EFB Chapter 153
Chapter 153
#153
“The remaining Republican soldiers have lost their will to fight.”
In the operations room.
A soldier who had been at the battlefield continued his report with a crisp salute.
“Major Rudeldorf, the highest-ranking survivor of the Republican forces, has conveyed their surrender on behalf of all Westraine defense forces.”
“Major? A mere battalion commander?”
Keiren’s face twisted upon hearing the messenger’s report.
“What about the other generals?”
“After our
The Secretary General’s will.
A monster body moved by mana cores.
And the magical power I had been cultivating all this time.
His aim must have been to steal these three things and make them complete.
‘Just thinking about it pisses me off. However…’
Though it was a revolting idea just to imagine, its effectiveness was undeniable at the same time.
A body that could command monsters and create them on its own.
My magic circuit embedded within, and monster mana cores to support it.
And three magic imprints marked on that body, along with human magic cast through them.
If these three things were all combined into one being, it would truly be no different from a god.
Just like Dr. Lavrenti’s nonsense.
“Ha… Haha…!”
While I was thinking this, the Secretary General looked at me with a laughing face.
“It would have been nice if you had quietly become one with me.”
“Fuck off.”
Become one by being buried in the flesh of a middle-aged man over fifty?
Ugh. Makes me want to puke.
I’d rather be eaten by Irene’s tentacle monster.
“But with this, I have obtained everything I wanted.”
“…”
After saying this, the Secretary General slowly raised both his hands.
Petrenko’s imprint marked on his left arm.
An unfamiliar seven stroke imprint marked on his chest.
And marked on his right arm…
[Wings of Crimson] as well.
“In the end, it has fallen into my hands.”
Saying this, the Secretary General slowly raised both arms.
“The imprint that made you a hero. The mark of a king. The essence of the human Eugene Lorentz. It has come into my possession.”
“…”
“Now only one thing remains. For all of these to combine with my will and achieve awakening!”
Wooooo—!
“With this, all preparations are complete.”
At the Secretary General’s command, the numerous monsters around him made incomprehensible cries while looking at him.
The Secretary General’s current body is the queen’s flesh created using Arachne.
They prioritize the orders of the newly created king over the queen who had lost her sense of self.
Crunch, crunch-!
Two bodies slowly merging together to take the form of one person.
Screech—!
Three magic imprints glowing with magical power.
“Finally… Finally I…!”
Relishing in that sense of omnipotence, the Secretary General released all the magical power gathered within him at once.
…
……
………
“…Huh?”
No changes occurred in the Secretary General’s completed body.
“Wh-what’s going on? I clearly had Wings of Crimson, the hero’s essence…! All the karma that person experienced…!”
The Secretary General examined various parts of his body, seemingly unable to grasp the situation.
But at that moment.
Of course it failed.
A voice spoke to the confused Secretary General.
The [Wings of Crimson] you stole was my magic imprint, not his.
“You…!”
What appeared behind the Secretary General was the translucent form of a human.
The failed magic imprint that was used and miserably defeated… that of the losing faction.
“…!”
The original owner of the seven stroke magic imprint [Wings of Crimson].
The protagonist of this game, ‘Eugene Lorentz’.
“Another personality? Then what’s in front of my eyes right now is…”
Just as the startled Secretary General said this.
Crack-!
A large crack appeared in the [Wings of Crimson] imprinted on his right arm.
Crackle, crackle.
The cracks spread and the imprint’s crystals fell away.
The Secretary General stared with wide eyes and a blank expression for a moment.
I did everything you asked, Black Witch.
Saying this, ‘Eugene’ slowly opened his mouth while looking at me.
With this, finally… it’s complete.
Whoosh-!
Space shook once.
The startup sound of the magic circuit activating.
Savoring the feeling of majestic magical power circling my entire body, I slowly raised my right arm.
Tss tss tss tss…!
This was originally where [Wings of Crimson] had been imprinted.
Where my original magic source that had overcome countless crises and changed countless futures had been imprinted.
And now, a new pattern was appearing on that right arm.
“Whew-“
As I exhaled, pure heat warmed the surrounding air.
What appeared on my right arm was a new imprint,
A single-stroke magic imprint slowly revealing itself, breaking through the seven stroke imprint.
Though it was a shape I had never seen before, I knew the name of that imprint.
[King of the Burning Constellation.]
Not Maximilien’s.
Not the protagonist ‘Eugene’s’.
It was my, Eugene’s magic imprint that had achieved awakening. (+)[1]TLN: Again, here I could translate it as Yu-jin, not Eugene.
1. TLN: Again, here I could translate it as Yu-jin, not Eugene. Author's Thoughts
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