Episode 70. Pioneer
A forest with cold raindrops falling continuously between the central and northern regions. Two men wearing cloaks met in an obscure place.
One of them is ‘Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel’, Pavlosa Ruines’ alchemy instructor.
He peeked his face out through his brown cloak and lowered his gaze lightly.
“It’s been a while, Master Albus.”
Despite his round and innocent appearance, he had countless scars on his face.
“So, how are you? Von Haeckel.”
Albus answered, lifting his white cloak and lightly stroking the head of the snake wrapped around his neck.
“yes. It’s von Haeckel… . “It’s been a long time since I heard that name.”
“Ah, I’m sorry, Philip. “It’s been a while since I last saw you, and you forgot to call me by your old name.”
“it’s okay. “Few people remember that name anyway.”
Philip smiled awkwardly and scratched the back of his head. Just by looking at their expressions, you could tell that they were good friends.
After saying hello, Albus didn’t explain the whole story and got straight to the point.
“Philip, I think it’s time for you to come back to me.”
“Already?”
“The operation has changed. “I don’t think I can leave you here.”
“what’s the reason?”
“… “My teacher suffered a great tragedy from Strange.”
“Strange?”
“okay.”
Albus held his hands together and condensed the mana, then spread his palms and spread his arms wide.
Easy profit-
As the mana spread widely, the events that Monestier had experienced so far began to appear.
It begins with a meeting with Strange’s youngest child. Next, the situation was shown in quick succession, showing what he was trying to do and the events he had experienced before his death.
Of course, not everything was shown. I simply summarized what Philip could understand about the current state of the world.
Philip swallowed his dry saliva after seeing the death of the last hatchling.
“Well, then that kid named Verdin who killed Baron Monkle is Strange’s youngest child?”
“yes.”
Philip couldn’t believe it.
Monestier is a man of even greater skill than his teacher.
Not only did he subdue one of the few so-called sword masters, but he also became the chosen one and received the power of an apostle, yet he suffered such miserable experiences.
Albus took out a neatly folded piece of paper and handed it to Philip.
“Please leave this paper at Ruines. “This is the end of your mission there.”
“Can I just leave it behind?”
“Okay, when you’re done, you come back to the Pope’s Office with me.”
“… Can you guess what this is?”
“There is no need to know. Just leave it in your room at the Academy. Well, I can tell it to a guy with Strange’s name, and it’s even better.”
“What do you mean by a guy with the name of Strange? Are you saying it’s okay if it’s not Verdin?”
“yes.”
Philip rolled his eyes.
“Then there is a way to convey it.”
“okay?”
“Yes, probably because I am an instructor. “It’s not a problem to call one or two students.”
“I guess three people can do it?”
“… If you’re talking about Strange’s three brothers. It’s quite possible. Anyway, they said that if you call one person, the three of them will move together.”
“Then let’s do it this way. If you’re not going back to the academy anyway, it’s better to cut ties with them altogether.”
Albus untied the snake from around his neck and handed it over to Philip.
“Let’s take this opportunity to turn the entire academy upside down. “I decided to take responsibility for this matter anyway.”
“From above?”
“Okay, so don’t worry and just carry out your mission.”
* * *
Tony, Johnny, Ronnie.
Strange’s three brothers visited Philip’s office within the Academy.
Unlike other instructors, there are no patterns symbolizing one’s family or flashy decorations for authority. A hole in the shape of a cave made simply of mud.
“brother… . “I think it’s too dangerous to go in alone.”
Johnny took a step back, looking frightened.
“Mama, that’s right! Let’s just tell Philip to come find us when the sun rises. You heard the rumor too, right? “What a dismal bastard the alchemy instructor is!”
“yes. I heard a rumor that they used to capture academy students and experiment on them. I heard they can’t do that these days, so they catch animals in the forest and do strange things to them… .”
Tony shook his head with a stern expression.
“What kind of crazy talk is that? And how could you do something like that within the academy? “Don’t talk nonsense and follow me.”
He walked ahead and gestured to his two younger brothers.
Johnny and Ronnie followed him with disapproving expressions.
Then, the three arrived at the end of the cave-like hole and looked at Philip’s office door with stern expressions.
Even Tony, who was confidently attacking the murderous energy coming from within, paused for a moment.
“No, you’re calling students and showing off this murderous behavior?”
Tony clenched his fists with a dissatisfied expression.
Johnny and Ronnie stood next to each other and whispered softly.
“Doesn’t this mean that we should come tomorrow?”
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“That’s right, otherwise it would be like declaring war that you want to have a game with us.”
While they hesitate to enter.
