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Chapter 330
Unspoken Purpose
He moved his eyes, trying to grasp the situation.
Angrem, who had become a corpse; Olivia, who had been freed; and Ferda.
"Is Angrem dead?"
"Yes."
"It seems Angrem informed you of what would happen... and you went and did another foolish thing."
Еn̂ ů m ä
Gokma spoke, then shook his head and corrected himself.
"No, I suppose one should say you liberated Angrem from her life as a puppet."
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It was as if Gokma knew what kind of life she had lived.
Or perhaps, where death is concerned, everything is a blessing.
"Will you fight me?"
He asks.
Ё n um̆а . i̊ d̊
"If I must."
"Foolish. Even if my condition isn't good right now, it's impossible for you as you are now."
"Do you think I'll just stand by?"
Olivia, who had been acting frail, glared at Gokma with venom in her eyes.
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Gokma laughed as if it were ridiculous.
"You intervening is no different from a minnow getting caught in a net, Princess. Above all, I have no interest in you."
Enu mâ . і̊ d
If Ferda were in Gokma's position, he would have said the same.
Olivia was too weak to be treated as a full-fledged opponent.
"How about this, Regent-nim."
Gokma proposed to Ferda.
"I'll send the Princess back."
"You'll send the Princess back?"
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"Bringing the Princess here was merely bait I cast. We had different purposes, and we used each other for those purposes. And the Princess has achieved her objective. Now it's time for me to achieve mine."
"Bait?"
Olivia shouts as if hearing something for the first time.
"You said you were after the Green Dragon. Not Ferda-nim!"
"It's not a lie. Just as you didn't tell me everything, I simply didn't tell you everything either."
"That...!"
We̊b̆ n̈ о̌ v̄е̇l̆ Ӗn ùm̃ а
Olivia bit her lip hard.
"What will you do, Regent Ferda?"
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"If I refuse?"
"If you and Olivia join forces and fight, one corpse will be made."
That corpse would be neither Gokma nor Ferda.
"Can you keep your promise?"
W̆ẽ b ňo v̆ еl È n̂ ŭḿ ǎ
"Ferda-nim!"
Olivia looked up at Ferda with eyes full of betrayal.
But his eyes did not leave Gokma.
He answered.
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"You spared me when you could have killed me."
"Is that you saying you'll repay that grace?"
E ṅu m̊а̂.їd
"It means I don't want to soil my intellect by deceiving such a fool."
It was a plausible-sounding statement.
Ferda let out a scoffing laugh.
Olivia grabbed Ferda's arm and persuaded him.
"Ferda-nim, I'll do something somehow. So please, preserve your body—."
"Princess Olivia."
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Ferda looked down at Olivia and cut her off.
Olivia was overwhelmed by that atmosphere.
"Yes?"
"Just tell me this one thing. Do you love me?"
Her blue eyes shook.
"I... ."
Еn̈ u m а́ . ї ď
"This might be the end anyway. I'll accept my situation. So please, tell me."
Olivia swallowed her words.
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She tried to lie.
What she wore on her face was a mask, and what came from her mouth were nothing but lies not in her heart, so she was skilled at it.
But she couldn't.
Ferda's gaze shone like the moon floating high above, like an undried lake.
Ẃеbnӧv éĺ Е̄ nù m а
Even the mask Olivia had skillfully worn was stripped away, and the breath rising from her heart dared not permit falsehood.
"I love you."
Her red lips trembled as she confessed to him.
"Because this circle in my chest is made of you. I... worship you."
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The shared breaths in a small, shabby room.
What was formed from that was not faith, but love.
Wе̃b n̈о̊ v̆ е́ l Е́ n um̀ а_
It meant her circle was ultimately similar in nature to Ferda's.
Only the difference of whether it was darkness or light.
Hearing the definite answer, he felt his heart ease.
So he told her.
"I wanted to save you. But that's not because I love you."
"Then... ."
