Chapter 223

The founder of Observatory was a silver vampire. Despite her species, she was fundamentally different from the girl currently tormenting Luxmio. Terakomari tried to change people’s hearts, while she did all she could to ensure nothing would change. It happened 630 years ago. “All people should shut themselves in.” She went by the nickname Insaint, meaning “Silver Plate.” Her peculiar ideology had led her to be exiled from her clan. Her silver hair, bright like the moon, fluttered with the wind as she looked at her six warriors, their eyes kinder and calmer than anyone else’s. “I don’t forbid you from being involved with other people, of course. But you mustn’t allow your bonds to become too deep. When people connect with each other, willpower is generated, and willpower can upset order—it can create a destroyer.” Insaint sighed and gazed ahead at the boundless waste, a dull land like blighted leaves. Dusk covered the heavens, and there was no sign of life. It was a dead realm—a place they called the sixth world. “Look at this disaster. A destroyer listed in the Infamy Obelisk did this. A girl with orange hair…” “Is she still alive?” Luxmio asked. “Yes,” Insaint replied calmly. “I plan on terminating her, but she is not the only destroyer; there are many more. They appear one after the other as people’s willpowers resonate with one another. Leave them be, and our homeland will end up like this, too. I think it’s their fault the war has continued forever, too.” Insaint’s homeland, the first world, was consumed by conflict. It was also Observatory’s mission to resolve it. “My homeland—The Mulnite Empire, the Heavenly Paradise, the Enchanted Lands, the Aruka Kingdom, the Polar Empire, the Lapelico Kingdom—I love all of it. To safeguard it against chaos, I must shut it in. I must eliminate the destroyers. But I don’t have the power to do it all myself, which is why I ask for your help…” “Yes, of course,” Fool 01 answered immediately. The rest followed her lead and agreed as well. All six were orphans. Insaint had taken them in after the war left them without homes, food, and clothing. She raised them in the Mulnite Empire of the Foreworld. “I bequeath you with the power to not change the world: the Extermination Armors. I made them with precious ore I found in my travels, and they are just as valuable as the Dark Cores. Although they are not as omnipotent as the Dark Cores, they surpass magic and Core Implosion.” Luxmio was given a belt—Extermination Armor 04: Bondage. It was proof of Insaint’s acknowledgement. “I do not want my homeland to end up like this. I will sacrifice anything to maintain this shut-in order—even other worlds, if necessary. So…please make my dream come true, my children.” Fools 01 to 06 nodded firmly. They had to stop the destroyers who were endangering the world. Luxmio and the other Fools had been made miserable because of them. If all people had quietly shut themselves in, their early lives would never have been marred by tragedy. For a world without conflict. For Insaint’s wishes. The six Fools—Luxmio included—were prepared to give their lives.