Super Righteous Player
Chapter 488 - 29: Nightmare: Wizard Kill, Pass!_1

Chapter 488: Chapter 29: Nightmare: Wizard Kill, Pass!_1

Just as Delicious Wind Goose expected.

Although he was eloquent and instigated war... with everyone unwilling to expose their own ambitions, he was indeed voted off with a high number of votes the next day.

Along with a low humming sound and the clicking of mechanical gears, the room lifted him high—his chair instantly rose more than four meters high, nearly ejecting him into flight.

The nine buttons in front of him simultaneously lost their luster, and no matter how much he pressed them, there was no response.

"That’s fine."

Delicious Wind Goose sighed softly, sat in the chair, closed his eyes, and waited for his execution.

—All of this was for the necessary sacrifice.

Delicious Wind Goose’s goal had been perfectly achieved.

Among their trio, only Delicious Wind Goose was a civilian. Unless he fed this "kill" to his teammates, his participation was bound to be a freebie... just as staying motionless at home would be a freebie.

But under the deterrence of Delicious Wind Goose, the others had to use a round of voting to eliminate a civilian who had no ability to resist. Of course, they knew that Delicious Wind Goose might not be the Idol Wizard.

Yet after his death, the Idol Wizard, who was truly worth two lives, had been concealed.

If Defu reacted quickly, she should realize that the first person to converse with him was the real Idol Wizard. Then, what Defu needed to do was to avoid killing him... the focus was to let others do the killing.

By the third day, the others would have no choice but to vote off the person who had obtained two lives.

Although they themselves would stealthily kill at night, they still had to maintain a facade of restraint during the day.

Condemning others in secret while accusing others of being suspicious...

"This ritual is indeed quite interesting."

Delicious Wind Goose sighed.

Of course, his action was still a little late.

They did not enter as a four-man team, and they missed the opportunity on the first day, which directly made the start of the game very difficult. His efforts only brought the situation back to a stalemate.

Now Defu and Andersen were still at risk of death—in the nocturnal skirmishes, there was still a chance they could be attacked from behind. Even in defense, they could be murdered by two people collaborating.

Hope everything goes well...

Hope the two of them are fine.

"...Hm?"

Delicious Wind Goose waited for a long time, but did not receive his execution.

The room creaked for a long while, but there were no other signs of activity.

He only heard a faint hissing sound... as if some gas was slowly being injected into the room.

"So it’s really not instant death, huh..."

Delicious Wind Goose exclaimed.

He never expected that his previous random speculations would actually be correct.

Only after victory and defeat were decided would life and death be settled together.

However, this was a reasonable speculation as well.

If participants were killed as soon as their characters died—then by saving skill use for last, one could avoid most chances of being killed. If the skill was not used, it can be considered as "staying still," so there wouldn’t be a special need to indicate "defense."

In other words, one doesn’t know they’ve been killed at the time it happens... Only under this condition would the Wizards feel safe to use their skills. And hence, there would be Wizards who didn’t use their skills.

Though this was not a logical game, Delicious Wind Goose still used logic when hypothesizing the hidden rules of the game.

Looking back, that makes sense.

If even such speculative guesses were wrong, others would immediately suspect that Delicious Wind Goose was the rookie.

But there was no other way. To ensure the power of his words, Delicious Wind Goose could only speak unequivocally, leaving no leeway for himself; only then would his words carry "weight."

"...Is it a hypnotic gas?"

But it seemed not quite like that...

Soon, Delicious Wind Goose, sitting in the chair, started to feel weak.

His limbs began to tingle and turn cold. His breathing became rapid, but still, he found it hard to catch his breath.

Quickly, he started to feel dizzy, his vision blurring and his head buzzing with a metallic sound. His ears seemed to be filled with the sound of waves, each tide causing intense pain in his ears.

...I see.

An idea flashed through Delicious Wind Goose’s mind.

The losers would not just do nothing—how long they could endure in this poisonous gas was their test.

In the dim, lightless room, with his legs firmly tied to the chair,

fortunately, he could watch the barrage of messages.

