151. Soul
“······Thank you, Eugene. I won’t give up. Give it to me.”
“I can’t give up. I’ve come too far for that.”
“······Yes.”
Mijung smiled faintly with her eyes closed and rubbed her cheek against my chest.
A colorful expression that I had never seen before.
However, her voice was very weak and intermittent.
I noticed it as soon as I heard her voice.
Regardless of whether the guardian knight was activated or not, this was the Mijung I knew.
However, it was not the same as before.
In the past, Mijung avoided the past and was reluctant to talk about it, but not anymore.
She faced the past and overcame it.
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I am with Mijung in her past.
I am with her now and will be with her in the future.
Mijung chose to leave the path to happiness and suffer with me.
I must take responsibility for that.
I have no intention of abandoning her.
“You. How much do you know about this facility? Even Alicia wouldn’t know about this place······.”
“Well, how much do you know about me, Lord of the Magic Tower?”
“······.”
For a moment, the old man’s lips trembled.
This person may be a genius in magic, but he doesn’t seem to be very good at hiding his expression.
At least it’s clear that this isn’t the first time he’s seen me today.
The question now is whether he is a regressor like me or not······.
“Lord of the Magic Tower. How many times have you done this?”
“······!”
He took the bait.
He tries his best to suppress it, but the slight twitching of his facial muscles is caught by my somatic vision.
I’m not as sharp as Yurina, but I’m also a superhuman, so I can detect the lies and agitation of ordinary people to some extent.
‘You know about regression.’
His reaction was too embarrassing to be completely ignorant.
He understood what I was talking about just by hearing the word ‘regression’.
This man. It is certain that he knows something about regression.
“0th time. So I haven’t succeeded in regression yet.”
“Yes?”
“But how do you know that I’m researching regression? Oh, is that it······. You were also researching regression. I have also devoted my life to believing that the method of separating only the soul and going against the flow of time is correct, but you were trying to send memories instead of souls! I just realized the meaning of the conversation with you! Certainly, that method seems to be more economical and faster······. However, even if it succeeds, it is a fatal problem that only the second person with the same memory will exist, and I will remain in this world line-“
Suddenly, the old man muttered to himself and entered his own world as if he had realized something.
He was wrong.
This person was not a regressor.
He was just an ordinary magician who was researching regression.
Even the fact that he was researching souls was ultimately for the purpose of regression.
It seems that he has experienced a past that he wants to turn back.
After a while.
Only when the old man calmed down was I able to speak to him again.
“Can I go now? Thank you for providing me with the facility.”
“No. I learned more. Not the soul, but the memory······. I have come up with another unexpected method. It would be worth studying. I should be the one thanking you. But can I just take a look at one thing?”
“What is it?”
“The orb in your bag. If you let me take a look at it just once, I think I’ll have no more wishes.”
Are you talking about Kali’s soul stone?
I felt something moving inside, and the old man seemed to have sensed it and was interested.
If I reveal Kali’s soul stone, there is a risk of being tracked by Belpegor or Luna······.
This is the basement of the Magic Tower.
There is no need to worry about being caught in a facility that is completely separated and shielded from the outside world.
The moment I opened the wooden box with peace of mind.
The old man’s eyes widened.
I thought it was because it was the first time he had seen such a large magic stone.
“Hi, hiik······! Please close it again! This is the first time I’ve seen something so horrible!”
“Why?”
“Who the hell did you kill! Whose soul is this so fierce!”
“······?!”
The old man screamed and went crazy with fear.
My body froze at this.
According to the old man who has the ability to see souls······.
‘Kali’s soul?’
This lump of magic.The magic stone is Kali’s soul.
“Now get lost! I think I’ve seen enough!”
“Yes. Thank you······.”
Leaving the old man waving his hand behind us.
We left the white magic tower.
With Mijung holding my hand without hesitation.
······And also with Mumyeong, who was still hiding under my sleeve and shivering.
‘If this is Kali’s soul······.’
I got enough hints.
The identity of this magic stone is Kali’s soul.
And this, when the accumulation is sufficient, changes into ‘some form’.
That form is······.
‘Kali’s true resurrection?’
Is it going back to the form of the soul again?
Kali, who was revived by Luna, was an incomplete being.
