The Academy's Barbarian-Chapter 288
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Immediately after entering the tower.
Faced with dozens of cultists, Ulan kicked the ground without hesitation. Then, with Noah blinking once, the scenery changed..
“……ah?”
The bodies of the pagans split into two and fell, along with fresh blood pouring from the air. It is proof that the area was activated in an instant.
Noah, who had been watching this blankly, immediately realized the reality and shouted with an urgent face..
“No, don't kill them all.!”
“not all.”
Ulan shakes his head calmly.
After brushing off the blood on the ax, he immediately pointed at his feet. There was a bloodied and moaning heathen.
“Because I left one.”
Of course, it's not in perfect condition..
It's because I cut off an arm and a leg one by one so that I can't do useless tricks..
some time after that.
The cultist restrained by the party gasped and looked at Ulan with a pale face..
“yeah, who are you…….”
“Come on, there's no time, so let's go fast.”
Then Noah cut off the heathen.
She pulled out an amulet from her bosom and placed it on the man's forehead, infusing it with magical energy, activating the amulet's effect..
woo woo woo!
Talisman that vibrates thinly.
Afterwards, as the shaking became more frequent, the pagan's eyes, which were full of vigilance, gradually relaxed. Seeing this scene, Pertisia asked back as if she was curious..
“huh? what is that?”
“It's the talisman of suppression.”
Noah shrugged lightly..
as if it doesn't matter.
“It is a talisman used to restrain an opponent, but if you use it with demonic spirits, you can subdue not only the body but also the consciousness as it is now..”
In other words, you can get the information you want without the hassle of torture. At Noah's explanation, Pertisha nodded her head and stepped back..
After everything is ready.
Noah brought up the main topic without hesitation..
“Okay, so let's start with the questions. First of all, do you know what this tower really is??”
“I do not know.”
A cultist who answers firmly.
I checked to see if it was a lie, but it wasn't. Dillia and Laurea unanimously said it was the truth..
The first question sucks.
Noah frowned..
“Phew, so let's move on to the second question. Why did you guys come to the tower? Have you ever been instructed by the church??”
“Yes. the headmaster ordered.”
luckily this time i win.
With eyes completely out of focus, the cultist revealed the instructions he had received from the cult leader..
“Our mission is to excavate the seven towers buried underground across the desert and secure the sealed box stored within them..”
“huh? sealed box? what is that?”
“I do not know either.”
I secure it without knowing what it is?
Noah furrowed his eyebrows..
However, this was also the truth, not a lie, so I couldn't ask more. Then she asked the third question.
“Next, it's about Urkaban, the monster of the abyss. who called it?”
“I do not know.”
“Then who gave Urkaban??”
Most of the pagans the party had dealt with so far were warriors. There was no necromancer or summoner who wielded magical beasts anywhere..
In other words, it means that someone gave Urkaban to the cultists. When Noah had guessed and waited for an answer, the pagan's mouth was opened.
“the teacher gave.”
Arena Ludrick.
It was the moment when it was revealed that the new leader of the Desert Church was related to the Abyss..
“that, that means……!”
“The desert, religious, religious leader, Dermore, earl, similar, position, must have sounded.”
Following Ybela's surprised expression, Dillia's eyes shone coldly..
On the other hand, Noah asked several questions after that, but unfortunately he did not get any information that could be useful..
“ok, that's all you can get.”
Noah sighs silently.
Still, it wasn't just a waste of time. The information obtained right away was enough to grasp the current situation of the desert..
Did you think the interrogation was over then??
Laurea, who had been silently looking at the cultist, suddenly pulled out a sword from her thigh..
Holy Relic Bestia.
Laurea's weapon for self-defense and a sword made of the same material as Ian's holy sword..
“great. Then you can remove it now?”
“……yes?”
“'Cause there's no need to save me.”
A cold answer came back.
She was ready to wield a sword at any moment, so Noah hurriedly blocked her way..
“wait a minute!”
“why?”
“I still have something I want to ask you!”
At Noah's words, Laurea frowned and clicked her tongue low. Like she expresses that she doesn't like her answer.
After a while, Laurea withdrew her sword as if she couldn't help it. Seeing this, Noah let out a sigh of relief..
‘I knew from experiencing it in the original work that the hatred for pagans was deep, but…….’
I never thought it would be this deep.
He almost lost the prisoner he had managed to secure. Afterwards, Noah, calming his startled heart, looked at the pagan again..
“Now let me ask you one last time.”
In fact, the last question I had prepared was the one I asked earlier. However, because he still had personal questions, Noah pursed her lips..
“Do you know what 'Zartum' is??”
Tower of Xarthum.
The system notification message announcing the eighth hero's ordeal referred to the tower the group entered as such..
However, I didn't know if Xarthum meant the name of a person or something without an object or form, so I asked the question..
“……Zhartum?”
Then the heathen responded.
but it was a bit strange.
“Zhartum. Zarthum? Zhartum.”
The cultist who suddenly starts muttering the name Xarthum in succession instead of immediately replying as it has been so far..
The chanting got faster and faster, and at this phenomenon, Noah tilted his head and approached him..
Then at that moment.
swish!
“Wow! Ooh, Ulan?!”
A short scream escaped from Noah's mouth..
It was because Ulan immediately pulled her arm and then hugged her tightly..
Noah was surprised at the bold action that unfolded out of nowhere and wanted to ask the reason..
but couldn't.