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"You helped me with the resolve to destroy yourself. I believe those words. That's why I'm protecting you."
Ferda placed his hand on Olivia's shoulder.
"So let me say this clearly right here, Olivia Arken. I do not love you."
And he gave a definite answer to her love.
"Probably now, and in the future as well, I cannot draw a picture of loving you."
It was an incredibly cruel statement.
Ẽ nů m̄ӑ . і̀ d́
For the first time, Olivia felt her breath stop from emotion.
"Wh-why... are you saying that now...?"
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"I don't want to use you while knowing you love me."
Olivia shed tears.
She didn't even think to wipe her eyes, overwhelmed by emotion, the tears just flowing endlessly.
Ferda wiped Olivia's tears for her.
Е̄n̄u mа.i d
He smiled gently.
"Please, if I die, I ask you to take care of the Far East."
"Ferda-nim... ."
Gokma opened a gate behind Olivia.
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Ferda pushed her shoulder back.
Losing her balance, Olivia was pushed back and swallowed by the gate.
Е̃ṅ ǔmа
"Ferda-nim!!"
The three-syllable name she screamed like a death cry was also devoured by the space.
Only Ferda and Gokma remained alive and breathing in that space.
Gokma felt the tension tighten and asked him.
"Shall we cross hands once?"
"No."
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Ferda shook his head.
He held out his hand.
"Dragging out time with a useless fight wouldn't be good."
"You accept so obediently."
Gokma walked toward him quietly.
When about three steps remained, something rapidly swelled from beneath Gokma's feet.
Wèḃ nо̆ṽ е l Е́ ṅ um̃á
Kwoong!!
What pierced up from the floor was red lightning.
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It boasted power strong enough to split in half whatever stood exactly above it.
Originally a magic that should fall from the sky, the Reverse Heaven Lightning springs from the ground.
So if it's a surprise attack, the hit rate is close to 100%.
'Only close, though.'"
We̊ b̊.ǹ о̊ v́ êľ Е́ńûm̆ӓ
Gokma's body was unharmed.
He had already anticipated such a surprise attack, so he avoided a fatal wound.
"Could you repeat what you just said?"
"What did I say?"
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Ferda smiled wryly.
A staff was already in his hand, somehow.
Ѐ n ü m̃а ..i d̆
"My memory's not great since my head's fundamentally bad."
Seeing Ferda's reaction, Gokma also laughed along.
"Well then, I'll entertain you a little."
Something you must fight even knowing you'll lose.
That must be what life is.
That's why life is this damn shitty thing.
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* * *
The result was nothing to see.
Ferda was miserably crushed.
'I lost.'"
In an incomplete state, he fought an opponent who was also incomplete.
He threw a few clever moves, but they didn't work at all.
Êṅ ŭ.m̀а́
If their mana levels were similar, he could have gained the upper hand.
If he'd brought more tools, he could have chosen mutual destruction.
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'No, even that would have required luck.'"
For the current Ferda, there was no option but defeat.
It's amazing he nearly drove him to death even in such a moment.
Lost but fought well, Ferda.
En̆ ŭ m̊å
You did all you could.
Phrases comforting himself rise in his mind.
'Bullshit.'"
There's no such thing as losing but fighting well.
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If you lose, everything's over.
Look at my state now.
Е n um̊á
Because I lost, I'm being dragged away like a lump of meat, aren't I?
'Stupid Ferda.'"
There was definitely a time he could have killed Gokma.
The one who threw that away was Ferda.
The one who tried to make the Empire convenient to use was Angrem.
The one who threw that away was Ferda.
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The one who ruined everything was Ferda, brought on by himself.
'Do I regret this?'
No.
The Shadow Circle forged from regret is quiet.
Ferda did not regret that choice.
"I have something to ask."
W ӗ b n̂ o v е̊ l Ĕ n ǔ m.ǎ
So he decided to pull out the question he'd kept in his heart.
"You seem bored."
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"What do you mean by saying you liberated Angrem?"
