Super Righteous Player
Chapter 813 - 352: Quadruple Curse

Chapter 813: Chapter 352: Quadruple Curse

Annan suddenly remembered.

The reason Philip initially entered a state of near-death aging was because he "acquired some power" from a nightmare.

"— That’s it!"

Annan realized in a flash, "So, Philip wasn’t sacrificing half of his life through an ’unspeakable ritual’... It was because he accidentally purified a nightmare, which led to an enhancement of his [LV]!"

"And so, just as he acquired that bit of transcendent power through the nightmare, he began to age abnormally fast."

Kafney finally understood as well, "But he did indeed hold the ’Blood-eating Holy Rite’ afterward..."

"What he held then, was not just a ’Blood-eating Holy Rite’."

The Silver Baron sat Annan and Kafney down, taking a seat on Annan’s other side, and slowly said, "What he actually did was offer all the power he gained from the nightmare to the Goddess of Cup.

"’Sacrifice’ rituals also fall under the domain of the ’Cup’. Therefore, he was actually using demon blood to perform an ’unrewarded sacrifice’ of himself. And it was also because of this that he received a part of the knowledge granted by the Goddess of Cup."

The logic was somewhat unclear to the others.

But Annan understood immediately.

Sacrificing something to obtain knowledge—this was exactly the birthing process of the Mysterious Lady. What Silver Baron suggested, was just this process.

"But the knowledge he obtained couldn’t be used!"

Annan immediately said, "Otherwise, he would lose the power of the [Fourth History]!"

"That’s right. Philip, who possessed the [Fourth History], couldn’t gain any transcendent powers, nor could he perform any rituals; otherwise, he would be thrown by the tempest of time, back to the state of ’his great-grandfather’... that is, to a state undisturbed by the ’Fourth History’."

The Silver Baron explained.

Annan continued, "Only after this disturbance disappeared could he return to the current timeline. Because the power brought by rituals is temporary, the disturbance is temporary, so he could just barely conduct rituals... But if he entered the transcendent domain, then the transcendent power that always existed within him would become a poison arrow—destroying him outright!"

"Exactly."

The Silver Baron nodded in satisfaction.

He patted Annan’s shoulder, smiling beamingly, "I knew you would figure it out. You just needed a little hint."

"It’s all thanks to your favor."

Annan replied.

This remark seemed somewhat audacious, yet the Silver Baron was fond of just such boldness. As with the gift he once gave to Annan, it was called [The Silver Sir’s Favor].

Amused by Annan’s words into hearty laughter, the Silver Baron nodded contentedly, "That’s right, I do favor you. I am the God of Commerce... It couldn’t be more normal for me to have a preference for something.

"Just as in the past I favored silver, and hence chose silver coin as the prime currency. Now I favor you just as I once favored silver."

The Silver Baron spoke candidly, "Not just because you are the Heavenly Chariot. But because you possess an indescribable ’value’ that far exceeds all else,

"—a value more precious than any individual in this world."

"... My value?"

Annan was somewhat confused.

Was it referring to his ability to summon players from beyond the dream realm?

Or because he would inherit the Doctrine of the Heavenly Chariot, reigniting the age of gods?

But upon this, the Silver Baron merely gave a slight smile, offering no explanation.

He turned to speak again of the [Fourth History], "Besides, the Fourth History has a second constraint. ’History, once written, cannot be ended’. After its use, it would enter into ’Quad-layered History’.

"It has to be that the history it records is completed before the [Fourth History] emerges in the world again... This is why Kafney’s father and grandfather did not possess this Great Calamity Curio, as Philip had not yet obtained it.

"—That’s because Philip had not yet been born and come of age. Philip’s ’past life’ memories also awakened on the day he reached adulthood. He feared if the [Fourth History] was restored too early, it might be stolen, so he specially placed it in a future timeline.

"But at the same time, he worried that if the future when he reacquired the Fourth History was too far away, he might not live to see it. He had to gain this power in time to rewrite his own unfavorable future.

"Because every time the Fourth History is used, it must precisely record ’what happens to whom in which year and month’. Therefore, Philip needed a reference point... This is why he arranged himself to be the fourth child of little Henry.

"Because as a child of the cup, little Henry’s lifespan could be fixed. In other words—traceable. It is static, not dynamic.

"The day Philip regained control of the [Fourth History] would be the day little Henry’s lifespan ran out and he died.

"And back then, the person who determined the lifespan of little Henry within the cup..."

The Silver Baron said, revealing a cruel truth with a smile, "was Philip’s ’past life’."

Personally sealing the lifespan of his own future biological father.

Treating the "child of the cup" purely as a tool.

Merely to have a definite timeline for "regaining power".

"He arranged himself as the fourth child, also to ensure he wouldn’t be too old by that time. Because this is the third and most stringent constraint of the Fourth History... Since the Fourth History defies the entire timeline, it must suffer backlash. ’Whoever uses the Fourth History must be younger than the previous user’."

Hearing this statement, everyone in the room was stunned.

"Doesn’t that mean..."

Salvatore tentatively asked, "It has a maximum number of uses?"

"It’s more than that."

Alexander said somberly, "Moreover, a person can only use it once in their lifetime. If one wants to use it to extend their life, then it cannot be used to eradicate one’s enemies. Since His Highness Philip in the past life used this power to be reborn, he probably still wants to do so in this life."

"...Then why didn’t Philip just write that he would become the new king in the future?"

Annan keenly sensed the most abnormal part, "He could have written, ’In the year King Henry VI dies, Philip inherits the throne’. This would only delay things by a few months."

"This is the most ironic part," the Silver Baron said with a coy smile, "because he simply [forgot] about such a possibility... or rather, he didn’t have the intellect."

Annan was certain.

—The smile on the Silver Baron’s face was unmistakably one of mockery. This was probably why the Silver Baron didn’t stop him.

"The Fourth History, of course, bears four curses. This is the ’nonexistent’, unremembered fourth one... Every time the [Fourth History] is opened, it requires the loss of a quarter of one’s memories, wisdom, soul, and desires as a cost," the Silver Baron slowly said, "And this... is not his first time using this curio."

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