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Just in case, Suuankou hesitated and asked in a low voice, “Do you know about the [Shield of Unfallen]?”
“Of course.” The honey-haired youth nodded frankly.
“If you are slightly older, you should know about him. The “Shield of the Unyielding” is undoubtedly a heroic defender. He can be considered a role model among the transcenders, and he has undeniably saved many lives and changed the unfortunate fates of many people.”
“What I admire most about him is not just his good intentions and deeds. The path of transcendence is the path of desire and ascension. Many people choose this path to change something or have something. A transcender without enough desire can’t go far.”
“In other words, there are very few transcenders with kind hearts. His calm and determination make Justice, Shield of Unfallen, stand out. He also displays a clear and unwavering moral compass.”
“As a result, while striving to do the ‘right thing’, he also lives a fulfilling life. He can live easily without being burdened by his desires and has the ability to control himself so as not to be manipulated by others.”
Saint praised without hesitation, “If someone asks me, ‘What kind of transcender should I be?’, I will tell them to learn from the Shield of Unfallen, Justice.”
It was undoubtedly a high evaluation.
However, Suuankou’s expression was a little subtle.
Although he did not enter Justice’s nightmare, the nightmare was under live broadcast. Suuankou naturally also watched the live broadcast and knew what happened then.
Is Justice a kind person?
Will he not be dragged down by his desires?
Did he live a fulfilling life?
Did he avoid being taken advantage of by others?
Justice has failed in every aspect.
Instead, Justice’s life could be summed up as a “chess piece”. His life was under the other’s control. He did not live a free and easy life, but it was challenging, with his family far from happy.
Ingrid’s death pained justice. He became the “Shield of Unfallen” to prevent this painful reenactment. However, his attempt to relieve this pain enabled him to absorb damage from others.
Rather than saying Justice did it to save others, it was more accurate to say that he absorbed the harm of others to fulfill his desires for self-harm. Based on the psychological analysis by the players, it was likely that Justin used this pain to compensate for the emotional suffering caused by his shattered childhood.
In other words, his suffering was not to save others but to inflict pain on himself.
The innocence he held during his childhood influenced and constrained his entire life. Even until the end, when he fell into the trap set by his teacher and died as a tool to create “Professor Wolf,” he was still entangled with these feelings.
Justice’s life has nothing to do with kindness, clarity, calmness, or ease.
However, since Justice has such a good reputation with people regarding him highly, it’s best not to reveal his secrets.
Suuankou’s compassion prevented him from revealing the truth.
Thinking of this, Suuankou took a deep breath and shivered.
—The nightmare mechanism is terrifying!
No one can clear off their dark history, like destroying your browser history. Worse still, future generations can look through it and talk about it.
A person could maintain his heroic image and hide all his flaws. However, once a nightmare is born after his death, it will expose his most authentic self.
Oh shit.
All the efforts for the righteous image will be gone.
That’s really scary.
Suuankou thought about it for a while before he figured out how to ask about Ingrid without ruining Justice’s image.
“Do you know that Justice’s first love back then was a girl named Ingrid? This girl named Ingrid had died in front of him.”
“Oh, that’s not surprising.”
The saint was not surprised by what Suuankou said. Saint Henry asked, “Then do you know why her name is [Eternal Lady]?”
“I have no idea.” Suuankou shook his head.
Saint sighed, “You should read more books.”
“There is a false tome called “Praise the Name of the Divine Transporter” written by an Austere-Winter poet. It describes the relevant knowledge about the ‘ascendancy ritual’ in an encrypted language.”
“In that poem, the fanatic realizes he is still a mortal. Even though he already has the pupil of light and the beautiful and clear desire, he is devastated when he still can’t board the Divine Transporter.”
“This is to point out that even with the purest and clearest desire, it is impossible to perform the ascendancy ritual if the soul is not dyed.”
“After the fanatic returned to his hometown, he met his childhood sweetheart whom he hadn’t seen for a long time. He fell in love with this girl, married her, and had children.”
“From a young girl in the past to a maiden today, and on to a future mother and grandmother. Even until the remains are in the grave, the fanatic accompanied her throughout her life with his passionate and unwavering love— ‘When I look at her, it’s like looking at the sun. My eyes are filled with tears, and my pupils hold the light.'”
