Episode 449
Episode 144. Success in life (2)
[Lesol to the abyss of the underworld…?]
“Yes, when I met Hwa earlier, I got the feeling that I might be able to descend without intervening restrictions in the future. We use that to force Resol to enter the underworld.”
[It’s an advent with no intervention restrictions.
Well, it might be possible since you are an existence outside the realm and the rules of publicity that we have known so far are collapsing one by one.
But isn’t the abyss your domain?]
“That’s right. Even if I possess the authority of a demon god, I cannot handle the abyss of the underworld as I wish. However, in the underworld, you might be able to send Risol into the abyss.”
[Hmm, first of all, we need to check whether Advent is still possible.
You’d better go back to the west and discuss it with Lord Lord. I’ll speed it up.]
It was night when I returned to the castle of Eltainer.
Yuma explained in detail to the waiting party about witnessing Soluto’s death and the income he had earned from meeting Hwa.
“Soluto… that dragon ended up like that.”
Rasa, who heard the story, could not hide her complicated feelings.
The rest of the staff had the same frustrated expression. It was a natural reaction since the story Yuma had unraveled was so shocking.
“So you’re saying Archmage Rizol wasn’t human in the first place?”
“Yes, Your Majesty. Besides, he is also the one who has contributed the most to Hwa’s appearance in the world.”
“It was hard to understand that a figure in history had caused the New World War… but it’s getting worse and worse.”
[I have to go back, Emperor.
We have less time left in the world than we expected.]
“I guess so.”
“If so, how can the East prepare for it in the future?”
“Lasa-sama, please maintain the current situation in the east, but procure food and supplies to the empire through the new route. I don’t think there is any need to send troops.”
“The West is enduring so much pain to save the royalties… but as the owner of this land, I am ashamed.”
“Meeting Hwa has been a great help.”
[I will have some of the dragons reside in the east, so if anything unusual happens other than the dimension transplant, let them know.] There was
still a day left until the dimensional gate leading to the east closed, but the party decided to leave immediately.
* * * As soon as Yuma returned to the West, he found Mahatrisha. The information obtained from Hwa was spread to key figures by Hella and Chrysa.
[It’s Haider’s dream… So I had no choice but to mistake the child for Resol as a ‘human’ outside the realm.]
Mahatrisa smiled bitterly after hearing Yuma’s story.
Even for her, who knew all the secrets of the world from time immemorial, the truth about Rizol was shocking.
“After talking with Hwa, I began to understand Risol’s actions properly.”
[Yes, me too. Perhaps Lee Sol himself realized that he was only a dream of the abyss only recently…. Only now, when the Second Coming of Hwa is right around the corner.] “So, he must be preparing to escape to a new world
. Since he was using most of his power for that, he seduced us with teleportation-like magic and avoided an all-out war.”
[Aye.]
Mahatrisha lifted her head and gazed at Yuma.
[If Hwa said ‘there is no other world’, then it really does not exist. You must have felt it too?]
“I felt it.”
[In a way, I also think the child’s fate is pretty harsh. I wasn’t born as a dream because I wanted it, and I believed that I was a being close to light… I didn’t want to despair in the end
. I had no choice but to
[But you have to stop the kid. I can’t let him contribute to the void any longer.]
Aside from his pity, Maha Trisha had no plans to forgive or understand Rizol.
As can be seen from the case of Kalium, the god of flame, and from the fact that she sealed her companion, Sheltion, she was a being who paid the due price no matter how much she loved her.
[From today, the protection of the empire will be left to humans. I’ll have to lead the dragons and find Risol myself.]
Leave the protection of the empire to the humans.
It meant that Mahatrisha would launch an attack, and that the empire could no longer be placed under her safe protection.
If that happens, the demons and the New World Alliance will begin to invade the empire in earnest, where Mahatrisa’s barrier has disappeared.
However, Mahatrisha did not make this decision just to punish Rizol or because he thought that punishing Rizol was more important than protecting humans.
She believed humans could protect themselves.
He also said that the solidarity that began with Yuma and the humans beside him would be able to protect them.
“Yes, please leave it to me.”
[While I’m tracking down Risol, you go find Sekmeira.]
“I thought so too. We need to inform that demon of the truth about Risol and see if there is any room for negotiation. Negotiation will therefore be impossible. All you have to do when you meet him is… subdue him.]
Mahatrisha stood up.
Yuma felt an indescribably strange feeling when the word ‘surrender’ came out of her mouth.
