Night World Players

Chapter 144 I will repay you for everything you have done for me

Chapter 144 I will repay you for everything you have done for me (two in one)

Ten days later, paradise.

On the outskirts of the royal city, a carriage traveled through the winding path and headed towards the royal city.

This stretch of mountain road that runs across the entire hilly area is a bit rugged, and the carriage is quite bumpy when driving on it.

But even so, it did not affect the high spirits of the passengers in the carriage at all.

"Today is the day when the Holy Scripture will be opened, as His Majesty Rast announced to the entire territory, right?"

"That's right. As soon as I received the notice, I immediately set off with my family and headed for the royal city... I hurriedly rushed here, hoping to catch up."

"Don't worry. I've been to the Royal City once before. This place is not far from the Royal City... It only takes less than an hour. And according to the announcement, the Sacred Scripture will begin at 2 o'clock this afternoon. We still have plenty of time."

"So, you all came here for that holy ceremony as well?"

Someone glanced at his fellow passengers in the carriage and asked.

"Of course... This is the first time in recent decades that Paradise has bestowed eternal blessings on such a large scale."

"As long as you can obtain the eternal blessing, you will have a long life and be free from the wars and disasters that are rampant on the continent at this moment. You will be isolated from the invasion of evil cults, the Iron Cross, and the beast tide..."

"This is a ticket to eternal immortality. As long as I can obtain this blessing, then no matter what the price is, it is absolutely worth it."

There was a hint of enthusiasm in the voice of one of the passengers: "As expected of His Majesty Rast."

"It is said that during the reign of Helen, the previous queen of Paradise, there had been no large-scale blessings for many years."

"I didn't expect that His Majesty Rast, who has only been in power for three years, would be willing to bestow blessings on the entire paradise. A blessing of this magnitude would certainly cost a lot even for His Majesty Rast."

"When I heard others talk about the new king's deeds before, I was a little skeptical..."

"But now it seems that His Majesty Rast is indeed the wise king praised by the entire paradise."

As the passengers chatted, the atmosphere in the carriage gradually became lively.

Everyone in this carriage was looking forward to the upcoming holy ceremony.

This is bound to happen.

More than a hundred years have passed since the first year of the Cataclysm, when the Iron Cross plague broke out with Deep Blue Harbor as its origin and swept across the entire continent.

As residents born after the catastrophe, these people have lived in great fear since the moment they were born.

After all, no one knows—

In the next second, the place where he lives might be trampled to pieces by the giant feet of an ancient beast.

Perhaps a city that was prosperous the moment before will turn into a vast disaster area the next moment.

In these precarious days, ordinary people can only hide in their homes in fear, silently waiting for the unclear and dark future.

Originally, people had other choices outside of the paradise.

Go to the Broken Coast, next to the watchtower, and the towns within the influence of the Coast Watchers. Relying on the protection of the Coast Watchers, they live and work in peace and contentment.

However, as time goes by.

There have been some rumors these days:

The Broken Coast's defenses are already strained and may no longer be able to be maintained.

Once the Broken Coastline is lost and the Coast Guard Organization chooses to abandon the defense line in this area, the forbidden creatures in the ocean will no longer have any scruples and will wantonly sweep across everything along the coast.

At that time, the prosperous city around the watchtower will be turned into desolate ruins and disaster land in an instant.

However, this is just a rumor that cannot be confirmed.

However, combined with the hurried comings and goings of the shore guards observed by others in recent days, and the tense atmosphere that can be seen with the naked eye...even the most ordinary people can clearly perceive that all this seems to be more than just groundless rumors.

Even the Shorewatch headquarters, where the Watchtower is located, is no longer safe—

Paradise naturally becomes the last pure land and safe haven.

Countless exiled disaster victims regard this place as their last hope, eager to rely on it to obtain blessings, become a member of paradise and receive permanent shelter.

At this moment, countless refugees who had received news of the Holy Scripture were flocking to the Paradise Royal City from all directions of the continent.

The passengers on this carriage are just an insignificant part of the vast population.

……

"Little girl——"

"You came to the Royal City for the Holy Scripture as well?"

Inside the carriage, an old lady who looked elegant and graceful asked gently, "Are you alone?"

"Your parents didn't come with you?"

However, in the face of those kind words.

On the other side of the carriage, the girl, who had covered her petite figure in a dark cloak and hidden her face with the hood of her dress, just nodded silently.

“My parents are dead.”

"I'm not going to the Royal City this time to attend the Holy Scripture."

"Rather, it's to find someone."

Upon hearing that the girl's parents had passed away, the old lady's voice became a little gentler and carried a hint of sympathy.

"Feel sorry."

"But since your parents are dead, are you coming to Paradise to find someone... to seek refuge with your relatives?"

Looking at the petite girl in front of her with her face hidden by a hood, the old lady couldn't help but speak with a hint of pity.

I have already imagined the tragic background of this girl, that her parents have passed away, and therefore she has to come to Paradise City alone, looking for relatives to seek refuge with.

"But you came at an unfortunate time."

"The Holy Scripture will be opened soon. During this period, a large number of Paradise citizens will flock to the Royal City. It will not be easy to find the relatives you want to seek refuge with."

"If you don't mind, you can stay at my house for a few days... After the Holy Scripture is over, it won't be too late to look for the person you are looking for."

The old lady who made the invitation was obviously of high status and had an excellent position and background in the royal city.

However, facing the old lady's invitation.

The girl who was wearing a hood the whole time just shook her head slightly.

"Thank you, but no need."

Her voice is very pleasant, with a clear and crisp voice that only belongs to a young girl.

