Miss Luo Yan’s Feet Are Buried With Corpses v3c81

Witch’s Night: Chapter 81 The End of the Journey

When Luo Yan was discovered in Yan City, the Twelve Saints learned about her through Illusion’s phantom, “Elise,” at the time.

And after Illusion’s continuous contact and gradual understanding, they confirmed that Luo Yan was a sixteen-year-old girl.

All subsequent research on Luo Yan was based on this, and all phenomena coincided with the Twelve Saints’ judgment.

Luo Yan was indeed closely related to the Saint of that time and the Primordial Demons, even suspected of being an incarnation of “malice.” These speculations were all well-founded.

But another undeniable fact was that, putting all this aside, she was just a young girl in her prime.

However, it was on this only certain point that a disagreement now arose.

Luo Yan possessed the highest level of authorization in the entire library system. Even “Ms. Lana,” who had been dormant for hundreds of years, responded to her call and revived.

What was even more shocking was that all the access records in Ms. Lana’s database, except for the two today, were from hundreds of years ago…

That is, before Ms. Lana became dormant.

“Back then, it was the Saint herself who led us to explore the legacies of the Old Era, and the six libraries were among them.”

A slightly bitter expression appeared on Noah’s face. “I didn’t exaggerate my achievements. I opened the gates of the six libraries, and I was also the one in charge of exploring them afterwards.”

Luo Yan and Shadow were silent for a while. As the First Saint, there was no reason for Noah to lie. His pioneering achievements were no longer important now.

He had fought tirelessly in countless Calamities that almost led to humanity’s extinction.

More importantly, after Mister Nine’s death, Noah—Haxton—was the only human in the world who had seen the Saint with his own eyes.

Noah gradually recovered from his shock, and another matter instantly came to his mind, and he sighed,

“I remember now, when Ms. Lana became dormant, it was also around the time of the Saint’s death…”

Just then, Ms. Lana suddenly spoke, adding,

“Special Highest Authorization cannot be transferred, nor can it grant new access authorization to others. It can only grant the most basic visitor access—this is the last safeguard set by the World Federation Council out of caution.”

“Only a joint vote by the World Federation Council exceeding fifty percent can lift the restrictions on Special Highest Authorization.”

Ms. Lana’s addition completely clarified that Noah’s proud exploration back then was actually just him taking credit for something deliberately left behind by someone else.

This someone else was the Saint of that time.

Why did the Saint deliberately conceal her own access records and leave all the credit to the descendant of Dr. Haxton, the current First Saint, Noah?

The answer was unknown.

“Perhaps, the Saint just didn’t want humanity to place all their hopes on her.”

Noah said after a moment of silence, “When she left, she had already made humanity believe that the Twelve Saints, and the Noah Church… could take on the responsibilities she bore.”

Humanity needed a savior, but humanity couldn’t have only one savior.

The Saint’s death didn’t deal a fatal blow to humanity at that time. After a brief period of grief, human civilization continued.

These past events, buried in the dust of history, still carried unimaginable weight as Noah slowly recounted them.

“Heh, I’ve made a fool of myself in front of you.” Noah hid the bitter smile on his lips, his cloudy eyes focusing slightly as he looked at Luo Yan again. “It seems your connection with the Saint is closer than I imagined.

“However, I believe you already have an answer in your heart about where you came from… The ‘Researcher Luo Yan’ referred to isn’t the Saint, I can be certain of this.”

If it were the Saint herself, she wouldn’t have repeatedly mentioned this name in her notes in such a… suggestive manner.

As for why both the Saint and Luo Yan could use the “non-transferable Special Highest Authorization,” this was another unknown question… but it wasn’t important.

Luo Yan nodded slightly. She had some guesses about this. Her life came from Mister Zero back then, and this was probably why the system administrator, Ms. Lana, made a mistake in identification.

“As for your appearance, both Illusion and Shadow have speculated about it, and I’m here to tell you the answer.” Noah said in a deep voice, “Indeed, the Witch of Absolute Death looks exactly like you—the only difference is your hair color, Hers is long, silent black hair.

