You think you're worthy of saving the world?

"Mother, Lady Rosalia's singularity has been activated!"

The third princess, Hiltia, with her long golden hair tied in a neat ponytail, shouted excitedly.

Celestia bit her lip and turned her gaze to the aurora curtain in the void.

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Singularity: The Night the Witch Descends - Valpurgis

[Rank: Ninth Order]

Number of participants: Two

Number of witnesses: six

[Background Information ①: In the year 9997 of the Holy Calendar, a strange rumor spread throughout various countries and regions.]

On the tranquil and ancient land, a group of women with some kind of mysterious power appeared. They wielded a heretical power called "magic," and were the calamities that would later be known as "witches."

The Church of Heavenly Reason has taken a firm stance of denial in the face of the growing rumors. They do not acknowledge the existence of "magic" and have taken a series of actions to crack down on those involved in spreading the rumors.

With the church's strong intervention, the rumors about the witch gradually subsided.

However, the people, who had enjoyed peace for too long, were unaware that everything was merely the prelude to a nightmare, and that a catastrophe sweeping across the entire continent was already brewing.

[Background Information ②: Your identity is the female lord of the border of the Kingdom of Arthas, a poor countess who lost her husband and son eight years ago.]

Your territory, Valpurgis, is renowned for being the first to fall during the Witch Wars, the very place where the Witch's Night first descended.

[Setting Note ①: The principle behind this singularity is "only one night." Regardless of how much time is spent within the singularity, the total time that passes in the real world is always 10 hours.]

[Setting Notes ②: The operational type of this singularity is "Cruel (Akzeriyyuth)". If you fail the trial, you will also suffer brain death in the real world.]

Victory Condition: Change History

[Failure Condition: Trial participant dies]

"What a fucking vague victory condition! What the hell did you even explain? If you can't explain it, then don't explain it at all!"

If Yuri were here, he would surely have rebuked him just as angrily, but unfortunately he is not.

Rosalia took a deep breath and examined herself in the mirror, which was exactly the same as her reflection in the real world.

I just asked the maids, and judging from their inexplicable reactions, Rosalia, while replacing the historical countess in terms of perception, has retained her physical appearance.

Not only her appearance, but as an eighth-ranked individual, she retained her own power and inherited the Countess's abilities... well, that's almost equivalent to having no abilities at all.

Rosalia plays a noblewoman who is adept at controlling men and retains control of the territory even after the deaths of her husband and son, but lacks combat skills.

“That suits me perfectly. I have no interest in borrowing other people’s strength.” The Grand Duchess licked her red lips.

In this era (singularity), the only person she's willing to trust is herself...

And Yuri.

However, Rosalia's little knight was not at the same spawn point as her, and the two lost their connection.

"After all, he's just a lowly Tier 1 trash."

It is said that rank also seems to affect the identity and status of participants in the singularity, which is why Rosalia was able to play the role of a countess in this history.

"Anyway, let's find a way to meet up with Yuri first. He shouldn't be too far away..."

Rosalia made a secret decision and summoned all her retainers and knights in the town hall.

The young and handsome knight commander bowed respectfully and asked, "Madam, what are your orders?"

Rosalia sat up straight and recounted the battle plan she and Yuri had devised in their meeting the day before.

“I want a little boy,” she shouted.

"...What?" Everyone was dumbfounded.

The beautiful widow with golden curly hair, her chest heaving and her cheeks flushed, raised her head and spoke.

"I want a little boy with black hair, blonde eyes, good looks, and a bad temper..."

"Go quickly and search for him! Even if you have to search the entire continent, you must find him and bring the child to my bedroom!!"

035 Starting with a silver bracelet

"What a fucking vague victory condition! What the hell did you even explain? If you can't explain it, then don't explain it at all!"

Yuri stared dumbfounded at the explanation of the singularity, and couldn't help but mutter a curse under his breath.

Incidentally, the singularity explanation he read was exactly the same as Rosalia's version, and probably the other witnesses were the same, since this era (singularity) was essentially Rosalia's dream.

In other words, Yuri knew Rosalia's identity and location, while Rosalia had no idea where he was.

She's probably digging herself out of the ground right now, desperately searching for her whereabouts... Yuri thought.

Yuri then began to analyze the situation.

Although he had previously fantasized that he might be randomly drawn into a dungeon he had previously conquered, unfortunately, he didn't get it this time.

The number of dungeons in a game is limited, while singularities in the real world are as numerous as galaxies and bubbles, truly endless.

