Make Dark Fantasy Great Again

Chapter 77 The embers of an undying disaster must not be passed down to future generations. For Sahila, for Kehlin, for the Dark Elves. The hero Sahila made painstaking efforts to completely destroy the existence of the demon Verdandes. It was an effort that willingly accepted even the sacrifice of his own life. Thus, the final measure he arrived at was to seal the existence of the demon Verdandes within his own body. The will of the great hero would surely be able to suppress the demon's existence. No one doubted this fact. *** "..." The demon's whispers could be heard. It was a faint sound like breath leaking from the lungs of a dying old man. Sahila simply ignored it. *** "How noisy." The demon's whispers could be heard. Sahila spat out with an expression of disgust. *** "Stop. Stop. Stop." The demon's whispers could be heard. Sahila closed his eyes and muttered. *** "Aaaaaaaagh!!!" The demon's whispers could be heard. Sahila covered his ears and screamed convulsively. *** "Shut up!!!" The demon's whispers could be heard. Sahila swung his fist at the mirror. *** "...sir! Family Head!!!" "...!" Sahila barely regained his senses. "F-Father..." The first thing he saw was a small boy pinned beneath him. It was none other than his son. One hand was reaching toward the boy's neck. And the other hand was restraining that hand. Armed retainers who could neither act nor retreat surrounded them. "What... happened..." "During the meal, you suddenly rose from your seat and approached the Young Master. And then..." The retainer could not continue his words, but it was already enough. Sahila had been consumed by the demon's power and lost himself for a moment. And that brief loss nearly led to irreversible consequences. "Father, are, are you alright...?" Even in this situation, the child was worried about his father. This was possible not because he was mature, but because he didn't know what had happened. How could he even imagine that his father had just tried to kill him? Sahila embraced his son with all his strength. "Family Head..." It was a short word from the retainer. It contained many meanings. It was time to endure humiliation. "Prepare for the transfer of the seal." In the end, the great hero had to accept it. The humiliating fact that bearing Verdandes' existence was too much for him. That completely destroying Verdandes' power and existence was nearly impossible. ───── Verdandes' power had vanished. This was the conclusion Kela reached when she belatedly realized her condition. The mighty demon's power that had been part of her until just moments before could not even be felt as a trace. "This can't be..." That power was fundamentally different from the trivial powers that other Demon Followers received from their masters. It was the result of harnessing the power sealed within the 'Eye of Verdandes', which was truly a part of the original demon. In other words, it was Verdandes' very existence itself. To destroy Verdandes' existence? It was something that even the great hero Sahila, who had grasped the name of a star with the 8th Rank within reach, could not accomplish. But who, what could dare to destroy Verdandes' power? So Kela denied it. She retraced her existing senses and once again awakened Verdandes' power. Then joy appeared on her face. Some kind of power responded to that sensation. It was certain. That power was surely the authority of the mighty and evil desert demon Verdandes. Kela drew out the power of the being she served with all her might. Pure Desert Energy without a single impurity gathered at her fingertips. "?" What? Kela stared at her hand in a daze. -Thud! Until the moment she lost consciousness from Keiren's strike, who had escaped from the Mental Interference and regained his senses. "..." Keiren was bewildered. He looked down at his sword hilt that he had used to knock out Kela. Was it really okay for it to be resolved so simply? Having felt Kela's power with his whole body and even been driven into a corner, he felt an untimely pang of conscience. He wondered if this too might be part of cunning Kela's scheme and kept watching the fallen woman warily. That was when it happened. -Cough! Hack! The fallen Kela's body began to convulse and tremble. *** -Where is this place? In an empty world where nothing existed, it asked itself. -... It tried hard to remember but eventually gave up. There seemed to be a more important question. -Who am I? It asked itself. -... It was the same as before. No matter how hard it tried to remember, nothing came to mind. So just when it was about to give up- -No... An arrogantly clear Ego raised it up. -I am... the sand mountain that blocks the sun... -Who dares to judge me... to confine me... The empty world where nothing existed became filled with a raging sandstorm. *** It was a grotesque sight. Kela, that Demon Follower, was rolling on the floor with her eyes rolled back. Over the dark red blood she had just vomited. Greedily, as if gathering up gold coins that had spilled from a pouch. "Young Lady! Please step back!" Keiren urgently stepped in front of the Young Lady. Setting aside the ominousness and strangeness