The Academy's Barbarian-Chapter 278
60page. road to the desert (5)
10.
Sven suddenly stopped walking.
He looked back at the group and opened his mouth..
“I got a problem.”
“yes? problem?”
“okay. look at the map here.”
The map Sven unfolded was the military map attached to Istan's letter. Among them, he tapped the area leading to the detour..
“There's no one road leading this way.”
“……yes?”
“Look Carefully. It's just a forest from here on out. That's why the wagon can't go.”
The group's eyes widened wide..
As Sven said, the detour Istan mentioned was surrounded by steep mountains and forests. Realizing this belatedly, the party put on a puzzled expression..
“Sure, it's troublesome, yes.”
“what to do now?”
Of course there was a way back.
But if you go like that, even if you don't sleep, you won't be able to make it on time..
When I was thinking about countermeasures like that.
Ulan blurted out.
“cross the forest.”
Ulan stretched out his finger and drew a straight line from the party's current location to their destination..
A very simple answer.
Sven, on the other hand, frowned. Then I just pointed out the problem with the proposal..
“It would be fine in a normal forest, but unlike other places, the slope here is steep. There will be a cliff on the way, but how are you going to move??”
Sven's point was right..
However, this is only used when the opponent is ordinary. On the other hand, Ulan was not normal at all, and Noah and Dillia said in unison..
“oh that's fine.”
“that's right. In the first place, there is no work to walk.”
“……what?”
you have nothing to walk on? why?
Sven made a puzzled expression..
Then, just as he was about to ask if he was planning to use any kind of flight magic..
snap!
Suddenly, Ulan carried Noah and Dillia on his shoulders. As if carrying her burden. Afterwards, she turned to Sir Py, who was far away, and said,.
“get on my back.”
“why, why?”
“Don't talk, quickly.”
At repeated urges, Syrpy hesitantly approached Ulan. After that, he climbed onto his back with tiptoes on and hugged him by the nape of his neck..
At that moment.
I heard a soft whisper.
“Hold tight. If you don't want to fall.”
“yes? what does that mean all of a sudden…….”
“Then I'll set off.”
Right after he said only what he had to say.
Ulan activates the spirit and raises the senses of the whole body to the limit. She then kicked off the ground as hard as she could and began to gallop..
“……!?”
really awesome speed.
Only then did Shirpy realize why Ulan had told him to hold on tight, and screamed as hard as he could while keeping his eyes tightly closed..
“Now, wait! for a moment! kyaaaaaagh!”
However, perhaps because of the strong wind, her screams were completely buried. Leaving this behind, the Ulan party resumed their movement into the desert..
11.
Meanwhile around that time.
Ulan and his party were not the only ones heading to the desert. A series of groups departing from the Holy Land also passed through the eastern jungle and headed for the desert..
“hurry up everyone!”
“I have to go through the jungle in today!”
people in a hurry.
Those who spent the night in the eastern jungle were the paladins of Elloden. And it wasn't just knights in this group.
“Lady, are you awake??”
Ian Marcus, the escort of the saint.
He came here to help the knights clearing the barracks and tents they had spread out the night before..
It was the temporary barracks where the saintess of Elloden, Laurea Lo Charpell, spent the night..
“saintess?”
Ian let out a protracted yawn and stood in front of the barracks waiting for an answer..
However, no matter how long he waited, Laurea's voice could not be heard, and Ian had no choice but to carefully look inside the barracks..
“You have to start slowly now…….”
Then I closed my mouth.
I found Laurea on her knees, her eyes closed, praying with a reverent face..
A body wrapped in soft starlight.
The moment he saw this scene, Ian took a step backwards with a stiff face. Because I figured out what that sight meant.
“Ah, Lord Marcus.”
“Did the saintess wake up??”
At that time, priests passing by the barracks started talking to them. Ian still muttered with his hard face..
“please tell everyone.”
“yes? what to say…….”
“Please stop what you are doing right now and guard the saintess's barracks..”
“what are you talking about all of a sudden?”
At the sudden request, the priests tilted their heads as if they did not understand the situation. In response, Ian whispered with her serious face.
“The saintess is receiving an oracle.”
“……!?”
The complexion of the priests also hardened like stone at the answer that followed. Afterwards, while the priests disappeared, Ian looked inside the barracks again..
If a holy king, a saint, or a holy woman is covered with the brilliance of starlight and shines, it means that they are being entrusted with an oracle..
This was also the teaching taught by his mentor, Paladin Master Sir Shanctus. So Ian guarded the entrance to the barracks with a hard face..
some time after that.
The paladins and priests who ran after Ian's call surrounded the barracks in unison..
Then, with all nerves on edge, we continued our vigilance. It was to thoroughly prepare for the one-in-a-kind situation..
“Sir Marcus, the saint…….”
“You are still receiving a trust.”
You don't know when the trust will end.
Even if it is a simple content, it takes half a day as short as three days depending on the situation..
how long has it been like that?
It was only when the sun came up in the middle of the sky that the sun poked its head out obliquely as if it were across the foot of the mountain, and it was only when I felt the presence of people inside the barracks..
