The Academy's Barbarian-Chapter 297
63page. Heir of the Faded Star (5)
6.
The names of heroes written on stone tablets.
The existence of the Lord of the Abyss he found inside Noah remained silent as a stone statue..
some time after that.
The Ulan party, who had been silently waiting for an interpretation, spoke as if they were puzzled..
“huh? why suddenly?”
“Whatever, strange, anything, I saw?”
Ibella and Dillia, who spoke first.
Laurea, Ian, and Sven also tilted their heads. Noah, who managed to regain his composure, told the truth as he saw it..
some time after that.
The party who heard the whole story reacted similarly to Noah's first reaction..
“……what?”
“The Lords of the Abyss are written?”
“that, that is…….”
“10It is said that among the heroes of phosphorus, there are those who have turned into Abyss Lords..”
Ulan's eyes sank low..
The feeling of desolation found again.
As a perplexed atmosphere enveloped the hall, a cry suddenly broke the silence..
“that's nonsense!”
“The great heroes of the desert have turned into the lords of the abyss, do you believe that?!”
Warriors following Muak.
Maybe because Noah's story felt like an insult to the heroes of the desert, they were angry with their faces turned red..
Noah, on the other hand, responded calmly..
“I said something similar before, but I just read what was written on the stone tablets.”
“that, that……!”
“I didn't express my opinion.”
Noah drew a clear line.
It was not wrong, so the warriors of the desert did not raise any objections. When the commotion subsided, Noah looked back at the stone tablet..
“Then I'll read on.”
There were still many slabs left..
Noah calmed down by repeating deep breaths, and continued his interpretation..
『―Like this, there were 10 heroes who were not afraid of the darkness that covered the desert..』
『But the real problem is now.』
『Contrary to what I expected to end soon, the night that came suddenly showed no signs of ending even after several days..』
According to the stone tablet, it is said that the darkness that covered the kingdom did not end for more than a month..
Meanwhile, as soon as this interpretation was finished, Ibela and Sven raised questions..
“uh? something is weird?”
“You said it was the night of the 7th? But the darkness lasted for months?”
Both questions were valid..
Noah thought it was weird too.
However, since this question could not be resolved with the information given immediately, it was decided to continue the analysis for now..
『Of course, we didn't just leave our hands alone. I've tried every way to escape from the dark capital..』
『Then I found out something unexpected.』
『It was the fact that infinite magic flowed from the center of the oasis where the darkness began..』
The moment I finished my analysis up to this point.
This time, Dillia twitched her eyebrows..
“……wait for a sec.”
As if I found something that bothered me in Noah's interpretation. After a while, as everyone's eyes focused, Dillia opened her mouth again..
“I just said, Oasis. Somehow, like the fountain of magic, it's similar, it's not the same?”
“uh, uh uh?”
“I heard it and it seems so.”
An oasis of infinite magical power.
This was a feature consistent with the fountain of magic that is now at the center of Arsene Academy..
Noah also made a serious face as if agreeing with Dillia's guess..
“Hmmm, that definitely makes sense. In particular, the fact that the darkness came from the center of the oasis seems similar to when the door to the abyss opened..”
“what does that mean?”
“I've seen it in the original. The scene where the door to the abyss opened in the fountain of magic..”
At that time, right after the door was opened, the entire fountain of magic was dyed black. In addition, he even covered Arsene Academy with darkness..
This phenomenon is almost perfectly consistent with the 7-day catastrophe recorded on the stone tablets. Ulan and his party's expression hardened seriously at this fact..
“that sounds like…….”
“Are you saying that a thousand years ago, the door to the abyss opened even in the desert??”
“Yes, it would make sense to see it that way..”
Noah nodded hard..
However, this is only speculation based on clues presented so far..
To turn this into truth, she turned her gaze back to the slate..
『As a result of the investigation, it was found that the magic that flowed from the oasis had a very different nature from the magic that existed outside the desert..』
『So I tried to find an exit using this, but now that I think about it, this was something I absolutely shouldn't have done..』
『This is because abnormal phenomena occurred in those who came into contact with this magical power. Because of the series of phenomena such as runaway mana or losing one's mind,.』
“……Abyssal Magic.”
