Episode 229
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The tentacle of the Shuve that was clutching Dale’s heart began to writhe.
At the same time, the shadow cast by Dale’s heart, the shadow heart, began to extend its tentacles towards it.
One of Shub’s tentacles wrapped itself around the shadow heart in a ring shape.
Choaack!
“Keuk… … !”
At the same time, along with the oppressive feeling that made it seem as if I could not breathe, blood was vomited from my mouth. The blood was pitch black and dark.
Dale’s heart, with its six circles, cast a shadow, and that shadow should also have six circles.
A total of twelve circles.
The tentacles of Shuve began to wrap themselves around the heart of darkness.
Six tentacles wrapped around the shadow heart, and the biological circles finally began to accelerate and generate magical power.
It wasn’t the easy-to-understand form of magic Dale had known until now.
Pitch-black magic… … No, it couldn’t even be called magic. Just pure darkness and shadows pouring down endlessly.
The primordial darkness contained in the Book of the Black Goat.
─ The world begins in darkness and ends in ice.
The old dark mother, Shuv, smiled happily. It was as she said.
Light was born in the darkness, the age of fire will end, and ice will decorate the end of the world.
─ What do you see in the darkness, child, who holds the beginning and the end of the world?
Shuv reached out and caressed Dale’s cheek lovingly. Dale reached out in heart-stopping agony.
Another shadow and darkness created by riding on the heart stretched out along the tip of the finger.
“This is… … .”
The feeling was very familiar.
Two hearts and thoughts coexisting like light and shadow in one bowl.
Only then did the power befitting the name of the ‘Shadow Lord’ begin to stir within Dale’s body.
He stretched out his arms, leaving the pain in his heart behind. The darkness swirling along the shadowy heart began to take shape right before Dale’s nose.
Shadow Creature.
Just as a child would mold clay to create a craft, Dale began to freely shape the shadows to create his creatures.
It wasn’t just some easy-to-understand dark-attribute creature. And it wasn’t even comparable to the shadow creatures Dale had shown us so far.
The darkness and shadows dancing in Dale’s hands could literally be anything.
The world begins in darkness and ends in ice.
Only then did Dale understand the meaning of the power he possessed.
The power of creation.
The great deeds of the creator.
It seemed that he had finally gained power worthy of the name of Shadow Lord.
Possibilities and potential filled with indescribable boundlessness.
As I gained enlightenment, an uncontrollable force spread out in all directions.
A sense of dizziness, as if I had truly attained the omnipotence of God, engulfed my consciousness.
“Thank you, Shub.”
But Dale didn’t lose his cool and just smiled quietly. At those words, Shub smiled silently and laughed.
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When the Shadow Lord broke his world and emerged, it was his mother Elena who faced him.
“… … Dale.”
Elena called Dale’s name softly.
“Please speak.”
Dale answered calmly, and Elena remained silent.
“As I said, our blue will give everything we have for you.”
“It should be so.”
At the words of the blue-haired man, Dale nodded absentmindedly.
“But in front of the Lord of Truth, there is no need for such a ridiculous dark curtain.”
“… … .”
“It’s the same with staying by his side.”
Dale remained silent without answering, and Elena smiled quietly.
“That is why, as the Blue Tower Lord, I want to give you everything I have.”
At those words, Dale held his breath.
“I see no other reason for me to refuse.”
“okay.”
Elena smiled at Dale’s answer, as if she had expected that.
Just then Elena reached out her arm towards Dale, and just then Dale opened his mouth.
“But it is never worth breaking this family structure to get your hands on it.”
“… … .”
“I need you, for the sake of Father and Lize.”
“Thank you so much for saying that.”
The blue spire continued to speak after Dale’s words.
“Don’t worry, I don’t want to break this family structure either. But… … .”
With a smile that was so bitter and miserable.
“Because the mother and wife who should be by this family’s side is not me, it’s Elena.”
“What the heck… … .”
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“So please believe me, she was a part of me too.”
Dale didn’t even have time to continue speaking. The blue hawk pointed its finger at Dale’s forehead.
“I am so grateful for my son’s words that he needs me.”
Endless blue whispers flowed into my consciousness.
It’s as if in a science fiction movie, a cord was inserted into the back of the neck and information was injected directly into the brain.
The lies, conspiracies, and webs of the Blues built throughout the continent’s history.
Furthermore, the secret realm of magic built by those who stand at the top of the blue magic tower.
For the average person, it was a constant barrage of information that would drive them crazy just trying to accept it.
