The Lord Who Levels Up by Devouring - Chapter 234

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Chapter 234. The Infinite Journey
【The Infinite Journey】.
I couldn’t say exactly what it was.
But it certainly appeared to be a journal or record of some kind.
Therefore, it either contained an explanation for why the causal chain that should have been erased remained only within me.
Or perhaps infinity [M] and the limit [M].
I might witness illusions related to infinity.
“Then there’s a high probability I’ll lose consciousness.”
Based on my experience so far.
“I have no way of knowing how long I’ll be unconscious.”
Based on my experience so far.
In the worst case, I might not wake for several months.
Therefore, I needed to ensure that even if I lost consciousness, the Territory would continue operating without pause.
“I should give all my instructions beforehand.”
Just as I always had until now.
While I lay unconscious, everything would proceed flawlessly on its own.
The Whitewolf Territory, grown several stages stronger, would be waiting for me.
◆No, why are you running auto-hunting?
Auto-hunting.
How wonderful it would be if such a function actually existed.
Quests would complete while I simply lay still.
Experience would accumulate steadily on its own.
The Territory advancing by leaps and bounds each day.
◆That’s exactly what you’re doing right now!!
…Is it?
Well, anyway.
I had meticulously organized the system for the Whitewolf Territory to become the Operations Command.
And then.
◆I access 【The Infinite Journey】.
Without hesitation, I accessed 【The Infinite Journey】.
Pitch-black darkness spreading before my eyes.
Shhhhhhhhh—!
The darkness instantly consumed my entire field of vision.
Darkness growing ever deeper.
Reality warped and space collapsed inward.
All sensation blurred, and the boundaries of existence dissolved.
The fabric of time tore, crumpled, twisted, repeating endlessly—
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The moment I accepted the concept of the infinitesimal, a sudden thought struck me.
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A strange vision flashed before me, engulfing my sight.
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Infinitesimal.
A concept infinitely close to zero, yet never touching it.
An existence that exists and does not exist.
The infinitesimal was much like death itself.
Death is the final point that existence reaches.
Yet it is the end of reality that can never truly be touched.
I pondered.
What if the infinitesimal were death, wearing the concept of infinity inverted, seeping into this world?
God’s infinity springs from creation.
Death’s infinity springs from annihilation.
Infinity and infinitesimal.
Infinite and infinite.
I could comprehend it.
God and death.
Both were ‘infinities’ of different magnitudes.
Therefore, the reason God perished was because death’s infinity was greater.
Then death is the ultimate infinity.
The greatest infinity among all infinities.
Could it be the Absolute Infinite I have sought so desperately?
I sought that answer in the fissure of the world where death was conceived.
The graveyard of probability where all possibilities scatter into uncertainty.
The Valley of Kardun.
…?
The Valley of Kardun…?
How do I know this?
I have never been to this place.
I don’t even know what this place is.
Yet how do I know all of this?
Because all possibilities overlap here?
That still makes no sense.
The probability of my knowing the Valley of Kardun is zero.
I investigated the Valley of Kardun.
And at the end, I could comprehend it.
That death’s infinity can manifest even events with zero probability, and can bring into existence what should not exist.
Let us conduct a lottery.
The method is simple.
Assign each person a number.
Write that same number on balls and place them in a bag.
The first ball and person are labeled 1.
The second ball and person are labeled 2.
Continuing onward: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
In total, there are 10 people and 10 balls.
Now, let’s randomly draw a ball from the pouch.
【7】
A ball marked with the number 7 has been drawn.
Then the person assigned the number 7 is the winner.
It’s an extraordinarily fair and simple lottery where everyone has an equal probability of winning.
If there are 10 participants?
The probability of winning is exactly 1 / 10.
In other words, 10%.
But then more people gathered for the lottery.
A full 100 people.
Then the probability of winning becomes 1 / 100.
In other words, 1%.
…And yet.
The line grew even longer in the meantime.
10,000 people.
100,000 people.
1,000,000 people.
.
.
.
Eventually, it swelled to ‘infinite’ participants.
Now the number of people participating in the lottery is aleph-null.
The numbers on the balls also extend infinitely up to aleph-null.
Now let’s randomly draw a ball from here.
【93,411,856,749,479,824,028】
A ball marked with an astronomically large number has been drawn.
The person corresponding to that number is the winner.
Congratulations.
What extraordinary fortune.
But think about it carefully.
Just how fortunate is it?
What was the actual probability that this person would win?
There is 1 winner.
The participants number aleph-null.
In other words, infinite people.
Therefore, the probability is 1 / ℵ0
In other words, 1 / ∞
That is, 0%.
So that person had no probability of winning at all!
Was it only that person?
No.
