Translator: Exodus Tales
Editor: Exodus Tales
Under the Black Rose Calvary Brigade’s supervision, roughly about a third of the citizens were teary eyed, leaving their loved ones as instructed… The sadness that was visible in their eyes was a little intense, a weird sensation that was like they were sending their loved ones to the crematorium.
It was under the influence of this strange atmosphere that a majority of the people in the plaza lost control of their emotions.
It was at that time when the voice that echoed throughout the plaza called out once more, “Fear will only make you even weaker, and the weak are not qualified to live in this world. If you must know, the reason why you as well as your family may continue to live on is entirely dependent on the elite members from the 13 Knights’ Regiment. Put your life on the line in the ‘Space of Destiny’ and obtain the unique Brass material; build something that could protect the millions in the [Holy City of Newtonia]. Now, it is time for you all to prove your worth! Head forth into the World of Destiny and resist the fear that you’ve never felt before. Tether on the edge of life and death and struggle for your survival; Become a returnee. Remember, reason and courage are your only weapons. Survive, and you shall be rewarded. Your loved ones would be proud of you all and would be able to live a better life.”
The words that the cavalier had uttered reverberated in everyone’s mind. Even though it was not an inspiring speech, it did halve the fear that most of them were feeling right now.
Indeed, since they had already gotten to this stage, why would they not give it their all? Even if they were not doing it for the sake of humanity as a whole, they should also be working hard to survive for the sake of themselves and their family.
The youths gathered in the plaza tried to form up teams to encourage each other.
Han Dong had chosen to mingle amidst the more crowded areas, so he found an empty spot to sit down and ponder over the information he had learned from the cavaliers’ words.
“Space of Destiny?”
Out of everything the cavalier had said, it was this new vocabulary that Han Dong found most interesting.
“Survive to become a ‘returnee’?”
Could all these cavaliers, who were all more physically superior than the average human, have been the elites who had previously survived the current ritual? Speaking of which, just what sort of place were they going to? Was there such a high death rate?”
Han Dong was not afraid. He had already died once, so he did not believe there could be anything even more frightening than death. Instead, he was very curious about this so-called ‘Space of Destiny’.
Quietly waiting for the time to pass, he glanced over at the clockwork timer on his wrist and saw that the countdown was coming to an end.
10, 9, 8…
The final ten seconds.
Han Dong was also becoming nervous. He took a deep breath and tried his best to calm himself down.
3, 2, 1…
PLOP!
The ground that he was sitting on turned into a pool of viscous black liquid as the thousands of citizens gathered all fell into it.
Because their bodies were surrounded by the viscous black liquid, breathing was difficult and they were unable to struggle too much either. At the same time, some sort of prompt was given to everyone through that liquid.
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The identity of the entrant has been confirmed – Novice.
A random scenario is being generated…
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The two sentences before were the same for everyone present. Just as the majority of the youths were unable to hold on and were about to suffocate, all of them got different prompts echoing in each of their minds.
What Han Dong received was
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The scenario has been generated. The background will be using a movie from China, ‘The Cursed’ (director’s cut)
Type: Evil Spirit event
Difficulty (Novice): ★★★★
Main quest requirement: Without leaving the abandoned village, survive for 3 days.
Reward: [1] Fate point, with a low chance of obtaining a Destiny Card (Novice grade)
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As the prompt ended, Han Dong could feel the viscous liquid around him disappear. He, as well as five other ordinary citizens from the Holy City, had materialized on a road in a village.
Muddy trails and low single-storey houses were around, with telephone poles that were plastered with ‘accreditation papers’.
This place could not be any more familiar to Han Dong. Was this not a farm village from his motherland?
He confirmed this the moment he saw a Chinese rural farm mutt, with its curled tail standing right by the farm entrance.
Further seeing a few fine self-built cottages with network cable ports fitted on the telephone poles, as well as an old man relaxing on a recliner swiping short videos, he more or less got an idea of the timeline.
This should be the same era when Han Dong was alive.
Furthermore, Han Dong had even discovered that his clothes had changed. He was now dressed in simple clothes that was contemporary with what a university student would wear.
“So the so-called Space of Destiny would actually take the background of my world’s movies?”
While Han Dong was amazed at how real the environment and people were… The five other youths who had come along with him were already completely panic-stricken.
This was not because they were in a completely foreign setting whose architectural style was extremely different, but as a result of hearing the ‘system message’ that they had received.
A slim girl with black hair had collapsed to her knees, clutching the crucifix that was around her neck, shivering visibly.
“God! Why? Why must I suffer such misery?”
An older looking bald caucasian, who seemed to be about 25 years of age had drooped his head low and was stomping his feet in indignant anger, grinding his teeth, “Evil Spirit… With a four-star difficulty rating! We’re doomed. We’re all going to die in this place. There’s no way we have any chance of survival. D*mn you, Knights Regiment, I curse you all to hell!’
A pretty woman with long blonde hair and blue eyes was constantly looking around, hoping to find a ‘lifeline’ from among her peers, “Excuse me, are there any Knights candidates? Is there any way to take me under your wings and let me survive this?… I’m willing to offer you everything.”
This woman’s eyes paused at Han Dong, who looked to be calmer than the rest, but she immediately judged from Han Dong’s skinny frame that it was impossible for him to be a candidate for the Knights Regiment.
Soon, because the woman had not found anyone that she could depend on, her expression abruptly turned to despair as she blankly stood on the spot.
Just as most of them were at their lowest, a rather extraordinary youth stepped out from among the six.
He had curly blond locks and was wearing a rather exquisite looking pair of copper plated protective goggles. Han Dong had even noticed that the movement of this person’s left arm did not look natural in the slightest… In the gap between his white gloves and long sleeve, Han Dong could vaguely make out a metallic luster underneath.
Because all their clothes had changed to fit with the setting of the event, everyone was dressed like university students, yet anyone could tell from the disposition this youth was giving off that he was different from the average citizen. It was as if he was a middle class citizen in the Holy City, maybe even higher.
“Friends, this is not the time for us to be afraid or frightened. Do none of you recall not too long ago what the great Black Rose Cavalier had told us? Fear would only cause us to fail. Reason and bravery are our only weapons, the only thing we can rely on to defeat this Evil Spirit. The noble Black Rose Cavalier captain had once survived a 5-star difficulty event when he was but a novice like us! We are only facing a 4-star event, so that does not mean we are doomed to failure. Let’s all team up together, we’ll certainly be able to find the opportunity to survive through all this!”