The Academy’s Barbarian Chapter 192

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6.

Perticia splashing in the water.

She kept pounding on the stone floor.

Like telling me to sit next to you quickly. After pondering for a moment, Ulan soon started walking, and she soon looked at her reflection in the water.

‘It’s messy.’

Is it because they passed through a tunnel?

I tried to shake it off, but it’s still covered in dirt. Rather than continuing like this, it would be more refreshing to wash cleanly.

Around the time I was thinking that.

“Shall we sit a little further to the side?”

“There is no need for that.”

“yes? then… … . Wow!”

Suddenly a short scream came out.

This is because Ulan took off his pants and jumped into the fountain of magic.

with a plop!

Huge spray of water splashing in all directions.

After some time, the heavy body sank to the bottom of the water and came up again. The dust that covered his entire body had also been washed away cleanly.

“It’s definitely cool.”

A refreshing feeling that envelops your entire body.

Ulan grinned.

Meanwhile, Perticia, who was looking at him, smiled mischievously with an expression of realization.

“Eight!”

Then, like Ulan, he jumped into the spring.

A body quickly rises to the surface with a small splash. Then Ulan, who was watching this, asked back in confusion.

“What are you doing?”

Why jump into the water when your body is clean? When I asked out of curiosity, I immediately received a simple and clear answer.

“I think it looks cooler this way.”

“But your clothes are wet.”

“Hehe, it’s okay!”

After putting a smile on my face.

She spread her arms wide.

“Because I have spirits.”

Right after the confident voice stopped.

Soon something amazing happened.

It was a sight where the water that filled her body turned into water droplets and fell of their own accord.

“You saw it, right?”

She smiles triumphantly.

I never thought something like this could be possible with spirits.

Ulan looked curious. Then, a question arose. Because it was a phenomenon he had never seen in his past life.

“Phew, I feel comfortable doing this.”

Meanwhile, Perticia, floating on the surface of the water, yawned and looked listless.

As if I would fall asleep at any moment.

“I also feel a little nostalgic.”

“Do you miss it?”

“The place I was at was similar to this one. There were a lot of trees, and there were also ponds like this one where you could dip your feet.”

It probably refers to Hwangseong.

Where I first met her.

Unlike the ruined surroundings, I remember that the forest where Perticia was located was full of life.

“Do you want to go back there?”

“That’s not it.”

An immediate answer without any hesitation.

She answered in a firm tone.

“It’s a place I’ve stayed in since I first opened my eyes, so I’m familiar with it, but now I want to explore a wider world.”

Bright red eyes turned upward.

A bird flying freely across a cloudless sky. The eyes, which had been following the bird for a while, rolled to where Ulan was.

“So what about you?”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean my hometown. “I heard it’s the Northern Plains. Do you miss it or don’t want to go back?”

“Of course I miss it.”

In my past life, and now.

Ulan loves and misses the grasslands.

“But I can’t go back.”

“why?”

“Because I still have work to do.”

“Aha, are you graduating?”

Of course, that is also one of the reasons.

But it is not the ultimate goal. Because what he is talking about is winning the war against the abyss.

‘but… … .’

It seemed like answering this would require a fairly long explanation, so Ulan closed his mouth.

He then turned the topic elsewhere.

“I just want to ask you something.”

“Yes? “What is it?”

“Why are you here?”

Perticia did not visit the fountain of magic simply to splash around in the water. She had a more specific and clear purpose.

When Ulan, who realized this, questioned her, she surprisingly simply confessed the truth.

“As I briefly mentioned last time, I’m worried about the spirits’ whispers.”

“What are you whispering?”

“They say there’s someone over there.”

She pointed beyond the fog.

Immediately after exiting the tunnel, the direction she had been looking at all along. A place where there is a true fountain of magical power, and a place where the door to the abyss will open in the distant future.

It was right in Area 5.

“This is a child who has been there for a long time, and they say they are lonely and lonely and are asking for help.”

This is a ridiculous story.

In the first place, life cannot exist in Area 5. If they really exist, they are probably monsters or servants who crawled up from the abyss.

The moment I made that decision.

