The Academy's Barbarian-Chapter 232
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2.
After defeating the follower Verdik.
The Ulan party, joined by Laurea, decided to take a break in a corner of the labyrinth..
It was partly because Ian lost consciousness and collapsed, but partly because of the repeated battles, the magic armor worn by Ulan was overloaded..
But not everyone wants a break.
“I'll be back then.”
Sven presses his hood down.
Grabbing his bow and arrows, he stepped forward carrying a torch lit by the divine flame..
It was to search the surroundings to find out where Noah and the others were..
After Sven disappears.
The hall was covered with desolate silence..
All that remains are Ulan, Laurea, and Ian, who has lost his mind. Meanwhile, Ulan, who had been silent, spoke first..
“I had a hard time enduring it.”
“Ugh, no. Ian did the hard work.”
Laurea shakes her head..
She lightly stroked Ian's head. It was because he remembered the scene of his desperate struggle..
“But I never thought I would cross the master's wall. Lord Shanktooth will be pleased.”
“Are you a paladin master??”
“huh. Ian is Lord Shanktooth's apprentice..”
I already know that.
It's a story I heard in my past life.
Furthermore, I remember Cadel's regret at the time..
Regret as a teacher for not making Ian a master before the Abyssal War broke out. But now I won't have any regrets.
Ulan laughed..
‘and…….’
It's not just Cadel who is happy.
Ulan was also happy inside.
The strength of the warrior party increased. By the time I smiled satisfied with this fact.
“this, you know.”
Laurea spoke again..
Afterwards, her eyes met Ulan's, and she brushed her hair and smiled shyly..
“We haven't seen each other in quite a while?”
“hmm? Did you see it in Schulfern??”
“It's all I saw for a moment. I mean it's been a long time since we've been together like this.”
She pouted her thick lips..
As the saying goes, the two couldn't even talk properly in Sulfern. It was because he was busy organizing the punitive force along with post-war processing..
“Uh, anyway, how have you been??”
“I'm fine.”
“That's good. Then you can ask me what happened?”
“Of course.”
'Cause I was just trying to say.
Ulan nodded and brought up a story after Laurea returned to the Holy Land..
Everything from Dillia passing the hero's ordeal during summer vacation to meeting Perticia, a former colleague in life..
By the time I was talking like that.
Laurea suddenly asked a question..
“Pertishia? Oh, by any chance, you mean the bard's hero I talked about last time??”
“Accurate.”
“I found a dragon. I tried to ask, but didn't get any info..”
I'll do just that.
Perticia is a princess whose existence itself is hidden. Even in her past life, all information about her was controlled by Chartrand..
Ulan was one of the lucky ones in that respect..
“Unlike the previous life, he transferred to Arsene Academy. so we could meet.”
If it hadn't been for that, Ulan wouldn't have been with Perticia by now. At the detailed explanation, Laurea nodded his head in silence..
Afterwards, Ulan resumed the story..
A story that happened after meeting Perticia. It was about what happened in the 5th district of the fountain of magic..
“……something like this happened.”
Encountering one of the Abyss Lords, the Wraith Knights, and even defeating him..
Laurea, who heard everything, widened her eyes like a startled rabbit..
“You said you killed the monarch? Even when Ulan went into the abyss alone?!”
“Strictly speaking, I didn't get rid of it alone..”
It was possible because I made a contract with Perticia and fully used the power of the spirits..
Despite these answers, Laurea could not easily hide her excitement..
“Great though! So if you take out the three remaining lords, that means all threats are gone..”
I heard that there are six Lords of the Abyss in total..
Among them, the Frost Demon Dragon, the Swamp Ruler, and the Ghost Knights have been subdued, so there are only three left..
Her hopeful eyes twinkle.
On the other hand, Ulan's reaction was different..
“sorry but that's not it.”
“huh? What are you talking about?”
“got a problem.”
somewhat stiff voice.
Soon Ulan pursed his lips. It was to reveal what he saw in the abyss.
“Immediately after eliminating the Ghost Knights, I witnessed an unidentified monster beyond the abyss..”
