The Academy's Barbarian-Chapter 126
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6.
coo coo coo!
The ground shakes with a roar.
Along with the twisting of the flow of magical power, the air in District 3 split in half..
A jet-black rift soon appeared.
It was a gap in the abyss.
“woo woo.”
Dipplin let out the breath he had been holding back..
As he did so, he calmed down his rough breathing and wiped away the beads of sweat that formed on his forehead..
I'll do just that.
Creating a gap in the abyss takes a lot of concentration and mental strength. By the time I was recovering my strength with a sigh of relief.
“huh?”
I suddenly felt an unknown gaze.
feeling like you're being watched.
Dipplin looked around..
Then, he opened his eyes wide. It was because I realized what the identity of the gaze was.
“……Eye of the Beholder?”
spheres scattering light in the air.
The moment he realized that, Diflin had already finished chanting magic..
A spear of ice that spreads cold air.
The five spears that appeared in the blink of an eye were fired at high speed according to her will..
peweoong!
and hit it right.
Eyes of the beholder exploding in the air. Watching the scene disappear without a trace, Dipplin narrowed his eyes..
“Hmm, who used it??”
Eye of the Beholder is high magic.
Only those who have reached the level of advanced wizards or higher can use it. Then the candidates were naturally narrowed down to two..
Dylia Arpen.
Count Demuel Ron Dermore.
Among them, the most likely candidate was the latter..
The Count is leading the Imperial investigation team..
So if you tried to scout Area 3 using the Beholder's Eye, it makes sense..
“uhm, what to do?”
Should I use my hand?
Purple eyes flashed coldly..
But even for a moment, Dipplin muttered with a troubled expression on everything..
“well, that's it There won't be any proof anyway.”
There is no recording function in the eye of the observer.
Because it's all about simply sharing the distant scenery. And even if my actions were discovered now, it wouldn't matter..
“then just run away.”
Dipplin had no lingering attachments to the academy..
So, if the moment comes when you are cornered, you are prepared to run away at any time..
“than that…….”
There was something else to worry about.
Right in the gap of the abyss. She stared at the gap that opened in the air, frowning her eyebrows..
“why no response?”
The gap in the abyss was too quiet.
Monsters didn't pour out, and even the monsters that often appear didn't even poke their noses out..
Completely different reaction than last time.
what's the problem?
When I tilted my puzzled face.
“ah.”
Suddenly something caught my eye.
Objects not used in the last month.
Abyss worshiper Estelle asked to be used as a sacrifice. It was a black pendant.
“Is it because of that?”
Last time, instead of the pendant, Professor Direc had been sacrificed. Comparing then and now, this is the only thing that has changed..
“then…….”
I have to go down, so I should give it a try?
Dipplin went straight ahead..
Then, after picking up the pendant placed in the center of the magic circle, he immediately threw it out of the magic circle..
Then at that moment.
The chasm of the abyss shook noisily.
kurrrrr!
A strange sound that came along.
It sounds like the sound of a river overflowing when a blocked dam bursts..
“Also this was correct.”
Dipplin grinned..
Perhaps the monsters that have not been able to come out for a while are trying to come out all at once. Guessing the identity of the sound, she stepped back..
but couldn't.
“Yes?”
It's because my feet didn't move..
as if caught in something.
what is it all of a sudden?
Dipplin looked at the ground. He soon realized why he couldn't move his feet..
“swamp?”
A swamp black like a dark abyss.
The swamp with considerable viscosity was already knee-deep. She must have been locked in tight, her feet seldom came out..
When I frowned at this.
An unexpected miracle happened.
quagga gaga gaga!
The sight of a huge amount of mud pouring from beyond the chasm of the abyss. The black mud quickly mixed with the swamp and raged like a torrent..
Water level rises rapidly.
Dipplin's expression hardened..
“……!”
she instinctively felt.
The situation is very dangerous.
soon after realizing this.
Dipplin chanted magic without hesitation. And before his whole body is swallowed by the swamp.
Faaaaaaa!
her body soared into the air.
It was the effect of using levitation magic, one of the advanced magic. Dipplin, who narrowly escaped falling into the swamp, was finally relieved..
“ha.”
I almost got buried.
When I let out a sigh of relief over and over again. A new phenomenon caught her eye..
“huh? that…….”
3Swamp covered the entire area.
It wriggled like a living creature, then split into countless masses..
Then he quickly took shape.
It looked like a mud monster that can sometimes be found in swamps..
number of hundreds of.
The moment I looked at this scene.
All of a sudden, the eyes of all the mud monsters went to the same place. It was towards the black pendant that Dipplin threw away earlier..
Dipplin frowned at the sight of the monsters staring at only the pendant..
“……what the hell is that?”
I was curious about the identities of the monsters, but what bothered me more was the existence of the pendant. But I couldn't muster up the courage to go back down and pick it up..
Because instinct gave a warning.
