Night World Players

Chapter 58 Hourglass in the Fire
Just as it was written in the diary, Dongshui Town looked calm on the surface, just an ordinary seaside town.

The townspeople make a living from fishing, agriculture and animal husbandry. Their lives are not very rich, but they are enough to have enough food and clothing.

"Hello, could you tell me today's date?"

Hiltina stopped a passing townsman and asked.

"November 5."

The middle-aged peasant woman raised her head and glanced at Hiltina, her gaze lingering for a moment on her neat knight's uniform and the winged emblem of the shore guardian made of pure silver.

"You should be coming from the inland, right?"

"I've seen the mayor mention this badge before. It seems to be called something like Guardian..."

There was a hint of awe in her expression. "The mayor said that if you see someone wearing this badge, you should immediately invite him to his house. You are all great people and should be treated as guests of honor."

"There's no need for you to lead the way. Please tell us the location of the mayor's mansion." Last said.

"Yeah, okay." The middle-aged peasant woman nodded and simply pointed the way for Rast.

"Thank you."

After saying goodbye to the peasant woman, Rast walked towards the direction she pointed to, towards the center of Dongshui Town.

Hiltina followed behind Rast without asking any questions.

Her sequence long step is "Chariot". While this sequence long step provides her with considerable destructive power, it cannot provide her with much help in the mysterious and spiritual fields... Otherwise, the dancer that she and Last encountered in the Deep Blue Harbor would not have such a great restraining relationship with Hiltina.

If possible, Hiltina wouldn't mind just performing a real name liberation and leveling the entire town in front of her...

However, this town called Dongshui, shrouded in layers of fog and the echoes of the disaster, is obviously not an easy place to pass through.

Based on previous experience in Deep Blue Port, in this situation, giving command to Last is undoubtedly the best option.

Dongshui Town was not too big. The two walked along the road inside the town and soon arrived at the center of the town.

At this moment, Hiltina's footsteps suddenly stopped.

"Flan!"

She turned around abruptly and shouted at a figure walking along the street.

However, the woman who looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old did not move at all after hearing what Hiltina said. She continued to maintain her current posture and walked along the original route.

Soon, it disappeared at the end of the street.

Hiltina tensed her body and was about to chase in the direction where the figure disappeared.

But then she found herself being held by Lastr.

"I have to catch up and ask her clearly, she is the strategy team..."

"Flan, a sophomore at Star University, ranked 18th in the Obelisk."

Rast interrupted Hiltina's words with an indifferent voice: "The long sequence is "abundance", and the night blade is "plant dialogue."

"At the same time, she was also a member of the reconnaissance team that was first sent to this remnant of the disaster to be responsible for the initial exploration and reconnaissance work. Now it has been confirmed that all of them have been wiped out, right?"

“That’s right.” Hiltina was slightly stunned. “But now it seems that there might be something wrong with the soul imprint of the obelisk… The reconnaissance team has not been completely wiped out, but is trapped in this remnant of the disaster.”

"No, the Starry Obelisk is not at fault."

Last shook his head and looked at the end of the street, where a figure identical to Fran disappeared.

"It would be pointless to question Fran any further if we catch up with her now."

"Because she no longer recognizes you, one of the twelve seats at the round table... or to be more precise, she is just an empty shell with the appearance of Fran."

"Her body was not filled with the memories of the second-year student at Star University, so she ignored your reaction, Hiltina, because she didn't even know that the name Fran was calling her."

"But I know very well..." Last looked at the silent Hiltina and smiled slightly: "Given your personality, just a few empty speculations like this may not be enough to convince you."

"As long as there is a glimmer of hope, the Ranger will not abandon his companions."

"If not for this, you wouldn't have chosen to take the risk and come back to save me at Deep Blue Harbor even though you had already planned an evacuation route."

He removed a coat of arms from his collar.

The next moment, the emblem engraved with the Iron Moon turned into a flowing silver light and gathered into the shape of a heavy-hitting revolver in Last's hand.

Then, he slowly pointed the muzzle of the revolver at himself in front of Hiltina.

"Look me in the eyes, relax your mind, and don't resist."

"What do you want to do?" asked Hiltina.

She had seen Rast use this mental suggestion of self-headshot to activate the "Shining Lantern" ability to intimidate the enemy.

But at this moment, there were no enemies around them that needed to be intimidated.

However, despite this, Hiltina still forced herself to adjust her mindset and looked directly into Rast's ink-black eyes.

She believed that Rast would not harm her.

"Since you have read my Obelisk file, you should know that my Night Blade is the "Copy Eye." said Rast.

"While you were away, I used the Copy Eye to replicate Ishtar's Night Blade, the Eye of Peering into Mystery. This is an ability that can directly elevate the spirit to the spirit world, overlooking the ocean of the subconscious from a spiritual perspective."

"But Ishtar's understanding of her own spirit and consciousness is too shallow. She clearly possesses the power to enter the spirit world, but she simply uses it to satisfy her voyeurism..."

He couldn't help but shook his head: "In fact, the Eye of Peering has far more uses than just peeping."

“Like, connecting your spirituality and mine to each other.”

"It allows you to see everything in the spiritual field with the perspective of the "eye of mystery"."

As he spoke, he pulled the trigger of his revolver.

boom--

An ice-blue light suddenly lit up in Last's eyes.

Three hundred years in Deep Blue Harbor had allowed Last to gain unimaginable control over his own spirit and consciousness...far surpassing those students at Star University who were no more than in their early twenties.

Because of this, other travelers' poor use of their own psychic night blades seemed to Last to be a complete waste of resources.

Gazing at the eyes that were emitting an icy blue light, Hiltina also realized that her consciousness was rising and ascending into the spiritual world.

The scene of Dongshui Town beside him disappeared, and was replaced by a world outlined by spiritual strokes.

Then, her gaze fixed on the direction where Fran was supposed to be.

There was no spiritual symbol of Fran as Hiltina had expected.

Yes, there is only an hourglass in the firelight.

As time went by, the flames dimmed and the sand in the hourglass flowed away.

At this rate, the hourglass will completely run out at midnight.

No, it's not just Fran.

Within the reach of Hiltina’s spiritual world…

The residents of the entire Dongshui Town are like hourglasses that slowly count down in the increasingly dim firelight.

(End of this chapter)