CHAPTER 246: ABOUT EXTINCTION

Ethan opened the magic book about the Extinction spell as if entranced.

[Research on the Curse Magic Extinction]

Author: Irneska Arne.

When he heard the Emperor’s words.

To be honest, Ethan was extremely bewildered.

‘He really said it’s close to the real Extinction.’

The Emperor said that the Extinction Ethan had contracted wasn’t the usual Extinction.

‘The expression “usual Extinction” is a bit strange too.’

The Emperor said that Ethan’s Extinction might be the original Extinction.

‘It’s surprising enough that I, from an ordinary noble family in the provinces, contracted Extinction, but to think this Extinction might even be the original.’

It was incomprehensible.

‘For what reason on earth?’

And who?

Extinction isn’t an inborn disease. It’s literally a type of curse magic.

That means someone cast this curse magic.

“This Extinction isn’t even easy to cast.”

Why on earth did they cast such a powerful curse magic on him?

‘No matter how much of a grudge there is, how much can a provincial noble do?’

Even if Count Whiskers incurred resentment, there would be limits. How much could a provincial noble family, not even a central great noble, do to incur such hatred?

‘Who would cast Extinction on the eldest son of a provincial noble family?’

Ethan frowned deeply.

‘It’s different from Regia’s son. Regia was such a great figure that he was called the first master, so he might have done one or two things to incur great resentment.’

That was one of the reasons why Regia risked his life to try to cure his son’s illness.

He had tried not to make enemies, but there was someone who looked at him unfavorably, and that person cast a curse magic on his son.

As Regia was highly renowned even in the central continent, it wasn’t strange for someone who held a grudge against him to cast the vicious Extinction on his son. ŖåNꝊBÈś

‘Come to think of it, it’s ridiculous.’

The symptoms of this Extinction were such that if misjudged, one might not even realize it was a curse magic.

‘Even the healer in Count Whiskers’ territory just said it was a disease that rotted the soul. They didn’t even anticipate it was the curse magic Extinction.’

They probably didn’t even include Extinction in their range of possibilities. Or they might not have known what Extinction was at all.

That’s the kind of disease Extinction was.

‘Regia said Extinction was a powerful curse magic that required a life as payment. He even said it absolutely couldn’t be cast with just one life.’

At least hundreds.

Or even more.

‘Extinction requires exchanging hundreds of lives to cast the curse, but they cast the original on me? It’s too strange, even for strange.’

Ethan frowned deeply and continued reading the magic book.

-The king of curses, the end of curses. Extinction holds a unique position among numerous curse magics.

The reason is simple. A curse is not magic that kills the target instantly.

A curse is meant to inflict maximum pain over a long period of time.

A curse is wishing for the target to suffer as long as possible.

From this perspective, Extinction has effects worthy of being called the king of curses.

However, the price for using it is too great. Not only one’s own life, but hundreds or thousands of living sacrifices are needed simultaneously, so it’s not a curse magic that can be easily attempted.

Also, as there was so little information about it and no one knew it accurately, I have been researching this Extinction for a long time…

Ethan focused on this phrase.

[A curse is meant to inflict maximum pain over a long period of time.]

‘It fits Extinction perfectly.’

According to his research, it’s said that the legendary black magician Sundrake devised this vicious curse magic and cast Extinction by sacrificing numerous lives.

The number of sacrifices mentioned here was hundreds of lives. In fact, a thousand lives were needed for perfect success.

…

…

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The subsequent content was information about Extinction that Ethan already knew.

‘Black magician Sundrake.’

But there was also a lot of content that Ethan was encountering for the first time. It was all written down – who created Extinction, what conditions were needed to use it.

As Ethan continued reading the magic book, he thought there might be clues to curing Extinction in this book.

‘There might be.’

Since the contents about Extinction were recorded in such detail, there was certainly a possibility that clues about the cure remained as well.

Ethan, having crammed all the information about Extinction into his head.

He had already reached the last page of the magic book.

-[The Original of Extinction]

Thump-.

This was finally the information Ethan wanted.

Since it was a page titled “The Original of Extinction”, there was a high possibility that its cure method was recorded as well.

‘Let’s see.’

Whether he could part ways with this Extinction from today.

-As I researched this Extinction, I studied what Sundrake created Extinction for.

And I found out.

Originally, Extinction was not used for the purpose of a curse.

—-This———————-symptom is——————————————————————————————————–

“What the.”

The most important part was painted over. There were still three more pages left, but all parts were painted over and couldn’t be read.

“Damn, the most important part.”

Ethan cursed.

And just as he was about to go back to the front,

Shaaaaaak-.

Suddenly, the Extinction inside his body began to squirm.

“Kugh.”

Ethan started coughing violently. With each cough, the gloomy poison of Extinction was spewed out through his mouth.

Shaaaaaaaaaaaak-!

The spewed poison grew uncontrollably. And before Ethan could do anything, all that poison seeped into the magic book.

“…What is this.”

The poison settled on the magic book. It had changed as if completely soaked in poison.

“Is something wrong?”

The librarian, who had appeared out of nowhere, asked Ethan.

