Night World Players

Chapter 79 It's Your Turn to Open Your Heart to Me

The sun rises in the east, reaches its highest point, and then sets in the west.

As an academy that gathers a large number of extraordinary people, the content of the school anniversary of Fanxing University is naturally different from that of ordinary university anniversaries.

Among the four major courtyards, the Relics Court temporarily opened the first floor of the Mystery Tower and held an exhibition there.

Used to showcase their latest chronicle of the old era in the night world.

Some of the historical fragments in the night world that have been fully revealed have even been adapted into stage plays.

Unfortunately, this does not include Deep Blue Harbor, Frozen Water Town, and the Sixth Epoch where the shore keepers are located...

As perhaps the old era closest to the current era, the historical remnants with the Sixth Era as the background have only begun to appear in the night world in recent years. Even the Ruins Institute knows very little about the Sixth Era, with only a few fragmentary records.

To this day, the complete history of the Sixth Age remains shrouded in mystery, making it difficult for travelers to get a full picture.

The House of Ashes exhibited a large number of new equipment, but most of them were high-tech weapons, which were not very attractive to Hiltina, who was a swordsman.

But it was quite attractive to Last. Looking at the sci-fi anti-material sniper rifle on the stage, he wished he could upgrade his seven-stage heavy-range shotgun to a cannon.

It’s a pity that it’s not a heraldic costume and cannot be brought into the night world.

As the only extraordinary weapon that can be used in the night world, the output of the "Emblem Ritual" is strictly restricted by the night world.

According to Hiltyna, the biggest research focus of the Ashes Academy now is to find a way to get rid of the restrictions of the night world and produce artificial emblem costumes...

However, even though a huge amount of resources have been invested in this, the research and development plan of artificial heraldic costumes is still progressing with difficulty.

Of course, during this process, the House of Ashes also accumulated a wealth of experience in the repair and modification of heraldic ceremonial costumes, and even the production of ancillary products such as alchemical enchanted ammunition.

Otherwise, like what happened to Hiltina before, repairing a half-destroyed emblem dress would not be an easy task.

Of course, in addition to exhibiting new equipment, the Ashes Court also organized corresponding activities, such as target shooting challenges with new firearms.

Unfortunately, after Last had collected a round of bonuses, just when he was about to disguise himself and pretend to be another student to collect another round of bonuses, he was dragged away by the intolerable Hiltina.

This made him feel quite regretful.

Although the target shooting challenge is limited to one person participating once, Rast is absolutely confident in his makeup skills. He may be noticed to be inappropriate for continuously playing a boy, but he can definitely dress up as a woman...

As long as he did this seven times in a row, he would be able to pay off his debt of 1,600 gold cores to Hiltina.

Of course, just as there are activities with normal styles like the Court of Ashes and the Court of Ruins, there are naturally also activities with abnormal styles.

It seemed that he had felt from the previously seriously injured Last that the night world was not that reliable, and that one could not completely pin his hopes of healing the wounded on the recollection of the night world. It was true that a blacksmith must be strong himself.

The school hospital and the Alchemy Department of the Clockwork Institute jointly launched the "Who is the King of Drug Resistance" challenge.

As long as you can take multiple alchemical potions within the specified time and provide regular follow-up feedback thereafter, you can get a series of generous prizes.

The most attractive benefit is that as long as students participate, they can directly receive bonus credits.

In addition, the notice of the challenge event also includes some heartwarming tips, suggesting that "Abundance" sequence extraordinary people with tenacious vitality, or students with healing, recovery, and physical strengthening night blades, should sign up actively.

Of course, the "Who is the King of Drug Resistance" challenge was urgently stopped by the school less than an hour after it was launched, thus preventing a group of innocent college students from being used as guinea pigs for drug testing and feeling complacent.

Of course, given Hiltyna's popularity in the academy, and her unwillingness to disguise herself, she showed her true appearance...

Participating in the school anniversary celebration so openly, it is natural that one cannot avoid all kinds of strange looks.

The sacrifices in the night world cannot be hidden from everyone.

For the sake of confidentiality, the specific details of the strategy in the previous remnant of the disaster will not be known to outsiders...but the names of the casualties of the strategy group who have dimmed on the obelisk can be checked by every student.

Not to mention, as a genius second only to Hiltina in the second grade, Fran is already a celebrity in Star University because of her sociable and outgoing personality.

Even though she had sacrificed herself in the night world, she still had a special identity as a former friend.

The rumors that were already surrounding Hiltina naturally became more and more intense... There were even rumors that Hiltina deliberately sent her to carry out the most dangerous mission because she hated Fran's betrayal.

As a result, people also inevitably looked at Rast, who appeared next to Hiltina, with tinted glasses and talked about him.

Just obviously.

Neither Hiltina nor Rast are the type of people who care about other people's looks and gossip.

