Chapter 188


Chapter 28: The Balance of Life and Death (4.1 Extra Release)

Rebecca, trained by years of combat instinct, reacted to the sudden voice from behind without looking back, elbowing back to create distance from the enemy.

How formidable transcendent-level power is! Even if it was just a careless action and didn’t use much strength, it was not something a mere legend-level being could withstand easily with their body.

Realizing this, Rebecca was startled and hurriedly tried to pull back her strength, but before she could act, her arm was firmly grasped by another hand, leaving her immobile.

What an incredible power!

After some instinctive struggles, Rebecca was astonished to find she couldn’t break free from that grip at all, even though the Dragon Maiden was engaging only in physical confrontation without using magic or dragon power. But the other party was doing the same too, right?

Fortunately, the girl who spoke behind her didn’t seem hostile and quickly released Rebecca, giving her shoulder a light pat.

“No need to be so tense. Since the Master has chosen to give you a chance, I won’t do anything to you. I just want to talk.”

“Master? You…?”

Turning around, Rebecca finally saw the golden-haired, charming girl standing proudly behind her, and memories rushed into her mind.

“You’re the one by Miss Vilyric’s side, I remember you as Xiao Guang, right? Back in the Illusory Dream Space, you seemed to…”

Taking a careful look at the golden-haired Dragon Daughter, Rebecca felt a bit puzzled. Previously, she sensed a familiar bloodline aura from her, but why was it gone now?

“Is it strange? You can use special means to hide your aura, temporarily deceiving both me and the Master; we can naturally do the same.”

Before Rebecca could catch a glimpse of Xiao Guang doing anything, the aura around her suddenly vanished, swiftly transforming into a terrifying pressure as intense and grand as the sun, making even Rebecca hold her breath in fear.

Rebecca—Aaliyah knew without a doubt this was the aura of a dragon, and it belonged to the highest-level adult pureblood giant dragon.

Although Aaliyah was still a juvenile dragon when she passed away, having only just reached the transcendent level, it was only normal for stronger giant dragons to exist…

But to be honest, even the little memory remnants left in Aaliyah’s soul had never encountered a race as overwhelmingly powerful that even the dragon race itself would tremble before them.

Instinctively, her tone turned reverent.

“This aura… Could it be that Miss Xiao Guang is a pureblood Light Dragon? I didn’t expect to see a Holy White Dragon walking among us. Do you happen to know where our kin currently live? It’s been a long time since I’ve seen one of my kind…”

“?”

The Little Dragon Daughter’s face flickered with evident disappointment.

She had specifically waited for this blue dragon to wake up primarily to ask if she had any news about other dragon clans in this world; after all, this was one of the few topics that interested Xiao Guang.

It seemed this person didn’t know either, could it be that the dragon’s soul had been too severely damaged and lost its memories?

“Forget it, forgetting about you is useless anyway. Since we finally found a living kin, let’s chat a bit. Speaking of which, do you know about the resurrection magic the Master used on you…”

On the other side, after watching the entire coronation ceremony and the queen’s parade in the square, Vilyric didn’t linger on the streets much longer and quickly brought the Leila and Renée sisters back to the inn.

Liliya was surely very busy right now, and the Priestess had no intention of disturbing her.

While sitting on the bed and staring blankly at the ceiling, the black-haired girl suddenly realized—after helping the princess successfully claim the throne, she found herself at a loss for what to do.

After all, Vilyric had no deep ties with the residents here and didn’t want to have too much involvement. Aside from a few like Liliya, she had almost no one to communicate with.

At that moment, a sense of perception surged through the Priestess’s mind.

“Hmm? Has it already been triggered?”

This meant her judgment was correct.

Rebecca had been resurrected.

While manipulating the Holy Spear to pierce through the Frost Dragon’s body for a merciless kill, Vilyric had considered certain circumstances and implanted a special delayed resurrection magic into Rebecca’s body.

【The Balance of Life and Death】

This was a skill linked to a special hidden system of【Good and Evil Value】in the Illusory World, and it would evaluate a certain value not displayed on the panel after the target entered a state of death.

If positive, it would resurrect them; if not, it could even aggravate the player’s death penalty.

The【Good and Evil Value】system was never explicitly written in any text; it was a name the players devised after repeated explorations.

Although killing would lower this hidden value, what could influence it was not limited to that; its judgment mechanism hasn’t reached a conclusive end even with Vilyric’s crossing over.

The reason it was called【Good and Evil Value】was largely due to extensive investigations and skill feedback finding that players who liked helping others and behaved kindly usually had a positive value, while those who often engaged in killing, claiming monster kills, and harming others frequently had a negative value.

No one knew exactly how the system determined this, but even if you were the only one aware of your good or bad deeds, it still influenced the fluctuations of【Good and Evil Value】, serving as the most direct means of reflecting personal behavior tendencies.

Thus, many high-level players would test this value of team members through special means before forming parties.

Just like how Vilyric previously used this【The Balance of Life and Death】.

The Priestess could feel that Rebecca had many things deeply buried in her heart that she hadn’t told anyone. She didn’t think leaving those secrets to be buried by death was the perfect choice, but she also didn’t believe in directly resurrecting her.

Ultimately, the logic that “killing someone means they should die” simply didn’t apply to this magical world. After all, even Vilyric herself had engaged in killings several times, hadn’t she?

Because the other party was a villain, because they attacked first, it was fine for me to kill, but you couldn’t, no matter the circumstances; once a life was taken, they deserved death?

What kind of highwayman logic was that?

Moreover, Rebecca had already died once for it; she had no way of knowing that Vilyric understood resurrection magic.

So, Vilyric chose to leave the power of judgment to the unseen【Good and Evil Value】.

It was clear that Rebecca’s unspoken deeds and the lives she saved far outnumbered those she had taken, hence【The Balance of Life and Death】brought her back to life.

However, the Priestess was also a bit curious about what exactly this poster girl had done secretly to receive such a judgment?

And why did she insist on wanting to die? Did she truly just wish to escape her sins?

If that were the case, Rebecca had no need to wait for Vilyric to appear; she could have ended herself by herself!

Thinking about it, it probably had something to do with the【Throne of Immortality】.

Ah well, fate would reveal all.

“Ugh…”

Vilyric looked around the empty room.

Xiao Guang hadn’t returned yet, and since she was idle anyway, she might as well take this opportunity to find the royal ancestor residing on the second floor of the dungeon, the kingdom’s guardian, Miss Edith, to chat a bit.

Speaking of which, Vilyric was slightly concerned about that “Twilight Council” Rebecca mentioned earlier; based on various clues, it was very likely linked to the organization behind the green snake seal and may even involve entities like the【God】.

With a decisive attitude, she instructed the winged sisters in the next room to move about freely, being careful not to expose their identities, and then the Priestess lightly stepped out of the inn’s door.