I Killed the Academy Player

Three springs (2)

As explained earlier, there are three springs under the World Tree.

The Spring of Hvergelmir and the Spring of Urd. This is the spring of Mimir.

“It’s so spectacular.”

What unfolded before us was a spring shining brightly and goldenly.

Mimir’s spring.

Of the three routes to the springs, this is the easiest and most difficult route.

It was a route that felt like a kind of easy mode in the game.

“What shall we do, little brother?”

“Destroying the spring is the norm.”

Springs are the main source of energy that helps the world’s trees grow. Even if we just eliminate this, we can prevent the world tree from expanding immediately.

“How do I get rid of this spring? Can I bomb it with magic?”

“There is that, but there are surprisingly other ways as well.”

“what is that?”

“You can eat it.”

“huh?”

“If you drink this, your brain will get better.”

“······really?”

It’s real.

Each spring is responsible for supplying nutrients to the World Tree. In other words, the spring itself is a kind of elixir.

I don’t think the effect of the elixir itself was that strong, but in the game, Mimir’s spring’s magic power and other abilities increased.

It was also a place where the player party stayed here and drank spring water to prepare for the final battle.

I’ve never actually drank this before.

“Normally, even if a small number of people drink, the fountain will not dry up. But… roughly how many people were here?”

“It will be close to 10,000.”

“If we only drink 1 liter per person, the spring will dry up.”

“Aha~”

I stood in front of the soldiers setting up torches around the spring and preparing for camp.

“Now, pay attention!”

Although it is dark without any light, the golden light of the fountain replaces the lighting and naturally attracts attention.

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“As a result of the investigation, it was found that this spring water is ‘safe to drink.’ We will supply drinking water from this spring.”

“Are you okay?”

There was a soldier with his hand raised. He spoke on behalf of many people’s doubts.

“It’s not that I don’t believe in the Lord, but I wonder if there is something in the spring water in a place like this.”

It’s a natural question.

Suddenly, the light of the world disappears, and all kinds of monsters come out and march under the huge tree that reaches into space.

Under these circumstances, it is natural to wonder whether it is safe to drink the strange golden spring water discovered.

“I understand you’re worried. Let me drink first as a demonstration.”

“No, not until that happens…”

I put their worries aside and took a cup and filled it with spring water.

The brilliant golden spring water glides and emits light on its own. Actually, looking at this alone, I suspect it’s radioactive water…

-Gulp!

The spring water I drink in one gulp enters my throat. Mimir’s spring water is better than expected…

‘what is this. ‘Why is it so delicious?’

It feels like drinking sweet honey water. I’ve tried all kinds of delicacies in the world, but I’ve never had a drink this delicious.

Besides, I am a sub player by name. The response came as an intuitive message.

[You have consumed Mimir’s spring water.]

-Auror and magic recovery increases by 250%.

Doesn’t wisdom really increase like in the legend? No, I feel like my head is clearer and my brain is working faster.

Well, it may be because of my mood, but there is no doubt that it is beneficial to eat it.

‘With this level of resilience… I guess we can somehow maintain the sun, right?’

It’s definitely the last minute, so it’s not unusual to give out ability points.

“Koh, Lord Corrin? How do you feel?”

Soldiers slowly approaching. They seemed very curious about my reaction after drinking the spring water.

“Hmm… is this delicious?”

“Huh? It’s delicious?”

“Yes, it’s really delicious. I feel like my mind is becoming clearer. Is this really what the wizards said?”

“Is it just as the wizards said?”

I spread a rumor with a hint of nonsense to the soldiers who were very interested in the spring water.

“I heard this is good for your body. It seems to be true. I heard it’s especially good for men.”

“To a man?”

With just those words, the soldiers realized the true meaning of my words.

-gulp!

-If you just drink that…

What happens after that?

-Oh oh! This is really delicious!

-Is it honey water? How on earth does spring water taste like this?

-I feel like my mind is becoming clearer!

-Is it really good for your body?

If this really is the fountain of wisdom as in the original, wouldn’t these 10,000 people eventually become doctors or masters?

As I returned to camp with a bottle of spring water, I noticed a familiar face.

“Aren’t you angry?”

“take no interest.”

Alisha also rushes in, saying that if she eats this, her grades will improve, but Hwa doesn’t seem to be very interested.

But it tastes good and is good for your health, so it would be nice to drink some.

“I’ll give it to you, so drink it. It tastes good.”

“······If only a little bit.”

When I gave him a cup full of spring water, Hwa accepted it with his small hands.

