Night World Players

Chapter 173 We Will Meet Again Someday

In the whistling sea breeze, the warm tears disappeared.

Instead, there was the girl's sobbing.

"Brother Luster...I..."

Gray stopped talking mid-sentence as she listened to the sobbing cry that was so hoarse that she could hardly recognize it.

Thousands of thoughts were swirling in her mind.

At this moment, Gray had so much to say to the boy in front of her, and so many questions she wanted to ask Brother Last.

For example, the truth behind the betrayal that happened on the rainy night on the cliff of Paradise three years ago, and why did Brother Last betray the shore guards?

For example, the final outcome of the ascension ceremony in the royal capital's sacred text... and the true explanation of the simultaneous appearance of two "Fools' Libraries" as told to him by his brother, Rast.

For example, why did Brother Rast get himself into such a miserable and bruised state now, such as the whereabouts of Leader Cessel... and the final outcome of the Battle of Broken Coast, where did the Old Death, the Shore Keeper and the Gravekeeper end up.

But as soon as these words came to her lips, they were swallowed up by the huge grief that rose in Gray's heart, and she could no longer speak them.

Brother Rast is leaving.

He will disappear from this world forever, leaving no trace behind.

This was a premonition of fate, becoming increasingly clear and vivid, foreshadowing the final fate of the broken black-haired boy in this world.

The young man who brought light to his life will disappear from his world forever.

Compared to this fact so close at hand, whether it was the truth of the betrayal on that rainy night or the outcome of the Battle of the Broken Coast...

All these things seemed infinitely distant and no longer important in Gray's mind at this moment.

As if sensing the immense confusion and grief in Gray's heart, the black-haired boy, whose figure had become so ethereal that it seemed transparent, spoke softly again.

"How should I explain it to you?"

"If I were to simply talk about it, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to finish even if I talked for a whole day and night."

Luster gently stretched out his hand, feeling the night that descended silently, covering his figure like a veil, making his broken body become even more illusory. He smiled and said, "Besides, I don't have that much time anymore."

"Since we are all members of the Shore Watchers organization."

"Then let's do it the way only shore keepers can."

A unique method...of the shore watcher?
Gray was slightly startled.

next moment.

The sea breeze blowing from the Sunless Sea blew the gray hair on Gray's forehead.

Followed by.

A blood-stained finger, with extremely weak movements, gently touched the girl's smooth forehead.

And accompanied by the light tap of that weak index finger.

Suddenly, thousands of illusory torrents flowed along the boy's fingers and into Gray's spiritual world.

It is a torrent called "knowledge" that contains countless information and countless images.

At this moment, countless broken images came together in front of Gray's eyes.

In the highest-level conference room of the Watchtower, Cecil and Last worked out the overall plan of "Lost Paradise" in the warm sea breeze, and determined that Last would infiltrate the gravekeepers and destroy the ascension ceremony.

Outside the palace of Paradise Royal City, Shadow Servant said his final farewell to Rast before stepping into the deadly trap - "It is my honor to fight alongside you."

On the cliff in the rainstorm, Rast and Cecil worked together in secret, performing the self-torture trick perfectly without revealing any flaws.

Three years later, during the ascension ceremony deep in the underworld, the young man leaned backwards, falling into the abyss with determination.

The glory of the Zenith Sword descending upon the world... Leader Cessel's unexpected appearance rescued Rast from the collapsing abyss.

And the final battle of the Broken Coast, the most intense and bright supernova explosion, and at the end of the brilliant galaxy, the dark sun that swallowed up all the light.

Those events that Luster had personally experienced, but Gray had never known before, happened in the shadows...

But at this moment, after the parts related to "Night Traveler" and "Night World Rules" were erased, it manifested as extremely clear information and scenery, appearing in Gray's spiritual world.

Gray learned the truth about everything - the death of Shadow Servant and the betrayal on that rainy night, the Holy Book of Ascension and the Battle of Broken Coast, and the final outcome of the old man.

But the information and knowledge that Last carefully wove and then instilled into Grey's mind was far more than that.

Before the outbreak of the Plague of the Iron Cross, the level of civilization in the Sixth Epoch was roughly at the end of the Steam Age. The prototypes of electrical appliances had just appeared, but had not yet been truly popularized.

After the outbreak of the Iron Cross Plague, the level of civilization took a sharp turn for the worse and even began to regress, with many important basic disciplines experiencing gaps in knowledge.

But at this moment, countless complex basic subject knowledge and applied technology information from the future were instilled into Grey's spiritual world.

