Night World Players

Chapter 75: About the incident where I overheard the thoughts of the most beautiful girl in the academy (Three in One)

"Destiny - Gray"

Looking at the line of shining blue words in the spiritual world, Last fell into deep thought.

In other words.

The long sequence that Gray possesses is called "Destiny"?
Laster had previously consulted the database of the Arcane Tower of the Ruins Institute and wrote down all the sequence information therein.

So he was sure.

"destiny".

This is a completely new sequence of long steps that has never appeared in the modern world, and there is no record of it in ancient books, and not even a name has been left behind...

It is very likely that it is a unique sequence, just like his own "Tower" and Dean Silver's "Moon".

There is only one copy in the world, and it is impossible to find a second extraordinary person of the same sequence.

Of course, as a time traveler with memories of past lives.

Rast naturally knew that the Destiny card was also one of the twenty-two "Major Arcana" cards in the Tarot.

"Destiny?"

"It matches well with the ability that Gray showed in the night world, which is to go back in time and distort the trajectory of fate."

In this case, it is no wonder that this sequence is extremely rare, and even the Ruins Institute has no record of it.

At such a young age, Gray probably didn't even reach the first level before, but the power she displayed can only be described as supermodel.

If it were any other sequence, let alone being at the same first order, even if it was at the fourth or fifth order, it would be very likely to fail in Dongshui Town if one was not careful.

What if the extraordinary people of the "Destiny" sequence could be mass-produced?

All I can say is that the numerical planners of "Snow Moon Emblem" did put some effort into the game balance, at least they did not forget the theorem that "strength is positively correlated with difficulty of acquisition", which is something that pay-to-win games must abide by.

Of course, it is better than raising the planned horse high.

What concerned Last more was the other message contained in this line of azure text.

By establishing bonds with the extraordinary people in the night world, you can also unlock Tarot cards and the corresponding sequence levels in the "Fool's Library"?
The hidden meaning behind this is not simple.

According to Hiltina's introduction, including the information Rast himself found in the Mystery Tower, the current mainstream academic view is that -

The world experienced by the Night Traveler in the Night World seems real, but in fact it is just an illusion that was once recorded and projected by the Night World.

Reflections of the past, echoes of history, and the embers of civilization.

That is something that has long gone. Even if it seems and feels real, it is ultimately just a memory, an afterimage, and not a real different world.

However, can these illusory and illusory things also forge a bond with me and even allow the "Library of Fools" to unlock new cards?

Or--

The night world is actually not as simple as the "reverberations" and "reflections" that travelers think it is.

Even Canaan and Xiao Ai...

Rast forcibly interrupted the thoughts that were constantly wandering in his mind.

He knew very well that no matter how many guesses he made in his mind, they were nothing but empty talk before real and credible verification was carried out.

It has no practical significance and will only distract him unnecessarily.

Last focused his attention back on the messages from the spiritual world.

First of all, there are the rewards for completing this night world.

This time his mission score was "A++".

According to the information in the Arcane Tower, in the scoring of the Night World, "F" to "A" are regular grades, and the plus sign at the end represents additional points above the regular grade.

"EX" means something that cannot be measured with a numerical value.

His previous score for completing Deep Blue Harbor was "EX", but this time it was "A++". Judging from the rating alone, it should be a little lower.

Of course, this was also within Last's expectations. After all, what he had to face in Deep Blue Harbor was the Iron Cross of an entire city, as well as the true body of the evil god who was very likely to have descended from the sky.

If it weren't for the fact that Rast had relied on the three hundred years of cycles and countless trials and errors to complete the nearly impossible backboard, accumulating unimaginable experience, he would have successfully prevented the God's Descent from happening...

Even if a fifth- or sixth-level night traveler came to the night world of Deep Blue Harbor and faced a completely divine evil god, there is a great possibility of defeat, and even surviving would become a luxury.