I was reminded of Hwa’s face, sipping spring water from a cup with a somber expression.

“delicious.”

“right?”

At best, spring water. I guess I had no idea it would be this delicious.

“for a moment······.”

The color of Hwa’s eyes gradually turned blue. Change to column.

“Hello brother.”

“Oh? What are you angry about?”

“It’s delicious, so I’d like to try it too.”

“That’s nice.”

“Right?”’

Although it is a painting with little expression due to its quiet nature, the affection it shows subtly is truly and cute.

“Brother, I can’t see you clearly. Please come a little closer.”

“okay.”

I willingly sat next to Ran. So close that you can feel each other’s body heat. Ran leans her face against my shoulder.

“It’s uncomfortable. This darkness.”

“That’s right. I didn’t know something like this was possible.”

I was vaguely thinking about God.

God or Danan, something mysterious and powerful. But if you try to defeat it, it’s not impossible… A slightly stronger human?

But after seeing the miracle that made the light disappear from the world, I got a little sick of it.

The gods of this world may not be omnipotent, but they are capable of truly absurd things.

“Surprisingly, there aren’t many gods like that. Master has said before. Among the gods, there are those who are classified as ‘main gods.’”

The power of God comes from the concept of nature and the faith of believers.

Therefore, it is said that the more people who revere the concept, the stronger the power of God becomes.

“That’s definitely what light is. It’s something that’s absolutely necessary. It’s something that people naturally respect.”

“Gwangmyeong… That’s definitely true. But brother, if that’s true…”

sun.

The divine position I carry. Although I have no intention of becoming a god, I also have a concept that has been revered and upheld by all living creatures since history.

“Balthazar… do you really have to be a god to defeat him?”

It’s a strange situation. Obviously, there was no such thing as this in the game.

Even in the previous episodes, the concept of God was not prominent.

What is the difference between now and the previous episode?

“Nothing changes.”

Tates Balthazar. Bring down the brightness of this era. It’s a simple story.

“Oppa, where are you going?”

“If you go back to the roots… and back again to other roots, you will be able to reach another spring.”

“Then we’ll go together.”

“no.”

I made Ran sit down. This is probably something only I can do.

“I’m conserving my strength. I’ll be back for a bit.”

* * * *

-Quaaagh!

-help me!

– Stop it! Stop it!

Screams and cries are torn apart. And it spread to others, causing anxiety and fear.

This place is hell.

A simple hell where the great evil of mythology and human screams come together.

“Wow, Her Highness! A new group has appeared behind us! They are the dead!”

Miriam frowned as a commander-level knight approached and urgently informed her of the war situation.

“Turn the unit equipped with anti-horse equipment to the rear. What about the magician’s support artillery?”

“It stopped 5 minutes ago… I presume the magic power was exhausted.”

The support of the wizards was cut off. Miriam could not have known how serious this was.

The expeditionary force’s wizard manpower pool is overflowing.

Not only the rear units divided by the roots of the World Tree, but also each isolated unit had a few magicians.

However, the fact that the wizard’s fire support was cut off meant that magical power consumption was severe.

And this place was filled with so many dead people that it forced a lot of consumption.

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A group of ghosts filled the field of vision even in the center of the legion.

They are not the military. Not even a bunch.

Individual ghosts were haphazardly forming battle lines and attacking the equipped corps.

If the number seems endless, how many ghosts exist here?

The ‘dragon’ that Corin Locke talked about didn’t even appear, but this is crazy.

“Whew… I didn’t expect something like this.”

Miriam thought she knew well about Tates Balthazar’s power.

But this is not something. It was far beyond my imagination.

He made the light disappear from this world and made a place full of ghosts like this his base.

Something beyond human common sense.

I feel like I’ve been thrown into the center of a myth that no human power can do anything about.

-aaah!

-Go ahead, use the golem! Stop it!

– Damn it, the weapon doesn’t work! We have no auras or magic powers!

“If it continues like this…”

The legion is annihilated. With numbers like this… No, the numbers themselves are a meaningless battlefield.

The only ones with significant power in this battlefield are the small number of units equipped with anti-magic equipment and the knights and wizards who can use aurors or magic power.

‘then······.’

There is a last resort.

But it forces too many sacrifices.

At least Corin Locke will never tolerate it.

‘I am not Corin Locke.’

She is neither a good person nor a very capable person. Miriam, who showed infinite action in the driving force of revenge, is no longer there.

Now all that remains is rationality and a rational, cool-headed princess.

