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"Aren't you worried that you've released an uncontrollable madman from the night world?"

"It seems I've really been underestimated."

Hiltina looked at the ever-shrinking steps above her, her voice echoing within the sealed tower. "Forget that this is just a remnant of the night world's history, not a real city."

"Even if everything in Deep Blue Harbor is real, what you did is also what Starry University will definitely do—use any means necessary, regardless of cost or sacrifice, to nip the disaster in the bud."

Luster raised his eyebrows in surprise: "It seems that you are even more extreme than I thought."

"This is only natural. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to awaken the Night Blade, let alone become a Night Traveler."

"You're not the only one."

Hiltina paused at the end of the spiral staircase, then reached out and pushed open the iron door at the top.

"Every traveler who has abandoned the glamorous and dazzling identity of the outside world and walks in the night world where laws and morals do not exist, accompanied by the echoes of history, madness and pollution..."

"They are all complete outliers, paranoids and lunatics in the eyes of others."

……

The iron gate opened and Hiltina stepped into the observation deck at the top of the tower.

The heavy rain has stopped, leaving only misty raindrops in the air.

The setting sun flooded into her sight like a tide, and in the distance, the huge sun had already touched the sea surface.

Below the tower is a steep cliff, and tens of millions of tons of sea water are surging under the cliff. The waves sometimes hit the black rocks and break into white waves.

Hiltina walked to the edge of the observation deck and gazed at the sea below, which was dyed crimson by the afterglow of the setting sun. The wind lifted the skirt of her knight's uniform, making a rustling sound in the sky.

It was not until this moment that she understood what the alternative plan Luster was talking about.

The spiral staircase behind the two of them began to vibrate again. The pursuers had arrived. From a distance, they looked like the sea, a dark ocean formed by thousands of iron crosses, and the watchtower where Last and Hiltina were sitting was an isolated island in the ocean.

At this moment, those sadistic creatures were climbing up the spiral steps of the tower. In a few minutes they would appear on the observation deck, and Rast and Hiltina had nowhere to escape.

This is a truly desolate place with no heaven or earth. There is no way up to heaven and no door into the earth. Their only way out is the roaring sea below the cliff.

"You mean the alternative plan is jumping into the sea?"

Hiltina's eyes swept across the rugged cliffs, estimating the height of the watchtower and the difference between the cliff and sea level. The height was at least 60 meters, and probably more than 70 meters.

"You should know that falling into the water from this height is not much better than hitting the concrete floor directly."

"I know, but aren't you a tank? This height shouldn't be a problem for you."

"What about you? What will you do?"

Hiltina turned slightly and looked at Rast, her light brown eyes reflecting the blood-red afterglow of the setting sun.

By this time, the serum's effects had worn off, and the terrifying black cross was gradually fading from Lust's body, revealing his original pale complexion. Clearly, the Iron Cross's powerful physical qualities and self-healing abilities had vanished from Lust, and he had returned to being the ordinary boy he once was.

"Don't tell me you're going to risk your life again."

A faint smile appeared on Rast's pale, bloodless face. "Since I owe Miss Hiltina 1600 kels, I'm not going to die so easily before I pay off my debt."

"So you've also practiced high diving?"

"Not really, but my parkour skills are at a master's level. It's a skill I've honed through countless battle royales. It's one of my strongest points, almost as good as my marksmanship," Luster said softly. "The force-relieving techniques used in high-rise parkour have similarities to high-altitude diving."

Hiltina stared intently into Last's eyes, and only stopped after confirming that he wasn't lying. "In that case, I'll jump first and catch you from below, and then you can follow."

"is that OK?"

The moment she saw Luster nod, she jumped over the railing of the lookout tower and disappeared in the raging waves below the lighthouse.

"I always feel that the order in which we jumped into the sea seems a little different from what was written in the movie script." Last smiled bitterly.

He listened to the footsteps getting closer behind him and took a step forward as well.

A dozen seconds later, the Iron Crosses broke out of the door and searched the watchtower in a daze, but all they got in response were the steep cliffs and roaring waves. It was impossible to find any trace of Rast and Hiltina.