Suddenly, a memory crossed my mind.

“wait for a sec.”

“yes?”

“Could it be that the child is a spirit?”

“what? How did you know?”

Perticia’s eyes turned round.

As if I had hit the nail on the head. Her reaction convinced Ulan that her guess was correct.

‘As expected.’

Now I finally understand.

Why did Perticia want to go to the Fountain of Magic and Area 5 so much?

‘It’s probably because of the hero’s trials.’

Seven warriors who passed the ordeal.

Among them, the ordeal that Perticia went through could be said to be particularly unique.

Unlike other warriors, the place where she underwent trials was none other than the abyss.

‘Later, I met Perticia for the first time… … .’

Just as I was trying to escape the collapsing castle.

Suddenly, dozens of abyssal chasms opened throughout the imperial city. And that was the day on which Perticia underwent the trials of her warriors.

‘It was said that after passing the ordeal after many twists and turns, I became friends with an unusual spirit.’

An unidentified spirit found in the abyss.

It was a kind of reward received in return for passing the warrior’s ordeal. After some time had passed, the identity of the spirit was revealed.

‘… … ‘Spirit of the Abyss.’

A being who will become the strongest ally among the spirits that guard Perticia’s side in the future. At the same time, a spirit that can neutralize the magic power of the abyss.

That is the spirit of the abyss.

If you organize all the information based on this, you will soon reach one conclusion.

‘In Area 5… … .’

Are Perticia’s trials about to begin?

Finally, a guess that is close to certainty.

Bright red eyes shined intensely.

7.

Noon when the sun rises in the sky.

Perhaps because it was the weekend after the midterm exams, the reading room was filled with a quiet atmosphere.

However, it is not completely empty.

In a corner of the reading room, a girl with jet black hair was busily flipping through documents.

“Hmm.”

Noah narrowed his eyes.

The document she is staring at is a kind of list. This was also the data handed over from the inspector who visited Ulan yesterday.

Inside, there was a complete list of the imperial investigation team that came to investigate the opening of the abyss last time.

“Uuuuu!”

How long has it been like that?

When the paperwork that started early in the morning was finished, Noah stretched out as if he was sulking.

What she did was to access the fountain of magic and weed out those who had enough power and authority to open the chasm of the abyss.

In other words, the task was to identify candidates for the abyss worshiper that the white wolf had seen. And finally, a candidate who satisfied all conditions was selected.

‘There are two strong candidates.’

Baruch Celestine.

Demuel Ron Dermore.

Noah’s eyes shone fiercely as he sorted out the documents containing the personal information of the two candidates.

‘Let’s look at them in turn. First, Baruch Celestine.’

A wizard who participated as the unit leader of the investigation team.

He possesses skills that reach the level of an advanced wizard, and is also the only successor to the Count Celestine family, which is famous for being a prestigious magical family.

‘The problem is that this is all.’

There is no information that can be said to be special.

Noah, who has played the original game countless times, is a character whose presence is so faint that it is only the first time you see him.

Still, since it had the elements to approach the fountain of magic and open a gap, it was classified as a separate candidate.

‘Next… … .’

A familiar figure to Noah and Ulan.

A wizard who has a connection with her teacher, the grassland shaman, Azuh, and who wrote letters of recommendation for Arsene Academy for them both.

‘Earl of Dermore.’

The bright blue eyes shone earnestly.

Unlike Baruch, who has little importance, the Count is quite recognizable in the original work.

He was a man who was crazy about reviving his daughter who died early due to illness, and helped open the door to the abyss even faster.

‘But in the original work, the Count was never associated with the Abyss Cultists.’

Moreover, he is currently sponsoring ‘Sirpi Ludrik’. In other words, it means that he is not an Abyss worshiper, but rather an official of the Desert Church.

‘And the Desert Church… … .’

It is extremely hostile to the Abyss.

In all the developments of the original work, the Desert Church fought against the abyss, leading an army of the dead and an army of demonic beasts brought back to life through necromancy.

“Okay, then who is it?”

Who exactly is the culprit who opened the abyss during summer vacation? Noah frowned at her as he felt her head pounding.

