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In the distance, there was an boundless barrier emitting brilliant golden light.
As the sun set, its radiance quietly faded.
The land enveloped by the barrier was called Weise.
It was once an important fortress city of the Northern Lands.
But after the Great Demon Macht used the Gold Curse here.
He gained a new name.
A name that should have been incredibly desirable.
Yet instead, it became the new name for an existence of immense terror - Macht of the Golden Land.
The land that had been turned to gold was constantly expanding outwards from the barrier under Macht's Magic.
The dazzling gold devoured everything that existed on this land.
Making the Golden Land an existence feared by everyone.
And all of this was thanks to Macht, who was sealed here.
At this moment.
According to this.
He, the strongest of the Seven Sages under the Demon King - Macht of the Golden Land.
Had been trapped here for nearly fifty years by a barrier created by dozens of first-class Mages.
And today.
He was about to escape.
"How is it, Macht?"
Yulian quietly flapped his massive dragon wings, hovering in the air above the barrier.
He calmly watched Macht, who was bowing to him.
"Your Majesty, I still don't understand the complex emotions of humans."
Macht straightened up.
His cloak rustled.
A look of extreme confusion appeared on his face.
"I don't understand why human emotions are so rich and complex..."
"And so changeable."
Macht looked somewhat painfully at the people of Weise who had been turned to gold.
Over these fifty years.
He had read the memories of the people of Weise day and night.
Experiencing a human's life over and over again, as if he were truly there.
In infancy, as a swaddled baby, they received abundant love from this world.
In childhood, playing with companions, often receiving praise or criticism from the adults at home.
A little older, they went to school.
Many wonderful things seemed to gradually fade away.
Ordinary studies, tedious life, parents' backs gradually bending.
Conflicts that erupted with others.
Tears and scolding.
Care and reprimand.
People continued to grow up amidst complex emotions.
Even after becoming parents themselves one day.
Emotions began to change again.
Youths shed their youthful spirit, casting aside so-called dreams and pride.
Earnestly making money to support their families.
Young women gradually aged in appearance due to the daily grind of life.
Carefully and diligently managing household affairs.
In old age, they watched their children quietly grow up...
A human's life.
Can be grand and magnificent.
Or it can be ordinary and plain.
But the life of the Demons are always permeated with cunning and slaughter.
Despite this.
Humans carry rich emotions from the moment they are born.
And these become clearer as they grow older.
However, the growth of the Demons only teaches deceit and pain.
"The plan failed, Your Majesty."
"It is impossible for the Demons to gain emotions through learning."
"The Demons, or rather, the ordinary Demons, will never be able to understand human emotions."
Macht sighed.
His eyes held a sense of loneliness.
Looking at Glück, who was sitting not far away, turned to gold but with a smile on his face.
The lord who had taken him in at Weise and made a deal with him.
"Did it really fail?"
Yulian nodded gently.
But then he couldn't help but smile slightly.
"Despite that."
"At least your emotions have become richer."
"That's a good thing."
Macht looked at Yulian, who was smiling at him.
He was taken aback.
"Emotions, richer."
A faint light gleamed in Macht's eyes.
"It seems that is indeed the case."
"Are you ready to leave?"
"I have a task for you."
Because he was trapped inside the barrier.
Macht hadn't been contacted during the strategy meeting.
So Yulian decided to come over.
While rescuing Macht.
He would give him an important task.
A task he hoped wouldn't become reality.
"I'm ready."
Macht nodded gently.
"Your Majesty, please speak directly if you have something."
Yulian extended his hand.
Magic flowed towards the barrier like a tide.
In an instant!
The originally transparent barrier took on a faint purple hue.
As if black ink had been dropped into a pool of clear water!
Staining it!
And that was indeed the case.
Yulian simply replaced the barrier's source of Magic with his own, and had already controlled the barrier.
The next second.
Under Yulian's control.
The faintly purple barrier instantly shattered like glass.
Dissipating into the air!
"What immense mana."
Even Macht couldn't help but be shocked by Yulian's methods.
While it was true that Macht remained here to study the commonality of emotions between humans and the Demons.
That didn't mean he was truly willing to be trapped here indefinitely.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have weakened the barrier by expanding the Golden Land's range.
After all, there's a significant difference between actively researching and being forced to research while trapped here.
Even for the Demons, the difference is quite significant.
"Go find Frieren, your task is to protect her."
He transferred some memories about Frieren into Macht's mind.
After letting Macht know Frieren's situation.
Yulian assigned the task.
Macht naturally accepted.
However, just as he was about to leave.
He finally spoke.
"Your Majesty, may I then undo the golden transformation here?"
From the beginning, Yulian had seen through Macht's thoughts.
He was just waiting for Macht to speak up himself.
"Didn't I remember that you could only undo your own golden transformation?"
Yulian furrowed his brow slightly.
If Macht was asking him for help to undo it.
Yulian could only say that even he was powerless.
Even for Yulian.
The Curses of the Seven Sages was inherently incomprehensible and unanalyzable.
"After all, fifty years have passed."
Macht smiled bitterly.
He felt as though he had been underestimated by his Your Majesty.
"If that's the case, then do as you wish."
"I'll go first."
Yulian nodded.
After speaking, his figure turned into a shooting star and disappeared into the horizon.
To reach the Imperial Capital of the United Empire without anyone knowing.
Yulian naturally couldn't just charge straight through anymore.
It just so happened that there were still a few days until Serie arrived at the Imperial Capital.
So Yulian could only proceed on foot after entering the Empire's territory.
He had to travel on foot.
If he remembered correctly.
It should be during the United Empire's National Day.
Serie would arrive at the Empire to attend a banquet and then be assassinated on her way back to the main headquarters of the Continental Magic Association.
"Release."
Macht activated flight and stood in the air.
He shot a golden beam towards the Golden Land.
The next second!
The colors that the land should have had spread outwards from the center of the beam!
People who had been turned into golden statues also regained their movement.
Seemingly completely unaware that they had been turned to gold.
They started greeting Macht.
However, Macht was silent and didn't notice them.
From the moment the golden transformation was undone, Macht's gaze had been fixed on one person.
"Leaving?"
Glück took a cigarette from his pocket.
He lit it with a bitter smile, holding it in his mouth.
Smoke curled upwards.
Blocking his view.
Blurring Macht's figure in his eyes.
"Yes, it's time to go."
Macht also smiled bitterly, looking at his old friend.
Then he waved.
Flying towards the distance.
To protect the queen whom the Your Majesty mentioned might be in danger.
"That guy Schlacht..." Macht, flying rapidly high in the sky, frowned.
He muttered to himself.
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