Super Righteous Player-Chapter 1159 - 208: Isaac’s Conclusion

[Roll your dice, if the number is 8 or above (including 8), then Isaac will give up on suicide.]

Eight points...

Ann muttered to himself.

This should indicate that Isaac’s desire for suicide... up to now, is still not that strong, isn’t it?

Having experienced Ingrid’s complete story, Ann has probably also discovered a rule about dice by now.

That is, the criteria for these "events" are not entirely random.

Or rather... this fate determination is like D&D, where there is a Difficulty Class (DC).

The easier it is for them to achieve this event—like "giving birth," like "giving up on suicide"—the lower the required dice value to achieve the event. That is to say, calculated with a D20, the greater the possibility of realization.

Just like Isaac, he actually only has a "7/20" probability of choosing suicide to end his torment throughout this long suffering.

This probability is actually not high.

After all, this event is not testing things like Dazai Osamu’s daily thoughts on how to off himself... and then frequently rolling a failure.

Isaac’s event is actually a summation of all the possibilities of his suicide while he is stuck in this endless cycle of despair.

That is to say, whether he commits suicide the next day or in the far-off future, it would be covered in this dice roll. As long as this dice roll succeeds, then Isaac will be much safer for the time being...

And with Ann holding a sixteen absolute value, at most he needs seven points. There should be no big problem...

Although Ann was mentally prepared to use the absolute value to alter fate, the roll turned out to be a high score of 14 points.

There was no need for Ann to change Isaac’s fate—

Isaac chose to resist such a future on his own.

And the story continues to develop:

"——That’s just foolish talk. Of course, he wouldn’t commit suicide.

"Indeed, despair is real and substantial, but to him, it’s nothing more than a joke. After all, the body he has now doesn’t belong to him. He is not the living, but the dead; not a body of true flesh and blood, but a puppet created in imitation.

"His body isn’t his, formerly it belonged to Hugo, now it belongs to Ann; his soul was conjured by sinners, mixed and refined from the souls of many people into an artificial soul; even his consciousness, his memories, do not belong to him... they are merely the echoes of a sentience.

"Since his entire being is false, then the compassion and goodwill that rise from his heart are undoubtedly false; it may exist, but it does not belong to him.

"To sacrifice one’s own life—which is the ’property’ of another, in a meaningless place for such emotions that do not belong to oneself, is a kind of pretentious behavior.

"Anyhow, the puppet [Isaac the Second] does not have the right to die freely."

...Is this really the case?

Ann’s expression was somewhat complex. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

Is this how Isaac... understands the meaning of his existence?

In fact, both Ann and Hugo didn’t take Isaac’s "artificial person" identity too seriously.

It can even be said that if Hugo cared that he used an "echo of thought" and mixed it with the souls of many to create an artificial soul, then he wouldn’t have given Isaac a body in the first place.

Although Hugo verbally said that he wanted to make full use of Isaac... in reality, he just didn’t want to see such a talented soul be destroyed and absorbed. As an echo of Isaac, he inherited nearly all of Isaac’s talents and memories.

Isaac was originally well-versed in ancient skills and possessed the research perspective of ancient wizards. If he could further study modern knowledge... then his wisdom would definitely be able to help others.

The things he invented, the theories he optimized—For a wizard, having an additional perspective is a talent in itself.

He could easily pinpoint the holes that the wizards of this era take for granted as common sense, that are not so easily spotted, and patch them up immediately.

And indeed, ever since Isaac had a body, he has been helping others.

He helped Hugo teach students and protected Ann from entering otherworldly nightmares that were completely unrelated to him... It can be said that, having induced him into the current situation, Ann also bears certain responsibilities.

Even now, Isaac holds no grudge against Annan, nor has he ever harbored such thoughts.

All the despair and hatred are directed entirely at himself—

Undoubtedly.

The once supremely proud Isaac Flamel did not have such a character trait. He was a detached and rational man, concealing a hint of warmth inside.

And although "Isaac" retains all of Isaac’s memories, he has also acquired a new life on top of that.

These are the brand-new memories belonging uniquely to the current "Isaac."

Having experienced what to him was "future life," he met a group of relatively lively young Wizards and exceptionally active players; he also learned about what Isaac Flamel’s death had caused, and what his student ultimately brought to the world; and he was even manipulated to indirectly massacre an entire Wizard’s Tower... Isaac retained memories of this process as well.

These experiences undoubtedly did not belong to that "Isaac Flamel." They are new experiences that belong to this "Isaac the Second"—and from these experiences, his personality would inevitably undergo a radical transformation.

Without a doubt, the Isaac of today is not a cheap imitation of someone, but a completely new person!

And the story on that card kept scrolling down.

But the content on it made Annan freeze:

"There is no end to such days.

"Occasionally he pondered... perhaps what he faced was a puzzle that required his own strength to solve? If he only continued to endure, maybe he would never leave this place.

"He must make changes— or rather, he must change this world."

...He wants to change this nightmare world?

Annan paused for a moment before continuing to read:

"In this twilit world, in an era where the sun has not yet set and the night has not yet risen, where the sun and the moon hang together in the sky... everyone is guilty, and everyone is also a victim."

"Since he exists here, there is inevitably some mission for him. He must face his own abilities. Even if it’s just a nightmare, people here are slaughtering each other in confusion and frenzy, someone must awaken them.

"Perhaps after they are awakened, perhaps after they clearly recognize the sins they have committed, they may be in even more pain. But they must bear the responsibility for these sins.

"Just like Isaac—bearing the death of each individual, and being accountable for it. If the dead cannot move on, then at least devote the rest of their lives to the cause of bringing happiness to others as atonement.

"He made a mad decision, determined to change the world at all costs.

"No matter how much time it takes, no matter how much effort it consumes, he’s resolved to develop a transformative product that reverses others’ cognitions. To make these crazed humans, whose cognitions are veiled by filters, wake up again.

"Not only that—he also aims to right the moral laws of this world. He wants to make people recognize and admit the sins committed in ignorance, not to escape by claiming ’I did not know’... He wants people to bear their sins, and transform this burden into a force.

"— A force to make this world a better place."

[Roll your dice; if the number is 3 or above (inclusive), Isaac will be able to develop a "Cognition Antidote" before his soul is consumed]

With the rolling sound, the die finally landed on 7.

Then, a new event appeared:

[This is the last choice]

[Roll your dice; if the number is 9 or above (inclusive), Isaac will have the determination and ability to set this world straight]

And in the end, the number on the die was 14.

—The absolute values Annan held were never even used!

Fate made its own choice.

After a brief pause, the second card presented Isaac’s ending in bright red letters:

"He spent twenty-four years finally developing a way to revert this mad world back to its original state. It took another forty years to barely shape the world into something that could be called ’civilized.’

"He always harbored hope, and he finally emerged from the despair that was uniquely his and ascended to a higher realm. Let us congratulate him and reward him for passing this trial:

"— ’Fragments of Truth: The Argument of Dull Wisdom.’"