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Episode 246. About Extinction
Ethan opened the spellbook that contained the Extinction Magic as if possessed.
[Research on Curse Magic Extinction]
Me: Irneska Arne.
When I heard the emperor’s words.
Ethan was, to be honest, extremely embarrassed.
‘I said it was close to real extinction.’
The Emperor said that the extinction that Ethan suffered from was not a common extinction.
‘The expression ‘general extinction’ is a bit strange, though.’
The Emperor said that Ethan’s Extinction might be the original Extinction.
‘It’s surprising that I, a common noble family from the countryside, suffered from extinctionism, and it’s even surprising that this extinctionism could be original.’
I couldn’t understand it.
‘For what reason?’
And who?
Extinction is not an innate disease. It is literally a type of curse magic.
That means someone has cast this curse spell.
“This extinction disease is not something that can be easily contracted.”
Why on earth would you cast such a powerful curse spell on yourself?
‘No matter how much resentment there is, how much great things can a local noble do?’
Even if Count Wickers had incurred resentment, wouldn’t there be a limit to that? How much resentment could a local noble family, not even a central noble family, do?
‘Who would give extinction disease to the eldest son of a local noble family?’
Ethan was very impressed.
‘It’s different with Legia’s son. Legia was such a great person that he was called the first Master, so there must have been one or two things that made him worthy of great resentment.’
There was also a reason why Legia risked her life to cure her son’s illness.
He had tried not to make any enemies, but there was someone who looked down on him, and he said that that person had put a curse on his son.
Even in the Central Continent, Legia was a man of great reputation, so it would not be strange for someone who held a grudge to cast a vicious extinction spell on his son.
‘If you think about it, it’s ridiculous.’
The symptoms of this extinction disease were so severe that, if misjudged, it was difficult to even tell whether it was a curse spell.
‘The healer of Count Wickus’ territory only said that it was a disease that caused the soul to rot. I never expected it to be a cursed magic called Extinction.’
Perhaps they didn’t even consider extinction to be a given, or maybe they didn’t even know what extinction was.
Extinction disease was such a disease.
‘Legia said that Extinction was a powerful curse magic that cost one’s life. She even said that it could never be bet with one’s life.’
At least hundreds.
Or more than that.
‘It’s an extinction curse that costs hundreds of lives to cast, and you cast the original on me? It’s so strange.’
Ethan continued reading the magic book with a serious expression on his face.
-The King of Curses, the End of Curses. Annihilation holds a unique position among the many curse spells.
The reason is simple. A curse is not a magic that kills an opponent in one breath.
A curse is something that causes maximum pain over a long period of time.
A curse is when you want the other person to suffer for as long as possible.
In that respect, extinction has an effect that can be called the king of curses.
However, the cost of using it is too high. It requires not only your own life, but also hundreds or thousands of sacrifices, so it is not a curse magic that you can easily try.
Also, because there was so little information about it that no one knew exactly what it was, I have been studying this extinction disease for a long time… … .
Ethan took note of this phrase.
[A curse is something that causes the greatest amount of pain over a long period of time.]
‘It fits the description of extinction.’
Research has revealed that the legendary warlock Sundrake was the one who conceived this vicious curse and sacrificed countless lives to cast the spell.
The number of sacrifices spoken of here was in the hundreds of lives. Even a thousand lives would be needed for complete success.
… … .
… … .
… … .
The following content was information about extinction, which Ethan also knew.
‘Black Mage Thunderdrake.’
But there was also a lot of information that Ethan was new to. It was all written down, from who created the Extinction to what conditions were required to use it.
Ethan, who continued to read the magic book, thought that this magic book might contain a clue to curing extinction disease.
‘It could be.’
Since the details about extinction were recorded in such detail, it was certain that there would be clues to its treatment.
Ethan, who had crammed all the information about extinction into his head.
Before I knew it, I had reached the last chapter of the magic book.
-[Original of Extinction]
Thump-.
Finally, this was the information Ethan had been looking for.
Since it was written as the original of the extinction disease, it was highly likely that the treatment method would also be recorded.
‘Let’s meet up sometime.’
Will we be able to say goodbye to this extinction crisis starting today?
-The author studied this extinction and what on earth Sundrake created it for.
And then I found out.
Originally, extinction was not used as a curse.
—-This———————- is ——————————————————————————————————–
“what.”
The most important parts were overwritten. There were still three pages left, but all of them were overwritten and unreadable.
“Damn, this is the most important part.”
Ethan spat out a curse.
And then the moment I was about to go back.
Shaaaaak-.
Suddenly, the extinction inside my body began to stir.
“Ugh.”
Ethan began to cough violently, the damp, venomous stench of extinction spewing out of his mouth with each cough.
Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah-!
The venom that was pouring out grew uncontrollably. And before Ethan could do anything, the venom completely seeped into the magic book.
“… … What is this.”
The magic book was poisoned. It was as if it had been soaked in poison.
“What’s the matter?”
The librarian who appeared suddenly asked Ethan.
“This… … I’m sorry. It was my mistake that the magic book became like this.”