Since Xiltina had never had any expectations of others from the beginning, she had long been accustomed to this kind of gaze.

And Rast adheres to the principle of energy conservation.

Don’t do unnecessary things, and keep necessary things simple.

Just like the story in the previous life.

"Don't argue with a fool."

"Master, I strongly disagree with your opinion!"

"Yes, you are right."

To change my reputation among the students... Can you teach me how to "release my true name" with my sniper rifle and fire a devastating laser cannon?

Obviously not.

……

It was already evening when Rast and Hiltina had roughly visited all the school anniversary activities of the four major colleges.

As the sun sets, the glow dyes the entire sky the color of fire.

They walked side by side on the streets of Star University.

At this point in time, most of the school anniversary activities have ended, and the students are gathered in the auditorium, waiting for the evening celebration dance to begin.

The main road of the college, which is bustling during the day, is now quite quiet.

"So this is what Fran and the others think of the academy and what she expects for the school anniversary."

In her hand, Hiltina was holding a cloud-like cotton candy, eating it gracefully. Their shadows were reflected on the street, stretching infinitely in the sunset.

"Why do you say that?" Rast asked.

"How should I put it? In my eyes, the academy was just a huge maintenance base...or a safe zone."

"It's just like the human village in the adventure game. Every time I come back from the night world, I have to repair my equipment, collect intelligence, and organize consumable items here to prepare for the next entry into the night world."

"The purpose of the academy's existence is only to enable me to better conquer the night world, that's all."

Hiltina stopped and turned to watch the setting sun taking away the sunlight from the earth bit by bit.

The originally crimson college buildings turned red and black as the night fell.

"But now I can understand it."

"For Fran and the others, this is not just a supply point in the game, but a real home."

"And the people in the academy are not like the blacksmiths in the game, the pharmacists who replenish life potions, the village chiefs who take on quests... these are game characters with clear division of labor. Instead, they are individuals with flesh and blood."

"The meaning of travel is not only to reach the destination, the journey process is equally important, which is why Fran and I broke up."

"Flan is not actually afraid of death...but she is unwilling to give up the process itself in order to reach the end."

There was a slight pause in Hiltina's words, and in her eyes Rast saw the sunset.

"Yes, this is what Star University and this world look like in their eyes... How do you feel about it?" Last continued to ask.

"It's a little different from what I expected, but I don't hate this kind of world."

Xiltina said softly: "It is precisely because life is uncertain and short that we should run hard, laugh loudly, and love boldly while we are alive... Leave our own mark in this world and embrace all the beauty in the world."

"This is what Dean Yin said to me when I first enrolled. This is also the philosophy that the president has instilled into Starry University."

“But I didn’t really understand it until now.”

Last smiled and said, "Aren't you afraid that after understanding this, you will become weak and cowardly like those who oppose you..."

"Can you no longer ignore all the rumors and life-threatening situations like before and keep running towards the finish line with determination?"

"No, it won't." Hiltina shook her head slightly.

"In the past, I acted for the ideals left by my mother..."

"I became a transcendent and inherited the order of the "Chariot" all for the obsession of the Ranger."

“But now, I have one more reason to keep going.”

"It's not for the obsession with the deceased, but for this world that gives me hope."

She looked at Lust: "Also, the person who made me have hope for the world again."

At this moment the sun sets and the curtain of night covers the entire world.

In the increasingly dark night, Rast saw the light in Hiltina's eyes.

Her eyes were brighter than ever, outshining the stars and the moon in the night sky.

The prompt for the bond level to be increased in the Fool's Library did not appear.

But for some reason, Rast felt that there had been some subtle changes in his relationship with Hiltina.

A change that could not be explained or accounted for even with his long experience as a cowherd.

……

"That's all I've said."

"Next, it's time to talk about your story."

When Hiltina spoke again, there was no trace of gloom in her voice anymore.

In just a moment, she turned back into the majestic silver swordsman.

"I?"

Luster was stunned.

"Yes."

Hiltyna crossed her arms.

Her long chestnut hair fell down, fluttering in the evening breeze, rustling.

"You've listened to all my concerns...but I know nothing about you. That's a little unfair."

"I inherited my mother's ideals and chose to become a Night Traveler. I fight in the night world for the Ranger's obsession."

"As for Fran and the others, they may have fought to gain power and improve their social status at first, but in the final analysis, they still fought because they wanted to protect this beautiful world and the people around them."

"But, what about you, Rust?"

"You are not a resident of this world. Perhaps you once came from here, but three hundred years have passed, enough for you to lose that sense of belonging."

"Why would you, who is so free and unrestrained, choose to fight so desperately in the night world?"

She stared into Rast's eyes with her light brown eyes.

"At that time, before we entered the Resonance of the Disaster."

"You told me that we are the same kind."

"What on earth does that sentence mean?"

(End of this chapter)