“However, only your appearances are identical, other aspects are completely different. Even with the same face, it’s easy to distinguish between you two.”

Luo Yan had already anticipated this answer, because Mrs. Natalie and the Witch of Envy had the same relationship.

“As one of the Twelve Saints, I don’t want you to come into contact with Her, it’s too dangerous.” Noah whispered, then continued after a moment of silence, “But I can feel that She really wants to see you.”

After the initial Ghost Town incident in Yan City, the Witch of Absolute Death had become unprecedentedly active, Her murmurs and singing becoming more frequent, and recently, She had even started uttering divine words.

If it weren’t for these circumstances, which indicated that the current crisis was unprecedentedly urgent, Noah wouldn’t have left the white temple, determined to go to the peak of the Holy Mountain and face the truth that even the Twelve Saints didn’t dare to touch.

Luo Yan didn’t speak; she knew Noah was right.

But at the same time, after entering the Sanctuary, she could also faintly sense a certain resonance, making the demonic offering “Death” on her chest feel slightly warm.

And many hazy and fragmented memories surfaced in her mind, similar to what happened when she first left Ghost Town and experienced the impact of the present world.

Images of events she hadn’t experienced, playing over and over again before her eyes.

“So, do I need to go see the Saint’s remains immediately?”

Luo Yan asked in a deep voice. This was her main purpose in coming to Noah, even though she had glimpsed part of the truth from Mister Nine’s “Greed” power, fully unleashed before his death, it was still no match for the Saint’s remains on the peak of the Holy Mountain.

That place without wind, without sun, without sky, without earth, was currently the only place in the world where one could truly touch the truth beyond the starry sky.

And the Saint’s death, collectively forgotten by the Twelve Saints, all this lay quietly on the Holy Mountain, only touched by the legendary nun, Marytis, in the past few hundred years.

However, the nun, after touching the truth, turned and joined the Church of the End Gods, abandoning her faith.

So…

Facing the truth did require courage.

Although compared to courage, Luo Yan was more worried about the arduous journey up the mountain.

Luo Yan’s body was quite frail; her combat power entirely relied on her powers.

But the problem was that none of the powers she possessed could enhance her physical body, they were completely useless for this.

More importantly, she would be alone on the journey to the peak of the Holy Mountain. There was no Guinevere to act as Luo Yan’s mount anymore.

“…It’s not time yet.” Noah shook his head, “Although the crisis is imminent, it doesn’t mean that we have to go to the peak of the Holy Mountain immediately.”

“We?”

Luo Yan keenly noticed the unusual pronoun in Noah’s sentence.

“We.” Noah nodded. “You and I.”

“What!”

This time, it wasn’t Luo Yan who was shocked, but Shadow.

She looked at the aged First Saint incredulously,

“Lord Noah, why? You should know, the Twelve Saints—”

“The Twelve Saints bear the responsibility of protecting humanity, we absolutely can’t make any mistakes.” Noah said indifferently,

“The Saint’s death might contain the truth about corruption, especially after confirming that Sister Marytis has joined the Gods’ camp, we should be even more cautious to avoid similar situations.”

Shadow opened her mouth, finding that Noah had already said everything she wanted to say, so she could only nod and reply,

“…Indeed, Lord Noah.”

“The other Saints have already told me this, and I understand the risks involved better than any of you—because I’ve seen the Saint, including the Saint at the very end.”

Before her death, the Saint went through a period of drastic personality changes, during which she implemented the “Artificial Witch Project” that ultimately destroyed Old Noah. This was a strictly sealed part of history.

Even the Twelve Saints knew very little about it.

But Noah was different. He witnessed the Saint’s changes, and he deeply felt the Saint’s impatience and recklessness at that time.

And when they finally faced failure, the Saint bore most of the corruption, but the remaining corruption still destroyed Old Noah.

The current state of the Sanctuary showed how terrifying this corruption was. Ordinary people… even ordinary ability users couldn’t withstand this mental corruption.

It had nothing to do with strength, only with will.

