Is the person you sculpt as cute as me?

Considering the administrator's execution for dereliction of duty, it seems... these things are more important than imagined, and their importance shouldn't be known. But now that the files can be easily read, it means that the person who knew their importance is no longer here.

Oh, this matter is really complicated.

Yu Man flipped through the information, trying to find his target.

"...Not this—huh? There's this kind of information? But it's not this either..."

"Wait, what the hell is this thing that was lost in the hands of the World Tree..."

"What's going on? It's even lost in the hands of a stranger...ah——"

As Yu Man's difficult-to-conceal soliloquy echoed in the narrow room, her voice suddenly stopped.

Because she found her goal.

"The Words of the Ice Prison Dragon, Parts 1 to 3". According to reliable information, the last time this book appeared was when it was lost in a small shelter on the island's border.

The words themselves possess magical powers even when written down, making them difficult to read. Therefore, they serve as a source of magic power for the small sanctuary, used to light the magic lamps. They are difficult to recover and have low recycling value.

"...Huh." Yu Man was stunned.

It turns out that the main story has been in her hands since the very beginning.

102. Coming Soon

After leaving the lord's mansion, Yu Man walked towards the warehouse area.

Passing by were players who had come to Shimla Bakken from all over the world, and no one had ever set foot outside the island.

And no one knows the story of this city, this island.

For everyone, this endless snow and the scenery that has never embraced the sun - is everything.

Yu Man used to be as clueless as everyone else.

Even though——everything she should know actually reached her hands from the very beginning.

?

"There is."

It was a very light book, even though it looked quite heavy and ancient.

Holding it in your hand, you can't feel the weight of the words or paper at all.

Dust doesn't like to get on it either.

"It's this... the music score that records the language of the Ice Prison Dragon."

After being taken out of the warehouse, it looked exactly the same as when it was first obtained, with no difference.

The cover was written in obscure Old World language.

The strange-shaped characters are piled up in strings, which are complex and strange.

"Oh, I still don't understand it." To her shame, although Yu Man has been trying hard to learn Old World language, based on her current learning progress, she still cannot interpret the meaning of the title on her own.

However, she knew the plot.

He also learned that what this book recorded was actually the language of the three generations of Ice Prison Dragons—a dialect of the Old World language that the recorders called ballads.

"Can I open it..."

When he first got it, Yu Man was a novice enchanter, and now he hasn't improved much.

This becomes a problem.

Therefore, before opening it, Yu Man found a quiet tree to sit under, brushed away the snow on his shoulders and the cover, and gently placed the "Music Score" on his knees.

——It is full of magic.

It wasn't done by the enchanter, but because the Ice Prison Dragon is a legendary mythical beast, and its words inherently have considerable magical power.

Even if they were excerpted by human hands, when gathered together they could still recreate the power of the songs that the dragons once sang.

The mere existence of this book makes it an enchanted item of high rank.

Extraordinary people can touch it, extraordinary people can read it.

Fortunately, Yu Man is no longer an ordinary person.

"You gave me this book because I demonstrated my understanding of the Old World language... and because I'm an enchanter? Ha, that's not right. Don't say I received it on my own."

Yu Man seemed to be talking to himself.

"I see. It seems like the main plot of melting the ice sea was handed to me from the very beginning... I see."

She withdrew her gaze from the air and stopped talking.

Instead, he placed his fingers on the cover and gently opened it——

She opened the book.

"--Nice to meet you. You mean you want to record me? No ill intentions? I don't mind... Hmm? Instead of that, tell me about you humans? I can be your recorder."

In the first line, the song floats out softly.

Accompanied by the cold wind and the smell of the coming winter.

The Ice Prison Dragon that once existed sang its heart out with a lonely, curious voice and incredible honesty.

Its essence is nothing more than a loud and joyful cry of an ice dragon.

But—it was also the long song sung by the Ice Prison Dragon when it first came into contact with humans.

"—I'm here guarding the boundary between winter and spring. To say I'm guarding is actually meaningless... Hmm? Would you say watching is more appropriate? What kind of word is that?"

"—Everyone knows that life is meaningless, nothing more than an illusion repeated countless times... Hmm? You don't know? That's not bad either, it means you don't think of yourself as an illusion."

"—I can live much longer than you...but so what? I'm glad I met you."

"—I can't die, but you can... This will be the most terrifying story... that I can only understand. Unfortunately, it happened in my story with you."

"—I missed you so much."

"—I'm tired. The world has changed a lot since you left."

"—The memories have faded... I never thought this would be more terrifying than that long separation."

After reading this, Yu Man couldn't help but close the book.

An unprecedented... yet familiar sadness, endlessly unfolding from the words of the first generation Ice Prison Dragon, permeated the world and her heart. But in the end, the sadness became something incredibly empty, and because of its emptiness, it gave rise to endless sadness.

Yu Man didn't want to open the book again.

