Annan, who was lazily slumped in the chair like a cat, opened his eyes widely.
In the beginning, Annan only wanted to see how Suuankou planned to improve his power and how much he planned to increase.
Previously, Suuankou had a sudden enlightenment. He realized that as a player from the Destruction School, he would have a shameful situation of insufficient firepower. The so-called power was his justice. He was determined to devote himself to the way of justice.
However, it was unexpected that Suuankou had fallen into a curse after departing from the group.
The curse named “Knot” was not complicated and was naturally within Annan’s knowledge.
However, even if Annan knew the principle of the curse and how to resolve it, he didn’t intend to inform Suuankou. The curse wouldn’t attach itself to the soul, making it unremovable.
Generally speaking, the curse of the “knot” series was essentially a form of “restraint”.
These curses could inhibit the birth of a fetus, suppress male desire, impede the body’s self-healing abilities, and more. Combined with the curse of pathogenic fungi, it caused Suuankou to suffer from high fever and weakness, ultimately leading to his death.
However, this level of curse would be washed away after one death.
Moreover, Suuankou wasn’t a Destruction Wizard — he just smelled like a Destruction Wizard. There was no need to worry about blowing up the surrounding streets and accidentally injuring civilians after his death.
Moreover, there were never any civilians here from the beginning…
Saltpeter Ranch was the breeding ground of the demon. It was originally a paradise for sinners and criminals.
The vast majority of people here were death row inmates. Except for those like them who came here by subway from other underground cities, none were innocent.
The outsiders who came here must have something to ask for.
After all, this was the southernmost part of the United Kingdom.
It was the boundary of the entire civilized world. Therefore, there weren’t any subways passing through here… The subway that arrived at the Saltpeter Ranch came only once every 40 days, and it was just a single freight train with only two passenger cars.
The main goal of this train was to transport the saltpeter away. They didn’t bother much with human transportation because the notorious Saltpeter Ranch was a gathering place of criminals. No one bothered much about them.
That place was filled with societal scumbags, where murder wasn’t considered a crime. Thus, being “wanted” meant nothing there.
The people there were either notorious scumbags who couldn’t be messed with or “good people” who cleaned up scumbags.
So, either way, they weren’t taken seriously or respected.
At that time, Annan spectated the scene for leisure, wanting to see Suuankou blast his way through. It would be an excellent reference to Nefetari’s combat approach that focused on outputting damage.
It was precisely because of this that Annan would tend to spectate Suuankou.
However, Annan didn’t expect to receive the critical information instead of just catching some fun.
The “Eternal Lady” Ingrid yearned for the power of the Divine Transporter, aiming for the truth of “Ascendant Love”.
The Seventh Luminary of the Sun was the light seen when the transcended soul was sent to the Light Realm by the Divine Transporter in the ascendancy ritual.
Eternal Lady’s [ascension] referred to this luminary.
If death had a direction, it must be downward; if the ascension from mortal to deity had a direction, it must be upward.
Divine Transporter was a four-wheeled vehicle that walked on the “road of ascension and change”. It was a collection of non-physical concepts of “ascension”.
Although what Ingrid sought was merely the “Ascendant Love,” one of the many forms of ascension, her ritual aimed to seek the “Book of the Divine Transporter.” At the very least, she was calling for fragments of the book.
The Divine Transporter was light — the light born in a mirror.
While Ingrid was pure and bright, Annan was brighter. Therefore, Don Juan was Annan’s first mirror, embodying the essence of pure brightness as the First Luminary. The Second Luminary’s reflection was found in the form of Danton, Annan’s second mirror. He faced hardships and failures like Annan. However, Annan pressed on with everlasting and unyielding hope. The hope that never faded away was the Second Luminary. Following the same pattern, Ingrid, who also possessed the light of the Seventh Luminary, undoubtedly served as a mirror. Moreover, she was the seventh mirror that did not exist in the Book of Divine Transporter.
That was because the Book of Divine Transporter had only six pages.
Annan hissed softly, “It’s like what Father Stone said. Destiny is the fate of the Divine Transporter, and it will leave traces after it has passed.”
When Annan pursued his mirrors with his own will, he couldn’t find his mirror. Just like a wheel could not precisely travel on the tracks it had already made—interfering with destiny could lead to changes in destiny itself.
The fate altered by interference was like retracing the same tracks of a wheel. It was similar to the wheel of a vehicle moving along the same tracks it had already traveled. In other words, trying to alter destiny would lead to similar outcomes without any significant change.
After Annan learned from the Faceless Poet that “he had seven mirrors in total” and “Nicholas was his fourth mirror” through deduction, he had never been able to get any new information related to the “mirror”.
From this point of view, the Faceless Poet’s behavior was indeed a part of keeping secrets. She leaked some secrets to prevent new secrets from being revealed.
At this point, Annan’s efforts to collect the fragments of the Book of Divine Transporter had come to an impasse.
He had almost forgotten about this matter, leading to the current situation.
Without Annan interfering at all, Suuankou helped him find the seventh mirror.
This was undoubtedly the so-called “fate”.
Neither Suuankou nor the other players knew about the existence of the “mirror”. After hearing Saint Henry’s introduction to “Eternal Lady”, he didn’t think much about it.
In the “Gemini” nightmare that Annan challenged, Seti read a passage from the book, [Praise the Divine Transporter], to him. Naturally, players wouldn’t know the situation when Annan cleared the nightmare, nor would they realize there was a fishy book here.
Then, when Suuankou summed up the information and shared it with other players, crucial details like “the Eternal Lady’s desire was the Ascendant Love”, and the fact that the title “Eternal Lady” was taken from the Book of Divine Transporter might be overlooked as a “meaningless background”.
Supposed Suuankou summed up this information as “Eternal Lady intended to awaken the ‘love’ element to the limit” and Annan hadn’t happened to be watching Suuankou.
Then, Annan would miss out on this crucial information.
Anna would never realize that Ingrid was his seventh mirror. Based on the information he knew, the Book of Divine Transporter had only six pages, and Nicholas, currently on the run, was the fourth mirror. Apart from that, he hadn’t discovered the sixth mirror yet.
“Wait a minute. Something’s not right.” Annan suddenly became conflicted again.
He curled up into a ball, holding his head in his hands, and crouched on the chair.
He realized a more critical problem.
He already knew that Ingrid was his seventh mirror and Nicholas was his fourth mirror.
So…
Should I approach Ingrid now? Should I send players to find Ingrid for him?
“So, am I supposed to know about it?!”
Annan was conflicted.
He suddenly had the urge to punch Faceless Poet.
If you hadn’t spoiled me on the plot, would I be so troubled now?!
“Forget it. I didn’t say anything.”
Ultimately, he decided it was best not to do anything or give instructions. He would let the players act freely… If everything went smoothly, Ingrid would eventually appear in front of Annan on her own.
Just in case, it was better for Annan not to mobilize or give orders to Lin Yiyi’s team anymore.
It all depended on the “AI bots”.
“Although I am the NPC in the eyes of the players, I’m forced to treat the players as NPCs instead.”
Annan always felt that something was not right.
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