The Academy’s Weakest Became A Demon-Limited Hunter chapter 257

257 – Secret Research (3)

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Instinct brought out the memory. Dorothy’s face in her nightmares, which she often saw, overlapped with the woman in front of her.

He lost his life along with the floating island and was unable to protect it.

I instinctively recognized that the first Dorothy I had ever met was this woman.

I moved one step forward without even realizing it, but when I moved my foot, the scenery only moved that much further away. This was just a hallucination playing in my eyes.

[Hello, Chanin.]

It was hallucinations.

“Dorothy… .”

Dorothy Gale approaches across the icy lake. Step by step, the waves spread like ripples in the calm lake where not even the cool breeze freezes.

The drooping white dress was spotlessly clean even in the pouring rain of blood. It was because the magic of starlight was wrapped around Dorothy’s skin to block the rain.

It was supreme and holy.

I used to call Dorothy a goddess as a joke, but the Dorothy in front of me seemed really close to the concept of a goddess.

Dorothy stopped in front of me. Despite her age, her beauty remained the same. The color of her lips was clear, perhaps because she had applied red rouge, and her eyes contained mysterious star clouds where stars were created.

[I leave this message in the hope that it will reach you someday.]

“… … ?”

[It’s not a conversation, so even if you talk to me, I’ll only say what I have to say. As long as the evil spirits are alive, this is the only thing I can convey to that world. I’m sorry I couldn’t help you properly.]

I guess… . expected

A book written by Dorothy Gale mentions that she was ‘on the verge of losing her mind’. In other words, the Dorothy in front of me must be the girl from the past.

It seems that one of the reasons Dorothy asked Arya was to convey this message to me.

Arya’s arrogant research, challenging the truth, could not have been noticed in the underworld. A pattern that took advantage of the gap with the underworld.

Recall what you saw on page 5 of the unknown book. It was said that if any god intervened in this world, the ‘victory’ of the evil god would be assured. I don’t know what that means. In the end, it seemed that he left a message like this.

He looked at Dorothy face to face.

[I don’t remember who you are. But I know you tried to save me. That you looked at me as a woman, that you loved me. So I decorated it a bit. how is it… ?]

Dorothy was shy, messing with her hair.

how is it It was such a lovely look.

[Big, aside from that… .]

Dorothy cleared her throat and looked around.

[This is an ice lake. end everywhere. bottom of all places. It’s somewhere far away from where you are.]

A view of an ice lake full of ice blocks. There was a hole of unfathomable size in the sky, and above it was only pitch-black darkness.

The ice lake was as bright as midday because it emitted its own magical power.

The bloody rain did not stain the ice lake, as clear and pure as the blue sky, and sank beneath the falling lake.

The contrasting combination of the eerie sky and the beautiful lake made me feel a sense of mystery and wonder.

[by the way. I’ll get to the point.]

Dorothy looked at me again. Her expression became serious.

[It’s a sad story, but if you go on like this, you won’t be able to defeat the evil spirit.]

what?

[You must have been embarrassed… . I’ll tell you this story first. Strong demons are born with authority. The same goes for evil spirits.]

In ＜Merhen’s Magic Knight＞, it was not revealed what kind of power the evil god had.

It was just powerful, and it wasn’t revealed throughout the fight in the game.

What kind of authority do you have if you are the apex of the demons and the evil god?

[The power possessed by the evil god is the ‘power of killing God’. When a god sets foot in that world, he has the ability to instantly take a life, absorb it, and become stronger. All gods are not compatible with evil gods. That’s why no one can help you directly.]

“… … .”

what is that.

It was an absurd story.

But the understanding goes. The gods did not intervene in the battle against the evil gods. In the first place, the only gods mentioned in the game were the main god, the heavenly god, and the evil god. Even Jushin was just a religion. There was no opportunity for the power of evil spirits to be exercised.

Hearing that, I knew. Why did the divine beings stay still when all worlds were destroyed, and why did it say that when a god intervened, the victory of the evil god was confirmed?

[When the evil spirit is resurrected, everything will be over. So someone had to defeat the evil god, and that person had to be someone other than a god. That’s why you were chosen. I do not know the selection criteria.]

Dorothy stretched her right index finger up. A group of stars rose above it, forming a small image of an evil god. It was like a little doll.

[However, there was no way to defeat the evil god in the infinite future that the gods saw. It was inevitable that you couldn’t defeat the evil god at first. So the gods came up with this method.]

Then, Dorothy stretches her left index finger upward to create a cluster of stars.

On the left index finger, the magic of starlight was carved in the form of a small evil god. The evil god created on the right was destroyed with a fist.

[How to reverse time entirely and get help from inevitable failure.]

reverse time?

[They say there is a being that can control time. Right now, I can’t move because I’m sealed by the evil god, but when the evil god destroys everything, the seal will be released. I heard that you have already turned back time once.]

A being that turns back time.

The system window I saw in Trial of Sandstone came to mind. There was a message in the system window to survive until reset.

It was said that the existence that made this possible was now in the ice lake.

[There was a huge risk that you were defeated by the evil spirit and had to survive somehow, but fortunately things worked out.]

1st round, 2nd round.

That expression was just my easy-to-understand way of calling it.

That even overturning time was a route to defeating evil spirits. It was not a retry, it was still a continuum.

Of course, I couldn’t understand the exact context, but Dorothy’s continued words cleared some of my doubts.

