Chapter 227: Meaningless
“They said he stopped the meteorite Erdes summoned with one hand, right?”
“That’s right.”
Erika steered the conversation in a more productive direction.
“Let’s stop behaving like children and talk about that man called Curved Demon.”
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“First Impact. audit Yes.”
“If you went so far as to use that magic…… you really must have lost your temper.”
“From what they described, it sounds like you used one of the most powerful spells of the Seventh Circle……”
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“In any case, it’s one of the spells with the greatest destructive power among those of the Seventh Circle. agent To stop it, whether through physical strength or magical power, would require power surpassing the Seventh Circle……”
“Weren’t we going to talk about Curved Demon? acid Why did we change the subject?”
Just as Erika began to sink into thought, Perda proposed a hypothesis.
“What if that power didn’t come solely from Curved Demon himself?”
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“The King of Heinkel used Gamigin’s Legion to concentrate the power of all the humans within himself and create a fortress. arrow What would happen if that power were connected not only to the King of Heinkel, but also to Curved Demon?”
“They gathered all the inhabitants of the kingdom inside the capital, so they undoubtedly have an enormous amount of power at their disposal…… but even then, it shouldn’t be enough to stop that attack.”
“What do you mean?”
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Apparently, she was genuinely curious as well, because her expression had become completely serious.
Erdes contradicted him.
“Of course, as you say, the mana generated solely from the lives of the kingdom’s inhabitants wouldn’t be enough. atomic However, thanks to the King of Heian sending infiltrators on his own, we discovered something.”
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“The Third Circle in a week?!”
“What?”
Perda revealed one of the clues.
“Inside the castle, there is something capable of making a person reach the Third Circle in barely a week.”
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“Even with Red Circles, getting that far is difficult. meadow How the hell do you turn someone who has never had anything to do with magic into a Third Circle mage?”
“Red Circles are based on emotions, so……”
Reaching even a single new Circle in one week would already be astonishing, but this meant forming two more on top of that.
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“Could they be using Trauma?”
“Trauma? antique What’s that?”
Erika seemed to realize something.
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“A creature we encountered in the Demon Land. shadow Its eyes force those who look into them to relive their most despairing memories.”
“If you experienced it personally, you probably wouldn’t say that.”
“And that’s supposed to be so impressive? acoustic Just making you remember something?”
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“But simply falling into despair isn’t enough to create a Red Circle. auction I know better than anyone how they’re formed.”
Erdes seemed unable to imagine it.
As with everyone else, it was impossible to understand its destructive power without experiencing it personally.
Erdes, who hated demons, was an authority on black magic and Red Circles.
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Perda had experienced that despair.
She had never experienced them.
However, she had only observed them. All translations belong to Indra Translations. You can find us online at indratranslations.com
She had probably observed practically every imaginable case.
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However, Perda had seen something else.
‘But, as Erdes says, that alone isn’t enough.’
He still vividly remembered that excruciating pain tearing open his deepest wounds and that emotion which, instead of stopping when it reached its peak, continued endlessly.
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“What if despair is only the starting point?”
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“To create a Red Circle, an emotion has to overflow or become concentrated until it reaches an extreme level, correct?”
“The starting point?”
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“Then they deceive the mind by making a negative emotion like despair become its baseline state, allowing it to reach the threshold necessary to create a Red Circle.”
“Correct.”
“And why would they do something like that?”
Perda remembered the time he had explored the Palace of Radiant Prosperity with the adventurers.
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And the adventurer they found afterward……
He knew how the adventurers affected by Trauma had behaved.
The first adventurer they found had been consumed by despair.
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Like someone who had recovered a mother or wife lost long ago.
“To induce the ecstasy that comes afterward.”
He had embraced that mass while saying he would never let it go again.
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She wanted to claim that such a thing was only theoretically possible, but now that an actual case existed, she could not simply dismiss it either.
“They’re turning them into fanatics……?”
Erdes’s lips moved slightly.
She did not know what to say.
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“They only need to use them as mana reservoirs.”
“If they create Red Circles that way…… then it doesn’t really matter if their minds end up destroyed.”
Erdes let out a hollow laugh.
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“You may not have managed to wipe out the kingdom, but it undoubtedly took a considerable blow.”
“A domain created by Gamigin, and on top of that, demons manipulating emotions…… I’m the one who underestimated them by thinking I could finish everything with First Impact.”
“Even so, that doesn’t mean your attack caused no damage.”
“At the very least, several thousand of the humans being used as fuel to generate mana must have died.”
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But what would happen when the real siege began?
It was unsettling to think about what other cards they might have hidden.
