The Barbarian of the Academy - Chapter 296
63page. Heir of the Faded Star (4)
5.
Hundreds of undead rising from the ground.
Armed with swords, spears, shields, and armor, the grave keepers glared at the Ulans with red eyes full of hostility..
It was a moment to prove that heir of the faded star did not mean Ulan..
“come! prepare for everything!”
In the meantime, Sven, who was closely watching the movements of the gravekeepers, shouted as if warning..
Ulan tried to jump between them, just like he did against the Giant Ants, but the ax didn't happen..
“No, you don't have to fight..”
Laurea suddenly stepped forward.
It's because she stopped Ulan from intervening..
After answering, she closed her eyes, put her hands together, and recited a prayer with a reverent face..
saaaaa!
Soon, pure white light radiated from Laurea's body. The light gradually spread like a gentle wave, gently enveloping the gravekeepers..
and at that moment.
Faaaaaaa―!
Intense light exploded all at once, wrapping around the group of gravekeepers. Hundreds of gravekeepers soon turned to dust and disappeared..
“……!?”
“Uh, undead in one blow……!”
Muak and the desert warriors widened their eyes.
At the same time, they finally realized it. The fact that Laurea is really a saint of the Holy Land.
On the other hand, she took care of the gravekeepers in the blink of an eye, and answered with a tone that it was nothing..
“If the opponent is an ordinary undead, not a member of the immortal family, a prayer of purification is enough to deal with it..”
Well, that was it too.
Laurea had a history of dealing with Asteban, the lord of the immortals, the first in the monarchy..
Gravekeepers, at most undead, would naturally be no match for Laurea..
“It's weirder than that..”
After the battle was over in an instant, Laurea frowned softly between her beautiful brows..
“If Faded Star really means Kazan Rudric, there's no other candidate than Ulan..”
back to square one situation.
Did this fact make you feel frustrated? After answering, Laurea sighed..
Soon after, I was about to start guessing again.
Suddenly, a voice broke into the conversation..
“No, there is one more candidate..”
It was Muak's voice..
Lost in thought for a moment, he continued talking as if he remembered something he had forgotten..
“Succession in the Desert Church does not mean that you have inherited something specific, it means a relationship that is connected by blood..”
“yes? If it is related by blood…….”
“I mean direct blood relatives.”
Noah tilted his head and asked again, and Muak gave an immediate answer without hesitation..
At the same time, he turned his head. After a while, the place where the gaze stopped was a girl with gray hair.
“In other words, I'm talking about Cyrpi Rudric..”
“……yes? me, me?”
Was it because of the sudden designation??
Shirpy made a surprised expression..
Immediately, the group looked at her in unison, and at the same time, Noah's eyes widened slightly..
‘that's right. Come to think of it…….’
It's because there was something that suddenly flashed through my mind..
After a while, Noah fixed his gaze on Syrpy and blinked three times. She went to check her status window.
[Name]: Sirpi Rudric
[age]: 16
[Grade]: D (B)
[Attribute]: Blood Inheritance
Syrpy's trait is blood succession.
It is a characteristic of the content consistent with what Muak said. Also, there seemed to be something related to the order to put blood on the stone gate pattern..
Noah, freed from his thoughts, nodded his head in support of Muak's words..
“try it once.”
“me, me?”
“Yes, you have to go down anyway..”
Even if it turns out to be a wrong answer again, it doesn't matter if the gravekeeper appears. After all, Ulan and the others had Laurea..
The other party also did not raise any objection to Sirpi's attempt. At this, Syrpy approached the stone gate with a nervous face..
But that was only for a moment, she blurted out with an awkward smile as if there was a problem..
“I'm sorry, but I don't have a blade…….”
“i will help.”
Ulan is approaching as if it has been waiting for it.
He lifted Ose and gently tore off the skin on Syrupi's palm..
“oops!”
She frowned slightly between her brows, probably because the pain of the blades cutting her skin was so great..
Soon the blood flowing down the white arm.
Turning around, Syrpi wiped off the Ulan blood remaining on the stone gate, then placed his blood-soaked palm on top of the pattern..
some time after that.
cooung!
A short roar was heard around the stone gate..
However, for a while, there was no reaction from the stone gate. As the unpleasant silence ensued, Sven crumpled his face..
“I hope the answer is wrong again…….”
The moment Sven blurted out.
A new miracle happened.
coo coo coo coo!