As Delicious Wind Goose gradually lost consciousness,

he suddenly came to—

[Main Quest: Achieve "Game" Victory (Completed)]

[At least one team member must survive to the end (Completed)]

[The entire team’s victory conditions must not conflict (Uncompleted)]

[Do not allow the "Idol Wizard" to achieve victory (Completed)]

...Ah, cleared it.

Indeed, Teacher Defu did not let him down.

"Let’s do three runs in one go—"

But he still had to deal with Eck Shattered.

That guy was a dangerous character.

No sooner had this thought crossed Delicious Wind Goose’s mind,

the data in front of his eyes was still appearing rapidly:

[Nightmare Purified]

[Purified the nightmare with a designated identity, rating increased]

[Did not complete all branch nightmares, rating decreased]

[Uncovered the true nature of the ritual, rating increased]

[Comprehensive Rating—C]

[Gained 110 public experience points, Perception +1]

[Your Perception stat exceeds 10 points, meeting the conditions for a special reward]

[Gained dungeon clearance reward: Obtained the profession (Wizard Apprentice), level 1]

[Wizard Apprentice is your second profession; the experience required to increase your level using public experience points is 200%]

[Warning: If "Wizard Apprentice" advances to the Transcendent profession "Wizard", you must raise its professional level to 30 before attempting to advance to Gold]

[Based on your soul attributes, you have been assigned the school of: Idol]

[You have learned the Order Spell: Flash Technique]

"...Huh?"

Delicious Wind Goose was momentarily stunned.

What the fuck?

This nightmare can actually lead to a change of profession?

As long as the attributes are met and the nightmare is cleared successfully, one can change profession to a Wizard?

For real?

So this is where one "moonlights" from?

Delicious Wind Goose was totally shocked—not just him, the chat was also going crazy at this scene.

"—Fuck fuck fuck, open the teleport point fast!"

"—It’s over, we just opened a nightmare group here. We can’t spare any manpower this week!"

"—We can’t spare any on our end either!"

"—What are you animals fighting over! Luckily, our team is close to Nata County, we can get there the day after tomorrow..."

"—Hey hey hey, those who arrive first, don’t play too many times. Once you’re inducted, hurry up and leave, leaving some chances for those behind who want to change profession."

Though it was just for a Wizard Apprentice... The requirements were low!

Players started with a standard five points in each attribute aside from their special talents. That meant they just needed to run the nightmare five times to reliably raise their Perception to ten points.

Ten free attribute points!

It’s practically a job change entrance specially prepared for new players!

Plus, considering that it’s only the level of Wizard Apprentice, this is actually a good thing!

Once the highest level profession has advanced smoothly, subsequent professions can advance without much hassle... just clear a nightmare once and you could advance.

But if you do not advance, it won’t become a burden.

Advancing to Gold seems to require all Transcendent professions to reach the maximum level of 30... For dual Transcendent professions, this means needing three times the experience to advance to Gold.

Unless under special circumstances, players definitely wouldn’t choose this.

But if it’s just an apprentice profession... Rogues can take advantage of an invisibility skill, Hunters can snag a pet, and the attribute increases are almost not that high.

But Wizard Apprentice is different!

—Maxing out Wizard Apprentice would allow equipping four spells! And the apprentice level demands little experience... it could even open up one’s own Mana Pool.

Although the spells aren’t powerful, they win with utility and flexibility. Plus, they come with the bonus of ten Perception points.

And if you want to increase strength, physique, or agility, just exercise—yet Perception is only improved by clearing nightmares. Other than the will attribute, Perception is the most precious.

Even Annan felt exhilarated looking at it... he had already closed his live stream. It was only after seeing the forum suddenly stirring up that he got curious and checked the rewards Delicious Wind Goose had received.

It was his first time seeing a nightmare that directly rewarded a profession.

Honestly, Annan was a bit tempted.

But he wasn’t coveting the Wizard Apprentice side job... His own Wizard profession had already reached the silver stage.

Annan was mostly coveting the designer of this ritual.

If he could come up with a Wizard conversion ritual, couldn’t he also create a ritual for the lost Martial Monk profession? And he might also hold the craftsmanship skills for demon’s blood.

This Eck Shattered... was indeed talented!

How about figuring out how to recruit him?