Saat itu juga, ponsel Frondier berdering. Getaran berulang. Sebuah panggilan masuk. Tapi kedua tangan Frondier sedang fokus menuangkan mana, jadi ia tak bisa menjawabnya. Ia tak punya pilihan selain mengabaikan getaran itu, tapi alih-alih, sebuah transmisi suara datang. Dari suaranya, itu Elodie. [Apa yang kau lakukan di situ! Kalau mau melakukan sesuatu, katakan sesuatu! Gua ini tiba-tiba bergetar dan jadi kacau! Semua orang di sekitarnya panik dan mengevakuasi!] [Elodie, kau bisa pakai transmisi suara sekarang.] Bukan penyihir sembarangan yang bisa menggunakan transmisi suara. Kebanyakan penyihir hanya mengandalkan Bisikan Angin untuk kedap suara saat ingin bicara rahasia, dan repot-repot belajar transmisi suara. Tingkat kesulitannya cukup tinggi. [Kau, gimana bisa pakai transmisi suara?] Elodie terkejut. Ia tidak menyangka jawaban Frondier bisa masuk. Namun, Frondier hanya bisa meniru keampuan atau sihir melalui Weaving saat orang lain sedang menggunakannya. [Aku hanya menirunya. Aku tidak bisa mengaktifkannya duluan, jadi aku cuma bisa menjawab.] [Itu sudah cukup mengesankan...Anyway, kau baik-baik saja di situ?] Elodie, yang tadi terdengar marah saat mengirim transmisi suara, akhirnya bertanya dengan nada khawatir. Ia pikir sesuatu yang serius mungkin terjadi di dalam sana. [Nggak ada masalah di sini. Aku nggak menyangka dampaknya ke kalian sebesar itu.] Frondier melirik sekeliling area yang sudah dipulihkan. Ia bisa melihat bahwa langit-langit di dalam perlahan-lahan meninggi. [Bukan cuma berdampak ke kami, Manggot sedang terangkat sekarang!] Suara Elodie. Seperti yang diperkirakan. 'Manggot bukan hanya rusak, ia juga tenggelam ke bawah.' [Maaf. Elodie, tolong rawat yang lain. Nggak ada masalah di sini, jadi jangan khawatir.] [Siapa bilang aku khawatir! Aku sudah pindahkan semua orang ke tempat aman!] Tadi kau juga khawatir. Frondier tertawa kecil dan kembali menatap langit-langit. 'Lantainya juga好像 sedang naik, tapi langit-langit naiknya lebih cepat. Mungkin memang ruang dengan ketinggian yang cukup besar dari awal.' Di masa lalu, Manggot memiliki langit-langit jauh lebih tinggi daripada sekarang. Waktu tidak hanya merusaknya, tapi juga membuat seluruh struktur tenggelam. Untungnya, rune ini dirancang untuk dilihat dari atas, jadi bentuknya sendiri tidak banyak berubah. Kalau berubah, bahkan Frondier pun tidak akan bisa mengidentifikasi itu sebagai rune. Frondier menarik napas setelah Restorasi selesai. Dasinya sudah menyusut sebesar telapak tangan. Ia telah menggunakan seluruh mana Helheim dan Nadi Dragon, dan inilah hasilnya. 'Gentongnya jauh lebih besar skalanya, tapi kurasa memang segitu banyak mana yang dibutuhkan untuk memutar balik waktu sebanyak itu.' Lagipula, Restorasi tidak sepenuhnya merekonstruksi masa lalu. Sesuatu yang benar-benar lenyap tanpa jejak, sesuatu yang sudah digunakan untuk tujuan lain, sesuatu yang hangus terbakar, atau sesuatu yang terdistorsi oleh tekanan, tidak merespons Restorasi. Hal itu terjadi karena benda-benda itu dianggap berbeda dari material aslinya. 'Rune-nya sudah lebih baik dari sebelumnya, tapi belum sempurna. Tapi kalau ...' Kali ini, benang-benang hitam merentang ke segala arah. Benang-benang itu mulai mengisi celah-celah yang tersisa. Menosorpo dipulihkan ke bentuk aslinya sejauh mungkin, dilengkapi dengan bantuan minimal. Jujur, Frondier masih belum memahami apa tujuan dari proses ini. 