Uniqueness

Everyone nodded in admiration and agreement at Ellie’s suggestion to forcibly induce mana depletion, creating a condition where the immortal couldn’t revive. However, Lailan had a dissenting opinion.

,That’s a plan with potential. But how do you intend to cause mana depletion?

As Lailan asked in a low, cold voice, Ellie, who had been delighted, erased the smile from her lips and muttered.

,We can use appropriate magic to consume mana.

Lailan twisted one corner of his mouth at Ellie’s answer.

,Including citizens and tourists, there are about 1.4 million people in Ludwig. If even a single one of them doesn’t experience mana depletion, the immortal will revive through a host and hide among the citizens. Since we have no way to track the revived immortal, they can simply wait for the mana depletion phenomenon to resolve and then fight us again.

As Lailan pointed out, Ellie’s method required that every citizen in Ludwig with mana experience mana depletion. Apparently, she hadn’t considered that point, as Ellie groaned softly and bit her lip.

,But….

,Wouldn’t it be more realistic to spread poison throughout Ludwig and kill everything alive, rather than simultaneously causing mana depletion in everyone in the city?

Yoonis helped Ellie, who was cornered by Lailan’s mockery.

,I don’t think spreading poison is a realistic method either?

,That’s right. The problem starts with where to get enough poison to fill a huge city nicknamed the City of Pleasures.

Lailan, who shrugged and readily admitted Yoonis’s point, looked at everyone with a chilling gaze and said.

,That’s why I suggested a realistic plan from the start. A rational method of gathering soldiers from the north, blockading Ludwig, and killing them all. We may not have enough poison to fill Ludwig, but the Perkus family’s warehouse has enough poison to distribute to the soldiers from the north who have mana.

After Lailan finished speaking, silence lingered for a long time. Lailan acknowledged the opponent, proved the flaws in their method, and simultaneously changed the atmosphere completely by adding persuasiveness to his own opinion. Lailan drove the wedge in further.

,Disappointing. Those who gathered to save the world are hesitating so much over just one city. Especially Yoonis, a strategist praised for reading the board, are you hesitant to play a card to prevent greater sacrifices in a situation where the entire continent is in danger?

,That’s….

,Our enemy, Roel, went as far as attacking the Imperial Palace and killing the Emperor for his own goals. Thanks to our Lord, who risked his life to travel to another world and learn the secrets of the world, we barely obtained the last chance to save the world… Can we afford to hesitate over the deaths of just 1.4 million people?

Lailan slowly turned his head to everyone, demanding an answer with a look, and everyone lowered their gaze. Lailan, who stopped his gaze on me, looked straight at me and said.

,Our enemy will do anything to win. To fight on at least equal footing, we must put in that much effort too.

At Lailan’s words, Estelle and Lamine, who had been neutral, agreed with Lailan’s opinion, which was more realistic than Ellie’s idea of ​​causing mana depletion throughout the city.

Seeing Yoonis covering her face in self-reproach and Ellie reluctantly accepting with a sigh, I silently headed to the portable whiteboard. And without turning around, I asked.

,Ellie, what method were you thinking of using to cause mana depletion?

,…I was going to use synthesis magic. If I synthesize magic that continuously requires mana with curse magic that steals the opponent’s mana and forces them to use it, I should be able to cause mana depletion.

I turned around and looked at Ellie. Ellie, receiving my gaze, hunched her shoulders as if feeling cold.

,How many people can you cause mana depletion in using synthesis magic?

,It’s not fixed at a certain number. Curse magic includes everyone within the designated range of the incantation… Usually, about 20 people, I guess. The number can vary depending on which magic you choose.

Lailan scoffed at Ellie’s weak answer.

,That’s woefully insufficient to cause mana depletion in 1.4 million people.

Ellie frowned and glared at Lailan, but Lailan ignored Ellie’s gaze as if it were natural and said to me.

,Why are you asking about an unrealistic method? Are you reluctant to kill innocent people? Or could it be that the hope you received from the Saintess has once again become shackles that prevent the Lord’s rational actions?