The stone gate, which had not even moved, suddenly began to move, emitting red light..
Before long, the stone gate, which had been closed for a long time, was wide open. Seeing this scene, Noah murmured in relief..
“Fortunately, this was the correct answer..”
“then go inside.”
Ulan and Sven took the lead.
Even if the stone gate was opened, there was no guarantee that there would be no gravekeepers inside. But fortunately, there was no supposed tombstone..
Instead, there was an unusual object.
“Yes?”
“what is that?”
Unidentified rocks piled close to each other near the stone gate. They intermittently flashed a reddish light..
However, for some reason, it felt ominous, so some of the party distanced themselves from the rock. Then the answer came back from Muak..
“It's a blast stone..”
“yes? If it is a blast stone……?”
“be careful. Because that guy is sensitive to external shocks. Just swinging the sword and hitting it will cause a big explosion.”
“……!”
The group's eyes widened wide..
Perticia, who was about to touch the blast stone out of curiosity, was startled and backed away..
“uh, why is that here??!”
“It was probably installed to prevent invasion by demons or outsiders. The demonic beast reacts sensitively to the flow of magical power..”
Muak replied indifferently..
With the words that if I tried to open the stone gate by force, I would have been caught in an explosion..
“Anyway, as long as it doesn't shock you, it's okay.”
then nothing happens.
That's why Muak withdrew his interest from the Blast Stone. The other party also quietly spread their distance from the blast stones..
After that, as I walked a little further, a new space appeared. However, it was a completely different landscape from anything I had seen before..
“This……!”
Ibella's eyes widened..
After that, Dillia also looked around with a slightly surprised face and muttered..
“No way, everything, built, out of stone slabs?”
As she said, the space beyond the stone gate was made entirely of stone slabs, from floor to ceiling to walls..
And all the slabs were engraved with letters like the one in the sealed box..
“This is an ancient sacred letter again..”
“Then I'll have no choice but to borrow Noah's power..”
“Yes, I'll try to explain.”
Noah nodded seriously..
After some time, she found the oldest of the stone slabs in the room. And there was this letter written.
『7Days of Night, Seven Days of Calamity.』
『Everything that happened in the terrible darkness that came without notice is recorded here..』
Immediately after interpreting.
Noah's eyes sparkled with curiosity..
It was because I was able to know one of the secrets that were not solved in the original work. Meanwhile, Ulan tilted his head as if he didn't know why..
“7disaster of work?”
“It means the culprit that led the ancient desert kingdom to destruction. But there is no record of what happened then.…….”
Syrupy, who had finished answering, was speechless..
After a while, she, like Noah, had a curious look in her eyes. Muak and the warriors of the desert showed similar reactions..
“just keep reading.”
“Yes, got it.”
Noah nodded and quickly read the text written on the next stone tablet..
『Kingdom Year 753, Last Day of August.』
『On the third day after the coronation ceremony, the pride of the kingdom, the snow of the desert suddenly turned black..』
『The abnormality that began in the center of the lake gradually spread outward, and soon the entire capital of the kingdom was covered in black darkness..』
This probably recorded the moment the seven-day catastrophe began. Noah continued interpreting with her interesting face.
『In the darkness where you can't even tell what's ahead.』
『I could feel the passage of time here, but no matter how long I waited, the sun didn't rise, and I couldn't even see the moon or stars..』
『But we did not lose hope. Even if there were no stars in the sky, there were still nine stars on the sand..』
“nine stars?”
Ulan tilted his head again..
As if wondering that there are stars above the sand. Noah quickly resumed his interpretation, even to clear his doubts..
『At the center of the nine stars, the nine heroes, there was a star that shined brighter than any other star, so people called him this way..』
『The great hero of the desert, 'Kazan Rudric'.』
“In other words, what the nine stars mean…….”
“They were called heroes..”
It was the moment when Ulan's question was resolved..
Meanwhile, around that time, Laurea and Ian made subtle expressions. It was because I found an expression that matched the recently passed down oracle..
‘Nine Stars, Nine Heroes.’
To express a person with the word star.
This was similar to calling the heroes who would face the abyss in the Holy Land 'Star Warriors'..
However, Laurea's doubts were not resolved..
It was because Noah, who had quenched his thirst with cool water, continued to interpret the stone tablets..
『Nine stars gathered around Kazan.』
『Ten stars thus gathered.』
『The names of 10 people who were nobler than the moon and brighter than the sun are left here..』
The next three stone slabs, compared to the others, were uniquely large and boasted a pure white color..
as if made of a special material.
