The Academy's Barbarian-Chapter 318
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Meanwhile around that time.
When Ibella overcame the line of death and proved herself a warrior, Ulan opened her ears to hear Kazan's second story..
How the time of the world could have been made to repeat and why it had to be so.
Kazan, who said he would explain this, suddenly smiled and changed the topic..
“First of all, ask this.”
“……?”
“what do you think bookmarks are?”
“You put it between the bookshelves to indicate how far you've read the book..”
Ulan gave an answer without hesitation..
It was because I used bookmarks quite often when I was at the academy, so I knew it well..
Bookmarks were an essential tool for him, who had a limit on the amount of information he could accept in a day..
“That's right. The purpose of a bookmark is to put it there to mark where you read..”
In reply, Kazan nodded with a light smile. Then, spreading her arms wide, she asked again..
“As I said before, for me, this was a story unfolding in a book. So what kind of power do bookmarks have in this world??”
“well that's…….”
“The answer is surprisingly simple. It is the ability to mark a specific time period..”
It was an easy to understand explanation..
On the other hand, apart from that, Ulan tilted his head as if wondering, and asked again..
“What does that have to do with repeating time??”
“Haha, don't rush and listen. Because my story begins now.”
After bursting into laughter.
Kazan, who suddenly came to Ulan's side, spread the back of his left hand. It had the same pattern engraved on the bookmark..
“When I use a bookmark, this type of mark is created on the back of my hand. And if you activate this, you can move at the time you marked..”
“You say you can turn back time?”
“yes, i understand correctly.”
Kazan responded with a smile to Ulan, who asked back with a surprised face. She then spun her body around and spread her three fingers, she said..
“There are just three things to note.”
“what is it?”
“The fact that all five bookmarks were given to me. And when using bookmarks, the body and mind were overloaded, so it took a full 15 days to come to their senses..”
of course it will.
Since the time that passed normally has been returned to a specific time, there is no choice but to pay the price..
“One last thing to note is that I'm the only one who remembers the time that has already passed..”
After he finished speaking, Kazan smiled bitterly..
This also made enough sense.
Even if it was Ulan right now, none of his comrades remembered his past life. By the time he nodded as if he understood.
“And this is a slightly different story.”
“……?”
“Abyssal beings already know that I used the bookmark to turn back time..”
“what?”
Eyes that have become quite large.
Ulan asked a question with a surprised face..
“how the heck…….”
“I haven't been able to find out the exact facts, but I'm guessing it's probably because the Abyss built a separate timeline from this place..”
Time flows differently in the world and in the abyss.
Ulan was well aware of this. In her past life, when she fell into the abyss with Laurea, she had a similar experience..
Just look at the 7-day catastrophe.
Seven long years had passed in the capital of the desert kingdom covered with the magic of the abyss, whereas only seven days had passed outside..
“Coming back to the subject, I benefited from bookmarks while facing the abyss..”
of course it will.
The ability to turn back time to any point in time. Besides, if you go back to the state with all your memories, of course you will have an advantage..
“I used this to save a colleague who was dying, and also to get rid of the 'Queen of Thorns', who was called the No. 1 monarch at the time..”
Lords Mentioned in the Records of Xarthum.
Of course, Uhlan is an unknown monarch.
Still, given that he was ranked #1, I could only guess that he was on the same level as Asteban, the lord of the undead..
“However, even if I made full use of the bookmark's ability, I couldn't completely get rid of the abyss..”
“Because the abyss was stronger than I thought?”
“There are reasons for that, but a more fundamental reason is that it was quite late when I became aware of the existence and power of bookmarks..”
Ability to mark specific times, bookmarks.
However, the present time was the only time zone that could be marked as a bookmark. This means that it cannot be displayed in the past or future time zones..
“If that was possible, he would have been aware of and used this ability the moment he landed here as a slave gladiator. Then it would have been possible to become stronger by repeating the rounds..”
Furthermore, he may have been able to win the battle by identifying the weaknesses of the Abyssal Lords..
Or it would have been possible to rescue the hero of the original story who lost his life unfortunately..
“But regretting it didn't help. The water had already been spilled, and as a result I lost the battle with the abyss..”
Now, the only thing left for Kazan is two chances to use the bookmark with the three comrades who barely survived..
Kazan, who recalled the time, smiled bitterly. Then Ulan, who had been listening to the story in silence, frowned slightly between his brows and said,.
“I can't understand.”
“hmm? what are you talking about?”
“If you have a second chance to use the bookmark, you just have to turn back time.?”
Kazan's thorough personality would have used the bookmarks before other heroes died, so they could turn back time and try again..
But why did you accept defeat??
Kazan burst into laughter as Ulan made an incomprehensible expression..
“Haha, it's not unreasonable to think so. But in conclusion, I couldn't.”
“why?”