Laurea murmured in a low tone..
As she said, the magic of Oasis recorded on the stone tablets was very similar to the magic of the abyss..
『Only 10 heroes and Kazan Rudric's family were able to maintain their sanity by contacting the magic of Oasis..』
『Except for this, everyone was afraid of Oasis because they showed various abnormal phenomena when they were in contact with magic for a long time..』
The more I listened, the more it matched the fountain of magical power. Noah looked at the next stone slate in the hall, which was spinning in a strange atmosphere..
『endless darkness. the sun that does not rise.』
『As time went by, we got more and more tired. Some of the warriors lost their minds one by one, perhaps because they hadn't seen the sun for a long time..』
『Then something new happened.』
『The oasis dried up and a myriad of monsters came pouring out. Horrible monsters I've never seen or heard of.』
Since then, descriptions of monsters have been the main focus. As Noah's story continued, the group's expressions became increasingly serious..
how long has it been like that?
Sven silently nodded, as if guessing the identities of the monsters written on the slabs, muttered with conviction..
“Just looking at it, it's a monster in the abyss.”
The group silently nodded..
As if everyone agrees.
Just as Laurea's guess was getting closer to the truth, evidence more certain than any other came out from Noah's lips..
『Most surprising of all was the fact that there were four lords leading the monster hordes. We have classified them according to their characteristics:.』
『The knights are composed of the space-shattering howling eyes, the thorny queen, the ice-breathing dragon, and the ninety-nine ghosts..』
At that moment, everyone's faces hardened..
Except for the Queen of Thorns, all of them were familiar..
Howling Eyes and Frost Dragons, Ghost Knights.
The moment the existence of the Abyssal Lords was mentioned, Laurea's guess turned to conviction..
『The battle with the monsters was fierce.』
『Countless warriors lost their lives, and the capital quickly turned into a bloody, shaking hell..』
『But the heroes are not broken. 』
『After a long struggle, I was able to defeat the monarch whom I named the Queen of Thorns..』
It was the moment when the reason why he first heard of the Queen of Thorns was revealed. Noah repeatedly interpreted the tablets with new facts..
『but we lost a lot.』
『10Three of the heroes of phosphorus were killed, and two, including Kazan Rudric, were seriously injured..』
『Nevertheless, as we continued the battle without giving up, we fell into a wicked trap dug by an ice-breathing dragon..』
『The situation was desperate indeed..』
『At that time, there was someone who suddenly came out.』
『It is the giant lord Largtan.』
『Largtan said that he would remain alone and guard the retreat, allowing the group to escape, and thanks to this, the heroes escaped the trap safely..』
The moment I finished the long interpretation.
A voice colored with bewilderment flew in, breaking the silence that had come for an instant..
“wait a minute!”
It was Laurea's voice..
She jumped up from her seat with a surprised face and looked back at the group and said,.
“This is the interpretation that Noah just said. I haven't heard this much anywhere?”
“Yes? Come to think of it…….”
“Similar to what Ulan said.?”
I heard it and it really was.
The fact that there were seven heroes who fell into a trap, that there were seriously injured people, and even that they kept the retreat for the sake of their comrades..
All of this coincided surprisingly with the moment when Ulan met his end in his last life..
Is that why? The party looked at Ulan with surprised eyes. On the other hand, Ulan spoke to Noah in a relatively calm manner..
“listen to it for once.”
There are still slabs left to interpret..
Understanding Ulan's meaning, Noah silently nodded. He then proceeded to interpret the slate..
『Largtan's noble sacrifice gave us a chance to leave the battlefield and regroup..』
『But the crisis is not over yet.』
『It is because of the appearance of defectors..』
『No, in a way, the expression “renegade” might not be appropriate. They couldn't overcome the darkness of the oasis and were only corrupted..』
【Asteban Urbatra Modem】
【Farus Khan】
『Asteban, my proud nephew and lord of the realm, was swallowed up by the darkness of the oasis and crossed the irretrievable river..』
『Also, Farus, who was a poisoner, melted his body and turned into a monster in the swamp and began to run rampant..』
Lord of the Undead, Asteban.
Parus, the ruler of the swamp.
