Chapter 274: Chapter 179 The Legacy Trial of the Dark Dragon Knight_1
[You step forward and read line by line, word by word...]
[This is an epic era brimming with heroes!]
[The Stars, those malevolent gods, have egregiously invaded our beautiful homeland. Countless polymaths stand alongside the great ’Almighty True Knowledge’ to resist our enemies from the stars.]
[The scholars, armed with their knowledge, are fighting on the frontline against the Stars, becoming immortal heroes worthy of being recorded in history.]
[Since childhood, I have aspired to become a polymath, fighting alongside the True God to protect my homeland. What an immense honor it would be if I, too, could be remembered in history like those great heroes!]
[Under the expectations of my parents, I joined the War Academy and worked hard to acquire knowledge.]
[In order to become a hero, my efforts are countless times that of ordinary people. It is my rock-solid belief that keeps me learning knowledge through sleepless nights and times of exhaustion and hunger.]
[But things are unpredictable... Great ’Almighty True Knowledge’, please forgive my dullness. Despite my efforts, I am still behind my peers.]
[The tutor from the academy advised me that not everyone can be graced with knowledge. I should give up my studies and contribute my faith to the True God elsewhere... The war defending our homeland lacks more than scholars fighting on the frontline.]
[The tutor helped me get in touch with the Logistics College and hoped that I could give up my limited spot at the War Academy for other talented young people.]
[Reason told me that I should heed the tutor’s advice... but I couldn’t accept that!]
[How could I accept it? My belief being mercilessly shattered, the sweat of countless days and nights wasted, how could I accept that...]
[I tried hard to argue with the tutor to stay in the academy, but I was unsuccessful every time...]
[Not until the news of my parents’ death on the war frontline came, that the tutor stopped trying to dismiss me, a left-behind orphan.]
[But somehow, I suddenly lost all my energy.]
[I stopped trying day and night to study, those books I once cherished were left in the corner, gathering thick dust.]
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[I voluntarily presented a request to the tutor to join the Logistics Academy. The tutor was right, I should let others take my place at the academy.]
[Someone as dull as me, joining the Logistics Academy to become a carrier, would be worthy of my robust physique. Making the most out of me, I guess.]
[The process of leaving the academy went smoothly, I got the official document the day after I made the request.]
[That night, I felt a great burden was lifted, and I had the most restful sleep I had had in years.]
[Maybe all along, I knew I could never become a scholar. It was just my own unwillingness to accept defeat that made me persist, trying to realize that ridiculous dream that could never be fulfilled.]
[In my dream that night, I became the greatest hero, establishing a multitude of feats during the war with the malevolent gods. The people in my hometown were talking about my deeds, and the epic poems were singing my name... What a ridiculous dream!]
[In the dream, I was different from other heroes, not a polymath wielding a ring, book, or staff, but a formidable warrior, holding a long spear like a giant, clad in armor, riding a terrifying creature, soaring in the sky... utterly absurd!]
[Upon awakening, I heard an ancient yet familiar voice in a whisper...]
[The voice told me that my faith had touched the True God. If I still held the desire to dedicate everything to the True God, then I should go to the Bamogo Mountain Range and seek out the Black Ancient Dragon, which was said to have become extinct long ago.]
[When I could acquire the recognition from the Ancient Dragon, I would be able to realize that dream, which was not ridiculous at all.]
[In a daze, I saw an old man, dressed in a white robe, with white hair and beard. He stood in a magnificent temple built from pure white characters, looking at me with kind eyes...]
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[The remaining text on the massive monument was blurred due to the erosion of time and was therefore difficult to discern.]
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Lin Xun, who was engrossed in his reading, felt like he had been working hard only to find himself suddenly powerless.
He felt as if ants were crawling all over his body.
"Underworld game, you cut off Chapters like this and you’ll have no ding-dong!"
Lin Xun gritted his teeth, swearing profusely.
Even though there was no further text on the monument, akin to an author abruptly halting his writing, he could roughly guess what transpired thereafter.
The white-haired old man mentioned in the inscription should be the ’Knowledge god servant’.
The protagonist, guided by the ’Knowledge god servant’, overcame a multitude of hardship and found the ’Ancient Black Dragon’, thus becoming the ’Dark Dragon Knight’.
In the end, he won countless honors for the ’Almighty True Knowledge’, fought wars on all fronts, and successfully realized his dream.
"That’s wrong. If he had realized his dream, how could he die here, in the gloomy depths underground?"
Lin Xun frowned, thinking that things were not that simple.
According to the texts, the ’Ancient Recluse Dark Dragon’ was chained here, and its master turned into a skeleton here as well.
Lin Xun, relying solely on the inscription on the monument, was unable to guess the end of the story.
[You carefully observe the monument from top to bottom, only finding a few discernible lines of text on the lower end of the monument.]
[You squat down to examine it...]
[If you, like myself, are also dull and dumb, are only blessed with a strong physique, and cannot become a polymath; If you also possess a firm and unwavering will that is as stalwart as a rock, then please touch this monument.]
