Chapter 396 – Mythology Academy
Seong-il, who thought so, asked Professor Thorgrim about the item with a serious expression to confirm that the staff was the item he thought of.
“Hmm… You said it was a branch of the World Tree… What, is it a piece of a tree?”
“Ah, it’s closer to the expression ‘seedlings’ to be precise.”
“…Saplings?”
When Thorgrim spits out the word ‘seedling’, Seong-il is even more certain that this item is exactly what he thinks. However, in order to calm down and reduce variables, he calmly listens to his words.
“That’s right. Sapling!! There are many branches of the World Tree left, but ordinary branches have long lost their unique spirituality. Only the parts of the World Tree. In other words, only the saplings have spirituality.”
“Umm… What is that spirituality…?”
“It’s simple! You can say it’s the life force that dwells in the branches. A very simple way to check if spirituality is left is to insert the branch into the ground. If it’s a branch of a world tree that has spirituality remaining, it usually draws power from the ground. Suck it up.”
‘Also…!!!’
The more he listens to the explanation, the more Seong-il realizes that the staff is the item he is looking for. While calming his heart as much as possible, Seong-il continues to ask questions about the cane.
“…What will happen if I suck it up?”
“Well… It absorbs the power of the earth, transforms it into its own magic power, and accumulates it. So, the caster uses that power to link it with his own magic power to use recovery magic or to create synergy with earth type magic. Do.”
“Um… But, if you accumulate power… Then the wand is still alive, isn’t it? If a long time passes, the sapling may be revived as a sapling…”
“No? That’s not it.”
“Yes…? Then why are they called seedlings…”
Thorgrim sternly cuts off Seongil’s question. When Seong-il looks at him with an incomprehensible expression, he flinches and begins to repeat his words.
“Woah… If it was originally, the World Tree would have resurrected as time passed, as you said.”
“…So what?”
“Did you know that during the War of the Ancients, three foreign gods descended incarnated into our world?”
“Ah… Yes I know.”
“Then it would be easy to explain. The three foreign gods who descended into our world in the past and drove it to the brink of destruction were all terrible, but the worst of them all was Nygr, the evil god of plague and corruption.”
When Seong-il unexpectedly takes an interest in his cane, Thorgrim desperately tries to explain the origin of the cane as well as the related history.
“After he descended into our world, he made the living sick and rot, and raised the dead to roam around alive. Not enough of that, he began to rot the earth, making the world uninhabitable. “
“Hmm…”
“For that reason, all the races in the world, horrified by his atrocities, risked their lives to fight him the most fiercely, and were able to annihilate Nygle’s incarnation.”
“Aha…”
“The problem is… Nygle’s incarnation is only an incarnation of a horse, but it is said that he had power almost equal to that of the main body. So even though he lost a lot of power in defeat, he sacrificed his body. You have cast a terrible curse on our world.”
‘Ah… I know this story too.’
A behind-the-scenes story from Mythology Academy 2. When he learns what he knows, Seongil shows more concentration and listens to Togrim’s words.
“They say the curse was really terrible. The ground was so rotten that no life could survive. Then, at that time, the World Tree sacrificed everything to save our world by swallowing the pestilence and curse that had been sown on the earth. .”
“Hmm…”
“Thanks to us, we were able to live, but in return, the World Tree lost its spirituality and withered away forever.”
“Ah… Is that why the world tree died?”
“Nmm… That’s right. However, the elves claim that the World Tree is still alive, as it is just ‘withered’. However, from our mage’s point of view, the World Tree does not show any life activity, so it is not considered to be alive. A little… Anyway, the World Tree is difficult to define in one word… It exists in a very ambiguous state.”
“Aha…”
Having said that, Togrim raises the staff he was carrying and shows it to Seong-il.
“Because… The branches of this world tree are also alive, but… For some reason, they are not reviving.”
“…For what reason?”
“I don’t know? If I did, I would have resurrected it.”
“…”
Seong-il, who was dumbfounded for a moment, glared at Thor-grim with an absurd expression. Professor Toh Grimm, who realized his situation again from that expression, flinched, and quickly raised his hand and waved it, continuing his words as if fawning at Seong-il.
“I… It’s true!! However, I know the hypotheses…”
“Oh… What hypothesis?”
“Uh… Well… The most representative thing is that the curse left by the plague god on our land has disappeared, but apart from that, the energy essential to the world tree has disappeared… I guess. Are doing it.”
“It’s energetic…”
“That… It is! Perhaps… The curse completely annihilated some of the pure powers that existed in our world? I wonder…”
“Hmm…”
“This power doesn’t interfere with our lives, but apart from that, doesn’t it have an effect on the resurrection of the World Tree… The current most influential theory is that I want to.”
“Okay…”
“Well… If you restore the ‘something’ that has been lost, or plant branches in the land where it remains, maybe you can grow another world tree… Ah! By the way, this is a ‘hypothesis’. It’s just work! It’s not a proven theory.”
“Yes yes…”
Seong-il caressing Thorgrim’s chin while listening to Thorgrim’s story. His lengthy explanation convinces him that this wand is what he knows.
“…By the way, how many of these wands are there? By any chance, aren’t they easily obtainable elsewhere?”
“Of course!!!”
When Seong-il asks about the value of his item, Grim Toh explains the value of it.
“There are probably less than 10 branches in the world that still have the spirituality of the World Tree!! Most of them are kept by the elves!”
“Like…”
“In fact… There are many things that are called branches of the world tree and are circulating around the world, but most of them are just pieces of wood whose spirituality has extinguished! Well… Even that alone is quite magical… But still… !! This wand with true spirituality is of a different class!!”