“As a moth drawn to the light, the fanatic had already undergone trials and possessed a soul as pure as crystal, reaching the Silver Rank. His lifespan surpassed his wife’s, which led to him still being in his prime when she passed away.”
“It wasn’t until the seventh year of his wife’s death that the fanatic looked at her tomb and became enlightened.”
“[That is indeed the light! That is the everlasting love, the third echo that resounds from the depths of the sun].
“[—I have already got my light, but I don’t know it!]”
Hearing this intently, Suuankou couldn’t help but interrupt, “In other words, he has already…”
The saint nodded, “Yes, he has finally advanced to Gold Rank.”
“His soul was dyed by [love], shining with the radiance of the third sun. Clinging desperately to his longing for the light, he pursued the Divine Transporter throughout his life, yet it remained beyond his reach. But when he relinquished his desires and wholeheartedly loved his beloved, he awakened the element known as ‘Love’ and advanced to the Gold Rank.”
“So, he finally sublimated into a deity. The last sentence of the whole poem is his sincere praise, prayer, and remembrance of his lover. [Only the Eternal Lady can lead us to ascencsion].
“Of course, the fanatic’s story is fictitious. No deity regards ‘love’ as a Truth. However, the ‘Eternal Lady does exist.”
Saint said thoughtfully, “Ingrid is the previous generation tower master of the Thousand Faces Illusory Tower, a Gold Rank Wizard from the Idol School. She lived in the same era as I did. She was among the few who believed that the “Book of Divine Transporter” is not a false tome, but a prophecy.”
“The truth she is pursuing is the [Rising Love] in this poem, and for this reason, she changed her title to the ‘Eternity Lady’. This is how she obtained the power of the ‘Fanatic’s Wife’ in the story.
“She possesses the element of [love]. If her love is not destroyed, she will never die. However, she has never been recognized by the truth of [Rising Love], and the Book of Truth in that particular realm has never emerged.”
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“Ingrid thought that her love wasn’t real enough. So she decided to seal her memory and fell in love with a mortal who could be a “Gold Rank” when she was a child to find “true love”. She planned to reenact the tale in “Book of Divine Transporter”.”
“She will give the other party the ‘desire’ enough to advance to Gold Rank. When either dies, she will restore her memory, leave there silently, go far away, and repeat the process.”
“This is an ascendancy ritual that belongs to Ingrid. As long as her lover awakens the element of ‘love’, she can become a deity—[the Eternity Lady] who controls the power of Divine Transporter.”
“But obviously, she keeps failing. She’s not recognized by [love], nor by the [Divine Transporter].”
Saint shrugged, “The Shield of Unfallen has indeed advanced to Gold Rank, and his desire is also related to protecting others. Plus, Bone Healer is also quite a powerful Idol Wizard.]
“According to Idol Magic’s ‘law of contagion’, all Idol Wizards must have some kind of connection. Then, it is not surprising that Ingrid’s incarnation became a student of Bone Healer and fell in love with Shield of Unfallen when she was young.”
It turns out that there is another truth behind this history.
Suuankou’s mood became more complicated.
No wonder…
But there’s a problem. The person Ingrid fell in love with seems to be Frederick and not Justice, right?
Thinking about it makes me feel sad for Justice.
“Then, why did she want to kill you?”
“Because her target was me. I did fall in love with her.”
Saint replied calmly, “The element I hold is ‘love’…or the property of ‘possessing love’. But I chose to inherit the sacred bone instead of sublimating into a deity. So, I didn’t continue to develop my [love] element, making her fail again right at the end.”
“She doesn’t want to kill me. Instead, she wants me to abandon the sacred bone and sublimate into a deity—using the soul as firewood to awaken the element of ‘love’. But I don’t want to become a deity, so my grasp of the [love] element’s power is shallow.”
“Wait a moment.” Suuankou couldn’t help but ask, “I remember you said you’re still a woman in Silver Rank, right?”
Hearing this, the saint looked over strangely, “It’s just ‘love’. Does it have something to do with gender?”
“…Ha?“