'Aku sudah tahu fungsi Menosorpo. Tapi apakah akan ada bedanya kalau aku mengaktifkan Menosorpo orang lain?' Menosorpo menyadari dan mematerialiasikan keampuan pengguna di mana saja dalam jangkauannya. Senjata yang diciptakan melalui Weaving Frondier pada dasarnya ilusi, tapi di dalam rune ini, mereka memiliki efek nyata. Itulah sebabnya rune ini sangat cocok untuk Weaving. Ia sudah menggunakannya berkali-kali, sehingga ia sangat mengenal kekuatan Menosorpo. Apakah mengaktifkan rune orang lain akan mengungkapkan sesuatu yang baru? 'Tidak ada pilihan selain mencobanya.' Frondier memastikan bahwa benang-benang hitam telah mengisi semua rune, lalu berbicara lagi. Kali ini, berkas-berkas cahaya lebih jernih dan terdefinisi. Interior Manggot terisi lebih cepat dan lebih terang dari sebelumnya. Frondier mengamati adegan itu, yakin bahwa rune telah aktif. Dan ketika rune selesai... Frondier menyadari arti langit-langit tinggi ini. '...Ini, persis sama seperti dulu.' Adegan yang ditunjukkan Menosorpo. Hampir identik dengan ruang bawah tanah workshop penenunan yang pernah dilihat Frondier di masa lalu. Sebuah dinding rongga yang luas, dihiasi patung-patung pahlawan. Frondier memastikan bahwa Raja Arthur dan Merlin juga ada di posisi yang sama. 'Weaving menyimpan citra ini dalam bentuk workshop penenunan. Apakah tersimpan di sini menggunakan Menosorpo?' Dan di atas semuanya, ada sesuatu yang menarik perhatian Frondier. Patung-patung yang tumbuh di dinding memang menakjubkan, tapi ada sesuatu yang berbeda dari saat ia melihat ruang bawah tanah workshop penenunan. Di tengah Manggot ini, di tengah rune. 'Benar juga. Menosorpo adalah rune. Ia tidak bisa digunakan di mana saja, kapan saja.' Hanya Frondier sendiri yang bisa mengaktifkan Menosorpo seperti yang ia lakukan. Karena ia bisa menciptakan rune seketika melalui Weaving, ia bisa menggunakan Menosorpo tanpa terikat tempat atau waktu. Tapi pada aslinya, cara penggunaannya bukan seperti itu. Membangun rune membutuhkan waktu yang cukup lama, dan rune kompleks seperti Menosorpo membutuhkan ruang yang luas. Frondier selalu mematerialiasikan senjata setelah menggunakan Menosorpo, tapi... Cara aslinya kebalikannya. "...Mengaktifkan keampuan yang tidak bisa dimaterialiasikan sebelumnya, lalu membentangkan rune saat diperlukan. Itulah tujuan asli Menosorpo." Frondier perlahan mendekati bendera yang tertanam di tengah. Bendera itu, yang tidak terlihat hingga rune diaktifkan, muncul begitu rune terbentangkan. Dengan kata lain, ia sudah ada sejak awal. Ia sudah ada sebelum Frondier datang, Ia terus ada di samping meja bundar saat Gembala Manggot mengadakan pertemuan mereka, Ia adalah pemilik tempat ini jauh sebelum Belphegor menetap di sini. Menunggu seseorang mengaktifkan rune kembali, bendera itu selalu menjaga titik ini. Ia masih belum tahu keampuan apa yang diwujudkan di sini dengan prinsip apa, dan bagaimana mereka menciptakan bendera dan patung-patung ini, tapi... Frondier dengan jelas mengenal identitas bendera ini. Sebuah kain putih bersih, dengan salib yang khidmat di atasnya. Salib ini bukan persembahan untuk dewa mana pun. Frondier mengucapkan nama pemilik bendera itu, sang pahlawan, dan... Ia menggenggam tiang bendera di tangannya.
