A Transmigrator’s Privilege-Chapter 243
“......!”
The citizens ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) of the church gasped in silence. Ayleth, sitting in the iron chair, also held her breath, her eyes wide open.
“......”
However, Tesilid himself showed no signs of agitation on his statue-like face.
That calmness reached Ayleth, who could only see his back from a distance.
It was the indifference to death characteristic of those who experienced infinite reincarnation. That very thing provoked her.
In a burst of anger, Ayleth raised her voice.
“Redemption? What redemption? Don’t do something so typical of you, Terry! Stop being reckless and come here!”
“......”
“Think about it, Terry. Even if you save others with your life right now, it will only be a temporary solution. Let’s find another way, okay?”
“......”
“Hey! Can’t you hear me?! Do you think I’ll forgive you for this? Can you even handle the aftermath? Huh?”
“......”
Tesilid stubbornly refused to look at her. A more effective strike was clearly needed.
Ayleth took a deep breath. She shut her eyes tightly, her face contorted in pain.
“Tesilid Arzent! If you die like this, I...!”
“......”
“I’ll marry another man and live happily!!”
“......!”
The voice she summoned from deep within her reached even the rock wall.
“I’ll marry another man and live happily... live happily... live happily...”
In the middle of the demon world, the echo of infidelity resounded brightly.
“......”
“......”
A different kind of silence flowed through the air.
A serious exchange between the two. However, the weight of the surrounding atmosphere seemed somewhat lighter.
In the gap, murmurs began to grow.
“D-did she just say...?”
“C-could it be the Master of the Holy Sword...?”
After a while of stubbornly showing only his back, Tesilid finally turned to give Ayleth a glance.
The calm, handsome man looked at Ayleth with clear eyes. His well-shaped lips twitched a few times silently.
After a slight hesitation, his words finally came out.
“Who with? Reed?”
“...Huh?”
“Can Reed even hold you?”
“......”
Ayleth, who never expected to be questioned in such a serious manner, could not respond.
“W-well, I guess.”
“So, you two are that close...”
“Just as I thought...”
It was Levant Marquis who cleared up the tension in the air.
“Ha! Are you serious? In such a solemn courtroom, a public display of affection? How scandalous! Your Majesty the Demon King, please execute their sentence quickly and send these two cockroaches to their doom!”
“Calm down, Levant Marquis. I’ve already been thinking about the execution method.”
“It should be the most cruel method!”
Levant Marquis, who had no appreciation for the beauty of love, ranted for a while.
At that moment, a déjà vu situation unfolded.
Tesilid, as if he had something important to say, opened his mouth.
“May I speak of the execution method I desire?”
“...What did you say, human? Desire?”
Not a labor sentence, but an execution?
Even demons had never met someone so detached.
Of course, Tesilid, oblivious to their shock, continued with his words.
“Please cast me into the Pit of Solitude.”
“......!”
Levant Marquis could not hide his astonishment.
“Goodness! How foolish of you! Do you know how terrifying that punishment is? To build such a great evil with such a foolish mind... I can’t believe it...”
“How interesting.”
The voice of Infernos cut off the nonsense.
“I had already been considering that method. To think the sinner would ask for it first.”
“......”
“There’s no reason not to grant it. You will die as you wish.”
Thud thud thud!
Suddenly, the ground shook.
The high podium where Infernos stood split apart like a tower.
The magnificent bronze relief wall, supporting it, split in two.
Soon, a passage through the wall was revealed.
The straight path was not far from where it ended. At the end, instead of a dead end, a cliff appeared.
Infernos personally explained the ominous red haze rising from below the cliff.
“What you see in front of you is the Pit of Solitude. A newly established execution ground in my territory.”
“......”
Tesilid slowly walked into the passage.
“Terry!”
Ayleth’s desperate call was once again ignored by him.
As he stood at the edge of the cliff, chilling sounds began to fill his ears from below.
Metal scraped, something was destroyed, and a scream from an unknown race echoed.
The chorus of distant noise told them.
Beyond the red mist, a fierce battlefield awaited at the bottom of the pit.
From the high podium, one could overlook the Pit of Solitude with just a turn.
Infernos spoke to Tesilid, standing at the cliff’s edge.
“This is where people die and kill each other until only one remains to absorb the power of the others. Whether they be demons, humans, livestock, or insects.”
It was essentially a battle royale.
Of course, even if one survives to the end, there would be no future.
“The last surviving entity will become a great vessel of evil. They will be offered the honor of ‘newly born chaotic evil.’”