“Whoa.”
It was the sound of Laurea, who had been engrossed in receiving the oracle for a long time, letting out the breath she had been holding back..
Moments later, a rustling sound was heard, and then Laurea appeared..
She pursed her lips, not being particularly surprised by the sight of the paladins and priests surrounding the barracks as if guarding them..
“……The Holy Ghost has spoken.”
Message from the Holy Spirit, oracle).
All the paladins, including Ian, knelt down with reverent faces at the words that escaped from Laurea's lips..
Laurea, who had been receiving all the attention, spoke the oracle she had just heard..
“A huge abyss will come to the land of heat death where not even a handful of ashes remain. Agent of the star, find the one who inherits the will of the faded star and raise the flag of the ruined nation high..”
After I close my mouth for a while and catch my breath.
Laurea spoke again..
“I just warn you, beware of the primordial darkness that covets the light of the stars. Furthermore, be careful not to be caught by your destiny, and prepare again..”
The message of the Holy Ghost was all.
Afterwards, as she closed her mouth, the paladins, including Ian, rose from their seats one by one..
Then, without asking anyone first, he started talking about the contents of the oracle..
“It is the will of a faded star.”
“What did the Holy Spirit want to convey??”
“The land of the martyr you mentioned at the beginning seems to mean the southern desert.…….”
Except for this, the rest was difficult to interpret..
One by one, the Paladins turned their attention to Laurea. Because she, as her saint, thought that she might be able to interpret her oracle..
Contrary to their expectant eyes, Laurea shook her head quietly..
“I don't know the details either..”
Trust is a very abstract expression..
So Laurea reserved her words in a cautious manner. Then he gazed at the sky to the south of him and muttered in a low tone..
“Still, I think you will naturally find out when you arrive in the desert. Just like we did last time in the eastern jungle..”
“Well, I guess so.”
Paladins nodding their heads.
This last cluttered atmosphere disappeared in the blink of an eye..
Even the saintess couldn't interpret the oracle, because the mediocre paladins realized it would be a waste of time to put their heads together..
Afterwards, Laurea and Ian climbed into the carriage and the knights started preparing for departure again..
As soon as the carriage door closed, Ian looked back at Laurea as if he had been waiting..
“So how did you interpret it??”
“Like I just said, I don't know. instead…….”
“instead?”
“I think I know roughly what the 'determined fate' I heard in the second message is..”
Amber eyes glowing low.
Soon after, Laurea remembered the story she had heard from Noah the other day about the original story..
‘……fixed destiny.’
In the original work Noah played based on this world, it was said that there was a fate that could not be changed no matter what..
Through this, Laurea guessed that the 'determined destiny' she had heard from the message of the Holy Ghost and the 'determined fate' that Noah meant..
‘and the rest…….’
It's hard to guess right now.
for lack of clues.
After finishing her thoughts, Laurea conveyed them to Ian. And Ian, nodding silently, concisely summarized his oracle..
“That means you'll have to fight monsters in the desert, just like last time..”
It was a simple but clear summary..
Anyway, it won't change that you have to fight the Abyssal Lord this time. Seeing Ian sigh, Laurea burst into laughter..
“You don't have to make such an blatantly difficult expression. Because we have uhlans.”
“oh well, that's right…….”
“Also, we are different than before?”
After finishing her answer, Laurea gave a meaningful smile. As the saying goes, there was a surprising change in the two of them when Ulan heard it..
Recalling this fact, Ian nodded his head in silence. Then, as if he had suddenly remembered something, he added with a strange expression..
“Well, it did change. Just looking at it right now, you're not drinking..”
Laurea was always drinking, day and night. Lately, however, Laurea has noticeably reduced her drinking..
At this surprising change, Ian made an exaggerated expression and said admiringly, and Laurea replied as if it was not a big deal..
“Because it's not good for your health.”
“Hmm, is that really why?”
“of course. Then what did you think?”
“It's nothing else, from what I've heard at first glance, it's because he's recently gained some weight due to frequent drinking.…….”
Before Ian could finish his sentence, a fist flew from Laurea. It was quite fast, but Ian managed to avoid it with ease..
Laurea also frowned as if hitting wasn't the purpose, and asked again..
“No, who would say that bullshit?”
“is the mother.”
“…….”
Holy mother means a former saintess.
Laurea tried to swear, but immediately covered her mouth. Then, with a face that tried to keep her composure, she retorted..
“joy! you must have heard wrong.”
“No, I heard you right.”
Ian confronts without losing.
Laurea clenched her fist again, but this time she didn't swing it. He realized that no matter how hard he tried to swing it, he wouldn't be able to hit it..
‘and above all…….’
Currently, Ian is quite different from usual..
Normally, it would be normal for the tail to be curled up or bowed down, but to come out so strongly meant that there was something desired..
Laurea narrowed her eyes..
“……what do you want?”
“Please talk to Master later.”
“what? what do you say?”
“Even when Master was away, I didn't neglect my training..”
As soon as she understood her intentions, Ian made his request as if he had waited..
Meanwhile, after Ian's words.
Laurea frowned at first..
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