Super Righteous Player-Chapter 1170 - 217 Chiron’s Promise

Annan revealing this feature, which players temporarily don’t need, can actually be seen as a kind of open strategy.

After all, players can enter this world at any time, and they will be granted a "permanent residency permit" upon death.

But once they enter this world, they can no longer return to the world they lived in before... Therefore, this does not make them hurry into this world; instead, they will try to calmly manage their "one and only" real life.

At the same time, considering that this world is their true final destination, they will inevitably pay more attention to this world. They will strive to manage their relationships and their image in this world... This is also a way to constrain the players’ behavior.

But it’s not by means of threats, but through incentives—

With reasonable difficulty and generous rewards, they make the players want to grind more, the more they grind, the more satisfying it becomes. Letting them know... the things they grind out during this period, are all for their future enjoyment.

The few "pies" that Annan has thrown out have effectively calmed the players down.

Indeed, players are a species that particularly loves "pie in the sky"...

Every year, at all kinds of game expos, players from all over the world gather to eagerly partake in the "pie," which nobody knows when it will materialize or if it will shrink when it finally does.

After confirming that Annan has indeed passed through that deadly Otherworld level nightmare safely and successfully, those friends and relatives who came to "greet him upon his release," quickly dispersed.

After all, they each have their own duties...

Kafney is the Queen of Noah, Maria is the Tower Master of the Tower of the Storm. Even Salvatore, who used to idle around and could afford to run his own shop, has now become the Tower Master of the Heath Tower of Black.

Normally, a Tower Master cannot leave the Wizard’s Tower, as they are the "antenna" of the Wizard’s Tower. In a sense, for a Tower Master to leave the Wizard’s Tower is like a person’s soul leaving their body.

It is very difficult to circumvent this Curse Binding.

The Tower of the Storm is a unique case.

As long as the "Lady of the Storm" absorbs the storm elements accumulated over this period, she can leave for a short time—This is because the Tower of the Storm itself has a certain consciousness, which allows her to try to release or digest the power, or at least not to be so mentally stressed.

...But by the same token, if a natural disaster occurs somewhere in the world at this time, and Maria is not in the Tower of the Storm, she is unable to detect and suppress it in a timely manner.

This is precisely Maria’s duty.

Salvatore’s situation is somewhat different.

In Heath Tower of Black, the "Fire Transmitter" themselves are the energy source of the Wizard’s Tower.

According to Salvatore, to let the Sacred Flame operate automatically, he had to bring Hugo back... and lit the Sacred Flame on Hugo, allowing him to temporarily take over for a while.

In other words, Salvatore, through the mechanism, selected Hugo as the Tower’s Child. With the authority of the Tower’s Child and Hugo’s proficient mastery of the power of the Sacred Flame, Hugo is quite capable of handling it.

Although Hugo has not yet advanced to the Gold rank, he was once after all the Tower Master of Heath Tower of Black, and his soul has not degraded.

Annan couldn’t help but sigh.

This frequent exchange of roles between "father and son" makes Hugo and Salvatore look like dormitory roommates...

In order not to let Heath Tower of Black burn Hugo out, Salvatore especially switched Heath Tower of Black to "low performance mode" before leaving. Closed doors, libraries, and laboratories were all shut down, with no functions other than elevators and lighting turned on, emphasizing energy conservation.

But just in case, Salvatore still did not dare to delay.

After all, Hugo’s soul is now in a liquid state, which is much less substantial compared to a Gold-ranked solid-state soul, and really cannot withstand burning.

Luckily for them, all three of them have now been entered as players by Annan. After gathering six Fragments of Truth, players’ teleportation ability could also surpass the great barrier... This means they only need to teleport directly back.

Yes, they all teleported here sneakily.

Otherwise, with their status, trying to enter the United Kingdom simultaneously and immediately without allowing the United Kingdom to prepare... That would definitely cause some major chaos.

— Let us in!

— What are you really planning?!

— Annan is in danger, we’re here to save him, let us in!

— I don’t believe it, are you trying to assassinate Duke Annan! Tell us his location, I’ll send help!

— We cannot tell you, and you’d be of no help anyway, it must be us!

— Do you think I’d believe that?

By then, the situation would probably unfold like this.

So, they had to bypass the great barrier, directly teleport to Dennisiowa, and then drive here. It was only because Annan cleared the level quickly that they were not delayed for too long... Fortunately, they can teleport directly back to the city.

