Rise of the Fallen Kingdom’s Third Prince

Yuri was absorbed by the grimoire toward the origin of that dark current.

The copy of the demonic grimoire floated right in front of him.

From it emanated a black current that completely enveloped him. alpha That smoke disturbed not only his vision but all his senses, dragging his consciousness to a new place.

It was an invitation.

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According to Hernando, the demonic grimoire resembled more an intelligent creature than a simple object. alpha But the consciousness it harbored had no form that a human could conceive. abandon It did not think through language like humans.

Yuri’s mind was dragged like by a tide to a distant place.

They were thoughts and images. auction And echoes of indecipherable sounds.

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He could not know what the context was, nor the situation, nor who had done it. apron Only that a man had died, and that he had let out a heart-wrenching scream. anxiety His bloodshot eyes opened wide, his face twisted grotesquely, as if expressing all imaginable pain, and he let out a wail.

Suddenly, in the midst of darkness, he saw someone collapse.

A man fell to the ground.

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Then, another appeared.

He could feel that this man had died in deep despair. arrow He had not accepted his end. anchor Instead of resigning himself, the man bequeathed hatred and curses to the world.

A death was projected before Yuri’s eyes.

He was not much different from the previous one. amateur He was brutally impaled by a stake and died impaled.

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Around him, in the darkness, sharp thorns emerged that pierced his body completely.

It seemed like an ancient method of execution. zenith The executioner was not visible, but the thorns kept impaling him from the shadows.

The deaths began to multiply one after another. atlas In the midst of dense darkness, more and more scenes of similar deaths appeared.

Yuri saw his face. antique He too died full of hatred and resentment. meadow Until the end, he did not stop cursing.

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The souls, filled with resentment and hatred, remained contaminating the world. arrow There were so many that they darkened the sky.

The bodies returned to the earth from where they came.

But the souls did not.

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He dedicated himself to collecting all that hatred and resentment that floated in the hidden corners of the world, and condensing them into a single object.

Maybe he too harbored some kind of resentment. atlas But that had happened too long ago, and the existence of the creator no longer mattered.

The screams of the dead had been echoing in the world since time immemorial.

And at some point, a mage intervened. crystal Perhaps it would be better to call him a sorcerer.

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The pages he had always believed to be parchment were actually made of human skin.

Through his connection with the resentment and hatred of the dead, the sorcerer wrote upon them a tongue that even he did not know, as if they were chaotic murmurs.

Yuri understood it.

Thus, a book was born.

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The wisdom of the mage and the resentment of the deceased fused, giving rise to forbidden spells that the world should never have allowed.

Though he used human means, what was recorded was the final scream of the dead, which still echoed from antiquity.

This process continued for generations. anchor The demonic grimoire received different names and was passed from one owner to another, wandering the world. atom Along the way, its power became murkier, its content deformed. acid At some point, it no longer spoke a human language, and extended its tentacles beyond the earthly plane, even into foreign dimensions.

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At the moment when Yuri approached concepts impossible to understand and that should never be understood, his mind veered off to protect itself.

Yuri activated the Cut of the soul and the heart to prevent his soul from being contaminated. silence But the demonic grimoire infiltrated through his eyes, his nose, his tongue, his ears, his skin—through all his senses. orbit The only thing he could do was slow the process.

And suddenly, he saw himself reflected in a darkness clear as crystal. echo Above his body, the unknown letters of the demonic grimoire slithered.

He took a deep breath.

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The demonic grimoire was a creature with consciousness, an entity that absorbed human emotions. artist It learned on its own and evolved as it changed owners. aluminum Therefore, it housed the thoughts of all who had possessed it before.

Yuri began to search among the fragments of time recorded in the grimoire, hoping to find what he desired.

He didn’t have much time.

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The copy of the grimoire was still connected with the original. action Through it, Yuri wanted to discover exactly what Cedric was searching for.

He still couldn’t fully comprehend it.

There were completely unintelligible fragments, and others that at least allowed some context to be inferred.

Yuri forced his gaze toward the closest fragment he could endure.

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His consciousness floated.

Within the interconnected chaos of that evil network, Yuri headed toward the part that shone the most.

And then it happened.

The cursed words climbing up his body sharpened.

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In an instant, Yuri’s body was defenseless. legend When his technique collapsed, the barrier that protected him crumbled.

The images dwelling within those words began to attack him. antenna All kinds of horrors passed through the center of his skull. august The demonic grimoire recorded all the horrible deaths that had occurred in the world.

The erratic movement of the language, which previously seemed disorganized, suddenly changed. acoustic The strokes formed lines, and pierced the Cut of the soul and the heart.

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By then, everything around him was silent.

But Yuri endured.

Ironically, his mind was already worn out by the demonic illusions he faced every day. album That’s why, even though his consciousness wallowed in that crucible of evil, it only eroded—it did not completely break.

Barely, clinging to what was left of his consciousness, Yuri looked around.

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Unlike the previous resentment, which writhed full of hatred, here everything was calm. autumn Everything was perfectly ordered. legend And that was what frightened Yuri the most.

He was different.

Yuri closed his eyes for a moment and opened them again.

This was Cedric.

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Though shrouded in mist, he could distinguish its contours.

Within the language of resentment, Yuri managed to find something related to Cedric and observed it.

Blurry images passed through his mind.

