The Academy’s Barbarian Chapter 139

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2.

“Oh, that?”

Noah asks casually.

She nodded, remembering the Bible verse she had heard from Laurea.

As if this wasn’t the first time I heard it.

“I know that record well.”

“really?”

“Yes, he’s famous among us too.”

Laurea asked in surprise.

Noah’s explanation soon followed.

“In the world I lived in, there was speculation that the identity of the Holy Spirit was a metaphor for the management of the original work.”

“Operation team?”

“This refers to those who created and distributed the game Arsene Continental Battles.”

Finally, the answer that came back.

Laurea and Ulan tilted their heads.

“Creating a game means… … .”

“Does this mean you created this world?”

“Yes. “But my thoughts are a little different.”

“You mean different?”

“I don’t mean this metaphorically, but I mean that there is a possibility that the management team of Arsene Continental Battles are truly divine beings.”

The expression turned quite serious.

The reason for the speculation soon came out.

“Because in the world I lived in, no information about the management team was revealed.”

Those who participated in the development of the original game, the company, the official website, etc. There was no known information about any of it.

A truly suspicious game.

So there was a joke among the players of the original that they might all end up trapped in the game together later on.

I never thought it would become a reality.

“More than anything, the fact that I, who lived in another world, could be brought here cannot be explained unless it is a divine being.”

This is a reasonable answer.

Because the people here didn’t even know that another world existed in the first place.

“Of course it’s not certain. Because it is only a possibility. Still, I think this guess is the most likely for now.”

That’s how Noah’s story ended.

The quiet atmosphere has returned. She looked back at Ulan and Lau Lea and opened her mouth.

“Anything else I’m curious about… … .”

“Oh, let me ask you one more question.”

Laurea intervened again.

It wasn’t about a passage from the Bible, but something I was personally curious about. So he asked the question without hesitation.

“Is there a reason you chose Noah out of the ninety-nine?”

The moment Laurea finished speaking.

Noah smiled awkwardly.

“That wasn’t my choice.”

“yes? then… … .”

“I just opened my eyes and it was Noah Darshen.”

A winter filled with fierce snowstorms.

Player Minah Yoo woke up as an eight-year-old child, Noah Darshen.

“If I had been able to choose who to possess in the first place, I would not have chosen Noah Darshen. “Never.”

“huh? why?”

“That’s because the initial level of training difficulty is so difficult that it can be called extreme.”

Noah’s unique story is that he was sold to a slave trader at a young age and had to live as a slave until he became an adult.

“The good news was that Noah’s story wasn’t a confirmed fate.”

Thanks to this, she escaped from her character’s story and met the shaman Ajuh under the pretense of coincidence.

Afterwards, he became Azuh’s disciple, learned witchcraft, and began his journey as a full-fledged shaman. Lau Lea nodded his head in understanding.

Some time after that.

“Then this is a personal curiosity.”

Suddenly Laurea came closer.

She came a short distance away, put her lips to Noah’s ear and whispered softly.

“… … You said earlier that she has lived many lives. Have you ever lived as me?”

“Of course, of course.”

I have played with Laurea six times.

The reason for the large number of times is simple.

Unlike Noah, Laurea, who is protected by the church as the next saint, had a fairly easy initial training level.

Meanwhile, Laurea swallowed dry saliva with a nervous look on her face at the answer that came back.

“Well, then maybe my past is…” … .”

“Yes, I know.”

Noah nods willingly.

On the other hand, Laurea’s face turned a little pale. Whether he knew this or not, Noah recalled Laurea’s character story.

“For example, when I was training to become a saint at a monastery, there was a time when I ran away from home without permission.”

“… … !”

“At that time, I got into a fight with some gangsters I met in a back alley and hit their head with a bottle of alcohol… … .”

“greatness! “Hmm!”

Laurea, who was watching Ulan, suddenly cleared her throat loudly. The intention was to drown out Noah’s voice.

But it was too late.

The key information has already been revealed.

“Your personality is no different from now.”

Ulan bursts into laughter.

Noah nodded and agreed.

“that’s right. Oh, and after she became the next saint, she once hung upside down in a monastery for secretly stealing and drinking her wine, and… … .”

“Okay, that’s enough!”

Laurea shouted in confusion.

With a somewhat flushed face. After Noah closed her mouth, Laurea immediately whispered.

“Hmm! I ask you not to reveal anything about my past in the future. In particular, you should never tell Ulan. “You know what I mean, right?”

“What if I tell you?”

“I’m going to smash your head with a bottle.”

“… … .”

Noah closed his mouth.

With Laurea’s personality, there was a lot of possibility for that to happen. When there was an awkward silence, Laurea, who had finished what he had to say, stepped back.

“My questions end here. “If I have any questions, I’ll ask again.”

Noah nodded.

Then he looked at the person who had never asked a question before and asked.

“Do you have any questions about Ulan?”

“There are about three things.”

There are also many. When I was thinking that.

The first question flew in.

“Have you ever been to Area 5?”

This is the question I felt most recently.

