Episode 152
“That’s probably why Lathea tested you. Destroying the tower… is literally the sa as rebelling against your status.”
“I guess you wanted to check your skills. “Because I plan on not even thinking about it without having overwhelming power like Leoric.”
“But you proved it like you were.”
Namgung quietly listened to the elders’ stories.
“The child must have shown your strength to get us to give permission.”
“Because she is Leoric’s daughter.”
“…what? “Didn’t you say that Leoric finished his coming-of-age ceremony when the 15th door opened?”
At their words, Namgung cleared his throat and asked back.
“What’s strange about that? “Having a coming-of-age ceremony ans you have beco an adult.”
“Well, that’s true, but…”
“You shouldn’t judge by appearances. “Our ti has stopped, but the ti that has passed is hundreds and thousands… no, it is an uncountable amount of ti.”
“Have you been trapped in this tower for that long?”
Namgung could not help but be surprised once again. This world, where there were only monsters, was literally like a carnival going on.
“Because it’s a prison, not a place for a peaceful life. Still, I’m glad. Because the family can be together. “Otherwise we would probably have gone crazy.”
“Then why was Leoric in my dinsion?”
“That was…”
That was then.
“I’ll tell you that.”
Namgung could tell that the soft voice coming from outside the cave was Latea.
“You did sothing pretty cute.”
“I’m sorry. “It’s surprising that you returned, but I couldn’t easily believe that you were going to destroy the tower.”
“But even so, it’s funny that my strength is proven just by hunting down a basilisk.”
“Because it is the most powerful thing here.”
Latea responded with a bitter smile to Namgung’s scolding.
“There might be one that’s stronger.”
“…what?”
Sreung –
It was then.
Leoric’s dagger, which he was holding, was aid at Lathea’s neck.
“Yes, you. Leoric’s daughter? If his blood were flowing, it would be quite useful. “Shouldn’t we at least catch the head of the clan so that other clans will also be convinced?”
“r stop!!”
“What are you doing now?”
The elders were shocked and shouted at Namgung’s words, but Lathea looked at the dagger with sad eyes.
“It would also be an honor to die with that sword. But I can’t die yet. “I heard about your father from you.”
She slowly lowered the dagger aid at her throat with her fingertips.
“….”
The tip of the dagger he was holding slowly lowered.
Despite her small stature, Namgung looked at her with greater strength than expected.
“The reason the Father can be in your dinsion is because he is the Revelator.”
“…Revelator? Didn’t you say that your Yoran will be able to demonstrate his true power after the coming-of-age ceremony? “I heard that a coming-of-age ceremony was held during the carnival.”
“that’s right. My father is a bit of a special revelation. “Every carnival is governed by eight Aspects, but in the dinsion we were in, there were nine Aspects.”
“Nine people?”
Namgung felt doubtful about her words.
A being of phase but not of phase.
I knew soone like that.
It is the sa entity as the na of this tower.
“Woo(无)….”
“That’s right.”
Latea smiled and nodded, as if she was surprised by his realization.
“When my father had his coming-of-age ceremony, Wu awakened and he chose my father as his revealer and participated in the battle of the phases.”
“That’s how Leoric ended the carnival… Doesn’t that an that Wu won the battle of the Aspects?”
“yes. “Both of them rose to power.”
“The more I understand it, the less I understand it. But why is it that they are trapped in the Weeping Tower, and why is Leoric in my dinsion as an exile, with only his soul left behind?”
“The problem is that they were dethroned before they ca to power.”
“…hmm?”
“My father won the battle for the throne, and Wu rose to the highest position among the nobles. “The two of them are at an inflection point that will change the world.”
“They say Leoric tried to revive all the victims of the Carnival… What did Wu want?”
“He wanted to destroy all remaining aspects.”
It was a shocking story.
But at the sa ti, it was a mont where I understood why Woo was sealed.
“The greats were defeated, but no one took his decision literally.”
“Of course. “There is no way they will leave alone soone who wants to destroy them.”
“In the end, Wu was sealed and my father was banished to another dinsion. However, just before being sealed, Woo was able to conceal his father’s existence using his own magic.”
“Is that possible?”
“I’m not sure, but… Wu said he was older than anyone else.”
Latea said in a low voice,
“But that power is not absolute. What you can do is bend your principles. “It is said to make sothing that exists not exist… or to make sothing that does not exist exist.”
“It makes sothing that exists not exist… Is that why the Aspects didn’t know about Leoric?”
