"……Um."
Waking up leisurely from a coma, the mysterious woman named Lorna slowly opened her eyes, and a weak and slight moan echoed in her hoarse and dry throat during her struggling movements.
The originally deep voice now had a bit of the softness that is unique to a girl when she wakes up: "This, this is -"
The fuzzy feeling gradually became clear, and she suddenly widened her eyes. Then her alert gaze flashed between the eyes of this mysterious woman under the hood, and finally slowly fell on the disk in front of her.
Sitting on the identical figures surrounding the attic floor: "Is there an error in my memory? The time before..."
He had slipped into the tower along the gap opened by Duan Qing, pushing the final battle against Distoia to its climax. However, because the power of the void he held was far different from the level of the opponent's power of void,
She was so far away that she lost the basis to fight against her, and finally had to use her own body as a shield to block the opponent's attack. The chaotic battle gradually became white-hot in the following time, but her consciousness also faded as time went by.
It became increasingly blurry, and the endless void and the laughter that seemed to spread throughout the void became the last sight before her consciousness disappeared. The last lingering despair left in her mind was now
It turned into endless confusion: "Yes, yes, that guy almost killed him, and finally tore Molnar into pieces!"
"Could we be the final victors?"
The weak and alert eyes were gradually replaced by doubts. Lorna's wide-open eyes kept wandering back and forth among the backs of the players who were sitting quietly in front of them. A certain figure in the center was surrounded by these backs.
The tall magician also raised his arms at this time, seeming to be speaking emotionally: "...As the owner of this lighthouse and this safe haven, please allow me to express my gratitude for your efforts and enthusiasm in resisting foreign enemies.
Thank you again, thank you all.”
"..."
There were no unnecessary cheers or even applause. Several players from the Qingling Adventure Group were just sitting around quietly holding their own brooms and mops, as if they were waiting and folded their arms.
Molnar's next words: "Ahem, ahem...Okay, I know that's not what you want to hear now."
"My identity is indeed a bit embarrassing. After all, my existence is not supposed to be known to you." The dim light kept flickering under the hood that could not see through the face, as if it was expressing Molnar's words in this way.
Shi is considering and thinking: "As one of the old-style administrators designated by the system, my existence should not have appeared in this world in the first place, so everything may be called a beautiful misunderstanding and accident...
…”
"It's not that we have any doubts about your identity, Mr. Molnar." After looking back and forth at each other for a while, Duan Qing finally spoke up as a representative of all players present: "We are just... uh, a little worried.
…”
"Worried that this secret will be leaked?" He blinked his eyes, and the hood belonging to Molnar also turned to the direction of Duan Qing: "Although it is indeed unbelievable, this secret has been in the past.
I have been exposed several times in a thousand years, and people on the mainland who have seen this miraculous power have wanted to worship me as a god several times."
"Only I know in my heart the reason why I can do all this." He put away his arms, and the dim light towards the surrounding players became a little dimmer at this time: "This is not
What kind of miracles, and even the level of magic theory is not much higher than that of the magicians of the ancient magic empire, just because my 'authority' is half a point higher than that of ordinary people on the Free Continent, and I know a lot more things than them.
Just a little bit.”
"This little bit is amazing enough."
Understanding what the other party was referring to, Duan Qing smiled bitterly and gestured in the direction of the other players: "Born from the system of the virtual world, it knows the existence of all identities, including players, and can control various virtual worlds.
With the rules and settings, you can even erase hostile units at will - even a real system administrator, I’m afraid I can’t do what you can do now, right?”
"It's not as exaggerated as you described. There are still many restrictions here." Molnar's gentle voice continued to echo around everyone: "There is one last one - as a member of the free world,
The supreme rules in the free world will impose more restrictions on our beings, so I simply cannot do things like interfering with destiny and erasing life."
"But what you are doing now has changed the fate of some people to a certain extent."
With a slight sigh, Duan Qing, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, spread out his hands again: "Including yourself - if you were really restricted, you shouldn't have told us the information and content that broke through the shackles.
Bar?"
"I have said before that I am a member of the old style." Molnar replied in a low voice: "The old style is a part that has not been systematically recycled and eliminated in the long history of this world. It is also the part of the free continent that
A part of us that was intentionally left behind when we were first created, together with all the primate life forms set by the creators, we have become what we are today after thousands of years of experience and evolution.”
"If it hadn't been for being accidentally 'killed' before, which put me in a state of accidental reset, I might not have made the previous series of transgressive behaviors." He stretched out one of his arms and moved toward
The sky above the tower above several people signaled: "The reset effect has now disappeared. Even if you ask me to repeat the demonstration now, I will never be able to do it again."
"But some ordinary permissions should still be possible." After exchanging a look with Xueling Huanbing, who was quietly visiting, Duan Qing's voice was also lowered a bit: "For example, long-distance teleportation, or space
Magic or something like that..."
"Why, you are still doubting what I said before?" Duan Qing looked at the front steadily for a while, and the dim yellow light under Molnar's hood also flickered a few times: "I did say something before.
Lies, but not everything is a lie. I have indeed been in this place for a long time, and I have never been aware of the intelligence and most of the development history on the mainland."
"The reason why I can guarantee the supply of food and everything in this place is because those things were refined by me using the furnace system." The tall magician pointed at his feet: "Simply put, they were created out of thin air.