“unidentified monster?”
“A man with many hands. He's a monster I've never seen in my last life.”
A monster more dangerous than any lord you've ever faced. Equipped with the shape of countless hands, it knew that Ulan was a regressor..
Furthermore, this world has been repeated countless times, and even Noah's existence is everything. Even Laurea hardened her expression at the unexpected story..
“Well, I'll have to check it out when I get back. 'Cause maybe there's something that could be a clue.”
“please.”
There are many prophecies, oracles, and information related to the Abyss in the Holy Land. If you look at this, you will surely find a clue. Ulan believed so.
“This is all that has happened.”
The conversation ended with the last word. Laurea pondered what Ulan had said and organized her thoughts..
some time after that.
As the silence continued again, Laurea muttered as if remembering something..
“that's right. Come to think of it…….”
After making a fortune with a low pitch.
Laurea brings up a new topic.
“Said it's been like this before?”
“I mean the past life?”
“huh. I heard you and I were locked up together. You said it was the place where I taught you my real name. I wonder what happened then.”
I remembered what you were saying.
Ulan nodded silently..
“You're talking about the ghost labyrinth..”
“shade? It's a different place than here?”
“different. It is a labyrinth whose purpose is to steal the souls after destroying the minds of those who are trapped through all sorts of nightmares..”
“Ugh, what a terrible place.”
Laurea muttered in disgust..
Ulan recalled the time and explained the situation in which he and her were isolated in the Labyrinth of Ghosts..
Isolation period was three days in total.
He was also isolated in the middle of a battle, so he suffered severe physical and mental fatigue..
“In the meantime you lost your mind.”
I had no choice but to.
Because the repeated battles were on the verge of depleting divine power. Laurea's body gradually grew cold in a situation where even the divine flame could not be kindled..
“so how did you do it?”
A story that gets more and more interesting.
Laurea asked with a curious face, and Ulan replied with a tone that didn't matter..
“I took off my clothes once.”
“……uh?”
“At that time, you fell into a puddle inside the labyrinth and your clothes were all wet..”
At this rate, I judged that only the body temperature would be lost..
That would put your life in danger.
With this judgment in mind, Ulan came up with a way to raise Laurea's body temperature..
“So I went bare skin.”
“hawk, bare skin?!”
“I activated the spirit to create heat, then hugged you and shared the heat..”
“Turn off, you hugged me? naked?”
Laurea stutters and asks.
Even the white cheeks turned reddish.
Of course, it was something she didn't remember in this life, but it was because she felt ashamed for some reason..
“ho, maybe…….”
“if?”
“I did other things?”
“do not worry. I've never laid a hand on a colleague in my past life..”
Ulan shook his head resolutely..
Like the mercenaries or gypsies I met on the battlefield, I have no qualms about mingling with people for one night..
But warriors are different.
Comrades who must stay together until victory in the Abyssal War. That's why he never touched or touched anything..
“Yes. that's right.”
Meanwhile, Laurea let out a sigh of relief at Ulan's confident attitude. But at the same time, I also felt a sense of sadness..
So when I was just glancing at the poor uhlan.
Something suddenly crossed my mind.
‘uh? wait for a sec.’
Talking to Ulan reminded me of something I had forgotten for a moment. It was that at this very moment, she was isolated alone with Ulan..
Of course not completely alone.
It's okay though. Ian won't wake up for a while, and Sven won't be there either..
‘that means…….’
It means that you are given a great opportunity.
The moment she realized this, Laurea involuntarily swallowed dry saliva..
After a while, she glanced at Ulan with a scheming eye. Then she slipped and moved her body to Ulan's side..
“laurea?”
Ulan, on the other hand, had a puzzled look on his face..
It was because she, who was slowly closing the distance, gently hugged Ulan's arm..
Warm warmth felt with a soft touch. When her uhlan asked questioningly, Laurea replied with her nonchalant face..
“sorry. I'll be like this for a second.”
“is there any problem?”
“It's a bit cold for some reason.”
“it's cold?”
“Ugh, I'm feeling chills.”
