Academy’s Weapon Replicator

Chapter 147 Nastrond (5)

How did Fenrir’s thoughts change?

Because he turned his head back, Frondier couldn’t see Fenrir’s expression.

If Frondir had been able to see Fenrir’s face at that time, he would have undoubtedly deduced the change in Fenrir’s feelings.

But now Fenrir is calm. At least that’s the face.

Moreover, since they are wolves and not people, their expressions are even more difficult to read.

‘But whatever.’

But Frontier doesn’t really care.

It doesn’t matter how Fenrir actually feels. Frontier decided a long time ago not to jump to conclusions just by reading other people’s faces.

Of course, this decision does not benefit Fenrir very much. It just means that Frontier will think as he pleases.

“Then I have something to ask you first. “The thing you’re tied to is Gleipnir, right?”

Frondier pointed to the black thread that wrapped around Fenrir’s entire body.

Fenrir opened his eyes wide.

[How do you know about Gleipnir?]

“I don’t know the details.”

Gleipnir.

This is something that anyone who reads mythology in this world would know.

It is a bit less famous as it is far from being a means of killing monsters, but it is an artifact of obvious divine power that once bound, nothing can be released. At least, if you’re a Constel student, there’s no one who doesn’t know this.

However, there is generally little information about Xinwi’s items. Of course, because no one has seen it.

So, the status that people know is almost like a weapon. The gods have it, and how they used it has been handed down, and those who received divine power often witness the sight. Among them, there are objects like Mjolnir that fell into the human world and were enshrined in the empire.

However, Gleipnir is not of that kind. It was created solely to bind Fenrir, and does not reappear in the mythology while it is binding him. Ragnarok is when Fenrir is released to Gleipnir.

‘… … yes. Ragnarok.’

According to the information Frontier has known so far, Ragnarok has already occurred once in the past.

If so, Fenrir would have already been released from Gleipnir at that time. If it is according to the myth that Frontier knows.

Then why is it tied up again?

‘perhaps.’

Frondier had an idea and asked Fenrir.

“Perhaps you are tied up right now.”

A thread that Fenrir cannot untie. It’s only Gleipnir.

If that’s true.

“… … “Is this a replica of Gleipnir?”

[Clone?]

But Fenrir tilted his head as if asking what he was talking about.

Instead, Belphegor’s eyes widened.

“… … “A clone?”

“okay. No matter how you look at it, it looks similar to Heukcheon.”

“Heukcheon… … . “You’re talking about Helheim’s mana.”

Frondier nods at Belphegor’s words. When he holds out his hand, black waves flow from his necklace.

“Compare for yourself.”

Frontier manipulated the black cloth into thin thread. When I did that, it certainly looked similar to the thread that Fenrir was tied to.

“But although my black cloth is quite strong, it is impossible to bind Fenrir. “It will cut off in less than 10 seconds.”

[For something like that, 5 seconds is enough.]

Fenrir speaks with a low growl. Frontier pursed his lips vaguely.

“Okay, five seconds. Anyway, you can’t tie it with just black cloth. In my opinion, it is a characteristic of Gleipnir.”

Frondier moved closer to Fenrir.

In fact, at this moment, Frondir had already entered Fenrir’s attack range, a position where he could chew it up with his teeth.

Except for Frontier, Selena was the only one who realized this.

Yes. Surprisingly, not even Fenrir realized.

‘… … Risky, though.’

Selena was trying her best not to let her nervousness be noticed.

If I react now, Fenrir might suddenly attack me.

‘Frondier, you approached Fenrir naturally as if you had always met him.’

This is closer to slying than acting.

The probability of Fenrir attacking Frondier is unprecedented. No matter how you think about it, there is no basis for certainty.

However, Frondier stepped lightly, as if Fenrir would never strike his teeth.

“Can I touch it?”

[…] … .]

“Maybe I can free you.”

Frondier said while looking at Fenrir. Although he approaches, he doesn’t reach out carelessly.

Jet black eyes, peaceful face.

Frontier speaks to everyone with the same face.

Without affection or hatred.

Without joy or sadness.

With eyes without any preconceptions about the other person.

[…] … .]

Fenrir bowed his head in silence. It looked like it was nodding, or it looked like it was just bowing.

Because Frontier acts as he accepts.

Okay.

I lightly stretched out my hand, and the tips of my fingers touched Gleipnir.

‘… … this.’

Frontier felt it the moment he touched it.