“This… I’m sorry. Due to my mistake, the magic book has become like this.”

“Pardon…?”

The librarian who saw the magic book Ethan handed over looked puzzled.

“It’s perfectly fine though.”

“…”

It was clearly soaked in poison. It was practically to the point of having to be discarded.

‘Can’t they see this poison?’

“It’s fine if it’s just a little crumpled.”

“That much is fine.”

The librarian bowed and disappeared instantly again.

‘What on earth is going on?’

Ethan opened the magic book again. The poison was now seeping into the back part of the magic book.

‘Could it be.’

When he hurriedly opened the last page, the paint covering the content had completely disappeared.

‘It was deliberately erased.’

-The one reading this sentence now must be someone who possesses the poison of Extinction.

As the root of Extinction I researched is shocking in itself, I judged it right to leave the truth only for those afflicted with Extinction rather than revealing the truth to everyone.

The essence of Extinction is to rot the soul.

It fills the entire body with poison and uses that poison to rot the soul.

However, this is not simply to torment the target and make them die slowly.

It was to create a vessel to descend someone into that body.

The legendary black magician Sundrake created Extinction for this purpose.

The essence of this Extinction can be seen as eliminating the soul dwelling in the flesh and making it like an empty doll.

Then, what is the being intended to be descended?

I, I uncovered its identity after experiencing dozens of crises.

What Sundrake intended to descend through Extinction was a god-like being.

‘Huh.’

The content was quite shocking.

‘So Extinction itself wasn’t a simple curse magic, but a magic to create a vessel to descend a god-like being?’

It meant that Extinction was about creating a vessel for a god by sacrificing over hundreds of sacrifices.

Ethan frowned.

It’s about erasing the soul with Extinction and then using that body as a vessel for resurrection.

-However, the poison contained in Extinction was so powerful that no human could withstand that curse. Therefore, those afflicted with Extinction all died without becoming vessels.

Sundrake despaired and cast Extinction on himself. However, he too couldn’t withstand Extinction and died.

After that, Extinction was used for other purposes. It became a curse magic with powerful effects, and this became the core power of the Rosicrucian Order that followed Sundrake.

They perfectly analyzed Extinction and used it to punish those who opposed their will.

However, as time passed, cracks formed within the Rosicrucian Order, and the Rosicrucian Order founded by Sundrake split.

‘Rosicrucian Order?’

Ethan knew the name of the Rosicrucian Order.

‘Followers of the Moon. Dawn Council’s previous name was the Rosicrucian Order. So the Dawn Council split off from the Rosicrucian Order.’

-One side said to abandon Extinction and descend the god in another way, while the other side said to continue the will of Sundrake, the first leader, through Extinction.

The Rosicrucian Order eventually split. More precisely, the side that tried to carry on Sundrake’s will was expelled.

They lost everything and were driven out. Numerous knowledge about Extinction, and even the method to dissolve it, everything.

‘Method to dissolve it?’

At that moment, Ethan’s eyes lit up greatly.

‘Then does this mean the Dawn Council has this method?’

However, Ethan didn’t know this fact at all, even though he had played up to just before becoming an apostle.

Moreover, he had never encountered anything about Extinction at all.

‘That means the Dawn Council completely abandoned Extinction.’

After that, the remaining information would have been perfectly hidden by the believers of the Dawn Council.

‘Very few people would know.’

It was likely that only about three top-level apostles would know information related to this.

‘But this isn’t certain either. It’s too dangerous to go to the Dawn Council just believing what’s written here.’

The top-level apostles are really strong. Also, judging from what’s written here, it seemed like one would have to go to the Dawn Council’s headquarters to find content about this Rosicrucian Order and Extinction.

‘With my current state, even ten lives wouldn’t be enough to charge in alone.’

Still, it was good information. He was able to learn about the truth of Extinction that Ethan didn’t know until now and the story about it.

‘But one question remains.’

Ethan was afflicted with the original Extinction.

That means someone didn’t cast it out of a grudge, but cast Extinction to make Ethan a living sacrifice, that is, a vessel for a god.

‘The Dawn Council that split from the Rosicrucian Order, and those who split off from that Dawn Council.’

-The believers who didn’t give up Extinction acted in accordance with Sundrake’s will, and I was able to learn numerous things through them.

But they are not good. It’s nothing more than providing information for their purpose.

O you who are afflicted with Extinction. If you want to cure Extinction, seek someone with powerful divine power. That would be much better than a dissolution method whose existence is uncertain.

There was no more content beyond this writing.

“…”

Ethan, having finished reading the book, was silent for a while.

Then he slowly closed the magic book.

As he did so, the poison that had seeped into the magic book came out and seeped back into Ethan’s body.

‘It would be nice if it disappeared a bit, but it comes back. It’s not a salmon.’

Ethan frowned.

‘As expected of the imperial library. I’m glad I came in.’

He never thought he would be able to get information about Extinction in the imperial library he entered to obtain better swordsmanship.

“Hmmmm.”

To defeat an opponent, you need to understand the opponent.

‘It’s clearer now.’

Ethan placed his hand near his heart.

“I might be able to say goodbye sooner than I thought, Extinction.”

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