Kali’s personality was reconstructed through the memories left in the body, so she spoke and acted like Kali, but she was not completely the same as Kali in her lifetime, such as being obsessed with strange things.
That’s why she must have been greedy as soon as she saw this magic stone.
If she had her soul, Kali could be fully resurrected.
What if I had been robbed of this at that time······?
Maybe Sola would have died as a blood clot and I would have been treated terribly by Kali.
I get goosebumps when I think about it.
‘I have to seal this.’
This is not a random box that you can expect something to come out of.
It’s a terrible, terrible thing.
Kali’s atrocities that I saw in Mijung’s past reinforced that conviction.
“I’m sorry, but resurrection will be difficult.”
“Huh?”
I whispered, stroking Mumyeong, who had peeked his head out from my sleeve, with my little finger.
Perhaps the body that the soul will possess will be Mumyeong.
Kali’s wish will not be fulfilled.
Mumyeong will not become the successor of a monster disguised as a great druid.
I will never let that happen.
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A vast plain.
Suddenly, black energy began to gather on the peaceful field.
The space opened, and a dark figure jumped out from inside.
-Ah, ah! aaa!!!-
A black figure screaming and falling to the floor.
The dignity of the great demon has disappeared.
He just appealed to the pain in an ugly way and barely moved his hand to close the gap in the space that had opened.
-Damn you, Jill Diner! Why did you get involved when you were going to be a pretty idiot until the end······!-
Black blood flowing from the abdomen.
It was a serious fatal wound.
The great demon seemed to be annoyed when he thought that he had been fooled by the saintess’s strategy.
It was not that he did not suspect Sola’s betrayal.
However, when he arrived in Cologne and looked into the situation, Sola was imprisoned and waiting to be executed at the guillotine.
Thinking that he might lose Sola if he delayed, the great demon became impatient.
That impatience took away his time to think.
The great demon stepped into the saintess’s trap.
In an instant, dozens of layers of barriers surrounded the great demon.
At the same time, Sola, who was released from her bonds, drew her sword and rushed in.
Hundreds of wizards appeared and cast magic on the great demon.
There was no problem with that.
It was a surprise attack that was strong enough to break through the siege and escape.
Perhaps a stronger trap could have been prepared, but it must have been deliberately reduced for fear of being discovered if the scale was increased.
That’s why I tried to escape right away, but.
As the saintess’s divine magic was scattered, the great demon’s plan collapsed in an instant.
Whenever the great demon tried to use magic, the saintess’s magic stuck to it, preventing him from casting any magic or sorcery.
A fierce hand-to-hand combat ensued.
The great demon trying to break through the siege and escape, and Sola chasing him to the end to cut off his breath.
I cut his neck several times.
I cut off his arms and legs dozens, hundreds of times.
However, the great demon kept trying to escape by constantly regenerating his flesh.
Although he had lost a lot of strength, the saintess’s magic ran out before the great demon was exhausted.
After dozens of hours of pursuit, the great demon was able to use magic.
He immediately opened the gap in space and succeeded in escaping to an unknown plain.
-Damn you! How did you get your hands on it! What happened to Luna!-
I lost all my energy in vain.
Sola, who was supposed to be one of the Four Heavenly Kings, turned her back on me.Following the recent revocation of ‘His’ authority, I have lost a great deal of strength due to such a large hemorrhage…
-It must be that bastard’s plan!!!-
The mastermind behind this scheme was obvious.
The man who always shows up and interferes whenever the Four Heavenly Kings are involved.
It was definitely the work of that unlucky bastard who looks like a parasite brother and hangs around with the girl bloodsucker.
-If I run into that bastard in my current state, I’m sure I won’t be able to pick up my bones…-
The balance of power has tilted in an instant.
Now that most of the plans that relied on ‘His’ authority have been ruined, the methods for catching that bastard are also very limited.
If this continues, I will only face a disastrous future like Kali, being hunted down one by one.
I need a solution.
And there was only one solution that did not involve borrowing ‘His’ authority.
-I have no choice but to join hands with Luna…-
It’s not very pleasant, but now is the time to pull out the ultimate weapon.
The undead legion.
It was time to bring out Luna’s ultimate weapon.