Chapter 551: Reincarnated as a Genius of the Most Talented Family
369. The Source of the Plague (4)
‘Dane Sogress.’
It’s my first time seeing it today, but I’ve heard the name many times.
It is a name that anyone from an empire like yours would know.
The fame of the genius boy that even Drenique probably knows to some extent.
So I didn’t think about fighting, nor did I think about winning if I fought.
There was another reason why the magic power fluctuated.
“Get off… please!”
As he said that, Tass felt a sharp pain in his chest and collapsed to the ground.
Benatio, who sensed that the situation was not normal for a moment, stepped back.
The magical power that had been secretly stirring was instantly released in all directions.
‘Magic Runaway?’
A phenomenon that occurs when wizards misuse their magical powers.
But this seems a little different.
Beyond the rampage… … .
Should I say it felt like an explosion?
“Ugh… … .”
Tass, clutching his head, in pain.
Could this be a symptom of the plague?
“Seniors.”
Benatio looked at the Dane in front of him, not beside him.
Dane didn’t back down.
He just looked at Tas’s suffering figure with indifferent eyes.
‘What are you trying to do?’
Benatio put his hand on the hilt of his sword.
If the situation is not favorable, he will jump out and cut off Tas’s head.
When you die, the magic power will also disappear.
“Benatio. Stay still.”
Then Dane said this.
Without even turning my head.
“Senior, this could be dangerous.”
“That won’t happen.”
What is this strange feeling of comfort that comes from just those words?
A kind of… …trust?
“Get off… please!”
Tas, who was in agony, suddenly took out a dagger from his bosom. Then, holding it in his hand, he aimed the tip of the dagger at his heart.
“There is no other way… … … .”
It was at that moment when Benatio was about to put his hand back to the handle of his sword in a sudden situation.
Pabat.
Dane suddenly disappeared from sight, quickly moving behind Tass and snatching the dagger away.
And he grabbed Tass’s shoulder.
“… … .”
After a while.
As if it were a lie, the surroundings became quiet.
The once turbulent atmosphere became calm, and the images of running wild and suffering were nowhere to be seen.
“What is this… …?”
Tass was left speechless by his empty hands and the sudden disappearance of his pain.
“The magic power has been stabilized.”
“yes?”
Is that possible?
“It’s temporary. The moment I let go, the rampage will start again.”
Dane continued talking as if it was no big deal.
“If you do that, you’ll die right away. Before you even start going berserk.”
“… … .”
“So, it would be best to explain this situation as well as possible.”
Tass was left dumbfounded, struggling to make sense of the situation.
‘Has anyone ever been able to stop this… this rampage of power?’
There wasn’t any.
So far, no one I have seen has been able to stop this rampage, and they all died in an instant, calling forth a storm of magical power around them.
It goes without saying that he can’t control himself, and I’ve never seen him stop someone else from running wild.
This is a price for magical power that goes beyond the normal level.
“… … .”
I feel a hidden magic inside me that makes it hard to leisurely ask, “Does this make sense?”
What Dane just said wasn’t a lie.
I don’t know how he put it to sleep, but it seems certain that he will go berserk the moment you let go.
Finally, Tass closed his eyes tightly and opened his mouth.
“… … I came to stop the plague. This is the truth, without a single lie.”
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I came to stop it.
If so, that means you knew before you came.
“For the first time, I rebelled against my own place. It was something I never thought I would do before, but I had to. This is… …the town where I was born and raised.”
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Calculating some leeway, Venatio, Tas and I moved to the empty house.
A moderately confined space is good for putting pressure on people and getting them to give moderately good answers.
Of course, there was also the reason that other people couldn’t see it.
I still had my hand on Tas’ shoulder. It wasn’t just to suppress the rampage of magical power.
To understand the nature of the magical power that stirs within.
“How heterogeneous. What powers have you been given?”
“I don’t know… … well. What I do know is that from the moment I was given it, it surpassed my level.”
Is that the power of fire we saw in Dranek?
Someone who had mastered some kind of vision magic might have shared their power.
“Was the person who gave you the power a wizard?”
“you’re right.”
Then the possibility increases.
Let’s leave that aside for now.
“You said you came to stop the plague. So, can I understand that someone artificially spread this plague?”
“That’s right.”
“What group do you belong to?”
“……That’s right.”
Things seem to have gotten a little bigger.
Two possibilities were assumed.
If Tass spreads a plague without knowing it.
If Tass spread it artificially.
But it wasn’t either.
“I know it’s an experiment on the plague.”
“Why are you here?”
One question arises.
Why the South?
Why exactly was it here?
This is a village near the highway to the capital, and although it is a small and isolated place, it is a place where people can spread the word to the outside world as much as they want.