Chapter 26 I deducted 05 points because I was afraid you would be too proud

The feeling of weightlessness came rushing over me along with the whistling sound of wind in my ears.

Last adjusted his posture in mid-air, and then the cold touch of the sea water quickly swallowed him up.

The moment he touched the water, Last felt his hands and feet lose sensation at the same time.

He had practiced swimming in previous cycles. Although he was not as proficient as his shooting skills, he could at least be considered skilled... But the sea was stormy in the evening. Even the most experienced fishermen would not dare to go into the water in such weather, and Last's physical condition was not very good.

The impact of falling into the water from a height of tens of meters destroyed his metacarpals and toe bones, and after the effect of the serum wore off, the sequelae and side effects of taking veterinary drugs also began to appear.

A feeling of weakness swept through his limbs and bones, and his internal organs were in severe pain. If it weren't for the healing crystal that Hiltina had used on him earlier to extend his life, Last might have died of organ failure from the aftereffects of the medication.

He lost the strength to struggle, and his body continued to sink as if falling into an abyss.

The light in the field of vision gradually dimmed.

The shimmering sea surface is no longer visible, only a tiny glimmer of light penetrates the dark water, illuminating this silent world.

The sea water in late autumn is very cold, chilling to the bone.

All of Rast's perceptions were rapidly fading away and then returning to nothingness.

In the past cycles, Rast had died many times, but compared to being burned to death by the molten iron in the steel mill, being eaten by the Iron Crosses, and dying from an overdose of veterinary drugs... drowning in the sea was a relatively peaceful death that was not very common.

But at this moment, Rast felt a slender hand grabbing his collar and bringing him to the surface of the sea.

A few seconds later, Rast heard the sound of waves again and saw the sky dyed red by the setting sun.

"What time is it now?"

Someone spoke in his ear.

"What?" Last's consciousness was still a little fuzzy.

"Remember what you said to me when we first met, about the eight-point dance troupe's black silk lead dancer and the beautiful councilwoman?"

"You said at the time that my appearance before removing my makeup was comparable to theirs, but what about now?"

Hiltina's voice echoed over the sound of the waves: "What time is it now?"

Last blinked, and the mist dissipated. Only then could he see the girl in front of him clearly.

The sea water washed away the disguise she used to conceal her identity, revealing her original face. Her carefully braided princess braids were also washed away, and her chestnut hair clung to her cheeks, dripping with water.

Until this moment, Rast remembered why he

There was no name on the design, only a future title—

Silver Sword Saint

A roar was heard from a distant place. It was the time bomb set by Hiltina that was detonated. The steam boiler was the first to rupture in the explosion. The leaked high-temperature steam then ignited tens of thousands of tons of gunpowder, coal and nitroglycerin scattered in the port area.

A fiery wind tens of meters high shot up into the sky, sweeping across the entire port area. To the Iron Crosses in the port area, it was the flames of hell, but from a distance, it looked like the sun rising alternately at dusk, and within the sun was the burning deep blue port.

Hiltina stood in the firelight like sunrise, with the shimmering water beside her, bright and extraordinary.

The city was reflected in her eyes like a dim sea of ​​stars.

"Nine past five." Luster said softly, his voice swallowed by the roar of the explosion.

I deducted 0.5 points because I was afraid you would be too proud.

A few seconds later, the shock wave generated by the explosion in the port area reached the sea, causing huge waves nearly ten meters high on the sea surface.

Hiltina held Last's arm and carried him up and down in the raging waves, never letting go no matter how the waves surged.

It was unknown how long it took before the surging waves slowly subsided and the sea returned to calm.

Hiltina found a piece of driftwood on the sea, which had half of the bones in her body shattered. Last, who had already suffered hypothermia in the cold sea water, lay on it, while she herself maintained the balance of the driftwood in the water.

Last's expression froze. "I just feel like there's something wrong with the hero and heroine's script."

"If you want to follow a movie script, you might be disappointed." Hiltina smiled. "I'm not as fragile as the male protagonist in the movie. I won't just lose my strength and sink into the sea."

