Broadcasting Live From Inside An Eldritch Horror Game

Chapter 94: Into Hell. Part-5.

Zephyr’s pupils dilated in fear instantly; Xinran was like a guiding torch for him in this city of corruption. If something happened to her right now, he would not be able to find his way forward!

Xinran had all the knowledge that Zephyr wanted, and she also knew various methods of retreating and escaping from this city!

If she died, all that knowledge being buried with her would be the least horrific scenario; the most troublesome situation would be if she got soaked in miasmic rain and got corrupted!

Once corrupted, there was a high possibility for her to turn into a puppet of miasma, and all her knowledge would also be extracted by miasma.

At that point, Zephyr’s escape routes would be completely sealed, and his situation would become similar to a rat trapped inside a massive rat trap!

All the escape routes that Xinran knows would become known to Miasma and the vessel of corrosion and would be destroyed or sealed instantly!

’I can’t let her die! I have to do something!’

As if impressed by Zephyr’s firm will to save someone, the tattoo on his wrist suddenly started to glow even more brightly than before.

The aura of purification around his body became even denser than before, causing the miasmic corruption brought by the constant miasmic rain falling on his body to be purified at an insanely rapid speed with just one touch!

[Ding! Abnormal reaction detected inside Host’s body... scanning soul...]

[Ding! Scan Complete! A sudden influx of knowledge being pushed into the Host’s soul has been detected!]

[Ding! The source of the Unknown Knowledge trying to invade the Host’s soul is the ’Obelisk of ????’... ]

[Ding! Will the host accept this sudden influx of knowledge from the ’Obelisk’ or block it?]

As if someone had forcefully slowed the speed of time of the entire world, Zephyr felt that the flow of mana and everything around him had suddenly become slow!

’No... it’s not that others have become slow... my thoughts are being accelerated to a higher level...’

The world in slow motion looked extremely interesting; not only could Zephyr observe the intricate flow of mana and miasma in extreme detail, but he could also see the tiny cracks on Xinran’s artifacts spreading at an extremely slow rate.

Although the scene was fascinating to look at, Zephyr didn’t waste too much time on it and immediately collected his thoughts to ponder about the choice.

’What will happen if I accept the influx of this knowledge?’

[Ding! Calculating... calculation complete! The true nature of the knowledge is unknown!]

[Ding! Risks involved are unknown! Probability of soul collapse 50%... Probability of survival 50%...]

’So you mean it’s a gamble...’

A feeling of helplessness arose in Zephyr’s heart.

From Layla’s explanations, Zephyr knew that the Obelisk was capable of granting various kinds of knowledge to its user in various ways and forms.

The only problem was that the moment and method of this knowledge transfer were unpredictable factors.

Although Layla had told him that the Obelisk had granted her many abilities and secret information, she also said that some of the knowledge was too high level and caused her many problems at certain times.

In the current desperate moment, if the information given by the obelisk is something that can save Xinran’s life, then it would be a good thing.

But there’s also a 50% chance that it would be completely irrelevant knowledge that might cause trouble for him and might not even be of much use at the moment.

’Is there any way to raise the probability of success?’

[Ding! You can use the ’Hint System’ to absorb the knowledge granted by the ’Obelisk of ????’ and then expend ’Belief Points’ to buy the knowledge directly from the hint system!]

[Ding! The risk of mental and soul collapse will be completely eliminated through this method!]

’You can actually do that!?’

Zephyr knew that the knowledge granted by the ’Obelisk’ carried immense risks, and even Layla was not able to predict or control its flow once it started invading her soul.

But Zephyr was different; he had the ’Hint System,’ which was an even more powerful tool for gaining information and hints than the Obelisk!

’This is good news! If I can control the flow of knowledge from the obelisk with the system’s help, it would help me solve many problems not only now but in the future too!’

’Let’s do it!’

[Ding! Permission Received! Intercepting unknown knowledge fragments... analyzing... identifying... Complete!]

[Ding! Are you sure you want to buy a ’Hint’?]

[Yes or No]

[Warning! The number of ’Belief Points’ consumed to buy this ’Hint’ will be increased to 15000!]

