The Academy’s Weapon Replicator - Chapter 96

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The Academy’s Weapon Replicator Episode 96
Chapter 28: Return (1)
Sybel remembers.
She remembers the mad man who pressed a bow and arrows into her hands and told her to shoot at him.
She remembers how he trusted in her fate, pushed her forward as if he understood her better than she understood herself.
“Still, I don’t know him well.”
Sybel clenched her teeth. Those green eyes blazed with clarity, her pupils shimmering like starlight itself, brimming with mana.
Aten’s eyes widened at the sight.
‘……A Formula……’
Basic Magic First Form
High Speed
Mana Bestowal
A roar erupted as Sybel’s mana surged forth in an instant, swiftly restoring the ice wall Aten had constructed.
“Hagh—hagh—I can finally catch my breath.”
In a moment, Sybel filled the gaps in the Barrier and breathed heavily.
Aten stared at the sight in disbelief, then looked again.
‘……She wove a Formula she never learned, and did it while already channeling mana.’
It was nothing more than adding a single form, but Aten, a mage, understood all too well how impossible that was.
“Right, where was I? Oh yes! Still don’t know him well!”
Sybel forced herself upright, hands planted on her hips.
“He’s not the type to run just because he values his life!”
Sybel’s voice was firm and unyielding.
Aten turned her white eyes toward Sybel, then looked beyond the Barrier.
“……Yes, that’s true.”
Aten nodded. Having witnessed Frontdier’s final moments, she could only agree with absolute certainty.
“Besides, we can’t see from here even if Frontdier’s coming back. We’ll only hear news from the knights stationed on the Barrier itself.”
Sybel snorted as she spoke, and Aten smiled bitterly.
“That’s……right……?”
As Aten agreed, her gaze slowly turned toward the distant sky.
As Sybel said, Frontdier isn’t visible from here. He’s somewhere beyond the Barrier, and this is inside it.
There’s no way to see Frontdier approaching on Cassian—the Barrier blocks the view.
……But then, what was that?
“What is it, Aten? What are you—”
Following Aten’s gaze, Sybel stopped mid-sentence.
The first impression either of them had was a slight strain in the neck. Their eyes had lifted upward.
Something was approaching rapidly from far above—higher than the Barrier itself.
It bore a striking resemblance to Frontdier, yet they couldn’t bring themselves to call out his name.
If that really was Frontdier……
Then he would be flying through the sky right now.
“Uh, that……”
Some of the soldiers spotted it too. Their expressions mirrored those of Aten and Sybel.
Something that clearly resembled Frontdier was descending from the sky. A hammer of some kind gripped in one hand.
Rather than relief or joy, they stared with the expression of those witnessing something monstrous.
In its other hand—the one not holding the hammer—it wielded something like a sword.
“……What in the world is that?”
The last voice belonged to Lidwei.
A Frontdier-like thing, gripping a hammer-like object in one hand and a sword-like object in the other,
came crashing down from the sky toward the ground.
* * *
Once I emerged from the forest and the Barrier came into view, I opened my mouth.
“Selena.”
“Yes?”
“You wanted to ride. Cassian.”
“Ah, what?”
“From now on, you take the reins. Head straight for Taebon.”
After speaking those words, I gauged the distance and slowly opened my mouth again.
“……Menosorpo.”
I swept my eyes across the range of Menosorpo. At this distance, it should reach just before the Barrier.
Weaving, Heukcheon
Rank – Divine Protagonist
Mjolnir
I gripped Mjolnir and thrust it forward.
“Wait, just a moment—eek!”
Selena cried out from behind, but it was already too late.
Wielding Mjolnir, I launched myself skyward in a sheer vertical ascent.
Menosorpo combined with Mjolnir—flight itself. I’d worried it only worked in water, but thankfully Mjolnir bore my weight even on solid ground.
I shot toward the Barrier. Wind screamed past my ears, its weight pressing against my face and shoulders. My first flight was a profoundly strange sensation.
‘……Good. The Barrier still stands.’
The sheer tide of monsters made my head spin for a moment, but seeing the Barrier intact steadied me.
Aten and Sybel must have held the line. The knights, the soldiers, even the prisoners.
An “All-Out Assault” meant most of the monsters in this area were concentrated at the Barrier—especially the strongest ones at the vanguard, driving to break through.
Lidwei von Urfa could probably handle the ordinary ones, but the sheer numbers were staggering.
In other words, if I could annihilate the densely packed powerful monsters right now, I could hold the Barrier. I didn’t need to kill them all.
Weaving
Rank – Legendary
Excalibur
The moment I wove Excalibur into my free hand,
I’d consumed nearly all of Penelope’s Cloth. Now it was scarcely larger than a handkerchief.
I held it between my teeth and gripped Excalibur.
[Excalibur ⦁Alpha]
⦁Grade : Legendary
⦁Description : The legendary sword wielded by King Arthur. Famous in lore for being embedded in stone, impossible for anyone to draw until Arthur pulled it free in one motion. This was not Arthur drawing the sword, but the sword choosing Arthur. Among the weapons of heroes, it comes closest to Divine Rank.
Ability Details >
– The Stone’s Testament : Excalibur absorbs the mana and life force of its wielder to discern the worthy master. The absorbed mana and life force become Excalibur’s own power.
Excalibur’s ability was simple.
The more mana the wielder poured in, the greater its strength.
Truly, a weapon for the strong.
‘Then where else to go.’
What if I poured everything into this handkerchief-sized scrap of Penelope’s Cloth?
