Episode 124
space rang.
No, it was good to see that the world was responding.
Magical power fluctuated and flocked to the center of the new station, and the taut skein trembled as if it were dragging something.
“This, what is this… .”
Grandel could not hide his bewildered emotions as he watched the new character vibrating according to Allen’s declaration.
The length of life they lived was different, and the time they accumulated was different. They come from different backgrounds and have different experiences. However, how can we accept this?
“… Mana’s oath?”
He couldn’t understand.
No, it wouldn’t be a different opinion just because it was another Matapju other than him.
Those with magical powers can express their opinions to the world.
However, not all of those declarations are realized. I just sit as an invisible witness and judge, but what a response on such a large scale.
“I just changed my mind.”
Allen moved forward with a calm face.
A huge scale appeared behind him. The central space vibrated and soared enormously, and a guillotine was placed above the created judgment table.
“I limit my magic with a simple oath, but what if I make more special preparations? I thought it would provoke a reaction beyond that.”
In fact, the speculation was fulfilled.
Allen’s new role had many shortcomings when viewed objectively.
He also lacked understanding of his magic, and did not know exactly the principles of magic.
If Grandel hadn’t been distracted by something else, he might have escaped.
if time passes.
If the understanding of the magic of fate was further improved, and more research was preceded, Allen would surely have made a new role.
A new role in a cleaner form that is different from the current one.
But I couldn’t.
Enemies to face in the future and secrets still undiscovered.
In order to overcome all those moments, ordinary things were not enough.
The deity does not change.
Once built, it stays with the wizard for life, does not change and does not become stronger separately.
Because it is complete by itself.
As Allen’s skills increase, there will be more things he can do in the new role, but that doesn’t mean that the new role gets stronger.
Thinking about the future, I had no choice but to think that that was not enough.
He made a decision based on the clues he got from Whith’s answer, Grandel’s answer, and Mana’s oath and the possibility of fate magic.
“If my actions correspond to the universal good of the world, I become stronger.”
If you can’t make yourself stronger, you can weaken your opponent.
“My motives are strengthened when they are judged to be legitimate reasons in general perception.”
If you don’t have enough power, you can borrow it.
“If the justification of an end leads to a correct future outcome, it is judged to be right.”
The scale began to tilt.
“We take our actions so far as our axis, and take our future actions as hostages.”
The scale tilted again.
“So I am justified.”
As soon as Allen finished speaking, the new role was completed.
Urðarbrunnr
The skeins are gathered to form the well of fate where time is stagnant.
The definition of good and evil
Above it appeared a scale to determine good and evil, right and wrong, according to Allen’s mantra.
single-headed execution
A guillotine was set up for execution by cutting off the head.
For that purpose, he eroded his divine nature by attaching complex conditions, and overlapping possibilities by directly declaring his own limitations.
“Of course, vice versa.”
“Unbelievable… .”
Grandel trembled like an aspen and stepped back.
“… You dare say that the world supports your actions? How does that make sense! After all, aren’t you just rationalizing your actions? But, do you gain strength from it?”
Grandel’s eyes turned to the scales, the judgment seat, and the guillotine.
He could understand what Allen was saying. So he couldn’t understand any more. What does that mean?
Justice? universal justice?
“Where do you decide that?”
Grandel couldn’t admit it. Little by little, strength began to drain out of his body. He’s not saying he’s wrong if he says he’s right.
The feeling of being judged for my life, purpose, and actions was terrifying.
I’ve never had a situation like this happen in my decades of life.
“You did. He thinks he is right.”
So isn’t the opposite possible?
Allen sneered coldly at Grandel, who gradually lost his strength and became weak.
“Do you have more to say? Give me time to make excuses.”
Grandel was silent.
A seasoned sorcerer, he didn’t try to show his blemish easily.
However, soon Grandel had no choice but to harden his expression.
“… … Have you ever seen such a madman?”
Grandel chuckled. The more he kept silent, the more he felt the ring inside his heart dissipate.
Allen smiled softly when Grandel glared at him and asked what the problem was.
“… Are you out of your mind? You mean to impose a ban on your new role?”
If you are silent, your magic power is scattered. Like the oath of Mana.
As Grandel’s expression distorted at the terrible situation, Allen asked again.
“Are you ready to answer me now?”
“Yeah, what are you curious about?”
He asked the question with a face of giving up, but Allen was not vigilant.
“Then I ask, what’s the reason you’ve been killing prospects so far?”
“Of course they broke the wizard’s taboo… .”
Grandel, who was speaking, clenched his teeth. Even if he put a lie in his mouth, his magical power was scattered.
Do you have to bear such a disadvantage just for the function of a new role? Abandoning all other possibilities?
“Sinner, one last chance to plead.”
