This is a multimedia webnovel with giant city-crushing monsters, a valiant man who dares to fight them, a hero who loses himself on a righteous path, and a darkness which conceives a profound love. But I suck at descriptions, so I strongly encourage...
"My powers are supposed to be the key which will unlock this world from anguish, but it just isn't possible. I can destroy matter or energy or anything physical, but I cannot destroy the emptiness in my own heart," Caelicola muttered.
The powerful man closed his eyes, pulled his fingers together again, and focused intently on the sword in his hand. For a tiny fraction of a second, his sword shone with a faint purple glow once again, and then the whole thing disappeared into thin air.
"But why can't you use your power to end the anguish? If you can destroy anything, then what's stopping you from killing the Interfecti? I know they leave existence when they fall asleep, so does that make it hard to track them?" Hatasuko asked.
"No, tracking them is not a problem. It is true that I cannot see them when they sleep, but I can be anywhere and everywhere at the same time," Caelicola answered.
Caelicola suddenly disappeared from the space right in front of their eyes. He reappeared at the edge of the ocean without making any light or sound. Hatasuko and Vaida spent a moment looking for him, and when they found him, he disappeared once again. He now stood in a slightly different place than before, but he was still close to Hatasuko and Vaida. Their eyes were wide since they had never seen anything like this before, but Caelicola maintained an apathetic stare.
Hatasuko asked, "Then why can't you help us fight against the Interfecti? It exists when it's awake, so you should be able to see it. Why can't you just teleport on top of its head and destroy it?"
The sound of the island and the ocean transformed in this moment. The waves continued their gentle crash upon the rocky shore, but it was muffled by a sudden drizzle. The rain was substantially cooler than the ocean and the steam cloud, so every drop felt like a small shard of ice falling upon them.
As the rainwater rolled down his unkempt face, Caelicola glanced up and asked, "Do you know what that layer is? When the Interfectus attacks, there is a transparent layer that eclipses the sky. Do you know what it is?"
"I don't know for sure, but I do have my suspicions. I've noticed that it moves when the Interfectus moves; it trembles when they prepare an attack. I suspect that the layer in the sky is like a pool of energy for them. They have so much energy that they can't even contain it within themselves," Hatasuko answered.
Vaida and Caelicola both glanced through the light drizzle with a look of surprise. Hatasuko could see that Vaida had thought the same thing, though they had never spoken about it. She kept her eyes on Hatasuko even as Caelicola started to speak again.
"I am surprised that you were able to figure out that much without ever saying a word. But you are half right. The transparent layer is an external energy pool, but the fact is that their energy comes from the lives of those that are killed by their hands. The victims of the Interfecti become their fuel source. But even without bodies, without memories, and without everything that makes a person out of a soul, these lost spirits are suffering. Their screams are endless. All of those lost souls are trapped in that transparent layer, which means the Interfectus can summon a window between life and death. When this happens, my all-seeing eye must peer into this endless abyss, and it hurts me in a way that I cannot accept. I don't become a monster like those who have been touched by the darkness, but I shut down entirely. I am powerless. I cannot fight the Interfecti because I cannot see through the tempest, and so all I know is misery," Caelicola explained.
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