Book 21: Chapter 2 (9)
“I think the curse was inflicted like a skill. In a way, it’s even more horrifying than the miasma. It’s an artificial curse based on people’s negative emotions. Curses are originally born out of resentment, but this was a deliberate collection of them. It’s really disgusting.”
Yuzuha said that it was not uncommon for people, monsters or both, to leave behind resentment or regret when they die. If they die an unjust death, something like a seed of resentment was born from it.
Most of the time the seed would disappear immediately, but sometimes it would accumulate and become a powerful curse. And cursed weapons and tools were usually created when a powerful curse happened to reside in something that was left behind. If the original owner had a strong power, the cursed weapons or tools might directly harm the entity who caused the owner’s death, or have a negative effect on the surrounding land.
In some cases, the curses were linked to, or used by, miasma or miasma demons.
“Even weapons made by people with resentment can also become cursed.”
To kill someone. To torment someone. Yuzuha continued that it was common for such wills to reside in weapons. This time, something similar seemed to have come out of Elamella’s weapon.
“I see. It’s always been a bit of a hassle, but it’s not impossible to make such weapons if you really wanted to. I guess it’s a variation of that.”
What Shin did know was that a method of inflicting a curse was a disadvantage, and increasing the number of inflicted curses and their effects as a trade-off was an advantage.
The effect was just a way of managing a weapon’s capacity. It appeared as a curse, but if one asked whether the weapon was truly cursed, the answer was probably no.