The real mastermind behind Dongshui Town is not as exaggerated as he seems. He is just a fully activated pollutant that can borrow some of the power of the god "Zhu Yue".

The real difficulty in the strategy of the Frozen Water Town Disaster Reverberations lies in breaking the time and space loop caused by Gray... and those teammates who were lost in the disaster reverberations first and turned into hostile puppets.

As long as these two problems can be solved, even a transcendent who is constrained to the peak of the third level due to the reverberation limit will have the possibility of passing the level.

Of course, since Last had just cleared the Reverberation of Disaster as a Level 2 player, even with the help of Hiltina, the score of "A++" was still relatively objective.

In the Starry University, the scores of most members of the strategy team entering the Night World only fluctuate between C and D, and there are also some gods like Rodrigo who always have an F score.

"According to Hiltyna, if you score A or above, there is a high chance that you will get unique skills and emblem costumes as rewards for clearing the game."

"And my score was so high this time, but I didn't get any new emblem equipment..."

"That is to say, the inherent skill produced should be quite good."

Thinking of this, Rast began to feel a little bit of anticipation.

The rewards for missions in the Night World have always been extremely stingy.

In addition to the fixed sequence experience points issued according to the score.

Below an A score, there is a 99% chance that only one-time consumable items will be rewarded, such as the "Instant Healing Crystal" that Hiltina used to save herself from the brink of death in Deep Blue Harbor.

However, this kind of disposable supernatural prop can only be used in emergencies and is not of much help to the overall strength of a night traveler.

Therefore, the most precious rewards in the night world are naturally the "inherent skills" and "emblem costumes" that can permanently enhance the strength of a transcendent.

The former can be understood as a permanent passive skill. Some powerful inherent skills can even be compared with the abilities of the Sequence Master itself, or even the Night Blade, such as Rust's "Heart of Iron".

This inherent skill, combined with Last's extraordinary willpower, means that almost all mental abilities will not be effective against Last, unless it is a dimensionality reduction attack that is several levels higher than his.

Needless to say, the power of the Emblem Suit is so powerful. As the only extraordinary equipment that can be brought into the night world... At the same level, the combat effectiveness of the six divine equipment and the empty equipment is naturally a world of difference.

Unlike inherent skills, the emblem costume is not bound to the recipient, but has the possibility of soul unbinding and trade and gift.

However, the difficulty of obtaining the emblem is also the greatest. Not only can it only be produced by A scores and above, even if a costume is really dropped, its type may not be to your liking... It's like if a rapier user, Hiltina, is asked to use a spear emblem costume, it will naturally be awkward no matter how she uses it.

If there weren't so many thresholds, with Hiltina's "True Name Unleashed" Night Blade, she would have to put on at least ten or eight pieces of equipment, and every time she entered the night world, she would wash it with a light cannon first.

Of course, this is mainly because Shiltina is unwilling to admit her identity as a princess, and she has rejected all resource support from the royal family.

If not for this, given her status as the first princess of the Granville Empire, it would not be difficult for Hiltina to prepare a few gifts for herself.

This time in Frozen Water Town, she seemed to have released the true name of the rapier twice in a row, causing the ceremonial costume named "Shining Morning Star" to be completely shattered.

I don't know... if there is any way to forge another one.

With such thoughts in mind, Last looked at the new inherent skills he had acquired this time.

[Desperate Plea]

[Category: Intrinsic Skills]

[A dream on the ruins, mottled fragments... The girl calls herself an evil monster, denies the past, denies everything, and forever traps herself in a dream bubble without light. In the dark and starless nights, she desperately prays for light to come. ]

[So, the hero who responded to the girl's prayers and cries, shattered her false dreams, and allowed her to escape the quagmire of despair and move towards the future again... is he actually from illusion, or is he real? ]

[Skill Effect: When the holder is in a dying state, refuse to die once.]

