Chapter 272: Chapter 179 The Legacy Trial of the Dark Dragon Knight_1
"[You step forward, reading line by line...]"
"[This is an epic age teeming with heroes!]"
"[The malevolent Stars Gods invade our beautiful homeland, countless polymath joined forces with the great ’Almighty True Knowledge’ to resist enemies from the stars.]"
"[Scholars are fighting on the frontlines against the Stars with their knowledge, becoming immortal heroes worthy of being recorded in the annals of history.]"
"[From a young age, I aspired to be a polymath, fighting alongside the True God to defend our homeland. How great would that glory be if I, too, could be remembered by history like those great heroes!]"
"[Under the expectations of my parents, I joined the War Academy to study.]"
"[In order to become a hero, my efforts exceed countless times those of an average person. On sleepless nights, in times of fatigue and hunger, my unwavering belief spurs me on to continue learning!]"
"[But the world is unpredictable... Great ’Almighty True Knowledge’, please forgive my dullness. Even though I worked so hard, I still lag behind my peers.]"
"[The academy tutor advised me that not everyone is favored by knowledge, I should give up my studies and contribute my faith to the True God elsewhere... The war defending our homeland requires more than scholars fighting on the frontlines.]"
"[The tutor helped me get in touch with the logistics academy, hoping I would give up my limited spot in the War Academy to other gifted peers.]"
"[My reason told me that I should listen to the tutor’s advice... but I couldn’t resign myself to it!]"
"[How could I have contented myself? My belief that I held onto tenaciously, ruthlessly destroyed. My countless days and nights of effort, gone to waste. How...how could I content myself...]"
"[I fervently debated with the tutor, attempting to stay at the Academy, but each time, I returned empty-handed...]"
"[It was not until the news of my parents’ deaths on the frontlines arrived that the tutor stopped urging me to leave, as I was now an orphan committed to service.]"
"[But somehow, I suddenly lost all motivation.]"
"[I no longer worked day and night, those cherished books of mine were abandoned in the corner, covered in a thick layer of dust.]"
"[...]"
"[I voluntarily asked the tutor to join the logistics academy, the tutor was right, I should give up my academy spot.]"
"[As a foolish person like me, it’s reasonable to join the logistics academy and become a porter, at least it’d make full use of my strong physique.]"
"[The transfer process from the academy was smooth, I received the formal paperwork the day after I made the request.]"
"[That night, I felt as if a load was lifted off my shoulders, and had the soundest sleep I’d had in many years.]"
"[Perhaps I’d known long ago that I couldn’t become a scholar, it was just my refusal to give in that kept me persisting, trying to fulfill that impossible dream.]"
"[In that night’s dream, I became the greatest hero. In the war with the evil gods, I put on an impressive performance. My deeds were celebrated by my fellow villagers, epics and ballads chanted my name... What a ludicrous dream!]"
"[I, in my dreams, was different from the other heroes, not a polymath wielding a ring, book, and staff; but rather a powerful warrior, giant-like, holding a long spear, enrobed in armor, riding a trepidatious beast, soaring in the sky... What absurdity!]"
"[Upon waking from the dream, I faintly heard a voice that was both old and kind...]"
"[The voice told me that my devotion moved the True God. If I still hold the desire to dedicate everything to the True God, then I should go to the Bamogo Mountain Range, to seek the legendary extinct black Ancient Dragon.]"
"[When I manage to gain the Ancient Dragon’s approval, I would be able to fulfill the dream that is not absurd at all.]"
"[In a daze, I saw a robed, white-haired elder. He stood in a grand temple built of pure white characters, looking at me with benevolence...]"
"[...]"
"[...]"
"[The remaining text on the great stone monolith was eroded by time and blurred, difficult to discern.]"
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Lin Xun, engrossed in his reading, suddenly felt drained, as if his strength had been siphoned off halfway through plowing a field.
He felt as if ants were crawling all over his body.
"Underworld game, if you keep cliffhanging like this, I swear you’ll be castrated!"
Lin Xun ground his teeth and cursed vehemently.
Even without the ending, the stone monolith was just like a castrated hack writer, but he was still able to make educated guesses about what happened next.
The wizened elder mentioned in the words of the monolith must be the ’Servant of Knowledge’.
The protagonist followed the guidance of the ’Servant of Knowledge’, triumphed over trials and tribulations, sought out and found the ’black Ancient Dragon’, and became the ’Dark Dragon Knight’.
Eventually, he fought in every corner for the ’Almighty True Knowledge’, made significant contributions, and fulfilled his dream.
"That’s not right, if he had fulfilled his dream, why would he die here, in the depths of this sunless underground?"
Lin Xun furrowed his brows, sensing something amiss.
According to the text, the ’Ancient Dragon of Darkness’ was chained and imprisoned here, and its master also turned to bones here.
Based on the text on the stone monolith, Lin Xun could not guess the end of the story.
"[You carefully examine the stone monolith from top to bottom, spotting a few legible lines at the very bottom.]"
"[You squat down to take a closer look...]"
"[Successor, if you too, like me, have a dull intellect and an imposing physique but cannot become a polymath; if your will is as steadfast as a boulder, never wavering, never shaking, please touch the monolith.]"
