Super Righteous Player
Chapter 603 - 144 "Egg of Dream Condensation: Undying Sun"_1

Chapter 603: Chapter 144 "Egg of Dream Condensation: Undying Sun"_1

In that "Phantom Tower only visible to those who yearn," there was an abundance of deception.

And to deceive others better, one must first deceive oneself.

Thus, the apprentices in the Phantom Tower could, through a simple idol spell, excise parts of their memories and personalities and turn them into objects to hide away.

This spell could even be used by those who had not yet advanced to transcendent status. The upper limit of "facets" one could hold at a time was, however, closely related to one’s own strength.

By cutting parts of themselves away to a certain degree, they could precisely and controllably alter their personalities and thought processes.

For example, 70% of fear, 90% of rage, or 50% of greed, and so forth.

In this way, even if others were to pry into their memories, no flaws would be revealed, and when others tested their temperaments, they could very naturally demonstrate their own harmlessness.

Because this wasn’t acting, but a natural manifestation of their true selves.

Each identity could be woven into a "facet."

For example, if a person’s name was considered to be that of a philanthropist, then they could create a "philanthropist" facet, which could not contain any "greed" or "rage," as that would contradict the persona.

But they could store all their compassion, indecisiveness, and mercy into it. So as long as the main body didn’t use this cursed object, the personality would become exceptionally ruthless and decisive.

Similarly, to store one’s malice, one would first need to create an alter ego considered to be a villain. As long as these two identities could be successfully separated on a societal level, this spell would need only a three-stanza chant and a personal object.

In a sense... it was somewhat like a simplified version of "cutting away the Three Corpses."

However, after reaching the gold tier, this division would bring about genuine power.

Advanced separations, like those of Tricino Seti, could even grant different selves independent cognitive abilities. If one were to split various alter egos and store them all within the body... then it could become a true "multiple personality."

He could carry out a four-fold, eight-fold, or even twenty-something-fold segmented thinking about the same matter. It would increase his ability to handle affairs simultaneously and improve his thought speed, similar to the increase of CPU’s processing cores.

He could even store different thoughts, abilities, and even different types of elements in different identities. By switching identities, he could achieve "being all things to all men."

But if a gold-tier idol wizard were to release one of his thinking-capable identities...

The situation would be completely different.

Once this identity entered another body, it could be considered "released into the wild."

From then on, there would be no difference between the original and the offshoot. The status of both would be completely the same.

This was the highest level of "playing a role."

—Turning the fake into the real.

Although the "Dream Eater" and "Professor Gray" had been the same person, after his ritual succeeded... Bone Healer Seti and "Wolf Professor" Frederick had been completely divided into two genuine "people."

Their only connection was having a segment of "shared memory," knowing that the other used to be part of themselves. Even their previous memories were not entirely shared.

"This means... it’s possible that the teacher isn’t aware of what’s happening on the ’Wolf Professor’s’ side."

He might truly be innocent.

This latter half of the sentence, Naifertali did not say out loud.

It wasn’t that she feared it might cause Annan to have doubts about her...

But even she did not have the confidence to say such words with conviction anymore.

...Perhaps even she was beginning to doubt the teacher.

Losing herself in these thoughts, Naifertali became momentarily distracted.

On the other hand, Annan furrowed his brows, his thoughts leading him to something.

—Could the book that instantly killed Husky be the "reward" he won from the Phantom Tower?

Just as he thought of this, Husky and Thirteen Spices were slowly coming to.

Seeing their experience points suddenly increase by nearly twenty thousand, they both felt as if they had become rich overnight.

Destroying a Twisted Tier nightmare with 120 durability with one strike, each of them had gained eighteen thousand experience points.

These massive amounts of free experience not only allowed their Wizard apprentices to instantly advance to level ten, but likely even push them close to the next advancement after progressing.

— Advancing twice in a row in a short period and soaring to the Silver rank is not a dream!

What could possibly control their advancement speed was probably just the step of "meeting the advancement conditions."

"Speaking of which, Husky,"

Annan suddenly inquired of Husky, "How did you die in the end?

"Did you accidentally glance at the contents of that book? Did you have any special experiences when you died?"

"...I don’t really remember much."

The silver-haired girl with a single ponytail murmured while rubbing her eyes, pondering as she answered, "When I opened that book, I felt something rushing into my mind on its own. Then, right after I realized ’something is crawling into my brain damn it,’ I lost all memory."

"— That was an overload of mystical knowledge. Miss Husky’s soul hadn’t solidified yet, completely unable to bear knowledge of that level."

It was then that Benjamin emerged from the inner room.

He spoke gravely, "The ’Person in the Mirror’ asked me to thank you. His power has indeed been reclaimed.

"In addition to the Holy Light Imprints already paid to you, He owes you another favor. If there is a need, just call out to any of His names through that mirror... We will arrive immediately."

Although it was a nightmare delved by Husky and Thirteen Fragrances, Pope Benjamin did not hesitate to credit this favor to Annan.

This indicated that he probably knew something about the "players’" true nature...

It must have been relayed by the Person in the Mirror.

"I understand."

Annan nodded, responding solemnly.

His pupils didn’t move at all, giving people a sense of reliability with the composed countenance of Giralda.

He shifted the topic, "But you mentioned, mystical knowledge?

"Could you tell me, what domain and what level of mystical knowledge it pertains to?"

Actually, hearing this answer, Annan was somewhat relieved.

Justus’s physical resilience was truly incomprehensible.

If that book could directly obliterate his body, Annan would absolutely not dare to touch it.

But if it was because Husky’s soul rank was too low... then Annan was slightly intrigued by it.

While Husky was searching for things, Annan had seen the map of the Underground City—or rather, the subway lines. He still remembered the approximate location of the ceremony site.

Although the book might no longer be there or have been taken away already.

But... what if?

"Are you interested in that book?"

Benjamin was somewhat surprised.

He communicated silently with the mirror in his arms, then said, "If you wish, the Person in the Mirror can directly retrieve that book for you..."

"Ah, there’s no need for that."

Annan quickly intervened, "I know where it is. I was just a little curious... about what it’s generally about."

Using this favor for something like that would be a bit of a waste.

"I can tell you that level of information for free,"

Benjamin answered, "It’s the ’Egg of Dream Condensation: Undying Sun’ written by the Moth Mother’s hand. It’s not a top secret from the dawn of Genesis, but a record of a ’dream’ that the Moth Mother had, and also a key to one of the ends of the dream dimensions.

"...About the story of an Otherworld kingdom where ’from sunrise to sunset’ repeats the same day forever, and the sun never sets. Just as you guessed before: This was the ’stake’ he won from the Moth Mother within the Thousand-Faced Phantom Tower."