The Academy’s Barbarian Chapter 262

Chapter 58. All in one hit (2)

3.

Soon after Ulan joined.

The group approached the Abyss worshiper who was lying on the ground. Although he said he hit him gently, this was Ulan’s standard.

So, as she was looking at the worshiper with concerned eyes, Delia let out a short sigh.

“Luckily, it seems like I’m taking a break.”

Right after she finished speaking.

The group breathed a sigh of relief.

Among them, Ybella in particular looked genuinely relieved. After a moment, she looked back at her uhlan and gently lowered her head.

“… … “I’m sorry, Ulan.”

“What do you mean all of a sudden?”

“I asked for a useless favor and almost failed to capture the worshiper alive.”

Before encountering the Abyss Cultist.

Ibella asked for one favor.

A request to directly confront the Abyss worshiper. This was because I felt that I lacked experience in fighting against humans.

Ulan readily accepted.

As Ibella’s combat experience accumulates, she will grow faster. So she didn’t think this incident was a big deal.

“Okay. Anyway, it worked out well.”

“That’s true, but… … .”

“As long as the results are good, everything is done.”

Ulan ended the conversation with something that Ibella often said in her past life. Pertichia, who had been silent with him, opened her mouth.

“Well, by the way.”

Squatting on the floor, she stabbed the Abyss worshiper’s body with a thin branch.

The body of a worshiper without even the slightest movement.

Perticia looked back at the group.

“What should we do from now on?”

“Well, of course, we have to get information.”

“how?”

Perticia asks as if she is curious.

It was Ulan who answered this.

“If you repeatedly hit and treat them until they don’t die, most of them become docile.”

“Uh, so… … .”

“Are you saying you’re going to torture me?”

That’s correct. Ulan grinned.

Leaving behind the group with awkward expressions, Ulan looked at the worshiper with cold eyes.

I am used to being tortured.

Even in my past life, when I captured an Abyss worshiper, I always used torture to get information out of them.

‘but… … .’

There was one thing that was disappointing.

The point is that there is no Laurea.

Only with her presence would he be able to heal his wounds faster and speed up the torture.

Ulan quenched his appetite.

‘I’m glad I have Perticia.’

Of course, not as much as Laurea, but she also possesses some healing power.

After making his judgment, Ulan immediately grabbed the Abyss worshiper by the neck. With the intention of moving to the forest and starting the torture right away.

Then, an unexpected voice was heard.

“Please leave it to me to dig up information.”

A shaman girl who joined late.

It was Noah. She calmed her ragged breathing and spoke confidently.

“There is a way to neatly uncover information in a short period of time without having to intentionally look at blood.”

“Is there a way to do that?”

“Yes, I can use the technique I recently learned, but I’d like to try it out now. Would it be okay?”

There was no particular reason to refuse.

It takes a considerable amount of time to achieve the goal through torture, but Noah said he can obtain information much faster than that.

“i get it. “I’ll leave it to you.”

“thank you. “Then let’s get started!”

Noah’s spirited cry was the cue.

Ulan and his party walked back into the forest, dragging the unconscious Abyss worshiper.

4.

It was well past midnight.

A faint light leaked from Count Dermore’s mansion in the southern district of the imperial capital.

The place where the light appears is the Count’s office.

The owner of the mansion, Demuel Ron Dermore, sat at his desk and was busy working.

How much time has passed?

When the pile of documents on my desk was reduced by about half, I suddenly heard someone knocking on the window outside.

Knock knock!

The sound of a sharp object hitting the glass window.

Hearing the strange sound, Demuel’s eyes naturally turned to the window. Soon, what was reflected in his eyes was an ordinary-looking crow.

“… … .”

A crow staring at Demuel as if asking him to open the door. Demuel quickly got up from his seat and opened the window.

Food Duck!

The crow entered the office as if it had been waiting, and was soon enveloped in gray smoke. As soon as the smoke cleared, an amazing sight unfolded.

“long time no see. “Count.”

The crow’s figure suddenly disappeared and a woman appeared in its place.

Dark blue hair resembling the night sky.

She was a woman of mysterious spirit, with eyes as blue as the sea. Meanwhile, de Muel, facing her, muttered as if he knew who her lady was.

“Is it Estelle?”

“Yes that’s right.”

Estelle Outra.

He is the chief disciple of Regens Outra, who leads the Abyss worshipers, and is currently fulfilling the role of leader in place of his teacher, who is about to retire.

And like Demuel, he was also a being who served Lacus, the lord of the abyss.

“I came here because I have something to report.”

“What is it about?”

“The tag attached to Arsene Academy’s student council has been discovered.”

