I, the final BOSS of the beta test server!

[Take good care of her. If I find out that you betrayed Little Tina, I won't let you go even if I become a ghost!]

Chapter 82 Senior? (Two in One)

Hiltina stared at the rapier in her hand for a long time.

It is very similar to the Twinkling Morning Star, still with a silver-white sword body, but there is a touch of blue on the lines of the sword body, just like a crystal clear sapphire.

However, the light reflected by the sword was not as dazzling as the morning star... but rather soft and delicate, just like the long, silent and deep night.

After a long time, she turned her wrist slightly.

The azure rapier also turned into a faint ray of light, and finally condensed into a small emblem and fell into the palm of Hiltina's hand.

Hiltina carefully folded the white letter paper, put it back into the wooden box along with the emblem, and closed it.

She put the wooden box in her arms, raised her head slightly, and looked up at the gloomy sky.

Just like the pattern engraved on the heraldic robes, the dark dome is dotted with stars, like a sea of ​​floating lanterns.

"Thank you."

Hiltina gazed at the starry night sky, her soft whispers dissipating with the evening breeze.

"You're welcome."

Luster naturally took over the conversation and said with a smile: "How about this surprise I prepared for you at the end of this trip? Are you satisfied?"

The chestnut-haired girl was slightly stunned, obviously not expecting that there would be such a shameless person in the world.

But then, a barely perceptible cunning glint flashed in her eyes.

"Satisfied, very satisfied."

"I am really happy today to receive this surprise."

Then she paused for a moment, her gaze lingering on Rast.

"Actually, I have a surprise for you, Rust."

"I originally wanted to wait until tomorrow to tell you, but since you arranged such a journey for me today..."

"Then, take it as a return gift."

"Oh?" Luster glanced at her: "What is it?"

Although Last gave a response that seemed full of expectations, Hiltina keenly detected a hint of perfunctoriness in his words.

This is an emotion that Rast would never show in the past. After all, he has always been a perfect actor, always wearing a perfect mask, saying one thing to one person and another thing to another.

only--

After the previous conversation, Rast seemed to relax a lot in front of Hiltina.

This allows her to occasionally glimpse the boy's true heart beneath the mask.

Obviously, the perfunctory attitude at this moment was because Last did not think that Hiltina could really come up with any surprise that would make him care.

Money, power, social status, and even the pleasure brought by the opposite sex... these are things that Last has experienced many times in the cycle of Deep Blue Harbor and is tired of.

If there is anything that can interest him, it is probably something like heraldic costumes that can directly enhance combat power.

After all, the ideal of being a "partner of justice" also needs strength as its foundation.

But it is obvious that a powerful heraldic costume that fits the opponent's emblem perfectly is not something that can be found easily.

This is also the reason why Rast is a little uninterested.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared at the corner of Hiltina's mouth.

"So, about—"

"How about the clue about Canaan?"

"Is this return gift enough to thank you for what you did for me today and to surprise you?"

……

The next day, noon.

Last stood outside the main college of Star University, on the somewhat shabby white platform, with piles of dead yellow leaves under his feet.

The cold wind of late autumn blew on his cheek, feeling as sharp as a knife.

Rast was examining the information about Nightblade's "Library of Fools" in his mind.

Your bond with Hiltina Ingrid deepens, and the Fool's Library gains new power.

[Chariot - Hiltina's current bond level increased from 4 to 5]

You have unlocked a new original text.

[Night Blade "Infinity Blade" - True Name Release, Unlocked]

Last had been longing for the "True Name Liberation" that he wanted to use to fire the flare cannon for a long time, and finally he got it.

However, he also spent a lot of thought on this.

He even went so far as to plan a special performance to take Hiltina back to her old dormitory to bid a solemn farewell to Fran and her past self.

According to Last's guess, the maximum bond level should be level ten.

The bond level from 1 to 3 should be the process from acquaintance, to ordinary friend, and then to familiarity.

As for the bond going from level 4 to level 5, according to his judgment, it still remained at the level of a close, trustworthy friend, a confidant whom he could rely on...

But even with this, it is already quite difficult to increase the bond level.

If you want to push the bond to the highest level and obtain the complete Night Blade "Infinite Sword", it will probably be even more difficult.

While raising Hiltina's bond level to level five—

He also received a "surprise" prepared for him by Hiltina.

But Rast didn't think of it at the time.

The so-called surprise that Hiltina mentioned turned out to be so big.

In other words, it can no longer be described as a surprise, but rather a shock.

……

"Back in Deep Blue Harbor, you, Last, told me that the name Canaan was very important to you. It's likely related to your past...the past before you entered Deep Blue Harbor and fell into this endless cycle of reincarnation for three hundred years."

"So, ever since the echoes of Deep Blue Harbor's history came out, I've been helping you search for clues about Canaan, but to no avail."

"There is absolutely no place called 'Canaan' on any map of the continent today."

