Chapter 528: Real Intention Revealed
Translator:
imperfectluck
Editor:
Kurisu
At 4:00 pm in the afternoon on Year 7, 5th month, 13th day of the Dawn Generation, a powerful earthquake shook Starwood City which was located in the central portion of the Sala Dukedom. This earthquakeâs cause was unknown, and although it didnât cause that much destruction relative to its power, the shock waves spread out surprisingly far.
The nearby residents of Starwood City experienced violent trembling which caused some buildings to collapse. Fortunately, the great majority of residents was already in hiding for their safety.
The earthquakeâs ripples spread so far and wide that even countries thousands of kilometers away could feel obvious tremors.
According to the witnesses, the earthquake occurred right after the undead started retreating for an unknown reason. And, the earthquakeâs epicenter was in the middle of the undeadâs territory. Apart from the earthquake itself, some golden lights could also be seen.
If that was all that was known to the public, this earthquake wouldnât have even been worthy of mentioning in history. But in the next weekâs edition of the Mage Countryâs most authoritative weekly magazine named âTruthâ, there was such a report about this earthquake.
âThe most powerful magical energy shock waves ever recorded in history were detected emanating from the Sala Dukedom. According to magical energy wavelength theory, the only possibility for why this occurred is that the greatest energy explosion ever recorded in history must have happened here. This energy explosion has already surpassed the energy potential of all known forbidden spells. If this was accomplished by some senior archmage, then we must all congratulate this individual for creating a new record.
âAccording to our mages that went out to investigate, they didnât discover any evidence of a large explosion as expected. Theoretically speaking, the strength of such an explosion should have been capable of sending an entire mountain range into the skies, changing the continental plates, and even creating several new volcanoes. Strangely, our mages didnât discover any signs of these at all. Not only that, even Starwood City, the city closest to the epicenter of the earthquake, was completely intactâŠâ
Although the great majority of mages wouldnât focus purely on magical might, it would be inconceivable for them not to react to such a powerful magical energy wavelength. But since theory contradicted what theyâd found at the scene, this incident caught even more attention from the mages. And after this weekly edition of the magesâ âTruthâ magazine was published, countless archmages began to research this incident.
The magazine stated a hypothesis that some archmage must have made a breakthrough and cast the most powerful forbidden spell in history. However, not only was there no sign of an explosion anywhere, there wasnât even any evidence of a mana vacuum that should have been caused by such a powerful magical energy wave. Although there were signs of an archmageâs activity, there were no traces of such a powerful forbidden spell.
In that case, that meant that either there was something wrong with the magesâ standard accepted theories on magical energy, or this explosion that should have been strong enough to explode half a continent didnât even manage to kill a single fly. The unknown would always make people curious, and nobody could stop the magesâ curiosity.
News started spreading that the magical energy sent out from this explosion was seventy percent greater than the strongest recorded forbidden spell in history. Then, the mages received another abnormal piece of news that made them all fall strangely silent. Suddenly after that, large-scale destructive forbidden spells became the magesâ most popular research topic.
âIf itâs only destructive force and the explosionâs radius, we wonât lose to those old artifactsâŠâ
Alright then, this explosion which the mages ended up attributing to the work of some several tens of thousands year old artifact actually harmed the pride of the mages who researched destructive explosions as their ultimate goal. In the next two years, the mages actually succeeded in inventing three new mega powerful forbidden spells. It seemed that giving the mages some stimulation wasnât such a bad thing after all.
Anyways, I should stop talking about the magesâ boring sense of pride now. Neither will I talk any more about the effects on history that this incident, later called the Starwood Explosion incident, caused. At the very least, this explosionâs power had definitely been recorded in history.
âIs Conservation dead? She should be dead, right?â
âI donât know. My clone was destroyed instantly. Also, I strongly object to what youâve just called me. What do you mean, treasure chest mimic Harloys? If you ever put my name together with such an ugly creature again, Iâll⊠Iâll⊠what are you even afraid of? Youâre so shameless and youâre not even afraid of death. Itâs so hard to threaten you.â
As the silly cat insulted me, she kept trying to think of something I would be afraid of, while I was analyzing how much easier than expected things were this time.
Revealing a surprise intention at the end was no new or fancy trick at all. However, countless assassins had used the same trick throughout history, providing the best evidence of its effectiveness.
