The Righteous Player(s) Chapter 105: Nightmare: White Tower

Annan did not hesitate for long.

He lay on the bed, holding Gerald's broken bones.

He felt a strange chill seep into his blood... and felt an inexplicable sense of comfort.

...four seconds, five seconds...twelve seconds, thirteen seconds.

Finally, Annan's vision began to blur.

The surroundings around him gradually became quiet and dark, and a prompt appeared in front of his eyes:

【Unpurified Nightmare Fragments Detected】

[Level requirement: Bronze level or above]

[Professional requirements: Wizard]

[Special needs: Have killed someone]

[If the requirements are met, you will fall into a nightmare in ten seconds, ten, nine...]

Suddenly, Annan felt his consciousness begin to fall rapidly.

He didn't know how long he had been falling, until at a certain moment, he suddenly woke up.

There was darkness before his eyes, with only the data stream flashing by:

【Falling into a nightmare, the copy is being generated...】

[The difficulty of the dungeon is Hard, and you can enter it up to ten times]

[Current purification rate is 1/10]

[The total erosion rate of the team is 8%, the difficulty of the copy increases by 8%, and the probability of nightmare distortion increases by 8%]

[There is no save point in this copy. Each death will increase the erosion rate by 5%. You will be forced to exit the copy after one death]

[This copy provides introduction to the plot and has decryption rewards]

[Reward for clearing the dungeon: Occupation (Wizard) increases by 1 level]

[50% reward for decrypting the copy: get a random soul-stealing school spell (must be equipped)]

[Loading completed]

After the words "Loading Complete" gradually faded away, Gerald's sigh sounded in Annan's ears:

"Doubt everything..."

He seemed to be standing next to Annan, staring ahead and lamenting in a low voice: "Don't trust anyone."

As his words fell, the surrounding darkness was torn apart by the cold wind in an instant.

He immediately realized that he was in the frosty sky and snow.

The sky is leaden gray, and a blizzard is coming.

Even the unusually dazzling sun in the sky is a bit lighter here.

And he was wearing heavy non-slip boots, holding a long stick in his right hand, and wearing a woolen hat on his head.

His boots were stuck deep in the snow, and his face and hands were numb from the cold. Even though his clothes were very heavy, Annan couldn't help but shiver.

"...a little cold."

If you continue to stand here, you might freeze to death.

We have to find a place to take shelter from the wind and snow.

Annan realized this very clearly.

He looked back and found that his footprints came from a distance beyond his sight, and the farthest footprints were almost covered by the wind and snow. This means that he just walked over there... It has been snowing for a long time.

It is impossible to go back.

We can only move forward.

Anan thought of this and checked the things on his body.

——The results are surprisingly few.

He wore Gerald's silver ring on his left hand. In his backpack was a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and a silver pocket watch that could be used as a mirror. And...

A small white hammer?

"This is not——"

...The bone and blood trigger of the Skeleton King?

Annan was slightly startled, but not too surprised.

He remembered Salvatore saying that the charm should have been stolen not long ago, about four or five years ago. At least it was three years after Gerald advanced to silver, so it certainly wouldn't be too long.

Annan checked and found that six teeth had been filled in the bone hammer. It was very well prepared for battle.

But on the contrary, even though he came to such a cold place, he did not carry a backpack with any luggage. He didn't have a change of clothes, and he didn't bring any food or water.

It was as if he knew from the very beginning... that he wouldn't stay out for long.

Anyway, let’s confirm our identity first.

Annan thought this way and shone his face with the smooth pocket watch base.

Reflected from the silver face is a young man with a gentle smile and an ordinary appearance. His brown curly hair was covered with falling snow, and his dark blue pupils were extremely calm.

"It's really you."

Annan murmured in a low voice.

The body I am using now is that man... David Gerald.

The dark wizard wanted by the Black Tower in Zeland.

The next moment, the introduction plot of this copy appeared before his eyes:

[After being expelled from the Black Tower of Zedi, David Gerald was homeless and had nowhere to go. 】

[If he is a wizard of the transformation sect, then he can at least find a job. But it's a pity... As a wizard of the soul-stealing school, no noble will believe in him, let alone anyone willing to hire him. 】

[At least until he advances to gold, this situation will not improve. 】

[Not long ago, Mr. Gerald inquired about something. 】

[The master of Howling White Tower, the great gold-level wizard "Eye of Time" Michelangelo, decided to recruit the heirs of Howling White Tower from silver-level wizards all over the world——]

【——No age limit. 】

【——No gender limit. 】

【——No limit on origin. 】

[The only requirement is that there are no teachers, classmates or apprentices. 】

[Among the eight schools of Soul Seizing, Edict, Prophet, Transformation, Incapacitation, Destruction, Shaping, and Idol, the most outstanding applicant from each school who meets the conditions will be selected by Michelangelo. Master Luo sent an "invitation letter" and summoned him to the Cold Wind White Tower to conduct a secret ceremony to determine the final successor. 】

[Gerald signed up symbolically. But he never expected... that he would actually be chosen. 】

[The next moment he opened the invitation, he was teleported to the snowfield near the White Tower of Cold Wind. Fortunately, he was prepared ~IndoMTL.com~ He put on heavy clothes and took hiking poles in advance. Although he looked a little funny, he was not embarrassed. 】

[But correspondingly, except for the cursed item "Skeleton Lord's Bone and Blood Trigger", he did not carry any weapons or cursed items. 】

[And you will come here on his behalf to complete this ritual. 】

[You can use this spell and hit anyone's bones with it to inflict "heart paralysis", "forgotten secret words", "I'm not here", "no words", "claustrophe" at will Any one of the six curses of "Fear" and "Book Page Lock". Each spell can only be used once in this copy, and if the difference in strength is too large, the effect may be exempted. 】

[You need to temporarily bear the curse of the dark wizard Gerald: "Break the Declaration"]

【Before attacking others, you must give a warning from three to ten seconds in advance and reveal the target of the attack. The closer it is to ten seconds, the more powerful it will be. However, if the attack is not carried out according to the agreement within ten seconds, the state will be reset]

[In this copy, only soul-stealing school spells below the Silver level can be used; your mana pool ratio is temporarily regarded as 15/34 (distorted more than twice as much as order)]

[At sunrise, you can restore all the power of order]

[At sunset, you can restore all distortion power]

[Warning: When the mana pool ratio is reversed to above 2:1, you will enter a state of out-of-control (crazy) and lose 20% of your maximum health every second]

After these words dissipated, a line of words appeared in front of Annan's eyes again:

[Main mission: Survive]

Immediately, a large number of small words appeared under this line of words again:

【Do not fight with anyone】

[Learn everyone’s real names]

【At least four people survive】