97 – Dark Magic Workshop – 6
“Manara that uses humans as materials…”
After hearing my words, Charlotte crossed her arms in a way to support her chest and fell into thought.
I didn’t even think that Charlotte would be surprised by this fact anyway. Cutting people’s throats is something I’ve done countless times so far.
And as I expected, Charlotte tilted her head.
“Why do you say that is a problem? Hundreds and thousands of people die every day as human beings. And just as much is born again. Even if a few people are added to that enormous number as the material for black mana, nothing will change. ㅡ”
“You killed hundreds of people a day?”
When I said that and smiled lightly, Charlotte looked blank for a moment.
“Charlotte, I knew you would come out like that.”
The feeling of amazement did not last long, giving way to other feelings. The corners of his eyes, which contained crimson red eyes, softened.
It meant that even though I had stopped talking, I felt better.
“They say that lovers resemble each other, and that doesn’t sound like they’re wrong at all, my dear. Did you get to the point of reading my mind just like I read your mind?”
“I didn’t read your mind. I don’t have that kind of talent. It’s just that Charlotte, I think you would say this.”
“It doesn’t matter. The fact that you predicted that I would say such a thing is pleasant in itself. Doesn’t that mean that you understand me that much? I trust you don’t react that way to black magic. Now answer me. What is the real reason?”
the real reason I suddenly thought of a girl and quickly erased it from my mind. Just thinking about it made me nauseous.
While hiding my agitation as much as possible, I made a self-suggestion inwardly.
The real reason black magic is dangerous is that it absorbs humans indiscriminately. The real reason black magic is dangerous is that it absorbs humans indiscriminately. The real reason black magic is dangerous is that it absorbs humans indiscriminately… …
“You?”
“uh?”
“My consciousness returned to reality at Charlotte’s call. What was I just doing?
“What are you thinking so deeply about? Could it be that you have something to hide from me?”
It was still a sharp inquiry. He shook his head, trying to hide his face.
“No. It can’t be. I was just organizing my thoughts.”
“I don’t understand why you need to organize your thoughts. You just have to spit out the knowledge in your head. Do you know that the more you make excuses, the more suspicious you become?”
“It’s the first time I’m revealing it to you. I also need some time to organize my thoughts.”
Charlotte’s expression changed subtly once again. He probably focused on the fact that it was the ‘first’ reveal to himself.
“There’s nothing you can do about it. I’ll forgive you with a generous heart. But, there won’t be a second time.”
“Yes, yes. I’ll be careful next time.”
Charlotte smiled softly.
“Now tell me the real reason, my dear.
no wonder. Did you go through it once without knowing it?
“As you said, Charlotte, if black mana was simply mana made using humans as ingredients, I wouldn’t have cared too much.
As long as the whole kingdom’s humans are not ground and converted into black mana, Charlotte has an overwhelming advantage in terms of total amount and output of mana.
The real problem was different.
“The problem is this. Black mana has an ego.”
“There is an ego? Manae? What the hell are you talking about?”
This time, Charlotte’s eyes widened slightly as if she was quite surprised. It was quite rare for Charlotte to show such feelings.
“No, it’s a bit ambiguous to call it an ego. Rather than an ego, it’s more of an instinctive desire to survive.”
“You’re saying more and more incomprehensible things, dear. Whether it’s ego or the desire to survive, it’s still a sound that needs additional explanation.”
“Right. That sounds ridiculous. But it’s true. Black mana has a strong desire to maintain its own form. Didn’t I say before that black mana can’t occur naturally and can only be made using humans as materials? What happens when traits are combined with mana’s own need to survive?”
“Has a desire to maintain itself, and must use humans as materials, la…”
Befitting Charlotte, a genius who can be counted on the first finger in the entire history of this kingdom, he seemed to have already understood the essence of what I was about to say.
Little by little a shadow began to fall on her white skin.
“Since black mana has such a characteristic, it must be the same for black magic that uses black mana as a medium. Then, how do you think black magic tries to maintain itself?”
“It’s like sucking in humans.”
“right.”
I laughed bitterly.
“Black mana, and the black magic invoked by black mana, do everything they can to keep from fading away. Of course, the act of absorbing humans is also included in that struggle.”
“Are you saying that it picks out and absorbs only humans?”
“Wrong. I told you. More of a survival need than a self. You know what I mean?”
“……Without such distinction, it must be sucking in everything around it at random.”
“Exactly.”
