Chapter 448: Hit again!
"Yes. That place... was once the home of our Nirvit tribe. We depended on Nirvana, the magic that could reverse light and darkness, to stop countless wars and bring peace to the land.
But with great power comes great danger. The more darkness was turned into light, the more light was twisted into darkness. When Nirvana could no longer hold back that darkness, it turned inward... onto us.
Our tribe was consumed by chaos. Brothers turned on brothers. Some even dreamed of using Nirvana to bring ruin instead of peace. If Nirvana is misused, it won’t just harm a village, it could plunge the entire world into despair."
As Roubaul recounted the past, his voice was filled with deep sorrow and regret.
Rhodes and Mira listened closely, understanding that when Roubaul said "we," he meant the ancestors of the Nirvit tribe. But Wendy heard it differently. Her face turned pale, realization dawning.
Roubaul noticed her reaction and hesitated, but continued, "In the end, we sealed Nirvana away. For four hundred years, we’ve guarded it here in secret, praying it would never fall into the wrong hands. Hoping that one day, someone strong enough to destroy it would appear.
And yet... today, someone has awakened it. I heard that the local guilds have formed a coalition to stop them. But... it may already be too late.
Maybe this is our fate. We created this magic. And now, it may be the very thing that ends us. This is the sin we bear.
But Wendy, Carla, and the two of you from Fairy Tail... you have nothing to do with this. Please, go. Leave this place behind."
"No!" Wendy cried, her eyes shimmering with tears. "I want to protect the guild! I have to protect it!"
Roubaul tried to reason with her. "Wendy... you understand now, don’t you? We—"