A fight seemed to be taking place in the thick fog, followed by the faint sound of conversation.
The milky white fog, composed of substances from an unknown dimension, blocked the senses of the four people who remained in place.
Richard couldn't help but call out, "Hey kid, are you alright?"
Seeing no response, he cast a light spell, illuminating a radius of five meters, and cautiously walked forward. Yun Wei and the others followed behind him, with Vivian casting a Water Shield spell on everyone.
Fortunately, after walking only a few steps, they saw a shadow emerge from the thick fog; it turned out that Xie Mulang had returned.
That usually stern face now wore an expression that was both funny and exasperated.
"Phew, it might sound unbelievable, but—" He shrugged, took a small step to the side, revealing the chubby guy behind him, "I never expected that the sixth brother would actually be him."
When everyone looked closely and saw the shy red-haired boy hiding behind Xie Mulang, they were all somewhat surprised.
"Baller?!" Vivian exclaimed in surprise.
Baler Terry, heir to a duchy from the Kingdom of Golden Cloud, and Sid's cousin.
Yun Wei also had a deep impression of this classmate. The classmate was sound asleep during the opening ceremony and was hit by a level 5 lightning spell cast by Teacher Susan without suffering any damage.
However, the other person always seemed to keep a low profile, and would usually quietly doze off in a corner during class. The two of them basically had no interaction.
"Hey, you guys, how are you?" Baler smiled at the others present, his freckles looking rather cute against his dimples.
"So," Richard asked hesitantly, "how did you pass the first few trials?"
Baler scratched his head, somewhat embarrassed, and said, "I'm not really sure, I fell asleep..."
Everyone exchanged bewildered glances, their expressions complex: "..."
Then, Barr gave a brief account of his experience.
After listening to the other party's description, Yun Wei roughly realized that the other party must have encountered a bug. During the first trial, Bale was so tired that he fell asleep on the spot.
It seems to be due to a family secret technique that once he is in a deep sleep, both his physical and magical defenses increase exponentially, so the gargoyles' monotonous physical attacks are no match for him.
However, only the first trial was an individual competition; all subsequent trials required a team victory to pass. Thus, Baler smoothly made it to the final trial.
Fortunately, he wasn't involved in the third trial, otherwise their entire team would have failed.
Yun Wei's lips twitched, and he couldn't help but remind him, "Tonight's trial is very important. You will also be performing on stage, so you absolutely cannot fall asleep."
Upon hearing this, Baler nodded vigorously, his eyes sparkling. "Don't worry, I'll definitely stay alert and won't fall asleep!"
He was telling the truth. After arriving in the thick fog today, for some reason, the fog smelled very refreshing, which helped him shake off his drowsiness and made him feel very energetic.
Moreover, the slightly thinner, green-clad figure in front of him seemed to be named Claude. His cousin had told him that he must get along well with him at the academy.
Thinking of Sid, Baler couldn't help but sigh. He hoped that everything would go well for his cousin after he returned to Alchemy City and learned about what had happened.
Seeing that the other party had made such a firm guarantee, Yun Wei didn't say anything more. He could only say, "Now that everyone is 'truly' present, let's head to the theater." He emphasized the words "truly," as if to comfort himself, no matter what, the missing sixth person had been found.
The others had no objections, and the group began to move towards the theater.
Yun Wei slowed his pace and walked up to Isaac, whispering, "What do you think?"
The mystery of the "sixth man" that had puzzled everyone for so long turned out to be so bizarre. Instead of feeling relieved, he became increasingly uneasy.
Isaac's expression was also grave. He cautiously surveyed his surroundings and lowered his voice, saying, "We still have too little information. We can only take it one step at a time. Let's deal with the final trial first."
Yun Wei nodded, paused for a moment, and said, "Don't you have this feeling that everything that happened in the thick fog was as if it were all preordained?" To be precise, this sense of destiny had become increasingly strong ever since he opened the "Collection of Love Sayings" in the library.
It's similar to the 'consciousness' of realizing you're dreaming within a dream.
Isaac laughed upon hearing this. He ruffled Yun Wei's hair and said, "Don't think too much about it. If someone arranges for me to fall in love with you, I would be very grateful to him."