At those words, Ulan had a puzzled look on his face..
It was natural. Because the hand holding her arm wasn't cold at all..
‘rather…….’
belonged to the hot side.
But what is cold??
As I was tilting my head with a puzzled face, Laurea suddenly put her cheek on her arm..
“Ulan, on the other hand, is warm..”
no, you are much warmer.
Ulan tried to respond. But Laurea spoke a little faster than that..
“amazing. It's just that the skin touches it, but the body temperature really rises..
“no, that's you…….”
“I already feel like my body is running hot.”
That's because there was a lot of heat from the beginning.
But Laurea just went on with what she had to say. Realizing that the conversation would not work out, Ulan immediately shut up..
then.
“……but it's still not enough.”
“not enough?”
“We haven't seen each other in a while, and there aren't many opportunities to be alone..”
After muttering incomprehensible words.
Laurea suddenly spread her arms..
“So will you hug me?”
“suddenly?”
“Yeah, then I think the cold will go away.”
Bashish Laughing Laurea.
She closed her mouth and spread her arms toward Ulan again. The moment her Ulan, seeing her like that, opened her lips to say something.
“lie.”
“……!?”
A cold voice suddenly flew in.
The sudden voice startled Laurea. At the same time, her silent presence stood in the way of her and her uhlan..
“It's cold, what, it's cold. Just by looking at it, you can see that there is a lot of heat in your body..”
A silver-haired girl with her eyes wide open.
This is Dylia Arpen..
Soon, along with Sven, Ibela and Perticia also appeared one after another. Apparently, he brought three of them with him..
“I really can't be careless for a moment.”
Ibella intervened afterward and glanced at Laurea with her eyes narrowed. Laurea, who grasped the situation, quickly made a fuss..
Then, a girl with a bright smile spoke to me..
“oh! you are laurea.”
A girl with snow-white hair.
Although they had never shared their names, Laurea sensed the girl's true identity. It's probably the warrior named Pertisia that Ulan spoke of..
On the other hand, Perticia, who had been approaching after a month, asked Laurea again and again..
“I heard You said you had a really bad relationship with Ulan in her previous life.?”
“……yes?”
“Then, since there is a high possibility that the relationship will become bad in this life as well, wouldn't it be better to give up and not suffer for nothing??”
Pertishia smiling brightly.
At the sudden blow, Laurea put on a dazed expression, but then narrowed her eyes..
It's because I instinctively realized.
That she's also targeting Uhlan.
So I smiled and replied.
“no. I heard that we didn't get along well in the past life, so this time I'm trying to be close. I am much closer than most of my colleagues..”
Laurea's counterattack. Perticia twitched her fine eyebrows, but smiled silently..
It wasn't just the two.
Dillia and Ybela also glanced at the others with a mixture of wariness and jealousy. Ulan, on the other hand, was preoccupied with other thoughts..
‘now there are two left.’
The only ones left are Noah and Cadel..
If we find just the two of us, we'll be able to get out of the labyrinth and head to the eastern jungle..
When I got out of my mind.
someone tapped him on the back.
“Ulan.”
Smaller than Dillia.
It is the Spirit of the Abyss who joined with Perticia. She approached her silently and whispered with a slightly stiff face..
“noah is dangerous.”
“……what?”
what is that all of a sudden?
Ulan, as well as the other party, showed interest in the sudden remark. Then the spirit stamped his feet and continued his words..
“The magic of the abyss is gathering in one place. It's probably where Noah is..”
The spirits are more sensitive to the magic of the abyss than anyone else here. And the fact that the magical energy of the abyss was gathering was the same as the meaning that other immortals remained in the labyrinth..
“Can I know where you are?”
“sorry. I don't know that far.”
The spirit bowed her head..
But there was no need to worry. Because there was a competent guide here now.
“Let me guide you. I figured out the direction, and I think I know roughly where it is..”
A solid answer from Sven.
Ulan grinned..
Afterwards, he equipped the magic armor, carried Ian, who had not yet woken up, on his shoulders like a burden, and walked with the party..
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