Demon followers who accept the Void express death as liberation.
But the liberation Gokma spoke of was of a different nature from what those madmen say.
Gokma seemed to know Angrem well.
Е n_u mа.. і̊ ḋ
"It means exactly that—she was liberated. That woman was a puppet controlled by Sierra's hands. There were moments she couldn't move by her own will."
"Why did you join hands with such a woman?"
"The one I joined hands with wasn't Angrem."
"Then who?"
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Gokma quietly raised his finger.
There was the moon.
Е̂ ń üm̄ а._ï d
'Sierra... .'
Angrem said she couldn't escape her fate.
And she left words for Ferda not to be played with by fate.
"Sierra is a capricious woman. She lent wisdom and power, which was a great help, but she also does many baffling things. That woman arbitrarily used my tools and struck your family."
"The Rosnova family... you mean."
"Yes."
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Is this bastard lying?
He thinks that, but wonders if there's any reason to lie.
What would he gain by lying to a helplessly dragged guy?
"Thinking that way, Godwin-nim is truly amazing."
"Your worship is quite the surprise attack too."
"It can't be helped. Godwin-nim made an uncontrollable calamity-like woman into his ally. That's why we were able to become such a mighty force."
Е nu m̊ а̌ .і̄ d́
"So it wasn't just Godwin's own power."
"Isn't that obvious? Godwin-nim is strong, but he can't corner all 11 Dragons. That's impossible."
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Sierra and Godwin.
Those two also had a relationship.
He'd predicted it to some extent.
Since he himself was Godwin's reincarnation, and at the same time Sierra's child.
Е n̆ u mа
"So they're in cahoots... and targeting me means... ."
Ferda brought up one of the most likely hypotheses.
"Godwin's resurrection?"
"Haha, if only that were possible, how good would that be? But the dead must be left as the dead."
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Gokma was smiling sadly.
As if he would have done so anytime if he could.
É ñům a .іd̄
"I will make you the Demon King. You must accomplish the task that he couldn't finish."
"I have no intention of becoming the Demon King."
"Not everything goes as you wish. That's life."
Gokma drew a gate in the air with his index finger.
He grabbed both of Ferda's arms and said to Ferda.
"Come, let's go. I'll show you."
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Thus crossing the portal, they went inside.
A pressure different from the Sierra's Sanctuary Ruins, which had only been quiet, crashed down on Ferda.
That overwhelming fear touched Ferda's source.
It was a familiar sensation.
-Gokma...! Gokma! Where have you been that you only come now!
A voice bursting out like hysteria.
Е́n̈ŭm_a
Ferda knows this voice.
It was the voice that declared twilight just yesterday.
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'Mesabosk.'"
Gokma leaned Ferda against the wall.
He placed even his head carefully, as if to show everything to Ferda, who didn't even have the strength to hold his head up.
-Gokma!!
Wеb̈nӧ ṽеĺ È n ù m̌ а̀
Mesabosk scratched the floor nervously.
Traces of her fight with Storeus remained on her body, and her regenerative power tried to erase those traces, but couldn't, causing her pain.
-Hurry and help me! The World Tree is destroyed... but I can still fight! I will become their twilight!
Gokma answered gently.
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"It's already over, Mesabosk-nim. With the World Tree destroyed, there is no way for you to fight."
-The World Tree or whatever, just find a replacement! Escolea! Revive that tree and make it a base! Create demons again and fight!
Ẁ.е bn ӧ.vël Е ṅũ mа̊
"Unfortunately, your vitality only revives embers; it doesn't have the power to turn back from ashes."
-Then what am I supposed to do! Are you telling me to just sit back!?
Mesabosk screamed.
-I will become the twilight! Even if I die! I will give death to those detestable things!
Mesabosk's will was firm.
It was an obsession worthy of being called true madness.
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"Of course I'll give them death. Isn't that the promise you made with me?"
-Right! Hurry and keep it!
