novelraw Chapter 398-2: Starlight Priest, Time Prison (2)
Chapter 398-2: Starlight Priest, Time Prison (2)
Lin Xun narrowed his eyes.
The fact that this damned game was ‘asking’ so politely made its bad intentions obvious.
He knew that the cell holding the most important person was bound to have some kind of counterattack mechanism or alarm system. The consequence of breaking down the door through brute force would definitely be triggering a trap.
Although it was still early in the chapter, there were times when he needed to charge ahead and times when he needed to be cautious. Otherwise, he might capsize in a gutter.
After thinking for a moment, Lin Xun retreated to a distance.
He prepared to use the ranged skill Extreme Evil Assault Demon Claw in order to avoid the counterattack trap he imagined.
If it turned out to be an alarm trap, that would not matter. He did not yet know where the prison warden was. If the alarm drew him over so he could kill him and get the key, that would be perfect.
Just as he was about to click on the skill, he suddenly stopped.
Most human powerhouses in this world were mage-types. If breaking the gate triggered a counterattack trap, it would most likely be targeted at ranged spell attacks.
Using a ranged spell from afar would probably play right into the trap’s countermeasure.“Heh, damned game, I just love matching wits with you.”
To be safe, Lin Xun first summoned the shikigami Nurarihyon and had him retreat some distance so he would not get caught up in anything unexpected.
Then he moved his Shell forward, refrained from using any ranged skills, shouldered his greatsword, and launched a close-range attack.
[You stomp on the ground, twist your waist, and swing your arms. The Scarlet King’s Sword tears through the air and shatters the refined copper gate in an instant, filling the air with the screech of rending metal…]
[You turn the blade sideways. Terrifying power surges through your Shell as you wield the greatsword like a pendulum and smash it hard against the gate.]
[With a resounding crash, the entire refined copper gate collapses, revealing what lies beyond…]
[At the far end of the cell, a tall, thin figure is chained in place. It is a man with all four limbs shackled, naked from head to toe, his skin carved all over with tiny runes, leaving countless ugly scars.]
[His eyes have long since been gouged out, leaving only a cluster of dried, hollow sockets…]
[You have discovered Polar Star Society Starlight Priest Who Gazes Upward.]
[The Starlight Priest hears the tremendous noise and struggles to twist his body, making the chains and shackles clatter. He seems to know you are here to rescue him and calls out anxiously, but it is already too late.]
[A beam of white light pours down from directly overhead, bathing the entire corridor and enveloping the man in the cell as well…]
[The white light is composed of countless flickering runes. Before you can react, it has already fallen upon you.]
[You have triggered an unknown trap.]
[The refined copper device hidden in the darkness overhead contains Residual Illusion of Knowledge. Any intruder who attempts to destroy the cell door will be forcibly dragged into the illusion…]
[The white light has already spread over your body. A strange drowsiness sweeps over you…]
[…]
Lin Xun’s heart gave a sudden lurch. He had already been so cautious, yet he still fell into the damned game’s trap.
[Because your special attribute Knowledge stat is too high, the Illusory Knowledge Trap Device cannot forcibly affect you.]
[You snap your eyes wide open just as they are about to close and regain your clarity of mind…]
[The Starlight Priest in the cell, however, does not move under the white light. He appears to have already been drawn into Residual Illusion of Knowledge.]
[The Knowledge Illusion Trap in the corridor does not abate and continues to shine, trying to drag you into the Knowledge Illusion.]
[Will you avoid the trap and immediately enter the cell, or will you first neutralize the Knowledge Illusion Trap?]
Lin Xun: “…”
Although the way he had avoided the trap was not quite right, the result was still the correct one.
“This damned game really has countless tricks. Luckily, I am strong enough to smash bricks.”
[You pay no mind to the Starlight Priest and instead return to the corridor, looking up at the still-glowing Residual Illusion of Knowledge trap.]
[It is a refined copper device shaped like a small square box. Countless tiny runes flicker as the gears within turn…]
[The trap device cannot forcibly affect you. Will you attempt to enter the illusion voluntarily, or will you remove the threat of the trap device?]
[At the corner of the corridor, Nurarihyon is cautiously avoiding the reach of the white light.]
[He cannot help saying to you, Dragonborn Lord, I can feel that the illusion hidden within this trap is extremely terrifying. It would be best not to attempt entering it…]
When even an illusion-crafting expert like Nurarihyon said it was terrifying, entering the illusion would be no different from courting death.
Lin Xun decisively chose the latter option.
[You channel transcendent power, levitate your Shell off the ground, reach out, grab the Knowledge Illusion Trap, and give it a hard yank, wrenching the entire device out by brute force…]
[You have obtained Knowledge Illusion Trap Device (item).]
[Knowledge Illusion Trap Device (item): Within this device is a Book Containing Illusion. When driven by the trap device, the preset conditions will trigger the trap and drag enemies into Residual Illusion of Knowledge.]
[Current remaining energy of this trap device: 76/100.]
[Book Containing Illusion – Time Prison: The illusion records the extremely terrifying Time Prison. Within that endless dark prison, your sense of the flow of time will be slowed by hundreds and thousands of times.]
[For every second that passes in the outside world, it will feel like an entire day in the Time Prison. No one can withstand such cruel torture. After enduring the torment of the Time Prison for just a few minutes, one will become a lunatic.]
“Hiss… what kind of little black room item is this?”
The item slowed one’s sense of time. It could not truly turn one second into a full day of use… but even so, it was still a perfectly merciless instrument of torture.
The remaining energy in the trap device was draining away bit by bit. At this rate of loss, it would fail completely in at most seven or eight minutes.
“A very impressive trap, but you are mine now.”
Lin Xun promptly stowed the trap device away in his Inventory.
[As you put the Knowledge Illusion Trap Device into your Inventory, the white light that had been spreading over everything also vanishes…]
[The Starlight Priest in the cell finally emerges from the torture of the illusion, but his expression is vacant. His mouth hangs open, foul-smelling drool runs from the corners of his lips, and he keeps muttering, This prophet has made it. This prophet has finally made it.]
Lin Xun’s mouth twitched. He knew this guy probably had not withstood the torture of the Time Prison and had become a complete lunatic.
[Do you wish to kill Polar Star Society Starlight Priest Who Gazes Upward?]
He stepped forward and decisively ended that sinful life.
After Possessing the Shell, he had not even opened the panel yet when the memories floated up in text.
[…]
[This Shell’s memories are filled with terror toward the Time Prison…]
[The deep darkness and endless temporal torment had made him forget everything. He remembered only his childhood dream of becoming a Prophet…]
[…]
[At this moment, Valkyrie and the Nine-Tailed Fox appear at the bend in the corridor.]
[The Nine-Tailed Fox hurries to your side to report, Dragonborn Lord, someone has forcibly broken into the prison from outside and killed many guards. The doll servent and I followed your orders, cleaned up the battlefield as quickly as possible, and rushed here to report…]
Lin Xun frowned. The rescuers had come a lot faster than he had expected.
His original plan had been to Possess the Starlight Priest and put on a little roleplay while also obtaining the secrets hidden in his memories.
He had not expected the trap to fail to affect him and instead leave the Starlight Priest an idiot.
With the situation now urgent, he could only recall his summons and continue with the planned roleplay.