The Righteous Player(s) Chapter 20: Seeking some possibility

Hugo did not have a close relationship with the gods. Those who know that Annan is a heavenly chariot are basically real gods, false gods, or people directly related to gods.

Even gods cannot know things that have nothing to do with themselves. Their ability to grasp Annan's information is related to the connection between "Black Annan" and the righteous gods during the week's end.

Logically speaking, the owner of Hugo Tower should not know that Annan is the Sky Crane.

But Annan soon realized...this should be what Bernardino told Hugo. There doesn't seem to be an entirely hostile relationship between them.

Just as Annan explained to Shisanxiang before - young wizards basically make friends based on "talent". Because if the talent gap is too big, there will almost never be any intersection in the lives of two people after graduation.

Considering that both Hugo and Bernardino will become gold-level in the future. And they are about the same age.

Perhaps they had a good relationship when they were young...but as they grew older, they eventually took completely opposite paths.

"...Now that the Book of Heavenly Chariot has been collected, it means that the light of the seventh ray is finally coming."

Hugo was silent for a long time and then whispered: "It's a pity that I couldn't catch up."

Annan knew what he was talking about.

With Hugo's desire and ability, he should have been recognized by the Book of Truth long ago. But just like the reason why Annan came here - the old truths stored in the sky wheel are no longer enough to be compiled into a book.

But... it's too late.

If he had not had that fight with Bernardino, he might have been able to wait until Annan completed the sublimation ceremony. As long as Annan ascends to a new heavenly carriage, he will definitely be able to obtain the Fragment of Truth as soon as possible...and be immediately promoted to the level of truth.

Even if you become a **** and gain eternal life and immortal authority, it is only a matter of time.

But it was too late.

"I can live for another two months at most."

The lanky ghost said calmly: "This is a maximum value. Because the soul is too empty, in about forty days, I will gradually lose my mind due to the lack of soul.

"Even if you can become the gold level immediately and ascend quickly... it is already too late. My remaining life is not enough for me to collect all the books of truth.

"That is to say...I can't catch up."

Hugo is about the same level of transcendent person as the man in the mirror.

Whether it is talent, desire or anything else, it is of the highest quality.

The difference between them is that the man in the mirror can put down the inheritance of the Cold Wind White Tower - using the inheritance of the Wizard Tower as bait to lure other wizards to help him complete the sublimation ceremony.

For the man in the mirror, it is undoubtedly worthwhile to use his life, future, dignity, the inheritance of the Wizard Tower and everything he can give to verify whether his ritual is correct.

This ritual was originally invented by Bone Man and used once by Fufu. The Man in the Mirror believes that it has room for optimization. But this ritual of replacing the Book of Truth can only be completed by an extraordinary person who is at the top of the Golden Order and has completed all the achievements except the "Prototype of Truth".

There is no possibility of his theory being put into practice.

The man in the mirror thought - why not do the experiment on himself.

Fortunately, he succeeded in the end.

If he had failed... I'm afraid his soul would have been wandering in the gap between life and death, entangled in the pain of immortality for the rest of his life. Until he was tortured to the point where he forgot everything and became a resentful soul that would never rest in peace.

For the man in the mirror, he is first a wizard and a ritual master, and secondly the master of the tower.

But for Hugo it was the opposite.

He is the Lord of the Tower first—and a wizard second.

It was only later that Annan learned from Salvatore... that the holy fire passed down from generation to generation in the Black Tower of Zedi even had properties similar to the Philosopher's Stone.

It can directly use "wisdom" as fuel.

This means...if the owner of Hugo Tower at that time could be cruel enough to burn all the wizards in the Zedi Black Tower to death.

Not only will they not become the material for Bernardino to make the "Philosopher's Stone".

On the contrary, the soul that can replace Hugo Tower Master is burning... and Bernardino is easily defeated.

But Master Hugo Tower failed to be cruel in the end.

He would rather watch the wizards he taught being killed by Bernardino, and then go to Bernardino to fight for their lives... than he would rather burn them to death in advance as his "fuel".

"Vatore-senpai" thinks this is a pointless act of weakness.

She believes that this is human "emotion" that restrains the master of Hugo Tower and makes him make a judgment that is not rational and should not belong to a superior.

But Annan and Salvatore both believed that Hugo Tower Master was right.

Although in terms of results, you can undoubtedly get better results if you do it yourself...but not everything in this world can have results. ~IndoMTL.com~ This is the classic trolley problem.

If it is just for the sake of "better results", we will personally deprive some people of their lives to save others. In fact, it is to turn yourself into a scale and the supreme judge, to judge right and wrong on behalf of heaven.

That is undoubtedly an act of arrogance.

The fundamental reason is that these students and tutors are not the "properties" of the owner of Hugo Tower. He does not have the power to sacrifice what is not his own to save others.

They can indeed choose to sacrifice themselves, but Hugo cannot sacrifice for them. Although from a consequentialist perspective, there is no difference... there is a difference between killing to save others and killing to save others.

It is precisely because of this that Annan sat here calmly and discussed "things that cannot be heard by Salvatore for the time being" with the owner of Hugo Tower.

"I'm sorry, I can't help you."

Annan said slowly: "It's too late...it's too late."

There was no guilt in his voice, just real and rational regret.

It was not because of Salvatore's mentor that he lost the chance to become a god.

But the world has lost a reliable "living pillar".

Annan is feeling sorry for this world.

"It doesn't matter."

Hugo just shook his head and took his death indifferently: "When people live, they have to die. Even if I can't become a god, it doesn't mean that my life is meaningless.

“The fire is passed down from generation to generation—as long as the initial flame is still burning until the end, we ‘successors’ in the middle are valuable.

"I invite you here...to seek some possibility."

He said seriously: "You know, Your Majesty. The next generation of [Fire Stealers] should have been succeeded by Benjamin Foster."

(End of this chapter)