Regressor Of The Fallen Family [EN]: Chapter 343

We don’t know everything about human history, even from just a thousand years ago. History from two thousand years ago is almost completely lost.

But even though we don’t know much, there’s an old story that people told like a myth.

– The red-eyed demon will snatch away children who don’t listen.

Parents used this to scare kids who misbehaved. Similar stories were told all over the continent.

Most history experts thought it was just a story to explain why people were afraid of monsters. But some experts had a different idea.

– In ancient times, there was a monster, or a ruler, who kidnapped children from all over the continent. A ruler with red eyes.

The Maclaine family has red eyes because it runs in their family. They never told this story. So, when I heard it for the first time, I was very surprised.

Why did I suddenly think of that story?

“Were humans sacrifices to become gods? Children, at that?”

My ancestor didn’t answer my question, which I asked like it was no big deal.

But his silence said enough.

“Hah….”

– When a human becomes a god, it helps all people become better. It was a sacrifice to help everyone.

“Sounds more like a demon than a god.”

– Even if you are my descendant, I won’t let you talk to me like that!

“If you take it as an insult, then there’s nothing more to talk about.”

The great hero who protected people was gone.

What was left in that body, or soul, was just pure selfishness. He didn’t care about hurting innocent people if it helped him get what he wanted.

I needed power to save my family and my country, but I didn’t want to become a demon who would sacrifice them for it.

‘Especially not by becoming someone else.’

Logan was about to turn away.

He thought it was over. He was wrong.

“Ugh!?”

His body wouldn’t move.

– I waited nearly two thousand years. Do you think I’d give up this body now!

Zebryk Cassel’s soul looked vivid again, and he yelled with an angry face.

There was no more sweet temptation in his voice.

Creak!

Logan struggled to turn his head and glared at his ancestor’s soul.

“The hero who saved people has become too corrupt. Aren’t you ashamed!?”

– Mana is disappearing in this time. How likely is it that a descendant will become a very powerful mage, or have a body strong enough for me? And how likely is it that they will get my power!? Do you even know!?

– I can’t give up! I absolutely cannot give up!

His words didn’t really answer whether he was ashamed or not.

– I will deal with losing my divinity. If you don’t agree, I have no choice but to take it by force!

With that shout, the soul turned into a pure white light and disappeared. The air around Logan cracked and shattered like glass. White light exploded outwards, and the space seemed to fold in on itself, like a wave crashing down on him, pushing him down, down, down.

– Give it back! My body!

All Logan could see was white light and a pair of gleaming red eyes.

It didn’t look human at all anymore.

Grrr…

Logan gritted his teeth. ‘Not a chance in hell!’

Woooom.

A wave of golden energy burst from Logan’s heart. It pulsed outwards, a warm, powerful light pushing against the cold, white pressure trying to crush him.

But even though he tried his best, he couldn’t overcome the pressure, like the world was crushing him.

While Logan was fighting back with all his strength…

The pure white pieces of the shattered space slowly started to go into his body.

It was easy to guess what it was.

‘Ah, no!’

At that moment, something unexpected happened.

– Wh-what is this!?

For some reason, the pure white energy that had entered his body, the soul of his ancestor, was screaming.

Focusing his mind, he saw the golden Force within his heart shattering the white energy that had entered his body. Luckily, the reaction that happened to the Cassel Magic Tower followers seemed to be fighting back against its source.

And that unexpected situation seemed to be something that even the great hero of ancient times hadn’t expected.

– Th-this is?

He sounded confused.

Don’t you know?

It seemed like the Divine Sword Secret Art had nothing to do with this ancestor…

– How do you have the original power!?

…What does that mean?

– Do you think I’ll give up because of that!

Along with the ancestor’s confusing voice, the white energy surged even more strongly, pushing back his Force again.

It was using more power to make up for the fact that it wasn’t as compatible.

And unfortunately for Logan, it was working. He felt how much he regretted using half his power in the ruins.

‘Then.’

Click.

The moment he decided, Logan’s Force became more than twice as strong in an instant because he activated his ‘Up’ trait. It neutralized the white energy that was coming in again.

But even that wasn’t enough.

– Impossible!

With a desperate voice in his mind, a huge amount of energy poured out, starting to gradually push back Logan’s Force again.

He was slowly being pushed back even after using his trait.

‘Damn it….’

Feeling desperate, Logan unknowingly gritted his teeth. Suddenly, a strange memory came to him.

– I will definitely succeed. Just you wait! I will make you regret looking down on me!

He saw a man shouting while looking at the sky.

It wasn’t one of his own memories.

But Logan could feel the humiliation, self-hatred, and anger that the man had felt.

So Logan was angry.

‘It’s not mine!’

It was different from when he had watched Zebryk Cassel’s life from the sidelines. Feeling like he was being taken over made him feel even more scared.

But even though he was scared, the assimilation continued.

– I welcome the most powerful person in the world.

The phrase “under the heavens” annoyed him.

– I welcome the only true ruler of the Holy Empire. The one who works for the Nine Gods.

Agent.

I am not something like that.

The anger in the man’s heart started to consume Logan’s soul.

– Aaaargh!

– P-please save me. Waaah.

– M-Mommy!

Above the huge magic circle, he heard the voices of children dying, like screams.

Above the altar, he saw ‘himself’ looking down at the horrible scene without any emotion.

At that moment, Logan suddenly regained his senses.

Click.

‘It’s not me!!’

Logan felt himself come back suddenly.

And from within the memories of Jibric Cassel that had almost taken him over, Logan found a sliver of possibility.

He remembered stories of powerful magic users, a different way to reach the top.

