113 – The Trial of Nothingness – 44
“The door to another dimension has opened… Interesting.”
The Mage Tower is a sanctuary and graveyard for wizards.
At the top of the magic tower, Erzebet, a beautiful woman with impressive gray hair, was talking.
“But I have a question…Why did the door appear for no reason?”
“I came here to ask for your opinion on that.”
“Hmm…”
The best way is to ask Mars about the sword, Solomon about administration, and Elizabeth about magic and strange phenomena.
No matter what anyone says, the only one who is not inferior to me in terms of magical knowledge is Elizabeth.
“The most probable thing is… isn’t it because the world is becoming unstable?”
“Ezebet, do you think so too?”
“Because there is nothing else to guess.”
The world is unstable. If you ask what this phrase means, it really means it literally.
In the first place, this world was a kind of ‘uninhabited island’ made of void mana. In other words, it was not a suitable place for living things to live.
I was born on such a ‘uninhabited island’ for the first time, and I absorbed all the void mana that was covering the world into my body.
Thanks to this, the world has regained stability and new life has begun to emerge.
But…
“It is very likely that the door to that dimension was also created by void mana.”
“Hmm…”
Since the beginning of time, it has absorbed all of the void mana the world has, but it could not directly block the newly created void mana.
Of course, I was able to absorb some of it into my body, but how can I stop the multiplication of void mana from all over the world by myself?
“Your Majesty doesn’t know either. That the collapse of the world is approaching.”
“Isn’t that why you are looking for an alternative?”
“Ah…The system or something?”
“Yes.”
It sounds obvious, but I have no intention of just watching this world perish.
I will protect everything that exists in this world. Even at the cost of my life. Because that would be the role of a king and a ‘god’ that the people hold up.
“But the system is too absurd a theory. It is a kind of bug that crushes the laws of the world itself.”
“Since we have come to a situation where there must be such a bug, isn’t it inevitable?”
“Haa… I don’t know, Your Majesty. Maybe it’s because they think that letting the world perish is one way.”
Leave destruction alone?
Ezebet She won’t know. What does this world mean to me?
I have lived alone for tens of thousands, no, hundreds of thousands of years. Solomon is the first creature he meets after enduring eons of time. He was the current advisor. The next guy I met was Mars.
There are only 3 living things in this vast world. Maybe I would have gone crazy long ago if it wasn’t for them.
But because they were there, I was able to build the country, because they were there, I gathered the people with rain, and because they were there, I was able to become king.
To leave such a world alone to perish? No, I will never do that. It is nonsense to throw away this country that has been built up for thousands of years.
“Your Majesty, all living things have a lifespan. The same applies to inanimate objects. This world also has a lifespan, and we must follow its providence.”
“No, saying that all living things have a lifespan is just an absurd theory. Am I not the living witness?”
“…….”
Ezebet put on a pitiful expression and caressed my cheek with the palm of her hand.
“….Are you already at your limit?”
“…….”
I tried to refute. But I couldn’t.
Because I know very well how my condition is.
All the people regard me as a god and worship me, but in the end, I am also a living being and an intelligent body. They have feelings, they know fatigue, they feel the transience of time.
My age? I haven’t counted since a million years have passed. Thousands, maybe even billions.
How is your mind? I do not know either. It may be normal, it may be in a state of exhaustion, it may be in a state of madness. However, considering that he could do the minimum duties as a king, he wouldn’t be crazy.
Maybe
“Your Majesty has worked hard. You worked hard. You are also senile.”
“….It sounds like you know me well.”
“I have tried to capture all of Your Majesty’s habits, traits and personality over the past decades. To stand by His Majesty’s side as soon as possible.”
“..What about an old man who is about to die…”
“To die. I don’t accept that. Isn’t that why you are studying reincarnation magic day and night?”
“Even if it’s called reincarnation magic…”
“It’s fine even if it’s not in this life. Even the next life is fine. I will definitely stand by your Majesty’s side. Please think of it as a simple child’s stubbornness.”
“……”
I sometimes feel it, but it’s really hard to read Elizabeth’s thoughts.
What the hell is going on in that little head? Is it because you really love me? Or do I just love the position I have?
I don’t know that either.
But no matter what kind of heart she has or what she thinks, she is my subject, and she is the limb that has inherited my power.
The fact that he is a very important person to me will never change.
“Ah, come to think of it, there is one thing I want to tell you, Your Majesty.”
“…Tell me something? What is it?”