Mei profit-
The door suddenly opened and a soft voice came from inside.
“Please come in, everyone.”
* * *
Doo doo doo doo!
It was late at night, and footsteps echoed loudly in the hallways of the academy, which should have been quiet.
“Yiyi crazy!”
Ronnie runs screaming, his whole body soaked in blood.
The place he arrived at at full speed was the room where Verdin, not another instructor or guard, was.
Bang bang bang!
After he hit the door hard with his fist three times.
“Verdin!!”
I immediately opened the door and shouted.
“We’re in big trouble!”
Verdin was startled and jumped up from the bed.
When he saw the sudden situation and Ronnie’s miserable appearance, he immediately took up arms.
“What happen?”
“Bebebe verdin. “We’re in big trouble!”
“So what’s the big deal?”
“Well, that…” . “Tony was eaten by Philip!”
What does this mean? Suddenly Tony was eaten by Philip.
Philip is the alchemy instructor here, and Tony has absolutely nothing to do with him.
As someone who knows both, this is a situation I cannot understand at all.
Verdin thought so and walked straight to the place Ronnie was leading him to.
“So, a guy named Philip suddenly turned into a big monkey and ate Brother Tony?”
“okay! The three of us tried to stop it, even using Bae Hu-ryeong. “Even swords and aurors don’t work?!”
“A sword or an Auror sword?”
“huh!”
“Did the monkey use an auror? Or did you use mana?”
Ronnie rolled his eyes at Verdin’s question.
“uh… . I don’t know about that? “I was so distracted that I immediately ran away.”
“What about Johnny?”
“I’m in Philip’s room now. “He said he would buy time and tell me to bring you.”
“What about the guards?”
“Where is the guard in the academy? I went to call you because you are the closest and you are stronger than them!”
Johnny and Ronnie’s judgment was correct.
The place where the other instructors are located is too far away, and you have to go outside the academy to call the guards. Time was too short for that.
“older brother.”
“huh?”
“Is there an instructor ‘Beratyr’ in the academy right now?”
This life is not the same as the previous life.
It means that the person you know may not be here, or rather, may not exist in this world.
“ah! “That crazy dog?”
There you are.
“yes.”
“Yes.”
“Then, brother, please go to Instructor Veratir and tell him this. “I will go straight to rescue Tony.”
Ronnie hesitated for a moment, then nodded his head loudly and answered.
“Ah Okay. But why that crazy dog?”
“If Philip really ate Brother Tony. No, if you say he tried to kill. I cannot calm this situation down alone. Anyway, he is an instructor here at Ruines, and I am an outsider who is far from them.”
“Why not other instructors?”
“It’s not possible.”
Many of the remaining instructors are connected to Philip without Verdin’s knowledge.
After completing the plan, the two dispersed at the crossroads and gave each other a thumbs up.
* * *
What on earth is going on?
Even though I heard the situation from Ronnie, I still don’t understand it.
Even while he was running to Philip’s room to find out what was going on.
‘Philip ate Tony?’
Moreover, the alchemist suddenly transformed into a monkey.
Although he performs bizarre experiments, he does not directly use his own body as a test subject.
Known as the Doctor of the Abyss, his nickname is ‘Heuksanwa (黑山蝸), Black Snail’.
They are famous for capturing monsters and animals from around the academy and modifying them because they know the risks whether they succeed or fail. Why on earth did he do such a thing to himself this time?
This could be Ronnie’s delusion or Philip’s reckless behavior.
‘or not.’
Albus moved faster than I expected.
‘Well, it doesn’t matter what happens.’
Because now I have the power to stop whatever they do.
This is not pride or arrogance. There are only a handful of people stronger than me on this continent right now.
Most of those who are known as famous strongmen have dealt with them in a past life.
Before I arrived at Philip’s office, I tried to think of all the moves that could happen here.
And it didn’t take long before the answer came.
‘Let’s kill him.’
There is no need to have him as a companion in this life.
Rather than leaving him alone and making him an enemy, it is better to completely erase him.
That’s what I decided.
And it wasn’t long before we arrived at his room.
Doo doo doo doo.
I realized I couldn’t do this.
“… Philip?”
That’s not right, Ronnie, you f*cking bastard.
“Krrrrr!”
A monster that emits an unimaginably powerful aura from its entire body.
It was clear that it was not Philip, seeing as he used aurors rather than mana.
It was as if he had a level of energy similar to that of the hatchling and apostle Monestier that he had faced not long ago.
‘Could it be a modified life form that I don’t know about?’
I never saw it in my previous life.
“damn.”
Quang!
The monkey’s fist came through the wall and hit my body.
fantasy,