A tiny fragment of the knowledge he had prepared for his ascension became a stepping stone for Logan.

This small piece of knowledge was enough to help Logan break through to a new level of power.

*Woooong*. A deep sound echoed in Logan’s chest.

Suddenly, an idea sparked in his mind. Inside his heart, the Force Core seemed to push out another ball of energy. At the same time, the power he had been missing exploded within him, like a dam breaking.

The pure white energy, which had been spreading all over his body, now rushed quickly to his brain. It felt like a wave crashing over him.

‘Too late.’

Flash!

The instantaneously amplified power completely drove out Jibric Cassel’s energy.

‘Ah, no!’

“Yes!”

For the first time, a voice burst from his lips.

And in that moment, Logan realized he had firmly regained control of his body.

*Woooong*.

Furthermore, he could clearly feel the seven cores vibrating in his heart, but now was not the time to feel the complete happiness of his very existence being elevated.

Before his eyes, within the shattering pure white space, Jibric Cassel’s soul began to faintly take shape once more.

‘I, it can’t be. How could this…’

Jibric Cassel’s face was weak and defeated. Logan felt a wave of disgust. This was not the hero he had imagined.

“Ancestor, you look terrible. It’s time for you to go now.”

He was undoubtedly a hero who had saved the human race from near destruction.

Logan wanted to maintain his respect until the very end.

Did that stimulate the ancestor’s soul?

The light of reason returned to Jibric Cassel’s eyes as he muttered with a blank expression.

He looked at Logan and asked abruptly.

‘Just one last question.’

“Hmm?”

‘How could the Force change?’

“You don’t understand everything, Ancestor. Even in the Force you ignored, there’s more power than you think.”

Not recognizing the Divine Sword Vision despite knowing it.

Logan accepted Jibric Cassel’s mistake as such.

In fact, he had seen in his memories that the human knights who began using the Force in the ancient times when he existed did not have great power.

However.

‘Don’t be ridiculous! Vision or whatever, changing the essence itself is absurd!’

“……I don’t know what you mean.”

Logan was genuinely confused.

‘How can the person involved not know! The power of life has changed!’

The burning heat in the fading soul’s red eyes only intensified.

‘You originally used a yellow Force with an affinity for earth-based spirits. It wasn’t this golden Force! It means the essence has changed! What on earth did you do!?’

Huh?

‘Not the Divine Sword Vision, but the color of the Force?’

Logan was simply dumbfounded by the unexpected explanation.

Returning, he had felt that his Force was a little more radiant than before, but he didn’t think the change was that important.

The fact that the color of the Force had nothing to do with its power had already been proven over many years.

He had similar thoughts when he heard about the Cassel Magic Tower’s theory of ‘talent’ being reflected through Victor.

He thought that the reason he was barely affected by the magic of the Cassel Magic Tower was thanks to the Divine Sword Vision, and that Victor and Ronian were affected because their level was lower than his.

But now, the ancestor’s soul was telling a completely different story.

“The power that resisted yours, is that the Force’s own power? Not because of the Divine Sword Vision?”

Even though he brought up the term Divine Sword Vision for the first time, the ancestor’s soul showed no reaction.

No, rather, it ignored it.

‘Vision? Hmph! Trivial Force techniques are beside the point! It’s a matter of essence! How can a common Force resist divinity… Ha!? You? You really, really don’t know anything!’

An expression of disbelief.

Logan didn’t think the Divine Sword Vision was unimportant. But the ancestor seemed serious. It was the most honest look Logan had seen on his face.

Seeing that, a fundamental doubt arose in Logan’s heart.

However.

‘Just who are those bastards messing with my work…’

Dealing with this guy comes first.

Seeing him raging about his ‘work’ while looking at him, Logan’s heart cooled down again.

*Wooong*.

“I, this descendant, will see you off on your way.”

The side effects of using his abilities were also lessened as his level rose.

According to Logan’s will, the golden aura accelerated the collapse of the pure white space.

The highest level of Aura User, a destruction that properly demonstrated his perfect understanding of space. Jibric Cassel’s soul began to fade rapidly.

‘I will never give up like this…’

“Just get lost, Ancestor.”

Crash!

With Logan’s words, the pure white space disappeared with a feeling of everything exploding outwards.

Soon, the gray plaza came back into view, the stone cold and rough under Logan’s feet.

And at that moment.

Snap!

The sword, Vanitas, still stuck upside down in the altar, its dark metal gleaming faintly in the dim light. The bead shining on the pommel of the Holy Sword, Vanitas, shattered with a small noise, and Logan clearly saw the divine energy that the Holy Sword was emitting from its entire body rapidly disappearing.

“Vanitas… Ha, so that’s what it meant.”

An ancient word meaning falsehood, vanity, etc.

He felt like he now knew for sure the meaning of the name that was too strange to be attached to a Holy Sword.

“Now……”

Questions still remained.

Questions about the Divine Sword Vision, and about the essence that Jibric Cassel had said had changed.

But both of those were light problems compared to the weight of the reality he had to solve. In any case, solving those questions wouldn’t allow him to win the war against the Empire.

‘Cassel Magic Tower. Do those guys perhaps know something?’

Of course, he couldn’t immediately dismiss that unsettling feeling.

But for now.

“I need to focus on reality.”

Fortunately, he had reached the highest level more easily than expected. He now felt confident in facing that Sword Spirit, Tris Hornsby, aside from his master.

Apart from the sense of accomplishment, he felt reassured by the feeling that the power to stop the Empire was gradually building up.

But what he needed to think about right now was.

“What do I do with that sword?”

The Holy Sword, its divine power gone.

Logan’s gaze, watching it, calmed down once more.