Otherworld TRPG Game Master Chapter 48

EP.48

Remaining period until first class── 4 days.

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Alexson. The one who came closest to the position of mercenary king. Article Grinder. Weapon Master.

Among those who live on swords and rice in modern times, there is no one who does not know that name. He always wielded his ax on the front lines, and although he may have been scarred, he was never defeated.

Just by looking at the faces of the warlock whose head was blown off by his axe, we can see why Alexon’s reputation resonates throughout the world. 『Leather Thief』 『Evil Landkeeper』 『Blood Knife』.

Above all, the reason he is respected is because he maintained his faith to the end even in a ruthless battlefield. He didn’t abandon his colleagues, and if anyone had to stay to take the time, he stayed behind. He was the first to face danger and lead those who were lacking.

It was a famous anecdote that he became hostile to one of the Archduke’s fiefdoms in order to protect his loyalty to his mercenary corps. He loved his people unconditionally.

That is why.

Becoming Alexson’s disciple could have been the best disguise.

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Bennett Helton. The main weapon of the second year of the academy is a long sword.

After enrolling, he stood out among the students with his excellent physical ability and fierce swordsmanship, and was noticed by Alexson, with whom he formed a loose relationship as a priest. That relationship has continued to this day.

It was planned.

After closely assessing Alexon’s tendencies and concluding that he enjoyed giving advice to others, Bennett deliberately approached him with a sharp sword technique. It was a valid strategy.

Alexon’s main weapon is an axe, but he is skilled in using numerous weapons. If you try to fool someone clumsily, you’ll get suspicious when you hear people say, ‘Why are you swinging your sword strangely on purpose?’

So Bennett did his best to master the art of swordsmanship. He taught himself by reading a madman’s swordsmanship book and did not have a separate swordsmanship teacher. Did that effort reach the sky?

Alexson wanted to correct Bennett’s swordsmanship, which had grown into a deformed form due to being swayed by life, and Bennett did not miss the opportunity to build a relationship. I swung the sword until my grip exploded. Alexson really liked his persistence and persistence.

He had obtained a strong shield from the academy.

When his student is falsely accused, Alexson will try to protect him until the truth is clearly revealed. They will cover up minor false accusations by saying they are nothing more than misunderstandings.

So even if something goes wrong and Bennett himself is discovered to be a warlock. At least it was possible to buy some time. It will be a great help in planning.

…The due date was approaching.

The warlocks who have infiltrated the academy will set up magic circles throughout the academy by a designated date and cause commotion underneath, inciting students’ fear and anxiety. If their identity is not discovered, they will act secretly and if they are discovered, they will cause maximum casualties.

It is fertilizer for the great magic 『Nightmare Summoning』 that will be cast by the warlock 『Fear-Eating Corpse Flower』 who will lead this attack.

She was able to further increase the power of her magic by absorbing negative human emotions. The more gloomy and dark the atmosphere of the academy becomes, the stronger she will become exponentially.

It cannot be said that the atmosphere at the academy is already good.

The conflict between the two factions, the students who were fighting against the endless competition, the teaching assistants who were fighting for the professor’s performance, and those who lived without entertainment and pleasure were so stressed that they would explode at the touch of a finger.

Naturally, the atmosphere at the Academy became dark thanks to the Great Magic Circle that worked on the entire Academy, which was completed little by little over 30 years by warlocks repeatedly infiltrating and being discovered. This magic circle subtly stimulated the greatest emotions of the creatures within its range.

Rumors about the Academy that were cleverly spread by warlocks may have also played a role. It’s like a ghost story about a high-ranking person asking a favor to kill a student he doesn’t like.

All you have to do is encourage it a little more. little bit more.

Bennett was dressed in an academy uniform and had a long sword hanging from his left waistband. Today I had a call from Alexson. So, this is the path to the professor’s residence area. I don’t know what it is, but it’s an important time.

