The Lord Who Levels Up by Devouring - Chapter 344

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Chapter 344. The Truth
The Library lay silent.
Yet the eerie voice that suddenly echoed was not meant for my ears alone.
“Pardon? What did you just say?”
Gwendolyn tilted her head in confusion.
She seemed to believe I had merely been muttering to myself.
I lifted my gaze.
My heightened senses pinpointed the exact direction from which the voice had emanated.
Between the bookshelves shrouded in darkness.
Someone stood there.
Yet the form was indistinct.
Not even a silhouette was clearly visible.
In other words, even my heightened senses struggled to perceive it.
Something unknown was distorting my perception.
I activated my predatory instinct.
But no information surfaced before my mind.
It made sense.
Since my heightened senses couldn’t reach, I couldn’t even detect whose information to recall.
I heightened my vigilance.
A Perfect Organism’s heightened senses do not succumb to ordinary distortions.
Yet it had been distorted.
Therefore, this was no ordinary being.
It was at that moment.
-Thus, the wise do not chase truth; sometimes, they choose silence instead.
The voice echoed once more.
…It was cold.
Like the sensation of skeletal fingers brushing against my ear.
“Eek!”
Gwendolyn’s body convulsed violently.
Only then did she realize that someone other than me was present.
Gwendolyn’s eyes darted about the space.
But finding no human form anywhere, she shrieked and threw herself against me.
“A g-ghost…!!”
She gripped my arm tightly, pressing her body flush against mine.
The trembling born of pure terror transmitted through every point of contact.
“Ahhhhhhh!!”
…She was genuinely terrified.
Just as she had been when we first met.
Gwendolyn was deathly afraid of ghosts.
“And yet, a mage fears spirits—what irony.”
It was like a knight fearing a sword.
Or perhaps more akin to a mercenary fainting at the sight of blood.
It was rather absurd, but this was not the time to dwell on such matters.
I turned my gaze back toward the darkness.
Into that pitch-black void.
The Unknown Entity continued to watch me intently.
And once more.
-I shall show you mercy.
A chilling voice echoed through the space.
Then a gaze sharp as winter frost pierced through me.
-Release the book you hold and leave this place.
“….”
-Then everyone will be safe, and no one will be harmed.
I lowered my gaze.
To the thick tome clutched in my hand.
Perhaps a clue that Iliana had left behind.
I had not yet read through all of its contents.
But this Unknown Entity did not want me to read this book.
In other words, something was hidden within these pages.
“And if I refuse?”
No answer came.
Instead, an overwhelming pressure crashed down upon my body.
Kuuuung!!
The entire space of the Library was crushed inward.
I instinctively pulled Gwendolyn close and lowered my stance.
Since our bodies were already pressed together, shielding her was effortless.
I immediately drew forth my energy.
The Rilseinite energy flooding through my body erupted outward.
The pressure vanished.
The crushing force that had oppressed the space scattered before the Rilseinite energy.
In that very moment, a voice rang out from the darkness once more.
-What was that just now…?
Astonishment and caution mingled in the tone.
It was unexpected.
Yet simultaneously, it was recognition.
Rilseinite.
The bewilderment that escaped was because it knew what that power was.
-How do you possess that?
The voice faltered momentarily.
But only for a moment.
Crack-crack-crack-crack!!
The space of the Archive tore open.
Crimson light erupted from the fissure in all directions.
A radiance deeper than blood itself.
And this time, it was my turn to be shocked.
My eyes widened in disbelief.
Astonishment and vigilance seeped into me simultaneously.
‘This is….’
Because I recognized this power.
An ominous presence seeping through as if from beyond a dimensional rift.
‘Why is The Immortal Lord’s authority being used…?’
It was no mistake.
That viscous, ominous mana consuming the Archive was unmistakably the authority wielded by The Immortal Lord.
Which meant.
‘Is the entity in that darkness The Immortal Lord?’
My mind reeled in confusion.
My thoughts tangled into a chaotic knot.
The Immortal Lord.
The Vampire Queen.
She had attacked Whitewolf Territory before, and through Kai and Iliana’s efforts, was banished to the Other Dimension.
In other words, The Immortal Lord currently resides in the Other Dimension.
