vrcanaries Chapter 561 - 179: Emperor’s Immortality (Part 2)
Chapter 561 - 179: Emperor’s Immortality (Part 2)
The safe house is underground, so it should always be free of danger.
But I’m afraid, there aren’t enough survivors again...
Hopefully, more people can survive, otherwise, Kaka’s Death God’s Notebook can’t be used.
The Death God’s Notebook can only be used by people from the Curse Realm, exchanging the lives of those with curses for the lives of task creatures.
"Kaka..."
Lily called out her friend’s name, struggling to grasp the Seed of Sorrow, as she squeezed out more power, the filthy magic power nurtured the curse, eroding her consciousness.
Struggling to climb out from the rubble, Lily finally saw the sky.
A gray, hazy sky, always shrouded by something.
She hadn’t seen the sky for a long time.
Since childhood, the world had been in a dire state, the sky constantly covered by cursed gray mist.
But the drastic deterioration actually started after the Emperor’s death.
Since they killed the Emperor, the curses on everyone grew heavier, and the places where the Curse Realm could exist kept shrinking until only this Prayer Hall remained.
They couldn’t even go outside; leaving the Prayer Hall meant death by curse.
The only ones who could leave the Prayer Hall were Kaka and her companions.
If they didn’t come back and continued living outside, they would be the only ones to die...
Did Kaka abandon us?
Anxiety began to sprout in her heart.
The blurriness of her consciousness stirred up regret in her heart.
Regretting why they rebelled against the Emperor back then.
At that time, they thought the root of all misfortune came solely from that tyrannical ruler.
Because everyone said the curse originated from the Emperor’s greed and malice.
In the whole world, only the Emperor wasn’t cursed.
Even the Emperor herself declared so, at the cost of the whole world being cursed.
To grant her eternal life and power.
Only her palace was free from the spread of curses, only she could come and go freely in the cursed gray mist.
Constantly sending people to the outside world in search of a new world, yet coldly watched these people die.
Never caring about the lives of others.
So Kaka and she, with the stolen Death God’s Notebook, united those dissatisfied with the Emperor’s rule and overthrew the Emperor together.
They thought such a grand change would surely bring new life to the Curse Realm.
That was probably their most relaxed time.
Because with a clear goal and enemy, they believed as long as they overthrew the Emperor, everything would usher in light.
Until they faced the Emperor did they realize it wasn’t the case.
"Congratulations on your victory. But what a pity, everyone, your prize is only this world that is beyond saving."
The isolated and helpless Emperor faced them without any fear.
Indifferently and playfully telling them, "The magic that bears no hope cannot give birth to a Magical Girl. With an innate curse, this world’s will abandoned the future from the start; we are all just the stillborns of this world."
"I’m no longer interested in this world. From now on, you shall struggle on, in despair and pain, struggle to the very end. Even if ugly, even if it brings disaster to others... strive desperately to live, with your desires, devour all the worlds."
At that time, they didn’t understand the Emperor’s meaning until later.
Even if they found a new world, they would still bear the curse, and no one would live past thirty.
Even if a curse became slightly active, they could die suddenly at any time.
From the beginning, all they did was seek despair within despair.
The Emperor used high-handed rule to hide cruel truths.
There was only one reason for not being cursed.
The Emperor had written herself into the Death God’s Notebook from the start.
The highest-ranking curse causing all other curses to fail, the Death God wouldn’t allow her to die from another curse.
And the moment the Emperor left the throne, her splendid golden attire dispersed, her dazzling golden hair returned to dull black and red, only the pairs of golden-red scorpion-like eyes remained unchanged.
Only then did they realize that the Emperor who left the throne appeared to be just an ordinary girl found anywhere.
The girl who gave up resisting, on the spot, had her head smashed by a stone from the hall due to an accident.
After the Emperor’s death, the ultimate curse began to spread.
Because after writing herself into the Death God’s Notebook, she absorbed most of the world’s curses into herself.
This gray mist that blankets the world once concentrated on the Emperor alone.
She bore the world’s curse and suppressed it through the rules of the Death God’s Notebook.
Night and day, battling against the Death God’s pursuit.
Since her death, no one could sit on that throne again, nor could anyone absorb so many curses, and no one could survive under the Death God’s Notebook’s rules.
The Curse Realm has thoroughly met its demise.
To prove they weren’t wrong, they buried the throne underground, the Emperor’s legacy of power could delay the curse’s death. Relying on this power, Kaka constantly sought new worlds for survival.
But the harder they tried, they realized the Emperor was right.
The prolonged time instead became a curse the Emperor left them.
As if wanting to see how the bugs would keep moving.
They struggled hideously, employing all means to survive.
Yet it was all in vain.
In a daze of thoughts, her heart was filled only with sadness and powerless fatigue.
Clutching the Seed of Sorrow she had since childhood, her body began to mutate, with scales seeping out from her skin.