Although it was a rather short report, Demuel did not bother to ask questions. Because it contained all the information needed to understand the situation.

“What are the chances that our tracks will be discovered?”

“doesn’t exist. “He’ll probably explode with his magic power and self-destruct before he gets caught.”

This is definitely a reasonable answer.

As far as Demuel knew, the cultists were crazy wizards who did not hesitate to sacrifice their lives for the cause of the Abyss.

“Also, to prepare for an emergency, I placed a curse on it that would cause its heart to explode if its magical power was depleted or if it lost more than a certain amount of blood.”

“As expected, it’s thorough.”

“It’s better than getting caught.”

Estelle smiled brightly.

This concludes the short report. However, Estelle showed no sign of leaving the office.

As if the business wasn’t over.

“Is there anything left to say yet?”

“Ah yes! “I am offended, but is it possible that the Great One is not in the mansion right now?”

“Yes, my master is in the imperial castle.”

Lacus is not currently here.

He has been staying in the imperial castle for a few days now and is concentrating on amplifying Chartrand’s desire.

If Chartrand’s desire is realized, he will become Lacus’ second apostle according to the contract. It’s like the empire is in their hands.

“So, until the master achieves his purpose, monitor the movements of the desert like now.”

“Yes, I understand.”

“If you have any special news, please tell me.”

Demuel added briefly.

Then, as soon as I could open my mouth, Estelle spoke up. It was with an expression on his face that he thought of something to say just then.

“Oh, it’s not related to the desert, but I have something special to report to you.”

“Say it.”

“The sword protecting the Southern Front is leaving the territory and coming to Arsene Academy.”

A calmly continued report.

Demuel twitched his eyebrows at this.

As far as he knew, there was only one sword guarding the southern front.

‘… … Istan el Deorg.’

A knight of a master called the blind sword of the empire.

He was one of the people DeMuel had been paying attention to recently. This is because Istan had investigated his background not long ago.

Of course, I didn’t find out directly, but just heard about it through Lacus’ family. Still, I was concerned when I heard that I had been investigated.

‘I guess I’ve found some clues or traces of my contact with the Abyss worshipers.’

Originally, it would have been right to deal with Istan immediately the moment this fact was found out.

But I couldn’t do that this time.

This is because there was a request from Lacus.

‘You said it wasn’t time yet.’

Don’t touch it until the problem with the pagans in the southern desert is resolved. Lacus instructed thus, referring to Istan.

‘Again anyway… … .’

Even if Demuel found clues that he was in contact with the Abyss Cult, there was nothing he could do.

Unlike Istan, who guarded the frontier, Demuel was currently in a position where it wouldn’t be strange to call him Chartrand’s confidant.

“I understand, I’ll refer to it.”

That’s why I was able to keep a calm expression even after Estelle’s report. When the conversation ended like that, Estelle spoke again.

“Count.”

“hmm?”

“Can I ask one more question?”

There are a lot of questions today.

Demuel nodded.

“Okay, what are you curious about?”

“I was wondering why you would go to such trouble to deliver the Droga Leaf to the Arsene Student Council.”

“Of course… … .”

“Oh, of course, I know that they are trying to poison Drogar’s leaves and turn him into a puppet. But is it really worth it?”

Arsene Academy’s student council.

They are a group with considerable power and influence within the academy, but in Lacus’ plan, they are merely a group of students.

But is it really worth investing this much resources and time? Demuel nodded obediently to Estelle’s question.

“Of course. “My master considers Arsene Academy very important.”

“Is it because of the presence of heroes?”

“That is one of the reasons, but the more important purpose is to secure people who will become the hands and feet of subordinates throughout the academy.”

The eyes have already been placed.

They are Lacus’ descendants.

The next thing we need is limbs that can move whenever the eyes want. The most suitable target for this is the Arsene Student Council.

“The student council is a group that does not receive the attention of professors, but at the same time, it is a group that is endowed with a certain amount of strong power and authority.”

In other words, he is a suitable candidate for secret action with Lacus’ family. So, they wanted to use Droga’s leaves to take over the student council and use them like puppets.

“So don’t neglect to secure Droga’s leaves. Even though my tail got stepped on this time, there will be something I can use it for again.”

“all right.”

Has the question been resolved?

Estelle nodded obediently.

“If you have any further questions… … .”

“doesn’t exist. “I’ll just leave.”

After answering, Estelle was once again enveloped in gray smoke. Then, just as she had first visited the office, she took the form of a crow and disappeared.

Some time after that.

DeMuel’s office was again filled with the same quiet silence as before. Afterwards, only the sound of documents being turned over was heard regularly.

5.

Meanwhile, at that time.

