Chapter 397 – Power and Inheritance of Fire

Chapter 397: The Authority and Inheritance of Fire

Nod

“Okay, pass.
I will end the trial by fire with this.”

“… Are you okay?”

“What do you mean?”

Are you really going to finish the test with this?

“I don’t think it was a question related to the Trial of Fire…”

“It doesn’t matter.
In the first place, you were just going to let it pass.
I was curious about how far my descendants could go.
I just wanted to give you information, give you advice, and make you more determined.
The test was just a formality.”

Angmar shrugged.
… For some reason, each of those pleasant gestures resembles his father.
Can’t you lie with blood?

“Are you really okay?
No, there was too much talk about the system, right?
Aren’t you going to perish by leaking heavenly secrets?”

“I don’t know, fuck.
What do you know
Tell them to fuck up.”

“You’re an ancestor who just left.”

“A tiger dies and leaves his skin behind.
When people die, they leave their names behind.
As a demon, I have already left my name, so if even my spiritual body perishes, I want to leave behind you, Kamyu.”

“I was moved, Grandfather.”

How to say
This gratitude cannot be expressed in words.
Clumsy
I really get a lot of help from others.

“And this much shows the information provided by the system administrator and tells me what I have inferred. What’s the problem?
Wasn’t the fact that I saw Fragment of Destiny in the first place because the system showed it to me?
Just because you’re in the Black Sun doesn’t mean you can see things like this.
It would be contradictory to implicitly allow it and punish me.

“Is that so?”

“It is.
You, as Player 2, are in the position to face Player 1.
Doesn’t that in itself mean that you will actively incorporate your story, the miracle you created with that girl, into the scenario?”

“What is a scenario?
Who made it, for what purpose, for what purpose?
What is the effect?”

“I do not know either.”

“Yes?”

“I don’t know either.
Tsk. If I knew, I would have told the manager and told the manager to cut it.
Don’t even know
I’m just a ‘guide’ urgently recruited by the system…”

Too bad.

“All I know is the way you are going.
The answer lies at the end.”

“It is abstract.
I don’t even know the direction of the road or where it ends.”

“Now the system will tell you directly.
Become a ‘player’ for now.
A true player.
Defeat the hero and step through the scenario as a single person.”

Like the hero Alberic, are you going to step on that dirty fate?

Aware of the concern, Angmar raised a finger.

“But don’t step on that train.
Be true to yourself and to the heroes.
And you have to do your best, and ride the crooked line as you have done so far.”

“Yes? Ah!”

Momentary worry.
Momentary realization.

Why would the system accept a hacker like me, a twister like me?
Why would you recreate this unplanned scenario?
There is something you want from me
What the system expects is a twist of fate.
It’s likely a new story.

As proof of that, an abnormally high level of karma.
Survival itself went against fate, but isn’t even the saintess, a haven arranged for warriors with countless ties, looking at me?

The system prepared the assassination of the demon king and the betrayal of Nuvacane and Phillip one after another.
Perhaps the hero’s frustration and corruption were predicted.
Marianne, the heroine and shelter, is with me, and Stella and Angela, who are subordinates and compatible with the shelter, are also with me.
The former Queen Grace, who will replace this, is with Duke Dupre, and Bellondel is dead.
Catherine is… Originally, I was prepared to open my mind, but it was too late to go back now.
And she wants to covet me for some reason, so I don’t think that’s possible.

After.
Let’s focus!
Once you win!
Let’s focus on the goal in front of us!
Win, defeat Alberic!

“Looks like you’ve made up your mind.
Your wife seems very worried.
Are you okay?”

“Oh, by the way, what about Lumica?”

“Let’s go for now.”

Jerk, jerk.
Jerk, jerk.

“Ah… ! Ancestor!
Is the trial by fire over?”

“Yes.”

“Then the result… ?”

“Both passed.
Congratulations.”

“”And!! Thank you! Thank you!””

“Chuck.
Are you that happy?
Anyway, they are a couple full of vitality.
It’s fun to talk about after a long time.”

Rumikawa and I running on the hard sandy beach feeling the sea breeze.
Angmar, who looked at him with delight, opened his mouth slowly.

“Originally, if both pass, they must fight each other and give it to the one who wins.
The power of fire.”

“”!”

It’s scary.