So why.
No, how could she possibly be here?
This is Langritd Magic Tower.
Specifically, the Archive of Truth located in its deepest levels.
A sector sealed off by rigorous security and containment, inaccessible without authorization.
So how?
How could The Immortal Lord be here?
‘Could it not be The Immortal Lord?’
That was possible.
I could be mistaken.
But that ominous aura.
The viscous sensation engulfing the entire space was unmistakably The Immortal Lord’s authority.
Too vivid to dismiss as mere delusion.
‘Could it be a commander of the Immortal Legion…? No.’
An authority of this magnitude was beyond what any legion commander could wield.
Moreover, the fact that it distorted the hypersensitivity of a perfect organism completely eliminated the possibility of it being a mere commander.
As if to reinforce my conviction.
◆Calamity Quest, [That Vampire from Last Year Didn’t Die and Came Back Again!] has begun.
A Calamity Quest materialized before my eyes.
==[The vampire that came last year didn’t die—and now she’s back!]==
[Objective] – Survive against The Immortal Lord
[Reward] – Unlock new 【Exclusive Skill】
[Failure] – Death
…It was certain.
The entity concealed within that darkness.
The Immortal Lord.
Yet something… was amiss.
Hidden away.
Everything remained obscured, as though shrouded in shadow.
But one thing was undeniable.
Iliana’s disappearance.
It was connected to The Immortal Lord.
* * *
Gwendolyn couldn’t comprehend the situation at all.
What was this sudden apparition?
And what was this crimson mana devouring the Library?
Skreeeeeeeee—!!
Bloody mana surged forth.
Scarlet fissures carved through space itself, warping the Library’s very structure.
“W-what…??”
Gwendolyn froze in place.
Gwendolyn was a Mage.
She was sensitive to mana and possessed the insight to analyze phenomena.
Therefore, the bloody mana spreading in all directions.
Space itself twisting, reality crumbling before her eyes.
“Magic…?”
It was unmistakably magic.
Yet no such magic existed in her knowledge.
Magic merely interprets the world’s laws to recreate phenomena.
It does not twist laws.
Nor does it distort them.
That bloody mana was clearly warping spacetime and distorting reality’s framework.
And yet it was magic.
Undeniably magic.
“…This makes no sense.”
Her voice trembled.
As a Mage, the spectacle unfolding before her eyes was utterly incomprehensible.
But he was different.
Kim Fujiwara Bloodhound.
Adrian, however, was different.
Even before a reality being negated, Adrian maintained his composure.
Space twisted and tore.
Adrian’s eyes widened as he stared straight ahead.
ROOOAAARRR—!!
Tremendous energy erupted from Adrian’s body.
Gwendolyn’s form trembled and quivered.
Adrian condensed the energy into his fist and swung it with full force.
CRASH!!
The world of blood shattered in an instant.
Gwendolyn’s eyes widened in shock.
“Good heavens!!”
That just now… was an impossible force.
No, rather than force, it was something else entirely.
It was closer to a natural disaster.
Absolutely, without question, no human could produce such power.
Gwendolyn was left speechless.
Then Adrian’s voice reached her ears.
“Could you store this book for me?”
“…Pardon? Yes?”
“My inventory isn’t functioning in this place.”
“Your inventory…?”
“I would appreciate it.”
Gwendolyn found herself accepting the book without thinking.
And the moment she blinked.
…Adrian had vanished.
“Huh?”
Her sense of reality evaporated.
He had been right in front of her.
He had spoken to her, placed the book in her hands.
…She was thinking just that when it happened.
CRASH!!
A deafening roar echoed as if the world itself were collapsing.
The Library shook violently.
Books from the shelves tumbled down in a cascade.
“Kyaaah!”
Gwendolyn instinctively curled into herself.
The falling books pelted her entire body.
…It hurt tremendously.
But before she could process the pain, another deafening boom erupted.
Boom! Crash!!
Gwendolyn shoved aside the piles of books and barely managed to rise to her feet.
And then I could see it.
Crimson blood magic blazing from all directions.
Whoooosh!
The Library was engulfed in a inferno of blood.
Space itself began to melt.