Everyone who participated in the lottery had no probability of winning.
Anyone’s winning probability was 1 / ∞
That is, 0%.
Therefore, in this lottery, no one should have been able to win.
…Yet someone won.
An event with 0% probability… had occurred.
This is a result that cannot appear in any statistic, law, or logic—literally something that ‘should not exist’!
Thus, within infinity, even impossible things can happen.
Perhaps, then.
This world itself might be a remnant of infinity.
In the beginning, there was nothing, they say.
A void of nothingness (0).
A world of existence cannot be created from nothingness.
The probability is 0%.
Zero is eternally zero.
Yet what is this world we see now?
And who are we?
An error in the laws? Pure coincidence?
The machinations of causality?
An error of infinity? Or an exception?
Ah!
What on earth is infinity?
Perhaps this world dislikes infinity.
At least, it seems reluctant to reveal it.
Otherwise, why would it prevent us from seeing or perceiving infinity?
By placing a 0% probability, we call it ‘impossible.’
But perhaps that very thing was a fragment of truth this world wished to hide, or at least was reluctant to reveal?
In other words, I, in this very moment.
May have briefly uncovered a truth that should not exist, a truth this world did not wish to reveal.
I do not know what it is.
But if I could only understand it, I could comprehend infinity.
And thus, at the end of infinity where no end exists, at its contradictions, at its terminus.
At the truth of all things.
I would finally be able to reach.
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◆Error in ※Error※ [Error]????????
A semi-transparent text flickered before my eyes.
At the same moment, the illusion that had consumed my vision vanished.
But.
“Ugh…!!”
…My head felt as though it would split apart.
The overwhelming vertigo left me unable to control my body.
It was the same as when I faced the Death Lord in the Valley of Kardun.
All the information that defined my existence collapsed—
As though I had touched the vanishing point of existential identity, where I could no longer be called anything—
A sensation of my sense of self being stripped bare.
◆※Error※Skill, ※＆§▲▽?!
…With that text as my last memory, I lost consciousness.
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The Whitewolf Territory at dawn.
A quiet hour when everyone slept.
Only now could Seraphia finally enter the bathhouse.
…She had been far too busy.
It was because of the documents Adrian had given her recently.
The Whitewolf Territory had become like the Command Headquarters itself.
It was filled with complex matters.
There was a mountain of things to study.
Today alone, she had to read dozens upon dozens of books.
Once she finished reading them all?
She had to learn new material again.
On top of that, she had to handle hundreds of pending matters.
And attend to various meetings as well.
All manner of exhaustion settled upon Seraphia’s shoulders like a thousand-pound weight.
But as she submerged herself in this warm water,
“It feels like my body is melting away….”
All her fatigue seemed to dissolve.
“Ahhh!”
Seraphia stretched luxuriously.
Her wet, silvery hair clung to the nape of her neck.
At that moment, Iliana beside her turned her head in alarm.
“B-be careful, Seraphia.”
“Hm? What is it?”
As Seraphia tilted her head in confusion, Iliana’s gaze fixed upon the water’s surface.
As Seraphia stretched, the ripples in the bath—
Those ripples swept across the surface, revealing Seraphia’s shoulders, collarbone, and the curves below.
“D-don’t… look…!”
Iliana’s face flushed a deep crimson.
“Come on, we’re both women. What’s the big deal?”
“Still…!”
Iliana drew her legs together beneath the water, pulling them close.
Ripples spread across the surface, tracing the curve of her thighs.
Only the gentle sound of water lapping against the tub filled the silence.
“By the way, Iliana.”
“…Y-yes?”
“Your skin is really incredibly pale.”
“Huh?”
At Seraphia’s sudden comment, Iliana flinched, her shoulders tensing.
Seraphia’s eyes gleamed as she leaned her face closer.
“Up close like this, you’re like pure white milk. Premium cream milk, even.”
“D-don’t look so closely…!!”
Iliana quickly wrapped her arms around herself.
Seraphia found her reaction amusing and pressed herself even closer.
“How can you be so milky white?”
“S-Seraphia…!”
“The inside of your elbows and thighs are even paler, aren’t they?”
“Ah, ah, ahhh…!”
Beneath the water, Iliana felt Seraphia’s touch.
“Oh! So incredibly soft! Like a fluffy cloud!”
“D-don’t touch…!!”
Iliana hugged herself tightly.
She pressed her legs together and curled up.
Yet she couldn’t stop Seraphia’s hands from reaching deeper.
“Pale and soft Iliana. You’re really adorable!”
“N-no, no, stop…!!”
“Tee-hee, come here!”
“Kyaa?! W-wait! Not there! Really not there!”
Iliana whimpered, nearly shrieking.

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