“What are you going to do?”

“”Give it to this guy (this one)!””

Rumika and I pointed at each other.

“Geumseul is very good, which is rare.
Even after the newlyweds pass, I hope you will keep that gold thread forever.”

A bitter look flickers across Angmar’s face.

“… It is an old tradition that the ‘power of fire’ began to be regarded as a sign of the demon king.
But it wasn’t like that from the beginning.
During the days of the ‘Explorer Devil’ who climbed the bottomless pit and reclaimed Middle-earth, he was not obsessed with the power of fire.”

“How did the alternative power of fire come about?”

Rumika’s bold question.

“The origin of the ‘power of fire’ is that the inner fire of the ancestors was collected little by little and passed on to the demons who ventured into the middle-earth where there is no black sun.
Because there might not be warmth where there is no black sun.
Because I didn’t know that the white sun of the heavens would withdraw its light and warmth and not share it.”

“I guess that happened… !”

“We only knew that it was a sign to become a demon king and a secret to becoming stronger with the essence of fire magic…”

“Well, even if the two of you knew that, it wouldn’t be strange.
Perhaps, after the ‘Liberator Demon King’ organized the current Demon King Army as a loose tribal military alliance, the effectiveness of the power of fire began to be revealed as the rule was set that ‘the strongest demon tribe becomes the Demon King’.
Inheriting the power of fire, spreading ‘fire wings’ to fly, upgrading magic flame cannons, or recovering the lost ultimate 5th level fire magic ‘Armageddon’.
Either way, it gives you an absolute advantage in a fight.
In particular, the ‘Immune to Fire Damage’ feature is a great advantage in civil war between demons.”

“Didn’t the strongest person become the Demon King from the beginning?”

Rumika’s question.
Yes.
Fresh story,
Because of the deep-rooted tradition that is taken for granted within the Demon King’s army, she learned interpersonal fighting techniques, swordsmanship, and combat magic, especially from her point of view.

“Yes.
Isn’t it natural?
What kind of ignorance are you saying that a king has to be the best at fighting?
It is right for him to be the wisest.”

“But isn’t being the wisest too abstract a criterion?
How can you rate it?
Reputation? Test? Status?”

“Rumica is right.
If you put it on your nose, it’s a nose ring, and if you put it on your ears, it’s an earring.”

“You are right.
As with everything in the world, how not to go back to the ideal.
Didn’t the meaning of ‘the strongest’ also refer to force, power, or whether the survivors were strong?
Just as the assassination of rivals became frequent because of that, the standard of wisdom also had side effects.
At first, the demons established the country and made the wisest person king.
As much as the standard of wisdom is abstract, it was my mistake that I was not prepared for the case of a philosopher who became a king being selfish and self-righteous.
I also have a heavy responsibility as a leader, so maybe I was just trying to wield power.
What kind of sickness was caused by that… I’m sure you know it well.”

Angmar’s rampage.
He was called the God of Destruction.
So, isn’t it still being called the ‘God of Destruction’ more often?
Didn’t the demon kings of the past hand over a part of their body inherited from his blood to create a ‘Special Lawyer’, and again, humans took the ‘Special Lawyer’ prisoner and made the current ‘Seed of the God of Destruction’?

“In the age of chaos, those who claimed to be the demon king, whether in the mainland or in the middle world, killed and killed each other.
And those who sat briefly on the throne died…
He wanted to create a eldest son succession system for political stability and give it authority.”

“Yes.
It’s so confusing.”

“Thanks to the competition and purges, there were only a handful of Dark Blood holders left, so there was a time when I took a demon to marry and marry from the mainland to Middle-earth.
As a result, in modern times, the power of fire seems to be used as a means of increasing combat power and granting authority.
It’s a pity indeed.
Its original meaning is also the concept of an old legacy that accumulates and inherits some of the ancestors’ mana.
How can I not understand the meaning of advancing to the next stage of magic based on this… !”

They were thoughtful ancestors.
Angmar lamented the current state of affairs and was sincerely sorry.
The laments of great ancestors who worry about the wandering of their descendants.

But now a new wind was blowing.
Angmar looked back at us with a look full of anticipation.

“Then fix it.
Who will inherit the power of fire?”

“Your brother will do it.”

“Give it to Rumika.”

This.

