Super Righteous Player
Chapter 377 - 374: Dragon Language Dictionary_1

Chapter 377: Chapter 374: Dragon Language Dictionary_1

Apart from "Harold’s Antique Shop," a materials shop that operates officially and is openly located near the royal palace,

Lady Paper Princess also took Annan to the Saint Bernie District, where underground trades are dense, and found the less formal but reliable "Old Daddy’s Grocery" and "Alberta’s Used Books."

The owners of these two shops had both purchased paintings from Paper Princess, thus they were very courteous to Annan, who could hold Paper Princess’s hand, starting with a permanent discount of 15% off all goods, allowing him to purchase anything he fancied.

When Annan heard the name, he thought for a moment that Vasily had opened a branch in the Royal Capital.

But when he asked, it turned out to be almost true—the shop was opened by a former apprentice of "Old Daddy." Hearing that Annan knew "Old Daddy," the man immediately offered to give Annan an additional 10% discount.

The materials here were far fewer than at "Harold’s Antique Shop." But the shopkeeper had taken an oath of secrecy, swearing "to never disclose secrets" or else he would perish in flames. Whatever was purchased from him wouldn’t be leaked, and he had extremely stringent surveillance countermeasures in place, making it an absolutely safe underground shop.

Whereas anything bought from "Harold’s Antique Shop" would certainly be reported up the chain.

This was precisely why Paper Princess brought Annan here.

"Alberta’s Used Books," ostensibly, is an old bookstore that trades in used, rare, and precious books. But in reality, they also secretly deal in mystical knowledge.

This is a genuinely illegal shop.

From there, Annan bought a copy of "On the Eighth Aspect of the Sun" and "The Birth and Initial Circulation of Silver Coins," intending to learn about the rituals associated with Mr. Radiance and the Silver Baron.

After all, his relationship with the Silver Baron was still very good.

Learning rituals related to the Silver Baron would be useful, both in reality and in nightmares...and Annan was indeed a bit curious about the Silver Baron’s true name.

Even if it was only to use it for future contact with the Silver Baron,

Merely uttering the true name would make the Silver Baron sense it—and the name itself could also be incorporated into rituals as a material.

The same was true for "Mr. Radiance."

This winter, Annan intended to perform the ritual "Winter’s Breath." If he added Mr. Radiance’s true name to it, it would further strengthen the effect of the ritual.

Mr. Radiance also possessed a domain of purification and had the ability to purify the undead and demons. For Annan, who might have to confront demons later, this was a fine ability to prepare.

Beyond that, Annan managed to get a somewhat worn ancient language dictionary.

Unexpected yet logical... Annan discovered that the language paired with this dragon language dictionary was none other than "Frost Speech," which he had not mastered long ago.

But this made perfect sense.

The power of the Frostspeaker is inherently connected to Elder Grandmother. When Annan mastered Frost Speech but still couldn’t interpret Elder Grandmother’s words...he probably knew that Elder Grandmother was using the dragon language.

And he briefly flipped through the dictionary—he had been prioritizing the book about Mr. Radiance these past two days, so he had put it aside for now. From this dictionary, Annan discovered one thing: "Frost Speech" might have evolved directly from the dragon language.

Just like the relationship between French and Latin.

The dragon language is very complicated; it has a tonal quality, similar to masculine or feminine, and if pronounced correctly, it has the ability to manipulate corresponding temperatures. For example, raising or lowering the temperature.

This is perhaps why, among the True Gods, the only two dragons are Elder Grandmother and Father of Fire.

Representing the two True Gods of ice and fire—

"Hmm?"

At that moment, Annan suddenly pondered and looked into the distance.

By Annan’s side, Paper Princess, holding his hand, keenly sensed the slight pause in the young man’s steps.

She immediately stopped, turned around, and asked with concern, "What’s wrong?

Did you see something you want to buy? Just speak up, I’ve still got some money."

"...No, of course not."

Annan quickly shook his head.

Lady Paper Princess was short on cash herself, so he felt embarrassed to ask her for money.

However, Annan saw on the forum that Jiu’er seemed to be asking for help... So he immediately switched to Jiu’er’s perspective.

Then he saw a familiar face.

—Bernardino Treshaw.

Jiu’er’s soul was effortlessly extracted from her body by his power; and the player’s body was made by the power of the Book of the Celestial Chariot. The moment Jiu’er’s soul left her body, her body lost its life, hence she was counted as dead once.

Under normal circumstances, she should have immediately received a new body.

But under Bernardino’s restraint, Jiu’er still maintained her spiritual state.

This was the first time Annan had seen... someone who could prevent "player rebirth."

—A Gold-tier Spirit Tender.

He was simultaneously controlling dozens of spiritual bodies, including the souls of naturally transcendent species like demons and centaurs... This indicated that he could manipulate certain existences at will like Kafney, or read into the future at any time like a silver-tier Prophet Wizard. These were all things that could be achieved purely with the soul.

Annan even saw a soul dressed as a Ritualist. It must have been one of the finest Ritualists to catch his eye, allowing him to timely see through and counter other people’s rituals, or to follow the suggestions of a Ritualist to arrange immediate rituals.

And from the situation previously observed by Longjing Tea, the spirits enslaved by this old man could even directly interfere with the present world—

This was, in fact, something that was impossible to achieve.

Even the Pale Daughters had to manifest themselves from their spiritual state if they wanted to interfere with the present world.

To interfere with the present world without materializing... For Transcendents whose spiritual ranks were lower than these ghosts, this was akin to an undetectable knight of the dark holy chapel.

In addition to his ability to extract others’ souls from their bodies at will... and his two eyes of unknown magical powers.

—Bernardino was definitely an enemy that Annan could not contend with.

And judging from Bernardino’s inquiries, he indeed harbored clear hostility toward Annan.

As of now, this was a more dangerous enemy than Nicholas...

Annan was very aware of this.

So he directly chose another path:

"I need to go save one of my friends, Lady Paper Princess."

Annan immediately asked Lady Paper Princess for help at a rapid pace, "She’s nearby. The specific location is seven streets ahead and then two to the right. The enemy she’s facing is an old man who is a Spirit Tender, capable of pulling out others’ souls. This person is asking her about the Book of the Celestial Chariot—"

At first, Lady Paper Princess frowned tightly upon hearing Annan’s words.

But after she heard the full story, she immediately became serious.

"A Spirit Tender... Is it Bernardino?"

Lady Paper Princess murmured, "Why would he ask about the Book of the Celestial Chariot?"

Obviously, for such a rare profession, the profession name itself could almost precisely pinpoint the individual.

Especially since Bernardino himself was a Pope.

His relationship with the True Gods was much closer than that of ordinary people.

"Don’t be afraid."

After a brief reflection, Lady Paper Princess gave a succinct reply, "I’ll take care of it for you."

Then she grabbed Annan, and a piece of chalk emerged in her right hand.

In the next instant, Lady Paper Princess and Annan turned into white powder and vanished into thin air.