Ihoujin, Dungeon ni Moguru

[12]

"Do you want to know the true nature of your conflagration?"

"I do not want to know"

Is that a lie?

The prince laughs thinly.

"But first," What is a curse? "Before we explain the arson, we must explain it."

The fire floating in the prince's hand takes the form of a rolling snake.

"The curse was created to violate the essence of the giant, 'Can't Hostile.' It's a little snake that has the ability to sneak, parasitize, and host itself. However, due to the individual differences of the giants, [Snake] began to change individually, and when the change exceeded a certain line, [Snake] began to cannibalize. Abandoned the body of the giant and spread it to parasitize various things: first, the Creator, their knowledge, their blood, their bonds, but the Creators were not stupid. We had emergency measures in place. "

The fire becomes a burning crimson flame from the shape of a snake.

"Is that a fire?"

"so"

Is this power from such an early age?

"You are ... you're familiar with history."

"I just knew it."

I was looking into my head again.

Not too unpleasant. It's strange. From this, I can feel the smell similar to Shigure and Haruna. However, the smell of a prince-like beast is faint.

"But there is a gap in its history."

"Blank? I saw a further shadow of the hidden history."

"There is a time when it has become ashes that do not even remain in the shadows.

When the prince snaps his finger, the fire turns into ash and spills from his palm.

"Does the arson burn the era? What is it?"

The scale is too large to make sense.

"That's literally. The arson is a fire that, when mankind makes a fatal mistake, puts out that era of failure."

"... Huh? I can destroy the world. Does that mean you're gone?"

"That's right"

"No, no, the times are still going on."

And [Snake] is not dead. I do not get it it.

"Time is just one of the guidelines that mankind has created to understand the world. The past, the present, and the future exist at the same time from a certain point of view. The present and the future are not lost. "

“……………”

Indeed, I do not understand at all.

"I want you to imagine the thread."

"yarn?"

The prince creates a single silk thread and picks it with his finger.

"The future is at the top, the past is at the bottom, the middle is the present, and what happens to the future if you cut the present?"

"Disappear"

Isn't it?

"No."

The prince cuts the thread with his finger.

The broken thread is shortened and connected.

"This is this world. It's connected. Even if it's destroyed and burned out, if anyone in the past or the future has the information to repair it, look at it. Are using this mechanism. ''

The prince threw something.

Upon receipt, it was a container with two glass bottles side by side. A container of life and magic that is reserved by adventurers filled with red liquid and blue liquid.

"Is the" reproduction point "

"Don't you call it your language? In a way, I'm guessing."

The container you pick up will turn into ash and disappear.

"Now, let's return to the [Snake]. Why could the arson not kill [Snake]? It was enough to burn the world."

The prince lights the fire again.

In the shimmering fire, I saw a small, creature wriggling.

"Hey, stop joking."

Unexpectedly, I also lit a torch and stared. A dark fire that shimmers dimly in the dark. No matter what I stared at, the moment I was conscious, I found a small snake wriggling at the end of the fire.

"T"

Breathing was disturbed. The whole body is full wool and sweat spills from the forehead.

"Did you understand? The point where the [snake] escaped from the conflagration."

"Did you go into the fire that destroys you?"

"Yeah, and the world regenerates from ashes, and the [serpent] lurks in the conflagration, the revived creatures are also revived. The failure could not be erased. Even if a new hero defeated [serpent], [serpent] was the host. And lurched in their blood, history, words and ideas, and spread throughout the world. ''

I put out the fire.

"What's going on with this guy?"

Is it possible to remove the snakes that even lurk in the torch from this world?

"The snakes change. Each animal produces various alterations. Why is a beast who just grows ears and tails in a hem so strong and the child grows fast?"

"It's such a race?"

"Why did you become such a tribe? Of course, there are also natural factors. But what if there were creatures that drastically boosted evolution and progress?"

"No way ... Beastmen have snakes."

It also affected the rainfall and Haruna.

"Yes. Many, but not all, were affected by snakes."

"To elves, dwarves, other races?"

"There are snakes in the race. There are flowers, insects and small animals, minerals and even raindrops in plants and plants. Small snakes now cover the world. The serpent does not work for humans, the serpent does not work for creatures that do not think, do you understand? In the age after Godlessness, the source of the power generated by human thinking is this snake.The snake is the power that God once showed The power of what is called a curse is the essence of thinking, a curse that is no different from a miracle and magic, just a difference in wording. They have the same power. ''

"Such an idiot"

I remember the [beast] I've fought so far.