On Charlotte’s face, the emotion previously commented to be very rare appeared again.
“Dark magic has only the desire to survive, so it absorbs everything around it to support itself. If there is a human in the process, it turns into black mana, and other things are contaminated with black mana’s unique miasma. Whether it’s air, soil, or water. So that humans can never live again.”
“To contaminate everything so that humans can never live again. That’s an expression you’ve heard a lot somewhere, dear.”
“Did you notice?”
“Isn’t it strange that you don’t notice when you say it so openly?”
What Charlotte meant was clear.
black blooded monster.
I’m trying to say that they have properties similar to black magic and black mana.
“Is it possible to stop it with magic?”
“If it’s from a distance, it’s there. You can annihilate it by pouring more firepower than the black mana it absorbs, or burn nearby humans so they can’t absorb it. Here, the standard for a neighborhood is at least three or four cities, The criterion is not to leave even ashes of anything. Instead, if you approach it, it’s over. No magic can stop it.”
“There must be a means to resist the black mana transformation itself.”
“As you said, Charlotte, there is a way to do that. Just use your holy power. Instead, it’s overwhelmingly strong.”
“Tell me specifically.”
“It should be enough to use the spirits.”
Charlotte’s expression hardened slightly. It was because he knew the weight of the word strong and knew the difficulties.
strong god.
The desire and wish of all religious people to bring God into the human body.
Even in the long history of this continent, even if I could count on three fingers, one finger would remain to record that I had succeeded in becoming a spirit god, and even though I myself had lived for quite a long time, I had only witnessed a spirit god directly once.
At least, even that Christine could not be certain whether she would be able to use her spirits while still alive.
It’s possible if you ignore your own life, but after that, you will surely die.
You can’t die, you die.
As much as it is a phenomenon in which the power of God is exercised in the human body, the reaction is also enormous, so it was virtually impossible in ordinary religions.
Even if it was a sacred church in its heyday, it was not even worth discussing because even Christine had lost faith in it.
Perhaps the people of the entire kingdom should convert to a single religion that believes in one God, and the pope and saintess, the heads of that single religion, would have to give up their lives to make it possible, barely for a few seconds.
It meant that it was virtually impossible.
“……Is there really no other way?”
Realizing this, Charlotte’s response slowed noticeably.
No matter how genius a brain and its power are to turn its thoughts into reality, there is no sharp point when faced with a concept that shakes human common sense from the root.
‘It’s another way.’
It wasn’t very much.
In a way, it’s because it’s equivalent to or more difficult than Kang Shin.
“It’s right in front of you.”
“In front of your eyes…?”
Charlotte’s gaze turned to me. Then, soon, a feeling of absurdity settled in the corners of his eyes.
“You have a knack for twisting the word impossible. I will praise you personally.”
“It is.”
The bitter smile on my lips grew even wider. Yes, to be honest, at first I also tried to commit suicide using black magic.
But it didn’t work.
Even if my body was absorbed by them, my super-regeneration ability restored even that to its original state.
Rather, because of its characteristics, it was mobilized to block black magic for a while, but that was literally for a while.
“And one more thing. The amount of black mana is meaningless.”
“The amount of mana is meaningless, you mean there are still things to be annoyed at them?”
“It means that whether it is the size of a fingernail or the size of a building, it absorbs the material around it at the same rate.”
Charlotte’s eyebrows curled slightly.
“Explain in detail.”
“I said before that black mana possesses not an ego but more of a desire to survive. Do you really think they only absorb enough humans to sustain themselves?”
not. It can’t be.
“No, that can’t be the case. They never stop. They absorb as many people around them as they can, and the overflowing black mana just scatters in the air. Then repeat it. There are no more people around to absorb it, so Until they disappear. That’s why the amount of black mana they possess is meaningless. No matter how much or how little mana they have, they will absorb everything around them.”
“And you mean that the rate of absorption is the same?”
“That’s right. I figured it out correctly.”
Charlotte bit her chin with one arm. The other arm was still crossed.
“It’s okay as long as you simply use destruction magic with black mana. Before it seeks humans to support itself, it will just hit its target and disappear. But, no more than that.”
For example, moving the black mana itself. It was no different from a disaster that moved only with the desire to destroy.
“So, Charlotte.”
My eyes went over Charlotte.
A woman with a miserable face, who is barely breathing, but who would have heard all of our conversation had she not passed out in agony.
“Use the recovery magic. Right now.”
