Super Righteous Player
Chapter 597 - 138 Infinite Tragedy Replay_1

Chapter 597: Chapter 138 Infinite Tragedy Replay_1

All the meaning behind Frederick Melvin was for that one nightmare "with Justus in existence".

It could be seen from the nightmare.

From the very beginning, it was Justus whom Professor Gray had his eye on... and not Frederick, who had reached the silver rank at such a young age.

Because since that time, Professor Gray already knew.

——Frederick Melvin would eventually be killed by his own hand.

Therefore, teaching him was a meaningless task.

Murdering Ingrid in front of Justus.

And later, murdering Frederick.

Everything was for the purpose of creating an incredibly real nightmare that could deceive the eyes... designed to make Justus lose himself in the nightmare, confusing dream and reality.

"Justus confused reality with his dreams and saw in the nightmare ’another possibility for Frederick.’ As the story progressed, triggered by the butterfly effect of Ingrid being saved, ’Frederick’s’ fate still headed towards its end... and Justus, in furious rage, sought help from the teacher he trusted, ’Professor Gray’ Tricino Seti.

"He was ’sent to the past’ by Seti. Or rather, he thought he arrived at the past. But in fact, it was still just part of the ’plot’ of Frederick’s nightmare... Justus had entered a dream within a dream.

"He killed Ingrid. He let history return to its ’proper’ place and still became The Unfallen Shield, joining forces with a living Frederick to undertake a mission in the Ashen Rift—exactly the turn of events he had hoped for."

From the very start, what Justus had hoped for... was not to come to the Ashen Rift to collect a friend’s dead body.

It was this very "reluctance to accept" that allowed Professor Gray to blur his reality with his dreams.

But the longer he stayed in the Ashen Rift.

The more evident the unease lurking in Justus’s subconscious became.

He gradually realized he might be dreaming. That’s why the town suddenly became deserted.

But in fact, the one who awakened was not him.

It was the "traitor".

——As they walked down the street, Frederick was suddenly killed.

Justus was, of course, furious beyond measure.

He would rush over at all costs and kill the attacker— even if that person was another version of himself.

"That’s because Justus subconsciously realized... perhaps it was he himself who had killed Frederick."

And so he had to fight to the death with "another self".

No matter the outcome, there would only be one person left in this empty world.

That would be "Justus".

People who die in dreams, of course, revive on the surface.

He existed in the dream within Frederick’s nightmare, and could only wake from the layer above—

And the characteristic of this nightmare, was "replay".

Once dead, there would be a loss of memory and a [replay].

——In other words, an endlessly repeating tragedy.

"Do you remember," Annan said to the Delicious Goose, "Naifertali mentioned that in her nightmare, ’Frederick’ died three times.

"The first time was when he was crushed to death by a building trying to save Ingrid; the second time was when he was killed in the street by another Justus. So what about the third time?"

Annan stared into the void in front of him and slowly said, "The third time, it was after waking up from the dream within a dream.

"That is, when Justus reawakened in front of ’Dream Eater’ Tricino Seti from the dream. That is, the timeline where Ingrid did not die, and Frederick was just recently killed.

"What decision would Justus, who had lost his memory and returned to the beginning, make then?"

"...He would go back to the past without knowing anything,"

The voice of the Delicious Goose trembled slightly.

Once again going through a cycle identical to the previous one.

Once again returning to the Ashen Rift...

Just as the Proverb left by Justus stated.

[A fleeting rage. An endless regret.]

Perhaps that "Justus who had betrayed" Frederick was the Justus who had truly realized everything through countless Cycles.

That is, "Awakened" Justus.

The Justus who realized it was just a nightmare and recalled the Proverb left by Frederick at the beginning—

[Life is the prison of death... death is the hymn of life.]

That was the Proverb Frederick left for the Purifier at the start of the nightmare.

If taken literally, it meant... when "life" comes to an end, "death" breaks free from its cage. Its existence is to praise the "life" that imprisons it.

So who is the living?

Justus.

Who is the dead?

Frederick.

His meaning was simple— as soon as Justus died, "Frederick" would be reborn.

But Frederick’s soul had been completely used to construct the nightmare.

He could not possibly be resurrected.

What would resurrect was merely the name "Frederick."

Unfortunately, Justus, confused between reality and dreams, did not hear this clue.

Or rather, even if he had heard it, he wouldn’t have cared.

The moment Justus, enraged by witnessing Frederick’s death within the nightmare, sought power to kill Ingrid and save Frederick... he had already caused a deeper tragedy for Frederick.

And the only "enlightened one," Justus, hid the fact that he had regained his memory. He requested Tricino to "return to the past."

He wanted to kill the Frederick in the dream.

To make Frederick the one who is ["dead"].

Then, he, who was imprisoned, would be freed and reborn—

That was also the "exit" from the nightmare after Frederick’s death.

Which was to ["kill Frederick"].

But this exit was blocked.

By himself.

This "enlightened one," Justus, because of the "recurring" nature of the nightmare, lost the most important piece of memory.

...Which was the countless times he had been killed by another "Justus."

Why did Justus and Frederick suddenly enter the "deserted alley"?

Because the "enlightened one" Justus had come to the Cinder Barrens.

He, too, was Justus.

And he had known for a long time that this place was a dream.

So he wanted to kill the false Frederick and release himself.

His own enlightenment when conscious, in turn, became the last piece of the puzzle for the paradox of the infinite loop.

"...Just like in ’Triangle,’" he said.

The Tasty Wind Goose finally understood everything.

And it sent chills down his spine.

This was a scene... a grand, infinitely recurring tragedy.

Frederick and Ingrid were just props in this play.

This was a [solo act].

The hero and the demon king were the same person.

Annan slowly said, "Do you remember?

"I told you before that the power of the idol wizard moves with the title. We thought that ’Professor Wolf’ Frederick called himself that way to steal the power of ’Professor Ash.’ And we now know that Professor Wolf is Professor Ash."

Why, when Annan asked Benjamin if "Professor Wolf was stealing the Mirror’s power," did Benjamin not respond similarly, instead ambiguously conceding?

The entire truth was already hidden in that sentence—

The one stealing the Mirror’s power was actually Professor Ash. But after Professor Ash stole the power of the "Mirror"...

One part of him—that part that was "Professor Ash," woke up using Frederick’s body and became the Wolf Professor "Frederick"!

Why did Professor Ash suddenly lose his Elemental Power?

Because the Elemental Power was transferred to "Professor Wolf"!

Why did Professor Ash rename himself "The Bone Healer," while Wolf Professor became a follower of the Tragedy Writer?

Because Tricino Seti’s original purpose was to use the nightmare with the ["Mirror"] attribute to separate the wizard "The Bone Healer" from the Pope "Wolf Professor"!

The Wolf Professor became the mentor to wolf people.

Not for revenge.

But truly to elevate the status of the werewolves.

Because the Tragedy Writer was the god of werewolves himself—serving as the Pope of the Tragedy Writer was his rightful tribute.

"And this scene of [infinite reincarnation of tragedy] is the drama that Tricino Seti directed himself to offer to the Tragedy Writer—so the Tragedy Writer could help him, to plunder power from the future gods," Annan explained.