Super Righteous Player
Chapter 1068 - 126 The Death of the Charioteer

Chapter 1068: Chapter 126 The Death of the Charioteer

Her demeanor was completely different from that of the Paper Princess and the Faceless Poet, even from the True Gods like the Silver Baron.

When Yawen decided to reveal his secrets to Annan, he did not speak in riddles or give any hints.

He simply and clearly laid out everything Annan needed to know in one go. What he knew was straightforward, and what he didn’t know, he admitted outright—if Annan didn’t understand, Yawen even took the time to explain further.

——Without a doubt, this was Yawen’s trust in him.

He believed that even if Annan learned this information prematurely... his thoughts would neither become chaotic nor his judgment swayed, nor would he be greedy to solve the problem at its root, thus falling into an even more dangerous situation.

On one hand, the Paper Princess did not want Annan to miss out on the "Radiant Sovereign" profession, so she hinted that Annan needed to obtain the "Heart of Justice" before reaching the Gold rank; on the other hand, she was uncertain whether this would change Annan’s fate and bring unexpected negative consequences she hadn’t foreseen.

Indeed, she knew some things. But while wanting to speak, she dared not to.

It was truly uncomfortable to hold back so much.

But Yawen had none of these scruples.

He told Annan what he asked and even what he did not—what was known was made clear, and he didn’t speak in riddles about what was unknown, but said straight out that he didn’t know.

For example, the true reason for the Charioteer’s death...

Given the Charioteer’s popularity and significance, although Sisyphus shattered his dao heart on the spot... those deities who were not yet "True Gods" at the time surely were not satisfied with this answer and must have conducted their own investigations.

In response to Annan’s inquiry, Yawen gave a crisp reply: "Yes, we did investigate.

"After all, the fall of the Charioteer directly led to the birth of the ’Path of the Fallen’ and ’Demons.’ It was an unexpected variable for the entire world.

"But we just couldn’t find the ’murderer.’ Or rather, at least in that world, there was no murderer to be found."

"...No murderer? So it wasn’t an assassination?"

"Yes. At least in that era, in that world, there was no murderer. Beyond that, there are only two facts we can be certain of—"

Yawen said earnestly, "First, the Charioteer did not die of natural causes. Although some records about her began to disappear upon her death, it did not affect our memory—in the moments before her passing, she gave us no warning and did not foresee such a possibility herself. Even Skuld and Ananke had absolutely no premonition, they saw no such future.

"Even Ananke’s eyes of fate, capable of seeing through everything, didn’t understand what exactly happened at that time—the Charioteer was just laughing and chatting with Sisyphus a few seconds earlier when she suddenly paused, her face showing shock as if she had seen or thought of something.

"But before she had a chance to say anything, she simply closed her eyes, lost her life outright, and shattered to pieces. As if a puppet had broken into sections.

"The light in her eyes and hair dimmed, the out-of-control Charioteer plummeted from its zenith. ’The third dawn extinguished like fire’—this phrase hints at the process of the Charioteer’s fall.

"The Charioteer was once the deity of stars and the moon—each star represented a god she personally sent to the realm of light; and the moon was the tunnel leading to the realm of light. But after her fall, the moon lost its magical nature... the points of light bursting from her became the many new translucent stars in the sky.

"Since then, with every new deity, a translucent star would light up. This is why in recent years no new gods have arisen—because the places she had arranged for were almost completely filled."

"Wait, you said ’last’..."

Annan realized something, "Did the Charioteer still have some consciousness left at that time?"

"Yes. She and Sisyphus were just a hairbreadth away from the gate to the realm of light—yet after the Charioteer fell, Sisyphus managed to return directly to this world.

"The realm of light is not close by. It’s not a place in this world, but another world—the location of this world’s ’perfection.’ Just as a beam of light shines through a gem with countless facets, projecting a gorgeous shadow on its other side, this world is part of the shadow, and the Charioteer was meant to transport people into the ’gem.’

"If one were to lose the Charioteer there, even if Sisyphus had successfully entered the realm of light, he would never be able to return.

"That’s the second secret.

"If the Charioteer truly died in an instant, then the Charioteer should never have fallen back into our world, and Sisyphus would have been lost in the Otherworld.

"In the moment before her fall, it seems she suddenly became aware of something. She set the Charioteer to ’automatic mode’ and let it return the way it came. This at least suggests that she had not completely ’vanished’ after shattering."

Yawen spoke earnestly, "Actually, I have some speculations of my own, but since there’s no reliable evidence, I never mentioned them to the others... But I think you, as the Charioteer, have the right to know more.

"You better just consider it a ’possibility,’ I can’t be certain of the accuracy of this speculation..."

He warned Annan beforehand and then took a deep breath, saying earnestly, "I believe that the Charioteer isn’t really dead.

"She wasn’t ’killed by an attack.’ Although her body broke apart, there wasn’t any ’missing’ part. Because I was the one who gathered all her body parts and sewed them together, then planted it inside the world—it was a very complete corpse, without missing a speck.

"If we were to use mortals as an analogy, it would be ’suddenly losing a soul’ or ’the heart stopping.’

"But deities don’t have structures like ’souls’ and ’organs.’ It doesn’t matter if their heads are cut off or chopped into numerous pieces; it’s not fatal.

"So, I thought, why did she break into pieces? There must be a reason behind it."

"If it’s not an external attack... could it be from within?"

Annan frowned tightly, "Could it be..."

"It’s not The Worm."

Yawen answered straightforwardly, "It’s definitely not The Worm.

"Strictly speaking, The Worm is actually another aspect of the Charioteer. Just as a mortal, if their soul doesn’t completely dissipate, naturally has a chance to become a Specter. The Charioteer, being so powerful and dying so thoroughly, left so much behind [after her fall]... that’s why The Worm was born and managed to ’burst forth’ successfully."

"That is to say, The Worm actually has all the memories of the Charioteer?"

"...Yes."

Yawen fell silent for a moment before continuing: "But from the moment The Worm was born, it was filled with hatred for us.

"Hatred for deities. Hatred for civilization. Hatred for the entire world.

"——The more the Charioteer had loved this world once, the more The Worm hated it."