‘Actually, the most certain thing is to check the records of people who have entered and exited the Fountain of Magic… … .’

The Fountain of Magic is the most important area in the Academy and at the same time the most dangerous place.

Therefore, everyone who enters through the front door is automatically recorded on a video recording device.

Noah, who knew this through the setting of the original work, visited Marquis Gorfant last night to secure the record.

But the purpose was not achieved.

‘They said there were no records at all.’

Also, only the records from the beginning to the end of summer vacation were completely lost.

They probably got rid of it in advance just in case there were people prying into it like they are now.

“Ha, it’s really detailed.”

After sighing in frustration.

Noah tapped his cheek with his palm.

“… … “Let’s come to our senses.”

There is nothing we can do about records that have already disappeared.

We have no choice but to identify the culprit as much as possible using only the given clues. However, there was little she could do from here on.

The candidates selected are quite big names, and there will be corresponding risks involved in investigating them.

So, there is the right person for this job.

‘Marquis Gorpant.’

He is the most powerful person Noah currently knows. Additionally, he is famous for having a highly capable intelligence organization.

‘If it’s him… … .’

We might be able to find out who the culprit is.

Noah believed so.

Afterwards, she put the documents she had organized into an envelope and immediately left the reading room. With the intention of conveying this to the Marquis of Gorfant.

It was then.

“Oh, it’s over there!”

A familiar voice suddenly sounded.

Soon, the sound of strong footsteps was also heard.

“Noah!”

“You were here.”

Ibella, and Delia.

The two quickly got close to each other and revealed the purpose of finding Noah.

It was about Ulan.

“By any chance, do you know where Ulan is?”

“We were supposed to have lunch together at noon, but I couldn’t see where we were.”

“huh? Ah, if it’s Ulan… … .”

Early morning, on my way to the library.

I saw him heading towards the Faculty of Magic, full of motivation for his volunteer work.

So I relayed this fact, but Delia’s response was somewhat lukewarm.

“After that, we haven’t met separately, have we?”

“huh. “That’s because I’ve been in the library the whole time.”

I answered honestly because it was true.

Delia looks troubled at this.

Then Noah tilted his head as if he didn’t understand.

“Can’t we just check with magic?”

“that… … .”

“Now that I’ve reached the level of an archmage, I can use magic like ‘Star Eyes.’”

Cluster magic, star eyes.

This magic, classified as 8 stars, is the magic that boasts the best performance among the observation series.

This is a magic that creates a huge eye in the sky and then allows you to find any being or object you want in any area you can see.

But somehow the reaction was very strange.

“… … “I tried, but I couldn’t find it.”

“what? Even though I wore star eyes?”

“Yeah, I couldn’t see it.”

Delia obediently agrees.

Only then did Noah’s complexion change.

If he wasn’t reflected in the eyes of the stars, there was a possibility that he would have left the academy.

“No, where on earth…” … .”

No matter how strong he was, he probably wouldn’t have gone out for volunteer work outside the academy.

At that time, Delia added an explanation.

“For your information, there was exactly one place in the academy that was out of sight.”

“really? “Where are you?”

“Fountain of magical power.”

That’s natural.

The Fountain of Magic is the source of pure magic.

This is not the type of area that magical eyes can capture.

“But it was there in the first place… … .”

“There is no reason for Ulan to go in.”

Ibella muttered softly.

It’s just like what she said.

Since the authorities were informed that someone had opened the abyss during summer vacation, access to the Fountain of Magic has been strictly controlled.

So, just as I was about to say that we should use Star Eyes again to find Ulan.

Crackling! Cheesy!

I heard something like a strange noise.

Like an unidentifiable noise made by a radio tuned to the wrong frequency. The moment this fact was recognized, a phenomenon that only Noah could see appeared.

“… … Eh?”

A square window appeared before my eyes.

It was a system notification.

[alarm]

▶The Trial of the Hero – Challenge Begins

▶Challenge: [Perticia Yves Al Reuben]

[Time remaining until trial completion]:

*99 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds

Immediately after confirming this.

Noah froze like a stone statue.

Chapter 44. hastened fate

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