Chapter 709 - Nightfall (VII) (2/2)

“Where is this place?”

Rhode looked around and the place was still as dark as ever even with the emergence of the little girl. It seemed that this wasn’t the usual venue where he met the little girl. The little girl let out a chuckle and shook her head slightly.

“I’m sorry, Master… I can’t reveal it. Besides, I’m unable to tell you where we are right now because this isn’t up to me and it isn’t something that I should know.” The little girl extended her tiny finger and placed by her lips. Her purple pupils emanated a faint radiance.

“This is only a world that you know and I’m merely being summoned here.”

“By me?”

Rhode gazed blankly. Why would I summon her here? Even though he cared a lot for Christie, he wasn’t too familiar with this little girl, after all, so why would he summon her?

As though reading Rhode’s mind, the little girl smiled and shook her head.

“There are always hundreds of millions of fates in this world, Master. In the intertwined world of destiny, I sensed your callings. Your strength has reappeared in this world and awakened the rules that have been sleeping for a long time. This isn’t an established destiny, but everything is in your eyes.”

“…”

Rhode rolled his eyes. In the game, he was used to hearing such artistic, yet puzzling words from NPCs. But the problem was that this little girl looked too similar as his sister and Christie. In addition to her style of speaking, he couldn’t get used to it instantly as neither did his sister nor Christie had such a strange style of speech. But he also had other questions. Even though he didn’t know how the little girl emerged, this was the best opportunity for him to raise his doubts.

“Who are you? Why do you look exactly the same as Christie?”

Rhode scanned the little girl from top to bottom.

“What relationship do you have with her? Or, are you merely using her as your physical form?”

In fact, Rhode had such suspicions for a long time. Normally speaking, it was extremely rare for two resembling individuals to meet each other, not to mention three of them. To describe it with pure fate or coincidence would simply be a slap in the face. However, the little girl didn’t seem surprised by his questions.

She nodded and said, “Please believe my sincerity, Master. I have a deep connection with the child. I’m not her, but she’s my most cherished presence. Now isn’t the time yet. That child is too weak… Too weak to bear the heavy responsibility and pressure of the cruel fate. But, please don’t worry. The day will come when I appear before you… But, now isn’t the time…”

The little girl lifted her head and along with this movement, the mysterious, pitch-black venue slowly distorted. Then, white radiance permeated and Rhode felt his body slowly burning as a warm sensation spread throughout his limbs.

“… It seems like time is up, Master. Please remember that this is only the start…”

The little girl vanished and a dazzling radiance enveloped everything in sight…

Ssss…!

Rhode opened his eyes wide. The freezing cold wind brushed his cheeks. The familiar snow-capped mountains and land reemerged before his vision. At this moment, Mini Bubble Gum and Canary had stood curiously before him.

“Leader, are you fine?”

“What happened to me?”

Rhode shook the confusion off his head and patted the thick layer of snow piled on his shoulders. Canary extended her hand to gently swipe the snow off his clothes and arranged his hair neatly.

“You have been standing here in a daze. We spoke to you, but you didn’t respond at all. I thought you’ve gotten into an accident…”

“Ha, if this were in the game, I would have thought that you disconnected, Leader.”

“By the way.”

As soon as he heard the word ‘disconnected’, he hurriedly extended his right hand and swept before him. The system interface showed up, but this time, the text was somewhat different. A string of strange golden text flew up continuously. After a few moments, they came to an abrupt halt and revealed the original character attributes interface.

What was that all about?

Even though he was dubious, he knew that this wasn’t the time to consider this problem. He shifted his attention to the character attributes interface and the two young ladies gathered around him curiously.

[Rhode Alander]

[Race: (???)]

[Race Characteristics: Locked]

[Race Reward: Locked]

[Class: Spirit Swordsman (Hero Class)]

[Talent Awakened: Former Talent — Eternal Fantasy]

“Huh? What is this? Leader?”

Mini Bubble Gum exclaimed in astonishment. She remembered clearly that there were only three types of player talents—Low-level, Mid-level, and Advanced—Rhode had never heard of ‘Former Talent’ even after playing the game for so many years.

What’s this? And what’s the ‘Eternal Fantasy’…?

Rhode knitted his brows and tapped on the attribute description column. Shortly after, he saw the detailed content.

[Talent Characteristics: Self-Affirmation Lvl 1 — Holder can appoint any attribute and raise it to the expected value. Can be used once per day. Lasts for 30 minutes. (Affirming one’s will is the most powerful force)]

[Talent Rule: Absolute Presence Lvl 1 — Holder’s equipment cannot be destroyed (Even the passage of time cannot shake the truth itself)]

[Talent Technique: Igniting Wrath Lvl 1 — Certain probabilities to absorb the opponent’s strength during battle and reflect with double damage. Level and defense will be ignored. (Anyone who dares to provoke will get the punishment they deserve)]

Rhode and Mini Bubble Gum were stunned.