The best genius alchemist ever wants to retire

Don't do that. Don't talk to me like that.

Don't talk to me.

Don't. I don't want to kill the 'human'........

'Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

My head seemed to be able to handle it. By a voice that echoed in my brain all the time....

And that wish was 'kill me'. That was it.

The same as before. The same as before.

The truth that I don't want to know, that I mustn't realize, is assaulting me.

I was aware. I knew that the spiders fighting at the 10th, 30th, and 40th layers, as well as these 50 layers, were human beings. To be precise, they are a chimera of humans and spiders. Perhaps they are human at heart and spiders in body. Unlike the homunculus, this is a substitute that incorporates a pre-existing human mind into a demon. This was the truth of the Sixth Maze.

And I remembered what I said at that time.

''Besides, you're probably already fighting it, but the demon mutations in the world are also artificially caused by the truth-seekers, the Fanaticus. The Phanaticus is an experiment in human experimentation. You will know, in the depths of this sixth labyrinth, the result of their atrocious experiments.

That's what he was saying at the time. That's why I noticed the discomfort right away.

Those spiders were the result of a heinous experiment.

And they wanted to die. I could sense the will to kill us, but there was a clear 'wish to die' in them.

And I, in spite of my hesitation, made it happen.

I still don't know if that was the right thing to do.

'Thank you,'

Thank you, sweetheart.

That's what they called me. They thanked me. So it's not wrong. But I feel the illusion that my hands are stuck with someone else's blood.

And the ancient spider in front of me, the Ancient Spider, is attacking me even as it wishes to die. Everything is directly related to death, and if I'm not careful even a little bit, I will die.

That's why I had no choice but to fight with the resolve to kill this guy.

There's no stopping now.

This fight will continue until either I or he dies. And that girl she wants to die. She's fighting something, and she's desperately trying to tell me.

Should I make that wish come true or not, I'm still wondering.

What should I do, what should I do, I've been fighting with those thoughts.

'Ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki!

The Ancient Spider, the Ancient Spider, is chirping. But I knew it was the wailing of an ancient spider.

This is the wailing of a wailing spider. It's not wailing, this is wailing.

You will find that the blade becomes dull when you realize this. My thoughts became dull. My hand trembles.

But I have to go on. I have to hand over the end to a girl who wants to die.

A girl who knows nothing. I don't know her face or her voice, I don't know anything solid, I've never met her or talked to her. But I know for sure it's a girl in there, and I know she's talking to me.

''Please, let me finish...?''

Instantly, the ancient spider 《Enchemental Spider》 lets out a yell.

!!!!!

Obviously, the convergence of the First Pledge 《Primamateria》 was abnormal. I had sensed it in the Absolute Realm, but something was wrong.

Is this the First Quality 《Prima Materia》?

When I thought about it, I remembered that guy's words again.

'You alchemists seem to think that the First Quality 《Prima Materia》 is the root of everything, but in reality, the First Quality 《Akashic Materia》 is the root of the world. All is one, and one is all. The only thing that makes it so is the Akashic Materia, the First Zero Material. All wizards use the Akashic Materia without exception.

And in the next attack, this one will come to kill me. But what can I do now........?　As I was thinking about this, it occurred to me.

That's right. I had rewritten the code inside the vegetables, genetically modifying them to alter their existence.

Then, isn't it possible for humans to rewrite their own code?

I think about it and carry it out at will.

And I rewrite the code inside my body. I'm going to make the passage of the first quality, the prima materia, better than ever, and expand the storage of magic power, which is its greatest flaw. It is said that magic power is generally located in the prefrontal area of the brain. I even enlarged that area at my own will, rewriting the code in my body.

''Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

It hurts so badly that my head feels like it's going to crack. But if I didn't do this, I wouldn't be able to withstand that attack. The current me can't reach it. Then I'll just have to go beyond the present. Rewrite it. Rewrite who I am.

For the sake of that girl I'm going to....

And I've taken care of the whole process. I look the same. But what's inside me was definitely altered. The human code sequence has been forcibly rewritten, and then rewritten from my brain to my body to adapt to the alchemy.

