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"Among the students on campus, the top twelve seats in the Obelisk rankings are also known as the 'Round Table Twelve'. They hold supreme decision-making power over strategies for conquering the Night World and the future direction of the academy."

"Even under certain circumstances, the 'Round Table Twelve' has the power to impeach the principal and even veto proposals from the Board of Trustees."

"Also, depending on your Obelisk ranking, Starry University's resources will be tilted towards you to varying degrees. High-ranking individuals will enjoy certain privileges, while those with long-term low rankings will have their on-campus benefits reduced."

Ishtar interrupted, "For example, Rodri, because of his long-term zero contribution... He's ranked 600th in the Obelisk, and his breakfast quota has been reduced to a can of pickles."

Luster was silent for a few seconds. "So the breakfast quota for the first seat is 600 cans of pickles?"

"Ok?"

Ishtar didn't understand and simply shook her elegant twintails. "But I believe that with your dazzling spirit, Rust, you won't be embarrassed like Rodri. Perhaps you'll be able to enter the top 100 in no time."

"Actually, according to Tina's description, with your contribution to the "Night's Echoes: Deep Blue Harbor" strategy, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to directly promote you to the top 100, or even close to the 12th seat at the Round Table."

Dean Yin's voice once again rang directly beside Last's ears, without being noticed by Ishtar who was standing beside him.

"But Little Tina said she doesn't want too many people to know your origins. If she directly raises a freshman's ranking to that level, it will inevitably attract unnecessary attention... and might even expose the fact that you're from Deep Blue Harbor."

"Therefore, she has temporarily slowed down the progress of your contribution and will delay the payment in installments later. I think you don't have any objections."

"No comment."

Rast smiled, crossed the huge obelisk square, and continued forward along the red cobblestone road.

Not far away is a huge artificial lake. Beside the green shade of the artificial lake, the ancient sandstone buildings are bathed in the sun, as if you are in a medieval castle.

But not all buildings are of ancient and heavy style. Between the towering spires and flying buttresses is a very modern library. Smart terminals and imagers can be seen everywhere inside. The sunlight shines on the library's prismatic mirrored exterior walls, reflecting light and shadow like water waves.

It seemed to be some kind of festival, with colorful flags hanging everywhere. Young men and women were walking in and out of the sandstone buildings with books in their arms. Last even saw welcome banners from different societies.

"I almost forgot, these days are the 900th anniversary of the academy."

Dean Yin walked silently to Last's side and looked out at the entire view of Star University with him: "How do you feel?"

"To be honest, it's a little different from what I imagined."

Last looked at the scenery before him, which was almost identical to the scenery in his previous life's university, with no significant differences.

If Ishtar and Dean Yin had not explained so much background, he really would not have associated the campus in front of him with words like the night world, night traveler, disaster and death.

"I thought that as a violent organization targeting only the night world, this place would be more like a military camp."

He looked at the young men and women coming and going on campus, their faces either lively or calm. "I didn't expect that as night travelers living in uncertainty, who could disappear into the night world at any moment, they could actually show such expressions."

"In the beginning, Star University was just as you said, no different from a second military headquarters."

"To some extent, the atmosphere here was more depressing than in the military... At that time, the exploration of the night world was still in its infancy, and the casualty rate among night travelers was much higher than it is today, even exceeding that of the army fighting on the battlefield."

"At that time, it would not be an exaggeration to call this place a death squad funded by the Granville Kingdom."

"But later on, that old man became the principal."

Dean Yin licked his paws and said, "Knowing that as a traveler, one's life is always uncertain and one could be buried in the darkness at any time, one must keep running while one is still alive."

“Laugh out loud, love boldly, embrace all the beauty in the world… and leave no regrets.”

"Just like a shooting star in the sky, even though its life is short and fleeting, it must leave the most brilliant trail in the night sky... so that when it one day falls to the earth and is buried in the dust, it will not regret it."

"This is the old man's philosophy, and he has persisted in this philosophy throughout his life."

"Improve the elective curriculum, add a séance hall, establish extracurricular clubs, take decision-making power back from the board of directors, establish the Starry Obelisk and the Twelve Seats of the Round Table..."

"He spent most of his life gradually transforming Star University into what it is today."

As soon as he finished speaking, Dean Yin noticed that Last's gaze towards him became subtle.