"But I didn't give up. I suspected my own inquiries were insufficient... So I mobilized some of the authority of the twelve members of the Round Table, including my own personal connections, and, in the name of Starry University, commissioned others to search for clues related to 'Canaan.'"

"Finally, there was actually a breakthrough."

"Sister Ingrid, a graduate of Star University and now the Director of the Supervisory Department in the Granville Empire, replied to me just yesterday."

"She used the authority of the Granville Military Department to inquire about Canaan at the headquarters of the Mysterious Tower."

"The Arcane Tower was built by the Institute of Ruins and the Granville Empire, but that clue seems to be in the exclusive intelligence database of the Imperial Military."

"Because of the extremely high level of confidentiality, that information isn't stored in the cloud as data, but rather as physical archives at the Arcana Tower headquarters... Even as Senior Ingrid, the Director of the Inspection Department, I can't reveal the specifics."

"If you want to know, you need to go to the headquarters of the Mystery Tower and examine the files and evidence yourself."

"Senior Ingrid will be returning to her alma mater tomorrow to attend the school celebration."

"If you want, Rast, I will ask her to take you to the headquarters of the Arcane Tower in the name of cooperation with the academy."

The words that Hiltina had left behind were still ringing in my ears.

"Canaan."

He repeated the word again in his mind, feeling a little homesick.

Last believed that Hiltina would not joke with him about such things.

Since she said she found clues about Canaan, it must be a substantial discovery.

The present world outside the night world...maybe it really is related to "Canaan" in the gap of that night world.

For Rast, who has been seeking the truth about Canaan, this is undoubtedly good news.

Just, to be honest.

At this moment, even Rast himself found it difficult to see what the truth about Canaan that he expected to know was.

"So cold, so cold."

"At this time, other ferrets would have started hibernating, and you actually dragged me out of the house."

"I need dried fish to comfort my cold heart."

A grumbling sounded over Luster's shoulder.

A ferret was squatting on his shoulder, with its entire body curled up in its furry white tail, shivering in the biting autumn wind.

This made Rast's face full of black lines.

It was the first time he heard that a magical beast, conservatively estimated to be above level six, actually needed to hibernate.

Moreover, the snow ferret, a snow-bound species that originally lived on the Arctic ice field, was actually shivering in the autumn wind. Are you kidding me?

It can only be said that the college life at Fanxing University, including air conditioning, heating and the Internet, has completely spoiled Dean Yin, turning him into a complete homebody.

But now it was Rast himself who needed help, so he could only swallow these complaints in his heart.

"There's nothing I can do, Dean Yin."

"After all, we will soon be leaving the academy and entering the empire's territory."

"And according to the information I've found, Senior Sister Ingrid has likely already broken through to the sixth level... and she's in an unfamiliar area. I wouldn't dare go there without you by my side."

"What if my secrets about Deep Blue Harbor, the time loop, and the special sequence long stage are leaked, and I'm arrested and locked up in a small dark room? What should I do?"

Luster began to explain.

"You're such a coward, kid. Have you been reading some cautious and prudent novels lately? You even need me to be your bodyguard when you need to check something outside the academy."

Dean Yin glanced at Last with disdain.

"Besides, the Empire and the Academy have always had a cooperative relationship. The Arcane Tower headquarters you are going to was jointly established by the Academy of Relics, the Imperial Military's Supervisory Department, and the Bureau of Secrecy."

"Ingrid is your senior, and she's been commissioned by Little Tina. Could she really harm you?"

"However, considering the number of secrets you possess..."

Dean Yin looked at Last and suddenly felt that it was not so safe.

Apart from anything else, if the Granville Empire knew about Laster's copying ability, which could even copy Night Blades of the same level as "Infinite Sword" and "Angel of Death", it would definitely attract attention.

It's unlikely that they'll be sliced ​​and studied, but frequent probing and surveillance are very likely to happen.

"Besides, Ingrid has graduated for several years now. Now her position is not with the academy, but with the Imperial Military..."

"Dean Yin, is there something wrong with her?"

Last frowned slightly, keenly aware of the bright spot.

Ingrid, this name was not unfamiliar to him.

This was the first Night Traveler file he saw in the Starry Obelisk when he first enrolled at Starry University.

Ingrid

【College Codename: "Yin Iron"】

[Sequence Long Stage: Justice]

Second place at the 873rd Round Table, graduated from Lionheart College, Star University six years ago.

[Currently serving as Director of the Inspectorate at the Granville Department of Homeland Order.]

This senior student's resume is impeccable.

The second seat at the round table in the class six years ago showed that Ingrid was undoubtedly an outstanding student among the students at that time.

And given Dean Yin's socialite nature, he must have frequent interactions with these outstanding students in the college.

For example, Akshia and Hiltina both maintain a very close relationship with Dean Yin, and are called "Little Xia" and "Little Tina" by him.