Vol 8 Chapter 12 (2/2)

What he had to do was discover the truth about Heaven and find theDirectors throughout history

There were three ways of doing so

The first was to hear the infor either Hamyuts, Mattalast or Yukizona Probably only the three of them knew the precise truth

That would be quiet difficult, however With Enlike’s power it would be questionable if he could win against theainst one And even if he defeated them, he doubted they would leak the truth

There was also the person known as the previous Acting Director, Photona Bardgao when he’d transferred his seat to Hamyuts he also retired at the same time and severed all contact with the Library His current whereabouts were unknown

It would be hard for Enlike to find hiative capabilities Or perhaps he wasn’t actually alive Either way, finding him was unrealistic

He gave up on trying to hear it from those people still alive

The second as to kill a person who knew the truth and read it from their Books

That would also be difficult Even with pure fighting power the fact that he was inferior hadn’t changed Moreover it would be hard to obtain their Books after killing the all Books were the Ar cooperation from Lascall Othello would also be impossible

The final as the simplest one

It was entering the Second Sealed Labyrinth and reading the Books of past Acting Directors By going to the place where the secret was housed he could learn it Such sireed with Enlike

He took a bit of time to prepare for that

It took him half a year

December 28 On the day of the Armed Librarians’ party, Enlike infiltrated Bantorra Library It was the only day the Armed Librarians disappeared from the Labyrinth He couldn’t think of any other day in which to carry out his plan He somehow made it in time for the only day it could work

Slipping through the surveillance of the trainees, he stole the key and got into the Archive Enlike stood at the entrance of the desolate Sealed Labyrinth

“My bet starts from here on”

He er take it back If his infiltration was discovered it would be the end of the line

He could only do it now Steeling his resolve, Enlike put his hand to the Sealed Labyrinth’s door

Obviously, the Sealed Labyrinth was locked during this day Only official Armed Librarians had the authority to open the door Enlike obviously did not have it

Furtheruarded by the trainees Neverin front of the entrance was originally hard beyond measure

But Enlike found a special loophole that allowed him to solve several obstacles at once Those were the preparations he had been working on for the last half year

Putting his hands to the door, Enlike spoke

“I appeal for the Overseer of the Library using the authority of Luimon Mahaton Please release the Labyrinth’s seal”

He could hear a heavy ently as he pushed He quickly went inside and locked the door behind him

Lui Aron Pneu Town Later, his Book was eaten by the Book-Eater ht were inside Enlike’s current body

Enlike conducted the Magic Deliberation and ot his authority to open the door as well as learned about the defense arrangements and the Labyrinth’s internal structure

“So nothing’s changed As I thought, you are weak against betrayal from the inside”

Enlike faintly s towards the Labyrinth’s deepest ends

The Guardian Beasts weren’t much of an obstacle With Enlike’s abilities he could break through the Second Sealed Archive by himself

The proble unnoticed by the Armed Librarians Enlike proceeded cautiously as to not leave any traces

Yet another problem was the existence of Hamyuts

If Hamyuts were to capriciously extend her Sensory Threads to the Labyrinth, she would come to know of Enlike’s presence He wasn’t able to think up of any counterainst these Sensory Threads

He had to leave that up to destiny Fortunately, there was some friction between the Armed Librarians Since Hamyuts was distracted by Yankuu and Olivia, she shouldn’t be turning her attention all the way to the Labyrinth

Enlike won that bet Nothing came from behind him or in front of him, and he reached the Second Sealed Labyrinth within half a day

“…I found it, Ar”

Enlikehis hand on the door

The Armed Librarians were unworthy of fear Victory was already within his grasp He felt quite the hubris for his good performance And he opened the door

“…!”

His hubris disappearedthe door, he peeked through the slight opening

The moment he opened the door, Enlike leapt back teninside Was it Hamyuts, Mattalast, or some other unknown Armed Librarian?

It was an overwhel pressure that he experienced for the first time in his life He momentarily felt himself about to die

“Who is it?”

Nothing caone, but the overwhel pressure remained

He couldn’t move His feet were paralyzed Enlike, as currently one of the top five strongest warriors in the world, was scared like a small animal No human could exert this kind of pressure

“…Are you… God?”

It was a bit late, but he now recalled that this was the residence of the Past Overseer Bantorra Was Heaven Bantorra itself? If so, Enlike had no

“…No, that’s wrong”

Lascall Othello had certainly said this – if he were to make the Violet Wish come true Heaven would be destroyed If there was a way of destroying it, this meant it was no God

Enlike stepped into the Second Sealed Labyrinth

A single tree stood in the dark Archive Enlike was able to understand this was Heaven without basing it on anything He also realized this was the one to possess that pressure

He didn’t think of attacking it He had an instinctive fear of it He also operated under the rational judg what it was is a bad plan

That choice was correct The tree protected itself with a causality-erasing ability The moment it was attacked it would crush its attacker’s body automatically This wasn’t an iic Blade Shlaeneration, Mattalast’s predictive ability and Yukizona’s Decay Wave would all be powerless against a perfect ability of this kind

Enlike would be dead at thehis brain and heart to pieces he would undoubtedly die

“…I’ll worry about this later”

Enlike ignored the large tree and turned his eyes toward the Books stored in his surroundings The Books of Acting Directors were piled on top of plain, stone-made shelves

What was stored here belonged to the representatives of the Past Overseer They were supposed to be huht here, thought Enlike

The biting cold was probably unavoidable, but the structure of the Archive was quite boorish, or rather rough Not to mention the dark and heavy atmosphere It seereat people andcriminals Were they people who could not atone for their sins even after death? Enlike had this sort of impression

It didn’tDirector For now he picked up the newest Book It seeo He wasn’t able to find any Director after that

“…!”

