Chapter 41

Wu Xiaode fell into deep thought.

It turns out that little girl's name is Nina.

If this suit of armor possesses twelve elven divine techniques, then the little girl's talk of "revenge" might actually be possible.

She hasn't turned twelve yet, so the armor can't be activated.

—So she gave it to me, hoping I would gain the power of the armor and take revenge for her!

Perhaps that's exactly what the little girl was thinking.

But...

The premise is that I must hide in the cave, escape from the cave, and survive, then after many years, master the elven divine techniques, and return to take revenge.

—That premise doesn't hold.

Because I'm in the giant's mouth.

One move of the giant's mouth, and I'll be shredded by those sharp teeth.

I only have seven days.

No—

One day has already passed, leaving only six!

Wu Xiaode pondered, recalling the three voices from before, and muttered to himself:

"Things that can't change the past are all garbage... calculated the princess's death..."

Wu Xiaode gently placed his hand on his chest, trying to calm himself down.

What an incredible power.

That little girl—

No, she should be called Her Highness the Princess.

She was in a situation where death was certain.

Yet—

She still had this suit of armor as a backup.

No wonder the Book of the Undead issued such a commission!

"A lamb to the slaughter"!

In the commission description, the Book of the Undead made it clear that saving her might not be useful, only offering a faint hope.

—But it turns out there really is hope!!

In other words.

The fairies have a way to change the past.

They are confident because they have already divined and know exactly when the princess will die.

So the fairies must have hidden some means in this suit of armor.

This suit of armor can help the princess avoid her fate of death!

Wu Xiaode felt goosebumps all over his body.

Although, according to the fairies' song, this suit of armor will ultimately be destroyed by the backlash of fate.

But it can save lives at this moment!

Upon careful reflection, when I returned from the death pit to the real world, time had also reversed.

I returned to the barbecue stand.

Nothing had happened yet.

Perhaps the spirits borrowed the power of this suit of armor to achieve this?

Yes!

When I left the giant's mouth, I indeed returned before my death!

Wu Xiaode looked at the Book of the Spirits with his doubts.

Sure enough, a line of icy crystal text appeared on the page:

"According to the battle records, the spirits briefly activated the power of the armor, sending you back to the real world through a time stream."

That makes sense!

If the so-called "mess" refers to the fact that this suit of armor can travel through time, I happen to need it!

Wu Xiaode made a quick decision and said, "I choose the fairy's armor."

As soon as he spoke, the entire suit of armor began to tremble violently.

All the elaborate and complex runes on the surface of the armor vanished, and all the scales flipped over, with the back facing inward and the front facing outward, revealing large areas of graffiti.

On the front of the armor, there was a circle, surrounded by short lines, looking like a crude sun.

Under this crude sun, two scales were circled in red, with a line of small, wobbly text written next to them:

"The sun represents power—because this armor is solar-powered."

"The scales are marked so we won't forget what fairy magic is left here."

Wu Xiaode looked down at the sun, beginning to doubt his choice.

—Bro, this is a life-or-death situation, are you sure solar power can work?

Even if I drew a sun, it would be better than this.

As if knowing what he was thinking, the sharp, thin voice sounded again:

"Cough... It's like this."

"The sun's solar power—this isn't the technological kind of solar power, but the 'Crown of Stars' in fairy magic—"

"In short, it drives the two scales on your chest, activating the top-tier fairy magic to help you fight against that damned fate."

The Book of the Undead flew down and hovered in front of Wu Xiaode's chest, displaying a line of icy crystal text:

"The first scale contains a transcendent fairy magic."

"—To be honest, this magic was only recently created because we fairies started playing online games."

"This magic is great, epoch-making, and has digital characteristics."

"It is called:"

"Mirror Archive Refresh Magic."

"It can create a mirror moment, entering the death scenes of the undead and spirits, fighting against fate on behalf of those unfortunate souls, and seeing if anything can be gained."

"Note: You can experience reality in the mirror, but it is indeed fake and cannot affect the real world; it is also real, as everything is exactly the same as in the real world."

"To use, recite the incantation:"

"Add me in!"

"For this magic, a trial service (one time) is provided."

"The second scale will only activate when you are thoroughly prepared and confident enough to fight the giant—be very careful, it is so precious that even we can only use it once!"

"It will take you directly back to the moment you first saw the giant."

—Remember, only once!

Can it be tried?

The fairies are pretty reliable.

Wu Xiaode thought to himself and recited, "Add me in."

Whoosh—

He vanished from the spot.

...

In an incredibly luxurious palace, Wu Xiaode suddenly appeared.

He found himself wearing a black robe, seemingly of some status.

Countless magical skills appeared in his memory.

He had become a mage!

There were onlookers all around.

He stood in a small arena.

Opposite him stood an old man with white hair and a long beard, dressed in a magnificent robe, looking at him with a suspicious eye and saying:

"What? You want to replace me and join the princess's daily escort team?"

"To be honest, as the court's grand mage, I have a lot of business to attend to and would be glad if someone could take over the protection of the princess, but a test is necessary—"

The grand mage spread his hands.

A star-like light bloomed in his hand.

As the starlight appeared, black holes floated in the air.

A hurricane swirled around the grand mage, blowing everything away.

Wu Xiaode was blown backward and stuck to the wall.