[The cooldown time of this skill is one complete night world reverberation, or 30 days of real time outside the night world]

[Current inherent skill cooldown time: 14 days, 23 hours, 11 minutes]

When you are on the verge of death, you completely refuse to die...

In other words, it is equivalent to giving yourself an extra life.

Whose famous sword is Siming?

And... looking at the cooling time status bar, I have already triggered the "resist death" effect once?
Laster recalled Dean Silver's earlier description.

According to it, when it just came out of the night world, it was not much better than the living dead, and already had half a foot in the ground.

Presumably, it was the effect of the skill "Desperate Plea" that allowed him to hold on to his last breath and not directly become one of the stars on the Starry Obelisk.

Thinking of this, Rast's mind moved slightly.

His consciousness sank again and he entered the "Library of Fools".

Last found himself in the dark tower again.

He stood at the center of the bottom of the tower. There was endless darkness in front of him, with only the faint twinkling of stars in the distance.

In the deep darkness, there were twenty-one pale long steps, starting from the ground under Rast's feet, extending upward to the highest point of the tower, the end of the distant deep space.

However, compared to when they first entered, nineteen of the twenty-one long steps were sealed with light golden chains.

The "Library of Fools" is much brighter at this moment.

A small half of the pale long steps have been completely unsealed. At the starting point, a series of illusory cards are slowly rotating, with bright spots of light gathering around them.

The higher steps were also illuminated by the illusory bright fireworks. Most of the long steps only illuminated the first level, but a few were illuminated more... The highest one was the staircase represented by the "Chariot" card, which had four steps illuminated by the pale golden bright fireworks.

It also symbolizes the "bond" between himself and Hiltina, which has reached [Bond Level: 4].

Rast raised his eyes and looked higher up in the library.

In the deep darkness, one can vaguely see dim stairs higher up in the shadows, as if leading to the end of the starry sky, the end of everything.

"There are ten steps in total..."

"In other words, the highest bond level is ten?"

"So, in the records of the Arcana Tower, it seems that there are also some fragmentary records of "the road to godhood" for the extraordinary people who have reached the tenth level of the sequence long level."

"And the so-called sequence of long steps, according to ancient books, is the 'long steps to ascend to the gods'."

"Does the end of each long staircase mean reaching the throne of God?"

Last put away these associations. After all, these things were too far away from him.

According to the information he knew, in today's world, let alone the tenth-level gods, even the legends that have reached the seventh level are vague, and it is even unclear whether they really exist.

He cast his gaze towards the other two pale long steps in the black tower that had just been unlocked.

"'Destiny' · Gray", and "'Moon' · Dean Silver".

Two cards surrounded by phantom light spots are slowly rotating.

The back of a card is engraved with a bright silver moon above the lake.

The other one is engraved with a circle that seems to be constantly rotating, symbolizing the "Wheel of Fortune", and outside the wheel are a jackal, a sword, a lion and a snake.

The panels of the other characters were different from anything Last had seen before.

Neither Gray nor Dean Silver could see any description of Night Blade just from the panel.

The only thing that can be seen is the sequence ability.

["Moon"·Dean Silver]

[Bond Level: 1]

[Whispering under the Moon: You can have a spiritual conversation with others. ]

……

[『Destiny』Gray]

[Bond Level: 2]

[Origin of Destiny: You are the source of all destinies. The flowing time and years diverge in front of you and turn into two unrelated straight lines.

You are both the creator and the end of the story.

Thousands of world lines were born because of you, and will also end because of you. 】

[As the origin of destiny, you are independent of time. Your resistance to time-related skills is greatly improved.]

……

Looking at the azure blue words in front of him, Last couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

What exactly is this Riddler describing?

Dean Yin’s ability is easy to understand. It is probably similar to being able to communicate directly with other people’s minds without the help of vocal organs.

Previously, Dean Yin bypassed Ishtar who was nearby and whispered to himself directly. He must have used this ability.

But Gray's "origin of destiny" can only be described as a riddle.