Walls crumbled entirely, and bookshelves screamed as they burned.
“…What is this…?”
Gwendolyn held her breath.
Even in that moment, the flames coiled through the Library like a living creature.
Adrian stood at the very center of it all.
Even within that scorching inferno, Adrian remained unscathed.
Adrian extended his fingernails.
Shhhhk—!!
The flames scattered the instant they touched his nails.
Gwendolyn’s breath caught.
‘Is that… something a human can even do…?’
The scene before her defied all comprehension.
And she was not alone in this bewilderment.
-What…!
A voice tinged with panic leaked from the darkness.
That momentary gap that followed.
I did not miss it.
* * *
I kicked off the ground.
Skills infused with supreme swiftness unleashed themselves alongside a cascade of bestial abilities.
Every sense opened simultaneously.
Flash!
My body pierced through the darkness.
My nails tore through the veil.
And shhhhk!
The entity hiding within the shroud of darkness was revealed.
Skin as pale and cold as death itself.
Eyes of crimson so deep their depths could not be fathomed.
She possessed an elegance as if a flower had bloomed upon a pool of blood—overwhelmingly, devastatingly beautiful.
Yet I could sense the wailing of countless souls, their echoes crying out through the currents of life itself.
Infinite malice and the magic of eternal existence.
A being tangled with incomprehensibilities that my intellect refused to comprehend, could never comprehend.
The Immortal Lord.
She was right.
From the moment the Calamity Quest had emerged, everything had already been foretold.
Still, I had harbored a faint hope.
But it was as I feared.
And so the questions remained unanswered.
The Immortal Lord.
Why was she here, in the Archive of Truth?
And what connection did she have to Iliana’s disappearance?
The Immortal Lord lifted her head.
Her crimson eyes flashed through the darkness.
Yet the emotion dwelling within those eyes was bewilderment.
“How is this…!”
I did not wait for her to finish speaking.
I swept my sharpened nails forward without hesitation.
The Immortal Lord could not react in time.
Shhhhwack—!!
Her throat was torn asunder.
Blood scattered through the air.
But I knew the truth.
‘She did not die.’
The Immortal Lord does not die.
As expected, thread-like blood vessels sprouted from the severed neck.
Thwick, thwick-thwick.
The regenerated vessels intertwined with one another.
Tissue fused and reconnected.
‘That is….’
Not the manner in which a severed throat would normally reattach.
‘Did the Immortal Lord resurrect in such a way in my past life?’
No.
In my previous existence, the Immortal Lord was not like this.
Of course, what I knew of the Immortal Lord was precious little.
She had been sealed away in the Other Dimension long ago, leaving almost no information or traces on the Continent.
Yet one fact remained certain.
She was a being who had once existed on the Continent.
She was not originally from the Other Dimension—rather, someone from the Continent had become the Immortal Lord.
But to trace her origins?
One would have to ascend through eons of time itself.
Thus, the Allied Forces referred to the Immortal Lord as:
The Elder Beyond Time.
No other description could suffice.
I immediately increased the distance between us.
In doing so, I activated the Predator’s Instinct.
The Predator’s Instinct.
The totality of knowledge T-Rex had accumulated over 67 million years.
Through it, I could discern information about everything in this world.
But conversely.
I could not perceive information about things that did not belong to this world.
Therefore, The Immortal Lord remained unknowable.
Because she was a being from the Other Dimension.
Yet she had also once been a living creature that existed on The Continent.
Through the Predator’s Instinct, I could identify someone who had once existed on The Continent.
But ultimately.
There should be information about the identity of whoever became The Immortal Lord.
As I suspected, Mungu came to mind.
And it was.
“…!!!”
A person I had never anticipated in the slightest.
A truth far too shocking to comprehend.
Someone I never imagined I would encounter here.
Never.
No—someone I could never have imagined meeting in my entire lifetime.
==【Character Information】==
Name: Arcanis Rilsein
Classification: Extra-Divine Transcendent Immortal Unbound
Gender: Female
Age: None
Characteristic: Omnilock [T]
The First Magician.
Arcanis Rilsein.
…The Predator’s Instinct was telling me that The Immortal Lord was Arcanis Rilsein.

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