192: Chapter 192 The Golden Gate Symbolizing the [Future]: The Boy [White Night] and the Dragon [Grey]

Gemini rolled a 12 again, but the dragon egg reflected on the surface of the [River of Fate] showed no reaction. The prompt on the light screen in front of Gemini updated.

[Points: 12; Due to the effect of the character status "Holy Light Guardian Barrier", 60 points must be accumulated to hatch. Current hatching progress: 12/60]

Gemini stared at the "12/60" hatching progress on the light screen, his mouth twitching. Beside him, Hapi the Monochrome Bear was already shaking all over from holding back laughter, its round body bouncing uncontrollably. "Pfft~ Hahaha~" Hapi finally couldn't help but burst into loud laughter, its round figure rolling back and forth on the ground. "It seems [Gemini] will have to wait at the starting grid for at least 5 turns~ Well then~ Next is 'My Turn'~"

As soon as Hapi the Monochrome Bear finished speaking, a rousing battle tune suddenly blasted—Baibai Bear was flapping its cartoon wings, struggling to hold a black speaker about its own size, circling above Hapi's head, and the music was coming from that speaker. Hapi struck a cool throwing pose amidst the music, gently opened its hands, and the two [dice of fate] it held in its palms landed steadily. The result was, shockingly, two sixes! "Pfft~ It seems my luck has turned around too~"

[Points: 12; Arrived at "Growth Grid": Gained 4 points of Attribute Growth, acquired ability: Sword Technique (Elementary)]

The [River of Fate] beneath the two instantly surged, and a clear scene appeared: In the backyard of a church in a remote village, a white-haired youth wearing brown hemp clothes washed until they were pale was holding a wooden sword, practicing swings repeatedly. Sweat slid down his cheeks, soaking his collar. Not far away, the middle-aged priest Paul looked at him with a kind expression, and beside him stood a red-haired woman—she was dressed in silver training gear, her demeanor capable, and the long sword at her waist shimmered with cold light.

"I really didn't expect that after so many years, you are still so young, Lily." Paul said with a smile, "As the youngest [Sword God] of this generation and the head of the Reinhardt Family, how did you think of coming to my shabby little church in this remote village?"

The red-haired woman, Lily Reinhardt, tilted her head and chuckled: "I don't think the place where Lord Paul, one of the 12 Cardinals of the former Church of Light, stays is an ordinary remote village."

Paul shook his head helplessly, his gaze falling back on the white-haired youth: "I have already retired. Now, there are only this child, Bai Ye, and me in the church."

"Is this the child you found at the church entrance 12 years ago? Could he be the [Hero] from the oracle revelation you mentioned?" Lily looked at the youth, a flash of curiosity in her eyes, "Why do you have him practice sword technique instead of teaching him your most proficient [Holy Light Power]?"

"This child, Bai Ye, has a rather special situation." Paul's eyes became profound, "He needs to strengthen his physique through sword practice first, so he can better grow and face the challenges of the future."

The prompt light screen in front of the Black and White Bear synchronized with his character information:

[Character Name: Bai Ye]

[Character Race: Human]

[Character Attribute: 5]

[Character Ability: Light Element Affinity (Elementary), Dark Element Affinity (Elementary), Sword Technique (Elementary)]

[Character Status: Dual Personality]

———— [I am the dividing line after four turns] ————

Gemini helplessly took the [dice of fate] that the Black and White Bear had struggled to deliver with its small wings, exerted a little force with his fingertips, and threw two sixes again. The hatching progress on the prompt light screen finally reached "60/60".

[Points: 12; Due to the effect of the character status "Holy Light Guardian Barrier", 60 points must be accumulated to hatch. Current progress: 60/60]

[Character Status: Bloodline Conflict (Healed), Holy Light Guardian Barrier (Expired)]

In the scene of the [River of Fate], the black and white dragon egg on the top of the legendary Forbidden Ground [Wind-Thunder Mountain], where no one dared to set foot, suddenly began to shake violently. Cracks spread from top to bottom across the entire egg, emitting a crisp "crack, crack" sound. A dragon claw covered in gray scales suddenly pierced through the eggshell, probed twice in the air, and quickly retracted. Immediately after, a huge white lizard vertical pupil looked through the crack, curiously examining the hurricane and lightning outside. After the dragon egg shook for a while, a huge black lizard vertical pupil also moved to the position of the crack, observing the surrounding environment with slight vigilance.

"Awoo—!"

A young but imposing dragon roar sounded, and black and white light flickered rapidly at the crack of the dragon egg. The next second, with a loud "bang", the eggshell shattered, and the fragments splashed all over the mountaintop. A gray dragon the size of a human flapped its small wings and slowly flew up from the ground. It circled and flew toward the eggshell fragments scattered on the ground, swallowing them one by one as its first meal after birth.

The prompt light screen in front of Gemini synchronized with its character information:

[Character Name: Gray Dragon]

[Character Race: Half-breed Dragon]

[Character Attribute: 50]

[Character Ability: Light Element Affinity (Advanced), Dark Element Affinity (Advanced), Dragon Magic (Elementary, can release Dragon versions of Light Magic and Dark Magic, equivalent to human Advanced Magic)]

[Character Status: None]

"Finally hatched." Gemini looked at the cute gray little dragon in the scene, the same curiosity flickering in his eyes as [Gray]. His fingertips began to rub the [dice of fate] returned by the Black and White Bear. "Next, it is finally my turn to move."

Hapi's laughter stopped abruptly. Staring at the 50 attribute points on the light screen, it curled its lips: "Pfft~ What a cheat-like character~ But my [Bai Ye] is not bad either~" The Black and White Bear raised its hand to signal Baibai Bear to turn off the music, took the [dice of fate], and threw it hard.

