Chapter 1043 - A New Challenge (1/2)
Chapter 1043: A New Challenge
Translator: TransN Editor: TransN
“A curse?” Roland repeated the word in an ominous tone.
“Please come with me.” Pasha turned around and led everyone into an adjacent cave, where the Taquila witches stored books and scrolls. They had gouged many grooves in the walls of the cave, and it seemed that this library cave had even more volumes than the Secret Temple’s library. “Celine, His Majesty is here.”
“I’m coming.” Celine’s voice rang in everyone’s head before she came out. The next moment, her main tentacle stuck out from the depths of the cave, knocking lots of books off before quickly shrinking back into the darkness.
Before it retreated, it greeted Roland by giving him a nod.
“Ahem— I’m sorry, Your Majesty. Every time she spots a new study object, she’ll get totally absorbed in the research like this,” Pasha explained with a slight embarrassment. “The demon seemed to use a curse on Lightning, but she wasn’t inflicted with any serious injury. That’s indeed a rare thing.”
“What’s she going to do?” The moment Roland heard the phrase, “study object”, he thought of mice used in experiments, who would suffer various unfair treatments in labs.
“Please rest assured. Observing and recording are the principal study methods we use in magic power research. With the help of the magic core, Celine can clearly capture the movement of Lightning’s magic power,” said Pasha while picking up the books that fell on the ground. She opened a book and showed it to everyone. “Look at this here… and here.”
Roland reckoned that this book was probably an ancient book passed down from the Taquila age, since most of its pages had already turned yellow with age. It was written in the witch’s ancient language. Next to the two parts pointed out by Parsha, there was a note tucked inside the book, which explained the content of the ancient writings. Apparently, Celine had already translated these two parts for them.
He took a closer look and found that it was about two battles.
“In a siege battle in the Land of Dawn, eight wounded witches were rescued by the reinforcements, but in the end, none of them recovered from their injuries. Their wounds just could not heal no matter what. All treatments were ineffective on them. As time went by, they became weaker from loss of blood and their wounds got infected. They suffered a lot before death, and two of them even chose to commit suicide,” Parsha said slowly. “This battle happened so long ago that even the writer of the book did not know many details about it, except that this was an incredible incident. The phrase ‘the demon’s magic curse’ first appeared in this story.”
“The other part where the magic curse is mentioned was in the records of a battle that happened not that long ago. A Senior Demon fought a fierce battle against the witches’ army in Lakes City, which was situated on the edge of the Fertile Plains. It could attach its magic power to black stone spears. Once a witch was wounded by such a spear, she would become feeble and wither up. The Union called this cruel monster Dementor.” Pasha paused a moment before adding, “It killed three Extraordinaries, and within all three Extraordinaries, the Quest Society found a strange magic power.”
“And the strange magic power came from the demon, right?” Roland blurted out.
“Yes,” Pasha nodded her main tentacle. “We think these abilities are of the same type. The strange magic power can somehow remain inside the target and cause continuous damage, which can’t be cured by any conventional medical treatment. And it’s also hard to eliminate the strange magic power.”
“That’s why you call it a curse,” said Wendy, sadly. “It’s terrible…”
Nightingale understood Pasha’s implication and asked, “You said it’s hard to eliminate it. Do you mean… there’s still a way to erase it?”
Pasha turned to the next page and answered, “Yes, if what we’ve inferred from these records is correct.”
Roland skimmed through the rest of the story. “When Lakes City was at stake, a witch named Samantha stood out to fight Dementor. In this battle, she went through a high awakening and became a Transcendent. After she cleaved the demon in half, the curse on her somehow disappeared and she miraculously survived. Samantha tried her best to defend Lakes City, but one year later, the city still fell, since the Red Mist was already too close to the city. Fortunately, she gained enough time for the people to withdraw from the city. After that, Samantha forced a radical change in the Union and successfully built the Three Chiefs system. She herself was among the first batch of Three Chiefs.”