Reincarnation Paradise Park-Chapter 723 - 33: Talent Awakening

Umbrella Brother’s message was very long, Su Xiao began to read it carefully.

Christmas (Loner): "A Bai Ye who uses a knife? It should be you, no one else calls me that. I don’t have many messages left, so the contents of this message will be quite messy. Try to understand it piece by piece.

First, three high-tier contractors have entered the Holy Grail World. I suspect they used items to enter, their purpose is unclear, it could be revenge, or something else entirely.

But, they will kill all the contractors they can find! I personally witnessed them decimate a group of twelve small adventurers.

There are three: two men and one woman. One male Fire System close combat wizard (who has long-range abilities, I saw it myself), one male main tank, slightly chubby, and one female controller, speculated to specialize in Charm Attributes, specializing in control type.

My time might be running out, Bai Ye, you’re strong, maybe... you can survive. Also, besides these three, there might only be us two contractors left in this Derivative World. If those three used items to enter this world, they can’t see this message. (Remaining message count: 1 time).

After seeing this message which could almost be considered a will, Su Xiao felt a bit uneasy.

From the situation on the Derived World Contact Platform, the likelihood of Umbrella Brother lying is slim. After he sent this message, the platform was eerily silent like a haunted place.

"Three high-tier contractors, capturing other contractors... "

Su Xiao took out a cigarette, just about to light it, when a soft female voice came from the doorway.

"Patient... no, you can’t smoke~"

It was Sakura Matou peeking in from the doorway.

"Who told you that."

Su Xiao looked at Sakura Matou, her mental state had improved a lot with the help of Bubu Wang.

"My mother."

"Didn’t your mother tell you that peeping is wrong?"

"I don’t think so... I once peeped on Rin showering, and she invited me to join her."

Sakura Matou tilted her head, her short purple hair falling to her cheek.

"That’s not peeping, go play with Bu Bu."

"Oh~"

Sakura Matou ran off, and Su Xiao continued pondering Umbrella Brother’s earlier message. After a long time, he sent a message on the Derived World Contact Platform.

Bai Ye (Loner): "How long can you hold on."

A few minutes later, Umbrella Brother replied.

Christmas (Loner): "A maximum of one day (within 24 hours), they’re tracking me, how about we work together?"

Umbrella Brother’s message count is exhausted.

Bai Ye (Loner): "Meet in the black mist in 20 hours."

The black mist that Su Xiao referred to was not from anywhere in the Holy Grail World, but a metaphor that only Umbrella Brother could understand.

Previously in the Trial World, the Dark Forest was shrouded in black mist, so the black mist referred to the forest, and there was only one forest near Fuyuki City.

Su Xiao’s implication was to meet in the forest outside Fuyuki City in 20 hours. As for why not go find Umbrella Brother now, it’s because Su Xiao was recovering from injuries.

With his physique + Bubu Wang’s aura + potions mixed through Alchemy, he needed at least 18 hours of recuperation to regain combat strength.

Moreover, Su Xiao had only collaborated with Umbrella Brother once before. Human nature is unpredictable, and whether the other party is completely trustworthy remains to be seen. It’s possible that Umbrella Brother has already been caught and sent the message under duress. This isn’t impossible. If not for the bizarre situation in the Holy Grail World, Su Xiao wouldn’t have chosen this option.

"It seems the time to participate in the Holy Grail War has to be postponed again, but teaming up with other Masters isn’t out of the question."

Su Xiao checked the remaining time for the main line task; there were still 12 days left. If high-tier contractors really used items to enter this world, then fighting Heroic Spirits was a suicide mission.

Now Su Xiao finally understood why he couldn’t see any contractors before, making this Derivative World like a ’single-player’ version. Those contractors weren’t hiding; they were all killed.

What is the purpose of those three? Simply to kill contractors to explode Scarlet Cards? Or to clear the Holy Grail World?

Neither of these possibilities is very likely. The Holy Grail World isn’t suitable for capturing contractors, as the drop rate of Scarlet Cards is only 20-30%. There are many Second Tier Worlds more suitable for capturing contractors than here.

