76: Crossing the border, Moon Shadow Capital
“I haven't seen it,” Lin Ye affirmed.
Speaking of which, the existence of light of knowledge, no matter how one speculates, could not possibly be like a normal human, nor like a normal NPC.
Listening to Isolde's account, it sounded more like a deeply hidden special NPC.
“We'll talk about the specifics later; it's impossible to find light of knowledge now, so facing this prophetic curse confirmed by him, is there any way to lift it?”
Amidst her excitement, Avinia's thoughts remained sharp: “Are you saying someone once found and met light of knowledge, and gave a judgment of a prophetic curse?”
“Yes!”
Hiss~
Avinia gasped, years of research and anticipation finally seeming to make real progress.
light of knowledge.
An existence that all Imperial Arcanists could not fully believe, yet could not resist secretly pursuing.
Simply possessing evidence of its true existence would be enough to stir up a grand academic storm in the Imperial arcane world.
Whoosh~
Avinia took a deep breath, suppressing the excitement in her heart.
“If it's a curse confirmed by light of knowledge, then it won't be false, and if a prophetic curse is true, it must mean the other party has mastered abilities related to fate.”
“That's right, it is.”
Ah?
As an Imperial Arcanist, Avinia had not really believed in fate before today.
“Princess Isolde?”
“Rumor has it she possesses a prophetic talent, and it's very accurate, but the Imperial arcane world has never quite believed it. If it's her, then it should be the backlash from using her prophetic talent, right?”
There, that's wisdom!
Lin Ye felt the matter was complicated and hard to explain, but now that she understood, it was easy to talk about.
“The situation is roughly like this, but time is tight. Without considering methods related to fate, can we find a way to break it through time and space?”
Avinia pondered for a moment, then finally said, “No.”
“Unless your time skill can infinitely reverse, one year, ten years, a hundred years.”
“But even then, it's impossible to escape a prophetic curse, because fate is a special existence that can penetrate time and space; even time reversal might be futile.”
“To truly lift this curse, the best way is to directly change fate.”
“Of course, this is also the most impossible method.”
Avinia added, “Furthermore, I don't recommend forcefully delaying it using spacetime or other means, because that doesn't solve the problem; instead, it will trigger fate's backlash, dragging the helper into an unavoidable death fate.”
“Understood, let's talk more when I have time.”
Lin Ye put away the paper crane, already having some ideas.
His spacetime skills were insufficient to change that far back, but the Forgotten Land could, and the spacetime storms there could even achieve decades of reversal.
The prophecy said she would die at 18.
If the Princess remained 3 years old, then what could fate do?
But...
Avinia's mention of fate's backlash, meaning the cost of defying fate, seemed to only grow heavier and spread...
This required careful consideration.
He couldn't make such a simple decision.
In any case, there was still a little time; he would try first, and if that didn't work, he would think of other solutions.
The Crystal Throne's flight was very stable.
As a mount, Lulu's professionalism was still too strong.
All the way through the Kingdom, Isolde introduced Lin Ye to the local customs and traditions like a family treasure.
The Moon Shadow Kingdom, completely different from the Empire which revered light of knowledge, truth, arcane arts, and military might.
Magic, magic from the Blue Moon in the sky, was their sole pursuit.
Even swordsmen, knights, warriors, Archers, and assassins, all focused on magic skills.
The most powerful force in the Moon Shadow Kingdom was not the King, but the Magic Association.
If one had to classify good and evil among the three major forces of the Eternal Continent, the Scarlet Sect clearly leaned towards extremism and evil.
The Order Alliance pursued absolute fairness and demanded complete justice.
Finally, the Magic Association was not completely neutral, but completely indifferent to justice and evil.
Magic was their sole pursuit.
They did not require members to uphold justice, nor did they emphasize fairness.
However, some overly extreme magic would also be listed as forbidden arts, prohibited for members and everyone to learn and master.
In eternal, players' Newbie Villages were divided by region; even when creating an alt and specifying a Newbie Village, the span could not exceed one city.
Moreover, it was the same when players left the Newbie Village and teleported to the main city.
Ostra was the teleportation point for players from Sea State and several surrounding cities, so Chinese players were all in the Ostra Empire.
As for the Moon Shadow Kingdom, its player composition was a bit more complex; it corresponded to players from South Korea, Sakura, Ostra, and even parts of the Arctic Bear region in reality.
Both the Empire and the Kingdom were located on the eternal East Continent.
Conversely, players from Europe, America, and Africa were concentrated in the many Theocracies and some small Principalities of the eternal West Continent.
Due to the vastness of the eternal map, although in-game national borders did not block passage, the travel expenses and time cost for crossing were very high.
And between the East and West Continents, due to the separation by the Eternal Night Sea, even if you had money and time, you might not succeed in crossing.
If Lin Ye hadn't had Lulu, running tens of thousands of kilometers like this would have been a pain~
Even now, he was sitting uncomfortably.
Mainly because the Princess in his arms was too restless; she couldn't stay still for a minute.
“Finally here...”
In the distance, a magnificent magical light barrier encompassed an enormous magical city cluster spanning hundreds of miles.
Moon Shadow Royal Capital, Hermes!
It was also the headquarters of the Magic Association on the Eternal Continent.
Within the city, the largest complex of buildings was the Magic Academy.
The tallest tower was the Magic Association headquarters.
As for the Imperial Palace, it was located on an island in Star Moon Lake.
Due to the presence of the light barrier, Lin Ye couldn't just barge in with Lulu.
The Crystal Throne landed, ready to enter the city.
“Aish, what is that?”
“A throne made of pure crystal?”
“It looks like it can fly!!”
“It's not ‘looks like,’ it can fly, but how can that thing be a flying mount?”
“Look~”
“That guy is holding a beautiful woman, so enviable...”
“If I had a flying mount like that, I could definitely get several girl group members, right?”
Before Lin Ye could speak, the surrounding players exploded.
Although they weren't speaking Chinese, there was automatic translation in eternal, so they could understand directly.
Moreover, because Lin Ye's Crystal Throne flew over their heads, it aroused the anger of many players.
“Baka yarou~!”
“This is the Royal Capital! All flying mounts must be dismounted! Don't you know?!”
Tsk?
Lin Ye's brow furrowed: “This gibberish, it's so annoying to listen to. How can you stand it?”
Pfft~
Isolde smiled: “The new adventurers recently seem to have mastered many strange languages and knowledge...”
As soon as she spoke, it immediately attracted the attention of the guards.
“Your Royal Highness, Princess?!”
Whoosh~
A group of guards, astonished, knelt on one knee and saluted:
“Royal Capital Guard Captain, greetings to Your Royal Highness, Princess Isolde!”
As soon as these words were spoken, the surrounding players were all dumbfounded.
“Princess?”
“Shiba?”
“This is the Princess?!”
“It seems so... It's just that Her Royal Highness looks even more beautiful today, I didn't recognize her.”
“Wait~ Chotto matte!”
“How could our beautiful Princess be in a man's arms?”
“And... and this guy is a player, right?!”
“You scoundrel!”
“How dare you hold the Princess? Who gave you the courage?!”