Perseok! woooooong!
A sudden loud noise.
It was the sound of a heathen's head being crushed. Further, the broken fragments were scattered in all directions..
“……!”
Seeing this, Noah widened his eyes..
realized at the same time.
If it wasn't for Uhlan, he knew that he would have been swept away by the sudden explosion..
“It seems that the taboo was hung.”
At that time, unlike Noah, Dillia, who was far away, approached. she muttered as she observed the condition of the heathen..
Meanwhile, Ibella and Perticia looked worriedly at Ulan, who was caught in the explosion instead of Noah..
“ulan, it's okay?”
“no one hurt?”
“well, it's okay.”
There was a small wound, but no more.
It was thanks to the hero's imprint on his back, which erased the wound in the blink of an eye..
“Rather, what is Zartum??”
“oh that's it…….”
In response to Ulan's question, Noah brought up a story he hadn't been able to tell before. The story was that the name of this tower was the Tower of Xarthum..
After the explanation of all the details.
Noah explained why he asked the pagans this question.
“That's why I was curious about what Zartum was, so I tried to ask. But I don't think there was a ban…….”
Noah slightly biting his lip.
It was because it was unexpected..
I just found out something.
The fact that a restraint strong enough to destroy the head means that the existence of Zartum is dangerous or important..
‘what the hell?’
When I was in such deep trouble.
Suddenly I heard a sound breaking the stillness..
“me, there…….”
A girl who speaks carefully.
It was Sirpi Ludrick. She ran her gray hair through her hair and gulped her dry saliva while facing everyone's eyes..
“Bar, I think I can answer what you just said..”
“yes? that sounds like…….”
“Do you know what Zarthum is??”
Ulan asked with a surprised face.
Shirpy nodded..
“sure. He's such a famous figure that if you're from the Desert Cult, it's even weirder not to know..”
Zartum Barial Modem.
According to Sirpi's account, he was the priest of an ancient desert kingdom that was destroyed a thousand years ago..
Furthermore, he was also a companion of Kazan Rudric, the hero of the desert who faced the seven-day catastrophe..
“So within the Church, it can be said that it is a well-known entity, just like Kazan Rudric..”
The time when the explanation continued.
There was someone who suddenly broke into the story.
It was none other than Noah.
“wait a minute!”
“why?”
“Zarthum's last name is Modem.?”
“Yes, that's right, the priests of the ancient desert kingdom were from royalty for generations..”
Shirpy nods repeatedly.
Noah asked as if he had been waiting..
“So, then what is your relationship with Asteban??”
“Oh, it's a relative. If I had to argue, the priest Zartum was Asteban's uncle..”
Asteban Urbatra Modem, who was called the last king of the ruined kingdom and the lord of the undead..
Zartum Barial Modem, the last high priest of the ruins and companion of the hero Kazan Rudric..
Around the time Noah looked surprised at the relationship he had come to know unexpectedly, Ulan, who had been silently listening to the story, narrowed his eyes and asked,.
“If you know that much detail, don't you know why a man named Xarthum built the tower??”
“uh, i don't really know!”
The eyes seemed to doubt him, so Sylphy hurriedly waved his hand..
“instead of! I know what a sealed box is. It was mentioned in a story handed down to the heirs of the next head of the church..”
“really? can you tell me?”
“Yes, the item called the Sealing Box is a device to prevent the repetition of the seven-day catastrophe that brought the ancient desert kingdom to ruin..”
The heroes of the desert, led by Kazan Rudric, successfully defeated the seven-day plague that destroyed the ancient desert kingdom..
Since then, thorough preparations were made to prevent this from happening again, so this was the 'sealed box' that the pagans talked about earlier..
“There are a total of seven sealed boxes. But among them, there is only one true sealed chest..”
“then the other six…….”
“that's right. It's just a camouflage to hide the real sealed box..”
Syrupy nodding his head.
After a while, she frowned as if she couldn't understand the current situation..
“However, I can't understand why the church is suddenly trying to find the sealed box..”
The Desert Church was created to support the will of Kazan Rudric. Therefore, it can be said that it is our destiny to protect the sealed box..
However, according to the pagan whose head had just been blown off, the new leader, Arena Rudric, ordered his followers to find the sealed box..
‘……Let's sort it out step by step.’
The monster of the abyss, Urkaban.
The Abyss' collaborator who supposedly summoned it, and the new leader, Arena Ludrick.
7Even the cultists who are looking for a seal to prevent the catastrophe of work from happening again. Putting all these clues together, a possibility appeared..
‘First of all, it is certain that there is some connection between the abyss and the seven-day catastrophe..’
and one more.
I also figured out their purpose..
‘As long as Arena Rudric cooperates with Abyss, her orders are the same as those of Abyss..’
In other words, it can be inferred that the true purpose of the abyss is to secure the sealed box and once again cause the 7-day disaster in the desert..
‘No, not exactly the abyss.’
By Abyss, I mean including the two remaining Lords and all Abyss monsters..
On the other hand, Arena Ludrick was not cooperating with Abyss itself..
Just as Count Dermore is an apostle of Lacus, the Eye of the Abyss, it is very likely that Arena is also an apostle of another Abyss Lord..
‘Then, what is the identity of the Abyss Lord behind Arena Ludrick?…….’
The fixed fate that has always pushed Ulan to death in countless rounds so far..
Giant King Largtan.
You were the only candidate.
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