The Righteous Player(s) Chapter 103: Destiny is a treacherous road

It's me, His Highness Annan. ”

The person who responded to Annan’s question was indeed the “man in the mirror” Pope, Benjamin Foster.

Both the Tasty Wind Goose and the Wandering Children know him.

After all, they are comrades who participated in the first major event together.

Seeing that it was this acquaintance, they breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed a little.

But compared with how he was dressed at that time, Benjamin today has changed a lot in appearance and temperament.

If he had taken off his wizard robe back then, he would have looked like an ordinary old man with the temperament of a scholar. But now Benjamin is filled with a mysterious temperament... rather than a human being, he is more like a human-shaped totem, or a symbol of action.

Now Benjamin's pupils have turned into pure silver like mirrors, reflecting everything in front of him. He was wearing a rather weird gray cloak.

There are many broken lenses inlaid near the end of the cloak. At a glance, the rainbow-colored halo is overflowing, like a peacock fluttering its wings.

Just glance at it and you can't forget his existence. That figure will be directly burned into my mind...

When Pope Benjamin spoke, there was also a strange echo in his voice, as if reverberation was turned on.

The moment Benjamin's voice came out, Annan realized that he had been exerted a new influence:

[You get a new tag "Low-level influence: infinitely overlapping reverberations"]

【If it is not removed in time, you will fall into a random nightmare with the keyword "mirror" in seven days (difficulty: hard). 】

…Can the Pope exert influence so easily?

Annan's eyes turned to the dark golden mirror held in Benjamin's arms. His hands were hidden in his cuffs, and the mirror he held in his arms could reflect everything, but no one person.

Could it be that...

The title [Man in the Mirror] refers to his special way of existence in the mirror?

Benjamin seems to be just one person, but does he actually carry the gods he serves with him?

For a moment, Annan couldn't tell whether this was the equipment of the "god" or the "pope"; or whether the "pope" was the mount of the "god".

What a strange way of symbiosis.

——Just like a dumb hippopotamus.

A very rude metaphor came to Annan's mind.

"What are you doing here?"

After coughing slightly, Annan asked politely.

Not to mention that Benjamin is half of his teacher, and he also provided a lot of help to Annan in the early stage... As the pope now, Benjamin's status is not much lower than that of Annan after he succeeded to the throne.

"Are you looking for Justus' nightmare?"

Benjamin Pope asked rhetorically.

Without waiting for a response, he made his own declaration:

"——That is absolutely impossible to find."

Before Annan and the others could question, Benjamin further explained in an old voice: "Because the 'key' to Justus' nightmare...is not in the current timeline.

"That's why the 'Man in the Mirror' asked me to come here to guide you."

...What does it mean?

Longjing Tea was slightly startled when he heard this.

Annan somewhat understood.

Because he has participated in "Nightmare: White Tower", he has some understanding of the basis of the ceremony for Michelangelo to become a god.

His ritual foundation is hidden in the "past". There is no way to destroy it without crossing the timeline.

For the false gods enshrined in this kind of ritual, if the ritual is destroyed, the temporary truth they "rented" through the ritual will be taken back. Therefore, he was directly knocked back to the gold level... For example, the ritual basis of Duke Skeleton was the entire principality he sacrificed.

If someone wants to kill the Duke of Bones, they don’t need to attack him directly. They just need to find a way to enter the gray fog, find the ruins of the Principality of Song Song, dig all the way underground, and kill all the undead. In this way, Bones' "proof of betrayal" was destroyed.

...Although it is very troublesome.

But the ritual of the man in the mirror is hidden in the "past". Therefore, it can also be said to be an absolutely safe means of ritual hiding.

——And Justus’ nightmare is also hidden in the “past”?

"Idol wizards are attracted to each other."

Benjamin said slowly: "This is because the essence of their power is 'destiny'. Once their destinies have overlapped or been connected, the cause and effect will not be broken even after many years." ."

Hearing this, Annan gradually understood.

"You mean...the man in the mirror has had contact with Professor Wolf before?"

After Michelangelo became a god, people who knew him could no longer pronounce his past name casually. Because this will produce new influences and will also be regarded as mysterious knowledge, bringing meaningless pressure to the listeners.

Benjamin nodded to Annan's speculation.

The answer was affirmative without any hesitation.

That’s it.

Annan understood.

That's why... Nefertari came here. Because the "Bone Healer" - the former "Professor Gray" - must have had contact with "Professor Wolf".

Idol wizards can borrow power by increasing their "similarity" to each other.

From this point of view, "Professor Wolf" Frederick would call himself this, probably just to steal the power of "Professor Gray".

Perhaps "Professor Gray" changed his name to "Bone Healer" and is also related to Professor Wolf.

Then their relationship should be more than just "both idol wizards".

Annan frowned slightly.

Michelangelo, the "Eye of Delayed Time", was at the golden level in the past, but now he has become a god.

"Bone Healer" and "Grey Professor" Seti were and still are at the gold level.

"Professor Wolf" Frederick was only at the silver level at the time, but now he has reached the gold level.

Past and present...

If you join "Michelangelo" ~IndoMTL.com~ then use Seti as an intermediary.

Can we think that this is a ceremony in the "mirror" realm?

Annan was thoughtful.

He looked at Benjamin.

He asked seriously: "What kind of help can the man in the mirror provide us?

"What do we need to do?"

"Generally speaking, we just need to purify this nightmare."

Pope Benjamin replied: "As the vicar of the 'Man in the Mirror' I cannot deal with this nightmare personally, otherwise I would have solved it long ago. It must be purified by people of your time..."

"Because Professor Wolf is stealing the power of the man in the mirror," Annan narrowed his eyes slightly, "right?"

Hear this speculation.

Benjamin was silent for a moment.

He was noncommittal and remained silent.

And this silence has already told Annan the answer.

——As expected.

Benjamin will come here specially to cut off this nightmare.

When the "destinies" of the three idol wizards converge at one point.

If you think about it carefully, it seems that these three people have some connection with Annan.

In other words, Annan could hear the names of these three people. It means that he has already connected with them.

Benjamin, who contacted Annan on behalf of the man in the mirror.

Nefertari contacted Annan on behalf of Seti.

And...

...In place of Professor Wolf, the werewolf girl Doreen came into contact with Annan.

What if this is not a coincidence...but the three idol wizards are all "escape" from themselves, so they sent agents who are close to themselves?

"Destiny is a treacherous road..."

Annan murmured.

He has a deeper understanding of this sentence.

——Crane, perhaps a higher concept than "destiny".

(End of this chapter)