#490
Helmut
Episode 490
The memory of the land remained clear. Helmut and Area watched the video of the body standing up on its own, covering the grave and leaving, as if making a bed.
There were no signs. No one showed up and used magic. The body moved alone, opening the coffin. Just like taking the next step after death.
That’s why I couldn’t feel the magic energy.
Area’s expression became serious.
“This… … “He’s not a normal level warlock.”
“then?”
“An archmage or an equivalent level wizard.”
How can magic that goes against nature work so naturally? There was no doubt that some incredibly advanced magic had been performed.
The magic would have led the living to death and caused the body to move on its own. Through death, one is reborn as an experiment or wealth. It is magic used for some great purpose.
Helmut asked calmly.
“Those people would be on the list of the Wizards Association. “Does anyone have any guesses?”
Area shook her head.
“I’ll have to check, but as far as I know, there isn’t any. But not all wizards have been identified.”
Some names, like Area, could exist outside of the list. Because he had a teacher or had many enemies that he had to hide from, and for many other reasons.
Such people may not appear in the world in their lifetime. In particular, warlocks are a priority target for extermination, so they live in hiding.
Until one day, when he commits evil deeds with his unique ferocity and cruelty, he is revealed to the surface.
They inevitably take life lightly and commit murder.
If he is operating secretly in such a remote area, he must have become a warlock not long ago.
‘He is a powerful warlock and can suppress impulses for his own purposes.’
Area decided that both were possible. Helmut asked again.
“Can an unknown person reach that level? alone?”
“It is possible if you are a traditional wizard who did not learn magic from the Wizards Association. Because I did the same.”
A transmission wizard is more powerful than an ordinary wizard because he or she learns magic directly from a teacher and inherits it. If you had the same talent, it was possible to reach a higher level.
“Then that warlock can also be called a genius.”
“I guess so. “Probably not as much as me.”
It was an area-like answer.
“What do you think his purpose is?”
“A warlock also has one goal. Obtaining more powerful magic. So, ascending to a higher level. “The only difference is that they are willing to make any sacrifice for that purpose.”
“Could it pose a danger to the world again?”
Helmut asked, recalling the Demon King War. Area looked at his face for a moment, then nodded.
“okay.”
“If that’s the case, then I guess we should stop him quickly.”
“I need to contact the Wizards Association and the Empire. Because it’s a serious situation. But I can’t wait for them to arrive. “The warlock will know that we have appeared in the village, so we must not give him the time of day.”
It doesn’t matter if you defend yourself. Just break it and that’s it.
But running away is difficult. If a wizard is of that level, it would be difficult for even an archmage to find him if he hides himself.
Helmut spoke firmly.
“It moves right away. “We have to catch him.”
The best thing to do was to stop the situation before it erupted. The two moved immediately.
* * *
“It’s getting ready.”
In his hiding place, warlock Kailan smiled.
A great study was moving toward completion. He completed all preparations.
Soon the magic will be complete. Then the world will collapse.
He will move on to eternity in a broken world. For true immortality.
“So I become a great wizard.”
Kailan smiled triumphantly.
The lore wizard Kailan felt a strong temptation right before the forest of Pahe collapsed.
The devil’s hand was upon him. It was hopelessly powerful.
The devil will destroy the world. It felt like a proposition I couldn’t shake off.
If so, there is only one way for him to survive and continue his research. Becoming a being belonging to the devil.
Why shouldn’t you do that?
Wizards are beings who fight against prejudice. The oppression of warlocks was also part of the prejudice. That thought struck me with intensity.
He thought of his teacher. The magic of the teacher who studied life and death was always close to magic.
The teacher who raised him and made him independent one day could not resist temptation and became a black magician, and was exterminated by the temple and died.
Kailan, who learned the news later, vowed not to follow the same steps as his teacher.
Because he had a teacher who became a warlock, if Kailan were to reveal himself, he would also become a target for extermination by the temple and a person of interest to the Wizards Association.
Once your name is on the list, even if you are not executed, you will be checked and monitored for the rest of your life.
So he hid himself. In order for him to continue his great research without being disturbed by anyone.
I will devote myself to great research for a long time. In a fair way.
However, as one ascended to a higher level, the mind became more and more dull, and so did humanity.
Kailan was a very talented wizard. At some point he surpassed his teacher and went on to a higher state.
Then I felt a wall. It was a hopelessly high and strong wall.
Archmage. He was looking at that great name. But he had no idea how he could overcome that wall.
