The Academy’s Barbarian Chapter 288

Chapter 62. Arrangement (2)

3.

Immediately after entering the tower.

Faced with dozens of infidels, Ulan kicked the ground without hesitation. The moment Noah blinked his eyes once, the scenery changed.

“… … ah?”

The bodies of the heretics fell in two with fresh blood pouring out of the air. This is evidence that the area was activated in a split second.

Noah, who was watching this blankly, soon realized the reality and shouted with an urgent look on his face.

“No, don’t kill everyone!”

“Not everything.”

Ulan calmly shakes his head.

He shook the blood off the ax and immediately pointed down at his feet. There was a pagan there, covered in blood and groaning.

“Because I left one person behind.”

Of course, it’s not in perfect condition.

This is because their arms and legs were cut off one by one to prevent them from doing unnecessary tricks.

Some time after that.

The heretic who was restrained by the group was panting and looked at Ulan with a pale face.

“Yes, who the hell are you…” … .”

“Come on, we don’t have time, so let’s go quickly.”

Then Noah interrupted the pagan.

She took out an amulet from her bosom, attached it to the man’s forehead, and immediately injected magical energy into it, activating the amulet’s effect.

Wooooow!

A talisman that vibrates slightly.

Afterwards, as the shaking became more frequent, the pagan’s eyes, which were full of caution, gradually relaxed. Perticia asked curiously at this sight.

“huh? “What is that?”

“It’s a talisman of suppression.”

Noah shrugged his shoulders lightly.

As if it was no big deal.

“It is an amulet used to restrain an opponent. If you use it with magical spirit, you can subdue not only the body but also the consciousness like now.”

In other words, you can get the information you want without the hassle of torture. At Noah’s explanation, Perticia nodded her head and stepped away.

After completing all preparations.

Noah got to the point without hesitation.

“Okay, then let me start asking questions. First of all, do you know what this tower is?”

“I do not know.”

The heretic answered firmly.

I checked to see if it was a lie, but it wasn’t. Because Delia and Laurea unanimously answered that it was the truth.

The first question is a no-brainer.

Noah frowned.

“Phew, then let’s move on to the second question. Why did you enter the tower? “Have you received any special instructions from the church?”

“Yes. “The leader gave the order.”

Fortunately, I won this time.

The cultist revealed the instructions he received from the cult leader with his eyes completely unfocused.

“Our mission is to excavate the seven towers buried underground throughout the desert and secure the sealed chest stored within the towers.”

“huh? Sealed chest? “What is that?”

“I do not know either.”

Are you securing it without even knowing what it is?

Noah frowned.

However, since this was also the truth and not a lie, I could not inquire further. Afterwards, she asked a third question.

“Next, it’s about Urkaban, the monster of the abyss. “Who called it out?”

“I do not know.”

“Then who gave away Urkaban?”

Most of the heretics the party had faced so far were warriors. There were no magical necromancers or summoners anywhere.

In other words, this means that someone gave Urkaban to the heretics. When Noah finished guessing and was waiting for an answer, the pagan’s mouth opened.

“The leader gave it to me.”

Arena Ludrick.

It was the moment when it was revealed that the new leader of the Desert Church was connected to the Abyss.

“Well, that means… … !”

“It sounds like the position is similar to that of the desert, the cult, the cult leader, Dermore, and the earl.”

Following Ibella’s surprised expression, Delia’s eyes shone coldly.

Meanwhile, Noah asked several more questions, but unfortunately, he did not get any useful information.

“Okay, this is all you can get.”

Noah sighs quietly.

Still, it wasn’t like I wasted any time. The information obtained right away was enough to understand the current state of the desert.

Did you think the interrogation was over then?

Laurea, who was silently looking at the heretic, suddenly pulled out a rapier from her thigh.

Holy relic Bestia.

It is Laurea’s self-defense weapon and a sword made of the same material as Ian’s holy sword.

“great. “Then can I get rid of it now?”

“… … yes?”

“Because there is no longer any need to keep him alive.”

A cold answer came back.

Noah was ready to swing his rapier at any moment, so he hurriedly blocked her path.

“Now, wait a minute!”

“why?”

“I still have something I want to ask you!”

At Noah’s words, Laurea frowned and clicked her tongue. As if she were expressing that she didn’t like her answer.

After a while, Laurea withdrew her sword as if she had no choice. Noah sighed in relief at this sight.

‘I knew that hatred for pagans was deep because I experienced it in the original work, but… … .’

Still, I never thought it would be this deep.

I almost lost the prisoner I had managed to secure. After calming his startled heart, Noah looked at the pagan again.

“Now I will ask you the last question.”

In fact, the last question I had prepared was the one I asked earlier. However, because he still had some personal questions, Noah pressed his lips to his.

“Do you by any chance know what ‘Zartoum’ is?”

Tower of Zartoum.

The system notification message that announced the eighth hero’s ordeal referred to this tower that the party had currently entered.

However, I asked a question because I didn’t know whether Zartoum meant the name of a person, or an object or something without a shape.

“… … Zartum?”

Then the pagan reacted.

But somehow it was a bit strange.

“Zartoum. Zartoum? Zartum.”

Instead of getting an immediate answer like before, the heretic suddenly started muttering the name Zartum over and over again.

The chanting became faster and faster, and Noah tilted his head at this phenomenon and approached him.

Then at that moment.

Swish!

“Ouch! Ooh, Ulan?!”

A short scream escaped Noah’s mouth.

It was because Ulan suddenly grabbed her arm and hugged her body.

Noah looked surprised at the bold action that unfolded out of nowhere and tried to ask why.

But I couldn’t.

Push! Fuuuuuuu!

