I, the final BOSS of the beta test server!

Compared to Hiltina's "Chariot", the "Tower" sequence clearly focuses more on the spirit and soul. During the tens of thousands of restarts, Rast's body did not receive any training, but his spiritual experience was preserved.

Also, the mission rewards I got for clearing the Echoes of Deep Blue Harbor this time - inherent skills and emblem costumes.

Rast's thoughts moved slightly.

The next moment, the azure light screen in his mind changed.

[Iron Heart]

[Category: Inherent Skills]

The endless cycle of the same day, the repetition of time, is not a blessing to humanity, but the most despairing curse. Even the most sincere feelings and fervent ideals will eventually decay and deteriorate in the face of the long passage of time, ultimately turning into empty dust.

So, what lies within this heart that propels this tattered body forward, a heart that remains unshaken even by the contamination of the evil god and the reversal of the Iron Cross...?

[Skill Effect: Your soul resistance increases by 50%. The effects of pollution, corruption, bewitchment, mind manipulation, hypnosis, and mind reading abilities targeting you will be greatly weakened and will backfire on the user.]

……

【Iron Moon】

[Category: Heraldic Costume]

[This heavy-hitting revolver has fought alongside you for a long time, from the alleys of the slums to the spire of the city council. It witnessed you fighting your way out of the black iron tide until you saw the bright moon again.]

……

Seven fields of view

[Category: Heraldic Costume]

This is a hunt in the rain. Seven straight lines pierce through the eyes, sights, and soul. Only the best snipers can master this breech-loading, single-shot sniper rifle, and its legend continues.

……

The starlight twinkled in the dark night, and all fell into Rast's palms, turning into two shining emblems, which faded into his body little by little.

But Last felt that he could summon the two emblems at any time, and the revolver and sniper rifle lay quietly in the space of the emblems. As long as Last thought about it, the guns would fall into his hands.

According to Hiltina, the rewards for entering the Night World each time will be generated based on the overall mission evaluation and the clearance process, and will most likely be related to the experience in this historical remnant.

Perhaps because of this experience, these two firearms that accompanied Rast for so long were elevated to heraldic ceremonial attire, just like Hiltina's rapier, the Twinkling Morning Star.

And after checking the mission rewards.

The only piece of information left on the light curtain was the last one.

Last focused his attention on the two lines of flashing blue text.

[Detected that Night Blade is already bound to the Traveler's Mind World, matching process interrupted]

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

According to Hiltina, every night traveler who is chosen by the night world will receive a blessing called "Night Blade" based on the origin of their soul and mental landscape.

However, the generation of his own Night Blade was interrupted.

because--

The Fool's Library

He whispered the name. According to the description, this was his own Night Blade, not one from the Night World, but a Night Blade that was originally bound to his soul.

The next moment, a brand new world unfolded before Rast's eyes.

It seemed to be a pitch-black tower. Last was standing at the center of the tower. There was endless darkness in front of him, with only faint starlight shining in the distance.

In the deep darkness, there are 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.

Rast looked around, scanning the twenty-one pale steps one by one.

Most of the long steps have an illusory door at the bottom step, with golden chains crisscrossing around the door, as if it is shackled with some kind of shackles that are difficult to remove.

Only in front of the two stairs, there were no golden chains or illusory door seals.

When Rast set his eyes on the two long steps, flickering spots of light quietly condensed on the steps and turned into two illusory cards.

The designs on the back of the card are a tower struck by lightning and a royal chariot pulled by black and white lions.

On the front of the card is a portrait of the character.

One showed a girl wearing a red and white knight's uniform, with her rapier in a silver scabbard and her long chestnut hair loose.

The other showed a slender figure wearing a black hooded cloak with a revolver hanging from his waist.

The illustrations of Rast on these two cards look very familiar, because the first illustration is of Hiltina, and the other one is actually of himself.

Chapter 28 Your Night Blade is great, but it will be mine in the next second

Last's consciousness turned into tentacles and gently touched the card with his own portrait drawn on it.

Immediately afterwards, a light curtain like water waves appeared before his eyes.

["High Tower" - Rast]

[Bond Level: MAX]

[Sequence Ability: 1. Shining Lantern]

[Tower - Shining Lantern (Unlocked): A first-tier ability in the Tower sequence. This ability summons a shadowy figure of the lantern bearer behind you through mental suggestion. The lantern's light will shock the minds of nearby targets, causing a control effect based on the rank and mental power difference between the two.

When used on a target in a state of hypnosis, pollution, corruption, etc., there is a certain probability of purifying the abnormal mental state.

……

Nightblade: The Fool's Library

[The Fool's Library (Unlocked): It is said that every enemy, every danger, and every problem in the world has corresponding knowledge, as well as the skills and props derived from this knowledge to fight against it. However, the knowledge, skills, and props that each person can memorize in a lifetime are limited.

This Night Blade was woven by a dull human, who, with his shoddy body, fought against naturally powerful races like dragons, elves, and vampires. He had thoroughly analyzed all the martial arts, long-stage sequences, Night Blades, and transcendental skills he had encountered throughout his life, transforming them into knowledge and storing them in the library in the form of original texts, ready for immediate reproduction and use.

Later, the nameless human died of old age, but his library and the tens of thousands of original books in his collection were passed down. With the progress of civilization history, they were improved, supplemented, and filled in by successive generations until they included everything in the world.

As the new owner of this library, as long as you find the corresponding key, you will be able to use the ancient texts stored there.

[Current unlock sequence long level: 2]

[Remaining available original text slots: 3/3]

……

After seeing the description of Night Blade's "Library of Fools", Rast's pupils couldn't help but shrink slightly.

