Academy’s Weapon Replicator

Chapter 146: Hell (2)

Everyone was speechless.

Belphegor repeated the chant until Frondier came.

In other words, Belphegor knew that Frondier would reach Yggdrasil. I don’t know when that will be though.

[It’s boring work, but there’s nothing to do here.]

How much repetition did you have to do? Perhaps Belphegor himself doesn’t know.

But Belphegor said it as if it was nothing.

It may certainly be a plain, boring, uninteresting affair in which nothing happens immediately.

However, there seems to be no problem with the lazy king.

“… … Belphegor, you were waiting for me to come here?”

Frondier asked.

He didn’t know what the current situation was. However, Belphegor appeared at this timing. Satan’s face changed as a result.

This is a clear variable.

[yes. I waited patiently, Frontier.]

“… … Why? Belphegor, what are your intentions?”

It is true that Belphegor is a new variable, but it is also true that he is also an enemy of Frondier.

The time of hitting and fighting in the middle of Mangot is vivid as if it were yesterday. In the end, Frondier won, and Belphegor lost and fell from his position as a sloth.

There would be no reason for Belphegor to help Frondier. Rather, isn’t it normal to harbor resentment?

[Frondier. This is Nastrond. It’s a shittier place than Helheim. So I don’t know the situation there very well.]

Belphegor said.

[So, is everything going well?]

“… … what?”

[You decided to save humans.]

Frondier blinked for a moment at those words, then remembered his last conversation with Belphegor.

─If you decide to save humans, see to it until the end.

-Then I won’t come back to eat your soul again later.

It seems that Frontier was not the only one who saw the fight at that time as vividly as if it were yesterday.

Belphegor asked again.

[Is everything going well? To you, are humans still beings that need to live?]

“… … .”

Frontier did not answer right away.

Even after winning the war against Mangot, he went through many hardships to reach where he is today.

And most of them were movements to save humans,

The result is always.

“… … Yes.”

Frontier answers.

I thought while answering.

Indeed, Belphegor is the devil. How dare you ask such a question?

[Hehe.]

Belphegor laughed briefly.

[Frondier. I am the devil. Because it is a devil, there is only malice. Therefore, everything I do is nothing more than an evil deed.]

“I know very well.”

Frondier responded, and Belphegor’s short laugh was heard behind him.

[I, such a devil, to you,]

Although it was just a sound, Belphegor’s smile was now deeper than ever.

[I’ll make you an offer you can’t refuse.]

When Belphegor said that, it was Satan who shouted.

[Belphegor! What are you thinking! Frontier must die here! It is the will of both the devil and God. You know it too!]

[No, that’s ‘you guys’ idea. Satan. You have a devilish habit of using the word ‘all’ carelessly.]

Belphegor flatly denied it.

Then he said.

[Have you forgotten why I didn’t try to become king?]

[…] … What kind of bluff again? It was just because it was annoying.]

ha ha ha. Belphegor laughed out loud.

[okay. It was annoying. The process of coloring the thoughts of everyone under me into one.]

[…] … !]

[What is it like to be a king, Satan? Wasn’t it annoying? Everyone who has thoughts has their own thoughts. How does it feel to say to such people, ‘We are moving forward with the same thoughts’? You are spewing out with a sincerity full of lies that even you yourself do not think that way, saying that you think that way.]

[…] … You… … . The king’s duty is expressed in such a way… … !]

For the first time in a while, Satan has a face that matches his tinnitus.

As if this was familiar, Belphegor spoke to Frondier again without any reaction.

[Okay then shall we begin?]

“… … I don’t know what you’re talking about. What is an offer you can’t refuse? “Listen first and then decide.”

[You said you wanted to save Atjie.]

“… … !”

[Frondier, if your soul is sucked into Yggdrasil, it is not easy to maintain your will. It just flows like a river and floats. You can endure it for a while, but it won’t last long. Will it be possible to find Ajie’s soul in that condition?]

This is the truth that Satan was hiding.

Even if you get the opportunity to save Ajie, you won’t be able to use that opportunity properly.

The devil is not a devil because he grants people’s wishes and eats their souls.

He is a devil because he does not even grant his wishes properly.

Belphegor said.

[Satan, that guy is a fraud. Don’t believe it. Just looking at the name, it seems like he’s a scammer. I have a better way. There is no need to die or be sucked into Yggdrasil. Therefore, since the consciousness is clear, it is an amazing way to save Ajie more definitely. How do you feel?]

Belphegor spoke in a tone that sounded more like a fraud than Satan.

[There can be no way like that… … !]

Even Satan cried out in disbelief.

However, from Frontier’s perspective, he has no choice but to listen to whatever it is.

“… … What. “That is the method.”

[Would you like to try it?]

“Tell me how first.”

[Oh, don’t worry. It’s the same story anyway.]

… … Same thing?

