Chương 192: Chapter A-15: “Another Conclusion, And Then”

"U... Ugh... D-Damn it..." In the desolate wilderness where no one was, the hoarse voice of an exhausted white-haired man stretched thinly and disappeared. He was crouching powerlessly. His former confident figure was nowhere to be seen. The glory of doing whatever he wanted relying on power was gone without a trace. Wearing down his heart with the grudge and humiliation accumulated over a long time. He was about to reach his limit.

"What a miserable sight. Walter."

"Yo-You... are... Will...!" Will stood behind him, looking down at him kneeling.

"For a FabL, even if in name only, to hold a grudge against a single woman and take revenge on her child. How petty."

"Shut... up...! What do... you know...!" A FabL man with the special ability to 《Reversal》 all phenomena. Walter. He was once shot down by Yuna Hoshimi during the Estotia civil war. By her, who held the rare weapon effective even against FabLs if hit. The Magic Gun 《Hartrail》. The Magic Gun 《Hartrail》 was created by Yuna's old friend, also a FabL, Hartina of 《Attribute Enchantment》. This gun, possessing the 『All-Penetration Attribute』, can definitely shoot through anything as long as it hits the target.

If shot by a gun, an ordinary person cannot avoid damage. Applying this self-evident truth to FabLs as well. A weapon to drag FabLs, who boast virtual invincibility with cheat-level abilities, down to the stage where human logic applies. Yuna, who insisted on winning against monsters while remaining human to the end, dared not seek performance beyond that. Moved by her spirit, Hartina. When her heart reached its limit and she was 'dying,' she spared no effort for Yuna with her last strength.

Thus completed, it is effectively her posthumous work. The name Hartrail was named by taking the initials of her name and the end of the old civilization's capital Estrayl, respectively. With this, Yuna and Walter engaged in a death match. However, it was a death match only for Yuna. For Walter, it should have been mere play. Yuna, no matter how rare a genius as a human, had poor ability compared to a FabL. Making full use of smooth talk and bluffs, she managed to hang on. Waiting patiently for a decisive opening.

Finally, when she fired a desperate bullet filled with mana. Ironically, using 《Reversal》 out of habit to reverse the attack became his fatal opening. Defeat due to being completely off guard, relying on ability. Against a mere human. Yuna's eyes looking down at him as something pitiful, which he witnessed the moment he fell. Burned into his heart and never left. Since then, the scene of that time tormented him every night. His pride tormented him excessively.

Thus, before he knew it, he became completely possessed only by revenge. In the end, without being able to fulfill it, two thousand years passed in vain. A FabL whose heart is worn down cannot exert their original power and weakens beyond recognition. And taking further mind-boggling time, they gradually turn into living corpses. Until the day their heart completely dies and their existence itself is swallowed by the Star Pulse.

"The dying... Orted... turning him into a machine, manipulating him... capturing Baragion... and enslaving it..." After death, with the power of 《Reversal》, he was able to return to Estotia for a short time. He laid the groundwork and encouraged destruction. To slam thorough despair on Yuna the day she returned someday. Thus, taking root of revenge in Elntia, moving from star to star, he kept waiting. Finally, the other day, obtaining information on biological data that seemed to be a blood relative.

Stolen from its original source, this story is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. He came to this planet for the third time with obsession. Unfortunately, Yuna seemed to have died already, but that was her biological child. Then. By making that child dance as he pleased, he intended to vent his anger. Just in case that gun would pass into the child's hands again, he destroyed the Lewis Laboratory thoroughly. Watching the brat running out of strength miserably.

This time, he intended to laugh from the bottom of his stomach. But all those schemes were defeated again. Without even knowing that he was involved. By none other than Yuna's child, Yu!

"D-Damn it... If it comes to this... As I thought, I myself... personally...!"

"Ridiculous. Even if you, who are 'dying' now, go, it's just boring." Will declared so with a clearly scornful tone, maintaining an indifferent expression.

"Yo... u...! Do you... mock... me...!" Walter, losing his composure, tries to use 《Reversal》 and attack Will. It was too rash an action that he, who used to be a sharp man, wouldn't have done.

"Small fry." By the 《Interference》 Will activated immediately, Walter's ability turns its fangs on himself. He, whose existence was 《Reversed》, begins to lose his physical body in a form just like being swallowed by matter annihilation.

"Someone like you doesn't even reach my feet."

"O... O, ah...!" While frowning as if even hearing Walter's fading scream was unpleasant. Will further pursued with his ability. 《Dysfunction》 The effect is ability sealing. If the opponent is a weakened FabL, it could be applied easily. After doing that much, he showered him with words of contempt as a finishing blow.

"I sealed your worthless ability. Now you are just dust."

"Wha...! Yo, u...!"

"Live forever holding miserable thoughts. Frightened by powerlessness."

"A... ga...!"

"See ya. Trash." Thus, settling the cleanup that no one would ever know. Will yawned sleepily. Then, he turned slowly towards the direction where he felt a human presence.

"So. Coming secretly to sow seeds of purification is your way of atonement?" The muscular man called out. Unlike the muscular playful outfit when he met Yu in Sacris. He was dressed properly in a "work" black suit." Thomas Graver. No—Administrator of the 3rd Sector of the Dyler Star System."