''Soooooooooooooooooooooooo, haaaaaaaah.''

Taking a deep breath, I held up the thin-haired dragonfly.

At the same time, the guy is also ready and activates his magic.

!!!!!

It was an endless stream of fire pouring down from the sky. A wave of fire falling from the heavens. If I don't block it, me and... and Fee and Monica will die.

That's why I'm going to put everything I have into this attack.

........attribute granting [Enchantment]: absolute zero....

And my alchemy and the girl's magic intersected.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!

One move is not enough. It's not going to be the same as it was back then, with Altaat. This is magic. Then I will make up for it in numbers. I'm no longer the man I was before. Now, I'm able to hit absolute zero in rapid succession.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!

The girl also loses and opposes it.

Fire and absolute zero. Their wills clash with each other. With a clear will to kill each other, they continue to unleash their attacks.

And then.........the end of the offensive and defense that seemed like an eternity came without a hitch.

The moment our attacks broke off from each other, I was already running out of the ground. As usual, I made the thin-winged dragonfly parallel to the ground and ran at super high speed on the ground.

I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it. As I have repeated many times before. I.........I.......I.... I'm going to kill this girl.

And then I flew and swung this blade at the brain........and swung it down.

The trembling was there. The fear was there. But I still swung the blade.

'Ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, ki. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!　Keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. .....

I scream at him, my whole body shaking. But it's over. It's all over. My brain was ripped open and my body fluids poured out. At the same time, the ancient spider fell to the ground with a loud ground shaking.

I stared at the overflowing body fluids. Then, when the thin-winged dragonfly was brought down, its body fluids adhered to the ground in a flash.

It's over. I've done it.

But this time it's different. I knew everything, and I killed a man with the determination to do so.

But what is the definition of a man?　Are you a person if your mind and body are both in line?　Isn't this guy really just a spider?　But it's not. My mind didn't think so.

I had always heard the voice, the voice of a girl.

I had heard that heartbreaking cry, the wailing, the voice of a girl who wished to die.

The girl had been alone in this labyrinth for hundreds of years, and I wanted to make her wish come true.

And I killed this spider ... no, I killed the girl.

It was dumbfounding and easy compared to the fights I've been in. I'm not as tired as I used to be. I, we had trudged through the Sixth Maze.

But I felt a heavy weight hanging over me, much, much heavier than ever before.

And as I looked at the ancient spider "Ancient Spider" prostrated on the ground, tiny light-like particles scattered toward the heavens.

It was like a beautiful snowflake rising up instead of falling in a flurry... it was such a fantastic sight.

I knew this too. The individuals who were frozen in the tenth layer must have disappeared in this way. The reason they were burning at the thirtyth and fortyth layers was to avoid facing this scene. To escape, to justify it, I hid it.

But now ... I can't escape and I'm not going to hide it anymore.

I have to face this girl. It's the responsibility of a murderer.

"Hey what's your name?

"Elweed Willis. People call me Elle. And you?

"I am Aina. Thank you, Elle. My brother, my mother, my father, and I are grateful to you. Thank you for killing us.

"Is death ... salvation? I've been lost, running, hiding, regretting, and...

'It will help. You gave us an end. And for that I am so grateful. So please don't cry...

"...did I do the right thing...?

'Yes. But you know, righteousness is subjective in the end. You've done the right thing for us. So, let me say this ... thank you.

"Aina please be at peace...

"Yes, goodbye, Elle. Please grant you the greatest possible happiness.

And the ancient spider that was in front of me, the Ancient Spider [Ancient Spider], no.......Aina has returned and passed away. Everything became particles, light, and brilliance, dissolving into this world. They became crystal-clear, unblemished light and scattered everywhere.

And then, as if rising high into the heavens, the girl departed.

Have I finished.........

I stood there, stunned and with tears still streaming down my face, I looked up at the heavens. Praying that I could sleep peacefully, I stared at the particles of light that were the residue of the girl dancing in the air.

This is how we entered the sixth labyrinth.

I had become the second person in the world to traverse the labyrinth.

But there was nothing to be proud of.