[Points: 6; Arrived at "Event Grid": Triggered Choice—Transmigrate through Black Wind Forest, head to the big city to venture]

The scene on the [River of Fate] switched rapidly. Bai Ye had grown into a tall white-haired youth. He had the [Novice Iron Sword] gifted by Priest Paul tucked at his waist and was dressed in gray travel clothes, walking in the gloomy Black Wind Forest. The forest was overgrown with bushes, and huge, lush trees blocked the scorching light of the noon sun. Bai Ye walked vigilantly on the dim forest path. Suddenly, a strange noise came from the bushes by the roadside, and a sturdy wild wolf pounced on Bai Ye. Its sharp fangs flashed with cold light, and the foul-smelling drool made Bai Ye frown.

Bai Ye's eyes sharpened. Without hesitation, he drew his iron sword, exerted strength from his wrist, and a sharp sword light flashed. With a "bang", the wild wolf was struck in a vital spot by the sword, and its corpse slammed onto the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust. Bai Ye shook the blood off the sword and, without lingering, continued walking deeper into the forest.

[Character Name: Bai Ye]

[Character Race: Human]

[Character Attribute: 25]

[Character Ability: Light Element Affinity (Intermediate), Dark Element Affinity (Intermediate), Reinhardt Style Divine Sword Technique (Intermediate), Light Magic (Intermediate)]

[Character Item: Novice Iron Sword (Elementary), Reinhardt Family Token]

[Character Status: Dual Personality, Full Mental Focus (Increases learning efficiency, increases chance of hitting vital spots in combat)]

Gemini observed the [Bai Ye] character panel and gave Hapi the Monochrome Bear, who was pretending to whistle nonchalantly, a meaningful look. "So, Hapi, you [cheated], right? Doesn't matter, anyway, this is also part of the [Gambling]." Gemini raised an eyebrow, his mouth curving into a playful smile again. "Simply increasing [Character Attribute] is really an obvious trap~" He picked up the dice, threw it gently, and the two dice drew an arc in the air. When they landed, it was two sixes again!

[Points: 12; Arrived at "Growth Grid": Gained 50 points of Attribute Growth, acquired ability: Dragon Skin (Elementary, special Dragon skin that combines the magic immunity of a Light Dragon and the physical immunity of a Dark Dragon)]

In the scene of the [River of Fate], Gray had grown into a human-sized gray dragon. It discovered two piles of crystals emitting rich Light Element and Dark Element in a cave on the top of Wind-Thunder Mountain. Over the course of a year, Gray relied on devouring the crystals to get through its most vulnerable infancy.

Gray rubbed its hard gray scales with its sharp gray dragon claws. "Roar!" A majestic roar drowned out the whistling hurricanes and flashing lightning that were constant on Wind-Thunder Mountain. With the flapping of the huge gray wings behind it, Gray left its birthplace.

Seeing this, Hapi the Monochrome Bear pretended to be anxious and jumped on the spot: "Pfft~ [Gemini], you cheated! How is it 12 points again!" This earned a speechless eye-roll from Gemini.

Hapi the Monochrome Bear snatched the [dice of fate] from Baibai Bear's arms, closed its eyes, and threw it hard. The dice bounced a person's height after landing, and after a few bounces, it finally landed steadily on the ground.

[Points: 10; Arrived at "Event Grid": Encountered Black Wind Forest bandit group, triggered combat]

In the scene of the [River of Fate], just as Bai Ye walked into the center of the Black Wind Forest, he was surrounded by a group of bandits holding large knives. Seeing the exquisite token tucked at Bai Ye's waist, greed was clearly visible in the bandit leader's eyes. He sneered: "Kid, hand over everything valuable on you, and I'll spare your life!" Bai Ye gripped the iron sword in his hand, his eyes sank, and a faint white light appeared on his body.

After using [Light Magic] to stack several buff spells on himself, Bai Ye turned into a white light, quickly shuttling between the bandits. After a burst of iron weapons falling to the ground, the necks of all the bandits began to spurt blood. The bandit leader stared at Bai Ye, who had returned to his original position, in disbelief. He opened his mouth to say something, but blood from his neck kept flowing out from between his fingers. Finally, like the other bandits, he collapsed on the ground of the Black Wind Forest.

Just as Bai Ye stepped over the bodies of the bandit group and continued forward, the bandit leader used his last strength to take out a black inverted cross, and a black beam shot toward Bai Ye's back. Bai Ye discovered the anomaly behind him and jumped to the side violently, but he did not expect that the black beam could actually turn. The black beam pierced through the shield Bai Ye had urgently constructed using [Light Magic] and shot straight toward Bai Ye's head.

Bai Ye nervously cast purification and healing types of [Light Magic] on himself while cutting off the bandit leader's head with one sword stroke. Finding nothing unusual about himself, he continued forward, but did not notice the black light that flashed across his eyes...

[Obtained Attribute: 25 points]

[Obtained Ability: Dark Element Affinity (Advanced), Dark Magic (Advanced)]

[Obtained Status: Dual Personality (Second personality awakened as Dark Personality)]

"Oh? Want to switch personalities?" Gemini watched the scene with great interest. "Looks like this is one of your trump cards."

Hapi the Monochrome Bear pretended not to hear Gemini's words and clapped happily: "Pfft~ [Bai Ye] is so amazing! He actually solved the whole bandit group by himself~"

As the two continued to throw the [dice of fate], the water of the [River of Fate] alternately reflected the vastly different growth trajectories of these two [characters]—one was a gifted half-breed dragon, and the other was an experienced human swordsman. As the two continued to advance, both [characters] finally arrived at the [Duel Grid] at the same time, and the first duel was about to begin.