Lanci, this gifted and powerful individual, would definitely avoid confrontation in the Shadow World if he could. During his time in the Northern Continent, he hadn’t touched the Shadow World for half a year. Hoping he’d reach Eighth-order or Ninth-order in his story was utterly impossible.
"I feel like it’s just the three of us Challengers in this Shadow World?"
Hyperion did some quick calculations.
She clearly remembered there were nine Challengers.
The reality felt no different from last time in the Shadow World during the Dark Solar Eclipse Demon Realm with only three Challengers.
It was still their usual trio: Lan Cat Hugh.
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"It’s fine meow, the map is so big, maybe the other Challengers are just in places we can’t see, working hard."
Cat Boss suddenly noticed a problem.
Although it couldn’t figure out the exact number of Challengers, excluding those four idle members of the Great Demon Clan, as a Challenger, Talia had disguised herself as Calila, naturally leading to a discrepancy in numbers.
Cat Boss didn’t want to shatter Hyperion’s illusion, deciding to help Tata continue this beautiful lie.
"That’s true."
Hyperion no longer studied the matter of the Challenger count, which wasn’t relevant anymore.
She looked further down the information about the Shadow World.
What was truly important was changes to the task objectives.
As expected.
The task objectives in the Shadow World displayed brand new content.
[Task Objective 1: Read old friend Calila’s letter; Travel to Demon World Purgatory City Pasquale & protect the small spark left by Calila; Choose whether to open. (Completed)]
[Task Objective 2: Understand the feelings of Black Sun Lankros: 4.94%. (Completed)]
[Task Objective 3: All Challengers survive until the 21-day limit ends, remaining time 6 days 01 hour 34 minutes.]
"..."
Lanci and Hyperion exchanged glances.
This was the new change that occurred after converging with Hyperion’s tasks.
"The Shadow World is over?"
Hyperion confirmed.
Based on experience, after completing the final battle, it usually meant the Shadow World had passed.
But this time, the Shadow World felt like it had just begun, an inexplicable sense of beginning.
It was obvious there were further developments, far from over.
But the Shadow World here had already clearly indicated completion.
"The task objectives should still be able to continue, but no matter what choice we make, it probably won’t affect the outcome of the Shadow World anymore."
Lanci hadn’t encountered such a situation before.
But according to documents from the South Continent about the Shadow World, once Shadow World tasks shift to a completed status, they are considered successful, only awaiting the end of the time limit and settlement.
"It’s kind of like when you finish an exam and flip to the back to find some bonus questions. Leaving them blank won’t lose points, and doing them won’t increase your score beyond the maximum. It’s your choice to do them or not."
He relaxed, making the analogy, rubbing his tired eyes.
Supporting Talia in fierce battles, he had also been driving without much rest, now feeling nearly at his limit.
[Calila’s left behind gift, you guessed it, won’t be anything wonderful because if it really were a gift, she wouldn’t have mentioned in the letter to choose whether to open it.]
Staring at the task information, Lanci’s gaze seemed somewhat vacant, as if he had seen such a line.
"Let’s not worry about tasks for the remaining six days, let’s have fun at Purgatory Corridor Academy instead, meow!"
Cat Boss excitedly suggested.
No matter what else there was.
It just wanted to have a blast in the legendary Purgatory Corridor Academy.
After that, no matter what they did, these six remaining days might not change much.
At most, they would complete the tasks to get a better reward.
"You guys rest in the school, I can continue tomorrow."
Lanci pinched his temples, sharing his thoughts.
Continuing the task, following the original task information and the whole trend of the task, mostly involved opening Calila’s left behind gift.
Having understood some things in the Purgatory Corridor Academy, Lanci essentially figured out what recent events causing students and teachers to fall asleep were about.
Undoubtedly, it was Calila’s magic power, and she might have left the "gift" deep within the Inverted Corridor Mirror.
To open Calila’s gift, Tamisha throughout the whole task covertly and overtly was key.
She should be the child of Mist Sir and True Night Sir, as mentioned in Calila’s letter, inheriting Calila’s last Life Soul.
He needed to rest himself for a while as well.
Tomorrow once Tamisha woke up, he would ask her.
However, unlike Lanci’s decisiveness, Hyperion frowned with concern.
"Lanci, I feel like the continuation of this Shadow World is not good."
Hyperion clasped Lanci’s wrists tightly.
From these two weeks, seeing Lanci improve daily in his understanding of Black Sun Lord, Hyperion had been uneasy.
Now seeing that the task in the Shadow World could end, and Lanci was still well, she felt relieved at last.
Let the Blood Moon Bad World Era end here.
It was already enough, there was no need to continue watching.
No matter how you looked at it, it was a beautiful ending.
Even if historically Black Sun Lankros would pass away peacefully in six days, dying gloriously and leaving behind a lasting legacy.
Compared to his pitiful life, the final curtain was quite perfect.
"..."
"Hyperion, imagine..., if your brain was connected to a Magic Terminal Device, capable of bringing endless joy to your remaining life, only happiness, no sorrow. If given a choice, would you want such a device?"