10The reason why those who were called the heroes of phosphorus became the lords of the abyss has been revealed.
Of course, it didn't explain in detail how it got corrupted, so not all questions were clearly resolved..
『Fortunately, the moment the two heroes fell, the darkness that covered the desert quickly began to disappear..』
『The exact reason was unknown, but the darkness disappeared in an instant, as if the desired purpose had been achieved, and the desert regained the sun again..』
『It was a morning I hadn't seen in a long time..』
This means that the door to the abyss is closed.
The darkness of the abyss disappeared only after leading three heroes to death and corrupting two heroes..
There are only four heroes left..
Kazan Rudric, Einer, Artina, and the priest Zartum, the one who left the record on the stone tablets, were all..
『In the desert where the morning came again, we learned a surprising fact. It was the fact that while we went through so many things, only seven days had passed in the outside world..』
『However, after being embarrassed by the unbelievable reality, a new problem arose. In the capital where the darkness had disappeared, countless immortals and terrible plagues suddenly began to boil..』
『We couldn't afford to confront it, so we chose to retreat, and the kingdom, which boasted of its brilliant glory, walked the path of destruction in just seven days..』
7Days of Night, Seven Days of Calamity.
The moment the truth of the terrible tragedy that happened in the desert a thousand years ago is revealed.
The hall was covered with a sense of quiet desolation..
“…….”
Ulan's party, Muak, and the warriors of the desert were no exception. After a long silence, Ulan pursed his lips..
“what is written next?”
“oh! I'll read it.”
Recognizing that there were uninterpreted stone tablets left behind, Noah cleared his throat. Then I went on to the final analysis.
『After the kingdom was destroyed, the survivors scattered into the desert. This was to prevent something similar from happening in the future..』
『First of all, Kazan Rudrick disappeared somewhere with his followers. Next, Einer and Artina turned out of the desert..』
『And I'm left in the desert.』
『To record what we went through and pass it on to future generations. To prepare for the darkness that will come someday.』
The four heroes who barely survived had an intuition that the abyss would strike the world again, and devoted the rest of their lives to prepare for it..
Is it because of the noble resolution of the ancestors??
Shirpi and Muak looked blank as if they were momentarily speechless..
『So, tell the heir of the faded star who has visited this place. You who inherit the blood of Kazan. Follow Kazan's whereabouts and reach the place where he met his end..』
『Furthermore, find the arrangement left by Kazan and prepare for the darkness of the oasis that may come again in the future. Is this your mission.』
The few remaining stone slabs detailed the true reason why Xarthum had summoned the Heir of the Faded Star to this place..
But there was one problem.
『However, even I do not know where Kazan arranged the arrangement..』
“……what?”
Go to a place you don't even know?
Are you kidding me now?
Ulan twitched his eyebrows. By the time his face became more and more grim.
Noah continued his interpretation.
『but don't worry.』
『Entering this place means that there is an heir to the faded star. And if there is a successor, then the guide will appear..』
The record of the slate ended with this..
It would have been nice if the guide's identity had been told, but it wasn't recorded up to that point. Accordingly, the party put their heads together and started guessing..
“ok, guide…….”
“Maybe you're talking about that person?”
Ibela pointed to Muak..
On the other hand, Muak shook his head with a puzzled expression. As if he were not a guide written on stone tablets..
At that moment.
Sven's pointy ears twitched..
“all together in one place!”
An urgent cry pouring down like thunder.
Hearing the warning sound, the party reflexively formed formation. Then, a sudden shaking shook the hall..
coo coo coo―!
As if something came in from outside.
Ulan must have felt this as well, with a hardened face, holding an ax and taking the lead. The moment the tension was so high.
“……!”
Pure white fireworks poured down like rain.
Starting with an unexpected incident, this time the underground floor was infested with a purple swamp..
some time after that.
The flames and swamps gradually took shape..
A bird with huge flapping wings and a snake with an endlessly long body, respectively. The moment they saw the two, Syrpi and Muak opened their eyes..
“me, that……!”
Of course it had to be.
The birds and snakes that have now appeared in front of Ulan's group are divine beasts protecting the Desert Church.).
Because it was Rudric's family..
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