Bab 750
Just then, Frondier's phone rang. Repeated vibrations. It was a call. But both of Frondier's hands were focused on pouring out mana, so he couldn't answer the call. He had no choice but to ignore the vibrations, but, A voice transmission came instead. Judging by the voice, it was Elodie. [What are you doing in there! If you're going to do something, you should say something! The cave is suddenly shaking and going crazy! Everyone who was nearby is freaking out and evacuating!] [Elodie, you can use voice transmission now.] Not just any magician could use voice transmission. Most magicians would just use 'Whisper of the Wind' for soundproofing when they wanted to talk in secret, and wouldn't bother learning voice transmission. It was because the difficulty level was quite high. [You, how are you doing voice transmission?] Elodie was startled. She hadn't expected Frondier's reply to come through. However, Frondier could only imitate skills or magic through Weaving while the other person was using them. [I'm just mimicking. I can't use it first, so I can only answer.] [That's impressive enough... Anyway, are you okay in there?] Elodie, who had sounded angry when she sent the voice transmission, eventually asked in a worried tone. She thought something serious might have happened inside. [There's no problem here. I didn't think it would affect you guys that much.] Frondier looked around at the restored surroundings. He could see that the ceiling inside was gradually getting higher. [It's not just affecting us, Manggot is being lifted up right now!] Elodie's voice. As expected. ‘Manggot wasn't just damaged, it had sunk down.’ [Sorry. Elodie, please take care of the others. There's no problem here, so don't worry.] [Who said I was worried! I've already moved everyone to a safe place!] You were worried just a moment ago. Frondier chuckled and looked at the ceiling again. ‘The floor seems to be rising too, but the ceiling is rising faster. It must have been a space with a considerable height originally.’ In the past, Manggot had a much higher ceiling than it did now. Time had not only damaged it but also caused the entire structure to sink. Fortunately, the rune was designed to be viewed from above, so its shape itself hadn't changed much. If it had, even Frondier wouldn't have recognized it as a rune. Frondier took a breather after the restoration was complete. His tie had shrunk to the size of his palm. He had used all of Helheim's mana and the Dragon Heart, and this was the result. ‘The barrier was much larger in scale, but I guess that's how much mana it takes to reverse that much time.’ Moreover, restoration didn't perfectly recreate the past. Things that had completely vanished without a trace, things that had been used for other purposes, things that had been burned by fire, or things that had been deformed by pressure didn't respond to restoration. This was because they were judged as different from the original materials. ‘The rune is better than before, but it's not perfect. But if it's ...’ This time, black threads stretched out in all directions. They began to fill in the remaining gaps. Menosorpo was restored to its original form as much as possible and completed with minimal assistance. Honestly, Frondier still didn't understand what the point of this process was. ‘I already know the function of Menosorpo. But would there be a difference if I activated someone else's Menosorpo?’ Menosorpo realized and materialized the user's skills anywhere within its range. The weapons created by Frondier's Weaving were originally illusions, but within this rune, they had real effects. That's why the rune was a great match for Weaving. He had already used it countless times, and so he knew the power of Menosorpo well. Would activating someone else's rune reveal something new? ‘I have no choice but to try.’ Frondier confirmed that the black threads had filled all the runes and spoke again. This time, the beams of light were clearer and more distinct. The interior of Manggot was filled faster and brighter than before. Frondier watched the scene, confident that the rune was activated. And when the rune was completed... Frondier realized the meaning of this high ceiling. ‘...This is, exactly the same as back then.’ The scene that Menosorpo showed him. It was almost identical to the basement of the workshop that Frondier had seen in the past. A wall of a vast cavity, lined with statues of heroes. Frondier confirmed that King Arthur and Merlin were also in the same place. ‘Weaving stored this image in the form of the workshop. Was it stored here using Menosorpo?’ And above all, there was something that caught Frondier's eye. The statues born on the wall were amazing, but there was something different from when he saw the basement of the workshop. In the center of this Manggot, in the middle of the rune. ‘That's right. Menosorpo is a rune. It can't be used anywhere, anytime.’ Only Frondier himself could activate Menosorpo like he did. Because he could instantly create runes with Weaving, he could use Menosorpo without restrictions of place or time. But originally, it wouldn't be used that way. It would take a considerable amount of time to construct the rune, and a complex rune like Menosorpo would require a large space. Frondier had always materialized weapons after using Menosorpo, but... The original way of using it was the opposite. “...Casting skills that couldn't be materialized beforehand, and then unfolding the rune when needed. That was the original purpose of Menosorpo.” Frondier slowly approached the flag planted in the center. The flag, which hadn't been visible until the rune was activated, appeared the moment the rune unfolded. In other words, it had been here from the beginning. It had been here before Frondier came, It had continued to exist next to the round table while the shepherds of Manggot held their meetings, It had been the owner of this place long before Belphegor settled here. Waiting for someone to activate the rune again, the flag had always guarded this spot. He still didn't know what skills were realized here by what principle, and how they created this flag and statues, but... Frondier clearly knew the identity of this flag. A pure white cloth, with a solemn cross placed on top. This cross wasn't decorated for any god. Frondier spoke the name of the flag's owner, the hero, and... He grasped the flagpole in his hand.
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