This is not black heaven. Although it is pitch black, it is fundamentally different.

But there was something in common.

‘It’s not black heaven, but this is also mana.’

Just as Black Heaven is the mana of Helheim, this is also a certain type of mana.

However, it is qualitatively different from what Frontier has had so far.

‘… … It’s incredibly terrible mana. What would happen if I put all of Helheim’s mana I had into a pot and boiled it until just a handful remained?’

Mana from another world itself is not something that people can accept. Among them, Helheim is more dangerous.

But this mana is more than that. It is very concentrated, like jam. It was quite an apt analogy to think of Frontier boiling in a pot.

‘okay. Weaving originally had nothing to do with black cloth. ‘It’s just a coincidence that I use black cloth as a medium for weaving.’

Weaving is a skill originally used for record keeping. Without menosorpho.

To be used in battle, it must have menosorpho. Even Joan of Arc thought so.

In other words, the combination of black cloth and weaving is Frontier’s original.

‘This mana is not black cloth, and cannot have been made by weaving.’

In other words, Frontier’s guess was wrong.

It is not a black cloth, nor is it a clone.

But why do I feel so similar to Heukcheon?

If this black thread is not woven but original from Gleipnir, does that mean it wasn’t broken during Ragnarok?

“… … uh?”

At that time, Frontier realized something and made a sound.

“Why are you doing this? Mr. Frontier.”

When Selena asked, Frondier put his hand to his mouth.

“… … doesn’t exist.”

“yes?”

“Gleipnir is not registered in my workshop.”

Frontier can register everything it has seen in the workshop. Registration itself does not discriminate between grades.

I saved Gram, Excalibur, Mjolnir, etc. after seeing them and even used them.

But now this black thread in front of me.

Gleipnir is not registered.

“Then there is a way.”

Frondeer’s eyes lit up.

Activates the ‘Analysis’ skill.

However.

“… … “This doesn’t work either.”

Analysis skills do not work.

To be precise, it did not react to Gleipnir.

‘Because it’s not a weapon? No, analysis doesn’t cover that. ‘It’s the same with weaving in the first place.’

So what is it?

Is this something God did? Are you afraid that Frondeer will clone Gleipnir?

‘That doesn’t make sense. If that were possible, all weapons could be treated like that.’

And if there was a way to prevent you from registering in the workshop, your weaving skill would be worthless at that moment. It would have been a skill that the gods would not have to be so wary of.

‘I’m mistaken about something. Maybe this is why Gleipnir feels familiar… … .’

Frontier thinks for a moment. I soon ask Selena.

“Selena. “You’ve heard of Gleipnir, right?”

“yes? Yes, that’s right. “It is only passed down as a mythical story.”

“What do you know Gleipnir as? Do you know what material it is made of?”

Selena tilts her head at him.

Her eyes were slanted, as if she was remembering what she had learned.

“Hmm, I heard it was made from a woman’s beard, the roots of a mountain and a stone, the footsteps of a fox and a cat, the inhalation and exhalation of a fish, the tendon of a bear that can be used as a bowstring, and the saliva of a bird. It was made by gathering things that do not exist in this world. Of course, it was a mythological story, so I just watched it for fun.”

Frondier nodded. It is similar to the knowledge he had.

The materials used to create Gleipnir are absurd.

‘There’s no way it was actually made using a woman’s beard or a fish’s breath. But you need to know why it is handed down that way.’

The materials mentioned in the legend are close to imagination. Something fleshed out by humans to worship myths. What is important is that it is said that Gleipnir was made by gathering things that do not exist in this world.

Although it is something that does not exist in this world,

Not registered in Frontier’s workshop,

It is similar to Heukcheon.

“… … No way, this.”

Frondier looked at Gleipnir a little closer.

Highly concentrated mana. I looked closely at the mana, wondering what would happen if I boiled Helheim’s mana for a long time. I activated my sixth sense and searched every nook and cranny.

And faintly, I smell the scent of the black sky inside Gleipnir.

“… … I get it.”

Frontier said:

“This is not an object.”

“yes?”

“Gleipnir is not an object or artifact, it is just that.”

Frondier held Gleipnir.

“This is just mana.”

“… … “Mana?”

“Mana?”

Selena and Belphegor asked simultaneously.

[What are you talking about?]

Even Fenrir spoke, not knowing what he was talking about.

“Probably, the mana of all nine worlds was combined and woven into one thread. So it became extremely compressed mana.”

