Super Righteous Player
Chapter 1119 - 172 Arthur’s Heart of Emptiness

Chapter 1119: Chapter 172 Arthur’s Heart of Emptiness

Ingrid’s ritual had never been set upon herself from the very start—it was placed upon "Selicia" who was acting as a substitute!

Why did Ingrid suddenly begin to drag her feet?

What exactly is the mystery behind "victory by simply stalling"?

In truth, it had nothing to do with where she herself was, or what she did...

Even if Annan led the players to defeat all of Ingrid’s followers, it would be of no avail.

Those menacing "ex-boyfriend Legion" were merely substitutes thrown out to attract Annan’s attention.

That was Ingrid’s conspiracy—or rather, a part of the "ritual."

Starting with "Venomhand," to that ship "laden" with demon blood... Ingrid had been hinting to Annan that she had many subordinates, and special techniques targeted at the players.

This was precisely to get Annan to call the players over.

And if Annan wanted to conceal the players’ existence, he had to call back the silver Legion—or rather, mainly Ofelia Danisoya.

Likewise because Annan was a good person... He couldn’t possibly treat Selicia as a bargaining chip to be sold to Ofelia. So he would surely call everyone back together.

When Arthur Roaring Fang, who had awakened and severed all ties with "Solomonik," came together once more with Selicia, Ingrid’s ritual had already begun to take effect!

"I think, you must have realized it by now..."

Annan looked meaningfully at Arthur.

"Why was ’Selicia’ the first to contact you? The reason is simple, because the true target Wolf Professor had his eyes on—was you. The others were merely decoys to distract the gods. Or rather, they were there to ’compete’ for Selicia with you, to catalyze the ’love’ in your heart.

"——So, what is special about you?"

Arthur fell silent.

His expression turned cloudy and uncertain, his nails clenched tightly, digging deeply into his palm. His blood flowed out, dropping to the ground, and with "a burning passion" easily melted and ignited the floor.

Yet the coldness spreading out from Annan instantly extinguished and froze the ignited floor.

He was not a fool.

Even among the "silver," aside from Lucia, who liked to keep secrets and her thoughts close to her chest without telling others, he was always the smartest one, always the one to give advice to others.

When Annan spoke halfway, he actually had already realized it.

It’s just that at that time, he didn’t quite want to acknowledge it.

And by the time Annan finished speaking.

Arthur knew... he couldn’t run away any longer.

"The reason why I was chosen, I guess is because... I actually really know Ingrid."

Arthur Roaring Fang slowly said: "If I’m not mistaken, she should be the Tower’s Child of this generation’s Lava Forbidden Tower!"

He finally understood everything.

His own life, full of pain and full of twists.

It was just a chess piece being played by others.

"...It has been like this from the start."

Arthur murmured: "Perhaps, from the moment I made contact with her... everything was already destined."

The greatest talent of an accomplished Destruction Wizard—was Arthur’s peace of mind that was so calm it was nearly void, the peace that wouldn’t truly get angry no matter what happened.

To prevent themselves from reaching the extremes of anger, the Roaring Fang family would cultivate their "arrogance" from a young age. Only when they considered many things as "I don’t care" could they be considered controllable Destruction Wizards and not human-shaped nuclear bombs.

But even so...

Deep within Arthur’s near void-like heart, there was still a flame of anger gradually coming to life.

Not merely about his talent being stripped away.

All the people around him, everyone he knew, were just chess pieces freely manipulated by the chess master. It could even be said that they were harmed because of Arthur...

——Their lives, because of his existence, were altered, headed towards a wrong path.

The mere fact of "underperforming oneself and causing teammates trouble" would cause Arthur immense embarrassment.

And the fact that just "existing" brought harm to others...

was something the proud Arthur absolutely could not tolerate.

"——Not only that."

Annan calmly replied: "It’s also because you—have nothing at all.

"You actually don’t hope for anything. Amongst the entire Silver Brigade, only you are an anomaly... You hardly aspire for anything."

Annan said this and raised his voice: "Recall the nightmare in the Elegy Duchy. Among you all, only Arthur—only his desire, ’logically can be reached.’

"And besides him, everyone else’s deepest desires, all require ’twisting one’s life from the very beginning.’ That is to say, only a ’life do-over’ or ’in another parallel universe’ could those things be fulfilled.

"Only Arthur—he needs nothing.

"Because his life was actually quite complete. His initial wish was to become the Tower Master in accordance with others’ expectations. But by the time Arthur left his family, he had actually ceased to yearn for that position.

"In other words, Arthur’s desire is ’empty.’

"He originally had the potential to advance to Gold. Because if Ingrid had not intervened, he would have been the Tower’s Child of this generation... and this is enough to prove his talent.

"He failed to become the Tower Master not because he suddenly turned into some useless male protagonist. The disappearance of his ’Scar of Blaze Tooth’ is the least important reason... The fact that he was framed and injected with demon blood is the most crucial issue."

Demon blood is a very rare cursed material, only obtainable through close contact with the fallen.

And indeed, demon blood could enhance the effects of destruction spells.

——Most importantly, there were indeed those within the Roaring Fang family who had pledged themselves to the fallen.

Not just one or two, but about one-fourth of them had chosen the path of corruption.

Typically, they were those with weaker wills, unable to control their destructive desires brought about by learning destruction spells, succumbing to their urges and accidentally killing people or destroying important buildings.

For ordinary Transcendents, this wasn’t much of a problem.

But destruction wizards generally act as "mediators" and become authoritative figures.

If they killed innocently, they would no longer have the authority to mediate.

In other words——they would be out of a job from then on, at least unable to enter the Dennisiowa Privy Council anymore. Not even the "Members’ Meeting" would be possible... they would fall directly back to being mortals.

Because of this, many simply chose to give up.

After all, the increasingly strong desire for destruction was beyond control, and they couldn’t turn back having already killed—so they might as well defect and vent their desire for destruction freely as mercenaries.

But wizards who had reached the rank of silver could no longer turn back to the path of corruption. Thus, many among them could never truly become fallen ones throughout their lives—so they would train their own children to choose the path of corruption at the bronze rank, instead of the "ascetic path of self-denial."

This led to the formation of another lineage.

They were scattered abroad, far from the immense power controlled by the Roaring Fang family, but could still be considered "Roaring Fang." Because of the Roaring Fang family’s very distinct physical traits, many of their crimes also ended up attributed to the Roaring Fang lineage.

Therefore, the topic of "the fallen" was very tense and sensitive for the Roaring Fang side.

Although it was highly probable that Arthur, being so unlucky, hadn’t done anything and was just framed... even the mere possibility of "colluding with traitors" could not be trusted by the Elders.

Because what if that’s exactly what those fallen ones thought, that because it’s unlikely, Arthur must be innocent and framed, and they deliberately let Arthur return to the family?

That was also entirely possible.

"That is to say, Arthur’s talent was not diminished in the slightest. It was just due to political considerations that he was deprived of the possibility to inherit the Wizard’s Tower."

Annan slowly said: "Precisely because of this, his youthful wish... that is, the wish to ’inherit the position of the Tower Master and personally make this country better,’ could not be realized.

"Since then, Arthur lost his ’Golden Soul.’

"And as long as Arthur is once again filled with desire... he can advance to Gold at any time.

"Then, under what circumstances ... would Arthur once again possess the longing for power? Especially since this desire stems from ’his love for Selicia.’"

Annan’s pointed gaze drifted towards Ofelia.

——Without a doubt.

It was

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