—Such power without even a move!

This strength is truly terrifying!

Wu Xiaode tried a few times secretly.

He found that in this无形的压制中，他连手都抬不起来。

我不是替代了这位英灵吗？

为什么他的实力这么弱？

或者他就是因为太弱，所以在这场战斗中死掉的？

大法师好奇地问道：“愣着干什么？打开你的奥法之盾，从墙上下来跟我过过手——”

“看看是你的法术快，还是我的法术快！”

大法师一边说着，一边抬起了手。

—很明显，只要武小德一有任何动作，他的攻击就要开始了！

这是一次正常的切磋！

比的就是谁更快！

武小德有些犹豫不决。

他耳边忽然响起了一道声音：“你好，我就是被大法师阁下压着打的家伙，也是你附身的存在，你有什么办法面对这样的局面吗？”

“你不是法师吗？为什么你连站都站不住？”武小德忍不住问道。

“因为我本就是个招摇撞骗的水货——我只是一个中级法师。”

“坦白说，我想混到公主身边，获得更多的关注和好处。”

“但我完全没想到大法师会直接跟我交手，所以下一招我就被干掉了。”

果然如此！

“你是英灵？”武小德问。

“我是亡灵——我死后执念不散，灵魂被这件战甲收了，就一直依附在战甲上。”

“等等！这件战甲可以让亡灵和英灵栖息？”武小德立刻问道。

“不然你以为我们是怎么把力量传递给你的亡灵之书的？”对方反问。

是的。

我离开死亡魔窟，是因为英灵们齐齐出手。

原来他们一直在这件战甲上！

法师亡灵叹息道：“你在死亡魔窟很勇敢，我们这些亡灵和英灵没有一个能做到你那个程度。”

“谢谢夸奖，现在要怎么办？”武小德问。

那个法师英灵又叹了一口气，说道：“战甲上所有英灵都曾死在魔窟里，而我是个倒霉蛋，还没进去前就死在宫廷比斗之中。”

“你尝试着解决我的困境吧，总之，这里就是让你熟悉熟悉操作。”

“以后你再激活这个术，就会直接进入死亡魔窟的镜像了，因为大家都是死在了那里。”

“原来如此。”

武小德望向对面的大法师，心思一转，忽然露出冰冷的笑容。

就算只是术法试用，他也没打算就这么轻易死掉。

“怎么了？你到底准备好了没有？”

大法师忍不住问。

“准备什么？”武小德问。

“战斗啊！我们不是在比斗吗？来啊！”大法师严厉地说。

“不，并不是这样，就算你再怎么求我，我也不会出手。”武小德冷声说。

说完，他甚至咬着牙，竭尽全力将双手藏在了背后。

大法师愣在原地。

他手里的星光渐渐熄灭，口中忍不住问道：

“你不是想去护卫公主殿下吗？为什么不跟我试试手，难道是看不起我？”

“那倒不是，只不过我有一个信念。”

“什么？”

“就算整个世界都要毁灭了，我也不会对你出手。”武小德盯着对方，脸上露出复杂的神情。

大法师看看周围所有围观的强者们。

他的手抬起来，又落下去。

这已经不是宫廷比斗了。

对方摆明了不会出手，自己还要强制性地释放法术，那就是谋杀！

也许自己一出手，对方被自己逼迫，也会应战。

但如果他真的不防守呢？

自己等于杀了一个手无寸铁还誓死不抵抗的人。

这会有损自己的威名。

但是换个思路去想……

他为什么不出手？

他那复杂的神情……难道是跟我有什么关系？

我除了年轻的时候处处留情之外，好像也没什么——

等等！

难道说——

他是我的——

“那算了，回头我们好好聊聊。”

大法师咕哝了一句，随手一挥。

那些缭绕在他身上的星光渐渐熄灭，所有异象全部消失。

武小德终于从墙上掉了下来。

—刚才差点就死了，幸好捡回了一条命。

真是万幸。

“说吧，趁着大家都在，你说一下，到底为什么不出手？如果你是看不起我，那么，我一定会让你付出代价。”大法师带着些许的心虚说道。

武小德在心中暗暗松了一口气，说道：“没什么可说的，回头我去找你，私聊。”

大法师更心虚了。

“哼，老夫先去觐见陛下了，回头再说。”

他几乎逃也似的离开了这里。

法师的亡灵呆住了。

“这是……什么情况？”他问武小德。

“没什么，其实我也不知道，只不过我都誓死不战了，他可能从没遇到过这种情况，心中会产生一些联想，至于是什么联想，我也不清楚。”

“—反正这么多人看着，以他的身份，也不好对一个不还手的人释放杀招，不是吗？”

法师的亡灵沉默了片刻，叹了一口气说：“我怎么没想到。”

只听“咣”的一声巨响，他头顶浮现出三颗星芒。

亡灵之书上迅速显现出一行行冰晶小字：

“恭喜！”

“你得到了亡灵某某某的认可与欣赏。”

“他当初的必死之局被你化解，这让他好生敬佩。”

“当前认可度：三星。”

“本书已与这位法师完成了共鸣，并将从他身上随机抽取有价值的东西。”

“你获得了法师的‘奥术知识’，开始对魔法世界有一定的认识。”

“你的理解能力与思维能力提高了。”