"Former. Didn't I say I got tired of that kind of thing? But well—" Looking over the muddy sky and the desolate earth, he nodded with a solemn face.

"I can't say I don't feel a shred of responsibility."

"Today is a day when FabLs gather often."

"Everyone must love Yu." To Thomas who said so cynically, Will replied with a straight ball.

"I hate him, though." Furthermore, Will directs suspicious eyes at Thomas.

"What is your intention in monitoring me and Yu? Did you think I didn't notice?"

"Hmm, well. Somehow I feel like there is a focus of a big flow around here. The guys around don't seem to think so yet, though." Thomas answers in a leisurely tone. Will frowned but didn't deny it.

"Did the Yu kid grow a bit?"

"It can be said that he overcame one big wall. Including ability, he is exceeding the level of Racial Limit."

"Hee. Is that so." Racial Limit Class. Also called Tolerance Limit Class. The highest level of ability that a person living in that world can naturally reach by training in that world. It can also be rephrased as the ultimate strength achievable as a species within the normal range. Since the standard depends on the tolerance of each world, the actual ability varies greatly depending on the world the person is in now. However, commonly speaking, it gives one major limit point for each world.

Just as humans on Earth cannot run at the speed of sound no matter how they struggle. Just as they cannot destroy a mountain with bare hands. Humans have human limits. Beasts have beast limits. Machine lifeforms have machine lifeform limits. The Tolerance Limit is, in short, the ceiling for those belonging to that world. A wall that should never be crossed, and usually doesn't need to be crossed. Only a very few who have crossed this wall.

Have the potential to increase their power disorderly, transcending even the framework of the world. First, FabL. Second, Star-Class Lifeform. Third, Abnormal Lifeform. Because FabLs are those belonging to the Star Pulse, the system of the entire universe. Because Star-Class Lifeforms are absolute strong ones who rule the stars themselves. Because Abnormal Lifeforms are abnormal in their existence itself. Collectively, the 『Three Transcendent Tiers』. Only they. Are existences beyond human in this universe.

"That's right. I'll say one thing."

"What?"

"Don't mix appropriate lies into Yu. That happy-go-lucky guy doesn't know how to doubt people much. Thanks to that, the plan went awry, didn't it?"

"But didn't another path become visible because of that?"

"Just a result theory. The fundamental weakness and instability still remain. To stabilize the ability, it was certain to dye the heart in darkness after all. If so, he should have shown power like a god."

"But hey, isn't that a bit cruel? There's no guarantee that Yu becoming like that wouldn't cause extra trouble." Will ignored those words and continued.

"But... Yu. Even though his instincts should absolutely fear me, he is trying to overcome it before I knew it. I probably can no longer dye him with fear and despair."

"Admitting defeat?"

"Can't help it. With so much interference." Will glared at Thomas with piercing eyes. But he must know it's pointless. He stopped glaring relatively soon and shrugged his shoulders instead, saying "good grief."

"I decided to change my method a little. It became roundabout, though." And Will asked Thomas with a serious face.

"How long until it starts?"

"Who knows. Maybe tomorrow, maybe a few years, maybe decades. Or maybe hundreds or thousands of years. Either way, it doesn't feel too far."

"The situation isn't good. Can we do anything? At this rate."

"Well, we have no choice but to explore possibilities even a little, right? Hey, Mr. Destroyer."

"Don't lump me in with you." Turning his face away curtly, Will recalled the past somewhat.

"I had no choice but to choose this path. Since I'm at it, I'm killing time, though." To him floating a thoroughly vicious smile, Thomas retorts with a sad face.

"You have a heart that makes you do that, right? I, you know. I seriously sympathize with your circumstances."

"Hmph. I have no reason to be sympathized with, nor any reason to be interfered with." Will was quite displeased.

"I certainly owe you guys. But if you intend to intervene in my way any more than this—next time I'll erase you." Not the usual leaking killing intent. It was genuine murderous intent. But Thomas, to whom it was directed, returns it in a light tone as if it were nothing.

"Oh oh. Scary. Kids these days."

"Tch." Will felt that he was strangely on edge himself. That and this, no doubt, was because of that guy's existence.

"Yu. If he had been more reliable, I wouldn't exist here like this."

"Well, don't say that. About that time... it wasn't only that kid who was bad. It couldn't be helped."

"No, I don't like it. Running away from the sin of weakness he committed, pretending to have forgotten it completely."

"That must be weakness too. If he didn't do that, he would definitely have broken. That kid."

"... I know. More than anyone, this me myself." Saying as if spitting it out, Will turned on his heel in a bad mood.

"Going already?"

"Yeah. If I breathe the air of the same world as him any longer without business—this time, I feel like I might kill him without meaning." Leaving those words, Will disappeared from this world. Left alone, Thomas looked up blankly at the gray sky. And let out a long sigh.

"Good grief. Karma is deep, isn't it. I want to do something about it, but..." But this alone. Was undoubtedly a problem that the parties involved must settle by themselves someday. And a problem that should be settled.

"Well, I'm a bystander. Watching over the outcome suits my nature." Muttering somewhat optimistically. Thomas Graver also disappeared.