Are trying something and being told how to do it the same thing?

Belphegor’s words are difficult to understand.

After that, Belphegor said something strange again.

[Ah, hmm. for a moment. I need to adjust my voice a bit for this.]

“what?”

Frontier, who doesn’t understand at all. Meanwhile, you can hear Belphegor clearing his throat and clearing his throat.

and then,

[…] … Belphegor, the devil of sloth, begins the contract here and now.]

Belphegor lowered his voice uncharacteristically and let out a strange sound.

[The target is Frontier de Roach.]

Frondier’s eyes widened at that.

now I get it.

A way to go to another world without dying or using Yggdrasil.

Frontier had already seen it several times.

In the imperial palace and on the Agoris continent.

Summon the devil. It’s just the opposite.

Belphegor tries to call Frondier a devil.

Satan shouted.

[Nonsense! Frontier is human! You’re trying to summon a demon towards a human! Have you gone crazy, Belphegor!]

[Don’t ask the devil if he’s crazy, because it’s difficult to answer.]

[And summoning requires a medium! If it’s at the level of Frontier, it’s impossible to use an ordinary medium! Unless you have a dragon heart!]

As Satan said, there are two problems with this contract.

One is that Frontier is not a devil.

And summoning a demon requires some kind of medium.

[Frondier, how are you?]

Belphegor said.

[I can solve one of two problems.]

“… … !”

[You have to do something about the remaining one.]

Do it somehow.

Which of the two should Frontier solve?

[The hint is right in front of your eyes.]

‘What bullshit… … .’

Even as he grumbles, Frontier’s brain works quickly.

From all his past experiences, he pulls out all the means to solve this problem.

─Except for the fact that it has bat wings, it is almost identical to a human from head to toe. The blood is also red. I’m feeling something unpleasant.

─Frondier, I don’t know how you killed the souls of Helheim. ‘The Power of the Devil’ won’t be much different from that.

─From the devil’s point of view, humans who make contracts in exchange for their souls are rather scary. Ordinary people don’t have that level of determination. The soul who makes such a contract is more likely to be noble. Even if they receive such a soul in return, clumsy demons cannot swallow it.

─The purpose is to corrupt the soul,

“… … I see.”

Frondier realized and raised his head.

There is a hint before his eyes.

And before his eyes.

There is Satan.

“It must fall.”

[…] … !]

In its contracts with humans, the devil aims to corrupt them. A noble soul cannot be swallowed.

However, even if the soul is corrupted, it is still a soul that cannot be swallowed.

‘Then how did it become corrupted?’

Belphegor said.

─I am a sloth. The devil of the Seven Deadly Sins, the one who stands at the antithesis of God.

─Because he is a devil, there is only malice.

As if responding to that thought,

Faaah!

Something glowed in Frontier’s arms.

What Frontier took out was a circular ring.

‘What is that… … ?’

Satan did not know its identity.

Something that is not even within the knowledge of Satan. However, even from Satan’s own perspective, it was a decision that contained ominous energy.

It’s a golden apple.

‘… … ‘Yeah, I see.’

Frontier holds the decision,

Phew!

Soak in river water.

Quaaa—!

At that moment, the golden apple began to absorb the river water while emitting tremendous light.

The energy of death hovering around Yggdrasil.

Golden apples eat up the water that should have flowed to the trees.

“Okay, eat it.”

Frondier grinned, pulling the corners of his mouth into a challenging smile.

Whatever this is,

Swallow it all up, and it doesn’t matter what you want to become anymore.

No, rather the opposite.

Frondier knew what this golden apple would eventually become.

“You will be me.”

All the water in the river dries up,

The circular ring has become even blacker, and has become pure black.

Frondier swallowed.

[…] … Hmm.]

Belphegor, who saw this, simply said a few words.

[not bad.]

Quaaa!!

A ferocious energy rising from Frondeer’s body.

“uuu… … !!”

Frontier writhed in pain as if his whole body was piercing.

“Belphegor… … ! “If you say no now, I will kill you!”

[Haha, I want to see that scene too, but I’ll put it off until later.]

After Belphegor said that, he started chanting again.

[This contract is a contract to summon the devil, Frontier de Roach.]

The first problem has been solved.

Then second.

[As a medium,]

That’s Belphegor’s responsibility.

[Use Nidhog’s Dragon Heart.]

[what… … !]

Satan shouted in surprise.

[You mean you killed that dragon…? … !]

Killed Nidhogg, the dragon of Nastrond. It is a shock to Satan who knows what that simple word means.

Belphegor did not react at all and spoke to Frondier.

[Frondier, do you know what the devil’s whisper is?]

The devil’s whisper.

Those who overcome are heroes, those who are possessed are human,

Those who leave their sins to the devil.

He is also a devil.

[Frondier, you called yourself a fake.]

Belphegor says with a smile.

[Be real and come.]