The ers to the Book, Enlike reflexively turned around He could feel soe tree

The tree was looking at hi about it, but that tree was undoubtedly a being with its oill

It was looking at Enlike It possessed neither hostility nor good will; it was

“…Don’t be afraid!”

He encouraged hirabbed the Book with his bare hand Enlike ca Directors and everything about the secret they have been protecting

He released the Book he had been holding It made a small sound and fell to the floor

“…!”

Fortunately it had not broken With treain and returned it to the shelf

“…This is… the truth…”

Enlike heard a voice from behind His underclothes have frozen in the area of his back Although it was a cold place and he had read the Book for e amounts of cold sweat

He realized Heaven’s identity

He also understood the duty of the Armed Librarians

He found out who Ruruta was as well Enlike thought that as long as he knew that, it would be easy to destroy Heaven Yet he now realized it was an empty assumption

“…”

Step by step, Enlike slowly headed to the door He felt as if a deadly attack would co at him from the tree behind, but it didn’t feel alive at all

He exited the Second Sealed Archive and entered the Labyrinth The Second Sealed Labyrinth, full of the strongest Guardian Beasts, now felt like a safe haven to him

Enlike put his back to the door and sank down on the floor

“That is… Heaven, Ruruta Coozancoona…”

He recalled the words he heard from Olivia

“Save Ruruta Coozancoona from the depths of despair That will destroy Heaven”

“How can I do such a thing? Just how?”

For a while Enlike merely mumbled to himself repeatedly Don’t be afraid, throay your doubts Destroy Heaven even at the price of your life Even while he spoke this inside his mind, the repeated words never stopped

“…How can I do it?”

When Enlike left the Archive and slipped through the Labyrinth, it was just in time to encounter the Armed Librarians at the end of the party They didn’t seem to notice Enlike’s presence nor his infiltration to the Labyrinth Olivia also seemed to be safe

When he confirain disappeared don

Teeks have passed since then

He already threay his fears fro Heaven was, did itto sacrifice himself in the first place

“Ho, a short time you say?”

Lascall Othello said It was a rare,tone

“I already arrived at Heaven’s identity All that’s left is granting the Violet Wish”

Enlike said But he was probably only acting tough Just how difficult was fulfilling the Violet Wish? Now that he knew the truth he realized this

“Fu, fufufufu”

Lascall started laughing

“Is that so? All that is left is to grant the Violet Wish That is certainly quite close to victory”

Don’t ht Lascall was able to see through his bluff

“Have you coe me? Or just to ridicule me?”

“Of course, I a you, Enlike-sama”

Lascall said frankly Enlike was surprised

“Had Olivia-sama made athe Violet Wish and a year has passed, but this is the current situation?”

These holly unexpected words Enlike intended on approaching victory

“No, there is no need for you to be bothered It is tooHeaven is impossible in the first place”

“…It has only begun The real deal starts now”

Enlike said This wasn’t a bluff He will continue to fight as long as he was alive

“No, that will not work, Enlike-sama”

“What do you mean?”

“Unfortunately, you have not , it is past the deadline Unfortunately, your battle will end today”

He couldn’t understand her Why has everything ended? Even if Hamyuts or Mattalast were to know of him, his battle wouldn’t be over yet

Perhaps someone had destroyed Heaven before hiood news from Lascall’s tone of speech

“…What are you saying?”

“I mean that quite literally Olivia’s efforts, as well as your fight, were both useless hardshi+ps”

“…Explain clearly What do you mean?”

“Your long labor is over, good work”

“Hey, explain!”

Ignoring Enlike, Lascall vanished

He so like an attack on the Library or a rebellion as Enlike expected

He had the feeling that so

He stopped hesitating Enlike jumped over the fence and entered the premises of the Library

“…Is no one here?”

The place he landed at was a corner of the park There was no way it would be e from afar

Was that a child or a petite wo that perhaps she was a custo When he saw her face, Enlike was surprised

It was the Ar at such a place during this eency?

“Hey, what’s wrong?!”

Her body jumped

“W-who are you?”

He heard that she was quite powerful a the Armed Librarians So ith her behavior? She was surprised to the extent of ju Enlike speak to her

“What are you doing here? More i on inside?”

“…W-who are you?”

“That doesn’tinside?”

While looking at Enlike, Kyasariro’s lips shi+vered

“I… inside there…”

“What’s going on there?”

“Inside there…”

Kyasariro held her head There was so inside the Library that made even a warrior of her caliber shake in fear Enlike was convinced that whatever was going on inside the Library was soinable

Although she was now his ene with Enlike orried about her

“What is it, what happened?”

“No, nothing happened… it will all begin now…”

“What are you saying?”

Kyasariro kept tre her head Her mental condition was abnormal

“Cal?!”

“Shut up!”

She brushed Enlike’s hand aside when he tried helping her get up

“I dunno, I dunno! Who’re you?! What’s going on?!”

“Calm down, Kyasariro!”

“Shut up, just shut up!”

Shouting at Enlike, Kyasariro started running away He grabbed her aret her to calm down

“Let go, it’s all over, we’re finished!”

“So as I’, just what…?!”

Kyasariro shook off Enlike’s hand and ran It would be faster just entering the Library than chasing her Enlike headed to the

The last words left by Kyasariro echoed inside Enlike’s head

‘We’re finished!’

“…It can’t be”

He noticed hi unconsciously

The worst case scenario rose to hissituation he dared not to think of The Library ending Enlike’s fight ending

That meant that…

“…It can’t be… that Ruruta Coozancoona has…”

The rest was far too scary to even voice He stuffed it into the back of his throat and back to his stomach

From the faraway roof of the beer hall, Lascall replied

“That is indeed the case, Enlike-sama”

It was still early The long, long day has only began