He has spent hundreds of years in Deep Blue Harbor and acquired skills beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

But precisely because of this, Last realized clearly that the knowledge and skills he had learned and mastered were just the tip of the iceberg compared to the entire human civilization.

For example, most of the skills he mastered could only be described as "skilled", and the only ones that could truly be said to have reached the master level were marksmanship, fighting skills, parkour techniques, and a few others, each of which took him nearly a hundred years to master.

However, the description of "The Library of Fools" encompasses the original texts of all knowledge, inventions, martial arts, and props that have appeared in the entire history of human civilization, and even includes those involving the extraordinary.

As long as the corresponding original text is taken out, it can be directly copied and used.

"However, if I want to use some of the original texts, I need to find the corresponding keys first."

Rast's eyes swept across the dark tower in front of him, looking at the twenty-one pale steps in the darkness.

He still remembered that Hiltina had mentioned before that there were only seventeen known long sequences.

But according to the "Fool's Library", there are actually twenty-one cards, which should correspond to the twenty-one Destiny Tarot cards after the zero card in the memory of the previous life, but some of them seem to have been mutated.

It was obvious that the knowledge stored in the "Fool's Library" far exceeded the real-world civilization where Hiltina lived.

As for the so-called key——

Last looked at the only two long steps not far away that were not sealed by golden chains, and had a rough guess in his mind.

His thoughts turned into tentacles and touched the card with the portrait of Hiltina again.

The light like water waves rippled before Rast's eyes.

……

[Chariot - Shiltina]

[Bond Level: 2]

[Sequence Ability: 1. Intuition, 2. Wind Step, 3. Burning Blood]

[Chariot Intuition (Unlocked): The first-tier ability of the Chariot sequence, allowing one to make optimal decisions in combat without relying on thought, relying on intuition. Ability to predict trajectory through wind noise and intuition, avoiding stray arrows and firearms, and in certain situations, even achieving the effect of "precognizing the future."]

[Chariot·Wind Pace (Unlocked): After the target character's bond reaches a certain level, the original version will be available.]

[Chariot·Burning Blood (Unlocked): After the target character's bond reaches a certain level, the original text will be available.]

……

Nightblade: Infinity Blade

[Inherent Skills: Infinite Martial Arts (Unlocked): Your martial arts journey will never end. Every swing of your weapon will permanently enhance your martial arts power until you reach the pinnacle of the era and the end of your technique.]

Level 1: All Things Are Weapons (Unlocked): Empowers everything with the concept of a "weapon," placing it under your complete control. If a weapon is already a high-quality one, this skill significantly increases your proficiency. This skill originates from the legend of an unknown knight who defeated a powerful foe with a branch. (Original Skill available after the target character's bond reaches a certain level.)

[Level 2: True Name Release (Unlocked): After the target character's bond reaches a certain level, the original text will be available for use.]

Level 3...

……

As expected of the future "Silver Sword Saint".

After witnessing the gorgeous Night Blade panel of Hiltina with his own eyes, Rast could only sigh in his heart.

A foul-level night blade like the "Infinite Blade" can only appear on the daughter of the world's will like Hiltina. It is a fantasy for ordinary players to obtain it through normal means without opening the Wind Spirit and Moon Shadow.

However, Rast did not envy Hiltina, because according to the information given on the light screen, he seemed to be able to use Hiltina's abilities for free by using the "Library of Fools".

Your Night Blade is great, but it will be mine in the next second.JPG

After checking the card of Hiltina, Rast also completely understood what the "key" used to unlock the original codex in the description of his Night Blade was.

Bonds with other Night Travelers.

Or in other words, the so-called "fate".

Currently, he has only established a bond with Hiltina.

Therefore, among the twenty-one pale steps, only his own "Tower" and Hiltina's "Chariot" were unsealed, and the other nineteen were sealed with golden shackles.

And if he could later establish sufficient bonds with other sequences of Night Travelers, then the corresponding Pale Long Steps should also be unlocked.

In addition, the only abilities that he could copy from Hiltina at the moment were "Chariot·Intuition" and "Inherent Skill·Infinite Martial Arts", and the rest of the skills were unlocked.

However, as the level of his bond with Hiltina gradually deepens, these unlocked skills should also be unlocked one by one.

Chapter 29 I met a very special girl

"According to the description, as long as it's a skill that has been unlocked, I can reproduce it in the form of the original text in the library and use it."

After a brief experiment, Rast focused his mind on the unlocked skill, "Chariot Intuition."

The next moment, he saw the illusory card with Hiltina's portrait gradually become brighter, surrounded by pale golden light spots.

A deep blue book appeared in the air and then gradually merged into his body.

[You have equipped the card - Chariot - Hiltina]

You used the original text—"Chariot: Intuition"

[Remaining available original text slots: 2/3]

Immediately afterwards, Last felt that his perception of the surrounding environment had become much sharper, as if he had a sixth sense that helped him make the best choice without thinking.

It's just that Rast doesn't need to fight now, so the functions of dodging ballistic arrows and even predicting the future in the intuition skill description cannot be experienced for the time being.

In the process of activating his intuition, Last did not feel any consumption of his mental power.

"In other words, as a passive skill of the Chariot Series, I can maintain this state of intuition for a long time, or even permanently."

"And the only price I have to pay to maintain this intuitive state is that I will occupy an original position for a long time."

"But I only have two usable skills right now, so three original slots are more than enough. Having them occupied won't have much of an impact... I can just swap out the original slots when I need them after I unlock new skills."

After a moment's thought, Last activated the original version of his "Inherent Skill: Infinite Martial Arts Training."