692 Episode 692: The Reason I Couldn't Forgive.txt




Helu. It's time for me to answer the question.
"......! Luke! Lieves Lassil is said to have been used by a long time ago who escaped into a dungeon: ......!

 Lieveslasil.
 Spoken from the mouth of the Demon King Gandalf, a demonic beast that closely resembles a human being, which became an opportunity to compensate for the decline in population after the destruction of the ancient magical civilization.

 The survivors who escaped the destruction of the world by taking refuge in the dungeon are said to have made further improvements to Leveslasil to make it the substitute for human beings and overcome the large scale population decline.

 However, this measure would cause two major problems.

 One is the loss of magical power from humans.

 This problem has been solved by applying the technology that Alfazul left behind for another purpose, a new power we call skill as a substitute.

 The second problem, however, was more of a revelation.

The problem must have been the 'soul'. Ivaldi looked to souls as the standard for humans, and those who were watered down by the application of Liebslasil's creation technology were never recognized as human.
"And then you took an ancient man who had to survive on his soul alone and put him into an elaborate puppet and treated him as a 'human being': ...... That was Agart Ram, wasn't it?
'Yeah. Ivaldi said something like this earlier. He said that it's not only the body that is created by Loki's way.

 Then what else can be created - I can only think of one answer to that question.

'The soul.'

 Even Garnett rolls his eyes at my almost definitive guess.

''Even demonic beasts must have souls, right? So where did your soul come from then? It's not just the demonic beast itself. The Fenrir Wolf for Skol, the dragon for Dracone Pylos, and the half-fish for Dagon. ...... Where did the souls of the kindred souls produced by demonic and divine beasts come from?

 Green Hollow's adventurers have dealt with many dragons, but no one has ever heard of them being any different from ordinary demons.

 Like other monsters and animals, they are supposed to be creatures with a soul.

Perhaps they create their bodies with magical power, and at the same time their souls are created with magical power alone. But for those who value the soul as much as Ivaldi does, a soul that was created artificially rather than spontaneously was just a confusion. ......
So a modern human with the blood of Leveslasil in his veins is a soul-distorting construct to them.
"In fact, the ancient magic as the 'power in the soul' handed down by ancient civilizations was cut off after that. Whether you agree with the assertion or not, I can understand why you thought that: ......

 Ivaldi hates Loki's research because the method he developed creates not only the body, but also the soul with magic alone - and this dislike, in turn, creates an indelible rift between Ivaldi and humanity, and is the reason for Agat Ram's It led to birth.

 Think of it this way, all the information should lead to a single line.

"How about ......, Helu. How's it working out for you?
Well done, sir. I admire your wisdom. But then again, that's how the humans who went underground used Lieveslasil, wasn't it? I've never seen it before. It's a very human behavior. ...... It's a very human behavior.

 I couldn't help but raise my eyebrows, feeling uncomfortable with Hel's subtle choice of words.

 Hel knew that the ancient magical civilization had been destroyed and the ancients had fled to the dungeons, but he didn't know that they used Leveslasil to restore the population.

 In hindsight, this should have been a contradiction in itself.

'Hel ...... how the hell do you know ...... no, who the hell are you?'
"I am the artificial life created by Creator Loki. I am his faithful servant.
'That's not what I meant. 'You're not the one in front of me that was recreated from Loki's memories, are you? Otherwise, there's no way I'd have a handle on what happened after Loki died.

 Whatever the recording medium is, all records only contain 'events up to the point of recording'.

 This may sound like a meaningless tautology, but it's an important issue.

 As far as we can integrate the testimonies of Gandalf and his people, Loki was executed and died for unleashing a divine beast on the world before the destruction of the ancient civilization.

 If this world is simply a re-creation of Loki's memory, and if Loki is truly dead, then there should be no record of what happened after his execution.

...... no longer needs to be hidden away, does it?

 Hel only looked ahead and continued to drive down the road at night, while his consciousness turned to me as he answered my choking question.

''Let me introduce myself again. I am the Divine Beast Hel. Among the many medallion divine beasts that exist, I am one of the three exceptions that have undergone an acquired adjustment to become a divine beast. Strictly speaking, let's say I am a duplicate of that personality.

 Garnett lifted his hips from his chair and braced himself so that he could shield me from Hel at any time.

 However, Hel remained calm and just continued to talk in a matter-of-fact manner.

After his execution, I kept his memory in my possession as a record. And, inheriting his will, the remnants of the Wild Hunt, as one of the divine beasts, have been engaged in a long battle with the underground space ...... they call the Ark of the Elements. No, ...... it must be a thing of the past for our customers.

 The car we were in maintained an appropriate speed and kept a good distance from the car in front of us.

 If Helu made a deliberate error, I and Garnett were all in danger, but it was eerie that he showed no signs of doing so.

'Did you know about this? That gentleman accepted his execution without telling us anything about his personal feelings, and Alfazul died without knowing anything about this ...... fact.
...... Yeah, I know. So I'm still not sure why Loki released the divine beast .......
"I knew and thought that Alfazl had already prepared for the resurrection before he died. "Then I thought that I should know of Alfazl's eventual resurrection.

 Hel's words show no ups and downs of emotion, but they clearly convey a definite will.

This world is a last will and testament. This world is a last will and testament. In order to make you know everything, I have laced a copy of his memory and my personality at the present time with some of the resurrection stones you have scattered around ...... with the hope that you will eventually touch it.

 It's no longer me who is the brunt of Helu.

 It has become an appeal to my inner, now deceased master's (Loki) friend.

'You must be there, Alfazul.
......!
"............
'You saw it, didn't you? You heard it, right? What and who did that One think of! And you'll know soon enough! How can you step on your thoughts?

 A cry of even madness reverberated through the car.

 In the next moment, Alfazul's warning erupted inside my spirit.

'Get down, Luke!'

 I was almost reflexively moving into action.

 Not to a defensive action to protect myself - or anything like that - but to the exact opposite: to push down to the seat and cover myself with my entire body to protect Garnett.

 With a deafening roar, countless holes were drilled in the doors of the car.

 An invisible rain of small, fast gravel punched countless wind holes in me and Helu's bodies.

 Losing control, the vehicle skidded sideways across the road surface and slammed sideways into the shore wall that towered along the road, coming to a complete stop as it turned into a crushed metal box.