Yun Wei curled his lip; the knight was getting increasingly glib. He couldn't help but glare at Isaac, quickening his pace as he walked towards the front of the group.
...
The group arrived safely at the theater's preparation room.
This time, Barrett also received his script. The previously empty cover revealed writing when the book fell into his hands. The role he would be playing was "Hypnotist Copan".
Yun Wei frowned.
He remembered that Isaac had told him before that there were no gods on the continent of Elemental before Dilis.
Lord of Light, Dilis, was the first god to appear on the continent of all dimensions.
But at this moment, everyone sat down on the stone chairs to prepare for the tense reading, and Yun Wei could only suppress his questions and open the script in his hand.
Because his character, Alkh, had already died in the previous scene, there were no scenes for him in today's script. The book in his hand only had a simple plot summary, and the rest of the script pages were blank.
Compared to the last episode, tonight's plot was much smoother, without even a few twists and turns.
Devastated by the loss of his best friend, Aragorn is despondent. Fenrir and Lucy try to comfort him, but to little avail. Just then, they encounter Copan, the "God of Sleep," who is slumbering in this place.
With Copan's help, Aragorn rallied and once again challenged the tyrant Luther, ultimately defeating him. Together, they sealed the Heart of the Element. At Lucy's suggestion, Aragorn was finally crowned Emperor, establishing the Second Dynasty.
This concludes the content of "Holy Night: Final Chapter." Yun Wei became increasingly suspicious that the existence of this script was a record of a real historical event.
However, the author's writing style is too straightforward, completely different from the subtle and implicit historical records he has seen in recent days, thus casting doubt on its authority and authenticity.
If I had to point it out, the script actually has many flaws, and the logic and details of many plot points are not clearly explained.
For example, what kind of help did Copan provide, and why did Aragorn suddenly perk up?
Furthermore, the story ends without any mention of the whereabouts of the god of sleep, the saintess, and the knight-errant.
Stepping outside the plot itself, even more questions arise. They previously speculated that this trial was set up by the First Dynasty, but the story in the script is set during the transition between two dynasties.
In other words, the timing of this trial could not have been earlier than before the establishment of the Second Dynasty.
Yun Wei wanted to get up immediately to discuss things with Isaac, but when he turned to look at him, he gave up. Clearly, Isaac was the absolute star of the night, currently frowning and silently reciting long, convoluted lines.
Yun Wei took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and forced himself to calm down.
The brief half hour passed quickly. The candles went out, and the entrance to the stage reappeared.
Yun Wei jumped off the stone chair and walked to the entrance to observe, only to find that there seemed to be a transparent wall blocking his way. He reached out his hand, but he couldn't get past the invisible wall at the entrance.
The stage and the preparation room seemed like two separate worlds, leaving Yun Wei somewhat stunned.
Seeing this, Xie Mulang comforted him, "Brother Yun, then rest here for a while and wait for our good news."
Vivian chimed in, "Yes, I'll keep a close eye on them. There won't be any problems."
Yun Wei nodded and smiled encouragingly, "Yes, everyone, keep it up! I'll be here watching your performance."
He stood at the entrance, high-fiving each of his teammates who came up on stage, his smile looking perfectly confident, as if the final trial was just an ordinary game.
Only Isaac, who was at the back, gave him a deep look, moved his lips, and silently asked, "What happened?"
Yun Wei pursed his lips, looked at Isaac for a moment, and said, "It's nothing. I'll tell you after all this is over."
“Okay. Then, wait for me.” Isaac paused for a moment, then gently hugged Yun Wei before walking onto the stage.
...
As the curtain slowly rose and the spotlights at the back of the theater came on, the performance on stage began.
The cold, stiff narration, in its usual mechanical voice, tirelessly explained the background of the story. From Yun Wei's perspective, all he could see were lifeless statues below the stage, staring blankly at the performance.
This inexplicably stirred a sense of unease within him, and the growing sense of reality he had developed since meeting Isaac receded irrevocably like a receding tide.
A terrifying thought couldn't help but surface in his mind:
Was everything he had experienced all along actually true?
In an instant, he felt like a rag doll that had been torn apart, with all sorts of negative thoughts clamoring in his mind, leaving him utterly exhausted.
