75: Mythic Helm, Death Curse

Lin Ye finally understood.

This kind of hidden quest line in eternal requires the player's confirmation before the quest is given.

Conversely, it also indicates that the difficulty of such quests, which require confirmation, is absolutely astonishing.

Moreover,

Even just accepting the quest already means encountering immense danger.

For example, the quest to rescue the princess clearly stated that there was no penalty for failure.

But in reality?

If he had just ignored everything and rushed over...

Heh heh?

A world-class BOSS, a mentor-level legendary combatant—they were both waiting here.

There was no penalty for failure.

Because if you fail, you're dead!

And you'd die under the Hell Black Flame, your soul burned, never to be resurrected, a fate no different from deleting your account.

Ding~

You have received a new quest.

Lift Isolde Princess's Death Curse

Target: Death Curse 0 / 1

Reward: Unknown

Penalty: None

Lin Ye was completely clueless about this.

Isolde, seeing Lin Ye's troubled expression, proactively said, "Is Knight Brother worried about Yi Yi?"

"You only have a little over a month left to live. If I don't worry now, then when should I worry?" Lin Ye quipped.

"It's okay~"

Isolde hugged Lin Ye tightly and said gleefully, "The Death Curse from fate doesn't mean direct death when the time comes. It's most likely some kind of accident, right? So it's okay. As long as I'm with Knight Brother, Yi Yi will definitely safely pass her 18th birthday."

This seems to be a protection quest?

Hmm, that makes it simple.

Lin Ye still preferred things to be more straightforward.

Now, looking at the quest again,

Lin Ye roughly understood where the danger lay.

Shadow Group!

They weren't here to kill him, but to kill the princess.

It seemed they were taking a job from Ke Lun, Count.

But honestly, did Ke Lun, Count really have the power to bribe a world BOSS of Karl's level?

Moreover,

For their assassination plan, they even bribed the Moon Shadow Kingdom's Blue Moon Legion.

Such an arrangement couldn't be easily accomplished by just an Imperial Count, could it?

Therefore,

Even if this assassination failed, it didn't mean the end.

Plus, there was Nolan, who escaped; he didn't seem to be allied with the Shadow Group, and even Isolde couldn't discern his background using her Eye of Insight.

It was very complicated.

Within the Moon Shadow Kingdom alone, at least two factions wanted to kill the princess.

However,

Lin Ye's protection quest wasn't complicated; he just needed enough combat power.

After a moment of thought,

Lin Ye decided to proceed his own way—just level up normally to increase his combat power.

"Let's go, I'll send you back to the Moon Shadow Kingdom first."

Huh?

Isolde immediately hid her head, "No, no, don't go back! Yi Yi doesn't want to be a princess; I just want to stay with Knight Brother..."

"Hahaha, I'm just sending you back; I didn't say I wouldn't take you out again."

Lin Ye patted Lulu.

The Crystal Throne ascended, heading directly towards Moon Shadow Imperial Capital.

On the way,

Lin Ye finally had time to take out the Mythical Treasure Chest.

Open it.

Entering the Imperial Capital didn't guarantee a smooth journey.

He still chose the upgradable option.

Ding~

You have obtained Mythical Equipment, Helmet of Time!

"It's still time-based?"

"That's right."

"I'm a space-time class myself, so getting a time-based item isn't strange, is it?"

Lin Ye opened the attributes.

Helmet of Time

Quality: Mythical

Durability: 1000

Upgrade: time crystal (0 / 500) space crystal (0 / 500)

Requirement: None

All Attributes + 10%

Follow the Light: After activation, consumes 1% of max HP per second. Physical and magical damage gain 10% armor penetration.

Against the Light: Foresees the location of fatal attacks within 30 seconds (If foresight is successful, consumes 50% durability)

Steal Light: Consumes 10% durability. Can see a Phantom of the enemy's actions 0.1 seconds later.

Misplaced Light: Consumes 10% durability. Can distort the enemy's skill area for 0.1 seconds.

Time Overlap: The time property of this item can overlap with similar equipment.

"It's actually a set?"

As soon as Lin Ye saw the last attribute, he immediately understood.

Equip directly.

The 10% attribute increase didn't seem like much now, but it would be very significant after subsequent upgrades.

The key was still the special skills.

Against the Light?

Foresees fatal attacks in advance.

How does it determine that I will definitely die in that situation?

That I definitely can't dodge, can't avoid, and am doomed to die?

Hiss!

If that's truly the case, this seems a bit like Yi Yi's prophecy.

First, it foresees a future inescapable death.

Then, it uses the 30 seconds to find a way to break this inescapable death?

The specific capabilities, he'd probably only know after using it.

No.

It's better not to casually trigger this kind of death foresight.

The rest,

Steal Light and Misplaced Light were both quite useful skills.

One forewarns of enemy actions in advance, and the other strongly obstructs enemy skills, including area-of-effect skills.

Buzz buzz buzz...

The paper crane in Lin Ye's arms vibrated slightly; it was Avinia's.

After taking it out,

A clear line of small text was printed on it.

Ke Lun, Count seems very angry and is issuing orders to completely eradicate Demon Lord's forces from the Eternal Continent. Has your quest succeeded?

Eradicate my forces?

What forces could I have...

Lin Ye paused slightly, "Newbie Village?"

Yes, the Count's target should be that small piece of land that just returned from the space-time turbulence.

"You know too?"

The empire suddenly gained a considerable piece of land. How could I not know such big news? If Ke Lun, Count hadn't suddenly appeared, I would have gone there to see it today.

"See what?"

Looking back at ancient history, to be able to cut a piece of land from the Eternal Continent and have it return perfectly preserved many years later is definitely not something just anyone can do. The most likely candidate, of course, is that forgotten Emperor.

Lin Ye knew what she was thinking, but it wasn't right...

Huh?

If it wasn't the Forgotten Land, Newbie Village couldn't have returned, so her guess seemed plausible too.

"That's not urgent. I'll take you there later. Let's talk about the main topic first: Do you know how to break a Death Curse?"

Isolde possessed the Eye of Insight and could see much knowledge, but this didn't mean she was wiser than Avinia. As an Arcane Master who understood space-time, she might have some ideas.

Is the curse an instant damage type, or an unknown prophecy type?

Ah, this is expertise!

Lin Ye directly said, "Prophecy type, a cost for using an ability, judged by light of knowledge."

Thump~

Far away in the Ostra Association, Avinia nearly fell over.

"Kno... light of knowledge?!"

"That is an existence beyond Mythical, the embodiment of omniscience, the guide in mythical legends who led humanity out of ignorance..."

"He... It... Its existence, or what form It takes, are secrets unknown to anyone in this world!"

Trembling!

Avinia trembled from her voice to her body, even every cell in her body was subtly shaking.

As a scholar, her yearning for knowledge never ceased.

light of knowledge, to her...

Was not a god!

But it was her sole dream and aspiration!

"You... You haven't seen It, have you?"