It was a question about the strange phenomenon he experienced immediately after defeating Diphlin Chernio.

A question I asked thinking that she might know if she had lived the lives of others countless times. But what came back was a negative answer.

“No, I have never been to the Abyss before it opened. “It’s not like you can go in the first place just because you want to.”

“What do you mean?”

“There are conditions required to set foot in District 5. “Until the conditions are met, you cannot enter because you are blocked by a transparent wall.”

Transparent walls. Ulan’s eyes lit up.

This is because the strange phenomenon he experienced in Area 5 was also the phenomenon of an invisible wall blocking his path.

“I’d like to hear about the terms.”

“I don’t know that either.”

“… … what?”

“It’s true!”

Noah responds as if he were protesting.

Then Laurea nodded. It doesn’t mean it’s a lie. When Ulan closed his mouth, Noah continued to answer again.

“At first glance, I heard that only those who have proven their qualifications can enter. “I don’t know exactly what proof means.”

Noah, who was searching through his memories of the original story, came up with something that could be considered a clue. Of course, she wasn’t particularly helpful.

“Then next question.”

Leaving behind unresolved questions.

Ulan asked a second question.

“Do you know what Ludrick’s successor, or Ludrick’s descendant, means?”

The Lord of the Abyss who has completed the subjugation.

The frost demon dragon and the swamp ruler spoke to Ulan and the white wolf, saying that they were Ludrick’s successors and Ludrick’s descendants, respectively.

With a very surprised reaction.

So I got curious and asked. Meanwhile, Noah was momentarily speechless at Ulan’s question.

“that… … .”

Because it’s an unexpected question.

But even for a moment, she quickly regained her senses and answered with a calm face.

“I know to some extent.”

“Please explain.”

“Yes, first of all, Rudrik refers to the surname of Kazan Rudrik, a hero of the ancient desert kingdom.”

“Kazan? If it’s Kazan, it’s definitely… … .”

“that’s right. “He is the original owner of the engraving on Ulan’s back plate.”

The imprint of a hero, Kazan.

Starting with this, Noah spoke by mixing information obtained from the library with memories of the original work.

In the process, it was also revealed that the white wolf’s identity was a descendant of Kazan Rudrik. Then Laurea opened her eyes wide.

“uh? So, you’re saying that the reason the white wolf follows Ulan may be because of the imprint?”

“Yes, although it’s not exact.”

Still, it is clear that it is a strong guess.

Afterwards, Noah revealed every detail about the Desert Church and Ludric’s blood relatives.

“This is all I know. Even in the original game, Kazan Ludrik did not have a particularly large role, except for the hero’s imprint.”

So that means more investigation is needed.

Ulan silently nodded at Noah’s words. It meant he understood.

After answering the second question.

“What’s your last question?”

Noah looked at Ulan.

Soon the question came back as if it had been waiting.

“You said earlier that this world has been repeated countless times, right?”

“It was like that.”

“Then have you ever seen the end?”

“yes? If it’s the end… … .”

“I’m asking if you have ever eliminated all the lords of the abyss and closed the gate to the abyss.”

Soon after specific questions came back.

Noah’s face hardened.

An expression that says something is coming. After a moment, she answered with a heavy sigh.

“… … no.”

“what?”

“It means we’ve never seen the end.”

The door to the abyss has never been closed.

Not even once.

Is it because of the shocking answer? Laurea refuted with an absurd expression.

“You said you repeated your life hundreds of times? But does it make sense that you have never been successful?”

“I’m not the only one who didn’t see the ending of the original work. “So did all the other players who played the game.”

Noah answered calmly.

“The reason the game Arsene Continental Battle was popular in the first place was because it was a game that no one in the world could clear.”

A game that boasts extreme difficulty.

A game in which no one has reached a happy ending in the three years since it was first released. Therefore, it is a game that has aroused the desire of many gamers to take on a challenge.

That is ‘Arsene Continental Battle’.

Meanwhile, after Noah’s answer.

Laurea narrowed her eyes.

“You are more incompetent than I thought.”

“What, incompetent?!”

“Is that so? “Even though I knew what would happen in the future and was given hundreds of opportunities, I could not close the door to the abyss.”

Laurea’s harsh advice.

Noah immediately retorted.

“It’s not just me! As I said before, all the other players… … !”

“No, more than anything, if you have never succeeded, wouldn’t it be better to reveal the secret to everyone from the beginning and ask for their cooperation?”

“Well, that’s… … .”

I was speechless for a moment.

Of course, I could do whatever I wanted to refute.

But no voice came out.

It had no meaning in the first place. There was only one real reason for not revealing the secret.

“Whoa.”

The voice of rebuttal that rose to the tip of my chin turned into a sigh and flowed out. After a while, Noah revealed the real reason he kept her secret.

“… … “I did it because I was scared.”

“What are you scared of?”

“I have bad memories from the past.”

Noah bit his lip.

A memory of a time when the views and attitudes of people around me changed in an instant. Noah, who remembered his past as Yoo Min-ah, spoke with a trembling voice.