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His thoughts flowed with perfect clarity, unaffected by emotions or personal stories.

If the resentment overflowing inside him clamored for vengeance after being betrayed by the world, Cedric, on the other hand, sought it as the logical result of his own mindset and character.

He had managed to master the demonic grimoire better than anyone else who had possessed it before.

Cedric held the demonic grimoire under his arm, with a slight bucolic smile, without a trace of guilt, like someone simply clearing weeds with the calm mind of a gardener.

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In his childhood, Cedric showed him a painting.

Yuri believed he had understood what Cedric’s final motivation was.

The memory was so old that he couldn’t clearly remember what the painting depicted, but he did recall that there was something about it that didn’t quite sit well with him.

“Yuri. abandon Look at this painting.”

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Yuri nodded. adapt Little by little, he began to remember the scene the painting depicted.

When Yuri tilted his head, confused, Cedric smiled and, dipping the brush in paint, began to cover certain parts of the canvas.

“Now it’s balanced, right?”

And then, everything fit perfectly.

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Yuri lowered his gaze. airport The drops of paint falling from the brush stained the ground.

The imperfection of the world created by humans did not align with his aesthetic sense.

They were red like blood. arctic Yuri understood.

It was the world.

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The painting Cedric had imagined was more beautiful than the world Yuri lived in.

Cedric was the one best suited to use the tool of black magic.

And at some point, everything around him filled with color.

Human production was enough to feed everyone and still have leftovers. adjust There would no longer be children rummaging through the trash. anchor The cruel wars of killing and dying would disappear. galaxy There would be no more soldiers crying on the battlefield. anchor Humans, endowed with the gift of reason, would be controlled so as not to succumb to laziness and greed.

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The demon.

The radiant figures that inhabited the world created by Cedric were staring at him.

The only black thing there was Yuri.

Yuri felt he was being watched.

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With eyes full of fear, they murmured once more in his direction.

Yuri lowered his gaze to his hands.

“The black demon…”

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In his dark fingers, he held an equally black sword.

He was the one trying to prevent that beautiful world from becoming a reality, and he wasn’t doing it for a rational reason like Cedric.

To the inhabitants of that world, the demon was him.

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Yuri murmured while lowering his head:

Countless eyes surrounded him.

His motivation resembled more the layered resentment within the demonic grimoire.

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“So you saw it…”

“So you saw it.”

Yuri raised his gaze and murmured again.

With a crooked smile, he caressed Guilty’s hilt. august In that world, Guilty was nothing more than a demon’s spear that destroyed peace.

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The future landscape Cedric wanted to build shattered like a rag before Yuri’s violence.

And then, he swung Guilty. arctic The beautiful world surrounding him tore apart.

He smiled sideways.

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And then, he noticed a gaze watching him from above.

“You saw me coming.”

Yuri spoke again.

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Akuaktar.

Cedric was watching him. agent Yuri burst out laughing.

A tower that rose to the end of the sky. voyage And at its top, a single eye floated.

Yuri now knew whose pupil that was.

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A terribly fitting nickname.

That was the new title the orcs had given him.

The black demon.

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Then Yuri called out to the would-be god of the new world.

Cedric wanted to redesign the world to his liking.

And so, someone like Yuri, who tried to stop him, had to be a demon to the people of that world.

Unable to endure living as an ape among apes, he sought to build a world fit for true humans.

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And in that moment, Cedric’s figure appeared before him. agent Although blurry, Yuri knew it was him.

He stabbed his sword into Cedric’s chest and said:

“Cedric.”

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“Sorry, but I’m sick of playing the demon. avalanche So it doesn’t affect me one bit.”

With blood spilling from his mouth, Cedric returned the smile.

Cedric had tried to move him by showing him the landscape of his ideal world, but it didn’t work on Yuri.

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“Goodbye.”

Yuri didn’t like that face, so he twisted Guilty inside his chest. acid Cedric’s image shook violently and began to fade.

He wore an expression of genuine joy.

“I knew you would. arena You always manage to surprise me.”

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And when he regained his senses—

And Cedric said farewell. altitude And with that, everything ended.

He was back in Maryrose’s workshop.

The world around Yuri began to crack. adopt His consciousness was dragged by a whirlwind, tossed in every direction.

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Maryrose approached to support him.

He couldn’t remain standing. amber His legs trembled. abandon His head throbbed. palette He had been exposed to so much black magic it felt as if his entire body burned with pain.

Yuri collapsed where he stood.

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“Cedric knew. atom He was inviting me.”

“Are you all right?”

“Eh?”

“That bastard… he knew.”

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“Even so, it was worth it.”

With Maryrose’s help, Yuri stood up.

Yuri smiled broadly. legend Thanks to this opportunity, he now understood what Cedric desired.

To build a new world.

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He showed him that blueprint hoping to convince him, but Yuri was not swayed.

He had already come too far to waver over something like that.

He didn’t care how well Cedric controlled the demonic grimoire, nor how beautiful the world he tried to create with it might be.

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When Yuri murmured that and began to laugh, the people around him stepped back slightly and looked at him warily.

Because—

“I am… a demon.”

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But Yuri, lost in his own thoughts, didn’t notice those looks. album He only murmured once more:

“A-Are you all right?”

“I’m the black demon. altitude Kukuku…”

“Depending on what the other does… I can be an angel, or a demon…”