Chapter 159
When the girl who was supposed to be revived using the power of the Leyline uttered unwanted words, Bryud became enraged, as if he had completely forgotten about Dran and the others, and then he continued to speak words that denied the existence of the girl — of Lynette.
「Wrong, wrong, wrong, it’s all wrong! I didn’t want you. You’re no good. I don’t want someone like you!
Master, Master gave up on Lielle because you were made! He said to think of you as Lielle’s little sister, that your name was Lynette, and then he gave up!!
He gave up on reviving his own daughter. But I am different. I won’t give up on you, my beloved Lielle. That’s why, you’re a mistake!」
In response to the spittle-spraying, half-crazed Bryud with bloodshot eyes, Linette spoke in a halting and slightly sad voice.
It was easy for her to understand Bryud, who was so trapped in his thoughts for the dead, that he couldn’t take a single step towards the future.
「Bryud, in the past, Grand Master Ishel should have told you the reason why when he created me. When he asked the gods of the Underworld, they said that Lielle’s soul had already been reincarnated.
Resurrecting the dead is only possible if the person’s soul has not reincarnated yet.
Since Lielle’s soul has been reincarnated in someone, somewhere, or in something, no Grand Priest, no resurrection magic, nor any Celestial technology can possibly bring back Lielle from the dead.」
What Lynette said, as the person who was created from Lielle’s dead corpse, was the unshakeable truth of this world.
It is possible to recreate a personality by transferring a person’s memories, knowledge and sins from when they had fallen into the Underworld, but that soul would still be different from the original, so it is nothing more than a duplication.
If the Underworld were to disappear, or if the Three Gods of the Underworld were to change the relationship between life and death, then it would be a different story, but the possibility of that happening is next to zero.
「And the fact that Lielle was able to reincarnate in only a short amount of time proves that her soul was pure and held no sin.
That came as a small comfort for Grand Master Ishel, and he was able to accept Lielle’s death.
Bryud, that is what you should do, too. No, even if you couldn’t, that was no reason for you to lose your temper and murder Grand Master Ishel.」
「The ones who were wrong were you and Master! Lielle was Master’s actual daughter. It was even more of a mistake to give up on resurrecting her, when she was his own flesh and blood daughter!
He should have kept trying to revive her, as many times as it takes to bring her back. If her soul was reincarnated, then he should have found that reincarnated soul, and turned her back into Lielle.
Damn it, damn it, damn it, I will erase your consciousness this time. That’s right, if Lielle has been reincarnated, then I will find her soul, and bring her back to her rightful body!」
Since Lielle’s soul had been reincarnated, then her new soul is no longer Lielle’s soul, but Bryud did not understand that logic.
All he could think of was that as long as he had Lielle’s corpse, which was being used as Lynette’s body, and if he had Lielle’s original soul, then he could revive her.
Bryud, who had locked himself away in this underground facility and only ever thought of bringing his beloved girl back to life, had developed a mental state that did not allow him to think of anything else but that.
In response to Bryud, Dran, who had kept silent so far and did not interrupt, opened his mouth to speak, all the while keeping the surrounding homunculi in check with his gaze.
「This is just the opinion of an unrelated outsider, but from what I heard, what that young lady, Lynette, said was correct.
Finding a reincarnated soul, and transplanting the memories and personality of their previous life, which has already been purified in the Underworld, into that soul in order to resurrect them, is something that cannot ever be done.
There’s nothing wrong with pursuing your dream without giving up, but I can’t overlook the fact that you’re willing to sacrifice everything else in order to do that.」
「Outsiders should stay out of this! Ah, I thought today would be the day, but people like you showed up, and wasted so much of my time. Ah, yes, that is not mistaken.
That is why it wasn’t Lielle, but Lynette who was awakened. Y-Y-You people won’t get in the way of my and Lielle’s reunion!」
「There’s no use trying to talk to you. Then allow me to tell you one definite thing. This girl known as Lynette, already has a soul residing in her body. That is the soul of Lynette herself.
It is extremely difficult to put another soul into a body that already has a soul inside it, and even if you managed to do it, it would obviously cause many problems. Including the fact that the people of the Underworld would not be happy about it either」
「Shut up! Everyone keeps telling me it’s impossible. But I will never give up. Lielle is my sun, my treasure, my dream. That’s right, if I keep believing in my dream, then it will come true!!