He simply gazed at the world with a gloomy expression, as if traveling backward from ancient times, gazing at this distant scenery. The dragon's words... truly held magic... not just literal magic, but also... the pain woven from genuine sorrow.

especially--

"Finally, you passed away too."

Yu Man knew the fate of this Ice Prison Dragon.

Just like its human best friends who once lived together day and night, just like the endless memories they once woven.

Just like all of this—the Ice Prison Dragon took them away.

……

Yu Man logged off, temporarily returning his soul to the real world. Perhaps he just wanted to pet the cat? Or perhaps he'd run upstairs and break into the owner's room, reaffirming his own sense of reality with the living beings.

It was three in the morning, but the night was not silent.

The room, which should have been dark, was gleaming with the light of a cell phone and the menacing gleam of a cat's eyes. If you didn't know the cat, waking up in the middle of the night to find it playing with your phone would be terrifying...

"Fuck, Xiaoman, why are you awake?" Fortunately, Senior Cat was also startled.

"...Senior Cat, why aren't you sleeping?"

"I'm a night owl."

It really is.

In order to avoid Senior Cat's teasing, such as "You have to pee urgently because of playing games, right?", she took Senior Cat back to her arms in advance, touching its soft and shiny fur, the tender flesh inside, and she was already used to the faint smell of cat.

"What's wrong? Are you wronged?"

"No, it's just that the magic has affected my state of mind."

Even across a world, the dragon songs still leave a rich magical power in people's hearts.

The intense loneliness and sadness... lingered for a long time, as if taking root.

"My enchanter level is too low, and my resistance is too low to withstand the magic of this high-level fantasy beast." This is all Yu Man could say.

"Psycho... This is reality."

"Ok, I know."

"Ah, but that's also reality—I know that." Cat Senior didn't resist, simply letting Yu Man play with him. Yes, becoming a cat, becoming a girl's plaything... this was also reality.

After a while, Yu Man let go of Senior Cat, and the latter spoke.

"Although I can't help you and can't solve the problem that's bothering you, I may have the answer to the enchanter's question."

"what?"

"Didn't you ask me before how to level up? I've been playing with your phone lately, looking for information on the forums. I actually found some information... What level are you now?"

Is there really any news? That would be incredible.

This means there are extremely talented players who just happened to choose the Enchanter, and have been frantically working on it since the server launch, while also ensuring that other aspects don't fall behind and have the resources...

Only in this way can we enlighten Yu Man in this regard.

"It's still level three." Yu Man answered at the same time.

"The person who replied to my message is also at the third level."

Senior Cat ignored the late hour and was just as kind as he was during the day, quickly recounting his efforts.

It's not that someone has reached the third level of Enchanter and therefore writes a guide on the forum. In fact, almost no one will share this kind of first-hand information.

But Senior Cat was knowledgeable and used conflict and interests to fish.

"I posted a thread saying I was a third-level alchemist, amazing at brewing potions, and unrivaled in the world. Then I slammed the world's worst adventurer class, the Enchanter, as useless."

"...You are quite uncivilized."

"Uh huh - just replicating the tone of my post."

Well, then the expert enchanter hiding among the players took the bait? Really.

"That person was more rational than I thought. He didn't refute me with anything like 'A third-level enchanter can defeat anything.' Instead, he responded to me like he couldn't stand my stupid remarks and wanted to show off a little bit of his knowledge to shock me. ..."

"How do I answer you?"

"Don't be impatient." Instead of retelling the story, Senior Cat simply flipped through the post and handed her the phone, which was covered in cat saliva and fur.

Yu Man took a look...well, it was a screenshot.

After reading the image information, even Yu Man stared in surprise: "Three hundred gold coins...that's quite impressive." In addition, there is also a third-level enchanter's token bracelet. Its silver-white color makes it look quite valuable.

This guy's rebuttal was indeed powerful, implying that he had made so much money in just a few days by relying on the enchanter.

Unfortunately, this quickly became fish out of water for the cat predecessor.

Senior Mao immediately accused her of photoshopping the picture and started a private message exchange with her, bringing out a lot of useful information to try to lure out some useful information from her.

After the verbal confrontation, it was revealed that although the player had great talent and luck, he was no match for Senior Cat. He was led by his rich experience and had to reveal many valuable experiences and tips in order to prove himself.

Maybe the other person feels that what they said was subtle enough, or too sophisticated to be understood.

But Senior Cat and Yu Man can read so much from just a few words.

After all, they were three years ahead in understanding that world.

"...I see. So what this person is talking about... isn't about mediating the materials... but about having the enchanter mediate themselves? Besides that, they also need to gather various elemental magic to unlock adaptability... This way, they can gain affinity with different materials, which will greatly reduce the difficulty of mediating..."

Yu Man summarized these from the dozens of pages of verbal attacks between Senior Cat and the other party.

Indeed, these were angles he had never tried before. Judging from the other party's confident tone, they were probably correct.