She looked out at the still-burning Deep Blue Harbor in the distance: "So, have we succeeded..."

"We successfully rewrote the world line and prevented the evil god from descending upon Deep Blue Harbor."

Last shook his head slightly: "The general trend of history is not so easy to change."

"That fisherman happened to catch the statue of the evil god while fishing. This wasn't just a coincidence; it was a destiny that had been secretly determined long ago."

"At best, all we have done is to slightly shift the world line that has long been determined by the greats."

"Even so, it's already an incredible feat."

Hiltina smiled and said, "In all the Night World Echoes I've entered, this is the first time the course of history has been rewritten."

The two men drifted aimlessly on the sea, chatting casually. The watches they carried with them were damaged or lost during their escape, so no one knew how long they would drift on the sea.

The sun in the distance gradually sank below the sea surface. The half sun and its reflection formed a complete circle. The last afterglow burned the clouds in the sky into the color of flames.

When the last ray of sunset faded from Hiltina's eyes, night fell.

The gauze-like night, like the night sky, gently wrapped up Last and the entire broken world.

In the increasingly dark night and the gradually fading consciousness, Last saw lines of azure blue words passing through his mind.

[Night World Mission - "Echoes of Deep Blue Harbor" Completed]

[Current mission rating: EX]

[A new Night World Qualified person has been detected. A new information panel and traveler identity are being generated.]

Your Arcana Sequence is: "Tower"

[Your status level is: 19 (first level)]

[Matching the "Night Blade" for new travelers based on your soul origin and mental landscape]

[Detected that a Night Blade is already bound to the Traveler's Mind World. Matching process interrupted, switching to recreating the old Night Blade.]

Nightblade Remodeling Completed

[Your Night Blade is: "The Fool's Library"]

【Task rewards have been issued】

[Since your level has reached the limit of the current class, the sequence experience has been stored]

[You have acquired the inherent skill: "Iron Heart"]

[You have obtained the emblem costumes: "Iron Moon", "Seven Realms"]

Chapter 27 Deep Blue Harbor, Clearance

The night gently enveloped Rast.

The night was so light, yet it seemed to isolate the entire world. The sounds, lights, and colors of the original Deep Blue Harbor world were no longer detectable.

Rast sank into the silent night.

His body was shrouded in the darkness of the night. His shattered hands and feet gradually regained consciousness, the wounds all over his body disappeared, and his previously dried-up mental strength was replenished.

Even the iron cross that had been rooted deep in Rast's soul and had been constantly harassing his mind with tyrannical desires melted away like ice and snow the moment it encountered the night light, and soon disappeared without a trace.

This feeling was unique, and compared to the healing and cleansing that Rast had experienced before, this process was closer to "regression."

It was not about healing the wound, but the moment the night touched Rast, the time his body had experienced of "injury, fractures, and contamination by the Iron Cross Plague" was erased and restored to its original state.

Looking back in time, this description sounds a little incredible.

But considering the information that Hiltina had revealed to him before... As the creator of the night world, the Lord of Silence who witnessed the rise and fall of civilization, and the entire Deep Blue Port were nothing more than the echoes of a history that had once happened, recorded by the night world.

Looking back a short time, it seemed like a trivial matter to the night world.

His originally chaotic thoughts gradually became clear as he recalled the past, and Last began to check the information that appeared on the azure light screen in his mind.

Most of the information was not difficult for Last to understand. In his previous life, he was responsible for developing the night world module in the game company.

After learning the truth about Deep Blue Harbor from Hiltina, Last easily grasped most of the contents on the light curtain.

Just as Hiltina had guessed, after obtaining the certificate and successfully completing the mission of the current historical remnant, he was also selected by the night world as a qualified person and became a "Night Traveler".

His sequence of long steps is the tower. According to Hiltina, this sequence has been lost in the real world, and only a few records remain in history books.

The level of status is also easy to understand. According to Hiltina, level 19 means that he is now only one step away from the second level.

As for the reason why he could reach such a high level without any extraordinary knowledge inheritance, acting skills, or training, Last guessed that it was due to the hundreds of years of circulation in Deep Blue Harbor.