What origin of destiny, what creator of the story...no substantial content is given.

The only key point is probably the last description -

[Your resistance to time-related skills is greatly increased]

If the "rewind" that helps the night traveler recover from injuries when the night world passes the level can also be considered a "time-related" skill.

Then the culprit why his injuries could not be healed after leaving the night world would probably have been found.

From this perspective, the effect of "Origin of Destiny" is a purely negative skill.

Not only does the retrospective injuries from the Night World greatly reduce the effectiveness on oneself, but the positive benefits are also unclear and impossible to judge.

However, when Last subconsciously wanted to remove the original text in the Fool's Library so that the skill "Origin of Destiny" would not continue to harm him.

However, he discovered that neither the abilities of Dean Silver nor the abilities on Greca's cards could be unlocked, or even equipped.

It does not occupy the original position, but is forcibly solidified on oneself like a passive skill.

……

There is no need to occupy the original position... and there is no corresponding Night Blade.

Could it be that this is the special feature of the two unique sequence long levels of "Moon" and "Destiny", which even excludes the existence of Night Blade?

As soon as such a thought arose.

The next moment, Rast heard a sound of light footsteps coming closer and closer.

The footsteps were somewhat similar to those of Hiltina, the pace was quite slow and steady, but there were subtle differences.

"Xia, you are finally here."

Dean Yin complained, "Let's destroy this guy's curse. I've been squatting here guarding him for half a month, and mushrooms have grown on my butt."

"curse?"

There was an unusually desolate sound that reminded Last of the sound of the snow-capped mountains in the Far North, and it slowly echoed in the depths of his soul.

"Well, this guy seems to have been entangled by the contaminants of some evil god in the night world. Before he came out, he suffered a curse of permanent burning. We tried various methods to clean up the black flame but still couldn't. "

"But you don't have to worry too much about it. Just kill it."

"it is good."

That voice, so cold that it froze one's heart to ice just by hearing it, sounded again.

"remuneration?"

Dean Yin's voice was filled with some pain: "I'll treat you to ten Big Mac burger combos for half a month."

"make a deal."

The cold voice uttered two words again.

"I say, Dean Yin, are you handing over the task of assassinating me to the killer? Since you can't cure me, you just get rid of me, and it can be regarded as completing the performance evaluation, right?"

"And even if you really wanted to murder me, would you do it so loudly as you did?"

Rust couldn't help but complain: "In the end, my life is only worth half a month's Big Mac meal?"

However, as soon as he finished speaking, he noticed that the air around him had become quiet.

Neither Dean Yin nor that frosty voice was heard again.

In this unusually quiet atmosphere, Rast's mind raced, and he finally found the bright spot in his memory.

"Angel of Death" Axia.

Its internal title in the academy is the same as Axia's own Night Blade.

According to untrue gossips in the news agency... the origin of this title and the name Night Blade is that she, who is a senior rank of "Death God", never speaks and is like a mute in the eyes of outsiders.

And every time she opened her mouth, it meant that the angel of death was ringing the death knell in the ears of the living.

That is the word spirit that takes away life, that is, death.

But the voice that was as cold as ice just now, and which was in a cheerful conversation with Dean Yin, did not look like the mute described by the news agency at all.

Then he thought of Dean Yin's sequence ability "Whisper under the Moon" which he had just confirmed.

Oh wow.

"You guy..."

"Even though you're blind, you can still use that 'copy eye' to replicate my abilities, right?"

Dean Yin's gnashing teeth sounded in his ears.

《The dean of the snow ferret with mushrooms growing on his buttocks who whispers to me from time to time》

as well as.

"About the fact that I accidentally found out that the most powerful beautiful girl in the academy is actually a glutton who can eat ten Big Macs in one meal"

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PS: I have had the flu these days, feeling drowsy every day and have been on deadline for updates.

But now I am almost recovered from the illness, and I will start to resume my life in the world of the living.

(End of this chapter)