Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game

Chapter 190: Chapter 145: Sacred Object Bookmark, Type I Sacred Object Fragments_1 Chapter 190: Chapter 145: Sacred Object Bookmark, Type I Sacred Object Fragments_1 [You’ve obtained ‘Unyielding Little Spirit Shard’*1]

[You’ve obtained ‘Starlit Shell’ (Material)]

[You’ve obtained ‘Emerald Biological Fluid’ (Item)]

[The old man in black robe gawks at the fallen monster of the Stars, completely stunned…]

[He mumbles to himself that such a situation shouldn’t be happening, could it be that the beast of the Stars was jailed for so long that it was overly excited when it escaped and subsequently died of sudden excitement?]

[He shakes his head, dismissing the thought. Another possibility might be that the god served by this beast of the Stars had fallen, leading to its subsequent annihilation…]

[Again, he shakes his head, dismissing the thought. In this world, the battles between gods had been absent for quite some time…]

Lin Xun is now familiar with what is happening. This ‘Star Horn Rhinoceros Turtle’ should be a monster of the Stars that belonged to a ‘Son of Stars’.

With the ‘Son of Stars” death, this monster has similarly perished.

Now, if the monster of the Stars died before even being fought, how should the special task be taken into account?

The Son of Stars can be considered defeated by him, so this monster, after rounding up, can also be considered defeated by him. Yes, that’s reasonable.

[The ‘Librarian’ remains silent for a while before his translucent figure solidifies and he walks towards you…]

[He straightforwardly acknowledges that there was a slight mishap in the special task procedure. Although he can’t offer you the intended task reward, he can make small amends.]

[With that, the ‘Librarian’ takes out a ‘First-Seer Bookmark’ to give you…]

[Would you like to accept this compensation and default the task as failed, or reject the compensation and argue with him?]

Lin Xun knits his brows.

He wants to dismiss him with just one ‘First-Seer Bookmark’?

He was the one who took down (ju) the ‘Son of Stars’ (bao), the merit for the monster of Stars should rightfully be attributed to him. How could it be considered a task failure?

Without a second thought, he chooses the latter.

[You swat away the ‘First-Seer Bookmark’ handed out by the ‘Librarian’, loudly questioning him that as the task procedure outlines killing the monster of Stars, and now that the monster is dead, it concludes the task. Why is there so little reward?]

[The ‘Librarian’ tucks away the bookmark. His eyes mock you as he says that since you didn’t kill the monster, it doesn’t count as task completion. If you can prove that the monster died because of you…]

Lin Xun, not willing to engage in further arguments, opens the inventory and clicks on the item.

[You pull out the ‘Withered Spirit of the Son of Stars’. The Librarian’s ceaseless talking stops abruptly as if he’s been suddenly choked…]

[He gazes at the god’s spirit in your hands with disbelief, once more rendered to complete stupefaction…]

[A while later, the ‘Librarian’ reluctantly removes his monocle and pulls out a bookmark from his cloak, handing both to you…]

[You’ve obtained ‘Librarian’s Monocle’ (Rare Level Item)]

[You’ve obtained ‘Sacred Object Bookmark’*1]

Lin Xun is aware of ‘Librarian’s Monocle’, possessing this item would grant him the ability to raise invasion permissions with the librarian once he returns to the Library.

But what’s the ‘Sacred Object Bookmark’?

He opens the inventory to check.

[‘Sacred Object Bookmark’, only the Apostles who possess Sacred Objects can use this bookmark. After use, it allows an invasion into another Apostle’s chapter who also holds a Sacred Object. If you defeat the Apostle, you’ll inherit one of his Sacred Objects at random. Conversely, if you perish during the invasion, you’ll lose one of your Sacred Objects at random.]

His eyes widen in surprise.

Sacred Objects inherently have the untradeable, ungivable, unlosable, and undroppable properties.

He never expected a bookmark specifically designed to target other’s Sacred Objects to exist.

One must know that all invasions follow an unwritten rule of the matchmaking mechanism, that is to pair up Apostles with similar numbers of chapter clearances.

Lin Xun has only cleared one chapter, so utilizing the ‘Sacred Object Bookmark’ will undoubtedly match him with Apostles who have only cleared one or two chapters!

Right now, invading Apostles of first and second difficulty isn’t it like bullying kids, providing free Sacred Objects?

[The’Librarian’ hands you the two items and begins to murmur spells again, supposedly to disappear…]

Lin Xun’s eyes freeze, issuing the Valkyrie a kill command!

[In an instant, the ‘Combat Angel – Valkyrie’ draws her bow, fully arched like a full moon. Thud! An arrow is shot, embedding itself into the ‘Librarian’s’ head.]

[The ‘Librarian’,with disbelief in his eyes, collapses…]

[Your Watcher defeated the ‘Librarian’, your experience points have slightly increased.]

[You’ve obtained ‘Bookmark of Annihilation’*1]

Lin Xun strokes his chin.

The Librarian’s replica is quite weak, it seems that there’s someone else responsible for putting him in the ‘Cage of the Impounding Stars’.

Having narrowed down to the answer, Lin Xun’s eyes fall onto the recently exploded ‘Bookmark of Annihilation’.

So the ‘Bookmark of Annihilation’ is obtained by defeating the Librarian. He wonders if there might be other ways to obtain it.

Lin Xun holds no remorse for defeating the ‘Librarian’.

This character is merely an extension of the Librarian’s actual being, more like a shadow than a real NPC.

Moreso, one can only encounter the Librarian once in a chapter. If Lin Xun encounters the Librarian in other chapters, it will be a different replica, having no relation to the one he just defeated.

He opens his inventory.

The monster of Stars that just perished dropped ten thousand spirit points and one shell material.