The black cloth used by Frontier is an all-purpose weapon that can attack and defend on its own.

I don’t know how many of the mana from other worlds have these characteristics. However, it will be of sufficient help in amplifying the power of the Black Sky.

Collect as many as nine of them and make them into one mana.

Even though it is made of mana, it is still mana, and therefore it is not a thing.

Therefore, it is not registered in the workshop,

It is a collection of mana from another world that does not exist in this world.

[I am now tied to mana?]

Fenrir’s expression became grim at that. I thought it was a divine item, but I can’t move my body because of just mana?

Kugugu─

Fenrir, feverish, moves to untie the thread, but it remains motionless. There is no way it will be resolved now.

“It’s natural. “The mana of the nine worlds cannot be solved by anyone.”

The black sky possessed by Frontier. There are only a handful of people who can solve this problem if they are completely subdued. There is not a single one at the student level, and among pros, there is only Eden, and everyone above that is Zodiac.

Even the Black Sea has been reduced to such a small number, and the mana of the nine worlds has been collected.

[Then what has changed? No matter what happens, nothing changes, right?]

Fenrir said displeasedly. Explaining in detail why it cannot be solved will only make Fenrir more angry. Because I’m not curious about such things.

“No, it’s different.”

However, Frondier said.

This is not a thing, it is mana.

By the time we figured that out, Frontier already had a chance.

“… … Just a moment, just a moment, Mr. Frontier!”

And Selena realized that too.

“No, it’s too dangerous!”

“What do you mean?”

Belphegor asks from the side.

“You are trying to accept it into your body! Mr. Frontier!”

“Inside the body? Aha, like the black sky.”

Belphegor nodded as if he understood.

The Frondier that absorbed the fragments of Helheim that we met in Jeranhes.

Helheim’s mana, which an average person would suffocate to death from the smell of death if they inhaled even a few handfuls. I drank it all over my body and my necklace was filled with lake scale.

Selena is also one of the people who saw Helheim’s Mana up close.

People should not come in contact with the liquid. I know that very well.

But nine mana worth of energy are gathered together.

However, Belphegor spoke with an interesting gaze and smile.

“Sounds fun, right? “Why don’t you try it?”

“Belphegor!”

“You were fine even if you swallowed the Black Heaven with your human body. But now he’s a devil. “I can endure it long enough.”

Belphegor said with narrowed eyes.

Of course it’s a lie.

To be precise, there was absolutely no assurance that it could survive.

The body of a demon is somewhat stronger than that of a human. That’s clear.

But how helpful is that ‘somewhat’?

“Fenrir.”

Frontier said:

“If released,”

[Nothing like telling me to follow orders]

“Will you do whatever you want?”

Fenrir’s eyes widened at Frondier’s words.

Soon the wolf’s eyes filled with intense spirit.

[indeed. with pleasure.]

Fenrir has a strong grudge against the gods, and it is obvious what he will do the moment he is released.

There was absolutely no reason for Frontier to interfere with that.

“Hey, Frontier.”

Then Belphegor spoke.

“You know this, this would be treason.”

“… … .”

“The gods will now completely try to kill you, and the Seven Deadly Sins will do the same. Moreover, this world is already the stage of the gods. Their power does not weaken anymore. “It is already dangerous for you to absorb that mana, but at that moment you become a clear target for the gods.”

Frondier laughed at those words.

“I’ve never been afraid of anything like that.”

“──Big.”

Belphegor seemed to be satisfied with that one word and took a half step back.

If he could really swallow that mana, Frondier would be the ultimate disaster for God.

He is the one who witnessed Ragnarok in the past. Also, he is aware of that failure.

Ragnarok.

There is one prophecy about the end times.

‘… … When Ragnarok comes, ‘everything is unleashed.’ So was the prophecy.’

Therefore, in the past, humanity waited for all beings to help them to be released. By believing that prophecy.

However, contrary to humanity’s predictions, the prophecy did not come true. Moreover, Olympus also joined in, and Ragnarok ended in failure.

‘However, the prophecy is not about waiting for it to be released.’

If it means letting go.

Excited, Excited.

Belphegor laughs with unprecedented enthusiasm and watches Frondier’s back.

The bondage is not released because Ragnarok comes,

If Ragnarok comes by releasing the restraints.

This time.

‘It is the time of prophecy.’

Right after Belphegor’s thoughts.

Frondier reached out to Gleipnir.