Chapter 506 (1/2)

The Best, yet most Infuriating End

No matter what happened, the game would always end badly for the Nameless Swordswoman. By some means, she dying in the hands of Li Xiye was already the best ending possible, of all the bad endings. In other endings, she either died in the hands of some youkai, or gets shredded to pieces by Zhao Kingdom’s army. There was even an end where she was betrayed by her own anonymous city.

The last of the endings was possibly the worst of all outcomes. Either way, the Nameless Swordswoman may have well been a fish out of water. The world did not accept her, and vice versa.

It was understandable, as she had never received any lessons since young. Her mother was just a mere dancer, with what little insight of the outside world she had giving her the slightest glimpse of events.

The most her mother taught her was to remain composed no matter what, and the fact that running away might be embarrassing yet useful.

The Nameless Swordswoman may have been given little to work with, but her simple ideals gave her the strength for one thing, which was to protect the weak. It was where her limits found themselves.

Sadly, such ideals were not shared by others, and that solitude bore its weight upon her like a smothering smog.

Lacking influence, betrayal would be inevitable if she were to form an organization, which was what she did. On some routes, the player would accompany her all along the way, lending her a helping hand when needed.

At the end of those routes, players would feel nothing but disgust towards the kind of person Zha Feng was.

They had done all they could, hoping to save the nameless maiden, even trying their best to convince her to stay out of trouble, yet their attempt would only end in failure. She would still stand against Li Xiye for the sake of her organization, bringing up the forbidden battle.

It was another duel of the century, only that it would not take place in the Forbidden City. One thing would still be certain. The differing paths of swords would still converge, and one would have to yield. Before going to the fight, Su Shi would hand everything over to the player and unleash herself against Li Xiye, who she acknowledged to be her equal in the sword.

Talents among the netizens had already made the move, writing Li Xiye – Su Shi ships in fanfiction. They had been pretty well written too, all to warn players – that these two should never meet, or a heartwrenching battle would unfold.

This was just like playing the “Daily Life of Cao Cao,” where Xiaohou Yuan and Huang Zhong must never meet, or some calamity would occur.

Players could try their best to prevent this battle from happening, but the Nameless Swordswoman never ran out of new methods of dying.

Not unless they were the popular woman gamer – Ah Yu. She had by some means found a “Noble Soul of the Nameless Maiden” ending.

Ah Yu came upon a very different ending, earning it a high view count and popularity.

She met the same sure-death events, but with raw skills, Ah Yu, or rather, the holy monk Ah Guang, overcame them and prevented Su Shi’s death again and again, maxing out their relationship points to the highest it could possibly go. She steadfastedly stood by the nameless maiden, even when going up against the entire Kingdom of Zhao, making an enemy of the Chun Yang school. They even nearly managed to kill Yan Qingmeng, if not for her contracted youkai minion.