That was the result of Cessel's lifelong research, and it was the complete knowledge blueprint that was enough to lead civilization from the end of the steam age to the electrical age, the atomic energy age, and even the Internet age.

These deduced knowledge blueprints were checked for omissions, corrected for errors, and filled in with content by Last, who came from the present world and witnessed the scenery of the future world... and then all of them were passed on to Grey.

……

In the drifting sea breeze, an illusory spark of fire materialized at Last's blood-stained fingertips.

Gray's pupils also lost focus at the same time.

The Lost Paradise Project and the Battle of the Broken Coast, the whole truth including the ritual of resurrection... and a vast amount of technological knowledge blueprints that are enough to allow a civilization to complete an epochal leap.

Such an immense amount of information, suddenly poured into the mind, would be enough to overwhelm the spirit of an ordinary superhuman, causing them to collapse from the inability to accept and analyze such a vast amount of information, leaving them in a vegetative state. However, Gray was different at this moment.

The vast amount of information and knowledge transformed into one illusory original book after another, gleaming brightly in the dark tower in Gray's spiritual world.

Then, sort and store them by categories——

Finally, it was stored in the black tower deep in the soul, in the library that belongs only to fools.

The so-called "library of fools" is the transmission of knowledge.

Generation after generation, starting from the most basic knowledge such as hunting skills and fire-making methods, they continuously improved, supplemented, and filled it... until it included everything in the world.

And what Rast was doing at this moment was the same thing.

Just like the previous generations of shore keepers, who transformed their life-long accumulation and knowledge into original texts, stored them in the library and passed them on to the next generation.

As both Last and Gray are owners of the "Fool's Library," they can naturally do the same things as their predecessors.

He also shared the original texts he had collected with Gray's library... although the order was completely different from every time in the past, completely reversed.

Even at this moment, Grey could not fully understand the original texts and information that Last had instilled in her, and could only interpret a small part of it.

But as Gray grows up, her exploration of the Fool's Library deepens, and her mental strength improves... one day, she will be able to grasp everything that Lust left behind in detail.

Then, lead the human civilization of the Sixth Epoch into a more glorious new era.

"Grey."

Last looked at the gray-haired girl in front of him, whose eyes were empty and blank, her mind was being washed away by a huge amount of information and knowledge, and her pupils had lost focus, and spoke softly.

"You are the darling of fate, the guardian destined to shoulder the responsibility of an entire new era."

"Like a newly sprouted seed, you will eventually grow and blossom into a beautiful flower."

"You will ascend to the level of legend, and become very powerful...far more powerful than me, and even more powerful than Leader Cecil."

"But one day, you will also encounter failure and fall from the highest peak to the lowest valley, just as even the most beautiful flowers will eventually wither and die."

"But no matter what happens, no matter what difficulties and obstacles we face, no matter how hard and windy we are—"

"The spark of the Shore Keeper will never be extinguished."

He gently raised his hand, stroked Gray's fair and delicate cheek, and helped her wipe away the dust on her pretty face.

Then, he tidied the girl's long hair that was messed up by the sea breeze.

"Well, although it may be a little early and seem a little irresponsible—"

"But from now on, you are the leader of the shore guards."

"After that, I'll leave it to you."

"Let us work together on this side and the other side of the long river of history."

The bloodless hand slid down Gray's dazed and delicate face.

And a slight smile appeared at the corner of Rast's bloodless mouth.

"Also, if my guess is correct."

"Then perhaps, at the end of time..."

"We will meet again one day."

The gauzy night fell silently.

Like the night sky, it gently wrapped up Last and the entire broken world.

When the night faded, the figure of the black-haired boy could no longer be seen beside the Broken Coast.

……

I don’t know how much time has passed.

As the sun's rays shone on the horizon, Gray quietly woke up on the rocky beach.

During her long coma, Grey finally understood the truth of everything and the outcome of the Battle of the Broken Coast.

She gazed at the sea in front of her, shrouded in the hazy morning light, and her eyes gradually turned from confusion to determination.

This was the last thing that Leader Cessel and Brother Rast did for her, and also their final gift.

The shackles are removed, and no legend walks the world anymore—

The wilderness is full of hidden dangers but also opportunities, infinite possibilities, and a world of true freedom.

Gray raised her head slightly and looked at the new world behind her that was slowly waking up in the morning light.

"Will we meet again at the end of time?"

"Then please watch, Brother Luster..."

“What I can do now.”

"And what kind of future will this dilapidated world, which has been revitalized, head towards?"

(End of this chapter)