After a while, Noah spoke the names of the heroes written on the first tablet..
[The Great Hero of the Desert, Kazan Rudric]
[Star Mage, Artina Mün Arpen]
[Spirit Poet, Einer Mel Arpen]
[Priestess, Zartum Barial Modem]
Eventually, the moment Noah's interpretation ended.
Suddenly, Dillia's eyes narrowed..
“……Wait, it's Artina.?”
This was a natural reaction.
Because Artina Mün Arpen was the first king to establish the Principality of Arpen, the hometown of Dillia..
Also, Dillia had encountered Artina's evil thoughts in the Trial of the Hero. That's why Dillia muttered with a surprised face..
“Why, here, the ancestral name…….”
But no one could answer the question.
Muak and Syrupi, both from the Desert Church, also said that the names Artina were unfamiliar..
On the other hand, Noah was relatively calm..
It was because I remembered what he said right after he subdued Asteban in the past..
「―Einer, Artina.」
The moment the source was broken and turned into ashes.
Asteban looked at Perticia and Dillia and muttered in a faint tone..
「Like a thousand years ago, this time too, you choose him, not Jim.……. 」
Here, the gnome means Kazan Rudric..
In other words, Noah knew from before that Artina was related to the desert. That's why, unlike Dillia, I was able to stay calm..
“Then I'll keep reading.”
As the commotion subsided, Noah turned his attention to the second stone tablet. There were some rather unfamiliar names written there..
[Prophet of the Sun, Yulmaha Irfa]
[Gladiator, Esper Canton]
[New Palace, Merdin Cello]
Of course, unfamiliarity was only applicable to Ulan or Noah. The moment the names of the three came out, Muak and Sirpi seemed to know who they were at once..
“Well, the names of great heroes..”
“These are the companions of Kazan Rudrick recorded in the Order. It is said that he fought against the plague of seven days with the priest Zarthum..”
Listening to the two's answers, the party each responded that they understood. Meanwhile, Noah tilted her head along with her delicate expression..
‘Even if the shrine Merdin is like that…….’
The other two are names I've heard somewhere..
where did you hear?
Noah looked around. Then, the moment he found the pattern engraved on Ulan's back, he had a sudden memory that flashed through his mind..
‘oh, that's right!’
When I just entered the academy.
Trial of a Hero, a hidden event that Ulan, Ybela, and Syrpy went through together.
In return for passing this, the reward Ibela and Syrpi received was equipment bearing the names of Yulmaha and Esper..
[Ring of inquiry, Yulmaha (B)]
◆effect
*Significantly increases memory and concentration.
*Added speed reading ability.
(Whoever learns it first becomes the owner..)
Previous owner:【Yulmaha Irfa】
Current owner:【Syrpi Rudric】
Status window of the ring worn by Syrupy.
The name of the 'previous owner' written there matched the Sun Prophet written on the stone tablet..
and one more.
The previous owner of the sword that Ibella is currently using had the same name as 'Gladiator'..
[The Sword of Growth, Esper (S)]
◆effect
*Raise your swordsmanship potential.
*The understanding of the sword increases, and the mastery of swordsmanship also increases significantly..
(Whoever learns it first becomes the owner..)
Previous owner:【Esper Canton】
Current owner:【Ibella Elead】
‘this is how it goes.’
Remembering the existence of the prophet and the gladiator, Noah put on a curious expression. She also learned something new and her interest soared..
“Because seven people have been mentioned so far…….”
“There are three left.”
Meanwhile, the party was sorting out the names of the heroes mentioned so far..
As they said, there are only three heroes left. Noah looked at the last tablet. With the intention of interpreting all the names of the remaining heroes,.
but at that moment.
“……!?”
Noah opened his eyes.
The moment I found the names of the three written on the slate, I had no choice but to do so..
“Noah?”
“Why are you suddenly silent?”
Noah's reaction was strange, so the group talked to him, but no answer came back..
It was natural. The names of the remaining three heroes were very familiar to Noah. On the last slate it was written:.
[Necromancer, Asteban Urbatra Modem]
[Giant Lord, Largtan Burka]
[Swamp Shaman, Farus Khan]
Lord of the Undead, King of Giants, Ruler of the Swamp.
The Lords of the Abyss that the party has dealt with so far.
The moment he discovered their true names written on the stone tablets, Noah's head turned white..
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