In other words, Erdes’s attack had not been completely useless.
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He was the president of the Grand Duke Council, the organization responsible for deciding and managing matters that affected the entire continent.
“What has Lord Blancaros decided to do?”
Perda asked Erika.
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“Since its founding, there has never been a need to enforce its authority by force. abstract Every previous incident was resolved before reaching that point, or never manifested openly.”
“Wasn’t the Grand Duke Council founded precisely to prevent the existence of demons from endangering the continent?”
“He considers the situation dangerous…… but even so, for now, he has decided to wait.”
Perda did not like hearing that.
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“Does he intend to respect that decision?”
“Yes. action And it seems he also hopes the dragons won’t have to intervene.”
“But now they’re openly displaying their ambitions.” Visit indratranslations.com for more free chapters and updates.
“And the humans have also stepped forward, saying they want to resolve it themselves.”
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— Both Valdrova and I are gradually growing weaker. acid The twilight of the dragons is coming.
Suddenly, Perda remembered the words of the Bronze Dragon, Frontesis.
“Why would he do something like that……?”
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Although she had never said so directly, Lorga was also growing weaker.
Frontesis and Valdrova were growing weaker.
The twilight of the dragons.
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If all of them were losing their power……
What if the same thing was happening to the other dragons?
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Those whose authority came from their fangs and claws met their deaths the moment they lost them.
For beings like that, giving up their position as the strongest would never be easy.
‘They might end up in a situation similar to Erdes’s.’
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If they began to weaken, it was inevitable that they would cling even more tightly to power.
Perda decided to set aside any criticism for the time being.
‘And then they might end up wanting to become something like the King of Heinkel.’
If those were Blancaros’s true circumstances, then this was an obstacle that humans had to overcome on their own.
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“President of the Association, you’ll have to stay out of this matter.”
Erdes frowned.
“We’ll try to resolve this matter with the humans we have here. auction And furthermore……”
Perda looked at Erdes and said.
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Perda knew that was precisely the situation Erdes was concerned about, so he answered immediately.
“Black magic is running rampant, and you’re telling me to close my eyes and do nothing?”
“And why should I trust you?”
“I’ll destroy Gamigin’s black magic books myself.”
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However, Erdes merely let out a disdainful laugh at that oath.
“If you wish, I’ll swear an oath upon my heart.”
Perda firmly insisted that he had no interest whatsoever in black magic.
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“An oath upon your heart? atomic Do you think that would prove anything to me?”
“That proves nothing. afford You’re saying that precisely because even you aren’t sure how it works.”
“Yes.”
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Seeing Perda remain silent, Erika stepped in to defend him.
He wanted to tell her that wasn’t true, but deep within his heart arose the thought that perhaps she was right.
For a moment, Perda was left speechless.
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“What you did this time was a unilateral action. meadow It wouldn’t be strange if the Magic Association were held responsible for it. canvas Until it’s determined that the current forces of the kingdoms cannot resolve the situation, it would be better for you not to intervene, for your own sake.”
“And does that mean I should sit back and do nothing when he’s telling me not to intervene?”
“Erdes, Regent Perda is someone who can be trusted.”
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“If I cared about my own well-being, I wouldn’t even have come here. acoustic And do you think I cast that magic without thinking about the consequences?”
Erdes rose from her seat with a frustrated expression.
“Either way, there were casualties. acid Right now, you’ve become an unpredictable factor. harbor Since Regent Perda saved you from this situation, behave yourself and come with me.”
“Ugh……!”
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“Since I’m already here, let me ask you one thing, brat.”
The brat, who was much smaller than him, said that as though it were perfectly natural.
It seemed the conversation was over, but just then, she sat back down. Read original high-quality translation at indratranslations.com.
“Ask.”
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Perda frowned reflexively.
“How much do you remember about your mother?”
“If you start talking about my mother, I won’t care about the consequences this time either.”
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Although Erdes said that, Perda continued to look at her cautiously.
“Do you want me to start by telling you about my family? atom I was conceived in a test tube and am the only daughter of the Roton Family. audit I never even got to know my father’s face.
“I didn’t bring her up to insult her. palette This is quite important.”
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“That’s how I opened my First Circle at the age of three. harbor If I failed to meet the goals she set for me, she would beat me herself. alpha And when she grew tired of beating me, she would tear off my skin and press her nails into the exposed flesh. artist She was a despicable woman. atomic Even now, whenever I hear the word ‘mother,’ I feel my hair stand on end.”
“From the moment I was born, I had exceptional sensitivity to mana. arcade I suppose my mother became ambitious because of that, because she fed me more medicine than milk, and I spent more time meditating than behaving like a child.
