess healed by using holy relics??”
She asks back as if what's wrong.
Ian was speechless at the shameless reply. After a while, he pursed his lips and grumbled..
“……After all, seniors are bad too..”
“what? why me?”
“I was able to take a break as an excuse to get hurt, but you continued to treat me whenever that happened, right?!”
Even borrowing the power of the Holy Spirit.
As a result, it took less than 10 minutes for the broken ribs and crushed finger bones to return to normal..
teaching that follows.
In the never-ending sparring, Ian passed out and woke up again and again. Recalling that time, he shuddered..
‘Master didn't do this either..’
His mentor, Paladin Master Sir Shanctus, who is famous for his harsh training methods, has never pushed Ian this far..
The moment I kept complaining like that.
Laurea suddenly spoke to me..
“Still, it's true that my skills have improved.?”
“…….”
Ian's mouth closed tightly..
because it was true.
Although the past three days have been painful as hell, Ian's skills have improved dramatically even if he thinks to himself..
It was like rolling around for three days on a battlefield where life was threatened. I felt like I would feel like going to a real battlefield..
‘but no matter how…….’
These teachings are so ignorant.
I'd rather go back to Eloden and ask my master to teach me once more..
However, this was only Ian's dream..
We still have a week left to go back to Eloden. Around the time I let out a sigh again as if frustrated by the bleak reality.
“haaa.”
There was also someone who sighed.
A girl with light blonde hair neatly tied up.
It was Ybela Elead..
“Ugh, I never thought I would come here again.”
In fact, she was reluctant to come to the Magic Fountain..
It was because of the memory of being swept away by a torrent several months ago and being isolated in the underground ruins..
When I think back to that time, my hamstrings still tingle, so when I was first offered the tour guide job, I tried to decline without hesitation..
‘but…….’
couldn't.
Because Ulan said he was going.
Subsequently, Noah and Dillia also expressed their intention to attend. And here Ibella also decided to accept the tour guide's offer..
there is only one reason.
‘Even second to Noah, I'll never see Ulan and Dylia alone.!’
Ibella noticed it faster than anyone else.
Dillia, too, has feelings for Ulan..
It's probably the same for Dillia..
‘therefore…….’
I can't give you a chance.
Flames soared in the blue-green eyes..
Then, all of a sudden, I heard a voice that broke my thoughts. It was Laurea's voice..
“Come to think of it, Miss Elead.”
“Yes?”
“I heard at first glance that I was swept away by the torrent at the Fountain of Magic, but what happened??”
“oh what is that…….”
Isabella pursed her lips..
After that, I briefly summarized the situation at the time and delivered it. About the journey from being swept away by a torrent and being isolated to the ruins to escaping.
After all that talk.
“that was a really big deal.”
Laurea nodded..
It was with a slightly surprised expression.
“I never thought there would be such a ruin in the basement of the fountain of magic. it wasn't scary?”
“It was scary. Because I knew I was going to die like this. But with Ulan, it was fine..”
As if recalling that time, Ibella smiled lightly..
Then, as if he suddenly recalled a memory, he slowly blushed and opened his mouth..
“Of course, when I first came to my senses, I was surprised that I had taken off all my clothes, but.”
“Oh, he was undressing.?!”
Was it an unexpected word??
Laurea had a startled face. Ibela, on the other hand, answered in a non-trivial tone..
“Yeah, I heard later that it was done to prevent the body temperature from dropping..”
Then he glanced at Ulan..
With a slightly embarrassed expression.
At those words, Laurea glanced at Ulan..
This is because it was Ulan who took off Ybela's clothes and said that..
“but i'm fine.”
“no, anyway…….”
“It's no one else, it's Ulan..”
So no need to worry.
Isabella said so.
Laurea gave a surprised look at the confident answer, then smiled..
It was a playful smile.
“Ulan is said to be special.?”
“That's right.”