"Dean Yin, you actually know so much about the early days of the Night World and the founding of Starry University."

"As far as I know, the emergence of the Night World and the establishment of Starry University were both hundreds of years ago. In other words..."

Dean Yin was furious: "You bastard! Is it not okay for me to just hear it? I overheard it while listening to that old man chatting!"

"So, Dean Yin, you are not a ferret but a cat."

Chapter 50 Dean Yin: You two are just trying to take advantage of me, right?

Given the scale of Starry University, a new sophomore transfer had resulted in an inconspicuous row of rankings appearing at the end of the obelisk...

These are trivial things that no one cares about.

Perhaps because of the old president's philosophy on running the school, Starry University provides a single dormitory for every night traveler.

Thanks to this, in a corner where no one cared, Last began his campus life.

Of course, since no one is interested, magical animals are naturally not included.

A certain ferret dean moved into Rast's single dormitory in such a dignified manner. It seemed that it had mastered some ability to open up a secondary dimension and could enjoy life anywhere.

Dean Yin's apparent reason was, of course, "Little Tina is worried that you won't be able to integrate into modern society, so she asked me to take care of you until she comes back."

But in fact, Dean Yin came here with the intention of finding a long-term meal ticket.

As a magical creature, Dean Silver cannot obtain the status of a Night Traveler, nor can he enter the Night World to complete his advancement.

As his real age has been listed as one of the "Ten Unsolved Mysteries of the Stars", ordinary exercise methods such as meditation and role-playing have lost their effectiveness on Dean Yin.

Although there are other ways to upgrade by absorbing extraordinary materials and taking potions, Dean Yin's sequence long level is similar to Rast's "Tower". Both are unique examples in the world, and it is extremely difficult to obtain materials and potions of the corresponding sequence.

Therefore, contact with humans, and contact with that sincere, pure, and shining emotion, becomes its only choice.

Although Hiltina's pure and unshakable belief was shining, this little girl was too stubborn and spent most of the year in the night world, making her not a stable source of income.

The brief contact before made Dean Yin keenly aware of Rast's potential as a long-term meal ticket. The purity of that emotion even surpassed that of Hiltina.

It's just that this kid wears too many masks and hides too deeply. Without using the "Moon of Truth", even Dean Yin can't tell whether this kid is fooling him or not.

It stayed in Last's dormitory because it wanted to observe for a while to see what the little guy's true intentions were and whether he was worth investing in.

only--

As time went by, Dean Yin became more and more confused.

Five days had passed since Rust started school.

But during these five days, he not only went to the shooting range every morning to shoot for four hours and consumed thousands of rounds of ammunition.

The rest of the time, Last was wandering between the schools and various extracurricular clubs of Star University.

If his visit to the House of Ashes could be said to be to strengthen his heraldic attire, then sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood...

So, when Dean Yin discovered that Last was hanging out in the bars on campus and even in the news agency full of beautiful women, he was completely at a loss for explanation.

He didn't behave like a night traveler with a mission, but more like a college freshman who came to enjoy the colorful campus life and the colorful world.

Although living in the present and enjoying life without regrets is indeed the old principal's philosophy of running the school, aren't you getting into the role a little too smoothly?

and so--

"Companions of justice" or something like that, was it really just my illusion?

The real Rast is actually a sophisticated egoist who wears different personality masks and says one thing to one person and another to another person in order to satisfy his own desires.

As soon as this thought arose, Dean Yin smelled an enticing scent coming from not far away.

It took light steps and the next moment appeared in the living room of the single dormitory.

A huge grilled fish cake has been placed on the dining table by Rast.

There was still hot white steam around the baked fish cake, obviously it had just been baked not long ago, and it exuded a fragrance that made... no, it made Diao salivate.

Dean Yin appeared at the dining table and calmly took a big bite of the grilled fish cake. A satisfied expression appeared in his ruby-like eyes.

Then, it narrowed its eyes slightly and looked at Rast, who was sitting on the sofa with a leisurely smile.

"Inner city of the Summer Flower Capital, a custom-made baked fish cake from the White Walnut Bakery?"

"How did you know I like this and even my favorite bakery knew it?"

Luster smiled and said, "Eighteen years ago, Dean Silver secretly used a sum of the Institute for Magical Creatures' research funds to order baked fish cakes from the White Walnut Bakery for himself for a month."