“It is because Asteban and Farus were corrupted by being stained by the abyss. And as I said earlier, the abyss has a different timeline than this world..”
In other words, even if they returned to the marked time, there was no guarantee that Asteban and Farus could return to their original state..
At the point of becoming the existence of the abyss, Asteban and Farus will be bound by the time of the abyss..
“So I decided that I couldn't use the bookmark anymore, so I gave up the battle..”
“……that's how it happened.”
Ulan nodded at Kazan's detailed explanation. It was only now that he could understand. Why did he readily admit defeat?.
“Since then, my colleagues and I have scattered according to our own plans to arrange arrangements for future generations to face the abyss..”
“Then the arrangements you made…….”
“a total of three.”
Kazan spread three fingers again.
“First, I gathered the strong people of the kingdom that survived and created a church. A church made up of those who recognized the existence of the Abyss through the war at the time and were determined to face them..”
Founding of the Desert Cult.
This was a fact he already knew from Zartum's records, so he wasn't particularly surprised. However, what followed was a bit surprising..
“And I decided to entrust this mission to the descendants of my blood, that is, the descendants of Einer and I..”
“hmm? Did you marry Einer??”
There was no such thing in Zhartum's records..
When Ulan asked curiously, Kazan smiled shyly, touching the bridge of his nose..
“Ahaha, our eyes met while traveling in the desert together. She said she was the only one who could understand me.”
A rather significant word.
However, Kazan did not add a detailed answer. Instead, we brought the conversation back to the main topic..
“The second arrangement is an ordeal.”
Kazan made two trials.
They are trials of a kind called the hero's ordeal and the stranger's ordeal, respectively. This was also a fact that I learned through the mural before coming here..
“As you know, the Hero's Trial was created near the fountain of magic, where there is a high possibility that the next door to the abyss will be..”
Fountain of Magic, Entrance to Area 2.
At the beginning of the semester, when Ulan had just entered the academy. She gets caught up in a sudden torrent where she ends up in with Bella and Syrpy.
What Kazan left behind in the ordeal were the mementos of heroes who died fighting against the abyss, and the Kazan pattern, which signifies the successor..
“Of course, I never dreamed that the wrong guy, not the one with my blood, would inherit the pattern..”
“how did that happen…….”
“haha, i know It's not a tree.”
At Ulan's words that came out immediately as if he was making an excuse, Kazan let out a laugh. Then she described another ordeal..
“Next, the trials of strangers are arrangements made for future strangers who, like me, will arrive here in another world under the guidance of the stars..”
In other words, the trial for Noah Darshen.
And the moment he heard this, something suddenly crossed Ulan's mind..
“Is it the eighth warrior's trial??”
“Yes? what is that?”
To Kazan, who seemed puzzled, Ulan explained in detail about the eighth hero's trial that he had heard from Noah..
some time after that.
“Hmmm, I heard that makes sense too. The warriors you speak of mean, after all, the heroes of my era..”
When the explanation was over, Kazan nodded as if he understood. After explaining the ordeal,.
Kazan's explanation continued again..
“The last arrangement we made was to train troops to fight against the abyss, that is, demonization..”
I also heard this from Noah..
After the seven-day catastrophe, Kazan wandered the desert and the outside world, working to turn beasts and monsters into demonic beasts..
The reason soon became clear..
“As you may have already noticed, witch beasts are not affected by the magic of the abyss..”
Ulan nodded silently..
As Kazan said, it was because he knew it through memories of his past life..
When the door to the abyss is opened, all living things exposed to the magic of the abyss are transformed into monsters of the abyss due to the enormous power and energy..
“However, witches are an exception. They can resist even the magic of the abyss because they always possess runaway magic..”
That's why Kazan hurried to become a demon..
Even if you use a normal monster or beast, the moment you are exposed to the magic of the abyss, it will turn into a monster of the abyss and bite the owner's hands and feet..
“This is the arrangement I have prepared..”
After the long story.
Kazan grinned at Ulan..
“How is it? Are your doubts cleared now??”
“I still have questions.”
“hmm? what kind of beggar?”
“You said earlier. The first bookmarks given were all five..”
Ulan's eyes shone sharply..
In other words, the sound of five bookmarks means that no matter how much you have the ability to return time to the past, a maximum of five opportunities is the limit..
On the other hand, Noah said that it was repeated dozens or hundreds of times. When I questioned the inconsistent situation, Kazan's answer came back soon..
“Well, it's not fair to think so.”
he shook his head.
As if I understood the intent of the question.
“I also had no intention of repeating time from the beginning. However, in the process of preparing the arrangement, I found out something by chance..”
“what is that?”
“Hmmm, should I say it's an error caused by interfering with the world's time zone? To put it simply, it's a special ability hidden in a bookmark..”
Immediately after spitting out the word special ability.
Kazan's eyes twinkled like stars..
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