Only those who had been defeated and died in an [Underworld Duel] could trigger this mechanism.
Considering that [Underworld Duels] were backed by Osiris, the [Underworld God], this enhanced form of "resurrection" might indeed have been easier to achieve.
Dark said, "If that's true, then we can temporarily remove [Death] from the [Defeat Penalty]."
"That appears to be the case for now," Claire said. "But it applies only to physical death, not spiritual death. According to the information I have here, every defeated duelist suffered severe psychological trauma. Some have yet to wake up even now."
As Dark rapidly flipped through the pages, he said, "Then is the memory decline after waking also caused by the psychological trauma of having died once?" Claire said, "Possibly, but not necessarily."
Though she had been vague, both Dark and Alvitr immediately understood what she meant.
Psychological trauma could cause memory loss.
But if every defeated duelist had lost memories, then it could not all have been caused by psychological trauma.
About ten minutes later.
Dark had roughly finished reading through the documents in his hands. He set them down, picked up another file, and continued reading.
"The frequency of memory loss is far too high. It definitely can't be attributed to chance. I think we can treat [Partial Memory Loss] as one type of [Defeat Penalty]."
"Once someone loses in an [Underworld Duel], the [Magitech Angel] takes away part of their memories. Has anyone determined exactly which memories are lost?"
Just as he was thinking that, Dark came across another case in the file. "Victim: Liba Trulop. Former professor of the Kingdom Royal Academy, forty-five years old, residing in the Royal Capital. He appeared in the middle of a road after losing a duel. He was likely attacked while traveling by carriage."
"According