"This incident was exposed by the news agency at the time in the Star Daily. Although the heat was later suppressed under the coercion and inducement of Dean Yin, a backup copy is still preserved in the archives."

"Eighteen years have passed, and those members of the news club are no longer with the academy. I only found this information in past issues of the Star Daily after asking the current president of the news club for help."

Dean Yin rolled his eyes at Last, but didn't take it too seriously. Instead, he continued eating the grilled fish cake.

Research funding for the Institute for Magical Creatures... Aren't you a magical creature yourself?

A magical creature ate baked fish cakes for a month straight, and this is how its mood changed

What a great research topic.

And Rast watched Dean Yin eat quietly. His eating movements were very elegant, but his speed was faster than one could imagine.

In just one minute, the huge grilled fish cake disappeared.

After seeing that the grilled fish cakes were sold out, as if confirming that a certain hint did not appear, Last shook his head in disappointment.

"As expected, simply feeding someone their favorite food won't create a true bond."

"You bastard, do you think I'm a pet cat or dog, or a catchable female character in a virtual love game?"

Dean Yin glared at Last and said, "Do you think my favorability will increase just by feeding me food or giving me the right gifts?"

"never mind."

It licked its paws gracefully. "I know you're just like Little Tina. Unwarranted attentions are bound to lead to bad things."

"Tell me, what do you want me to do this time?"

"I knew I couldn't hide it from you, Dean Yin."

Last smiled and said, "I'd like to ask Dean Yin to take me to the Red Frost Territory."

"To be more precise, it's the Sixty-first Night World Attack Front within the Red Frost Territory, where the echoes of the disaster have already appeared."

He glanced down at his pocket watch. "I hope to be there within eight hours."

"If it's any later, I'm worried that Hiltina will have already entered the Echo of the Disaster alone."

Chapter 51 Dean Yin: Long-term meal ticket is gone again

Listening to Last's words, Dean Yin's eyes narrowed slightly.

"If I remember correctly, both the movements of the Twelve Seats of the Round Table and the specific information about the Echoes of the Disaster are kept extremely confidential in the Arcana Tower."

It stared at Last coldly: "Given your current obelisk ranking, you shouldn't be allowed to view this information."

This is a matter of course.

As the core personnel for conquering the night world, the transfer of each of the twelve seats at the round table is a secret of Star University. Once leaked, it may lead to unpredictable consequences.

For example, the information about the development of "Echoes of the Night: Deep Blue Harbor" was leaked in some unknown way, which directly led to Hiltina being followed by a dancer from the secret organization "Bronze Rose".

If she hadn't met Rast, then due to the restraint of the sequence and the influence of many deliberate and unintentional factors, Hiltina might have been in danger of failure.

"Just verifying some of my guesses."

Last did not retreat because of Dean Yin's gaze, and continued to play with the "Iron Moon" revolver in his hand.

This emblematic ceremonial suit that he obtained by clearing the Night World had been transformed by the Ashes Court, and a few fine bloodstains appeared on the originally iron-moon-like gun body.

"I know Hiltyna very well. She will do anything she can do herself and will never delegate it to others."

"But ever since I left the Night World and joined Starry University, although I've been taken care of by Hiltina in every way, I've never met her in person."

"Given her personality, she would rather owe you, Dean Yin, a favor than show up... The only explanation is that she has more important things to do."

"in other words--"

"Somewhere in the night world, something urgent and urgent must have happened, forcing Hiltina to rush to the scene without even a moment to rest."

"There's a 90% chance that a new 'Reverberation of Disaster' has appeared."

Last smiled. "With my level of authority within the Arcana Tower, I can't find the location of the new reverberation of the calamity. But sometimes forward thinking doesn't work, so I just need to use reverse thinking to eliminate the problem."

"I visited the news agency and various clubs, and under the guise of club fellowship, I confirmed the situation with members in other Night World bases... Of course, what I could reveal wasn't the location of the reverberations of the disaster."

"Not counting those Night World ruins that have already been conquered, there are a total of nineteen Night Worlds with entrances still open. After eliminating eighteen of them using the above method..."

"The only remaining one, Night World No. 61 in the Red Frost Territory, is naturally the location where the 'Echoes of Disaster' appeared."

"So what if that's the case?"