“Rumica.
I need you
You just have to support me as the Demon King.
What are you doing after you decided to become the demon king?”

“No.
Brother do it
Did your brother live a hard life as a commoner without knowing that he was a descendant of the Demon King?
It’s time for my brother to regain his lost qualifications!
Ancestor!
Please give it to Kamyu oppa!”

“Why are you like this?!
Are you trying to make me a traitor?
What do you think the demons will say if I spread my wings of fire and go down by myself?!”

“I will!
Otherwise I’ll make you shut up!
Didn’t I say that I would make my brother the supreme king and emperor?!”

“Even things have order!
You should rise to the position of the demon king and support me!”

“When do you climb like that!
Chaotic times produce great men, and war makes heroes!
The fastest way for my brother to become a war hero and become emperor!
And war or no chance!”

That’s very logical.
Why do we keep fighting even after we get married?

What? Wait for a sec.

“Grandpa, I have a question for you.”

“It’s Camus. What was it?”

“If I inherit the power of fire, is it transferable?”

“Possible.
Kill the heir, then come back to the Black Sun to take over.”

“No.
Instead of that, it’s a direct transfer method.”

Shaking my head.

“Power is not currency.
In principle, it is impossible.
It is because it is the proof of blood, the fire of the soul bestowed on ‘Dark Blood’.”

It’s dark blood…
Look at the system status window again.

Tring-.

[Attribute: *Dark Blood (Epic)
Origin: Evidence of blood left by the first demon, ‘Angmar’.
Confronting the sky lord Ahumazu, he agreed to form Middle-earth, and returned to the Black Sun, leaving his blood to the demons.
Effect: Succession and use of ‘Power of Fire’.
When possessed, you can use the exclusive special move ‘Magic Flame Cannon’. (However, you must learn advanced fire magic)
When possessed, dark blood holders can use a weapon.
Possess basic fire magic by nature.
Increases power by 50% when using fire magic (can be stacked).
All stats +30.
Magical response and additional effects to the same blood relative]

… Right.
The last line is important now.

“Are there any exceptions?”

“If the mana waves are exactly the same, it is possible to pass the fire of the soul without mutual conflict.
In theory, that is what it means.”

“You’ve never seen such a precedent, have you?”

“It is true.
No one even tried.
Magical wavelengths are different for each subject, like fingerprints, breathing, and gait.
They may be similar, but they cannot be the same.
Because if it is even slightly different, it will explode.”

There are ways to overcome all of that.
I’m curious about something else.

“Is there anyone who inherited the power of fire and then lost it?”

“There are few, but there are.”

“How did you lose it?”

“I have a very complicated situation.
All you need to know is that you retrieved the power from the Black Sun.
Power is another semantic sacrifice.
Those who have it have the duty to deliver light and warmth to the demons like the black sun.
I retrieved it from some idiots who only thought of power as some superlative buff.
Another name for ‘power of fire’ is ‘fire of sacrifice’.
It means to become a leader who burns one’s body and soul and illuminates the demons with that light and heat.
Well, you can think of it as a role like the Angelic Alliance in the heavens.”

“Ahem,” Said Angmar, stroking his mustache and beard.

The ancestors made it, but what you give and take is the ‘black sun’, right?
It is, in effect, the authority of the system.
By the way, did you mean the Angelic Alliance as well?

“When the power of fire disappears, does the power disappear right away?”

“No.
Remnants of fire remain on his body, and he can use his power.
The power of fire gradually deteriorates and weakens.
It’s not an ordinary thing to rekindle the power with the inner fire, but it’s not impossible.
But it fades away.”

“What if you hold on to the authority?”

“I’m not sure… I wonder if I will be able to imitate the power of a successor of fire, as the remaining fire burns like charcoal on the remnants of power left in my body.”

“Okay.”

I glance at the status window.
Karma numbers keep rising.
Maybe it’s because of this message.

[You have entered the Black Sun.]

[You are the first demon to enter the Black Sun.]

[I have encountered the first demon, Angmar, and inherited his wisdom.]

[You have passed the test of fire!
I am qualified to inherit the power of fire!]

The Karma value that rises as you get away from fate.
Is it the destiny of pioneering?
Life of challenges, true love.
My life through them.
Let’s gamble again.

