The Lord Who Levels Up by Devouring - LLD Chapter 70: Spoils of War (2) (Part 2)

Which means…

Death was the greater infinity.

So then—

Could it be that even among infinities, there exists a logic of greater and lesser?

I didn’t believe it.
I couldn’t.

But then, to my own astonishment—

I proved it.

And the proof… was simple.

Infinity plus infinity equals infinity.

Then what, I wondered, is infinity minus infinity?

Any infinity, if its size is always the same, must have a value of ‘0’.

But that wasn’t the case.
Its value was indeterminate.
In other words, it was ‘unknown.’

When subtracting two infinities, the result changes depending on the nature of each one.

In other words—
There existed different infinities.
There existed an infinity greater than infinity.

…A question arose.

During my battle against the god, I experienced a distortion in time.

Days flowed like years, or a single moment stretched into eternity—
In such warped time, the conclusion I’ve reached now…
Is it truly the final conclusion?

Or is it just part of an infinitely repeating cycle?

Infinity against infinity.

If two endlessly expanding infinities can be compared in size, then—
Which is the most absolute infinity?

One thing is certain.

The god’s infinity, which fell by my hand,
was not the final infinity.

And the fact that infinities can be compared in magnitude—
That might mean some infinities are countable.

……But how could infinity be counted?
Infinity isn’t a number. It’s a state of endless expansion.

……Now I wanted to know.

The end of the concept of infinity.
A terminus within a concept that has no terminus. A contradiction.

The truth of this world.

Suddenly, Adrian bit down on the hunk of flesh and swallowed.

Of course, the “hunk of flesh” was literally a monster named Hunk of Flesh,
but still, it had once been a human called Avarus.

“……!!”

Kai’s face and expression drained of all color, twisted in horror.
In that moment, the trust he had been trying to place in Adrian completely crumbled.

Chomp—Chomp—

And honestly, wouldn’t it be weirder not to lose faith after seeing that?
How could anyone even think of eating something so grotesque?

Adrian no longer looked human.

And yet… was it because of some strange attachment?
Or perhaps he had simply grown used to it?

Or maybe… Kai had lost his mind too.

‘…Well, he has always been like this.’

Little by little, Kai began to rationalize it with, “That’s just how Adrian is.”

And just like that, Adrian devoured the whole monster in an instant.
Even after eating non-stop for 241 days, how was there still room in his stomach?

Swallowing down that question, at that moment—

“Urgh…!”

Adrian suddenly staggered.

Must’ve tasted really bad.
Back in the Infinite Labyrinth, he had eaten “moldy scraps with tentacles” and “broth brewed from the stench of a rotten swamp” like they were nothing.

“Grkk…!”

Just how bad was this thing that Adrian was grimacing that hard?

That thought hadn’t even settled in when—

Thud.
Adrian dropped to his knees.

“Haa…! Haa…!”

Panting heavily, his breathing ragged.

Before Kai knew it, Adrian’s face had turned deathly pale.
His wide, terrified eyes weren’t the kind of eyes tormented by disgusting flavor.

It was as if some invisible fear was squeezing the life out of his mind.

“Lord Adrian?”

Kai called out, but there was no response.

“Are you alright?!”

He rushed to Adrian’s side—
and saw it.

Adrian’s eyes were being consumed by a purple hue.

A violet aura, spreading out from the center.
It overtook the entirety of his eyes, carrying with it a chilling aura of infinite void and bottomless depth—
Adrian’s consciousness was slipping away.

Just like the time in the Infinite Labyrinth when the sigil overtook him.
…No. This was something even worse.

“Get a hold of yourself!”

Kai grabbed Adrian and shook him hard, but it was no use.

Adrian’s breathing grew shallower—

—And then, it stopped.

Adrian’s eyes remained open, but no spark of life remained.

His hands fell limply from his head, dropping to the floor.
His body collapsed as if every tendon had been cut,
crumpling weakly to the ground.

On the cold stone floor—

…Adrian’s body no longer moved.

Kai’s heart sank.

It all happened so fast.
His mind couldn’t keep up.

How much time had passed?

…He didn’t know.

The color had drained completely from Kai’s face.
Only his blue eyes trembled left and right without pause—

And then.

“Huh-urgh…!!”

Adrian suddenly sucked in a massive breath and began twitching,
like a fish flailing after being hauled ashore.

◆ Player’s Will [EX] resists an indescribable and unknown fear!

A translucent system message flashed before my eyes.

And in that instant, my mind was yanked up out of the abyss.

“Huh-urgh…!!”

Only then did my clogged breath release, my lungs reopening.

The darkness that had filled my vision tore apart—
The illusion that had blanketed my reality receded like waves—
And the madness, deep as the sea of the abyss, vanished in an instant.

But the fear, the despair, and the endless chaos that had ravaged my mind…
I couldn’t recover from it so easily.

“Ghaaak…!”

A metallic taste burst from my lips as blood spilled out.
My body was limp, drained of all strength.

Gasping for air, I barely managed to pull myself together—

◆ You have acquired the Concept Skill: ‘Infinite [M]’!

Once again, a translucent message appeared before me—
And my mind snapped back into clarity.

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