And after these friends and relatives have dispersed, those remaining should be the ones who have business with Annan, as well as the locals of Dennisiowa.

Such as Isaac, Paper Princess, Faceless Poet, Ofelia and others from the Silver Brigade... and also the centaur Chiron.

Annan was keenly aware that Chiron’s gaze was focused on what was in his hand.

More precisely, focused on the Siren of the Third.

"Master Chiron, you came to find me... Is there something you wish to discuss?"

Annan asked.

Chiron nodded solemnly and saluted Annan: "I have come to pay my respects to the God of the Chariot.

"I am grateful to Your Envoys for rescuing me from the painting. I will not forget their efforts."

"Oh... you also saved me. We’re even now."

Annan responded gently.

Thanks to Chiron’s prophecy—being one of the most powerful centaurs of ancient times, his visions could penetrate the River of Dreams and see directly into the nightmares occurring in the Otherworld.

It was indeed his knowledge of the dangers Annan faced that led to "the great rescue."

...However.

Previously, Chiron was respectful towards Annan but not so reverent.

Annan also realized from his attitude—that indeed, there were no longer any enemies who could prevent his ascension. Becoming the God of the Chariot was a fait accompli.

In response to Annan, Chiron just sighed, "If only I had issued the warning earlier, you would not have fallen into such peril."

"Master Chiron, did you realize something was wrong in advance?"

"Actually, on the same day that Sir Silver Baron went to Noah, someone came to Noah and attacked me... It was a ’Worm Cultist’ who came back from the future. He didn’t engage in fierce battle with me, but rather kicked me back into the painting completely using the seal of the smoke mirror.

"Once I entered the painting, I couldn’t contact anyone actively. I could only communicate with them when someone approached the painting.

"At that time, I saw Lady Ingrid’s subordinates began to be massively eroded by the Worm.

"The existence of the Worm Cultists is the trail left by the Worm’s crawl. Their existence proves that the Worm lived in this era... But before this era truly arrived, it was banished to a much more distant time. If there is one or two Worm Cultists, probably they stumbled upon something they shouldn’t have unearthed.

"But if a group of Worm Cultists suddenly appears, it indicates that the Worm has already influenced this part of history—you can also interpret it as ’they are all people who have returned from the near future.’ The Worm has devoured their history from ’now’ to ’future,’ using their future selves to kill their present selves.

"Looking back at it now, the gods’ venture to Winter to handle the matters of the Charioteer, the ’essence’ of your soul recounted to you by the Paper Princess, were all actions taken under the Worm’s influence.

"At that time, the Worm didn’t have any real strategy to speak of. But just when the Paper Princess reflected the Worm as your mirror image... Your relationship with the Worm became like that of Master Salvatore with his reflection.

"He immediately gained wisdom and strategy on par with yours and began scheming based on everything that had already happened.

"Because he, in the future, could clearly see everything that had happened in the past... Thus, he personally manipulated Ingrid, remodeling that nightmare.

"Before that, the Worm indeed wished for Ingrid to become the Chariot, to obstruct your path... But the original plan of the Worm changed—or rather, optimized—from the moment Paper Princess, under the Worm’s suggestion, endowed the Worm with form using your soul.

"His new purpose was to plunge you into ultimate despair. As long as you fell into despair and took your own life at that moment, he could replicate the history of the past. As the Son of the Celestial Chariot, he would cross eras, bursting forth from within you, resurrecting in this era with a physical form and wisdom."

Chiron sighed: "Sometimes, seeing too much is not a good thing. Especially when I couldn’t find anyone to talk to.

"Fortunately, it’s not too late... It was finally caught up before becoming irreparable."

As he said this, Chiron and Annan exchanged a glance: "I believe you know what I’m going to say next."

Annan smiled faintly.

"The death of the Worm... right?"

"Yes."

Chiron answered affirmatively.

A blessing in disguise.

Now that the Worm has attained all of Annan’s wisdom, and will be able to resurrect in this era, free himself if Annan dies for any reason, it indeed makes the Worm incredibly powerful... for it can now learn and evolve.

Yet at the same time, this means that the most dangerous characteristic of the Worm has dissipated.

—That is the absolute immortality.

It has gained a physical body, stepping away from the form of a "pure concept."

The Worm has become trackable, killable.

"If one day you decide to hunt the Worm," Chiron said earnestly, "I will lend you all my strength."