In other words, the Pit of Solitude was created for Reed.
Srrr
A huge exit gate appeared on the opposite side of the trial chamber, where the criminals were waiting.
However, it seemed it had not yet opened, as electricity blocked the way.
Infernos ordered Tesilid.
“Jump down yourself. I’ll release the humans.”
“......”
Tesilid slowly turned back to look at Ayleth. As always, his gentle smile was aimed only at her.
“Goodbye.”
The words, which she felt she had heard before, rang in her ears.
“I’ll be back. Don’t worry.”
“......!”
Whoosh!
Tesilid’s figure vanished from her line of sight.
Her pupils trembled violently as if they were about to shatter.
......
Her heart sank.
It was as if she had experienced this before, yet she didn’t understand why it still affected her so much.
Instead of speaking a word or even taking a breath, the citizens of the church called out to him.
“Tesilid! Tesilid!”
“A-aah... Oh my god...”
Time stretched as they stared blankly.
Clink.
Heavy metal sounds rang out simultaneously.
The shackles that had been binding the citizens’ wrists loosened. Sparks faded from the gate created behind them.
“Go. Offer the silver stigma as a tribute and live out the miserable lives you have earned.”
“......”
Infernos kept his promise.
The gloomy citizens snapped back to their senses and began to rise one by one.
Soon, a few seemed to have made up their minds and turned around.
“Cough! Tesilid! I’m sorry!”
“We will repay this grace if we survive...”
The long procession began to turn back.
After crossing the perilous cliff path, their pace quickened.
People hurried to cross, as if they feared the gate might close.
A contract with a demon was absolute.
The companions and citizens who had once been sentenced to hard labor were likely escaping the Demon King’s domain by now.
My mind processed the situation.
Tesilid saved the people.
Using the rules of redemption.
By throwing himself into a pit I didn’t know about.
“......”
I think I’m a bit shocked. In many ways.
At that moment, a voice from a distance brought my mind back.
“Will you not return, Executor of Sin?”
The chair that had bound me had long disappeared. I was free, yet I stood still in place.
Even now, after all the citizens had escaped the Demon King’s domain.
<What will you do, Ayleth?>[‘The Scales of Souls’ watches you with anxious eyes.]
[‘The Word that Constructs Worlds’ urgently warns you against extreme actions.]
I did not respond to Infernos and slowly took a step.
I was headed toward the Pit of Solitude, where Tesilid had jumped.
The red mist obscured the view below.
If that’s the case, I decided to gather auditory information instead of visual.
I listened carefully to the sounds coming from the depths.
The constant noise of battle echoed from a vast area. A battlefield where everyone was an enemy but Tesilid.
I could feel the intensity of it clearly.
How long would Tesilid last in such a place?
He needs me. Definitely.
“Going down into the pit is not a good idea, Executor of Sin.”
“......!”
I felt a slight difficulty in breathing, as if my abdomen was being squeezed.
Before I knew it, Infernos had appeared behind me.
“Your Majesty, how can you stand on the same ground as these lowly humans?”
Ignoring the shocked Levant Marquis, Infernos stood shoulder to shoulder with me.
In this situation, with the Demon King right beside me.
Instead of drawing my sword, I focused all my attention on guarding against even the slightest movement from my opponent.
Infernos’s demonic eyes, with their long pupils, were fixed on the bottom of the pit.
Infernos spoke.
“The Pit of Solitude is governed by a powerful rule under my authority.”
“......What rule?”
“Once you enter, you cannot rise again until you are the last living entity. Even if you go down to save the silver stigma and kill all the others, only one of you will come back. Surely, you don’t wish for a tragic ending between lovers? Well, Levant Marquis will probably enjoy it.”
An unexpectedly kind explanation.
I rolled my eyes, carefully scanning the Demon King, and asked.
“What kinds of beings have you put down there?”
“I’ve put too many to say them all.”
“Leave out the trivial ones.”
Could Tesilid handle this alone, a master of aura?
Infernos’s eyes curled as he smiled.
“I placed twenty-six of my elite followers down there.”
“......You put demons ranked in the double digits in there?”
“Correct.”
I barely suppressed an obscene curse.
That meant Tesilid had entered the midst of SSS-ranked individuals fighting fiercely.
The tremor in my fingertips grew more noticeable.
To hide that, I clenched my fists so hard that the bones in my knuckles turned white.
Even in the midst of that, my face stubbornly kept a mocking smile.