[The flow of time that has gone back cannot interfere with someone like me. It seems like I’ve become a bit of a big person after I died… . No, I don’t think being a person is an appropriate expression.]

Dorothy laughed.

It means that even if everyone’s time went back, it wasn’t Dorothy.

If I recall Dorothy’s ability I had seen, it was not difficult to infer what kind of existence she had become.

One of the conditions for a person who can reach a transcendental realm to finally reach that realm. death.

Dorothy, who lost her life using the [Supernova Explosion], became something like the witch at the candy store that Gretel loved.

[I remember meeting someone after I died. I’ve heard everything I’m saying right now, and everything about you. But no matter how much I think about who told the story, I can’t remember… .]

It must be ‘Hicks’. Developer of ＜Merhen’s Magic Knight＞. Who else is there besides them?

He couldn’t understand why Dorothy couldn’t remember who she was talking to.

Did Hicks deliberately prevent Dorothy from remembering? Or have I simply forgotten?

If the former, why?

[Anyway, I promised to help you as a result. And when I woke up, the time of that world had already gone back once.]

Dorothy put her hand on her chest.

[I am the one who sent the Primordial Demon Beast that lived in the Ice Lake to you. He is free, not bound by anything. I decided it was suitable to be your strength. He also chose to make you his master.]

I couldn’t subdue the floating island in the first playthrough.

However, in the second round, I was able to subdue the floating island thanks to the Primordial Demon Beast – Diakan serving as my master.

how could you do that

Dorothy was talking now that the answer to that question was herself.

I, who was trying to save Dorothy, instead received help from Dorothy in front of me.

To defeat an unbeatable foe.

[Did I save you well?]

Dorothy was just a game piece.

[Excuse me, but… , I would like to know one thing.]

Dorothy lost everything.

[Do you two love each other now?]

However, Geari smiles slyly and asks me.

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My fists are shaking, and my throat is choking. Dorothy’s question became a sharp awl and hacked into my heart.

[Nihihi. I’ll never hear the answer anyway… .]

Dorothy came closer to me. Soon, her expression turned serious.

[However, even with the Primordial Demon, you won’t be able to defeat the evil spirit. No matter how strong your colleagues are, no matter how strong the child of light becomes. It’s true that the stronger you become, the better the situation is, but it’s still not enough to defeat the evil god.]

After all, Hicks, who brought me into this world, said that, right?

“So what?”

If she sacrificed Dorothy in front of her eyes and couldn’t defeat the evil god even after shedding all kinds of sh*t, what would she say to me?

In ＜Merchen’s Magic Knight＞, Ian defeated the evil god. What is the game?

A feeling of frustration came over me.

[I’m not saying there’s no hope. I’m just saying that there are two ways to increase your chances of winning. the way i was told It will be my mission to convey that method.]

Dorothy lowered her eyes.

[This… It was something that could not be left in a book.]

If you leave a record in a book, someone can see it.

It seemed that he was about to say something so important or cruel that it should have blocked even the possibility of it.

After a pause, Dorothy said.

[The first of these two methods is the most realistic. If you succeed, your odds of winning will increase considerably. It is also the reason I gave you the power to save another me.]

I had a bad feeling.

[That is, hitting the evil god with a [supernova explosion].]

“no.”

Passed it gently.

The condition for casting the 9-star starlight attribute magic [Supernova Explosion] is Dorothy’s life.

Go to the final stage and sacrifice the present Dorothy, who has somehow been saved?

In the first place, in order to make the option of sacrificing Dorothy in the final phase, he gave me the power of the Primordial Demon Beast?

I couldn’t accept it.

I could never accept it.

[…] You’d probably say no.]

Dorothy seemed to have already guessed my feelings.

Even if you don’t remember who I am, you said you remembered that I liked you.

[But the second method is close to impossible.]

“say.”

The first method is completely off topic, given that Dorothy has to be sacrificed.

If so, you should choose the second method.

[The second method is that you come to the Ice Lake.]

Is this the place that is reflected in my sight now?

[To live, come here, and obtain the ultimate in ice elemental magic.]

Then Dorothy spoke.

With a living body, go against the truth and head to the underworld.

Everything in the underworld will target me.

Even Myungwang will block my path.

throw yourself into hell

Defeat the gatekeeper, the first ice emperor, Veronica Aslius, and reach the Ice Lake.

There, to meet the transcendent who was sealed by the evil god, and to learn the ultimate ice magic.

That would increase the chances of defeating the evil spirits without sacrificing anyone.

‘The second method.’

[This is what I was trying to say. Please, I hope this message has been delivered to you.]

Dorothy stepped away from me with a backward step and looked at me in silence for a while.

He looked deep in thought. The status window didn’t open anyway because it was a hallucination, so I just stared into Dorothy’s mysterious eyes.

[then.]

Then Dorothy waved her hand, turned her back, and walked toward the little house.

I was silently staring at Dorothy’s back, lost in thought.

“Ah,” Dorothy paused.

[I will emphasize only one.]

Dorothy looked back at me.

[Never trust her who is helping you in the most intuitive way.]

“what?”

There was no answer either.

Dorothy hurried her steps again.

The scenery of the ice lake that had been in sight along with her back as she left faded away in an instant.

What fills the field of vision in succession is pitch-black darkness.

“… Itzak!”

And a familiar voice is heard.

“Isaac!”

“… … !!”

I opened my eyes.

In my field of vision, I could see the worried face of Arya Lilias looking down at me.