That I should never approach you.
“it's okay. I'll ask you later.”
After I gave up my interest in the pendant.
she grabbed the stick.
In my heart, I wanted to observe the gap in the abyss a little longer, but it was because I had no intention of remaining at risk..
‘and one more.’
there was something awkward.
The point is that the black smoke flowing from the pendant is coloring the surroundings black..
the growing darkness.
I didn't know what it was, but I felt like I shouldn't go near it either..
“Let's go back soon.”
In any case, the goal was achieved.
Dipplin immediately swung his staff..
Faaaaaaa!
After her body was wrapped in a deep blue light, it quickly disappeared as if it melted into thin air. It was a return magic that moved to the front gate of the academy..
Shortly after Dipplin disappeared.
shoot it!
Black rain also fell in District 3.
The hall quickly turned into darkness.
In the meantime, from the fog of the boundary, a poisonous white fog came out..
Fog that emits soft light.
It was the only shining thing in the black world, and it looked like a star in the night sky..
Seruk! slippery!
Then the fog gradually took shape..
Four legs and a voluminous tail. Wolf with white fur and red eyes.
It was the white wolf.
[…….]
The one who appeared out of the blue stared blankly in the direction where Dipplin disappeared. Then, as if remembering something tasty, he licked his lips..
but for a while.
Baekrang's gaze went to the place where Dipplin stayed until just now. To the mud monster, the black pendant, and the chasm in the abyss.
[churrr!]
Anger, hostility, and wary eyes.
The bright red eyes did not know how to leave the gap in the abyss. But I couldn't come close.
This was partly because of the mud monsters that filled the surroundings, and partly because of the magic of the abyss pouring out from the cracks..
When I was staring for such a long time.
Suddenly, the white wolf's ears pricked up..
After a while, the guy turned his gaze to the other side of the fog. It was District 2, covered in black rain and engulfed in darkness..
[gurrureung!]
At that moment, the pure white tail waggled..
It's because I sensed a familiar sign.
An existence that can solve all the problems with the Abyssal Rift and the Mud Monster. Baekrang, who remembered him, quickly turned into fog and scattered..
some time after that.
Fog flowed into District 2.
7.
Meanwhile at that time.
Right after the darkness swallows District 2.
Noah blinked his eyes.
It is because the signs of the party who were together until just now disappeared..
“This…….”
I feel like I'm thrown into the dark all alone.
It wasn't just that. I open my eyes wide and look around, all I see is darkness.
She sighed at the scenery no different from when she closed her eyes..
“……It was also abysmal erosion.”
Abyss erosion is one of the phenomena that occurs when an abyss crack opens, and has the effect of changing the surroundings into an abyss-like environment..
There are two causes of erosion:.
First of all, the erosion phenomenon occurs naturally as the magical energy accumulated inside the gap in the abyss is released to the outside..
‘and the other…….’
In case of artificial.
When Abyss Worshipers Performed Rituals.
The worshipers' ultimate goal was to turn the world into an abyss..
‘In that sense, it would be correct to assume that the cause of the erosion this time was the latter..’
Noah remembered Dillia's words..
Everything from seeing Deflin in District 3 to the fact that she opened a rift in the abyss..
Combining all of this.
The following conclusions are drawn.
「Dipplin Cernio is an Abyssal Worshiper.」
Noah's eyes trembled..
I deserved it.
In the original work, Dipplin Chernio was just a named character who was famous as a great wizard, without a significant role..
‘But he was an abyss worshiper?’
the first thing i found out.
Even on the bulletin board of Arsene Continental War, there was no word that Diflin was a worshiper of the abyss..
The feeling that the information of the original work, which was believed to be the only truth, is shaken. Noah's eyes shook as well..
then.
“Coke, Coke!”
Coughing with blood came out suddenly..
The moment he realized this, Noah remembered one of the characteristics of the abyss..
‘……The abyss is like a pool of poison.’
Just being in the realm eroded by the abyss, one's magical power and vitality are lost. To be precise, it would be correct to say that it is gnawed by the abyss..
In other words, if you stay here for a long time, you will be poisoned and die. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to escape as quickly as possible..
‘I just have something to do first.’
Joining the scattered party.
Currently, the party is in a state of being scattered as the space is distorted by the abyssal erosion phenomenon..
The evidence is that there are no people around.
‘therefore…….’
Let's start by joining the group.
Maybe the other guys don't know they have to get out of here.
Noah immediately took out the talisman.
It was to light up the darkness, to use the magic of making light..
But the spell didn't activate.
“uh, uh?”
Around the time I let out a panicked voice.
Suddenly, a message appeared in front of my eyes. It was a message that only Noah could see..
The moment you see the contents of the message.
Noah's eyes widened..
“Oh, right. I did.”
I belatedly remembered.
That you can't create sparks or light in the abyss. This is also one of the characteristics of Abyss.
Of course there are exceptions.
