NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 201.1
A magical tool appraiser hurriedly came from the tower. Jade knew a bit about magical tools, so he inspected the gun with him for a while.
Soon, Jade came out of the room.
“It’s very fierce. It’s rampaging at me saying not to touch it unless I’m its owner.”
With a grimace, Jade handed the gun to me.
“If it weren’t for the demon god, my hand would’ve flown off.”
“Are you okay, Jade?”
“I’m fine. But this devil gun is not.”
“What do you mean?”
“This is the ‘beast’ type magical weapon that I’ve only heard of in stories. It’s a weapon used for hunting wizards.”
What’s that?
“I was surprised it actually existed. Thought it was only in legends.”
“What’s this ‘beast’ type?”
“It devours, that’s what it means.”
“Devours what?”
“The power of the wizards sacrificed to this gun.”
I froze.
“This gun was used to shoot Doctor Siebel, wasn’t it?”
“Yes…”
“That crazy man’s power is on par with my father’s. It’s immense. I felt disgust just by briefly looking at it.”
Siebel, what has that madman given me?
‘Wait…’
I froze.
‘What was Siebel planning up to?’
Siebel mentioned two things about this gun.
‘First, only this gun can kill him.’
Only by my hand, which is connected as his puppet.
‘Second…’
I swallowed hard.
‘I must kill Collen with this gun, by my hand.’
Why? Why this gun? The answer isn’t hard.
‘If I kill Collen with this gun, Collen’s power will be sealed inside.’
So, Siebel ordered me to steal Collen’s power.
“Leticia?”
Jade looked at me, puzzled.
But what’s the point of stealing power? Can you utilize the power of a wizard like Collen?
‘Siebel trusted me. He believed I was his puppet.’
He nurtured me as if I was almost another version of him. To make me perfect.
‘The most ‘perfect’ me in Siebel’s eyes. What state would that Leticia be?’
The answer is me who killed Collen and took over his power.
‘Siebel wanted revenge for the experiment.’
Siebel…
I shivered.
‘The experiment on Siebel was to transplant the powers of many ancient wizards into him.’
The data Cedric brought from the Mage Tower had information on Siebel’s experiment. In it, Siebel was recorded as Test Subject A.
“A historic success case.”
Moreover, he was naturally very powerful.
‘If my guess is right, Siebel had the most powerful magic in the world.’
And another guess.
‘Because of the experiment, even Collen’s demons couldn’t attack Siebel.’
Siebel’s power was the same as Collen’s. They were connected through the experiment. Such power of Siebel…
‘Could be enough to feed the demons.’
That might save Collen.
All of Siebel’s power is dormant in this gun.
* * *
The magical tool appraiser left, and only Jade and I remained. I poured out everything that happened.
“Wait, only the two of you knew about this?”
“…Jade, you really don’t care about Dad’s work, do you?”
“Of course!”
“Of course?”
“Because! But if it’s this serious… This is a big problem. We have to do something.”
I nodded. Jade seemed concerned since Collen’s life was at stake.
I shared all my speculations.
“I want to help Collen with the power inside this gun.”
I caressed the barrel of the gun.
“My thought is this… Inside this gun full of power, isn’t there a way to make Baal reside?”
Even if it’s just two or three demons.
At the very least, I wanted to move Baal, who consumes the most power, inside.
“I heard that the world of demons is sealed inside a small jar. Meaning, residing in an object is possible. That’s my speculation.”
“Ha… You’re not even a wizard and you think like this?”
“Does it sound ridiculous?”
“No. It’s not an impossible theory. However… we need to find a way to transfer the demon. And Baal has to agree. Baal loves father in his own way. He chose to consume father’s power, hence becoming the contractor.”
“I nodded.”
“I don’t think Baal will harm Collen.”
“Is it a baseless belief?”
“From then on, except for the times I was lecturing, I was devoted to finding a way to save Collen.”
Time flew by, and the year-end came again. It was the New Year.