A loud noise was suddenly heard.

It was the sound of the heathen’s head being crushed. Furthermore, broken fragments were scattered in all directions.

“… … !”

Noah saw this and opened his eyes.

I realized it at the same time.

If it weren’t for Ulan, he would have been swept away by the sudden explosion.

“It looks like there was a ban on it.”

At that time, Delia, who was far away unlike Noah, came to the side. She muttered as she observed the pagan’s condition.

Meanwhile, Ibella and Perticia looked worried at Ulan, who was caught in the explosion instead of Noah.

“Ulan, are you okay?”

“Are you hurt anywhere?”

“Well, it’s okay.”

There used to be a small wound, but it isn’t there anymore.

It was thanks to the hero’s imprint on his back that the scars disappeared in the blink of an eye.

“Rather, what is Zartoum?”

“Oh, that’s… … .”

In response to Ulan’s question, Noah brought up a story he had not mentioned before. The story goes that the name of this tower is the Tower of Zartoum.

After explaining the whole story.

Noah explained why he asked this question to the pagans.

“So I was curious about what Zartoum was, so I wanted to ask. But I never thought there was a ban on it… … .”

Noah bit his lip slightly.

It was an unexpected situation.

However, there was something I learned through this.

The fact that a ban so strong that it destroys the head was imposed means that the existence of Zartum is dangerous or important.

‘What on earth is it?’

A time when I was in such deep trouble.

Suddenly, a sound was heard that shattered the silence.

“Uh, over there… … .”

The girl spoke carefully.

It was Sirpi Rudric. She ran a hand through her gray hair, met everyone’s gaze, and swallowed her dry saliva.

“Well, I think I can answer what you just said.”

“yes? That means… … .”

“Do you really know what Zartoum is?”

Ulan asks with a surprised face.

Sirpi nodded.

“sure. “He is so famous that it would be strange not to know about him if you are from the Desert Church.”

Zartoum Barial Mordem.

According to Sirpi’s account, he was a priest of an ancient desert kingdom that fell a thousand years ago.

Furthermore, he was also a companion of Kazan Rudrik, the desert hero who faced the seven-day disaster.

“So, it can be said that he is as well-known as Kazan Rudrik within the church.”

At that time, the explanation was in full swing.

Suddenly, someone intruded into the story.

It was none other than Noah.

“Now, wait a minute!”

“why?”

“Zartoum’s last name is Mordem?”

“Yes, that’s because the priests of the ancient desert kingdom have been members of the royal family for generations.”

Sirpi nods repeatedly.

Noah asked again as if he had been waiting.

“Well, then what is your relationship with Asteban?”

“Oh, he’s a relative. If I were to be specific, Priest Zartum is Asteban’s uncle.”

Astevan Urbatra Mordem, the last king of the ruined nation and called the Lord of the Immortals.

Zartum Barial Mordem, the last priest of the fallen nation and a comrade of the hero Kazan Rudrik.

When Noah looked surprised at the unexpected relationship between the two, Ulan, who had been quietly listening to the story, narrowed his eyes and asked back.

“If you know that much in detail, don’t you also know why a man named Zartoum built the tower?”

“Well, I really don’t know that!”

Sirpi waved his hand hastily because his eyes looked as if he was doubting himself.

“Dae, instead! I know what a sealed chest is. “It was mentioned in a story passed down to the successors to the next leader of the church.”

“really? “Can you tell me?”

“Yes, the item called the Sealing Chest is a device to prevent a repeat of the seven-day disaster that led to the destruction of the ancient desert kingdom.”

The heroes, led by the desert hero Kazan Ludrik, successfully defeated the seven-day disaster that destroyed the ancient desert kingdom.

Afterwards, thorough preparations were made to ensure that something like this would never happen again, and this was the ‘sealed chest’ that the pagan had mentioned earlier.

“There are a total of seven sealed boxes. But it is said that among them, there is only one truly sealed chest.”

“Then the other six…” … .”

“that’s right. “It’s just a camouflage to hide the real seal.”

Sirpi nods.

After a while, she frowned as if she couldn’t understand the current situation.

“However, I don’t understand why the church is suddenly trying to find the Sealing Chest.”

The Desert Church is a group created to support Kazan Rudrik. Therefore, it can be said that protecting the sealed box is destiny.

However, according to the words of the cultist whose head had just been blown off, the new cult leader, Arena Ludric, ordered his followers to find the sealed chest.

‘… … Let’s organize it step by step.’

Urkaban, the monster of the abyss.

Arena Ludric, Abyss’ collaborator and new cult leader, is believed to have summoned it.

Even the heretics are looking for a seal to prevent the 7-day plague from happening again. Putting all these clues together, one possibility emerged.

‘First of all, it is certain that there is some kind of connection between the Abyss and the 7-day disaster.’

And one more thing.

We also figured out their purpose.

‘As long as Arena Ludric cooperates with the Abyss, her orders are the same as those of the Abyss.’

In other words, it can be assumed that the Abyss’ true purpose is to secure the Sealing Chest and once again cause a seven-day disaster in the desert.

‘No, it’s not exactly an abyss.’

When I say Abyss, I mean it includes the two remaining monarchs and all Abyss monsters.

On the other hand, Arena Ludrick did not receive cooperation from the Abyss itself.

Just as Count Dermore is an apostle of Lacus, the Eye of the Abyss, Arena is also likely to be an apostle of another Abyss Lord.

‘Then what is the identity of the Abyss Lord behind Arena Ludric… … .’

A confirmed fate that has always pushed Ulan to death in numerous iterations so far.

The Giant King Largtan.

He was the only candidate.

fantasy,