“Wu (无) twisted the mories of the Aspects. For his revealer.”
‘So that’s how it happened….’
It was a joy to see the puzzle co together, but Namgung felt like his mind was becoming complicated due to their unexpected past.
‘Is it really just a coincidence that Leoric’s soul and I t in a past life?’
And in this life, I t Woo, whom I did not know in my previous life.
It was surprising that the two were related to the Aspect and the Revelator, but it also bothered that I was caught between them like a link.
‘There is one thing I don’t know yet.’
Namgung’s intuition said so.
“so? “What do you think?”
“I’ll help you et Woo.”
“….”
“We will need his power to destroy the tower.”
“That’s nonsense. The Aspects are not fools… If I could et him, would they have sent to the tower?”
“Of course it’s impossible.”
Namgung frowned at her incomprehensible words.
“Stature is testing you and us with the sweet reward of freedom. So that sothing like that doesn’t happen again. “In order to elect those who do not rebel against them.”
Wow…
Latea grabbed the dagger that was being held by Namgung.
“But for humans, expectations exist to be broken.”
“What do you plan on doing?”
“I told you. “I am Leoric’s daughter.”
“…!!!!”
It happened in an instant.
She slit her own throat with the sword she was holding.
Sigh—!!
Red blood spurted from the half-cut neck.
“What are you doing!!”
Namgung shouted and hugged her as she fell.
“…the helt.”
She said, holding his arm as he tried to take out the dicine while holding his bleeding neck.
“what?”
“Give your father’s helt.”
“What does that an? Only the dead can use Leoric’s helt…”
At that mont, Namgung realized.
Why did she cut her own throat with a dagger?
“No way, you….”
“Exit the tower. And fulfill the wish that my father and Woo could not achieve.”
She spoke in a low voice with her mouth full of blood.
Sssshhhh…!!!
And then he flipped his helt over with all his might.
▶【Lord Leoric’s Helt】was used.
▶ Only the dead can bring out the power of the helt.
“…Kaaaaaaaaah!!!”
The black smoke billowing from her helt sharply penetrated her entire body.
Black smoke penetrated every pore of her body, including her mouth, nose, ears, and even pores, and she scread in pain.
▶ The power of the helt is limited if used by soone other than the owner.
▶ Leoric’s lineage has been confird.
▶ You can use part of the power of the helt.
▶ Mortification of the dead is possible.
Crash!!
Churrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr…!!
The facepiece of the helt fell down to fra her face. Like Leoric in his previous life, a red glow blood from the eyes hidden by the helt.
[Is this… the world my father saw?]
She muttered in a low voice, caressing the helt that covered her face.
“Can you speak? “Is he even alive?”
Namgung looked a little surprised at Lathea’s appearance.
This is because Leoric, who had made a contract with him in his previous life, only knew each other’s intentions through the spirit system, and it was impossible to communicate verbally.
[Barely… But I feel like I’ve beco sothing other than myself. It is an intimidating feeling as if the helt will swallow you up and disappear if there is even a little gap.]
Lathea touched the helt and spoke in a strained voice.
[But I feel it. With this, you will be able to open the door to Woo in the basent of the tower.]
“Are you going to be okay?”
[Are you worried? Rather, I am happy. I t you with your father’s helt. You are not the first stranger to the tower. There were countless people like you before that.]
She looked at Namgung.
[They are all people who rebelled against their status. But since coming here, none of them have kept that will. Everyone just wanted to kill us and escape from the tower.]
He placed his hand on Namgung’s cheek.
He flinched –
Namgung’s shoulders trembled unconsciously as her hands were as cold as ice.
I couldn’t feel it because I was able to talk to her, but I couldn’t find any life in her anymore.
[But you were different. He told us of his intention to destroy the tower from start to finish. I’m trying to believe it.]
“I guess it’s not just that. Be honest. “You knew I was related to Leoric, right?”
[Click…]
“Since when? “I don’t think we said anything like that when I t you.”
[From the first ti I saw it.]
“…What?”
[Because his scent was all over you. It’s the sll I’ve slled since childhood.]
Namgung lifted his sleeve at her words, but all he could feel was the sll of basilisk blood.
[Just as a father cannot forget his children, there is no way for a child to forget his father.]
Even though he could not be seen behind the helt, Latea seed to be smiling at his appearance.
[I hope you do too. Isn’t that right?]
Namgung stood blankly for a mont, as if at a loss for words at her words.
“…Right.”
I nodded.
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