Mahatrisa is the embodiment of love and warmth.
Until now, Yuma had thought that her love and warmth were just as wide and beautiful, but the moment they met her eyes, she realized it.
That she was never a benevolent being.
The two eyes only harbored a calm aura, but Mahatrisha’s fighting spirit, which showed anger, was not a realm that could be described by facial expression or atmosphere.
‘I’m out of breath!’
After becoming a grandmaster, I had never imagined that just facing an opponent could suffocate me.
Just as it is difficult to imagine Duran Jacques and Hugo being overwhelmed by someone’s energy, it is because he himself has reached such a level.
However, the mere ‘expressing’ of Mahatrisha’s anger felt like my breathing hole was narrowing.
[Hey.] “Yes Lord.”
[When I met Hwa earlier, you made a perfect descent.]
“That’s right. For some reason, I didn’t have the desire to destroy the world like when I descended from Rimt.”
[That is because the desire to destroy was swallowed by the void. It happened because you are more human in nature than a demon. It can be said to be a kind of error caused by the gap.]
“Error…?”
Mahatrisha continued to explain carefully.
[You are a being outside the realm. That’s why Hwa didn’t have a direct effect on you.
No matter how great the authority of Hwa is, it cannot erase even the special characteristics of beings outside the realm.] ‘
‘Yes.”
[And the moment you ascended the throne of the underworld, the power of the demon god belonged to your uniqueness… but the desire that the demon god originally had was not belonged to. That’s why the desire to destroy was swallowed up by the void.]
“Ah, I understand what you mean.”
[Also child. The reason you were able to fully descend beyond the limits of intervention is because of your unique aura, the power of creation you possess. The Power of Creation is a much higher concept than the original limit on intervention.]
Yuma recalled the image of fire and ice lightning rushing along with the energy of Ra. Advent was realized immediately after that.
‘And after taking Soluto’s body and ending the Advent, I felt quite tired…
[In other words, your Advent… means that the power of creation and the power of death were combined. Among them, only the desire for destruction as a demon god was swallowed up in the void is an ‘error’.]
Even if he hadn’t met Hwa, Yuma had met the conditions for perfect descent from the moment he obtained his unique aura.
But at that time, it was bound to be an advent accompanied by the demon’s desire to destroy it, so it was difficult to have meaning even if the method was known in advance.
“Then does that mean that I can descend freely from now on without any desire to destroy it?”
[Yes. And that’s probably what you’ve been hoping for too. I was thinking of sending Rizol to the abyss of the underworld.]
Yuma nodded, widening his eyes.
[However, your descent is not without cost. Creation itself may be infinite, but the power of Aryeol Ra is limited after all.]
It meant that the souls that make up Amoula are consumed every time it descends.
[The soul, whether originally forming something or simply lying in the underworld, will someday ‘flow’ to the underworld. Because I have to maintain the world again through reincarnation. And that soul dies and goes back to the underworld.] “The afterlife is not as difficult as I imagined.”
[Yes, but now the cycle that made this happen has been broken.
The lower world is collapsing as Secmeira transplants the lower world dimension, and you will consume souls through Advent.] That is the
price of Advent.
To stop the flow of the world as it deserves…
Mahatrisha continued in a sorrowful voice.
[And stopping the right flow… would be beneficial to Hwa in the end.]
“…I see.”
[Nevertheless, this moment when I have to do whatever I can before the end of the world is so devastating for me.] Yuma
felt empty as if her heart had been pierced through her feelings. However, within a moment, Mahatrisha withdrew his emotions and opened his mouth.
[Meet Sekmeira and descend.
Then subdue him and usurp the seat of power in the underworld. Before the Void covers the world… This is something only you and Hider can do.]
“Ha.”
Yuma involuntarily let out a deep breath.
[Haider has already abandoned the world once for his own desires, and you did not fall even after ascending to the throne of the Demon God. In that sense, only you can do this.] “Good. But there is one problem, Mahatrisha. When I met Hwa, it happened without my knowledge, so I don’t know how to unfold Advent.”
[Don’t worry about that. Since you have already passed the path of success, I will be able to guide you.]
“It is a kind of cultivation. Can I go one-on-one with Mahatrisha-nim starting today?”
[Yes. There is a land suitable for practicing Advent.]
Mahatrisha cut the air with his hand and opened the dimension.
What was visible beyond the newly opened dimension was the land of the Balaur, which was collapsing due to slime.
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