Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 850 - 404: Star Favored, the Ancient Sage Beryl Dragon

Chapter 850: Chapter 404: Star Favored, the Ancient Sage Beryl Dragon

Under the extensive search of the undead, it didn’t take long to find something.

[...]

[In the endless mist, you followed the ’Skeleton Warrior’s’ steps, and quickly arrived at the scene of the incident...]

[The door of the Fine Copper Carriage was wide open, and the metallic steed stood still in front, staring at you with its huge equine eyes, occasionally snorting hot steam from its nostrils and mouth.]

[Its owner, ’Branch Association Scholar’, was not in the carriage but was scattered alongside it, dismembered into a bloody mess.]

[The limbs of the body had all been cleanly severed by a sharp weapon; the torso was still connected to the head, but the giant eye on the chest was gone, as if someone had deliberately gouged it out.]

[There was a strip of thin metal lying next to the body, a familiar ’Beacon of the Fine Copper Carriage’.]

[There weren’t many traces of battle remaining at the scene; you deduced that the fight from beginning to end must have been brief, and the creature that killed the ’Branch Association Scholar’ must have been much more powerful than it.]

[...]

Lin Xun frowned.

The body in front of him was so mutilated that it was impossible to possess it and feel its memories to find out what misfortune the scholar had encountered.

"How did the Scholar die? What killed it?"

Although the Scholar was weak compared to him, its own strength wasn’t poor; at the very least, it was stronger than the ’Star Chanters’ and ’Star Priests’ in the Shell Column.

He suddenly remembered that he had traveled in the mist for a long time without encountering any creatures like the ’Mist Barrier Monster’ or the ’Mist Barrier Monster Overlord’.

Could it be possible that the Scholar had encountered a monster in the mist?

Lin Xun shook his head, judging from the description in the text, it didn’t seem like the work of a large mist monster...

With that thought, he activated the extra skill - ’Ghost Dominion’.

Summoning a remnant soul to ask questions was much like directly possessing a Shell to feel its memories, as both could only reveal the most profound memories of the Shell before its death.

’Ghost Dominion’ had clear pros and cons; the advantage was that even if the body was too mangled for possession, as long as it wasn’t too fragmentary, a remnant soul could still be summoned and questioned.

The downside was that remnant souls lacked consciousness and were muddled fools, which made obtaining memory information through questioning quite troublesome, much less convenient than direct possession.

[...]

[The tall and thin shadow with a black robe behind you raised a short staff, chanting obscure incantations...]

[A faint shadow floated up from the mutilated body in front of you; its figure was transparent, its expression dull, it was the remnant soul of the ’Branch Association Scholar’.]

[You quickly asked it what it had encountered before death...]

[The ’Scholar’ kept muttering, monster, monster... it must have been a monster created by the Polar Star Association.]

[It was an Abyss Demon, no... a Stars creature, also not correct...]

[It knew! It was a fusion of the Abyss Demon and the Star Spirit, too terrifying, too terrifying!]

[The remnant soul seemed to be startled by something, its soul body trembling and flickering, and then it dissipated into specks of light and vanished...]

Lin Xun frowned upon seeing this.

"A fusion of the Abyss Demon and the Stars creature?"

He couldn’t help but recall from Chapter Four, the Multivision President’s futile attempt to become a god by merging the Abyss Demon with the spirit of the Stars, dubbed ’Abyss Demon Completion Plan’.

The Multivision President had long ago sided with the Stars, secretly joining the Polar Star Association; perhaps the technique to fuse demons and Star Spirits was something he got from the Polar Star Association.

If the ’Abyss Demon Completion Plan’ came from the Polar Star Association, then there must be some great secret hidden behind this plan.

Lin Xun continued to send the little skeletons to conduct a thorough search but after a long wait, he found neither the so-called ’demon-star spirit fusion’ nor any other explorable location.

He could only pack up the Scholar’s remaining beacon, board the Fine Copper Carriage, and continue on to the ’Polar Star Association’s temporary base’.

About twenty minutes later, Lin Xun finally arrived at his destination.

Oddly enough, the journey was very smooth; no mist monsters were encountered, not even the distant footsteps of massive creatures that could be heard before.

[...]

[The carriage came to a slow stop, and the carriage door opened on its own, and you stepped out slowly...]

[A tall metal fence emerged from the pale mist, the wall extending to both sides into the infinite mist, with a large closed gate in the center.]

[It wasn’t just you; dozens of exquisitely designed carriages were parked around...]

[Looking up, you saw a large sign above the metal gate - ’Dexter Manor’.]

[The guards at the door, seeing you arrive as a ’Star Chanter’, hurriedly opened the gates...]

[You looked at the familiar manor sign, and memories within the Shell began to resurface...]

[Viscount Dexter had the fortune of witnessing the brilliance of the Stars, naturally changed his belief, and secretly pledged himself to the Polar Star Association.]

[He would often hold auctions at the manor, which attracted individuals from all walks to come and shop, making it an excellent place to gather intelligence; thus, the place became the Polar Star Association’s temporary base at Sub City Notos.]

[You, having completed the task successfully, should now swiftly enter the manor and report to your superiors.]

[You passed through the gate into the manor and headed towards the deepest mansion, according to memory...]

[The mansion’s hall was filled with guests, mostly nobles dressed in luxurious gowns.]

[The atmosphere of the wine party in the hall was exuberant; it was heard that after the party, there would be an auction held on the underground level of the mansion.]