Before leaving the dormitory, Bennett looked at himself in the mirror. I could see dull gray hair and a disgusting scar covering half of his face. Even my blinded eyes. Scars are memories. Every time Bennett looked in the mirror, he could vividly recall old resentments.

There was a lot of self-indulgence at the academy as well. However, the reason Bennett was accepted by Alexon was probably because they felt a sense of kinship because they both had one eye missing. That’s what I was thinking.

It would be better to build up a little more intimacy with Alexon before the date of departure.

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“Are you here, Bennett?”

A voice so loud that it could be felt to resonate greeted Bennett. The place where Alexon lived was a neatly decorated, small-sized single-family home. The furniture inside was neatly arranged at angles.

Based on its appearance, a large tent or a hut with a barbaric feel would have been suitable. Alexson was a more delicate person than he seemed.

“Did you call me, Master?”

“Okay, it’s nothing special. I found someone suitable to be your teacher.”

Bennett’s alert level went up. Did you make a mistake by suddenly looking for another teacher? Or is Alexson planning to leave the Academy?

“Hahaha! Don’t make that face, Bennett! In the purest sense, you have found someone you can seek guidance from.”

bang!

Alexon tapped Bennett’s back with a rough hand like a pot lid. Bennett thought that if he got hit three more times like this, he would be incapable of fighting. I seriously wondered if this was a ploy to catch me off guard and cause damage.

Alexson rubbed his hand over his bushy beard. It was his habit when he was thinking about or reminiscing about something.

“Isn’t there a rule at the academy that 『Responding to Illusion Magic』 must be taught at all costs? But the previous professor left due to unfortunate circumstances. We had to find a new person.”

“okay.”

“I was planning to ask the Purple Magic Tower to dispatch a professor. Someone with a lot of practical experience and experience. 『Puppet Loray』, who is known to have a great personality, was also a candidate, and 『Charlie of Pain』 was also quite infamous, but he was a good candidate as a professor. There was nothing better.”

“……”

“But… the 2nd Prince suddenly asked someone. In addition to 『Responding to Illusion Magic』, the students’ lack of practical experience should be left to him.”

“…Are you really saying that you are going to put me through a real battle using illusion magic?”

That wasn’t even funny. There have been several attempts to incorporate fantasy magic into actual training, but they have all failed. The gap between reality and fantasy was too great or the output was weak, so it was easily broken.

Infusing realism was not an easy task. The world created by three fantasy wizards using their magic had to deform people and objects in order to reduce the size of information.

There was no way a goblin like a crushed lump of clay could gain practical combat experience.

“Yes, I was against it because it made no sense. So I asked him to prove it. I thought he could at least show his tongue by roasting and boiling the second prince. But Alejandro, the narrow-minded guy, suffered.”

“Professor Alejandro…?”

“There are more surprises left. I lost to a magician with a sword.”

“…yes?”

Bennett’s head jerked. It’s as if a priest lost an argument to a passing farmer. If it had been any other idiot, he would have cursed his patheticness and said, ‘How could he lose to a wizard with a sword?’, but Alexson was not at the level of person to listen to such words.

“I’ve said it many times, but weapons put the heart into them. This is by no means philosophical nonsense.”

It was a realization that Alexon gained while fighting on the battlefield for 40 years.

“Should I attack, evade, or defend? If I attack, how much damage will I take? Where should I mix my targets? Combat is when these decisions are tied together simultaneously.”

It also had some similarities with chess. Actions are mixed with judgment. You can swing with 60% weight on attack and 40% weight on defense, or you can anticipate the opponent’s next move and aim for a counter, or put your strength into action at a specific moment.

Therefore, when you open the judgment loaded on the weapon, you can see the person. I was able to infer how they fight and how they behave.

“That’s why I’m saying that your sword is full of deadly force. Your sword is basically based on the premise of ‘defeating the opponent while giving up at least one arm.’ But the swordsmanship that blossomed on that bastard’s tongue….”

Alexon A slight hint of fear flashed in his eyes.

