Chapter 297: The Ritual of the Demon
What... what was that? There was an undeniably ominous aura surrounding the very mention of it.
Just hearing about it was enough to make Rocco shudder. As he trembled, Laxus blinked in mild surprise before speaking.
"The Ritual of the Demon? Huh, I didn’t think anyone would actually go through with it."
"Hmm? Laxus, you know about... what was it? The Ritual stuff?"
"The Ritual of the Demon," Laxus corrected with a small sigh. "Yeah, it’s actually a pretty well-known ritual. Though... it’s mostly just a legend."
Rocco had expected Laxus to react with at least a little fear—maybe something like ’Th-the Ritual of the Demon!?’ followed by some trembling. But of course, Laxus was completely unfazed. Typical. The guy knew everything.
According to him, the Ritual of the Demon was something akin to an old folktale.
Just as Deimos had said, it was a forbidden ritual, one that supposedly granted an eternal life.
...And upon hearing that, Rocco suddenly had a very bad but very intriguing thought.
"If there’s a ritual like that, wouldn’t everyone want to do it? I mean, living forever—everyone dreams about that at least once, right?"
Tilting his head in genuine curiosity, he asked the question.