Iâd distracted Conservationâs attention by talking to her about reviving the Tark Republic. Then, Iâd pretended to talk about the real topic sheâd wanted to hear. The box Iâd handed her contained six memory crystals with Asoâs scattered memories, along with one fake memory crystal that was actually the highly dangerous Saloâs Crystal. And, I felt completely justified in calling Harloys a treasure chest mimic. The entire golden box that contained the seven crystals was actually one of Harloysâ clones, and the fake layer on top of the Saloâs Crystal to disguise it as a memory crystal was also one of Harloysâ clones.
In the end, being able to explode with such frightening power was both because of luck as well as my scheme. While Iâd come up with the scheme, the scheme had only succeeded because the heavens were on my side for once.
Conservation had been so emotional that sheâd immediately activated a memory crystal to look at the familiar smile and listen to the familiar voice of her now deceased lover who had died because of me. Of course, after activating one memory crystal, she wanted to see even more, so she directly activated the other six memory crystals⊠And, exploding a Saloâs Crystal just happened to require the archmage to inject their own mana into it! This was the exact same way to use most other magical tools as well.
And, when Conservation had noticed that one of the seven memory crystals was flawed, in her anxiety sheâd only assumed that the memory crystal had been damaged, which prevented it from playing the recorded memories within. In her rush to see the memories, sheâd greatly increased the amount of mana sheâd injected into the Saloâs Crystal.
The archmageâs mana alone wouldnât be able to create such a tremendous explosion. The mana would only act as a catalyst to activate and overload the Saloâs Crystal, and once this process began, it would be almost impossible to stop.
I had no idea if it would be possible for any archmage to survive the explosion, but it would be almost completely impossible for the archmage who acted as the catalyst to survive. That individualâs physical body would become an energy circuit for the Saloâs Crystal. The moment that the crystal exploded, the body would explode together with the crystal. Activating the Saloâs Crystal to explode it would be no different from complete suicide.
And if the Saloâs Crystal exploded, the explosionâs might would naturally be directly proportional to the crystalâs contained energy as well as the activating archmageâs magical power and mana reserves. But in the great majority of situations, the archmageâs mana pool wouldnât even be worth mentioning in comparison to a Saloâs Crystalâs energy level. Thus, the typical explosion would be mostly a set radius. But this time, the activating archmage was Conservation, who possessed mana energy levels far beyond what was considered standardâŠ
And so, when the emotional Conservation had noticed that her mana had been furiously sucked away to power up the Saloâs Crystal, it was already too late for her. I had no idea if she was familiar with the Saloâs Crystal, one of the most powerful inventions from the Haletdam generation, but if she managed to somehow survive, she would surely remember it for the rest of her life.
Of course, I wouldnât possibly gamble everything on the possibility of Conservation being fooled. If she had calmly accepted the gift of the crystals without taking a look right in front of me, then the Harloys treasure chest mimic clone would have injected her own mana into the Saloâs Crystal to forcibly explode it. Then, I would drag Conservation into my unique personal world of Hell to kill her. But of course, if that had happened instead, the explosionâs power and success rate of my scheme would both have been greatly reduced.
It was precisely because that Saloâs Crystal had exploded with Conservationâs full magical power that this explosion went down in historyâŠ
âIâll transform myself into Princess Peach! And, Iâll run outside, naked, together with Eaglestorm! No, Iâll take my clothes off while Iâm running! Iâll do it right outside one of the fairiesâ magazine publishing companies! Iâm going to make you into a headline!â
Hearing this, I couldnât help but laugh as Harloys was still actually trying to think of something that I would be afraid of. Seeing how proud the silly cat looked, I didnât say anything else⊠and immediately lowered my head!
âPlease donât!â
Lowering my head wouldnât cause me any embarrassment at all. But if I really became a headline like that, even I would be embarrassed. But right as we started relaxing from having killed Conservation, a screeching soul voice scream caused my eardrums to throb.
âRoland! Damned Roland!â
Alright then, judging from that familiar voice, my trouble wasnât over yet. But, suddenly, yet another angry and very familiar roar came from a different direction.
âRoland, so this is where you were!?â
At this moment, the females I had been hiding from just happened to arrive. I didnât know where I could run off to anymoreâŠ
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