Ibella nodded..
without the slightest hesitation.
“Ulan is special to me.”
“…….”
Laurea shut her mouth again..
It's not the reaction I was expecting.
I just said this because I wanted to see Isella panicked, but I never thought I would get such a sincere answer..
‘what?’
I felt a little strange.
To put it bluntly, my chest feels stuffy, as if someone has grabbed my heart quite hard..
Unfamiliar feelings felt for the first time.
However, she wasn't in a good mood, so Laurea frowned in silence..
On the other hand, Ulan, whether or not he knew that he had become the subject of conversation between the two girls, just stared at the fountain of magic..
Why did he come here today.
The reason I accepted the offer to serve as a tour guide was actually for a different purpose..
‘Ax of Extermination, Ose.’
The ax currently mounted on Ulan's waist.
Ax of Desire, Gula's Mate.
Referring to the first book I read, it was said that Ose is somewhere in the magical spring..
‘And if the distance is close, it was said that the gula causes a resonance phenomenon..’
However, no resonance occurred in Areas 1 and 2, which Ulan visited..
In other words, Ose is in a deeper place..
‘I don't know if I can go.’
I was thinking of going for a while if I had a chance..
It was empty to use only one Gula, and it was necessary to be fully prepared to face other Lords of the Abyss in the future..
When I was reminded of my personal purpose.
Suddenly I heard a sound that disturbed my thoughts..
“what? those people…….”
“They are magicians belonging to the Mage Tower.?”
“What is the mage of the empire doing here??”
The sound of students groaning. Ulan, who came to his senses, looked at the center of the commotion. At that time, a familiar voice knocked on my ear.
“Earlier, at first glance, I heard.”
Pointy ears pricked up like rabbit ears.
It is Dillia's voice. She whispered, looking in the same direction as Ulan..
“The empire must have sent an investigation team.”
“It's called the investigation team?”
“Yes, in the Reuben Empire.”
after nodding.
Golden eyes looked up at him..
“Perhaps, about the gap in the abyss, I'm trying to investigate, isn't it??”
makes sense.
Right now, even Seongguk has dispatched an investigation team made up of students, but the empire won't just sit around and watch..
At that moment.
“……!”
Ulan's eyes widened slightly..
Not only that. Noah, who found someone too late, opened his eyes wide..
An imperial investigation team composed of wizards. It's because I found a familiar face among them..
“you are…….”
He's a wizard in his mid-forties..
He was a man with golden hair and earthy brown eyes. On the other hand, he also made a surprised expression when he found Ulan and Noah..
but for a while.
The man who strode towards the place where the two of them were, said with a welcome smile.
“It's been a while. how have you been?”
man reaching out for a handshake.
He is the person who wrote letters of recommendation for Ulan and Noah to enter Arsene Academy..
Demuel Ron Dermore.
It was the Earl of Dermore..
2.
After permission to enter the fountain of magic has been lost.
Dozens of people started moving.
However, perhaps because of the joining of the Imperial Survey Corps, the scale has become much larger than the first..
If the existing number of people was about 40 people, now it has easily exceeded 60 people..
Also, since the direction was the same, the delegation from Elloden decided to accompany the Imperial investigation team. In the first place, Eloden also had an investigation purpose,.
By the time I entered District 1,.
Suddenly, Count Dermore, who was at the head of the investigation team, spoke up..
“Anyway, we have a very close relationship..”
“yes?”
“Even if it wasn't, I was just looking for you guys. But I never thought we'd meet in a place like this.”
“you found us?”
“okay. It's because we're an investigative team dispatched under the imperial mandate. Through detailed investigation, we are obliged to clearly determine the existence of the Abyss..”
I heard that even though the Marquis of Gorfant submitted a report, the imperial family decided that further investigation was necessary and dispatched an investigation team..
“So, I was just in need of statements from the people who were directly involved in the incident..”
If you are a party, everyone has gathered here by chance..