They crumbled and fell ugly and distorted. Is that the same power? There is no way to be recognized as a common miracle. If you acknowledge, the world will end tomorrow.

"I want you to be relieved. That won't happen."

The last prince smiles and says.

"The serpent is not evil. But if anyone wants to be a beast, if they spread the idea and dye the babies, the beast will continue to appear. , The snake boosts it. ''

One, I remembered.

Ervin's teacher, the Scarlet Knight Zamongrass.

Looking back now, his end was different from other [beasts]. It was white, noble, and a wolf resembling the Lord who served.

"I understand, the curse of Elysium."

"The beast you fought is the lineage of the hero's death and fear. That's the identity of the curse of Elysium. Snakes live with life and can't live with dead creatures. The result is that the result is an ugly, swollen monster. "

“If ……………”

It can not be helped.

Curses cannot be cured. Sera's hope is not fulfilled.

"I can do it"

"What?"

"It took a long time, but we added a new religion to Elysium. In my day, all knights have this symbol."

The symbol that the prince took out is a shape that combines a distorted V into the shape of Φ.

"I wrote in the secretary I found. The curse-avoidance mark of [Wanderer Sella], which contains the blood of the laity who loved and loved her. It's your blood that has defeated the incarnation. ''

"Really?"

Instant relief and anxiety.

"No, it's not exactly" itself ", but there is no mistake. In fact, none of my knights have become" beasts. "

"Oh,"

My feet wandered and put on my bottom mochi.

I can't stand up. She knew she had been rewarded and had to go back.

"The serpent is transformed with the times. It has been transformed to live with people. However, death and religion distort the symbiosis. It is the true nature of the curse.

The prince took out the mask. Only one eye is a designed mask.

"[The King of No Face]?"

"Did you know?"

"Do you know ...?"

Looking at his end, I know nothing about the [Kingless].

A mystery.

He knows only that he was a Garving teacher and that he was attached to the conflagration.

"Actually, I don't know much. I've heard many warnings about" watch out for the mask of one eye. "

"Who is it?"

Speaking of the mystery, the prince in front is also a mystery.

"I'm my mother."

"What kind of woman?"

I was lightly interested.

"Are you a hobby who loves human mothers?"

"I'm not interested in married women."

Seen by the prince with white eyes. Something was damaged.

"Beautiful black-haired man, I didn't inherit her. Let's go back to the story. I don't know much about the [Pearlless King], but I've learned his purpose by examining the history."

Get the conflagration.

And?

"Get it, he's going to start over the world from scratch."

"Hmm?"

that's strange.

"Will the conflagration burn the world and be repaired? And the conflagration has a snake."

"Yes, but there is a limit. If you burn everything past, present, future, nothing will go away."

"Huh? The world will really be destroyed."

"It's gone. If it's all gone, the serpent in the camp may disappear too, because there's no closer side to it."

The story is too big and confusing.

I am a small person. The house is also a four and a half tatami-million man. Worldwide destruction, not entering the brain.

"You're a simpler person than you think.

what the hell?

"Oh, it's time. It's time now."

The prince's fingertips became ash and collapsed.

"Now ?! Are you alright?"

It doesn't look painful, but I'm worried.

"I don't care. It's just the end of this temporary world."

The world burns out.

The generated flame licks the area and dyes everything you see into crimson. The outside world may be burning as well. This is the end of the world.

"Let's say the last phrase. Your fire is your strength. Don't give it to anyone."

"For example, Serra-sama?"

A torch would exterminate her hardship.

"Don't give it to anyone, mother or child. Big power is lonely. And big power doesn't dwell insignificantly. There is a qualification to use the arson. ''

"Can you carry it alone with confidence?"

It's a rant.

"You're still in a path of hardship. At that time, one eye will be a problem."

"T"

Pain in the left eye again. Bloody ash adheres to reflexively covered hands.

At the same time, a burning flame was seen in both eyes.

"The shackles that the magician has attached have been turned into ashes. No one will ever bind you."

Look at the prince. His eyes are dazzling and unfamiliar with the light, and his figure is burned.

"Thank you. Can you meet again?"

The prince laughs and deceives.

"Fear the fire, keep the fire, and don't forget the words. Goodbye.