Professor Thorgrim desperately appeals to the value of the wand. Seong-il hears all these stories and thinks to himself.
‘Haa… I’m very sorry about the genie in the lamp… But if I’m right, the wand is an artifact that could become really epic depending on how I use it. It’s a pity, but I’ll have to give up the lamp.’
After organizing his thoughts like that, Seong-il looked at the lamp with a sad expression and handed Professor Thorgrim a bottle containing the elixir.
“…I like that wand.”
Then, a panic erupted from his side.
“What!? Really?!”
“What?!”
“Eek?!”
Even the seller, Professor Thorgrim, didn’t expect it.
“Thank you!! Thank you!!!!!”
“Do I need to thank you? It’s just a deal.”
“But!! Anyway!! Thank you!!!! Kya-ho!!!”
“…”
Seong-Il makes a slightly absurd expression when Togrim likes him like a child. After a while, he accepts the wand from Professor Thorgrim and leaves the hall after being polite.
“Then… I’ll go take a break.”
“Yes. You’ve worked hard. The reward will be sorted out within a week, so that’s all you need to know.”
“Yes.”
When the work is completely finished, Professor Ahindel pats Seong-il on the back and encourages him. Thanking him for his kindness, Seong-il leaves.
“I guess this should be enough…”
Seong-il sits on a bench in a park that is sparsely populated. He takes out his smartphone after holding in one hand the cane he received from Professor Togrim.
“Customs!!”
『Branches of the World Tree (sealed): 10,000 duty points.』
“Kek!!”
The customs cost of the wand is considerably higher than expected. When asked for the price of a fairly high-end artifact, Seong-il is surprised by the amount of points.
“No fuck… If it’s normally sealed, wouldn’t it be cheap? What kind of a guy’s price is…”
But paradoxically, the absurd price really convinces me once again that this wand is exactly what I think it is.
‘Let’s check the item description…’
『Branches of the World Tree (sealing): One of the fragments left by the now-deceased World Tree. If you use this, you may be able to revive the dead World Tree.”
‘As expected…!!’
Looking at the item like that, Seong-il recalls the ‘Prologue’ that came out when he started the second episode of Mythology Academy.
“…If the goal of clearing Part 1 was to reach the ‘Transcendental Temple’ and stop the ‘ideological conflict’, the goal of Part 2 was to resurrect the ‘World Tree’ and seal the rift in the dimension, wasn’t it?’
The main character who ended the division between the psychic and the wizard in the first episode. He married the heroine Elaine Yves and bore her a son.
Part 2 was a game in which his son entered Mythology Academy and became the main character.
‘It turns out that her mother, Elaine Yves, had resurrected her sapling with all her might.’
In the second part, Elaine says that 15 years from now, she accidentally obtained a branch of the World Tree, felt a great ‘possibility’ in her staff, and spent her whole life trying to revive the World Tree.
‘When the main character entered the academy, she brought one of the revived saplings to the professor at her mother’s request, wasn’t it?’
While the main characters of the two films enter the academy and are active, the world slowly begins to perish due to an abnormal climate caused by the evil power of the outer universe spewing out from the dimensional seal.
In the meantime, the heroine, who happened to hear the ‘voice’ of the sapling, learned that abnormal weather could be prevented if only the world tree was revived.
‘In the story… If the world tree is resurrected beyond a certain level, the world tree bestows a permanent ‘blessing’ according to the character of the main character, maybe…? I remember that it was a pretty powerful blessing…’
‘In addition… Ultimately, to completely save the world of Mythology, the ‘World Tree’ must be resurrected.’
Even if you look at it, she feels that the potential of her cane is amazing.
‘Save this world, clear sub-quests, and I’m blessed and benefited…!! It’s perfectly fine!!’
However, the happiness is short-lived, and Seong-il feels at a loss as he does not know how to revive the branch of the World Tree.
‘…In the story, Elaine ‘barely’ revived the World Tree after decades of hard work.’
‘The problem is… There’s not even a hint of information on ‘how’ this world tree was resurrected in the game…? How do I do this…’
Even though I got a valuable item, I didn’t know how to use it.
Weeing!!
“…Huh?”
Seongil’s phone starts ringing out of nowhere.
“Oh… By any chance?”
Seong-il picks up his phone with sparkling eyes, wondering if 『Game Master』 Set off the alarm to give him a hint.
『1 follower notification (Pirina Elsrid)』
“Hmm? It’s Pirina’s message…?”
Unfortunately, however, the notification on his phone is not the game master’s advice, but a message from Pirina. Seong-il looks at the contents with a little regret.
“Master. As you commanded me, I have prepared a base in the ‘Southern Country’. We have finished up to ‘residence registration’, so please come visit us when the time is right.”
“Oh… I guess you’ve finished preparing your base in the southern country?”
As soon as Pirina safely escaped Nerke Kingdom and seemed to have completed the task she had asked her to do, Seong-il feels her heart at ease.
“I’ve had a lot of work these days… Shall we go to the ‘Southern Country’ to rest…?”
“Huh… I’ve had a lot of work, but let’s go home already…? The exam isn’t even over yet.”
“!!!”
A voice from behind her own back. Seong-il, who was holding a smartphone, hurriedly puts it into his arms, fearing that it will be discovered.
“Hey! What are you kidding me about…?”
“Huh? Ah… Are you Elaine?”
“Huh!!”
Surprised, Seongil turned around to see a dazzlingly beautiful brown haired girl standing there.