."
"Conjured out of thin air?" This time, Asahi Dongsheng was the first to express his surprise: "This, this is also against science, right? How could someone conjure these things out of thin air?"
"Of course, this is the function of the furnace itself." Molnar answered with a voice that was still full of warmth and calmness: "As long as we can pay an equal price—for example, the sea beast's magic core and materials—we can get it from the furnace.
We can get anything we want."
"You mean... there is a furnace here?" More and more surprised expressions flashed across their faces, and Duan Qing then looked towards the feet where Molnar indicated earlier: "Is it that kind of furnace?"
Can I create a furnace for magic items at will?"
"There are various kinds of furnaces on the Free Continent, and their uses will have different preferences due to the original design of the creator." Molnar explained in a low voice: "For example, the one in the center of the Free Continent
This furnace is good at smelting metals, and the furnace at the top of Hulan Mountain is good at smelting all kinds of bones. This furnace in the middle of the Endless Sea...is best at smelting sea water, or the water element in the sea."
"Converting the energy condensed in seawater and oceans into the props that people need is the significance of this furnace on the Endless Bridge." Molnar pulled his hood, and there was an original tone in his voice.
The smile he brought gradually disappeared with the passage of time: "But now that the magic supply has been lost, the operation and production capacity of the furnace have been greatly reduced. It can continue to operate because of my maintenance.
This is the best result we can achieve now.”
"Is this the real reason why you have always hoped to repair the bridge?" Duan Qing blinked his eyes: "Restore the magic supply of the Miracle Bridge and restore the original vitality of this furnace?"
"After all, this is one of my responsibilities to guard here all the time." Molnar replied in a low voice: "The furnace is supposed to provide a source of supply for the surrounding magic structures and support the magic core of the regional leyline, but the magic core in the endless sea
The situation of the furnace has become extremely special due to the geographical environment and conditions. The chaotic climate and violent elemental winds are not only unable to provide any support for the furnace here, but have been consuming the stability of the magic structure here."
"After so many years of consumption, the magic energy near the haven has been almost exhausted." At this point, he let out a sad sigh again: "We had already considered this possibility when we originally designed the Bridge of Miracles.
happened, but after so many years of hard work, in the end there was still no change or gain.”
"So you turned this expectation into a task, hoping to rely on our strength to complete the repair work of the bridge, right?" Gedman touched his nose and covered his face with his hands for a while.
Breaking the temporary tranquility in the venue: "Although I don't know why this bridge broke like this or when it broke like this, but if you want to repair it in a physical sense, I'm afraid it will take a lot of manpower and material resources.
It’s a small thing.”
"As long as you have time and continue to persevere, these problems can be solved." Shaking his head, Molnar, wearing a large magic robe, looked at the others around him with a dim light: "But the problem now is -
—I have been lacking helpers."
"...We can be your helper."
"No, you can't."
Quietly interrupting the other party's words, Molnar's gentle tone then began to become deeper: "So you can, as long as the relationship and bond between us remains unchanged."
"..."
Understanding the hidden meaning of the other party's words at this time, Duan Qing finally let out a helpless smile: "Finally, we have come to the topic of this conversation - tell me, what do you need from us?"
"I need you to keep my secret." The dim light under the hood flashed slowly twice, and finally Molnar's voice echoed in everyone's ears: "About my identity, and
My true existence... these similar settings, I cannot allow them to be known to other people on the mainland."
"This shouldn't be a big deal, right? Didn't you say that this kind of thing has happened several times before?" Before Duan Qing could say his response, Chao Ri Dongsheng on the side raised his arms and hugged his head.
Arm: "Even if it is really spread, it will only add some numbers to the people who admire you."
"The relationship between the residents of the Free Continent and me will naturally be restricted by the free world itself. I am not worried about these issues." The hood turned to the direction of the rising sun, and Molnar's voice still sounded extremely low.
: "But your identity is completely different from theirs. Your identity and the world you live in cannot be interfered with at will."
"The greatest interference I can do can only target the parts of you that 'belong' to this game."
As he said these words, the yellow light flashing between the hood became darker and darker. Duan Qing, who seemed to be looking at him, then quietly lowered his head, and after a while he sighed softly.
Breaking the silence among several players sitting around: "I see, that means -"
"If we don't obey, our data in this game world will be affected, right?"
While the others gasped, he looked at Molnar's body calmly: "Isn't this unfair to us people?"
"I'm sorry, but from that moment on, the relationship between us has become unfair." Molnar shook his head slowly: "As an old-fashioned person, I don't need to really follow this
I must do it according to the rules set by the Creator of the world, but I also have the responsibility as a member of the free world, and I cannot sit back and watch any possibility of breaking the rules of this world unfold in front of me in the future."
"Limit the possibilities by limiting yourself - you guys really like to do things to perfection." His calm expression gradually became tangled, and Duan Qing pinched his eyebrows in a gesture: "But no matter how we limit it, we
After all, players are outsiders who extend from another world. If you really break the pot, any of your actions cannot really restrict us, right?"
"...That's right."
After looking at Duan Qing for a longer time, Molnar's dim hood swayed up and down for a while in the atmosphere that was so stagnant that he couldn't breathe: "This is true under normal circumstances, but you -"
"Your situation is different from others."
This chapter has been completed!