Beings that produce their own light from their bodies do not lose their light even in the abyss..
For example, like spirits and spirits.
‘but…….’
It's useless if you're not by my side right now.
Noah let out a sigh and looked into the dark abyss with tears in his eyes..
“uh, so what?”
A darkness that cannot be discerned even an inch ahead.
It's next to impossible to find a party in a place like this without lights. Noah stamped her feet with her devastated face..
“I wish someone would come…….”
But it was a futile hope.
Everyone else in the party must be in the same situation as Noah. When I let out a sigh in a frustrated heart.
“Noah.”
“……!?”
someone suddenly called my name.
A voice unheard of. Noah was so startled that she backed away..
“uhhhh!”
Then I stumbled.
The moment I was about to step back.
warak!
someone hugged her.
Rock-solid, muscular biceps.
The moment he realized this, Noah realized who was holding him..
“Ooh, what about Ulan? Are you Ulan??”
“yes it is me.”
A grave reply came back.
Noah let out a sigh of relief. Afterwards, around the time she soothed her surprised heart.
Ulan asked curiously..
“why are you so surprised?”
“That's of course surprising! Everyone would be surprised if I suddenly spoke to you in a dark place like this.?”
After replying with an absurd face.
Noah regained his composure. Then, at the same time, the question that came to mind came out of my mouth.
“But how did I find out? I'm sure you won't see anything…….”
“I used a red enemy.”
“yes? If it's a search…….”
“It is a skill to activate the spirit, expand the senses to the limit, and then find the target you want..”
A detailed answer came back.
Noah, on the other hand, narrowed his eyes..
It was natural. As far as she knows, the technology called 'searching' wasn't originally Ulan's..
‘Sven Isaac.’
The sniper of the warrior's party.
It is a technique that Ulan created independently by applying Sven's search skill. It was also a technique used only in the second half of the original work..
In other words, now that you don't even know about Sven's existence, it's a normal skill if you can't use it at all..
‘Also Ulan…….’
Noah's eyes sunk deeply..
When I was confident in my blue eyes.
Ulan spoke again.
“is it better than that?”
“……yes? What?”
“I smell blood.”
Oh, I see what you're talking about..
Probably because he coughed up blood earlier. Noah replied by waving her hand as if not to worry..
“are you okay. 'Cause there's just blood in my cough.”
“Do you usually say that it's okay?”
“Ahaha, it's everyday life for me.”
It was true. As a penalty, Noah often coughed up blood..
After an awkward laugh.
Noah changed the subject.
“I'm going to go find other kids than that.”
“i get it. follow me.”
Ulan immediately turned around..
Meanwhile, Noah was embarrassed..
It was natural. Because she couldn't use the scout. so she exclaimed.
“Now, wait! Well, I can't see where Ulan is right now... … . Wow!”
Noah let out a short scream..
It's because the body suddenly came to mind..
“is it now?”
Ulan's voice rang in my ears..
A street where you can feel your breath.
Through this, Noah knew that Ulan had hugged him. So she struggled with her arms in surprise..
“my, please come down.”
“why?”
“That's embarrassing!”
“If you can't see ahead?”
“that, but that's it. You don't have to hug it though. You can just hold my hand.”
“Um, I get it. don't do that.”
Ulan nodded..
Afterwards, after putting Noah down, he joined hands with her. Just like I did with Dillia..
then walked again.
a world full of darkness.
Only the footsteps of the two could be heard in the quiet hall. As I was walking for a while, a thought suddenly crossed my mind..
‘Come to think of it…….’
It's been a long time since I've been alone with Ulan..
When we left the meadow and headed to the academy, there were many more times when we were alone..
Whereas now not at all.
Especially recently, when Ybela and Dillia joined, there was no time to be alone with Ulan..
‘then…….’
Maybe this is your chance.
No, it was a clear opportunity.
A chance to talk to Ulan alone. A story about a subject you don't want to tell the other party.
Shortly after realizing this.
Noah said with a determined face..
“You know, Ulan..”
“……?”
“I have something I want to say to you.”
The deep blue eyes shone seriously..
as if to say something important.
That, of course, was important. At least for Noah, it was an opportunity to answer a question he had been harboring for a long time..
“Actually, I heard from Laurea..”
“what do you mean?”
“about your secret.”
After answering, Noah took a deep breath..
Then I looked at Ulan.
While guessing what kind of expression his invisible face, buried in the darkness, would make.
“……Ulan.”
in a heavy voice.
Noah asked confidently..
“You remember your past life?”
at the end of the question.
Ulan stopped..
Silence immediately surrounds the two of them.
It was a silence so heavy that it was incomparable to anything that had ever existed..
[alarm]
*6Burn reduction skill, activation
*Lesser Spell:【Dance of the Fireflies】
―Sorcery is gone.
―All kinds of skills that emit light cannot be used inside the abyss.
30page. If the tail is long, it will be stepped on
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