At those words, Grandel finally couldn’t stand it and shouted.
“I! Do you know why I broke your brother’s circle!”
“Then why! Do you know if I took the lives of others?”
“I don’t even know.”
“all!”
His face turned red, revealing his desperation and obsession.
“It was to save the world.”
The scale tilted a little.
Seeing that, Grandel squeezed all his strength. He now knew that if he didn’t overturn the plate, he would weaken himself endlessly and he would eventually die.
“You don’t know, but the world has already been destroyed time and time again!”
Again the scale tilted.
“The transfer of the ancient empire! Dragons and giants before! Many times before that, the world has been destroyed!”
“Do you know what the cause is? No, I don’t know. Simple. Because of a genius like your brother. One such genius leads the flow of the times!”
The scale has regained its level.
“When an age reaches a singularity because of that one, the world perishes. for what reason? that, that… .”
As he was about to open his mouth, a white book opened behind Allen’s. No, it was about to open.
A translucent skein of thread connected to the air wrapped around the book.
The white book struggled over and over again, but couldn’t get out of it, and in the end, Grandel’s words continued.
“Because a living calamity is coming.”
“… A living disaster?”
The scale, which had found the level, began to tilt in the other direction.
“I don’t know the name. All I know is that it’s a gray monster. Do you think all known ruins in the world are? you’re welcome!”
He proceeded cautiously, as if afraid of anyone listening. Allen’s eyes were dimmed at the sight of the 7th rank wizard.
“Since there are a lot of materials that have been passed down from the previous generations, I came to know through him. If it stays like this, the world will perish.”
There was no lie on his face, as if he truly believed it.
“Look at the world now! Don’t you see that the times are about to change? I mean, I am so afraid of that!”
Allen remembered the carriage he rode when he came to the tower. Then he thought of the festival of Elpis, and the information of the future.
“That’s why you broke your brother’s circle. The talent for recognizing mana as her tiny particles… Because it was too dangerous.”
Now, the scales have largely shifted to Grandel’s side.
“This is it! When I couldn’t kill, he broke the circle, and when I couldn’t move, he gave me a whistle. I mean, all of this was to save the world!”
Breathing heavily, Grandel felt a boiling power in his body. he smiled sly. The force that had limited him until now was now helping him.
The moment he opened his mouth as he gradually regained his confidence, Allen answered.
“Is that the end?”
Allen walked slowly with an indifferent expression.
“Then let’s start arguing.”
First, the biggest contradiction in his words.
“Then why didn’t you kill the Empress Dowager?”
Grandel, who was about to argue something, shut his mouth.
“To save the world? Ha, that’s funny. What about leaving the strongest wizard of the time?”
“… I was thinking of taking a break someday.”
The scales tilted at his ugly excuses.
“… that.”
Grandel’s expression distorted at the sight of the scale that had changed to a horizontal one.
“Second, can you be sure that the action was done only with justice?”
“okay! I am only the world… .”
“You said you weren’t involved in the dark battle of the tower?”
Grandel paused.
Allen smiled bitterly.
“Grandel, there are quite a few missing people behind the work you did to become a machinist. What sin are they?”
After all, he must have had the talent to change the world, right?
“that… May they give birth to talented wizards in the future… !”
“Because I thought there was… .”
Grandel had no choice but to stop talking at the ever-inclined scale.
“Finally, I ask you again, Grandel.”
Grandel glared at Allen with a face that was years old.
“Do you still think you are right?”
Grandel looked at the scales with bloodshot eyes.
The scale, more than half turned toward Allen, was waiting for his answer.
He clenched his teeth and raised his magic power.
Even if I answered here, I was at a disadvantage.
“Ahhhhh! die!”
A powerful shockwave the size of a fist created by the gathering of all his magical powers was directed at Allen.
The final form of the shock wave he used most often, who helped him learn the first magic.
Allen raised his hand.
“Is that your answer?”
The judging table, which stood alone, vibrated and emitted light, blocking the attack on Allen.
“Die, I mean die!”
Grandel’s powers began to constantly weaken, and Allen’s powers increased accordingly.
Seeing that, Allen pondered a lot.
“I wanted to save my brother.”
Because he couldn’t forget his younger brother.
“I wanted to remain as a good person.”
Because he was afraid of how his brother would see him after everything was over.
“I wanted to save the people around me.”
Because I wanted to relieve the guilt of the past.
The process of realizing one’s truth is different for everyone.
At first it was Julius, then it was guilt, and in the end it was the wind.
Because of that, I was shaken, worried, and neglected.
“I will not hesitate.”
The moment the scales of both arms are completely tilted,
Allen lowered his hand.
judgment of good and evil
The guillotine hovering in the air drew a huge figure. A pure white light was splitting the space.
snip-
The criminal’s head was cut off.