Chapter 28 Your Night Blade is Great, But the Next Second It Will Be Mine
Rast’s consciousness transformed into tendrils, gently touching the card depicting his own portrait.
Immediately after, a shimmering light curtain appeared before his eyes.
【’Tower’·Rast】
【Bond Level: MAX】
【Sequence Ability: 1. Radiant Lantern】
【Tower·Radiant Lantern (Unlocked): The first-tier ability of the Tower sequence, capable of summoning an ethereal figure of the lantern bearer behind him through mental suggestion. The light of the lantern will intimidate the minds of surrounding targets, with control effects influenced by the rank of both parties and the difference in mental strength.
Using this on targets under the effects of hypnosis, pollution, corruption, and similar states has a certain probability of purifying their mental abnormal states.】
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【Night Blade: Library of Fools】
【Library of Fools (Unlocked): It is said that every enemy, every danger, and every problem in the world has corresponding knowledge and skills derived from that knowledge to counter it. However, the knowledge one can memorize, skills one can master, and items one can accumulate in a lifetime are limited.
This is a Night Blade woven by a foolish human who aimed to fight powerful races like dragons, elves, and bloodlines with his inept self. He analyzed all the martial skills, sequence tiers, Night Blades, and extraordinary skills he had encountered in his life into knowledge and stored them in the library as original texts, which can be directly replicated and used once drawn out.
Later, the nameless human died of old age, but his library and the tens of thousands of original texts he collected have been passed down, improving and filling in the details alongside the progress of civilization history, until it encompassed all phenomena in the world.
As the new master of this library, as long as you find the corresponding key, you can use the ancient texts stored within.】
【Current Unlocked Sequence Tier: 2】
【Remaining Usable Original Text Slots: 3/3】
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After seeing the description of the Night Blade “Library of Fools,” Rast’s pupils involuntarily contracted slightly.
He had spent hundreds of years in Deep Blue Harbor, acquiring an unimaginable number of skills.
Yet it was precisely because of this that Rast clearly understood that the vast knowledge and skills he had mastered are merely a tiny tip of the iceberg compared to the entirety of human civilization.
For instance, most of the skills he mastered could only be called “proficient,” while those he could truly claim to have master-level proficiency in were only a few, such as marksmanship, combat skills, and parkour techniques, each of which took him nearly a hundred years of effort.
However, the description of the “Library of Fools” encompassed all the knowledge, inventions, martial skills, and items that have appeared throughout the history of human civilization, even covering those involving the extraordinary.
As long as the corresponding original text is drawn out, it can be replicated and used directly.
“However, to use some of the original texts within, I still need to find the corresponding key first.”
Rast’s gaze swept over the dark tower before him, looking at the twenty-one pale steps in the gloom.
He remembered Hiltina mentioning before that the currently known sequence tiers only had seventeen.
But according to the “Library of Fools,” there were actually twenty-one, which should correspond to the twenty-one Fate Tarot cards from his past life, excluding the zero card, though it seemed that some of the cards had undergone mutations.
Clearly, the knowledge stored in the “Library of Fools” far exceeds that of the civilization in the reality where Hiltina resides.
As for the so-called key—
Rast looked at the two unsealed long tiers close by, and a rough guess formed in his mind.
His thoughts transformed into tendrils once more, touching the card depicting Hiltina’s portrait.
The shimmering light rippled before Rast’s eyes.
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【’Chariot’·Hiltina】
【Bond Level: 2】
【Sequence Abilities: 1. Intuition, 2. Gale Steps, 3. Blood of Fire】
【Chariot·Intuition (Unlocked): The first-tier ability of the Chariot sequence, allowing actions to be taken based on intuition rather than thought during combat, yielding optimal actions instinctively. Can predict trajectories through sounds and intuition, avoiding stray arrows and firearm attacks, and in specific situations, can even achieve a “foresee the future” effect.】
【Chariot·Gale Steps (Unlocked): Available once the bond level with the target character reaches a certain level.】
【Chariot·Blood of Fire (Unlocked): Available once the bond level with the target character reaches a certain level.】
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【Night Blade: Infinite Sword】
【Inherent Skill·Endless Martial Refinement (Unlocked): Your martial path has no end; every swing of a weapon will permanently enhance your martial ability, reaching the pinnacle of the era and the limits of technique.】
【Tier 1·All Things Are Weapons (Unlocked): Grants the concept of “weapon” to any object and completely places it under one’s control. If the object itself is a high-quality weapon, it significantly improves proficiency. This skill originates from a legend about an unnamed knight who defeated a powerful enemy using a branch. (Available once the bond level with the target character reaches a certain level.)】
【Tier 2·True Name Liberation (Unlocked): Available once the bond level with the target character reaches a certain level.】
【Tier 3…】
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Truly worthy of the future “Silver Sword Saint.”
Having witnessed Hiltina’s dazzling Night Blade panel, Rast couldn’t help but feel this profound admiration in his heart.
Such an overpowered Night Blade as “Infinite Sword” could only possibly appear on someone like Hiltina, the daughter of the world’s will; a regular player would be dreaming to obtain it through normal means without Wind Spirit Moon Shadow.
However, Rast did not envy Hiltina, for according to the information provided in the light curtain, it seemed he could leverage the “Library of Fools” to gain Hiltina’s abilities for free.
“Your Night Blade is great, but the next second it will be mine.JPG”
After reviewing Hiltina’s card face, Rast fully understood what the “key” mentioned in his Night Blade description to unseal the original texts truly was.
It was the bonds with other Night Travelers.
Or rather, the so-called “fate.”
Currently, he had only established bonds with Hiltina.
Thus, among the twenty-one pale long tiers, only his “Tower” and Hiltina’s “Chariot” were in an unsealed state, while the other nineteen were sealed with golden chains.
If he could later establish sufficient bonds with other sequence Night Travelers, the corresponding pale long tiers should also be unlocked.
Moreover, as of now, the abilities he could replicate from Hiltina were merely “Chariot·Intuition” and “Inherent Skill·Endless Martial Refinement,” while the rest of the skills remained locked.
However, as his bond with Hiltina deepened, these unlocked skills should gradually be revealed one by one.
(End of Chapter)
