Super Righteous Player
Chapter 770 - 311: The Sixth Mirror_1

Chapter 770: Chapter 311: The Sixth Mirror_1

Professor Wolf Frederick.

Bone Healer Seti.

Winter Reverser Vladimir.

——And then there’s Selicia, who has now defected to Annan’s side... or rather, has turned from darkness to light.

The lines beneath the water surfaced, and the fragments of truth were pieced back together... The many connections between these four Gold-rank Transcendents had become clear.

Annan had already learned of the connection between Professor Wolf and the Bone Healer in the Gemini nightmare; he had been spoiled by the Tragedian about the true identity of Selicia, and thus learned of her relationship with Vladimir.

Now Annan could finally confirm that there was indeed a connection between the "Bone Healer" and the "Winter Reverser" as well.

Add to that the connection between the Saltpeter Ranch and the Brotherhood of the Deep North; the Winter Reverser, a devotee of The Worm, and the Brotherhood of the Deep North, which practiced Worm rituals; the Melvin family’s "Gold Refining Project" and the Brotherhood’s "Satiation of Gold" plan; the Bone Healer and his student "Fearless Saint" Alfonso... and even possibly stretching from Alfonso to Naifertali, implicating the Sporogenesis Mill and Black Widow.

——Everything up to now had interlinked, albeit subtly.

It no longer mattered who marked the beginning of it all or who was the thread that could untangle this complicated mess.

Fate is but the ruts of the celestial chariot.

If all of this is within the scope of "fate".

Then Annan had a bold hypothesis...

——His last mirror could very well be this "Winter Reverser" Vladimir.

After bidding farewell to Alfonso, Annan stood at the door, holding the tricolor scepter, deep in thought.

At this moment, Jacob, now awkwardly dressed in Hand of Winter attire, came over.

"——Jacob."

As soon as he entered the gate, Annan called him over.

"...Your Majesty, what do you need?"

Jacob seemed somewhat anxious upon hearing that the North Lands nobility was under relentless attack and arrest by Frost Beast forces.

"’Beautiful’ is superfluous."

Annan scolded, pausing with the tricolor scepter, and then asked, "You must have read books similar to ’On the Eighth Aspect of the Sun’, right?"

"Yes! If it concerns the field of Mr. Radiance, I have also read ’Morning Light and Twilight’ and ’Sunset Time: Our Brightest Light’..."

Speaking of ritual studies, Jacob, who was indeed skilled as a "Burglar", became visibly animated.

"Then let me ask you... apart from ’On the Eighth Aspect of the Sun’, do you know of any descriptions concerning the Fourth and the Sixth Daylights?"

Annan inquired.

There were still three mirrors that Annan lacked.

The thought-body of that Nicholas, the one now acting in the name of Nicholas II, was his fourth mirror; the "Eternal Maiden" Ingrid was his seventh mirror, competing with him for the Book of the Celestial Chariot... If Annan’s guess was correct, then the Winter Reverser Vladimir might just be his sixth mirror.

According to ’On the Eighth Aspect of the Sun’, the Fourth Daylight is the illusory light reflected in the eyes when the flesh passes worlds, the Sixth Daylight is the ever-splitting and aggregating light, and the Seventh Daylight refers to the light seen when the soul enters the realm of light — which is also the origin of the term "realm of light".

The "Eternal Maiden" being the seventh mirror made sense... for she was after the Celestial Chariot itself.

But the connection between the fourth and the sixth mirrors seemed less direct.

However, Annan suddenly thought... maybe this is because he didn’t thoroughly understand the Fourth and the Sixth Daylights?

Facing Annan’s inquiry, Jacob thought for a moment and quickly replied, "If you are referring to more secretive knowledge... The Fourth Daylight might be interpreted as the illusory light that blinds those crossing worlds, making travelers see nothing, but it could also be understood as a form of protection, hence the ’Light of the Unknowable’."

"Protection?"

"Yes... Theoretically, the instant of entering the new world is the moment of greatest pressure and danger during the process of world traversal. Just like when using a teleportation ritual, one always feels dizzy... Even when constructing a teleportation conduit or overlapping gates, there is always some degree of dizziness felt, what is referred to as ’Vertigo Syndrome’."

...So that was it.

If the essence of the Fourth Daylight is "to evade surplus cognition" as the unknowable, then Annan knew what he had in common with Nicholas II.

Annan did not have the memories from his first cycle to prevent the deep, dark memories from staining him and causing him to lose the light in his eyes.

The negative debuffs of the Winter’s Heart, and the many dark and effective methods employed by Young Annan, if known to the current Annan, would interfere with his cognition.

"Nicholas II" was the same. His essence was an entity of Nicholas’s yearning... Not even a soul, but merely a phantom spirit made of fragmented, edited memories.

This was, in practice, a form of protection—The phantom spirit named ’Nicholas,’ without Nicholas’s own madness and evil character, and not like the artificial ’Nicholas II’ who only had the original’s memories and abilities, yet his thought processes were mechanical, his desires weak.

Because this memory was blocked, he became a kind soul.

Annan suddenly remembered what the Faceless Poet had said to him:

"The Nicholas Plan was proposed by the Silver Baron and Yawen; and the reason you are who you are today is because you proposed that plan yourself. It was after seeing the full extent of that plan that you got the inspiration... and made up your mind to cast away your memories."

"If I’ve said this much and you still can’t guess what your plan was back then... it means it’s not the right time yet."

"...I finally understand."

Annan took a deep breath.

This Fourth Mirror—from the start, was chosen by Annan himself!

It was after learning about the Nicholas Plan that he decided to decisively act, completely erasing his own memories. In doing so, he built a purely good Annan... and directly picked ’Nicholas,’ who would be destroyed after completing the mission, to be his mirror!

He even took his own calculations into account.

Annan suddenly felt somewhat subtle.

The me before losing my memories was just like the Swordsman Tower before its amnesia, both so mighty... They were strenghts that even I could not comprehend.

No wonder, at that time the Faceless Poet said "It’s not the right time yet."

This poet who revealed secrets, had indeed already said far too much.

"And the Sixth Daylight?"

Having received a satisfactory answer, Annan continued to inquire, "The light churning within the sun, constantly splitting and merging... What does it also signify?"

"That’s simple, because the Sixth Daylight has only one interpretation."

Jacob immediately answered, "This splitting and merging actually refers to ’things have one end, through one beginning.’

"It represents ’giving,’ ’charity,’ ’assistance,’ ’unity,’ and other positive attributes associated with cohesion and reciprocity, hinting at the power of ’one for all, all for one.’ It is the light of civilization bursting forth from ’collective and society.’

"And what differentiates it from the Sixth Daylight is an ancient adage—’Those who grow by consuming themselves can never reach the end.’ It can be understood as, ’Do not consume your potential for growth,’ or ’Do not isolate yourself, do not hesitate to ask for help from others’..."

...So the Sixth Daylight represents the light of civilization.

Annan took a deep breath.

Then everything became clear.

His Sixth Mirror, the last mirror, was indeed the Worm Cultist who grew by devouring the world, consuming civilization...

—The Winter Reverser, Vladimir!