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Chapter 373 - 370: "I Know the Base and Guide the Noble." (Extra addition by Alliance Hierarch "Xiao Su Su")

Chapter 373: Chapter 370: "I Know the Base and Guide the Noble." (Extra addition by Alliance Hierarch "Xiao Su Su")

...

Su Ming’an stood in front of the Great Library.

This was his fourth time resetting.

He had not anticipated the sheer volume of books in the Great Library, which had prevented him from finding all the clues before five in the morning.

For a perfect pass, he did not bypass this location but chose to repeat it over and over again.

He could not miss any clues.

With each reset, he grasped all the time he could to search for clues. Now, he had eliminated three-quarters of the books in the library; this would be his final search.

He looked up.

The pointed top of the building, piercing into the sky, stood in the midst of wind and snow, appearing like a gigantic dark beast in the night.

Just as he was about to enter, a female voice came from his side.

"Don’t go in, Su Ming’an."

The person called out his name.

In fact, every cycle, she would sit here, watching him walk in.

He turned his head and saw the girl sitting on a nearby bench.

He recognized her as Luna from the Yate Vessel, the leader of the Sword of the Yellow Rose.

"I have been observing for a long time. Hardly anyone who entered the library in the past two days has come out," said Luna. "It’s said the instance inside is specifically designed against players. Even the strongest players might encounter trouble. You are the Number One Player, and you shoulder heavy responsibilities. I do not wish to see you die here."

Su Ming’an glanced at her.

In the cycle when Noel committed suicide, Luna was part of the attack on Flower Tower, where she used a Magic Inhibiting Gemstone on him which nearly allowed the white-robed person to succeed.

But in subsequent cycles, she always sat here.

Perhaps because Su Ming’an left the cabin early, avoiding the attackers’ assault, this group of assailants chose to abandon the operation.

After all, the core skill of these attackers was a flame explosion skill. If Su Ming’an was not in that particular building, there wouldn’t be confined space for the explosion to be effective, and it made sense they abandoned the operation.

Su Ming’an ignored her advice and headed straight towards the entrance.

"Wait." Luna called out to him.

She stood up, her tall figure quickly approaching him, her hand gripping a finely-made sword emitting a faint chill:

"Don’t you remember me?" Luna asked.

"If you’re telling me you’re some foreign student from my middle school days or an exchange student, I’m afraid I don’t remember," Su Ming’an said.

She asked him the same sentence every cycle, and he was already somewhat tired of it.

"Unfortunately." Luna sighed. "I only recognized you recently. I still remember how you spoke under the flag at school; it seems you’ve changed a lot."

Su Ming’an no longer paid attention to her.

He stepped in.

The library was unlit inside, filled with numerous books. At a glance, there were at least tens of thousands of books. If a player had to sift through this vast sea of books, it could consume all available time.

He walked forward, using his Clue Insight skill, and continued searching through the books.

On the last bookshelf, he spotted a suspicious-looking book that had been pulled out partway.

As he approached, he sensed the fluctuations of spatial energy around him.

... A teleportation formation.

He had finally found it.

[You are about to enter Seventh World · Special Instance · Pulaya Royal Treasury]

[This level is highly peculiar; please proceed with caution.]

...

Su Ming’an pulled out the map in his hand.

He had said it. In the previous cycle, even though he had reached the spot, he hadn’t found the treasury. It turned out to be a special instance that required a teleportation formation to enter.

White light shone around him.

He saw a tightly closed large door.

[You have entered Seventh World · Special Instance]

[This instance is custom-designed for the player and will generate an instance with a higher difficulty specifically for the player.]

...

He attempted to push the door.

It was said to be a high-difficulty instance designed for the player. He wondered what challenges it might throw at him, whether it was a battle against some formidable enemy or...

"Ding Dong!"

The moment his hand touched it, the door in front of him disappeared.

[Identity detected as "Su Rin", special instance automatically passed.]

Without experiencing the so-called highly difficult special level, Su Ming’an entered without any hindrance.

Su Rin’s identity, aside from being a huge trouble, finally provided him some tangible benefits.

...

The scene inside the treasury was somewhat unexpected.

There were no other players inside, just empty, with some scattered corals, pearls, and similar items. There was also a Resource Stone resembling the Yate Stone placed on the side.

The dust inside was thick, appearing as if it hadn’t been cleaned in a long time.

The floor was dusty, but there were no footprints, indicating that no previous players had successfully entered here.

Su Ming’an, relying on his Clue Insight skill, found a secret door within the treasury.

He pressed a square tile on the wall, and the secret door started to creak, opening a small entrance into a pitch-dark area.

He bent down, his wristwatch starting to glow.

In this dim room, he saw a corpse lying on the ground, and beside it, scattered all around were gold and jewels.

Moreover, among them, he saw a labeled potion said to counteract the effects of Sea Monsters—he considered this a major find. As long as he returned here on a better reset, Noel might still be saved.