Ulan, Noah and Dylia.
However, the Count spoke only to Ulan and Noah, excluding Dillia..
“So, can I ask for your cooperation??”
the count hinted.
At the same time, Ulan readily replied.
“Of course you have debt.”
“haha, thank you.”
The count's complexion brightened..
Meanwhile around that time.
Taking a step back, Noah gazed intently at the count returning to the group..
‘why is that man here?’
Of course it's not strange.
Count Dermore in the original work also visited the fountain of magic with the investigation team..
‘but not now.’
Originally, the Count's visit here is something that will happen in the next six years. At the same time, the plan to bring her daughter back to life is coming to an end..
‘……Let's clear up the situation.’
First of all, why did the Count come here?.
It is to investigate in detail the incident in which the gap in the abyss was opened..
Since this incident was a variable that never happened in the original work, it was not unreasonable to send an investigation team from the empire..
‘But why is it that guy?!?’
Demuel Ron Dermore.
Unlike other mages, this mage belonging to the mage tower of earth is extremely reluctant to visit the fountain of magic..
So, I usually don't even go there, but after 6 years, I come to realize that the last material necessary for the plan is here..
‘and…….’
Count Dermore's investigation team is annihilated..
No, strictly speaking, it is not annihilation..
Because the Count returns alive.
However, he is no different from a living corpse, literally a dead person, and gets stuck in the mansion. This is the character story of Count Dermore..
‘But why…….’
Why did a nobleman who was reluctant to approach the fountain of magic come here when his plan was not yet finalized?.
it's just a coincidence?
Or is the event that will happen six years later brought forward? For some reason, Noah crumpled her face as her mind became complicated..
‘If the events of six years have come forward, the situation is far worse than expected..’
This is because after the incident, the speed at which the door to the abyss is opened increases..
The proof is that the timer that tells the time until the door opens in the game runs twice as fast as before..
‘Ooh, then it's really difficult!’
There was nothing good about opening the door to the abyss early. Noah's face hardened..
Meanwhile around that time.
She wasn't the only one with a hard complexion..
Ulan, too, gazed in the direction of Sam's center with a stone-hardened expression..
then.
“what, like, look?”
Dillia has spoken.
curious eyes.
Ulan answered openly.
“I feel a little strange.”
“What a strange feeling?”
“look beyond the fog.”
The place he pointed to was the veil of fog that lies on the border between Districts 2 and 3. Something out of the ordinary caught my eye there..
“that…….”
The sight reflected in golden eyes.
It was a phenomenon in which black smoke rose through the fog, albeit very faintly..
“Has there ever been something like this before?”
“No, I don't think I've seen it.”
Dillia shook her head..
The last time I visited the fountain of magic, I saw only fog..
It's not just that it's strange.
The more I looked at the black smoke, the more I felt uncomfortable..
“Shall I, once, find out?”
“is there a way?”
“You can use magic.”
a simple answer.
Ulan immediately nodded..
“then please.”
“yeah, leave it to me.”
After the cool answer.
A light-emitting sphere floated up..
Observation Magic, Beholder's Eye.
It is the magic of the effect that can see the distant scenery. there was just one problem.
“Actually, this magic, try it for the first time.”
“that is…….”
“Walking, using magic, is hard.”
In other words, it means that the operation method is immature.
Maybe that's why?
The eye of the watcher she created staggered through the air as if drunk..
“Hey, so, I mean.”
Dillia wiggling her fingers.
At the same time, the ears that turned red pricked up. After a while, she gently reached out her hand..
“……Will you hold hands, walk together??”
It's not particularly difficult.
So I immediately grabbed her hand.
“can it be like this?”
“yes enough.”
Dillia laughed bashfully..
Like a hunter who got what he wanted.
and at that moment.
The watcher's eyes raced through the air..
It was incredibly stable and fast movement for the first time I used it..
30page. If the tail is long, it will be stepped on
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