“Actually, there has been some progress with reincarnation magic lately.”
“Ohhh…That sounds very nice.”
It seems that the research on reincarnation magic, which has not progressed in the past five years, has finally come to fruition.
Well, it would be a very narrow step, but that alone is an achievement worthy of praise.
“Is there anything you want? Let me listen to anything.”
“Then…”
“Oh, except for s*x, of course.”
“Sheesh.”
Since the last time her Veronica’s Blood Magic subordination incident happened, I avoided her relationship with her.
After she found out that Erzebet was aiming for her position as queen, she didn’t want to leave behind any regrets.
If she had a relationship with Erzebeth, and on the day she had a child…….
‘…Why does Veronica’s face suddenly come to mind?’
In fact, even if I make a child, no one will argue. No matter what anyone says, I was the king and god of this country. Rather, the number of people who will open the festival saying it is good will fill 100 wagons.
But why? This feeling of feeling unnecessarily guilty.
-Your Majesty will take all my beginnings.
“……”
In an instant, beautiful obsidian black hair and red ruby eyes flashed into my mind.
As soon as he turned 20, he boldly asked to have his first experience. Cute was really cute…
‘No, this isn’t it..!’
Quickly organizing my thoughts and making up my mind, I opened my mouth to Elizabeth with a solemn expression on my face.
“Is there anything else you want?”
“…I can’t think of anything right away. Your majesty.”
Ezebet sticks out her lips as if she is openly pouting. But what can’t be can’t be done.
“Well then, feel free to talk about it anytime later, and for now, I’m going to entrust you with the investigation of the ‘door’.”
“Hmm, if you want…”
There is probably no magician as clever as Elizabeth when it comes to dimensions-related theories. So, let’s leave the matter of her ‘door’ to her first and watch her situation.
“If it were you, I’d take care of myself…But you must never go inside the door. Got it?”
“I’m not Veronica, am I?”
Actually, I’m a little worried. It was because Erzebet knew that her interest in magic research was great.
Still, at least he knows how to distinguish between public and private life, so you don’t have to worry too much. And more than anything else, there are people you really have to worry about.
“…I have to say something to the Prime Minister. So that Veronica doesn’t hear any information about ‘The Door’.”
“I agree.”
That horse When Lady Gwang-ryang hears about the door, she doesn’t know what to do. It’s not really a lie, but out of curiosity, you could go inside the ‘door’ and never come back.
“Then I will go back now. I have finished all my business.”
“I will escort you.”
“It’s okay. What is an escort…”
Quaaagh-!!!!!
The moment I tried to separate Elizabeth from following me to the bottom of the magic tower. A loud roar was heard outside.
“?!”
“…This mana can’t be…”
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Extremely concentrated mana felt with a loud explosion sound.
“Such intense and violent mana… Is it Void mana…”
“I guess so.”
This is nonsense. There are very few beings who can use void mana, and moreover, all of those very few are my subordinates. There must be a restriction on the use of void mana without my permission, but why…?
“Your Majesty!”
“I know! [Transition]!”
The current action I need to take is to understand and deal with this situation as quickly as possible. To do so, I moved to the place where I heard the roar through [Transfer].
Then a tremendous sight unfolded before my eyes.
“This…Is this…?”
Disaster.
These are the words that came to my mind when I saw the scene unfolding before my eyes.
The main street plaza that commoners use the most… No, now we should call it the downtown plaza that commoners used the most.
“I can’t believe it…”
Erzebeth, who followed me and used [Transfer], Couldn’t help but swallow his words as she saw the sight that came into her own eyes.
“…It seems like we have less time left than we thought.”
“……”
The plaza was a mess as the enormous concentration of void mana amplified.
Forges, cafes, restaurants, taverns, and inns all exploded due to void mana, making it difficult to recognize their shapes.
Of course, no one was visible. It was caught in an explosion and disappeared without a trace.
“…A natural explosion from void mana generation…”
The world is collapsing.
By the Void.
[You have cleared the test of nothingness.]
[You have acquired Rod (3/12).]
[You have acquired the Void King (4/12).]
[The Void King (4/12)]
– Significantly increases the stats of all void beings.
-The powers of the 11th seat are partially opened.
-There is a very low chance that the king’s power will be temporarily dispelled.
-Can absorb void mana into the body.(New)
– You can appoint (Supreme Judge, Tower Master, Knight Commander, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??).
-Seal (8/12)
[The guild leader has already been appointed.]