The world doesn't need succubi to save it.

"........."

Ning Feng knew that it wasn't his own power, at least not yet, and he couldn't indulge in that kind of imagined power.

The black cat jumped off the shoulder and landed on the ground.

[Speaking of which, how did your match go? How do you plan to explain all this to them?]

"Never mind, I'm not interested in the outcome."

Those little things don't matter, I'm not in the mood to think about them right now.

There are too many things to consider, and the future holds a lot of uncertainty.

That's enough, the world should just stay as it is.

Knowing that something was wrong with him, Ariana didn't press him further, but instead gently asked:

So, what else do you want to do now?

"go home."

Suppressing the emptiness within him, Ning Feng struggled to sit down, holding Xilin in his arms. He sighed weakly and whispered:

"Right now, all I want to do is go home."

I just want to go back to my family and get some rest.

Leaning against the broken throne, he held Shirin tightly in his arms and slowly closed his eyes as the sun rose.

The black cat with eerie eyes transformed into a young girl at that moment, her ethereal figure arriving behind Ning Feng with light footsteps.

She sat lightly on the armrest of the throne, stretched her arms lazily, and then closed her eyes with Ning Feng.

Let's enjoy this moment of peace together.

(Volume 3, The Observed, End.)

A brief summary of Volume 3, "The Observed".

First, it was a crime...

Well, anyway, let's celebrate the end of this volume first.

To be honest, these two months were the most difficult since I started writing a year and a half ago.

It's not just because of the content, but also partly because of my work and health during this period.

As my time working abroad progresses, and a year has passed since I graduated and started my job, I've begun to have more and more responsibilities, and there's less and less time to slack off at work...

In addition, because my work is very miscellaneous and chaotic, my train of thought is inevitably interrupted when I am writing, and I often find my emotions disrupted because of work.

This volume took me two whole months to write. During this time, my health improved somewhat, but because of staying up late and not exercising enough, I'm still not considered healthy.

Headache, cold... I've been feeling unwell in various ways, but I've been trying my best not to show it to anyone and to keep going.

The storytelling results themselves are a sad thing.

In three months, we barely reached the level of 1,000 average subscriptions, and now we are only adding a single-digit number of average subscriptions every day.

Moreover, the follow-up orders are even more outrageous, with only about two hundred left.

It has a thousand-fold rating, but after only one basic trend indicator recommendation after being listed, it has not been recommended for 55 days.

Even if the average order value exceeds 1,000 and there's a queue, I haven't made any recommendations for almost a month.

Without recommendations, there is no exposure, no new favorites, and ultimately, no way to convert them into new paying users.

I don't know what went wrong with me. I've never stopped updating; I've been writing consistently.

Even during my busiest work periods, I consistently updated my posts, never falling below 4,000, which earned me a perfect attendance bonus.

I want to be optimistic, but I can't see any hope at all.

Outrageous, absolutely outrageous...

It's very difficult, really very difficult.

In this situation, it's hard for me to believe that I'm slowly working out the word count, hoping that one day it will suddenly come to life.

In addition, in order not to reduce the average number of subscribers, I changed to updating 4,000 words per update for a period of time, which resulted in very few new subscribers and the false impression that I did not update much.

I am guaranteed to get full attendance bonus; I am committed to posting 4,000 words daily.

Starting this month, I think I might have to switch back to two updates a day, while keeping the total number of updates the same, in order to increase the number of new updates.

Seeing all the friends who fell together get back up while you're still falling is a feeling that's hard to describe.

In particular, given that my previous book was being repeatedly pushed to other sites, my insistence on staying here seems quite ridiculous.

They were advising me to cut the book early and not waste my enthusiasm and time here.

But I don't want to abandon this project, after all, it's my first book and I've poured a lot of passion into it.

I want to persevere, but I also feel like my efforts are being wasted. It's a very contradictory and complex feeling.

Are there any other options?

Yes, dual-open.

But the question isn't whether I can make money, but whether I really have the energy to do it.

I do not know.

Maybe I will, and make some money to maintain the balance; maybe not, and it will fizzle out, but I'll keep going.

Who knows?

At least for now, I don't know what the future holds.

Having said that, let's return to the volume itself.

In total, it's about eighty chapters again. However, since the chapters are combined into one, it becomes four thousand words, which is actually more than the previous two volumes, about three hundred thousand words.

The content of this chapter was initially based on some unclear ideas.

The Kingdom of Rhine in the Land of Star Chaser clearly represents the human world during the Dark Ages when the gods descended.

The character is an ordinary person during the day and gains the power of an awakened being at night, which is also based on my own ideas.

Daytime represents the mortal world without the power of awakened beings, where people experience their powerlessness and weakness, having no power to resist the gods.

The night represents the world of the awakened, who have gained the power of the awakened and have the ability to rebel, launching a counterattack against the gods.

What I want to write is a story about how humans can rebel against the gods.

Humanity is oppressed and controlled by the gods and enslaved. How can people who have accepted the supreme power of the gods from the beginning resist?

They need a hero.

A person who tells them, "You can rebel! Gods shouldn't be supreme!"

This story is actually about that era, so there are actually two heroes.

One is Ning Feng, who will bring hope and strength to this broken world.

But he did not intervene directly; instead, he observed from the sidelines and gave a push at the most crucial moment.

As for the true heroes, that's already been clearly stated.

【Leinhardt, the Hero King of the Kingdom of Rhine】

The characters that are emphasized in this chapter.

His image is filled in through the words of different people, such as Charles, the bandits, the innkeeper, the captain of the guard Karl, and the queen.

He was a hero-king, a tyrannical usurper in the eyes of others, and a benevolent monarch...

A character who absolutely deserves to be called a hero.

For the people of the Kingdom of Rhine, he was a king great enough.

His destiny, his experiences, his perseverance, his resistance...

Even now, as a ghost, his indomitable spirit shines brightly.

This kind of tragic hero, in certain situations, actually really resonates with me.

The rest has already been explained in the story, so I won't go into details.

As for his fate, it has already been decided.

Just as Ning Feng said, Lai Enhart had completed his mission and didn't need to persist any longer.

I can't find a reason for him to continue.

Thus, the hero's story comes to an end.

Even though it was somewhat sad, that was his destiny, a satisfying ending.

As for what caused all of this, it was a tragedy belonging to him and to the dark age, under the oppressive and devastating influence of that sorrowful fate.

I think the story of Leonhardt has been told fairly clearly.

As for the other supporting characters, I will use more detail in my writing, so they are not just passersby.

Anthony, Sophie, Rod, Fran, Andrew, Angus, Lord Coldthorn... oh, and the two legends I've always represented with red hair and blue eyes.

These people naturally have their own roles, but this is their first appearance.

Let's return to the title of this volume, "The Observed".

The term "observed" has many meanings.

On the surface, these are the few individuals being observed by the Watchers in the "Observer Project".

There was Number Nine, representing Ning Feng; Number Two, who survived the car accident unscathed; and other remaining individuals under observation...

They are all part of this competition of fandom, and are among those being watched.

The second meaning is that every participant in the Star Chaser competition is an "observed" being watched by the audience.

They presented themselves to every audience member, stepped onto the stage, and were watched by everyone.

The third meaning is that every spirit in the Kingdom of Rhine is being watched by the gods.

The illusory sun and moon were her eyes, hanging high in the sky, coldly watching over mortals.