Taming The Villainesses novel Chapter 102

(EP-102.2) Eyes #3

102 – Piercing Eyes #3

The Devil’s Nest was also called the Labyrinth.

Probably because it was intricately connected like a labyrinth.

“Was this really built by one person?”

I asked Mirna while walking in what felt like an ancient ruin. I couldn’t imagine that a lone Mage managed to build this gigantic structure.

“It is said that Solomon’s wisdom and skill were beyond human standards. He was perfect in every way.... No one knows why he became a madman.”

“That’s, I suppose so.”

In the original novel, Demon King Solomon Angmar was just a kind of plot device.

He was like a deus ex machina-like element that answered unexplained situations or events by using ‘Demon King Solomon made it!’.

For example, if someone asked how it was possible to build this place alone, it’d simply get explained by, ‘Because °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° it’s Solomon’.

Reading this in the novel didn’t really strike me as anything noteworthy, but now that I was experiencing it myself, the feeling was bizarre.

Why did such a brilliant Mage turn insane?

“From what I heard-.”

After walking in the labyrinth in silence for a while, Mirna decided to speak up first.

“It’s rumored that he fell into deviation while researching some kind of magic.”

I’d noticed this before, but Mirna was actually quite talkative. Perhaps it was because she lived alone in a quiet mansion, and yearned for a chance to talk with others.

I also listened to Mirna’s story without much objection. After all, walking through an unpredictable labyrinth was a psychologically burdensome task. This would, at least, help relieve some of that stress.

“Solomon went astray while studying magic? Do you know what kind of magic it is?”

“I heard it’s a magic that manipulates time.”

Time controlling magic?

Was it something like those time stopwatch tropes?

Could it be real!?

“Turning back and stopping time... does such magic really exist?”

Mirna shook her head at my question.

“It’s impossible. Otherwise, the Demon King wouldn’t have been subjugated by the four families.”

“I see...”

That made sense. If he could literally control time at his disposal, he wouldn’t have been crushed by the great houses.

I guessed there were things even a Rank 10 godlike being couldn’t accomplish...

It was then that I suddenly heard some rustling in front.

It immediately rushed at us after making eye contact. I didn’t know how a skeleton with no muscles could be so fast. _{freёwebnoѵel.com}