that the scene evoked, Kela's power was being restored moment by moment. However, it wasn't as stable as before. -Crack -Crack Grotesque movements that ignored the body's structure. It was no longer a being that wielded demonic power. It was a being swept away by demonic power. The power of Verdandes that Kela had accepted. The demon's Ego that had been faintly dissolved within it responded to the original demon's will running wild somewhere, and came to devour and dominate Kela's Ego. "Grrrrrr—" The thing that had been Kela drooled bloody saliva and swung its hand toward Cartria and Keiren. The rising darkness became waves of sand trying to swallow them. Keiren immediately picked up Cartria and put distance between them. After setting Cartria down in a safe place, he went on the offensive again. *** Even in perfect condition, Kela had shown reluctance in a full confrontation with Keiren. But in a state like now, having lost her Ego and recklessly wielding power, an equal battle was impossible. The fight was decided in an instant. The ominous sandstorm that filled the room ceased. Thud. Kela's head, separated from her body, fell to the floor. Now everything was over. Keiren tried to savor the joy of victory together with Cartria. "Keiren, we need to go to the Magic Tower right now." However, what was reflected in his eyes was the sight of the Young Lady in distress. "What's wrong?" The series of strange phenomena Kela had shown. Cartria immediately recognized what it was. Verdandes. He was running wild. Why? She didn't know. What was certain was the power of those aftereffects. Even Kela, who possessed power without Ego, was made to lose her Ego and go mad. Then what about Risir, who had that entire Ego confined within his body? "Risir. He's in danger...! We need to go help him right now!" *** "Oh, Cartria. You came at just the right time. This— I think you can take it back." Risir. He was still in Meltas's Research Laboratory. Together with Master Meltas and something else. He showed Cartria something placed on the desk. Verdandes. His final struggle came to nothing. He thrashed about until the end within the prison called Risir and eventually lost himself. The giant sandstorm with evil will was no more. "Little one. What's your name?" -I'm Verdandeth! The sand mountain that blockth the thun! “Not Verdandeth, Verdandes~” -Verdan... Verdan... Name ith weird!!! I want a different name! What was there was a sand Spirit in the form of a small girl. "..." *** Family Head Borad Sahila. He made the destruction of Verdandes his life's work to carry on his father's will, but could never accomplish it to the end. However, the vast achievements he left behind became a legacy passed down to future generations. ───── Dehorn Sahila. He inherited his Ancestor's will and made Verdandes' destruction his life's work but also failed. However, he detected Verdandes' movements as he secretly grew his power within the seal, discovered flaws in the seal, and reinforced it. ───── Yona Sahila. He gave up on Verdandes' destruction and focused on sealing. Realizing that no seal could prevent Verdandes' power from multiplying, he sought new sealing methods. After those efforts, he established a contract seal that bound the target through Contract and prevented power multiplication by consuming that power. ───── Lopis Sahila. He realized the limitations of contract sealing and sought new sealing methods but failed. Realizing that no more efficient sealing methods existed, he focused on destruction again. And after failing again, he discovered new facts. He warned future generations that Verdandes' return was not far off. ───── The current Family Head of Sahila. Rashana Sahila. Verdandes' sealing and destruction were not her concerns. Her mother, the previous Family Head's warning. Rashana knew that Verdandes' return could not be prevented and that it had approached right before her eyes. Perhaps she would become the first Sahila to face Verdandes since the Founding Family Head. Could there be greater glory than this? ...Could there be a greater burden than this? Resignation. And resolve. Rashana Sahila set about laying foundations. To prepare for Verdandes' return that would come soon. To protect her kinsmen and ancestors' legacy from that mighty being that could neither be completely sealed nor destroyed. The burden weighed heavily on her throat. It was a great task inheriting the glory of her ancestors, but at the same time a terrifyingly heavy burden. She frequently asked herself. Could she really accomplish it? The answer was meaningless. Regardless of possibility, it was something that absolutely had to be done. Thus Rashana Sahila spent each day in anxiety and determination. So she could accept it whenever the day of the final battle arrived. *** Her son's sudden loss of contact and the ominous movements detected inside and outside Kehlin. The number of Demon Followers already captured by Sahila House alone was numerous. Rashana Sahila had a premonition. Then one day came. "Family Head!!!" What was meant to come had finally arrived. Sahila's Family Head closed her eyes quietly. After no small amount of time passed, Rashana