Super Righteous Player-Chapter 1166 - 213: What a Coincidence, Everyone is Here

After Annan left the nightmare, he gradually regained the sense of his own physical existence, as well as the "Siren Object (2/3)" he was constantly holding in his hand.

Annan could clearly feel that he was maintaining a standing posture, continually rising upward.

Without opening his eyes, Annan’s perception was like invisible tentacles, crossing the barriers of the Magma Forbidden Tower and sensing that there were quite a few people above waiting for something.

Having regained the reversed Heart of Winter, Annan’s thinking once again became rational. He immediately realized that those people above must be the "reinforcements" who had entered the nightmare earlier to rescue Annan.

It must have been the Tower Master who told them that Annan had already awakened and was about to come up... That’s why they were waiting for him at the exit of the "elevator." Or maybe they knew Annan was about to leave when he rescued Isaac and Ofelia.

They were waiting for Annan to leave the nightmare... to see him at the first moment, just as parents wait for their children to emerge from an important exam.

...Or rather, as if greeting friends and family who have just been released from prison.

Although Annan felt touched when they came to rescue him, their presence now at the entrance of the instance is probably not to celebrate the fact that Annan has become stronger.

How should I put it, it’s slightly ominous.

Especially this "elevator" — it descends quite quickly, like a drop tower, giving a sensation of weightless free fall. However, it is surprisingly slow on the ascent...

The Magma Forbidden Tower has ample energy and power, and it certainly wouldn’t struggle to move an "elevator" that only accommodates one person.

Unless...

— It is deliberately designed to be this slow.

After all, this nightmare entrance surely isn’t intended for exclusive use by Otherworld-level nightmares.

Annan analyzed that this Subterranean Guide Rail must be a unique ritual of the Magma Forbidden Tower — it is inevitably used to enter the dream world, and the "sudden fall" is a very convenient technique for flipping between reality and the dream world.

Just as a sudden fall in a nightmare can jolt someone awake, in reality, a "sudden fall" can plunge a person into the dream world. In the Mist Realm, some Transcendents would pass out instantly from shock during a sudden fall—even though their bodies aren’t damaged, they cannot be woken up. That’s because their souls have actually fallen into a nightmare.

In other words, this Subterranean Guide Rail is actually an instance deployment device... a mission retriever.

And "Subterranean" in rituals can also refer to "Otherworld." People’s fear of the underworld has historically linked it with "The Netherworld," "The Abyss," and "The Demon World."

If Annan hasn’t guessed wrong, the height of this Subterranean Guide Rail must be pre-measured, and the four pillars are also ritually connected.

If four people enter the pillars at the same time and fall instantly— they can be sorted into a random instance. And all four will be in the same nightmare!

That way, the difficulty of purifying nightmares is instantly much reduced. Because you can bring newcomers, and even teach while fighting instances, it’s both educational and entertaining.

Then, it will start to rise slowly—

Up until the very top.

In an Otherworld-level nightmare, it remains at the lowest level because Annan’s position before entering the nightmare was here—if it surfaced prematurely, Annan would likely appear in the magma.

Death is definitely not going to happen, but it would probably be quite embarrassing.

And in a normal nightmare, one probably wouldn’t stay underground for too long—their physical body is still in the experiment chamber. Even if the heat can be isolated by a ritual, the gravity at that depth is very bad for the body.

The Magma Forbidden Tower must also have some kind of ritual for monitoring nightmares.

They definitely can’t monitor an Otherworld-level one, but ordinary nightmares they surely can. Kaisar Sa knew how to do it back in the day, there’s no reason the Tower Master of the Magma Forbidden Tower can’t.

Thus, in this "four-person instance," when someone is about to encounter trouble... it can also provide a "forced disconnection" function: if the risen Subterranean Guide Rail falls again, it can directly kick people out of the nightmare.

This is probably why the Magma Forbidden Tower has so many deaths every year, yet there are always enough silvers working all around the world.

It is a special ritual method of the Magma Forbidden Tower used expressly for quickly developing Transcendents!

The relief forces must have, at that time, used this ritual—grouped into four, they were "pumped" into this Otherworld-level nightmare one by one, just like a water pump lifting and pressing down.

As expected.

When Annan ascended slowly to the seventeenth floor beneath the Magma Forbidden Tower through this "elevator."

As Annan pondered, the "elevator door" opened.

He saw at a glance that everyone was waiting outside.

——Salvatore, Maria, Kafney, roughly seventeen or eighteen players, as well as Isaac and Ofelia who Annan had rescued, and several other members of the "Silver Brigade" like Arthur Burnfang, were all present.

There were also unexpected guests——the centaur Chiron, now with his lower body, Paper Princess, and the Faceless Poet.

They packed this originally spacious floor to the brim.

...All friends and family are here.

Annan fell silent for a moment.

If not for his regained Reversed Heart of Winter, he would probably be experiencing a severe case of social death right now.

While Annan was contemplating, an uncontrollable radiant power overflowed.

Apart from gods——the expanding force made everyone involuntarily step back. Even the Transcendents at the Gold rank could hardly bear the brilliance of the light.

This was not in an Otherworld-level nightmare, but rather the body that had lost most of its power... This was Annan at his perfect condition.

He had even become stronger than when he entered the nightmare.

With the level increase, Annan’s perception attributes also increased significantly. Now Annan’s level was close to the pinnacle of the Golden rank... coupled with the new ability of the "Omnipotent," he could probably defeat his pre-nightmare self in a short time.

And for this reason——

Just as Annan was trying to contain the power within him to avoid harming his friends.

Kafney ignored the scorching light and was the first to rush over.

She embraced Annan directly, her chin resting on his shoulder, her body shaking like a startled puppy, but she remained silent.

Annan just wordlessly smirked.

He felt Kafney’s nails digging hard into his back... Shadows seemed to stir under her skirt, unconsciously patting lightly against Annan’s calves and thighs.

He simply patted Kafney’s back gently, as a reassurance—It was then that Annan belatedly realized that he had reverted to his youthful body.

It’s a bit of a shame, the adult physique was quite useful before.

If Annan were still in that "perfect body" of an adult, when Kafney lay in his arms, she would reach only up to his chest at most.

But Kafney is indeed a queen of a nation.

The Kafney of now... was completely different from the young, lonely, and confused girl of before.

Just a little while, probably a dozen seconds, and she regained her composure.

She took a deep breath resting on Annan’s shoulder, and her whole being returned to calmness. The tentacles under her skirt that were stirring constantly also settled down.

"My lord..."

She stood up straight, rarely lifting her head to look at Annan, and said earnestly: "If you intend to do something dangerous like this again, please be sure to inform me in advance.

"I am no longer a burden to you now.

"I am strong now——I can protect you."

Those were somewhat familiar words.

The moment Kafney spoke them.

Annan felt a pressing power emanating from her.

A vast sea of shadows surged around her, rising and falling like the tide. It was an infinite, boundless power... almost on par with the surging light that Annan was emitting at the moment.

It neutralized the light that kept spilling out of Annan, returning the abnormally bright space back to its original state.

——That power was indeed the might belonging to the other side of "Radiance."

The power of "Shadow."