I gripped Excalibur and channeled every last drop of mana into it. The cloth between my teeth vanished, and once I confirmed it was completely gone, I hurled Excalibur downward.
—And the moment I released it, I felt it.
This was no “firework.” It was something refined, something precise—an instrument of pure annihilation whose sheer force split the air like a wave, washing over my entire body.
Though no larger than a palm, Excalibur had devoured Penelope’s Cloth.
The blade leaving my hand didn’t cleave the air—it tore through it, plunging downward into the earth.
‘Ah, this…’
This is bigger than I thought—
With a sound like a great breath, Excalibur struck ground and consumed all the air around it.
And then.
KABOOOM!!!!
A tempest erupted. There was no grand principle behind it—merely the release of Excalibur’s mana, and it turned the entire surrounding landscape inside out.
My body, which had been falling through the air, was suddenly flung upward. The flash blazed so massive that light reached beyond the horizon.
“Ugh…! Kh, uhn…!”
I couldn’t gather my wits against the gale my own sword had birthed. Hanging in empty air, I was thrashed about helplessly.
And after.
Once all the storm had swept past, looking down at the ground below,
“……Hah.”
I could only call it devastation.
A crater, as if a dragon had bitten it out, yawned open at the point of impact. In the vicinity, not a single monster corpse remained visible—not a drop of blood.
Only far out from that radius, far enough that I had to turn my head from this height, could I glimpse pieces of monster remains, and further still, there were creatures with limbs torn away, bodies split in half and left to die.
‘The—the Barrier!’
I suddenly came to my senses and turned my gaze toward it.
—The Barrier was unharmed. Well, barely scratched. Where the storm had touched it, the surface bore gouges like claw marks had raked across it.
Even accounting for Excalibur’s power and launching it at a safe distance, this was the result. Still, no major damage.
‘Good, now I just need to land safely.’
Falling from the sky, I opened my hand. I planned to create shields below me as I’d done before—stack them like stairs to break the impact of the fall to a minimum,
……But why won’t Weaving activate.
I watched as nothing materialized in my palm.
……Oh.
My mana was depleted.
‘Excalibur devoured not just Penelope’s Cloth, but every last bit of mana inside me.’
I hadn’t anticipated this. I’d never used it before.
What do I do? I could manage a few Weavings if I pushed myself, but then I’d just collapse from Mana Depletion.
There’s no way I’m reaching the ground with only one or two Weavings…….
‘……Damn.’
This is genuinely bad.
I glanced around without thinking.
I looked at the people on the Barrier. My gaze landed on Lidwei, who was positioned highest among them.
He was looking at me too. He was staring at me like I was some kind of monster, but that wasn’t what mattered.
I grinned at Lidwei. It was a gesture of goodwill. Then I mouthed the words.
-Save me.
Responding to my plea, Lidwei’s lips moved.
-Are you insane?
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Frontdier hung suspended in the air, caught by Lidwei’s magic. He came drifting through the sky like a towel hung on a clothesline.
“Ah, thank you. I’m alive because of you.”
The moment Frontdier’s feet touched the Barrier and he stood properly, those were his first words.
Lidwei had much he wanted to say, but he held back for now. There was a more pressing question first.
“So, what’s the plan?”
“Pardon?”
“I mean, you came back, which is good, but what now? You blew apart those Monsters with that bombardment or whatever it was, which is fine, but because of it the Barrier here is in danger of collapse. This isn’t about right or left anymore. What happens when the Monsters come again? Are you going to launch that bombardment again?”
Bombardment, bombardment.
Frontdier rather liked the ring of it. After firecracker comes bombardment, it seems. I’ll have to call it that from now on.
“Of course not. I had a reason for crossing beyond the Barrier.”
“A reason? I thought you brought that bombardment back with you?”
“Ah, that was merely a side effect.”
A side effect?
Not only had he wiped out the entire Monster assault, but he was calling that bombardment—which had obliterated the surrounding terrain—merely a side effect?
“The real purpose was this.”
With those words, Frontdier placed his hand against the Barrier. Mana rose from his body.
……Mana?
“Wait, hold on. Just a moment.”
Lidwei, realizing something, tried to stop Frontdier, but Frontdier moved first.
Starting from the point where his hand touched it, the Barrier began to change.
Scars vanished, and cracks sealed shut. The weathered, faded surface of the wall grew luminous.
“……This……”
The transformation spread outward from where Frontdier’s hand had made contact, gradually widening until it became visible to others as well.
Scattered stones gathered together. Toppled pillars rose again.
The Barrier was returning to its original grandeur from when it was first built long ago. The sight was the very image of Restoration.
“Wow…….”
Someone uttered a sound, and it rippled outward like waves.
Confronted with a spectacle that transcended magic and bordered on miracle, some sat down on the spot and stared in wonder.
“You, you really……, what exactly are you,”
When Lidwei began to voice his amazement at the sight.
“……Ah.”
Frontdier murmured.
“Am I an idiot?”
Thud.
And with that, Frontdier collapsed. The Restoration stopped.
What, what is this, Lidwei rushed over to check Frontdier’s condition.
“……It’s Mana Depletion, then? That’s why I was trying to stop you.”
Frontdier—who couldn’t even prevent himself from falling through the air and had to be caught by Lidwei’s magic to reach this point—was not supposed to be capable of such a grand incantation.
Restoration was not possible for him in his current state.
“Are you really that stupid?”
Lidwei’s sense of wonder evaporated entirely.

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