It’s funny.
I used to hate gambling, but my life is gambling.
The funnier thing is that the more you gamble, the more you gain, so it sounds fun.
My life is so full of contradictions and paradoxes.

“You are very curious.
Now, which of the two will inherit the power of fire?”

“Give it to my brother!
I won’t take it!”

“I will take it.”

I take a step forward.

Nod

“Good night.
Come here.”

Chuck.

“Eat this scroll.”

“Yes?”

“Eat.
Chew it.”

The scroll he handed over was just a real scroll.
It’s not a dish disguised as a scroll.
Umm…

Mumble, Mumble, Mumble… It’s chewy. Gulp!

“How is it?”

“Sweet as honey in the mouth, but very bitter in the stomach.”

“Think of it as a tasty medicine.
Those who seek the wisdom of their ancestors will eat advice sweetly and melt trials and hardships into their bodies.
Alright, then.”

Fuck!

He snapped his fingers, and here he saw a red-hot coal the size of a fist in his hand.

“Kiss it here.”

Side.

Hwareuk!

“Uh?”

The fire burns my body from the lips and comes in.
Increasingly… Spread throughout the body

“Brother’s hair… It feels like my whole body is on fire.”

My hair glowed red, like oak charcoal burning with fire.
Soon after, the whole body glowed brightly, reddened, radiating heat and light, like a red-hot charcoal.
Like lava where the ground cracks and peeps out.
Like the erratic fire of a volcano.

Chin.

Angmar places his hand upon my head and blesses me.

“My ancestors, who have walked the thorny road, and I, Angmar, stood in front of all those ancestors.
I bless his descendants who will build the next step by raising the sacrificial fire that will lead them, inheriting the essence of magic.
Blood to blood, flesh to flesh, name to name, responsibility and authority to carry on.
I will be with you from now on—”

Hwareuk!

If it was a charcoal fire just before, now it is a wood fire.
No, it’s a furnace.
A fire like a furnace emanates from the body,

Roaring!

“Wow…”

Wings of fire, like the wings of a phoenix, spread from my back.
Well, the feeling of wagging a tail that wasn’t even there.
It’s heterogeneous.

Tring-.

[You inherited the power of fire!]

[Attributes have been added to the status window.]

It’s a status window.
Check.

Tring-.

[Attribute: *Power of Fire (Epic)
Origin: A legacy established by the ancestors of the demon tribe on the foundation of ‘Dark Blood’.
After the ancestors died, they returned to the Black Sun and accumulated some magical energy to pass it on to their descendants.
This is the crystallization of the wish to become a leader who will shine on his descendants like the black sun, even in Middle Earth where there is no black sun, and lead them with sacrifice and responsibility.
Effect: Awakening of ‘Super Special Move Control Ability’.
Magic reserve X2.
Immunity to fire damage.
Increases power by 100% when using fire magic (can be stacked).
When using fire magic, duration is increased by 100% (can be stacked).
Magical response and additional effects to dark blood relatives]

What an awesome option!
I’m going to grill pork belly in Kubydoff’s flame breath!
Above all, the awakening of super-kill control ability?!
Can I carry my magic weapon and unleash a special move?!

“Would you like to take control?”

Hwareuk!
Flutter, Flutter!

“Wow! I fly!”

Whee woo woo…

It flaps its wings of fire, and the flames burning from its body are caught inside it.
As if the cold lava cracked and let out light and heat, it returned to normal except for the bright red glow in various parts of the body.
I can’t sleep after writing this.
Can you see well in the dark?

“Take a closer look.
Doesn’t the inner fire come out intact?
It should only be revealed during battle.”

After some more practice, it’s back to normal.
It flew by flapping its flame wings, then landed and removed its wings.
It’s like thin.

Clap clap clap!

“Your brother is so cool!”

“It suits you well.
Good work.”

“Thank you.
Rumika, would you like to come and see me?”

“Huh.”

Rumika approached me without any doubt.
And.

Warak.

“Uh?”

This.
My.
It’s a choice.

Wow… !

“Um?”

Rumika gets a surprise kiss.

Hwareuk!

“Wow!?”

Ride a steamy kiss.

“What, what are you doing?!”

Roaring… !
Slurp! Slurp!

Mouth to mouth.
Sacrificial fire.
Power of fire.
It flows into Rumika on the tongue!