“that…….”
Perhaps, they spread the plague with the intention of being caught in the first place?
Otherwise, there would be no way to spread the plague here, leaving behind numerous villages in the remote areas of the empire.
“Because it defined the South as a threat.”
Threat.
If so, then it means that there are forces operating within the empire that are not sanctioned by the empire.
Actually, it’s not a surprising story.
There must have been a lot of guys like that.
There is nothing particularly shocking about meeting demons and even dragons.
There is something else that is important.
“Then why did you come here?”
“As I said, the plague in the village where I was born and raised… … .”
“So you’re no longer a member of that group?”
“… … That’s not it. I… … snuck out of my assigned mission and came here.”
Exactly, what is that group aiming for in the future?
“What is recklessness?”
“That group unleashes their magical powers to keep secrets when their members are in danger of death or dying. To be exact, it is the power they receive from being part of the group that makes them do that.”
I guess I’m talking about the power that’s currently shaking inside the body of this man named Tasra.
“That’s why… … I told you to get out earlier. If you get caught in that storm, everything within a 10m radius will be scorched. Human flesh and bones will be torn to shreds, and all structures will collapse.”
“You came to this town in that condition.”
“Yes, the town where I was born and raised… … .”
“I’m not complimenting you, Mr. Tass.”
“… … .”
I didn’t come here to listen to this person’s circumstances.
“What you had to do was not to just come into the village, but to inform the lord who ruled this village of the situation.”
“Ha, but.”
“You must have been afraid. If you told the truth, you would be caught and punished.”
“… … .”
It is commendable that Optra came to this town after hearing news of a plague spreading there and tried to stop it.
But, the method was wrong.
It would have been right to notify the Marquis Raoul or any other noble before coming to this village.
But I didn’t do it because it was obvious that I would get caught.
I think humans are fundamentally selfish animals that pursue their own interests.
But sometimes that selfishness comes at a price.
“From now on, it would be best to tell everything you know.”
“All right.”
Tass lowered his head as if in resignation.
And just then, the rough magic analysis was completed.
The magical power currently hidden within Tas’s body is weaker than that of the ideological body.
This means that it is possible to dissipate or cover up this magic power.
Of course, that’s something to think about later.
“then…….”
It will take time until a cure arrives, and there is plenty of time for the priests to work hard.
That’s how Tass’s story began.
It is said that a wizard was unable to enter the magic tower and was wandering around the empire when he accidentally encountered a certain group.
“Come to think of it, it seems like they approached me intentionally. There were only unskilled magicians like me gathered there.”
And they say that they entered some unknown group, had a branding on their body, and were given power through the scars of that branding.
“He raised me from a mere 2nd circle to a whopping 4th circle. I gained fame overnight and was even able to enter the Magic Tower. However, I realized that the source of my power was heterogeneous, so I left the Magic Tower. After that… … I continued to wander, and one day I received a call from the organization.”
It is said that from then on he was assigned to various missions.
For example, going to a place where the lower classes of the empire live, doing good deeds, and then spreading rumors.
Such as faking an accident to collapse a government building or releasing poison in a specific area to contaminate a water source.
It is said that numerous operative activities were carried out.
“I wanted to come out because I was tormented by guilt… … but I didn’t have the confidence to go back to being a wizard with no talent and who was treated unfairly.”
I understand.
But understanding and empathizing are two different things.
“A lot of people must have died.”
“… … .”
“It’s not important right now.”
What’s important is what happens from now on.
“Is this the end for the conspiracy that spreads this plague?”
“All I know is that the priority was to spread the plague to this village.”
“By defining the South as a threat?”
“I only know that the plan is to first destroy the South.”
Prioritizing the South to collapse does not simply mean targeting the South alone.
“I speculated that they were spreading the plague, causing chaos throughout the South, and then naturally spreading it to other regions….”
South, East, North, West.
And finally, to the center, that is, the capital.
It would be safe to say that they planned to destroy the entire empire with a plague.
I guess that’s not something I can say anymore.
“You don’t know anything about the next plan?”
“I don’t know… … I found out about it very barely, and by chance.”
Tas lowered his head as if he felt guilty.
Or maybe you’re trying to make it look like you feel guilty.
Anything is fine.
Even if it’s true that this man was trying to stop the plague in the village, that’s all he did.
If this is all I can find out from this guy, then I guess I won’t have to look any further.
“Thank you both… … Thanks to you, the people of our village were able to survive.”
“I don’t want to hear your thanks.”
“… … .”
Tass was silent for a while at my cold voice, then suddenly raised his head.
“I guess I should at least keep my conscience.”
And the added comment was this:
“I know the person who is responsible for spreading this plague.”
fantasy,