“When I confessed my secret, I was scared that people’s perception of me would change. That’s why she didn’t say anything until now.”

In this world, Noah is a stranger.

Therefore, I was afraid that when my identity was revealed, I would be abandoned by the warrior candidates. I was scared of being alone in a familiar but unfamiliar world.

So I kept hiding it.

I thought that if I pretended to be from this world from the beginning, I wouldn’t be ostracized.

‘but… … .’

Now that Ulan had given his ultimatum, he could no longer hide it. So he eventually confessed the secret.

Meanwhile, right after Noah’s answer.

“… … .”

Laurea closed her mouth silently.

That would be natural. She said she had similar fears to Noah. Noah, who played as Laurea, knew this well.

Then at that moment.

“I don’t understand.”

“… … yes?”

“Why do you think that?”

A voice was heard breaking the silence.

It was Ulan. He looked at Noah with an expression that he really didn’t understand.

“That’s because I’m from another world.”

“so?”

“Of course I will be discriminated against… … .”

“Why is that natural?”

Still doesn’t seem to understand.

Noah sighed.

“I am a foreigner.”

“I am a barbarian.”

“No, that’s not what I meant… … .”

“Noah Darshen.”

Her words could not continue.

This is because Ulan suddenly stopped talking.

Immediately, bright red eyes, burning like flames, stared at her.

“You are not a stranger.”

“yes?”

“Now that we have revealed all the hidden truths, and now that we have a common enemy called the Abyss, you are my comrade without any doubt.”

Noah’s eyes wavered at the word colleague.

Whether he knew this or not, Ulan continued to say what he had to say.

“The only thing that changes is that I can now completely trust you.”

Other than that, nothing changes.

Noah closed his mouth at those words.

Eyes shaking as if in agitation. However, the distrust did not completely disappear. Ulan also seemed to have noticed this, and opened his mouth again.

“Then I will ask.”

“W-what?”

“Having lived countless lives, have I ever easily changed my attitude even once?”

“… … .”

I was speechless for a moment.

Because there has never been one.

Ulan is the person who resembles a rock the most out of all the characters. Because he was a person who did not change no matter what the situation, he steadfastly maintained his beliefs.

“So don’t worry.”

Looking at the trembling eyes as if in agitation.

Ulan grinned.

“To me, you are not a stranger, but a barbarian just like me.”

The moment his answer ended.

Noah burst out laughing without realizing it.

Because I had no idea that the word barbarian would be such a comforting word.

‘But on the other hand… … .’

It was also the answer I wanted to hear the most.

Feeling like the anxiety that had been coloring his heart was being completely washed away, Noah let out a sigh that he had been holding in and asked back as if confirming.

“Are you really not going to kick me out?”

“Of course.”

“Really, can I stay next to you?”

“okay.”

Ulan nods his head repeatedly.

She was finally relieved to see that it didn’t feel like it was a lie at all.

“all right. “I will trust Ulan.”

Blue eyes curved like a crescent moon.

A bright smile bloomed like a flower on my lips.

An expression where all worries disappeared. It was truly a smile that had become completely reassuring.

Eventually, after Ulan’s questions were over.

Noah looked at him blankly.

“Then now it’s my turn.”

A variable that did not exist in the original work. She spoke out the question she had been harboring all along.

“Ulan, you said you remember your past life, right?”

“Yes.”

“Then can you tell me from where to where you remember?”

“I remember most of it.”

“Please be specific.”

Noah requests with a serious face.

This probably means that it is an important topic.

Ulan nodded as if he understood. She then immediately started talking.

Everything from the time he was born in the grassland clan, to the time he joined other warriors, and until the moment he met his end.

So, towards the end of the story.

Suddenly, Noah’s expression changed unusually.

A stern expression, as if realizing a shocking fact. After a while, she asked back with a voice as firm as her expression.

“… … I’m really sorry, but could you please tell me again about the Lords of the Abyss that you defeated in your last life? “The warriors who participated in the subjugation are also there.”

It’s not that difficult.

Ulan answered immediately.

“The Ghost Knights, the Swamp Ruler, the Howling Eyeballs, and the Giant King.”

In addition, a list of warriors who participated in the subjugation of each monarch was also revealed. In addition, the names of heroes who helped a lot in the subjugation were also revealed.

And as Ulan’s explanation continued, Noah’s face turned pale.

“are you okay? “Your complexion is not good.”

Have you noticed these changes?

Laurea asked worriedly.

Noah barely nodded and met Ulan’s gaze again.

“Well, that is… … .”

A voice that trembles as if embarrassed.

She took a deep breath and caught her breath. After shaking off her nervousness, she spoke carefully.

“Ji, please calm down and listen.”

“Say it.”

“This is the past life that Ulan remembers.”

Immediately after some light luck.

Noah’s answer soon followed.

“… … “I think it was the last episode I played before I got stuck here.”

After the trembling voice stopped.

The surroundings were enveloped in silence for an instant.

Chapter 33. confession

fantasy,