And the Saint’s remains, bearing even more corruption…

No wonder the Saints were so cautious.

“Don’t worry, I’ve made all the preparations.”

Noah forced a smile, looking at this young girl who was the newest member of the Saints,

“Humanity still has a future, waiting for you to pioneer, and I… should, like Mister Nine, be buried in the past.”

Mister Nine’s remaining life force was still enough to sustain him for another hundred years, but during this last hundred years, his life would gradually decline until his quiet death.

That was why Mister Nine chose to burn himself out at his peak before his death, bringing it to a decisive end.

Noah, the First Saint, had also reached this point.

No matter what awaited him at the end of the journey to the peak of the Holy Mountain, he had already chosen his ending.

Death.

This was the most thorough preparation.

“Miss Luo Yan, I apologize that it’s me, a dying old man, accompanying you on this important journey…”

Noah chuckled self-deprecatingly, lowered his gaze, and seemed a bit tired.

“No, it is I… who am honored to see you off on your final journey, Lord Noah.”

Luo Yan looked at Noah, a hint of sorrow in her eyes.

Although she had only met this old man today, his end, similar to Mister Nine’s, still touched the softest part of her heart.

Being looked at like this by Luo Yan, with sorrowful eyes similar to the Witch of Absolute Death’s, didn’t make Noah feel fear or terror.

He only thought of the past, hundreds of years ago, when the Saint, with her emotionless gaze, looked at him and softly called out his surname.

“Just call me Haxton, I’m more used to it.”

Noah leaned on his hunched back, slowly sat down on a nearby chair, and said,

“The reason I didn’t choose to go to the peak of the Holy Mountain immediately is because it’s not always in a state without wind, without sun, without sky, without earth.

“The false starry sky is perfect, but even perfection, it’s just a ‘real illusion’ enveloping this land. When it reaches a certain extreme, a single flaw will appear.

“And this flaw is when we can ascend the Holy Mountain.” Noah paused and then added,

“This is all from the Saint’s notes, but when she deliberately left this information, she also warned us never to touch the truth lightly.

“Because the previous civilization encountered the truth beyond the starry sky completely unprepared, ultimately leading to the ‘Calamity Tide’.”

Having been mentioned repeatedly, yet also a taboo topic, Luo Yan couldn’t help but be curious about what exactly existed beyond the starry sky.

The closest she had been to the starry sky was when she accidentally teleported to high altitude when leaving a Void node, which had also startled Hamid, who was teleported with her.

However, although it seemed close at that time, breaking through this layer of false starry sky, at least with Luo Yan’s current power, was impossible.

This was a perfect illusion woven with the combined power of the Gods, having withstood the erosion of countless years. Currently, the only known ones to forcibly break through the false starry sky were the star fleets of the Old Era.

Luo Yan wasn’t confident enough to rival the most advanced technological achievements of the Old Era. Even combining all the “Destruction” level ability users of the New Era wouldn’t be enough.

It was difficult for the current humans to imagine or comprehend this power capable of exploring the starry sky, perhaps it had already reached the level of the Gods, or even surpassed it.

“So, should I…” Luo Yan asked hesitantly, “Go back now?”

“No, Miss Luo Yan, I have to trouble you to stay in the Sanctuary for the time being.”

A worried expression appeared on Noah’s face. “The current world situation is quite unstable. I didn’t expect the Church of the End Gods, which I thought would gradually disappear with the development of civilization, to have survived until now.”

“What worries me even more is how many ‘old friends’ escaped death after the War of the Witch of Absolute Death…”

The War of the Witch of Absolute Death, being called a war, naturally wasn’t just humanity unilaterally suppressing the Witch of Absolute Death.

In fact, the Church of the End Gods also participated in that war—they used the death and destruction brought by the Witch of Absolute Death to wantonly destroy all human territories they could reach, and countless mega-cities were destroyed in this catastrophe.

They had originally thought that the Church of the End Gods had gone all out in the War of the Witch of Absolute Death.

Now it seemed that they hadn’t placed all their hopes on the Witch of Absolute Death and had left behind many contingencies.