"Yegge Scroll"

"Miss Olanord, do you know any more about the Gate of Death?"

Shade asked again. The witch nodded slightly.

"That gate is difficult to move because of its size and other factors, but not every death-row prisoner can be safely escorted to the execution ground in Central Continent. Therefore, one of the Gate of Death's properties is a method of pushing open the gate apart from its main body."

That could also be called Space Movement, though dying once as the price was rather too harsh.

"I am not a member of the Supreme Witch Council. Since the previous councilors are all still around, teacher is only a candidate for now. But reportedly, one must find a place where death and life meet. Then, an official councilor must serve as the executioner and use the Council's power to draw the Gate of Death's projection to that boundary. Once opened, its effect is exactly the same as the gate's main body."

She paused, then added:

"Teacher said that the appearance of the Gate of Death was connected to the departure of the Ancient God, the Ancient God of Death. The Council is insane to use that gate as a Torture Instrument rather than study it. The Witch Council has become very corrupt. Perhaps in another few thousand years, the Council will collapse on its own due to infighting among the Great Witches."

Those words suited Miss Feliana's character perfectly, and Shade smiled as well. From the truth he had learned, the destruction of the Fifth Epoch really had been related to disagreements among the Council's Great Witches.

He bent down and picked up the stone slab wrapped in cloth, lightly touching one corner with his finger. Of the books in this library, only the three demanded by the deity truly came