’Tch, obviously you are going to ask for extra money to act as a middleman! I should have seen that coming...’

’Well, at least the risk of soul destruction has been averted so it’s not that big of deal to give you some extra as protection money...’

’Yes! I will buy the hint!’

[Ding! Congratulations! You have bought a ’Hint’!]

[Ding! Loading memory fragment...]

A massive amount of memories rushed straight into the depths of Zephyr’s soul!

If it was usual, he would have felt discomfort or pain, but due to the intervention of the system, Zephyr managed to remain calm and felt no pain whatsoever!

He focused all of his mind into comprehending these new memories, and the moment he realized what these memories were about, a faint smile appeared on his face.

’Hehe, it was all worth it after all!’

...

Just as Zephyr was done digesting the memories, the flow of time returned to normal instantly, and the loud sounds of Xinran’s artifact cracking rang out in his ears once again.

But this time, Zephyr did not panic, because he knew what to do.

[Obelisk Aperion: Heart of Gold: Embrace of Light!]

The tattoo on Zephyr’s wrist shone with a gentle white glow, and with a calm movement of his hand he stretched his palm forward and firmly grasped Xinran’s palm in his own!

*CRACK!!!* *SHATTER!!!*

The bracelet on Xinran’s hand shattered and crumbled into dust, but at this moment, Xinran’s mind was no longer focused on it.

Her eyes widened in shock as she noticed a warm and gentle energy envelope her entire body like an embrace of a mother protecting her child.

The same glow of purification that was originally only protecting Zephyr had now spread all over Xinran’s body and was now protecting her from the miasmic rain!

"This is... how is this..."

Xinran could not find words to describe the shock she was feeling in that moment.

Zephyr had actually found a way to share the protection of the ’Obelisk’ with her in the critical moment of life and death!

If Zephyr had been even one second late, Xinran would have fallen in the sinister clutches of miasmic corruption!

He had saved her life by finding a never-before-seen method of using the power of the obelisk!

"Ho-how did you do that!?"

Hearing Xinran’s words, Zephyr shook his head at and replied calmly,

"We will talk about this later; let’s get out of this place and find that safe hiding spot you were talking about first!"

Noticing the look of determination in Zephyr’s eyes, Xinran woke up from her daze and suppressed her shock,

Her crimson bat wings spread wide in the air as she cast her magic.

[Low Grade Blood Magic: Blood Manipulation: Maximum Physical Enhancement!]

Xinran’s crimson wings glowed with the flow of blood and mana as she forcefully used blood magic to increase the physical prowess of her wings.

*BOOOOM!!!*

With a single flap of the wings, Xinran flew forward like a bullet of a sniper rifle!

To make sure that Zephyr would not be thrown off due to wind pressure, she even leaned forward and clung to Zephyr’s arm tightly with her beautiful slender arms and dragged him forward with her entire body!

Although the speed was insanely fast, Zephyr could not focus on it because of the soft feeling he was getting from his arm!

The explosive power of Xinran’s two big weapons was now being fully demonstrated as Zephyr’s arm was sandwiched by them!

’Focus on channelling the power of the Obelisk, Zephyr Ried! This is not the moment to think about such matters!’

Thankfully, Zephyr’s mental fortitude was extremely powerful because of ’Perfect Combat Sense’ and he managed to regain his focus instantly!

The power of the Obelisk surged and protected the two of them like an unbreakable shield!

A smile appeared on Xinran’s face as she noticed the warmth flowing from Zephyr’s arm as a tinge of shyness appeared on her beautiful face,

’Idiot, You are really too good at winning people’s hearts!’

In that moment of life and death, instead of abandoning Xinran, who had become a burden, and escaping on his own, Zephyr actually moved forward and saved her life!

He even found a new method of controlling the obelisk’s power just to save her life in the time of need; this clearly proved that Zephyr was a person with a trustworthy personality!

She had once tried to kill him; that moment when her bracelet broke down was a perfect chance for him to execute his revenge, but he didn’t.

’Sigh... I guess I owe you a favor now, Zephyr Reid.’