Yun Wei lost interest in continuing to watch. Or rather, he was afraid to stand there, alongside a group of emotionless monsters, staring at the story being 'performed' on stage.
The story itself is inherently fictional. At this moment, he is instinctively afraid of anything that contradicts reality.
He walked to the stone bench, picked up the script of Alchian that he had left there, and slumped heavily onto the hard seat. In the pitch-black silence, he stared blankly at the entrance that emitted a cold, fluorescent light.
The script on stage seemed to have reached the part about Kopan, and he heard the god of sleep begin a vivid and expressive recitation:
"The lonely night is filled with dreams, ancient and modern times are long, empty and sorrowful, once parted, it is hard to look at each other again..."
"Looking back, when will I realize how ordinary it all was? Only in dreams can we meet again, a solitary figure under the candlelight, sharing sorrowful farewells..."
Baler's voice sounded somewhat immature, and the lines he was assigned were rather obscure and difficult to understand. Yun Wei subconsciously opened the script that was on his lap.
As soon as he opened the script, he realized that there were no lines for other characters in his script.
To be precise, he had just reviewed his lines for tonight, as there were no scenes for him tonight, so the script was blank.
Yun Wei chuckled self-deprecatingly. He realized that something was wrong with his current state. Just as he was about to close the book, he suddenly noticed out of the corner of his eye that the pages, which should have been clean, were covered with dense writing.
Yun Wei quickly sat up straight from the backrest and cast an illumination spell. The light from the spell was far weaker than the pale spotlight on the stage, and the people on stage were busy performing the plot and should not notice this.
He looked at the suddenly appearing writing and saw that the first line read:
To you, a thousand years from now:
The handwriting was delicate yet powerful. In that instant, Yun Wei thought of the book "Alch's Love Stories".
Could all of this have been Alch's doing?
But wasn't the opponent already killed by Tyrant Luthor's elemental torrent?
Yun Wei temporarily suppressed the endless doubts in his heart and continued browsing.
This is a very concise letter, which reads as follows:
"I believe you are quite confused about what has happened. I'm sorry, it was all my fault."
"I foresaw that the Continent of Elements was inevitably heading towards the abyss, but limited by the constraints of my own era, what I could do was truly insignificant."
So I made a wish to the immortal starry sky: I flew out, you flew in, my departure in exchange for your arrival (I believe that if you have read my poetry collection, you can understand my metaphor at this moment).
"I will explain the specific details to you in more detail if we meet again in the future."
"At this moment, please forgive me, and accept my request: protect the Continent of Zhuyuan where you are now."
"The Continent of Primal Elements possesses limitless potential for the future, and may even grow into a primary dimension (of course, by then you and I will have long since disappeared), because it is the only plane in the entire star field that can continuously evolve."
Therefore, Chaos yearns to devour it, and the Abyss yearns to possess it. But remember, you must not let them succeed.
Remember this: never mention my existence to anyone. The Abyss will know everything that happens outside this space, leading to its inevitable defeat at the end.
Please believe that we were both real and beautiful beings. Beyond that, you only need to have unwavering faith in love and eternity.
"That concludes my greetings. And I extend my best wishes and respects to you."
The signature at the end of the text was a far cry from the delicate and graceful one above; instead, it appeared bold and unrestrained, which reminded Yunwei of the other person's fervent praise for love.
By the glowing light of the sphere, he strained to make out the other person's full name:
Al-Häst.
After reading the letter, Yun Wei felt not relieved, but rather increasingly heavy-hearted. He quickly memorized every word in the letter, even the punctuation marks.
Because he knew that once the trial was over, the letter would disappear without a trace.
Just as he was convinced that he had memorized the contents perfectly, the performance outside the entrance came to an end, and Yun Wei heard sparse applause from the audience.
The ink marks on the pages gradually faded away.
In my mind, the familiar mechanical voice reappeared, cold, stiff, and devoid of emotion.
"Congratulations to the six challengers for successfully completing all the trials. The Tower of Myriad Laws, annihilated by time, will be repaired within one month. Please elect the sole person to enter the Tower of Myriad Laws at midnight thirty days from now."
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