As for clearing this world for a huge reward? That possibility isn’t big either. Su Xiao has seen the kind of item that allows high-tier contractors to enter a lower-tier world once. That thing is frighteningly expensive and scarce. Moreover, high-tier contractors entering a lower-tier world will have their strength suppressed, which is why major adventure teams usually purchase such items.

If not for money, then it’s for personal matters or revenge. In Reincarnation Paradise, few people care about personal feelings, so the chance for vengeance seems higher.

Possessing items held by large adventure groups, seeking revenge, not engaging in main line tasks upon entering the Derivative World but directly killing contractors, this could be to prevent Second Tier contractors from joining forces, opting instead to eliminate them individually, showing decisiveness and ruthlessness.

Lines of logic emerged in Su Xiao’s mind. Although he doesn’t enjoy using schemes, not thinking in Reincarnation Paradise, full of cunning foxes, means a short life.

"Why does it feel like they’re coming after me..."

Su Xiao exhaled a puff of blue smoke. This wasn’t him overthinking, but he did meet all the conditions mentioned.

Having enmity with a large adventure group (Blood Gate Adventure Group), not weak in strength, and posed a threat to suppressed high-tier contractors when teaming up with many Second Tier contractors.

"Stan?"

Su Xiao was quite puzzled now. Suddenly, he felt a slight burning sensation in his hand from the nearly burnt-out cigarette, and he extinguished it in the ashtray on the bedside table.

"If Stan came for revenge, how did they find me?"

This was Su Xiao’s greatest mystery. His number was a fake number, not only is it untraceable, but Reincarnation Paradise would immediately notify him if someone tried to track his number.

Su Xiao hadn’t received any notification, but besides the number, other things could be used for tracking, such as an item in his storage space marked with coordinates or his blood.

These things could be used for tracking, but the cost isn’t low. Given Stan’s approach, would he really go to such lengths for a member of a seed group?

Su Xiao began checking the items in his storage space. After examining everything, he didn’t find anything suspicious.

If it’s not an item, could it be his blood that’s been acquired and used for tracking? While possible, it’s a very small chance.

From Su Xiao’s financial perspective, if he were to track someone at all costs, especially tracking through the most difficult way by blood, he would need to sell off all his equipment and cover the benefits of completing two to three Derivative Worlds. More importantly, high-tier contractors can only enter a Derivative World one position lower than their tier, which is a strict rule.

The current situation could be described as a tangled mess, but Su Xiao had a feeling that if Stan indeed sent people to hunt him down, it wasn’t merely a decision made by a large adventure group but involved a larger force. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Su Xiao no longer dwelled on this matter. If they came, he would kill them. If he couldn’t win, he’d escape, and if he couldn’t escape, then he would die. There was nothing to fear. He who stands barefoot doesn’t fear those in shoes. If pushed to the limit, he will directly hunt down the Blood Gate Adventure Group in return.

Relaxing his mind, Su Xiao quickly fell into a deep sleep.

Fifteen hours later, Su Xiao’s fingers twitched, and he sat up on the bed and began to remove the bandages from his body.

The chest wound had mostly healed as long as he didn’t engage in too brutal of a battle.

Moonlight streamed into the room, Su Xiao yawned, and after clearing his mind, he checked the completion degree of his Talent Awakening Task.

[Talent Awakening Task Completion: 95% (Extremely Excellent).]

[Tip: 70% of contractors’ Talent Awakening Task completion is below 40%, 20% have a completion of above 60%, 5% have a completion of 70%, 3% have a completion of 80%, 1% have a completion of 90%, 0.13% have a completion of 92%, 0.00041% have a completion of 93%...]

Based on the tips, Su Xiao seemed to have exceeded the task. Reaching a 100% completion was not something he had ever expected; with his current strength, that was completely unrealistic.

"Paradise, awaken my talent."

With a great enemy at hand, Su Xiao needed to awaken his talent ability to enhance his combat capabilities.