It truly lives up to its nine-star difficulty rating, making it a calamity-ending singularity. After all, during the historical witch war, the witches were just a hair's breadth away from destroying the surface.

Fortunately, Yuri had some knowledge of this era and possessed a considerable amount of intelligence.

The problem lies in the victory conditions for this singularity.

Changing history?

Can you translate for me what "tmd" means by "tmd changes history"?

Normally, shouldn't the victory conditions be more straightforward, telling us "prevent your territory from falling in the Witch War"?

The piece of land that Rosalia was assigned to was human territory that had been ravaged by monsters and burned to the ground in the witch's wrath.

Simply defending this land from the fierce attacks of witches and monsters is already great enough, enough to be considered a change in history, right?

However, the singularity doesn't seem to be satisfied with this.

Yuri analyzed the situation and concluded that the ideal scenario could be roughly divided into two categories.

First, prevent all of this from happening before the witch war breaks out.

Second, Yuri and Rosalia must eliminate all the witches to prevent the war from spreading to the entire continent.

Neither of them is too abstract.

"Huh? I'm playing Witch's Night? Really?"

There was no point in just daydreaming by himself, so Yuri decided to wait until he met up with Rosalia before they could discuss their next move.

Yuri and his companions were in the Kingdom of Alsace, one of the three great nations of humankind, a kingdom with a long history, a brilliant culture, and vast plains.

If Albion brought tea culture to the continent, then Alsace is a country renowned for its wines, fine restaurants, and luxury goods.

In fact, you can tell from the name that this is a country modeled after France, which is why it uses the French border as its name.

Incidentally, the Kingdom of Arthas is also known among players as the "filial son of the goddess." Why is that?

"Hey! New guy! What are you whispering about? Shut your mouth!"

A burly man with a fierce face turned around and shouted at Yuri through the small window. Yuri quickly nodded obsequiously and shut his mouth.

Yuri was now squatting on a rickety carriage, wearing only a tattered single garment.

In fact, when he arrived at the singularity, he was dressed in a neat knight's uniform with the "Azure Queen" hanging from his waist, which was the ideal state for him.

The only downside was that he was sleeping by the roadside on the border at that time.

So when Yuri finally opened his eyes for the first time in the singularity, his equipment had already been removed by a kind person.

Instead, he was given a pair of sturdy metal handcuffs, and he himself was fortunate enough to ride in a free slave transport carriage.

"Who said everyone in ancient times was a saint? How can there still be slavery in this era? Their moral standards are just too low!?"

Yuri was furious but helpless: because he entered the Nine-Star Dungeon as a first-tier player, his initial state was that of a "slave who had been robbed of everything".

Fortunately, although Yuri was born with some bad luck, she drew a good blessing from the goddess.

The reward buff he received for crossing eight ranks to enter the singularity is very easy to understand—it's a resurrection coin.

Yuri prefers this mechanism that increases the margin for error to numerical adjustments to combat power.

On the swaying, bumpy carriage, besides Yuri, there were more than a dozen other slaves of similar age, each of whom looked sallow, thin, and listless.

If Yuri were a villainous young master, he would never have bought a child like this. They seemed to have no potential for growth, and he couldn't expect them to help him escape.

It's hard to find any amusement in this cramped, empty carriage.

Yuri then turned his attention to the small window leading to the coachman's seat and began to admire the natural scenery along the way, as he was incredibly bored.

"……I am bored."

After wasting the most boring 20 minutes of his life, Yuri made his first decision: to go find Aunt Rosa.

He began to devise an escape plan in his mind.

My wife (Azure Queen) has been hidden somewhere by the slave traders.

They seemed to have mistaken Yuri for a rogue knight, intending only to loot the dropped equipment, but noticed his face during the looting.

Thinking that he might sell him to a nobleman who liked little boys, he grabbed him.

Yuri felt there was no need to show mercy to such a hopeless and wicked person.

After observing, he determined that the group of slave traders had a total of three wagons, which were slowly traveling in a convoy along a remote path on the border of Alsace.

Yuri was in the first carriage at the very front of the slave caravan. There was only one fat uncle driving the carriage, and the carriage was filled with about a dozen underage slave children.

The second and third carriages behind them likely carried adult slaves, other slave traders, and their hired guards.

"Is it because there were only children in this car, and it was driving at the very front, that security was particularly lax...?"

Yuri was secretly delighted and began to analyze the situation.

The carriage behind was watching the carriage in front, but the inside of the carriage was a blind spot.

In the eyes of the slave traders, all they needed to do was observe whether any children jumped off the carriage from the back door to escape.