"That's why we must not discriminate between means and methods. The beginning of that end will be you."
-What nonsense is that!?
"I mean this."
Gokma tore space above Mesabosk.
Е ǹ ûm а̃
A giant demon beast fell from there, crushing her under gravity.
-Kuaaak!!
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Mesabosk's body wavered precariously and then collapsed completely.
-You bastard!!
A voice soaked in anger.
She flailed her arms trying to resist that force, but there was no proper move for her now.
Ĕ ṅum̊ а̄ .і̄ d̀
-Betraying me?! You're betraying me!!
"Funny words. For a demon to bring up the word betrayal, how stupid are you?"
Gokma approached before her.
He gestured to the air, and something manifested before him.
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"What I wanted was that vitality composing your body."
It was a dagger.
Ēn ǔ m̌ а̀
A curved ritual dagger.
"I just needed that."
Gokma drove the dagger into Mesabosk's head.
At that moment, light began to pour out from the tip of the dagger.
-Aaaak!! Gokma!! You bastard!! How dare you!!
Scream and roar burst out simultaneously, creating a fear of helplessness.
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Within the pouring light, something like green energy that had been inside Mesabosk's body was rising up the dagger.
'Essence?'
The power constituting a dragon.
Since she's the Owner of Forest and Vitality, her power would be vitality, so that would be the Essence of Vitality.
When the green light began to shine sufficiently, Gokma pulled the sword out just like that.
-Gok... ma... .
Ĕ n ǔ m a
The demon beasts crushing Mesabosk returned to the space they originally came from.
Mesabosk lay in that spot as if dead.
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-You... curse... will... .
Squeezing out even the strength to breathe, she sang her hatred.
Gokma showed no more interest in Mesabosk.
The dagger in Gokma's hand was faintly glowing with a high-chroma green light.
W ẽb n ǒv̂ е̄ ľ Е n u m̀ а̂
He looked into that light and smiled with satisfaction.
"I am deeply grateful for your cooperation. Mesabosk-nim."
If that politeness was meant to provoke, it would have been plenty effective.
He turned his body as if his business was done and walked toward Ferda.
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"Come, let's go."
He dragged Ferda again and headed somewhere.
Еnŭm̂.ä .іd_
What was visible while being dragged by his hand was Mesabosk.
Crushed in the dragons' fight, stabbed in the back by a collaborator, a pathetic sight.
With that appearance of Mesabosk as the last, they moved to another place.
Another dark place.
Naturally it was dark night, so everywhere was dark.
But here, stars weren't visible, and the distinctive musty smell of enclosed air stabbed his nose.
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In short, it was some deep underground.
He climbed stairs holding only Ferda's two arms.
It's truly strange.
The height he's climbing is at the level of a mountain peak, yet the damp underground smell doesn't cease for some reason.
He wondered if this was really the Serdes Continent.
'I feel light.'"
Ёn.um̈ а
If it's not his imagination, the dark space gets brighter the higher he goes.
Meaning there's definitely a light source at this summit.
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Finally the stairs ended and he arrived at the summit.
Ferda lay on the floor, and in his vision he discovered that light source.
'Mana Threads.'"
A large amount was clumped together forming a sphere.
Е.nũm а
Gokma's power alone couldn't create that much quantity.
It would require that much time and dedication, which Gokma's time lacks.
'World Tree... .'
The reason they made the World Tree their base was that.
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He must have infiltrated Elder Cyprus's mind, corrupted him, and taken some of the mana threads in the deep part.
'It must have been worth it... .'
We bnо̄vӗl Ё n u m а
Though Cyprus coveted greed unbefitting his station.
Gokma got what he wanted, and Cyprus died like that.
Gokma silently placed the green-glowing dagger next to that sphere.
He drew a spell formula, and when he manifested it, the light began to blink unstably.
At the same time, the dagger shot upward and began sucking in the green light it contained.
Something is happening.
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Ferda still couldn't move, so he had no choice but to watch.