If I can’t erase Lynette’s consciousness, then I just need to create a new body for Lielle. I’ll have to collect more materials from outside, but that’s fine, I’ll sacrifice a hundred, a thousand lives for the sake of my dream!
You people who stand in my way, you’ll be the first sacrifices. The human body is convenient for creating a homunculus or for preparing a new body. Haha, that’s exactly what I’ll do, prepare yourselves!」
「Materials for sacrifice, huh? As I thought」
Diadora muttered in an annoyed tone to Dran, and maybe because she felt the same as him, her irritated mood became even worse and the rustling of her thorns increased.
Edward and Eliza’s faces became grave when they realized that the word sacrifice was the worst possible answer they could have gotten. Yao seemed to have been prepared to hear that, so he didn’t seem too shaken.
Unlike Edward and the others who just happened to be staying in Sanzania on a visit, Yao had settled down and was living in Sanzania, so he must have had an idea of what Bryud was talking about.
For example, people in the city would regularly go missing. And at Bryud’s words, Lynette’s face grew more and more sad.
「As I thought, you have done the things that Grand Master Ishel forbade you to do, haven’t you? Did you forget that he said it was strictly forbidden, that you must never do it?」
「Shut up! Master, that old man Ishel, I killed him. Whatever he said doesn’t matter anymore! People who are no longer here don’t matter!!」
「Bryud, Lielle is also “no longer here.”」
Lynette’s words, which she said simply with sadness and pity, pulled a trigger within Bryud. The reason within him shattered when he heard those words, and he gave out an order in a clear and concise voice, to the best of his ability.
「Annihilate every last one of them!」
Bryud gave the order to his homunculi with his emotions bared, and in the next moment, he was answered back by the languid voice of Diadora.
The bewitching sound of her voice, which seemed to shake from somewhere in the depths of her being, was mixed with irritation that was on the verge of exploding, to the point of making Dran wonder if this was getting a little bad.
「Okay, this ends now.」
While Bryud and Lynette were exchanging conversation, Diadora had been emitting an aroma that was harmless to Dran, Eliza and the others, but took an immediate effect of paralysis poisoning on the homunculi.
The moment they smelled Diadora’s aroma, the homunculi fell into a stupor on the spot, and became unable to move even a single fingertip by their own will.
「Oh no, your pawns can’t do anything anymore. What will you do now? Um, Bryud, was it? Mister Mage, sir」
Diadora’s words were so deliberate, it struck a nerve in her enemy, causing thick blood vessels to show on Bryud’s temple as his whole body trembled with rage.
「You’re all useless!」
「If you were their creator, then isn’t that obvious?」
Black emotions swirled in Bryud’s eyes as he looked at Diadora, who was repeatedly provoking him with her words, and he couldn’t help but wonder if a human was capable of hating and being angry with someone as much as he was right now.
With those dark emotions still showing in his eyes, Bryud turned his gaze toward Lynette, who was still sitting inside the oval-shaped device. And then his lips curved into a smile that could only be described as vile.
「Lynette, as your master, I command you. End them」
「Bryud!? The authority as master is–」
「Of course I stole it when I killed the Master, did I not? Your body no longer matters. I will create a new one for Lielle, so I can be married to her forever.
You people! This body was further enhanced using the fresh golems created from Lielle’s corpse as ingredients. This is a Living Golem. It is packed full of Celestial technology!
Ah, I really wanted to make this Living Golem into Lielle’s body. She wouldn’t grow old, she wouldn’t fall ill, she wouldn’t get hurt, she would have been able to live forever.
But it can’t be helped. That’s right, this is just a single failure before the bigger success. With this failure, and with your lives and corpses, I will climb the stairs to success」
Bryud smiled with pleasure, perhaps thinking about the time when he could finally revive Lielle, causing Lynette to look at him for the first time with disgust in her eyes.
「How could you!」
「It’s pointless to resist. It won’t change the fact that you are now a golem. You cannot disobey the order of your Master! Now go!」
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damn delusional that already went bonker
i pity da fool