But if you listen carefully, you can hear a slight hoarseness and depression in the girl's voice, as if... she has experienced pain and suffering that she shouldn't have to endure at her age.

"The person I'm looking for is not difficult to find in the royal city."

“In fact, it can be said that everyone knows it.”

"and……"

The girl's voice paused slightly.

For some reason, the originally clear and pleasant voice now had a hint of inexplicable depth.

"If you wait until the end of the Sacred Scripture before going to find him."

"Then everything will be too late."

The person you are looking for is known to everyone?
The old lady with silver hair was stunned for a moment, unable to understand the meaning of the girl's words.

She was about to ask again.

But, the next moment.

The noisy and bustling conversation in the carriage suddenly quieted down.

The carriage followed the winding path and crossed a hill. In the northwest, at the end of the winding path -

The majestic and magnificent city bathed in the morning light is already in sight.

The originally noisy carriage was briefly silent.

Then, cheers suddenly broke out.

After many twists and turns on their journey, they finally arrived at the royal city of Paradise and were able to participate in the upcoming holy ceremony.

All the hard work on the journey paid off at this moment.

Amid the cheers of the passengers——

Gray sat by the window, also gazing out at the magnificent city shrouded in the dim morning light.

A strong wind blew from the wilderness outside the city, causing the hood covering her face to fall down, and a few strands of gray hair fluttered in the morning breeze outside the window.

"Finally I……"

"We're back here again, Brother Luster."

She spoke a silent whisper.

Three years ago, the Lost Paradise Project that was carried out in the Paradise Royal City has become an obsession in Gray's heart.

It lingered in Grey's mind in countless midnight dreams, making her toss and turn, unable to fall asleep.

More than a thousand days and nights.

Gray didn't know how many times she had dreamed of returning to the cliff that was engulfed by the rainstorm.

And in the pouring rain, when the boy used a dagger to carve a mark of betrayal on the wing emblem of the shore guard, the extremely cold and unfamiliar look he gave her... has become Gray's nightmare.

It had replayed itself before Gray's eyes thousands of times, waking her up in the dead of night.

however--

even so.

During this long period of time, Gray has been suppressing her true feelings.

No matter how heart-wrenching and tortuous that obsession is.

But Gray still forced herself not to learn about the information in the paradise, let alone collect information about Rast's brother...

Because she knew that she was not mature enough and too weak at that time, and she was not qualified to stand in front of the young man.

Even if she obeyed her heart and went to Paradise again to stand in front of her brother Last... what awaited her would only be the same ending as on the cliff on the rainy night three years ago.

Nothing can be done, nothing can be changed.

I could only sit in the mud on the cliff and cry helplessly, watching the people and things I cherished so much slip through my fingertips.

So, Grey used her extraordinary perseverance to suppress the urge to look for Rast's brother.

It took me three hellish years to complete a journey that others would never be able to achieve in their entire lives.

And at this moment——

This hellish time finally paid off, and I finally caught up with the figure that was once out of reach.

I also have the qualifications to stand in front of that person.

Gray just stared at the end of the wilderness in the distance, the royal city that was getting clearer and clearer as it got closer, her emerald green eyes slightly absent-minded.

There was a mysterious gleam in her eyes.

In the spiritual vision that suddenly opened up, Gray could clearly feel—

Above this royal city, countless tiny points of light are gathering from all directions...

Those spots of light represent the power of faith from countless citizens of paradise.

The location where these points of faith finally converged was the center of the royal city, inside the magnificent palace.

Similarly, this is where Rast, who has become the king of the underworld, is at this moment.

"Brother Luster..."

"You once said that power is the only thing that is eternal and reliable in this world."

“No matter how grand the ideal is, no matter how sincere the belief is, without sufficient power to support it, it is nothing but flowers in the mirror and the moon in the water…”

"It is a ridiculous childish joke, a meaningless fantasy."

"In that case, I will do as you wish."

The girl's muttering disappeared in the howling wind in the wilderness and was never heard by anyone.

"Since you regard gaining power and achieving eternity as your lifelong belief... it is the highest pursuit that you are willing to pursue even if it means betraying your companions and breaking your promises."

"Then I will definitely stand at the top."

"Then……"

"Repay you for everything you've done for me."

……

Dozens of miles away from the carriage in the wilderness on the outskirts of the city, is the center of the royal city.

Last stood between the thrones, in front of the huge glass floor-to-ceiling windows, quietly overlooking the entire picture of the vast city-state below.

There was a pale silver light flowing in his dark eyes.

It was a tiny rune, carrying a data stream composed of 0s and 1s like a black arc, intertwined with his mental power, surging like a wave.

This is the verification rune of the "Key of Heaven", and it is also a necessary procedure to activate the forbidden weapon "Sword of the Zenith".

During these ten days.

Using the secondary dimension folded in the "Key of Heaven", Rast completed the single-person deployment of the forbidden weapon "Zenith Sword" without anyone noticing.

And at this moment——

On the stage called paradise, called the kingdom of the underworld, all preparations have been completed.

It was like a grand stage play, the scene had been set up, and the actors had already put on their heavy makeup...

Just waiting for the moment when the show begins.

"Your Majesty Rast."

A respectful voice was heard, echoing throughout the empty and silent palace.

"All preparations for the Holy Scripture have been completed."

"Just wait until 2pm, and you can start the holy canon right away."

There was also a hint of fanaticism in the waiter's eyes.

As a member of the underworld, he also knew very well...what it meant to bestow eternal blessings on the entire country.

He is worthy of being the wise king that I have identified and followed.

"oh, I understand now."