A wizard feels the greatest temptation when he or she encounters the limits of his or her talent.
Normally, Kailan would not have given in to temptation.
However, when the Demon King began to exert influence on the world, the understanding became blurred. It was a crisis of destruction.
Just as morals collapsed in war, so did they in the face of destruction.
Kailan knew the path his magic would ultimately take. A being beyond life and death. That was what he was after. There was nothing he wouldn’t do for it.
You can overcome the wall only by using methods that have never been used before.
The devil’s temptation was powerful and it attracted him. If it weren’t for times like this, and if his magic wasn’t close to demonic, a wizard who was close to being an archmage wouldn’t have been tempted.
But in the end, Kailan gave in to temptation. No, he chose to move on.
Crossing the line was simple, but irreversible. Kailan accepted the magic and became a warlock.
After becoming a warlock, Kailan realized that the demon lord was closer to what he sought.
If the Demon King comes, he will enjoy immortality along with this world. He just had to wait.
But something strange happened. The door to the demon world was closed and the world was protected.
Kailan suddenly felt lost.
He was meant to belong to a new world, but he was merely a warlock to be eradicated.
But Kailan found his way again. Even if the demon world was closed, there was a way.
All we have to do is call that great being back to this land. He was a wizard, and a wizard is a being who makes the impossible possible.
In order to achieve that great goal, he began to prepare by pouring all his capabilities into it. Very secretly.
Because Kailan was a wizard who aspired to become a great wizard, he was able to maintain his sanity for a considerable period of time even after becoming a warlock. It was right to assume that he was slowly going crazy.
Because of this, he was able to pursue his plans in the dark without revealing them.
When Helmut and Area appeared, it was just before the plan came to an end.
After making all the preparations, he gathered humans from all over who had been brought back from the dead to be sacrificed.
This remote village was the last place he moved to. Coincidentally, it was discovered by Helmut and Area.
“The wizard and the swordsman… … Rogun. “I think I know who they are.”
Kailan noticed that Helmut and Area were searching for him. Even the fact that they were the ones who defeated the Demon King.
Menacing saboteurs. We cannot fight back with force. But it was too late to run away.
Soon they will find a hideout, and the Wizards’ Association will flock here. It was a disaster. But it will take some time.
During that time, Kailan decided to put his plan into action. It was the only way.
“Once the magic is completed, a great being will be summoned from the demon world.”
His magic did not reopen the door to the demon world. It was close to barrier magic.
What Kailan wants to do is summon. When he finishes summoning, the world will be tainted by demons again. That was the world Kailan wanted.
“No one will be able to stop me.”
Kailan looked through the crystal ball at the enemies that were about to attack him with a pale face.
It’s time to put an end to it.
* * *
[hmm.]
Elaga, who had been dozing off, raised her head. A strange feeling passed over her. Her prickly skin trembled.
Mute twitched and landed on the bridge of his nose.
[Can you feel something?]
[I feel something, but I don’t know what it means.]
[The opportunity you’ve been waiting for.]
[what?]
Elaga immediately got up from her seat and stood up. The monsters crushed by his feet groaned.
Elaga asked without hesitation as he tyrannized with his weight.
[Does this mean there will be a gap? how? Could it be that the door to the demon world opens again?]
Then wouldn’t coming this far have been in vain? What on earth are these guys from that world doing that they can’t even handle post-mortem properly?
We came to this demon world at the risk of losing our lives.
The joy of being able to go back was preceded by worry and dissatisfaction. Mute tilted his head.
[It seems a little different.]
[Different?]
[Anyway, there is definitely a gap, so take advantage of the opportunity. You were just looking forward to going back.]
Elaga got angry in frustration.
[How do you mean to catch it? This bastard, please explain properly!]
[I can’t explain it. But you will find out naturally. Elaga, what are you?]
[I am the strongest monster and ruler in the demon world!]
Elaga roared. First of all, if you place the Demon King as an earth spirit or something, you can put him aside. Then, the next one is this Elaga. He was truly the devil.
[Yes, your demonic nature as the ruler of the demon world will lead you. You will instinctively know what you can do.]
[That sounds very hopeful. Okay, wait and see.]
Elaga concentrated on this inexplicably foreign sensation. The sensation was getting stronger.
I felt like I was being pulled from the other world. To the place where he was born and raised. It was a pull toward the source.
[Going back, I am.]
Elaga strengthened her will and kept her mouth shut. He would never miss this opportunity.