“yes……?”
The librarian looked puzzled after seeing the magic book Ethan handed him.
“I’m fine.”
“… … .”
It was clearly soaked in poison. It was practically to the point where it had to be thrown away.
‘Can’t you see this poison?’
“It’s okay if it’s a little crumpled.”
“That much is okay.”
The librarian greeted me and then disappeared again in an instant.
‘What the hell is going on?’
Ethan opened the spellbook again. The poison was already seeping into the back of the spellbook.
‘no way.’
As I hastily opened the last page, the overlays that had been covering the content had completely disappeared.
‘The content was deleted on purpose.’
– Anyone reading this sentence right now must have the poison of extinctionism.
The extinction disease I studied was so shocking in its very nature that I decided it was better to leave the truth only for those who suffered from it rather than telling it to everyone.
The essence of extinction is to rot the soul.
It fills the whole body with poison and rots the soul with that poison.
But this isn’t just about tormenting the target and slowly killing them.
It was a vessel created to allow someone to descend into that body.
The legendary warlock Thunderdrake created Extinction for that purpose.
The essence of this extinction disease can be seen as destroying the soul that resides in the body and making it like an empty doll.
So then, what is this being that is trying to descend?
I have discovered its identity after going through a dozen crises.
What Sundrake was trying to bring down through Extinction was a divine being.
‘her.’
The content was quite shocking.
‘So the Extinction itself wasn’t just a simple curse magic, but a magic that created a vessel to summon a divine being?’
It meant that making a vessel for a god by offering hundreds of sacrifices was called extinction.
Ethan frowned.
It is to destroy the soul through annihilation and then use the body as a vessel for resurrection.
-But the poison that the extinction disease contained was so strong that no human could withstand the curse. Therefore, those who were afflicted with the extinction disease were all unable to become vessels and died.
Sundrake despaired and cast an extinction spell on himself. However, he too could not endure the extinction spell and died.
Since then, Extinction has been used for other purposes. It has become a curse magic of great power, and it has become a core force of the Rosicrucian Order that followed Sundrake.
They perfectly analyzed the extinction crisis and used it to punish those who went against their will.
However, over time, cracks developed within the Rosicrucian Order, and the Rosicrucian Order founded by Sundrake split.
‘Rosicrucian?’
Ethan knew the name of the Rosicrucian Order.
‘Followers of the Moon. The previous name of the Dawn Society was the Rosicrucian Society. So the Dawn Society branched off from the Rosicrucian Society.’
– One side said to abandon the extinction and bring down the god in another way, and the other side said to continue the meaning through the extinction of the first leader, Sundrake.
The Rosicrucian Order eventually split. To be precise, those who tried to carry on the will of Sundrake were expelled.
They were driven out, losing everything: everything they knew about extinction, and everything they knew about how to cure it.
‘How can I help you?’
For a moment, Ethan’s eyes lit up.
‘So, does that mean that there is this method on the Saebyeokhoe side?’
However, Ethan was completely unaware of this fact, even though he had been playing until just before becoming an apostle.
Moreover, I had never heard of extinction disease before.
‘That means the Dawn Society has completely overcome extinction.’
After that, the remaining information would have been completely hidden by the believers of the Dawn Society.
‘I guess only a few people know about it.’
It was highly likely that at least three of the top apostles would have knowledge of this information.
‘But this is not certain either. It is too dangerous to go to the dawn meeting just believing what is written here.’
The top apostle is really strong. Also, based on what is written here, it seems that I will have to go to the headquarters of the Dawn Society to find out about this Rosicrucian Society and the Extinction.
‘I don’t think I’d be able to attack alone in my current state even if I had ten lives.’
Still, it was good information. It gave Ethan the truth about extinction and the story behind it that he had not known until now.
‘But one question remains.’
Ethan was struck by the original Extinction.
That means that it wasn’t because someone wanted to be together, but because they were putting an end to Ethan as a sacrifice, that is, to make him a vessel for God.
‘The Dawn Society, which split from the Rosicrucian Society, and those who broke away from that Dawn Society.’
-The believers who did not give up on extinction continued to uphold the legacy of Sundrake, and I was able to learn many things through them.
But they are not good. They are just providing information for a purpose.
Those who suffer from extinction. If you want to cure extinction, find someone with great divine power. That would be much better than the method of divination whose existence is unknown.
After this passage, there was no further content.
“… … .”
Ethan, who had finished reading the book, was silent for a while.
Then he slowly closed the book of grimoire.
Then, the poison that had seeped into the book of magic came out and seeped into Ethan’s body again.
‘It would be nice if it disappeared for a while, but it came back. And it’s not salmon.’
Ethan was impressed.
‘As expected, it’s the palace library. You did well to come in.’
I never thought that I would be able to obtain information about extinction syndrome from the palace library where I entered to obtain better swordsmanship.
“Ugh.”
To beat your opponent, you must understand him.
‘It looks clearer.’
Ethan put his hand near his heart.
“We might say goodbye sooner than you think, Extinction.”
fantasy,
