Chapter 28: Your Nightblade Is Great, But It’ll Be Mine in the Next Second
Rast’s consciousness turned into a tendril and gently touched the card that depicted his own character illustration.
Immediately after, a screen of light rippling like water appeared before his eyes.
【"Tower" · Rast】
【Bond Level: MAX】
【Sequence Abilities: 1. Radiant Lantern】
【Tower · Radiant Lantern (Unlocked): The first-tier ability of the Tower Sequence. It allows one to summon the shadow of the Lantern Bearer behind them through mental suggestion. The flame of the lantern will shake the minds of nearby targets. Depending on their respective ranks and the gap in mental strength, it causes control effects. When used on targets under hypnosis, corruption, or pollution, it has a certain chance to purify the abnormal state of their spirit.】
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【Nightblade: The Fool’s Library】
【The Fool’s Library (Unlocked): It is said that for every kind of enemy, danger, and problem in the world, there exists corresponding knowledge, and from knowledge, derived skills and tools to counter them. However, the knowledge a single person can memorize, the techniques they can master, and the tools they can store in a lifetime are limited. This Nightblade was created by a foolish human, who, with his crude self, sought to resist dragons, elves, vampires, and other innately powerful races. He deconstructed all the martial arts, sequence ranks, Nightblades, and extraordinary abilities he had seen in his life into knowledge, and collected them as original volumes in his library. As long as one retrieves them, they can be replicated and used directly. That nameless human later died of old age, but his library, along with tens of thousands of original volumes, was passed down. Through the course of civilization’s history, it was inherited and improved by successive generations, gradually filling and perfecting itself, until it included all phenomena in the world. As the new owner of this library, as long as you find the corresponding key, you can use the ancient volumes stored within.】
【Currently Unlocked Sequence Ranks: 2】
【Remaining Usable Volume Slots: 3/3】
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When he clearly read the description of the Nightblade "The Fool’s Library," Rast’s pupils couldn’t help but contract slightly.
He had lived in Deep Blue Port for hundreds of years and learned a number of skills far beyond what most people could imagine.
But precisely because of that, Rast clearly knew that the vast knowledge and techniques he had acquired were but a tiny fragment compared to all of human civilization.
For instance, most of the techniques he had mastered could only be called "proficient," while the ones that had truly reached a master level were only a handful—such as marksmanship, hand-to-hand combat, and parkour—each of which had cost him nearly a century.
However, the description of "The Fool’s Library" included the original forms of all knowledge, inventions, martial arts, and items that had ever appeared in the history of human civilization—even those pertaining to the extraordinary.
As long as he retrieved the corresponding volume, he could replicate and use it directly.
“But if I want to use some of the volumes, I still need to find the corresponding keys.”
Rast’s gaze swept over the dark tower in front of him, staring at the twenty-one pale staircases in the gloom.
He still remembered Shiltina mentioning that only seventeen Sequence Ranks were known so far.
But according to "The Fool’s Library," there were twenty-one, which should correspond to the twenty-one Fate Tarot cards in his memory from the previous life, excluding the Zero card—though it seemed some of the cards had been altered.
Clearly, the knowledge stored within "The Fool’s Library" far surpassed that of the real-world civilization where Shiltina resided.
As for the so-called keys—
Rast looked at the two long staircases nearby that were not sealed by golden chains, and a rough guess began to form in his heart.
His thoughts turned into tendrils again and touched the card that depicted Shiltina’s illustration.
Ripples of light shimmered in front of Rast’s eyes.
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【"War Chariot" · Shiltina】
【Bond Level: 2】
【Sequence Abilities: 1. Intuition, 2. Gale Steps, 3. Burning Blood】
【War Chariot · Intuition (Unlocked): The first-tier ability of the Chariot Sequence. It allows one to act during battle without thinking, directly making the optimal move using a sixth sense. It can predict trajectories through the sound of wind and intuition, avoiding stray arrows and gunfire, and in certain scenarios, even achieves a “future-seeing” effect.】
【War Chariot · Gale Steps (Locked): Unlocked when bond with target character reaches a certain level】
【War Chariot · Burning Blood (Locked): Unlocked when bond with target character reaches a certain level】
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【Nightblade: Infinite Blade】
【Innate Skill · Endless Martial Refinement (Unlocked): Your path of martial arts has no end. Every swing of your weapon permanently increases the power of your martial skills, until the peak of eras and the end of techniques.】
【Level 1 · All Things Are Weapons (Locked): Grants the concept of “weapon” to any object and places it fully under your control. If it’s already a high-quality weapon, proficiency will greatly increase. This skill comes from the legend of a nameless knight defeating a mighty enemy using only a tree branch. (Unlocked when bond with target character reaches a certain level)】
【Level 2 · True Name Liberation (Locked): Unlocked when bond with target character reaches a certain level】
【Level 3……】
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As expected of the future "Silver Sword Saint."
After witnessing Shiltina’s splendid Nightblade panel firsthand, Rast could only sigh with admiration in his heart.
A cheat-level Nightblade like "Infinite Blade" could only appear on someone like Shiltina—the favored daughter of the world’s will.
For an ordinary player without hacks like Wind Spirit or Moonshadow, acquiring it through normal means would be pure fantasy.
However, Rast didn’t envy Shiltina, because based on the information in the screen, it seemed he could use "The Fool’s Library" to freely copy Shiltina’s abilities.
《Your Nightblade Is Great, But It’ll Be Mine in the Next Second.JPG》
After reviewing Shiltina’s card, Rast fully understood what the “keys” for unlocking the volumes in his Nightblade actually were.
Bonds with other Night Travelers.
Or in other words, the so-called "fate."
Currently, he had only established a bond with Shiltina.
Therefore, out of the twenty-one pale staircases, only his own "Tower" and Shiltina’s "War Chariot" were unlocked. The other nineteen were all sealed by golden chains.
But if he could establish strong bonds with other Sequence Night Travelers in the future, then the corresponding pale staircases should also be opened.
Also, for now, the abilities he could replicate from Shiltina were only "War Chariot · Intuition" and the innate skill "Endless Martial Refinement." The rest of the abilities were still locked.
However, as his bond with Shiltina deepened, those locked skills should gradually become available too.