I didn’t react to Lailan’s question and turned around again. From the author’s point of view, this is a problem that can be solved sufficiently.

I slowly raised my hand and brought it to the letters written largely in the corner of the whiteboard. Ellie, who was watching my actions, said in a puzzled voice.

,The Great Forest…?.

Confirming that everyone’s gaze was focused on my hand over my shoulder, I slowly lowered my hand and stopped at the word World Tree written below it.

,I’m going to weave two stories into one this time.

,…!

Everyone looked at me with surprised faces at the sudden declaration. I turned my body slightly and continued the explanation.

,Even if we remove the immortal Roman, the story of the Great Forest will not end. Even if the Emperor is dead, the elves will not stop their plan to root the World Tree in this world.

,If there are no immortals, isn’t it good for us that the World Tree takes root in the Great Forest? It can fill the void of the Fairy King.

I shook my head at Ellie’s question.

,In order for the World Tree to take root, it needs a huge amount of life force or mana. So, the Emperor and the High Elder have been creating a huge incantation throughout the Great Forest to use three nearby cities as nourishment for the World Tree.

,Th, that….

As Ellie lost her words and trailed off, Lailan twisted his lips and said.

,Hoo, are you saying you’re going to use the World Tree to easily clean up Ludwig? Then it’ll be roughly similar. After all, the cities near the Great Forest won’t exceed 500,000. If you do that, then the two stories will become one as you said. Keuheuheuhe!!!

Lailan laughed like crazy. I slowly shook my head at Lailan, who had a very satisfied face.

,Our goal is only the immortal Roman.

,…What does that mean? Didn’t you mean to sacrifice Ludwig using the World Tree?

I looked at Lailan without saying a word. Our gazes tangled in the air. Even though he gained my memories, he couldn’t read it because his perspective was different.

,Wouldn’t Ross from another world have used that method before?

,…!

Lailan flinched at my words. Ross, who became a slaughterer, killed Ludwig’s innocent citizens in one day to remove the immortal Roman. There is also a Ross who joined hands with the cult and broke the eastern border himself for a quick ending.

Another Ross who used the World Tree to easily clean up Ludwig and remove the immortal will surely exist. This was an easy method to come up with even without the mask of the author’s essence.

I said.

,Our goals are two. To remove the immortal and stop Roel’s salvation plan, and to persuade Roel to our side. To do that, we must show Roel a way to remove the immortal that he hasn’t seen in other worlds, as Yoonis said.

,…The method of removing the immortal using mana depletion may have already been used in another world.

Yoonis shouted at Lailan’s words.

,What kind of ugly sound is that? You said it was an unrealistic method earlier, but now you’re saying it might have been used in another world!

,Among the Rosses in other worlds, there are many Rosses who chose magic to avoid overlapping with Roel. Isn’t it right to assume that there would be a Ross among them who came up with mana depletion to remove the immortal? It wasn’t Ellie who brought up mana depletion, but Ross first.

Lailan is saying that the me in another world could also come up with what I thought of. That’s right. A Ross in some world would have certainly come up with mana depletion as a strategy to defeat the immortal. But that doesn’t mean I’m wrong.

,Our method will be the first in all worlds combined.

,Why?

,Because this world is special, unlike other worlds.

Lailan, who was silent for a moment at my answer, said.

,…Are you talking about the revival of the discarded setting?

,Yes.

,Heh heh, did you forget? The world where Ross of Yearning was also a world where discarded settings were revived. The characteristic of having a revived discarded setting is not unique.

,No, our world is unique. There may be worlds where the story flows similarly, but there will be no world with the same flow anywhere.

When I spoke in a confident voice, Lailan didn’t feel unpleasant, but rather raised the corners of his mouth as if he felt a strong curiosity about my conviction and asked.

,Why?

,Because I’m here.

Everyone’s gaze is focused on me. I said clearly again to everyone.

,The only person who can destroy all the shackles of other worlds… is only me in countless worlds.

I am a copy created by God based on the failures of countless Rosses, and Ross of Yearning, the observer who watched everything from the outskirts of the outer universe, was the last Ross with the uniqueness to show the ending he expected.