Sahila spoke with determination. "Speak." "Verdandes' Curse...!" Verdandes had cursed Sahila. That Curse, confined by sealing Verdandes' existence, would devour Sahila along with Verdandes' return. The first target would be none other than Sahila's Family Head. Rashana smiled leisurely. That smile filled with dignity had the power to calm others. "Calm down. I'm fine." "Verdandes' Curse has... vanished...!" Rashana Sahila. By destroying Verdandes' existence in her generation, she finally completed Sahila's long task. "What?" Anyway, she completed it. *** ────────── [Title: Ah, when this game's late stage comes, it's really so hard I can't play more than 1 hour a day Content: What the hell, why is the Fate Quest boss minimum Level in the 70s damn it -: Right now I'm bleeding trying to catch Level 50s and the minimum Level is 70? Yeah I'll quit -: No but that's really about the extreme late-game areas lol -: If minimum Level is 70, where is it? It must be at least after Cardum -[OP]: Dark elf village -: Ah Kehlin lol -: That place is really a wall of tears ────────── *** ────────── [Title: Wow but Kehlin's timeline here is fucking ridiculous lol] Content: If we had just prevented that bitch Kela from landing the killing blow on Cartria back then, this mess probably wouldn't have happened? -: For real, this crazy bitch Kela releases Verdandes' seal and comes back to Kehlin for free farming Damn the growth speed just doesn't make sense, looking at the time that passed in the story she grows faster than players lol -: So Kehlin was destroyed because of us, is that it? -: Still, since it's the dark elf village, I feel less guilty ㅠ -: For today at least, I'm grateful for their darkness. -: Even Verdandes would fold against these bastards ────────── *** ────────── ▷Region: Kehlin - Has been deactivated ────────── ────────── ▷Fated Being: Verdandes of All Sand and Wind [78Lv] - Has been deactivated. (E/N: That's a pretty high level. Sorry I thought you were a weakling) ▷Fated Being: Sand Carrier Kela [73Lv] - Has been deactivated. ▷Fated Being: Sand Storm Worshippers [71Lv] - Has been deactivated ▷Fated Being: One Who Will Forever Devour Sand (Rashana Sahila) [71Lv] - Has been deactivated. ... ... ... ... ... ────────── ────────── Perks are being granted. ────────── ────────── New system [Faction Enhancement] is being unlocked. ────────── ────────── ▷Faction Enhancement: You can distribute Experience Points to grant beneficial effects to your allies. ────────── ────────── Please select the target for Experience Points distribution. [Self], [Faction] ────────── ────────── If you do not make a selection within the time limit, the distribution target will be automatically selected. ────────── ... ... ... *** -Please let me continue being your maid, just until I repay my debt to you! After the series of events concluded, this was the first thing Cartria brought up to me. Having lived together, I realized that having a maid who takes care of household duties and various conveniences warms a man's heart in many ways. -That's troublesome. However, I refuse. I had been freeloading at the Magic Tower for quite a long time under the pretext of mediating between the Magic Tower and various sponsors. But all things must come to an end. Most of the mediation was finished, and I had obtained most of what I could gain by staying at the Magic Tower. What remained now was either delving deeper into magical theory or receiving specialized practical lessons from Sir Meltas and other Masters— These weren't things I could casually partake in while temporarily staying under the excuse of earning my keep at the Magic Tower. The moment I touched them, I would be reborn as a formal Honorary Mage hybrid. Anything more would be greed and putting the cart before the horse. Even to continue positive exchanges with the Magic Tower in the future, it was time to build my own foundation. (E/N: ie he is saying that if he gets too closely 'associated' with the tower then he would be more of a formal mage than an honorary one) In short, I would soon leave the Magic Tower and lose a fixed residence again. I had neither the means to keep a maid nor reason to have one. Especially if that maid wasn't a slave with nowhere to go, but a Young Lady from a great Noble house that ruled the Southern Region. Cartria couldn't be stubborn in the face of that rational reason. -I understand! Then, within a short time, I'll come visit you properly and confidently with proper formality! Not in a fake appearance, but in my confident true form! Thus the Dark Elves returned to their homeland full of vigor. With a promise to repay the kindness they had received- -'That thing' is a being with great meaning to our family and kinsmen! I'll entrust it to you! Please think of it as a sign of my sincerity and trust toward you! Leaving behind that little hill prankster, the minor desert demon Verdan-whatever. It was then, while I was bustling about preparing to move from the Magic Tower lodging where I had been staying for a while. "...Hm?" Something strange entered the corner of my vision. If I wasn't seeing things, it was— ────────── A new system has been unlocked. ──────────