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Daredevil ｢
Summary[]
Before entering the Golden Land, Lernen leads Edel to meet one of the last remaining survivors of the Fortress City of Weise, who was a servant of the Glück family. He has given permission for Edel to read his memories in the hopes of gathering information on Macht. Edel reads the memory of the feudal lord putting the Stone Bracelet of Servitude on Macht and retells that the lord ordered Macht not to "hold malice towards the people of Weise."
As they enter the Golden Land, Edel remarks how the situation was peculiar, since the gold made from Macht's magic is indestructible and thus cannot be refined, it has no real value and thus contradicts the theory that the lord's wish was to gain unfathomable riches. When they enter the city, they are quickly discovered by Macht, who says they should have turned back and that because they did not, he has to kill them and make an example for others. Before Macht can launch his attack, Lernen has made his own, telling him that he has never been praised so remarkably.
Plot Details[]
Right after Second-Class Mage Früh was transmuted to gold in front of First-Class Mage Lernen and Second-Class Mage Edel by Macht, they approach a cliff overlooking the Golden Land, which Edel remarks has a powerful perception-hindering spell cast on the barrier, making it invisible to ordinary people. Lernen notes that the Golden Land is attention-grabbing and would stimulate one’s greed, due to being made completely of gold, and many of the nearby villages were abandoned and the Fortress City of Weise forgotten about. But he states that there are still skilled people who break through the perception magic and who attempt to recover the gold, but almost none of them return alive. As the Great Barrier of the Golden Land was specifically created to ward off demons, it cannot perfectly prevent humans from trespassing, and they cannot take responsibility for the reckless people who attempt to do so.
Lernen states that there would be chaos if the gold of the Golden Land was to be distributed, but also that there is a way to distinguish normal gold from that of the Golden Land. Edel and Lernen discuss the strange properties of Macht’s gold, including that it cannot be destroyed nor can its form be altered, and while it magically reads as gold, it is a completely different substance altogether.
Before entering the Golden Land, Lernen and Edel visit a former family servant of the feudal lord of Weise, the Glück family. The servant was on an errand in a neighboring town, and was one of the few survivors of the incident. While the servant was not close to the people involved, Lernen believes that they can learn something about Macht from his memories. Lernen asks Edel to read his memories, and notes that he already received the servant’s consent. Edel asks the servant how long he worked as their servant, and he responds that he had worked for them for twenty years. Edel states that it is simply too much information to process, and Lernen replies saying that the servant had witnessed the feudal lord put the Stone Bracelet of Servitude on Macht sixty years ago.
Through the servant’s memories, Edel witnesses the feudal lord command Macht to serve the people of Weise and their descendants, and to never commit malicious acts against the people of Weise, and that when Macht feels even the slightest bit of malice towards them, Macht must end his own life. Edel immediately picks up on the vague phrasing, and recites it to Lernen. The servant asks if there’s a problem with the commands, and Edel responds that there would be no problem, if only the enemy was a human. Edel tells Lernen that they should head to the Golden Land, but before she leaves, she asks the servant what the feudal lord wanted from Macht in the first place. The servant responds by saying he had heard the purpose was to gain enormous wealth.
While crossing the barrier, Edel asks Lernen if he also thinks the story is strange. Lernen responds that there are too many confusing elements, that he does not know which one Edel is referring to. Edel then points out the flaw with manipulating Macht to gain wealth; namely, the fact that gold that cannot be processed can easily be exposed as fake, because gold is valuable because it can be reprocessed and because it is rare, while Macht’s gold cannot be processed and would not hold any value as gold. Edel reasons that there must be a reason that they haven’t figured out yet.
Further into the Golden Land, they encounter impaled statues of Lernen’s colleagues and a group of adventurers. Soon after, both Lernen and Edel realize that they have been found by Macht, who appears behind them. Lernen expresses that they were confident in their ability to conceal themselves, and Macht informs them that they should have turned back when they had the chance. When Lernen points out that Macht seems reluctant to do so, Macht reveals that he does not enjoy conflict, which is why he makes statues of the people he kills brutally. Macht, while turning his cloak into a golden sword, states that it is enough to make most turn back, and the only ones who disturb the peace are daredevils like Lernen and Edel. Lernen immediately fires a shot at Macht, forcing him to block. Lernen claims that he is honored by Macht’s evaluation of him as a daredevil, and states that it is the best compliment he has ever received.
Characters in Order of Appearance[]
Locations[]
- Weise Region (the Golden Land)
Battles and Events[]
Battles[]
- Lernen & Edel vs. Macht
Objects of Interest[]
Spells[]
Spell to Transmute All Creation into Gold: Diagoldze: a curse which transforms every material in the world into gold. The gold created with this magic cannot be destroyed or altered, and it is imperceptible as magic. It is one of the strongest curses which cannot be dispelled even by the Goddess's magic; it cannot be blocked by defensive magic or evaded. Macht uses this spell to create a sword from the long coat he hanged on his left shoulder.