Martial Arts Worlds - Chapter 790
Chapter 790: Sacrificial Method
“Can you even taste it?”
Julian asked as he saw the booze just getting wasted.
“…Yes… no… I think? I don’t know. I think my mind remembers the taste of it more than my actual tongue does.”
The skeleton said.
“I have a few questions for you regarding the Paradise World. The Old War happened around the time that Paradise World’s destruction happened.
“Can you tell me about it?”
Julian asked.
“…It was a civil war between Absolutist and Neutralist forces. Absolutists wanted absolute control over the world, while Neutralist wanted to share their knowledge of technology with the rest of the world.
“Ruler of Paradise World, King Redice the Third, was a Neutralist, and he had started diplomatic missions with the Martial World.
“Absolutist forces weren’t happy, and riots started, which escalated into a full-blown war.
“Martial World wanted to send assistance to King Redice, but he refused, as the strong ruled Paradise World and that would show weakness.
“The war was very even, but then…”
The skeleton drank one more time, wiped the excess booze off his bony chin, and smacked his lips with satisfaction.
“Absolutist received an ally that turned the tide in their favor, a powerhouse on the same level as King Redice.
“She killed King Redice, and the Absolutists won the war. In the end, the General of Absolutists, who basically started the war, wanted the crown for himself.
“However, he was not stronger than her, so she defeated him and took the crown for herself.
“That woman’s name was Mercedes Rosburg!”
The skeleton shouted.
“…What do you think caused the destruction of Paradise World? There must be something that you know.”
Julian said.
The skeleton kept drinking and shrugged his shoulders.
“Yeah, I know. I died during the destruction, y’know. I didn’t die in the war. It is just that every soldier of the war happened to get cursed.”
The skeleton said with a chuckle.
“Then can you tell me?”
Julian asked with urgency in his tone.
“Hmm… Nah, this drink is just enough. What if you get me a woman too? Then I’ll think about it.”
The skeleton said with a laugh.
“…Woman? I don’t think I can help you with that.”
Julian said.
“…Well, I guess we have nothing else to speak about!”
The skeleton retreated back to the coffin and tried closing it, but Julian stopped him and looked into his hollow eye sockets.
“You have no reason to keep it a secret. You know someone. You have plenty of suppressed anger in you towards someone.
“It’s possible for you to move on from this world, but you can’t do that if you keep harboring this anger in you.”
Julian said.
“Fuck you. Are you some kind of therapist? I hate someone, yeah, I do, but what can you do about it? Telling you won’t make me any less angry!”
The skeleton shouted.
“I will be going to Dead World one day, and there is a possibility that this Mercedes Rosburg is still alive.
“When you mentioned her name, you sounded angry. You hate her, don’t you?
“Don’t you want her to die as well?”
Julian asked.
“…You know of nothing. If she has survived this long, her power is beyond your comprehension. You can do nothing to her.”
The skeleton said.
“…Maybe true, but it doesn’t hurt to try.”
Julian said.
“…Nonsense!”
The skeleton grabbed the lid of the coffin and shut it close, leaving Julian outside the coffin alone in darkness.
“…Just one more question—which side were you on?”
He asked.
“…Absolutist!”
The skeleton shouted.
“How did you end up here, at Martial World, then?”
Julian asked.
“…That’s another question. You said you only had one question… sigh… I don’t know, but I definitely died in Paradise World during the destruction.”
The skeleton said with a muffled voice.
“I see…”
Julian stood up and started leaving the castle, but then, the coffin opened once more, and the skeleton peeked his head.
“Mercedes… used everyone in Paradise World as a sacrifice to advance beyond the Martial God Stage.”
The skeleton suddenly said.
“…What?”
Julian asked in surprise.
“During Mercedes’ reign as Queen of the Paradise World, I used to visit her Silver Castle a couple of times, as I was part of her army.
“I ended up becoming part of her Black Knights, her personal bodyguard and sworn protectors, but we all turned against her.
“You know why?
“Because we found out about her true intentions to use the people of Paradise World as cattle to be slaughtered.
“There are a couple of ways of going beyond the Martial God Stage and reaching an even newer realm of strength.
“She used the “Sacrificial Method,” where she used the lives of everyone that died that day to cross that boundary.
“I don’t know if she succeeded, but if she is still alive, she did.”
The skeleton said.
He then closed the coffin again, and this time around, he wasn’t speaking anymore.
“…Thank you!”
Julian bowed in thanks and walked out of the castle. He then activated his invisibility and sneaked back into his small boat.
After he entered the small boat, he revved its engine and sped off into the darkness of the night.
The dark sky stretched as far as the eye could see, and the sparkling universe with all its stars was a breathtaking sight to behold.
‘If what the skeleton said is true, which I believe it is, Paradise World wasn’t destroyed in some natural catastrophe like so many believe it was.
‘That place isn’t covered in toxic air or ravaged by mutated monsters, like so many people believe, but it might be thriving with life.
‘New life was born out of that destruction, and Mercedes is still ruling over them, who has no idea what she had done.
‘Mercedes most likely doesn’t want anyone from Martial Order to come over there and disturb her peace.
‘Which is why she has most likely killed everyone that ever went there.’
Julian thought with a serious dark look.
‘Kiernan… I will avenge you and everyone else. She will not keep getting away with what she has done!’