Re-Awakening: I Became a Pay To Win Boss Monster Chapter 277: The Reason

Chapter 277: The Reason

Marlen stared at him for a few monts before letting out a sigh.

“Non-negotiable?”

“Of course not,” Rael replied flatly. “If you want to survive, I need to know everything. Otherwise, I might make a giant mistake that will get all of us killed.”

He narrowed his eyes.

“And before you get so funny ideas, just know that I can detect all lies. So it’s in your best interest to be truthful,” Rael added.

Marlen clicked his tongue. “Very well… do you truly wish to know?”

Rael nodded.

“Alright…” Marlen leaned back in his seat. “So you know how the Depths are a lawless place, right?”

“I wouldn’t say lawless. The people seed pretty civilized the last ti I was there,” Rael replied flatly.

“No, I an as in the world laws. It’s lacking them,” Marlen corrected himself. “It lacks a few of the fundantal world laws that allow things like artificial magic to function… so, for example.”

He reached into his inventory and took out so kind of quill.

Then, he began drawing a magic circle in the sky.

In the very next mont, a faint fla appeared in the place of the magic circle.

“This is the Law of Magic,” Marlen replied. “Artificial magic, I might add. It’s the kind scholars study and build theories around. Are you still with ?”

“Hmm… so you’re saying because the Depths don’t have any set laws, artificial magic doesn’t work?” Rael comnted. “So what about the Law of Death or sothing, if you die, do you respawn?”

“Nope. Shut up now,” Marlen said flatly. “The role of the monsters in each of the continents is to represent an absolute law. The continent where I lived… I believe the Beast represented the Law of Death. As for the basic laws, each monster had the sa ones which made it a bit easier for .”

He cleared his throat.

“Basically, he’s like the grim reaper. He goes down, kills those who need to die, and cos back up,” Marlen explained. “The other continents have sothing similar, and life in each one is different from the last.”

Rael nodded, his interest rising.

So since the inner void, or rather, the Depths, didn’t have laws, there were overpowered people who played the part of the law itself.

It was an interesting concept, though he didn’t exactly know why they had to do any of that.

Still, he continued listening.

“So basically… each law is moderated. aning even the Law of Magic, which I had invested all my ti and effort into so deeply, was nothing but a sham,” Marlen grumbled. “The Law of Magic was broken because none of the monsters there truly cared about it.”

“I studied for centuries and used the basic laws of each continent to craft my own artificial magic, and I believe you can guess what I did next, right?” Marlen asked.

Rael tilted his head. “So you used artificial magic to escape? All this… just to study real magic?”

“Indeed,” Marlen replied. “Before I entered the Depths, I was an Archmage. I had knowledge of the arcane, and I was very proficient in other magical matters, but one day, the Depths took that all away from . I spent centuries pouring everything I had into that magic, only to realize it ant nothing in a place where laws didn’t even exist… but after a very long ti, I escaped.”

He straightened his back and let out a chuckle.

“So here I am, hiding like a rat so the monsters from the Depths don’t co looking to kill . Ironic, right?”

A mont of silence ensued, but it was soon broken by Zafira.

“Not at all… I believe I’m starting to get the bigger picture here. And I’m pretty sure you won’t have to worry about being killed by them,” she said. “The friend Rael made is none other than the daughter of the Beast who governs over the Law of Death… so naturally, you’ll be able to work sothing out.”

“On that note,” Rael chid in, “what kind of magic did you use exactly? You said normal artificial magic didn’t work, so you created your own.”

Marlen let out a sigh.

“Blood magic. It was based on the fundantals of all the magic I’d studied, but with slight differences,” he added. “I could channel my ideas of actual artificial magic through live blood, so I was able to simulate the Law of Magic, create a teleportation circle, and connect it to the closest one I could.”

Rael raised a brow. “It’s almost like you knew you’d be kidnapped.”

“Not necessarily,” Marlen replied with a shake of his head. “I used to travel between places a lot, so I had a few teleportation circles scattered across the worlds I visited. It just so happened that the Dralgur Continent had a few shiny relics in the past, so I collected them and used them to open the Ancient Portal and return ho.”

Rael’s head spun with everything he’d just heard.

“The Ancient Portal leads to your ho world…?”

“Mhm.” Marlen nodded. “It’s extrely large, probably ten tis the size of the world where I found those relics. It’s basically a gateway to a higher world, if that makes sense.”

“But why collect the relics and not just… teleport out?” Zafira asked, puzzled. “You were able to teleport out of the Depths, so why not—”

“There was nothing blocking from teleporting into the continent, but there was sothing blocking from teleporting out,” he replied flatly. “Anyhow… I’ve explained myself, so I’d really like to speed this along now.”

“How long can you stay in this shop?” Rael asked.

“As long as I want, I suppose, but life here isn’t very exciting since I don’t know anybody,” Marlen replied. “But I can wait as long as you want to, if that’s what you’re getting at.”

Rael nodded.

“I’ll contact you after my friend cos back.”

With that, Rael stood up, and so did Zafira.

The two began walking toward the exit, but that was when Marlen cleared his throat, getting their attention.

“So about that libido nuke… are you still interested?”

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