“Her Royal Highness. If you are home, you can start at any time.”

“······.”

Miriam kept her mouth shut under the gaze of one of the commanders. He probably thinks this is the only thing left.

Sacrifice of a cow for the greater good. In terms of logic and rationality, it is a very ideal choice, but…

“······.”

Miriam felt a sparkling desire in the officers’ eyes looking at her.

In the end, they too are children of humans. He is an ordinary human being, not a hero, who goes beyond reason and rationality and inevitably reaches the same conclusion emotionally.

“for a moment······.”

Therefore, Miriam was obliged to stand on the other side. It is clear that the moment you agree with that opinion, you will fall like a ball pushed by gravity.

“Let’s hold on for a little while longer. It’s still too early to give up.”

While saying that, Miriam raised her magical power. Her staff turns into a snake and becomes gigantic.

Midgard Oreum. Once hatched, the Serpent of the Apocalypse was able to be controlled to some extent.

Of course, if it becomes even a little loose, it will eat its owner.

“good.”

A huge snake rushed forward. If it were an infinite snake that ate everything, it would last until the moment its magic power ran out.

-Kyaaa…!

However, it would be quicker for the Infinite Snake to run out of magical energy than to be torn to pieces by the dead.

Since there was no Marie here to assist with magical power… Miriam chewed her lips.

“Corin Locke, you damned husband… come quickly and save me.”

Did her earnest wish come true? Dazzling light poured down from the endless expanse.

‘light? No, this is…’

The light extinguished by Balthazar. It was the strong sunlight that was driving away the darkness on his behalf.

“Tae, Taeyang…”

“He’s the only one who can do something like that!”

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Countless dead people were screaming and burning. The purification of the sun, which does not tolerate evil things, is burning them.

Numbers have no meaning.

There was a time when I thought that way, and it still feels the same now.

However, this time it was the opposite.

-Tap-tap-tap!

A person walking silently with the brilliant sun driving away the darkness.

The eyes of the living, who were about to be swept away and swallowed by the waves of the dead, turned to their savior.

How?

How could that man calmly walk through the endless crowd of dead people?

“It’s a little late.”

With the arrival of the sun the dead retreated.

In the eyes of the soldiers, he looked like the sun god.

* * * *

The sun is up.

The soldiers were so happy and thankful that the sun, which they had always taken for granted, was above their heads, they did not even care about their ripening bodies.

“The damage is quite serious.”

“Are you okay? I heard that the roots of the World Tree eat away at your divine power.”

Corinne shrugs her shoulders at Miriam’s words and looks like she can’t help it.

“If we turn off the sun now, the soldiers will become anxious. For now, we have to force it to be maintained.”

The realization of the sun and the encroachment of energy by the World Tree continue. Nonetheless, Corinne decided to keep the sun.

It’s been three days since the battle started. This was an army that faced the waves of the dead without being able to sleep even a wink.

The soldiers who fought while enduring the screams, cries, and curses they made with their whole bodies need rest.

“Do not work too hard.”

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“I’m so happy that you took care of all my worries, Princess Miriam.”

“Mir.”

“Hmm?”

“Mir.”

“Princess Mir?”

When Corin corrected the title, Miriam smiled without any bitterness.

“So… you came alone?”

“Because I’m the only one who can calmly walk past those dead people.”

“Thank you for coming, but honestly, it won’t be of much help if you’re alone. That sun… can’t be maintained indefinitely, right?”

Corin did not deny that. Four hours at most. Even though he was receiving the buff from Mimir’s Spring, he could only last so long.

“I had a plan.”

“Plan?”

“Yes. In fact, this unit has lost most of its strength. The soldiers, let alone the knights and wizards, are virtually incapable of fighting.”

If we continue like this, we will be annihilated. Miram and the upper class did not think it was necessary to predict the inevitable outcome.

“What are you planning?”

“······It’s simple. We will gather all the remaining wizards and make a ‘group space leap.’ The coordinates are… Josephine Clara’s marker.”

Since it seems like we won’t be able to break through, I’d rather join up with other units. It was definitely a choice if I could.

However, there was a blind spot that everyone, including Corin, could not help but point out.

“······We can’t all go together, right?”

“okay.”

Corin frowned as he understood the resulting conclusion being affirmed in Miriam.

There is no need to deny it. It’s a matter of reality.

“The number of people who can escape through collective space jumping is less than half of the total 6,300 troops.”

In other words, discard the rest.

And it is the weakest who are left behind.