Ulan and his party returned to the forest with the Abyss worshiper in tow and bound the worshiper’s body with tough vines.

Immediately, I looked back at Noah. As if she was ready and could start now.

With everyone’s eyes on him, Noah took out the amulet from his pocket.

“The technique I will use is to consume the opponent’s soul using food spirits.”

The spirit that ate the soul projects the memories of the soul onto the crystal ball.

In other words, it is possible to obtain information that the subject remembers without having to go through the trouble of torturing him or her.

“Hmm, it feels a bit scary to say that it eats souls… … .”

“Still, the effect is good.”

If you project the target’s memory as an image, it cannot be false in the first place.

Delia nodded silently.

Meanwhile, Noah took out an additional large orb along with an amulet containing spiritual spirits.

“huh? “But what is that?”

“It’s called Einer’s Orb. “It has the effect of strengthening the power of the spirit.”

The Orb of Einer, a treasure made up of pieces obtained while traveling around the capital with Ulan during summer vacation.

This orb has the ability to strengthen the power of familiars such as spirits, phantom beasts, and spirit creatures, as well as the food spirits just mentioned.

“This worshiper is a high-level wizard. “To be able to eat the soul of someone as strong as this and project their memories, the soul must be strong as well.”

After revealing the reason why Einer’s orb must be used. Noah immediately turned around.

Afterwards, he placed the amulet on the body of the unconscious worshiper and spoke with a serious face.

“Then let me begin.”

The moment when magical power was injected into the amulet.

The sealed spirit has awakened. Next, a whitish substance like smoke was absorbed into the worshiper’s body.

“Bwak! Grumble! “Kwaauk!”

The worshiper let out strange moans and shook his body. After a while, the strange phenomenon stopped and the cloudy crystal ball began to glow.

It was a process in which the worshiper’s memories were projected.

At this, Ulan and the others each opened their eyes and watched countless fragments of memories. To find something that could be a clue.

Then.

Suddenly, Ulan’s eyebrows twitched.

“Wait a minute, that guy… … .”

The bright red eyes were fixed on a woman with dark blue hair who had just appeared in the crystal sphere.

Covered in gray robes, she was soon engulfed in smoke, turned into a crow, and disappeared.

Meanwhile, Ibella and Delia asked curiously about Ulan’s reaction.

“Do you recognize this face?”

“okay. “He’s an unforgettable guy.”

Ulan nodded and gritted his teeth.

With eyes filled with hatred.

And it wasn’t just Ulan who recognized the woman who appeared in the crystal sphere.

“… … Estelle Outra.”

Noah’s eyes narrowed.

After a while, she added a brief explanation for her colleagues who were unaware of Estelle’s existence.

“Estelle Outtra is a powerful witch and the leader of the Abyss Cultists.”

At the same time, when Noah was a player in the past, he was the only named character who played as an Abyss worshiper.

Meanwhile, when Noah finished his explanation, Ibella and Perticia looked surprised.

“what? Si, the leader of the Abyss Cult?!”

“Then he is a very dangerous person.”

“But for a leader, he doesn’t seem that strong, does he?”

On the other hand, Delia saw through Estelle’s level right away. Noah nodded as if he agreed with this response.

“That’s right. “Right now, I’m probably on the verge of becoming a mage at best.”

However, Estelle later served one of the Lords of the Abyss, and after being appointed as an Apostle by the Lord, Estelle transformed into a powerful wizard.

‘So in the original work, he was the opponent that had to be eliminated after the Abyss Lord.’

This time is no different.

If Estelle’s whereabouts can be identified, she must be eliminated as quickly as possible. Only then will we be able to reduce sacrifices in the future.

Some time after that.

Not long after Estelle appeared, a shocking sight suddenly unfolded that caught everyone’s attention.

“That… … !”

A familiar sight to Ulan and Noah.

It was the Earl of Dermore’s mansion in the capital of the empire. And a bizarre monster appeared with Estelle in the basement of the mansion.

“Lacus’ family!”

A huge eyeball swimming in the air.

With the appearance of the howling eyes of the abyss and Lacus’ subordinates, a large crack suddenly appeared in the crystal sphere.

Kwasik! Clink!

A crystal ball shattering into pieces.

However, the group was not shaken. This was because all important information had already been obtained. Ulan muttered as he looked at the shattered crystal ball.

“… … “This makes it clear.”

“Yes, there are more reasons to visit Count Dermore’s mansion.”

Count Dermore is in cahoots with the Abyss worshipers and, by extension, the Lord of the Abyss.

Faced with this ugly truth, Ulan’s eyes shone fiercely. It was the look in the eyes of a hunter who had found his hidden prey.

fantasy,