It wasn’t a fear of ghosts or anything like that. It was a fear of the incomprehensible, like witnessing the sun rise in the west or the sea water falling into the sky.

he recalled.

“The first move was a move to lure out. Then the opponent also made a move to explore. At that time, I already felt that it was unusual. Nongeom is a fight of words… If one side starts to use force, it will not work. But that “He was calculating correctly.”

Weight and destructive power. muscle mass, etc. I felt that the rest of the data was faithfully considered, excluding magic and fables that were not revealed on the surface. Soo recognizes that he lacks physical strength and throws away the ax that is swung at him.

Although only words were exchanged, Alexson was able to imagine a specific battle from the words. The sword and the ax went back and forth in my head.

“Three conjunctions passed, and then the fourth conjunction. It was then. That’s when I felt… strange.”

That’s the swing.

It was a trajectory that had never been witnessed in any existing martial arts school. Alexon was momentarily dazed after recalling the trajectory of the wizard’s tongue in his mind.

He said it was a move roughly drawn up by a wizard who had no knowledge of martial arts.

But the chest. The instincts accumulated so far on the battlefield led to the exact opposite answer. It’s dangerous. I felt my heart tightening. I don’t know why, I don’t understand it, but it was a decisive move.

“At some point, the offense and defense changed.”

Alexson, who had been leading the attack when he noticed it so naturally that he didn’t realize it, became urgent on defense. Although he was obviously slow and weak, the wizard’s blade was launched late and arrived ahead of him.

However, instead of being impressed by the rigorous martial arts, Alexon felt an unpleasant feeling, as if a bug was crawling through his veins, and was horrified.

dissolution.

The wizard’s sword was effectively dismantling Alexon. Mechanically, he moved only as much as was necessary, swung without adding or subtracting, and always made a very small profit.

There was no heart there. Whether you focus on attack or defense, everything changes depending on efficiency. Alexon felt like he was fighting a hundred-headed monster.

And the monster always comes up with only the most efficient moves.

It’s being chipped away.

It is cut away little by little from the outside and disappears.

“In the second half… it was no different than struggling.”

A task that seems to repeat the act of opening a thin layer of fabric from the skin until it disappears. Alexon struggled, sweating profusely. however. There was no escaping the result of being peeled off layer by layer.

“That’s how I died in the 147th round.”

The flashback is over.

Alexon’s expression was so distorted that he broke into a cold sweat just thinking about it again. Before he knew it, his hands were clenched and trembling.

This was the first time Bennett had seen Alexson like that.

“…I admitted it at the time. If that wizard had been born with a perfect body… he could have aimed at the Empire’s boy knight someday.”

“……”

“Go and seek instruction, Bennett. If I hadn’t told the fable… I might have tried to emulate the wizard’s way of fighting. But I have made my way and it is already set in stone. You are different. Bennett… Go and learn the wizard’s swordsmanship.”

Learn from a better master in a bigger world. Alexson was admitting his own shortcomings and saying so to his student. Bennett gritted his teeth. The thought was in his head

. It was complicated.

“…Yes, Master.”

Bennett nodded and stood up.

It was a variable.

A wizard from the Purple Magic Tower… If he is someone Alexson values so highly, he will definitely be a variable in the plan. About him. He had to investigate and inform the infiltrated warlocks. If it becomes a problem, it may be necessary to eliminate it first.

Bennett looked at Alexon, who seemed to be feeling empty somewhere. He blurted out without realizing it.

“Still, there is only one master for me. .”

“Guy…”

Alexon’s expression brightened slightly. Bennett bowed and left Alexon’s residence.

Alexson’s social position did not change. He was still a good camouflage and a good shield. . So, it would have been necessary for the plan to get points by saying something nice to a downcast Alexson.

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Bennett is a classmate who is close to the warlocks. The information gathered from the people was as follows.

Name unknown.

Age unknown.

Belonging to the Purple Magic Tower.

The Purple Magic Tower’s chief disciple

. Has the second prince as his ally.