He was not interested in the gold and silver, but focused on the corpse.

The body was beyond recognition, showing bare bones. He carefully approached the corpse, wary of potential traps, until he finally reached the side of the body.

He noticed in the decomposed hand of the corpse, a torn piece of parchment.

The front of the parchment was indistinct. When he flipped it over, he saw a row of small letters.

[If you can read this message, it means I have died.]

Su Ming’an glanced at the decaying bones by the side.

This must be the will that the deceased wrote just before his death.

Whoever died in the secret door of the treasury, I wonder what kind of person he was.

He continued reading.

[I don’t know who you are, but I have set a special array in this letter, which can only be seen by someone who is not a member of the royal family when they touch it.]

[I don’t care who you are, whether you’re a local who wandered into the treasury, a traveler who has come back to explore, or the next king who has taken over this land? None of that matters.]

[There is just one thing I want to ask of you.]

[I hope that you can permanently seal this secret door, whether through demolition or any other method, is acceptable. In return, you can choose any treasures inside the secret door. Of course, if you choose to take the treasures and leave without looking back, that is also your choice.]

[Before I die, I want to write down some of my thoughts.]

[People always say one realizes something when about to die, I think maybe it’s a lie. Up to now, I have not been able to figure out, does everything I’ve done have any meaning?]

[My story is a long one, very long... I have many regrets.]

[What really is the way to protect the people I love? Sacrifice, balance, or hatred?]

[What really is the driving force for a community to survive? And those who live in a dream without faith, are they still the people I love?]

[At the moment before my death, I still cannot figure it out.]

[In our blood, there is always a longing for survival, a thirst for life, so much so...a longing for eternity.]

[But after attaining it, I gradually realized, it was just a shackle that bound me. What supports us, what encourages us, is just turning us into a pitiful group of surviving creatures.]

[I have lived through Pulaya’s most prosperous and also most hopeless era. The old, the past, I have witnessed so much strife and made the greatest, yet most shameful decisions.]

[But I gradually understand.]

[...Perhaps only death can restore our dignity.]

[Before leaving, I once told the young princess that no one is born a martyr.]

[However, when sacrifice comes, it does not spare the victim without reason.]

[...]

[I have decided to vanish from this land, I am going to die filled with guilt.]

[I lied to the Pope and Princess Tulip, saying I was going to sea to find a way to break the barrier.]

[But I just wanted to die alone.]

[That person... that kid who called himself Soul Hunt, when he drew his knife on me, I didn’t resist.]

[When he was about to kill me with justice in his heart, I didn’t argue.]

[I lay down here.]

[He grievously wounded me and tore away half the map from my hand.]

[...Yet he probably never expected, I just wanted him to kill me.]

[I don’t want to shoulder such a heavy burden anymore... It’s almost crushing me. I’ve gradually become unable to distinguish whether I am still the former Miguel, or now ’Su Rin’.]

[Let the one who killed me, the lad who calls himself Kaya, become the next ’Su Rin’.]

[I’ve heard he has a wife, a son, and a daughter.]

[But unfortunately... at the moment he killed me, he already took over my responsibility.]

[No matter what choice he makes in the future, whether he decides to take this burden, it will be his decision.]

[...]

[...Who am I really?]

[I know the baseness of people, but also guide their nobility.]

[I have slaughtered the people I love most, yet saved their kin and friends.]

[I have seen the countless scars of my brethren etched upon the land of Pulaya.]

[I hurt them, destroyed them, yet somehow became their hero in their eyes.]

[...]

[The deities in the sky, His poetry like mine, His thoughts like mine, will He write my name in glory?]

[This sad and meaningless persistence, how long will it endure?]

[If the sea monster is still alive, would she regret her dealings with me?]

[If disaster strikes this land again, will my dearest heir choose to stay for this land?]

[If...]

[...]

[...]

[Let’s end it here, my blood is almost drained.]

[You who see this paper, can make your choice. Whether you destroy this paper or keep it, it’s up to you.]

[If you want to know my name.]

[My name is Su Rin.]

...

Su Ming’an rolled up the piece of paper in his hand.

A tumult of thoughts fiercely battled in his mind, and after a moment’s contemplation, he took out the "blurry map" he had obtained from the Yate Vessel and combined it with the paper in his hand.

The two fit together perfectly, without any gaps.

After they were combined, he saw the paper in his hand, floating up automatically and sticking to the corner of the secret compartment.

He followed it, and in another opened secret door, he found a book.

It was a translation comparison book.

Written on it were complex divine texts, exactly the ones he had seen in the church.

He opened the comparison book and searched through the pages, finally finding the words written by the deities to him, which could not be directly displayed as text.

Translated, it said only:

[Kaya, welcome back.]

...

At this moment, Su Ming’an had figured out the entire cause and effect.

The clues in his mind connected into lines, and he laughed out loud.

As if to throw all the recurring pain of death behind him, he laughed heartily.

It’s time to end it.

He pointed his finger at his temple.