But for Dale now, it was by no means an unmanageable force.
The Blue Tower Master must have known that fact too.
It was finally time for her to pass everything on to her successor, the blue one, as a mother.
The entire area was covered in a freezing blue magical storm, and then the storm finally stopped.
“mother…….”
Dale muttered weakly.
Mother Elena was smiling at Dale.
“What’s wrong, Dale?”
With a mother’s loving smile, just like always.
Dale tried to continue, but then closed his mouth. A hot emotion welled up in his chest that even he himself could not understand.
Because I became a son who couldn’t understand his mother’s heart until the end.
He just hugged Elena weakly, buried his head in her chest, and began to sob quietly.
“I’m sorry, Mother.”
“Oh my, what do you mean?”
But Elena tilted her head in bewilderment as she suddenly saw Dale sobbing.
As if he really couldn’t understand.
She couldn’t understand why her normally trustworthy and proud son was suddenly sobbing like a child.
“This is the first time I’ve seen my son cry like this.”
But in front of her son who showed weakness, there was only one thing the mother could do.
Elena smiled as she held Dale in her arms without saying a word.
Nothing would change. Dale still had his mother in front of him, to whom he could cry like a child and lean on.
But the other mother who loved her son as much as she did, who spread her blue web and protected the ‘Shadow Lord’, was no longer anywhere.
The seventh circle and its shadow engraved on Dale’s heart were simply silently speaking of her emptiness.
As a mother who worried about her children until the end, the legacy of the blue tower was left to Dale.
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Man is a creature defined by his memories, even if those memories are synonymous with fantasy.
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After hearing Elena’s story, the Black Knight remained silent as if he had expected this to happen.
“It’s my fault.”
“Don’t blame yourself.”
The black ball shook its head at Dale’s words.
“She will still be the Elena we know.”
“But it will never be the blue curtain we know.”
“We can’t know which one was the real one. It was probably both.”
The black ball said.
“I will simply respect her decision until the end.”
“… … .”
Dale nodded silently. It was as he said. It was not something that Dale’s few words could change.
“All preparations to head to the Demon World are complete.”
I was just doing what I had to do.
Frederick the Immortal, the founder of Saxony and the leader of the Eldritch. He is also the one who stands at the top of the Shadow Tower.
Fighting against the false king who is proclaiming himself another shadow lord.
“… … I will also go there with you.”
Dale swallowed softly at the black ball’s words.
“The task of clearing away the darkness of Saxony there is not someone else’s, either.”
“All right.”
Dale nodded silently at the words of the Black Knight. One of the five wizards of the continent who stands at the top of the Black Tower. And the blue black curtain that stands at the top of the Blue Tower, what Dale left behind.
This was no longer a fight that could not be won. And it was something Dale was entitled to.
Because at that time, it wasn’t Dale who was defeated and fell unilaterally by the Immortal King.
Why are we doing this? Dale asked himself for a moment. The answer was not difficult.
For the things that should be kept.
Even if they were full of lies, he no longer cared. Truth and lies, gold and shadow, the fight that Dale was fighting now was never for such ancient blind faiths or beliefs.
“Remember, Father.”
“I’ve made up my mind,” said Dale.
“The fact that I am your son.”
“okay.”
Hearing that, the black ball smiled blandly.
“And don’t forget that this father is by your side.”
It was a conversation between two rich men no different from any other time, but the weight of the conversation was absolutely different.
At the same time, in the father’s shadow, the figure of a man sobbing over the loss of his wife was reflected.
The father’s weakness that he never shows in front of Dale.
Even without the armor of the Dark Blood, Dale’s vision was now clear of all the shadows beyond.
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It was a dark land where a bitter cold air swept through.
In the midst of the barren permafrost, there stood a pitch-black tower standing alone.
Shadow Tower.
The Shadow Lord, Frederick the Immortal, who had once been defeated and fled in the War of Gold and Shadow, was there.
As one who stands at the very top of the tower, and at the same time among the old Saxon lords who kneel before him in hopes of obtaining immortality.
“Ah, the children of Saxony are coming.”
The boy smiled happily, his eyes covered with black bandages.
Hearing those words, the Eldritch all knelt down and began to shake their shadows.
“After the two children of Saxony arrive, the tower’s trials will begin.”
The Immortal continued speaking.
“And whoever sits on the throne of the tower in this test will soon devour the empire of fire and light.”
I didn’t hear anything like an answer.
But in the meantime, the two rich men of Saxony were gradually drawing closer to their lands.
The final test has begun.