Walking around while being hugged by a female butler in a suit.

Love affair between the female butler and a female student from the academy. A fight broke out.

As soon as he entered the academy, he visited a women’s underwear store on campus.

Suspicious behavior was observed in several areas of the academy. An

eyewitness testified that he moved south from the professor’s residence area last night.

“… .”

Bennett decided to write that he was a lecher in what he would report to his superiors. He also said that for a person who revealed this much, the world of beauty would be effective.

“It’s suspicious…”

He put off direct contact with him until later. Bennett first I was planning to check what the self-made wizard was planning at the academy. Today, deep at night when everyone is asleep.

Bennett closed his eyes and traced the outline of his soul. And then carefully ripped off one corner. The pain that felt like his heart was being ripped out passed him by for a moment, and a huge amount of magical energy remained at his fingertips.

The soul and body were closely connected. When the soul declines, the body also takes a hit. Therefore, casting black magic using one’s own soul inevitably shortened one’s lifespan.

Bennett always hesitated whenever he used black magic with his soul.

But the fact that everything he once had was swallowed up in the fire. After reminding myself that all that was left in my hands was ashes, I gained courage. The courage to complete the plan no matter what.

“Burnt offering – 『Tracking the past』.”

Strengthening magic using soul. The magic swirled and was released, dwelling in Bennett’s eyes. The blood welling up in tears was spit out into the trash can.

Approximately three years of life were lost because of what I had just done, but it didn’t matter as long as it was for the completion of the plan.

The magic that showed the past one minute ago was strengthened and even the day before was clearly revealed. Bennett chased the fantasy of a wizard wearing a hood and a beautiful woman in a suit.

He arrived at an empty lot in the lecture facility area.

I captured an image of a wizard burying something in the ground with a shovel. After checking the surroundings and confirming that there were no people, Bennett used magic to quickly dig up the dirt.

“…knife?”

An ordinary-looking sword was buried there.

Just to landfill the trash, he wouldn’t have come out at night–and on a rainy day. Additionally, they used shovels. This is probably to avoid leaving any traces of magic. It moved so precisely that it couldn’t have been an ordinary sword.

Bennett had an idea, so he cut his palm thinly with his sword.

Blood dripped down. And the blood-soaked demon sword woke up from sleep mode.

This is because it had the function of waking up and starting its activities immediately when it senses blood to prevent it from stabbing civilians to death, saying, ‘I need to feed the demon sword.’

-Are you my new master? Wake me up…

“『Poison Swamp Fiend’s Artifact Seal』.”

After Bennett confirmed that it was a magic sword, he immediately sealed it. And he strapped the magic sword to his waist. Because I don’t want anyone to find out.

“…He revealed his secret identity, had the second prince as his ally, and was wise enough to beat Alexson with a non-sword and hid a magic sword in the academy…”

…is it the same warlock?

I thought it might be a high-ranking warlock dispatched by 『Fear-Eating Corpse Flower』 to complete the plan.

The warlock community was made up of point organizations. Bennett could only communicate with his ‘higher-ups’ and had no idea who in the academy was a disguised warlock. Therefore, it was impossible to confirm right now whether the wizard in the tower was an ally or not.

If it were the same warlock, would it be better to bury the magic sword again?

If you are not a warlock, it would be okay to bring a magic sword. However, since he was not a warlock, there was no common sense reason to bury the magic sword in the academy. If you bring it to the church, they will take care of it and give you a reward.

As my worries deepened, I felt a hint of popularity.

“…….”

There is no time to ask again or to disguise it. Bennett quickly left the place, taking the magic sword with him.

A word from the author (author review)

Merry White Christmas Dear My Friends!

Although it was impossible to participate in the study… I wrote 6,000 characters, so wasn’t it enough?!

It’s snowing. The world seen through the window is white and cozy.

I’ll be spending a warm night at home… with a blanket…

See you tomorrow as always. Have a nice day!

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