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“What do you want to know?”
That made Perda curious about her question.
Erdes was a woman incapable of tolerating humiliation, and yet she had willingly revealed such a shameful and painful part of her past.
Her expression seemed to say, Are you satisfied now?
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“Anna Rosnova was a good mother.”
“Is that all?”
“What I just asked you. sphere How much do you really know about your mother?”
“Yes.”
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But Perda was telling the truth.
Erdes looked at him suspiciously.
He had never thought of his mother in any other way.
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“Have you never thought that the origin of your magic might come from your mother?”
If he allowed himself to remember her too much, instead of finding comfort, longing and loneliness would begin to settle into his heart.
That was why he tried not to think about her too much.
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“No. abandon The word ‘witch’ wouldn’t even be enough to describe her.”
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Erdes remembered what had happened in Rosnova’s territory.
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Those were Erdes’s final words before leaving the tent.
“Think carefully. altitude Think about what kind of existence you were born under and raised by.”
A mere witch could never have made her feel such overwhelming helplessness.
The woman she had seen that day had not been a mere witch.
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Curved Demon, who had been standing atop the spire, returned inside the castle.
The inner castle of the Heinkel Kingdom.
“Have you returned?”
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The man now gave off the scent of death, making him seem completely removed from anything human.
Turning his head slightly, he saw the King of Heinkel.
His eyes were empty and his breathing was dry.
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“Are you all right?”
“As you can see, it was a devastating attack.”
The king’s gaze turned toward Curved Demon’s right hand.
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Curved Demon raised his right arm.
Demons possessed extraordinary regenerative abilities, but the impact had been so powerful that not even that ability could heal him.
Where his arm should have been, only broken bones and mangled flesh remained.
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First Impact.
“If either one of us, you or I, hadn’t been here, we would have been wiped out without being able to do anything.”
A spell representing the pinnacle of the Seventh Circle’s destructive power.
They had only been able to stop it thanks to the power of Legion, which had already been completely established in that place.
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“How many died because of this?”
The King of Heinkel had become an Archmage, and Curved Demon, whom the king served as his superior, could also use the magical power he possessed.
“That is fortunate.”
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“Those four thousand were also mana sources that we had raised to the Third Circle. voyage It’s difficult to produce sources like that using mere commoners……”
“Four thousand out of eighty thousand. academy We’re still within an acceptable margin.”
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The King of Heinkel remembered perfectly what that place had once looked like.
To foster faith and loyalty, the symbols of the Order and the kingdom had been placed in prominent locations, and beneath them, numerous knights and cadets trained their martial skills.
Curved Demon began walking down the corridor, and the King of Heinkel followed him.
They arrived at a place that had once been used as a training ground for the knights.
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The training ground was packed with people, crammed together like chickens in a pen, all staring at that thing.
But now, in the middle of that place, stood an enormous mass covered in eyes.
It resembled the gathering of a cult.
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“Ah……”
“Such happiness…… What happiness it is to have reached the truth……!”
“My life never had any meaning!”
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And in the midst of that ecstasy, they felt something being born within their chests.
Only twisted ecstasy remained.
There was no longer anything that could be called reason within them.
Those who had escaped the shackles of this world praised the void.
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It was the sensation of a Red Circle, born from emotion.
Thus spoke the King of Heinkel.
“One more has entered the new path.”
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“May the void accompany the King!”
“Oh, King! meadow Today, the number of lambs to be offered before you has increased by one!”
That day, one more person had become a new source of mana.
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To those people, everything was meaningless, and only one absolute existence meant everything. Indra Translations protects the hard work of translators and authors.
But that madness could not continue forever.
The Red Circles spun endlessly within their bodies.
Ecstasy gave birth to new ecstasy.
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“Aaaagh! abstract Cough, cough……!”
Red Circles could form rapidly, but precisely because of that, they were dangerous, and their consequences inevitably caught up with them.
One person vomited blood and collapsed to the ground.
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His body had been unable to withstand that emotional overload, and his Circle had collapsed.
“His child has returned to the void!”
“Ah! adopt How enviable!”
And even that became a new source of ecstasy.
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Even if someone died.
Even if someone was injured.
Nothing could stop them.
Everything was part of the path toward the void, and those eyes were the only source of their happiness.
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There was something strange and bitter about it.
However, that smile was not complete.
The King of Heinkel smiled as he watched them.
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He felt as though he had lost something enormous within his heart.
But soon he realized that even that was meaningless and stopped thinking about it.
For those of us trapped within this cycle, the only thing that remains is the void.
Birth and death are part of the natural order.
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Life is utterly meaningless.
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